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By Jason Cunningham,
NASCAR
THOMPSON, Conn. – Eric Berndt earned the second Coors Light Pole
Award of his NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour career on Saturday in
advance of the season finale Sunoco-Town Fair Tire World Series on
Sunday at Thompson International Speedway.
Berndt, from Cromwell, Conn., toured the .625-mile, high-banked oval
in 18.607 seconds (120.922 mph) for his first pole since 2009 at
Stafford Motor Speedway.
Season points leader Doug Coby qualified ninth with a fast lap of
18.771 (119.866). Seventeen points back, Ryan Preece qualified
fourth at 18.648 (120.656) while defending champ Ron Silk – who is
18 behind Coby – will start alongside Preece in the second row after
qualifying third at 18.632 (120.760).
Berndt will be joined on the front row for Sunday’s finale by Bobby
Santos, who won last time out at Stafford. The 2010 Whelen Modified
Tour champion, in a part-time role this year, posted the
second-fastest qualifying lap of the 32-car field at 18.624
(120.812).
Following Preece and Silk among the top-10 qualifiers were Justin
Bonsignore, Mike Stefanik, Eric Beers, Jimmy Blewett, Coby and Andy
Seuss.
The green flag for the Sunoco-Town Fair Tire World Series is slated
for approximately 3:15 p.m. ET on Sunday. NASCAR Whelen All-American
Series features will begin at 12 p.m.
QUALIFYING
| Pos |
No. |
Name |
Team |
Speed |
Time |
In Lap |
Laps |
Diff |
| 1 |
46 |
Eric
Berndt |
Cape Cod
Agts/North End Auto Parts |
120.922 |
18.607 |
2 |
2 |
|
| 2 |
44 |
Bobby
Santos |
ImperialCars.com/Tinio Corp |
120.812 |
18.624 |
2 |
2 |
0.017 |
| 3 |
6 |
Ron Silk |
T.S.
Haulers/Calverton Tree Farm |
120.760 |
18.632 |
2 |
2 |
0.025 |
| 4 |
16 |
Ryan
Preece |
East
West Marine/Diversified Metals |
120.656 |
18.648 |
2 |
2 |
0.041 |
| 5 |
51 |
Justin
Bonsignore |
M3
Technology |
120.540 |
18.666 |
2 |
2 |
0.059 |
| 6 |
66 |
Mike
Stefanik |
Town
Line Farm/Cady's Tavern |
120.186 |
18.721 |
2 |
2 |
0.114 |
| 7 |
45 |
Eric
Beers |
Horwith
Freightliner/John Blewett Inc. |
120.019 |
18.747 |
2 |
2 |
0.140 |
| 8 |
76 |
Jimmy
Blewett |
John
Blewett Inc/Atlantic Sprinkler |
119.923 |
18.762 |
2 |
2 |
0.155 |
| 9 |
52 |
Doug
Coby |
Reynolds
Auto Wrkg/Furnace & Duct |
119.866 |
18.771 |
1 |
2 |
0.164 |
| 10 |
11 |
Andy
Seuss |
Rahmoc
Racing Eng/Phoenix Pre-Owned |
119.827 |
18.777 |
2 |
2 |
0.170 |
| 11 |
79 |
Woody
Pitkat |
Hill
Enterprises/Coors Light |
119.598 |
18.813 |
2 |
2 |
0.206 |
| 12 |
4 |
Donny
Lia |
Mystic
Missile Racing |
119.490 |
18.830 |
2 |
2 |
0.223 |
| 13 |
88 |
Bryon
Chew |
Buzz
Chew Chevrolet/Elbow East |
119.376 |
18.848 |
2 |
2 |
0.241 |
| 14 |
2 |
Todd
Szegedy |
Dunleavy
Repair/A&J Romano Const. |
119.155 |
18.883 |
2 |
2 |
0.276 |
| 15 |
10 |
Tommy
Barrett Jr.* |
Friends
of Teto Racing/Make-A-Wish |
119.054 |
18.899 |
2 |
2 |
0.292 |
| 16 |
71 |
Rob
Fuller |
Draco
Springs |
118.708 |
18.954 |
2 |
2 |
0.347 |
| 17 |
50 |
Kevin
Goodale |
Heritage
Wide Plank Flooring |
118.671 |
18.960 |
2 |
2 |
0.353 |
| 18 |
07 |
Patrick
Emerling |
Emerling
Chevrolet Dealership |
118.627 |
18.967 |
2 |
2 |
0.360 |
| 19 |
3 |
Keith
Rocco* |
Cape Cod
Copper/Silver Dollar Const. |
118.596 |
18.972 |
2 |
2 |
0.365 |
| 20 |
64 |
Ron
Yuhas Jr. |
Hughes
Motors/Complete Construction |
118.483 |
18.990 |
2 |
2 |
0.383 |
| 21 |
9 |
Tom
Rogers, Jr. |
Planet
Earth Recycling & Recovery |
118.458 |
18.994 |
2 |
2 |
0.387 |
| 22 |
99 |
Jamie
Tomaino |
Supreme
Manufacturing |
118.247 |
19.028 |
2 |
2 |
0.421 |
| 23 |
82 |
Ted
Christopher |
M&T
Enterprises |
118.203 |
19.035 |
2 |
2 |
0.428 |
| 24 |
93 |
Rowan
Pennink |
Monk
Mechanics Hand Cleaner |
118.092 |
19.053 |
2 |
2 |
0.446 |
| 25 |
28 |
Ed
Flemke Jr. |
Ron
Bouchard's Auto/Raceworks TV |
117.776 |
19.104 |
2 |
2 |
0.497 |
| 26 |
73 |
Cole
Powell* |
Tricar/Copps
BuildAll |
117.746 |
19.109 |
2 |
2 |
0.502 |
| 27 |
58 |
Eric
Goodale |
Riverhead Building Supply |
117.524 |
19.145 |
2 |
2 |
0.538 |
| 28 |
18 |
Ken
Heagy |
Buoy One
Seafood/MacLad Drywall |
117.297 |
19.182 |
2 |
2 |
0.575 |
| 29 |
33 |
Wade
Cole |
Perf
Engines/Kendall Oil/Ryan's |
115.284 |
19.517 |
2 |
2 |
0.910 |
| 30 |
57 |
Shawn
Solomito |
Acme
Sanitay Service/Empower Capital/SS Motorsports |
113.322 |
19.855 |
2 |
2 |
1.248 |
| 31 |
38 |
Steve
Dickey* |
Perf
Engines/Kendall Oil/Ryan's |
112.793 |
19.948 |
2 |
2 |
1.341 |
| 32 |
68 |
Johnny
Bush |
Two
Brothers Scrap Metal |
111.359 |
20.205 |
1 |
2 |
1.598 |
*Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender |
