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By Shon Sbarra,
NASCAR
STAFFORD, Conn. – Jimmy Blewett won the Coors Light Pole
Award for the CARQUEST Fall Final in NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
qualifying on Saturday at Stafford Motor Speedway.
Blewett, who hails from Howell, N.J., covered the
half-mile Connecticut oval in 18.308 seconds for an average speed of
98.318 mph behind the wheel of his No. 76 John Blewett Inc./Ed
Bennett Properties Chevrolet. It is his second career pole and first
since June 2006 at Thompson (Conn.) International Speedway.
Starting alongside Blewett on the front row will
be 2010 tour champion Bobby Santos, who posted a time of 18.371
seconds (97.981 mph).
Defending tour champion Ron Silk registered the
third-quickest time at 18.474 seconds (97.434 mph) followed by Woody
Pitkat at 18.496 seconds (97.318 mph) and Matt Hirschmann with a
time of 18.505 seconds (97.271 mph).
Todd Szegedy, Eric Beers, Bryon Chew, Donnie Lia
and Ryan Preece rounded out the top-10 qualifiers.
Hirschmann and Szegedy logged identical
qualifying times, but Hirschmann gets the advantage as a result of
being higher in the owner standings, per the tour rule book.
Justin Bonsignore, who claimed the last two Fall
Final poles, was fastest in practice earlier in the day, but
qualified 13th this time around.
Points leader Doug Coby after winning each of the
tour’s first three Stafford visits this season looks to become the
first driver to sweep all four events. He will start from the 11th
position. Defending race winner Ted Christopher qualified in the
20th position.
The CARQUEST Fall Final is scheduled to get
underway on Sunday at 3:15 p.m. ET.
| Pos |
No. |
Name |
Team |
Best Speed |
Best Tm |
In Lap |
Laps |
Diff |
| 1 |
76 |
Jimmy
Blewett |
John
Blewett Inc/Ed Bennett Properties |
98.318 |
18.308 |
2 |
2 |
|
| 2 |
44 |
Bobby
Santos |
ImperialCars.com/Tinio Corp |
97.981 |
18.371 |
2 |
2 |
0.063 |
| 3 |
6 |
Ron Silk |
T.S.
Haulers/Calverton Tree Farm |
97.434 |
18.474 |
2 |
2 |
0.166 |
| 4 |
79 |
Woody
Pitkat |
Hill
Enterprises/Coors Light |
97.318 |
18.496 |
2 |
2 |
0.188 |
| 5 |
2 |
Todd
Szegedy |
Dunleavy
Repair/A&J Romano Const. |
97.271 |
18.505 |
2 |
2 |
0.197 |
| 6 |
50 |
Matt
Hirschmann |
Heritage
Wide Plank Flooring |
97.271 |
18.505 |
2 |
2 |
0.197 |
| 7 |
45 |
Eric
Beers |
Horwith
Freightliner/John Blewett Inc. |
97.203 |
18.518 |
2 |
2 |
0.210 |
| 8 |
88 |
Bryon
Chew |
Buzz
Chew Chevrolet/Elbow East |
97.197 |
18.519 |
2 |
2 |
0.211 |
| 9 |
4 |
Donny
Lia |
Mystic
Missile Racing |
97.192 |
18.520 |
2 |
2 |
0.212 |
| 10 |
16 |
Ryan
Preece |
East
West Marine/Diversified Metals |
97.093 |
18.539 |
2 |
2 |
0.231 |
| 11 |
52 |
Doug
Coby |
Reynolds
Auto Wrkg/Furnace & Duct |
97.087 |
18.540 |
2 |
2 |
0.232 |
| 12 |
93 |
Rowan
Pennink |
Monk
Mechanics Hand Cleaner |
97.061 |
18.545 |
2 |
2 |
0.237 |
| 13 |
51 |
Justin
Bonsignore |
M3
Technology |
96.946 |
18.567 |
2 |
2 |
0.259 |
| 14 |
64 |
Ron
Yuhas Jr. |
Fast
Track Elect/Complete Const. |
96.701 |
18.614 |
2 |
2 |
0.306 |
| 15 |
10 |
Tommy
Barrett Jr.* |
Friends
of Teto Racing/Make-A-Wish |
96.696 |
18.615 |
2 |
2 |
0.307 |
| 16 |
39 |
Richie
Pallai Jr. |
CARQUEST
Filters |
96.675 |
18.619 |
2 |
2 |
0.311 |
| 17 |
66 |
Mike
Stefanik |
Canto &
Sons/Robert B. Our Co. |
96.644 |
18.625 |
2 |
2 |
0.317 |
| 18 |
11 |
Keith
Rocco* |
J&R
Precast/Vivieros Insurance |
96.360 |
18.680 |
2 |
2 |
0.372 |
| 19 |
46 |
Eric
Berndt |
North
End Auto Parts/Cape Cod Agts. |
96.282 |
18.695 |
2 |
2 |
0.387 |
| 20 |
3 |
Ted
Christopher |
Eastport
Feeds |
95.908 |
18.768 |
2 |
2 |
0.460 |
| 21 |
58 |
Eric
Goodale |
Riverhead Building Supply |
95.785 |
18.792 |
2 |
2 |
0.484 |
| 22 |
07 |
Patrick
Emerling |
Emerling
Chevrolet Dealership |
95.729 |
18.803 |
2 |
2 |
0.495 |
| 23 |
28 |
Ed
Flemke Jr. |
Ron
Bouchard's Auto/Raceworks TV |
95.592 |
18.830 |
2 |
2 |
0.522 |
| 24 |
99 |
Jamie
Tomaino |
Supreme
Manufacturing |
95.465 |
18.855 |
2 |
2 |
0.547 |
| 25 |
33 |
Wade
Cole |
Perf
Engines/Kendall Oil/Ryan's |
94.182 |
19.112 |
2 |
2 |
0.804 |
| 26 |
38 |
Steve
Dickey* |
Perf.
Engines/Kendall Oil/Ryan's |
93.570 |
19.237 |
2 |
2 |
0.929 |
* Sunoco Rookie of the Year
contender |
