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Bobby Santos waited until the end to make his
move and then powered past Woody Pitkat to win the CARQUEST Fall
Final Sunday at Stafford Motor Speedway.
Santos made the winning pass with four laps to go en route to his
first victory of the season. It was the seventh career NASCAR Whelen
Modified Tour win for the Franklin, Mass., driver. Four of those
wins have come at Stafford, including the 2010 Fall Final.
Pitkat led a race-high 128 laps at his hometown track. The Stafford
driver had a cushion of over a second late in the race before Santos
cleared lapped traffic and tracked him down. Santos wound up winning
by .644 seconds.
Jimmy Blewett, who won his second career Coors Light Pole Award in
qualifying Saturday, finished third. Blewett pitted early for tires
but the strategy backfired when the race ran 93 laps under green.
Neither Santos nor Pitkat pitted.
Ron Silk and Ryan Preece finished fourth and fifth, respectively.
Mike Stefanik was sixth, followed by Donny Lia, Bryon Chew, Doug
Coby and Matt Hirschman.
With one race remaining Coby holds a 17-point lead over Ryan Preece
and 18 over defending tour champion Silk. Lia and Justin Bonsignore
round out the top five but are mathematically eliminated from
championship contention.
With the victory, Santos locked up a spot in the NASCAR Whelen
Modified race at the UNOH Battle At The Beach on the .4-mile oval at
Daytona International Speedway next February during Speedweeks.
The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour concludes the season Sunday, Oct. 14
at Thompson (Conn.) International Speedway.
RESULTS
| Fin |
Str |
Car |
Driver |
Team |
Laps |
Points |
B/Points |
Status |
| 1 |
2 |
44 |
Bobby
Santos |
Imperialcars.com/Tino Corp. Chevrolet |
150 |
47 |
4 |
Running |
| 2 |
4 |
79 |
Woody
Pitkat |
Hill
Enterprises/Coors Light Pontiac |
150 |
44 |
2 |
Running |
| 3 |
1 |
76 |
Jimmy
Blewett |
John
Blewett Inc./Ed Bennett Properties Chevrolet |
150 |
42 |
1 |
Running |
| 4 |
3 |
6 |
Ron Silk |
T.S.Haulers/Calverton Tree Farm Chevrolet |
150 |
41 |
1 |
Running |
| 5 |
10 |
16 |
Ryan
Preece |
East
West Marine/Diversified Metals Ford |
150 |
39 |
|
Running |
| 6 |
17 |
66 |
Mike
Stefanik |
Canto &
Sons/Robert B. Our Co. Ford |
150 |
38 |
|
Running |
| 7 |
9 |
4 |
Donny
Lia |
Mystic
Missile Racing Dodge |
150 |
37 |
|
Running |
| 8 |
8 |
88 |
Bryon
Chew |
Buzz
Chew Chevrolet/Elbow East Chevrolet |
150 |
36 |
|
Running |
| 9 |
11 |
52 |
Doug
Coby |
Reynolds
Auto Wrecking Chevrolet |
150 |
35 |
|
Running |
| 10 |
6 |
50 |
Matt
Hirschman |
Heritage
Wide Plank Flooring Chevrolet |
150 |
34 |
|
Running |
| 11 |
13 |
51 |
Justin
Bonsignore |
M3
Technology Chevrolet |
150 |
33 |
|
Running |
| 12 |
14 |
64 |
Ron
Yuhas, Jr. |
Hughes
Motors/Complete Construction Chevrolet |
150 |
32 |
|
Running |
| 13 |
7 |
45 |
Eric
Beers |
Horwith
Freightliner/John Blewett Inc Ford |
150 |
31 |
|
Running |
| 14 |
16 |
39 |
Richie
Pallai,, Jr. |
CARQUEST
Filters Chevrolet |
150 |
30 |
|
Running |
| 15 |
12 |
93 |
Rowan
Pennink |
Monk
Mechanics Hand Cleaner Chevrolet |
150 |
29 |
|
Running |
| 16 |
24 |
99 |
Jamie
Tomaino |
Supreme
Manufacturing Chevrolet |
150 |
28 |
|
Running |
| 17 |
21 |
58 |
Eric
Goodale |
Riverhaed Bldg Supply Chevrolet |
150 |
27 |
|
Running |
| 18 |
23 |
28 |
Ed
Flemke, Jr. |
Ron
Bouchard's Autos/Raceworks TV Chevrolet |
149 |
26 |
|
Running |
| 19 |
15 |
10 |
Tommy
Barrett, Jr. * |
Friends
of Teto Racing/Make-A-Wish Chevrolet |
149 |
25 |
|
Running |
| 20 |
20 |
3 |
Ted
Christopher |
Cape Cod
Agts/North End Auto Parts Chevrolet |
149 |
24 |
|
Running |
| 21 |
19 |
46 |
Eric
Berndt |
Cape Cod
Agts/North End Auto Parts Chevrolet |
148 |
23 |
|
Running |
| 22 |
25 |
33 |
Wade
Cole |
Perf
Engines/Kendall Oil/Ryan's Chevrolet |
142 |
22 |
|
Running |
| 23 |
5 |
2 |
Todd
Szegedy |
Dunleavy
Repair/A&J Romano Const. Ford |
128 |
21 |
|
Running |
| 24 |
26 |
38 |
Steve
Dickey * |
Perf
Engines/Kendall Oil/Ryan's Chevrolet |
70 |
20 |
|
Clutch |
| 25 |
22 |
07 |
Patrick
Emerling |
Emerling
Chevrolet Chevrolet |
50 |
19 |
|
Steering |
| 26 |
18 |
11 |
Keith
Rocco * |
J & R
Precast/Vivieros Insurance Ford |
10 |
18 |
|
Engine |
RACE STATISTICS
Fastest Qualifier: Jimmy Blewett, Time: 18.308 Seconds,
Speed: 98.318 mph
Time of Race: 1 hrs., 0 mins, 26 secs
Average Speed: 74.462 mph Margin of Victory:
.644 Seconds
Caution Flags: Laps 10-13 (Car #64 spin in Turn 4.
[none]); 23-26 (Car #2 slow on frontstretch. [none]); 41-47 (Car #33
slow in Turn 4. [45]); 50-58 (Car #93 spin in Turn 4. [45].).
[Beneficiary in brackets.] 4 for 24 laps.
Lap Leaders: Jimmy Blewett 1-2, Ron Silk 3-16,
Woody Pitkat 17-144, Bobby Santos 145-150.
Total Laps Led: Woody Pitkat 128, Ron Silk 14,
Bobby Santos 6, Jimmy Blewett 2. 3 changes involving 4 drivers.
* Denotes Sunoco Rookie of the Year
contender
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Bobby Santos (44) passed Woody Pitkat for the
lead on Lap 145 on his way to the win in the CARQUEST Tech Tech
Fall Final Sundat at Stafford Motor Speedway.
122 West Photo for NASCAR |
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