NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Statistical Advance: New Hampshire Analyzing The F.W. Webb 100 At New Hampshire Motor Speedway DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (Sept. 16, 2014) – The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will head to New Hampshire Motor Speedway for Saturday’s F.W. Webb 100 in Loudon, New Hampshire. Below is a statistical look at the performance of tour and selected drivers at the track F.W. Webb 100 Setup: · Championship points leader Doug Coby is the only driver to finish in the top 10 in all 10 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour events this year. He won the F.W. Webb 100 in 2012 and the team he now drives for, the No. 2 of MSIII Racing, took the checkered flag last year with Todd Szegedy behind the wheel. · Justin Bonsignore is just four tallies behind Coby in the standings. He already has a career-high three victories this year, and will be in search of his first win at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday. · Mike Stefanik and Ted Christopher enter the week tied for the NHMS track wins record with 10 apiece. Stefanik has eight in NWMT action and two from the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East while Christopher’s are divided equally between the two series. At New Hampshire Motor Speedway: History · Groundbreaking for New Hampshire International Speedway, as New Hampshire Motor Speedway was originally named, was Aug. 13, 1989. · The 1.058-mile oval is located on approximately 1,200 acres; the multi-use complex is the largest sports facility in New England. · The official opening was June 5, 1990 and the first NASCAR event was a NASCAR Nationwide Series race on July 15, 1990 in which NASCAR K&N Pro Series East drivers competed in combination. · Speedway Motorsports Inc., agreed to purchase New Hampshire International Speedway from Bob and Gary Bahre on Jan. 11, 2008 and then renamed the track New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Notebook · The first NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race was held on Sept. 2, 1990. The NWMT has raced there each year since and there have been 60 all-time NWMT points races at NHMS, the most of any facility outside of Connecticut. · Jamie Tomaino is the only driver to participate in all 60 previous races at NHMS. · There have been 19 different race winners, led by Mike Stefanik with eight. · There have been 24 different pole winners, led by Jan Leaty’s six. · Chuck Hossfeld was the youngest NHMS race winner at 25 years, eight months, 11 days, set in 2002. · In 2012, Mike Stefanik became the oldest NHMS winner at 54 years, one month, 24 days. · Thirteen times the polesitter has won at NHMS, but never in wire-to-wire fashion. · July’s Sunoco 100 set the all-time NWMT record for lead changes in a race with 35. New Hampshire Motor Speedway Data Race: #11 of 13 Track Layout: 1.058-mile asphalt oval Banking/Corners: 2-7 degrees Race Length: 100 laps (105.8 miles) Telecast: Sept. 27, 10 a.m., Fox Sports 1 Qualifying/Race Data 2013 Pole Winner: Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 129.221 mph, 29.475 secs. 2013 Race Winner: Todd Szegedy, Chevrolet, 93.905 mph, 1 hr. 7 mins. 33 secs. Qualifying Record: Mike Ewanitsko, Chevrolet, 132.743 mph, 28.693 secs., 7/20/01 Active Category Leaders At NHMS: Wins 1. Mike Stefanik … 8 2. Ted Christopher … 5 3. Chuck Hossfeld … 3 Todd Szegedy … 3 Poles 1. Ted Christopher … 5 2. Ryan Newman … 4 3. Ron Silk … 3 Top Fives 1. Mike Stefanik … 24 2. Ted Christopher … 20 3. Todd Szegedy … 11 Top 10s 1. Mike Stefanik … 32 2. Ted Christopher … 28 3. Todd Szegedy … 16 Laps Led 1. Ted Christopher … 837 2. Mike Stefanik … 595 3. Ron Silk … 284 Laps Completed 1. Jamie Tomaino … 5,169 2. Mike Stefanik … 4,693 3. Wade Cole … 4,371 Starts 1. Jamie Tomaino … 60 2. Wade Cole … 53 3. Mike Stefanik … 52 Up To Speed: · The 2014 season is the 30th for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. · The 2014 schedule features 14 races at seven different tracks across four states. · The competition season opened with the non-points UNOH Battle At The Beach on the short track at Daytona International Speedway on Feb. 18. Ryan Preece was the polesitter and Doug Coby took the checkered flag. · Justin Bonsignore passed first-time pole winner Woody Pitkat with nine laps to go to win the points season opener at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on April 6. · Rookie Tommy Barrett Jr. captured his first pole and Bobby Santos earned his sixth Stafford Motor Speedway victory on April 27. · After two rainouts, the third race of the season finally got in the books on June 6 when Doug Coby took the checkered flag at Stafford. Santos earned the pole on the original May 23 race date. · The first bullring race of the year saw a battle between polesitter Donny Lia and Bobby Santos on June 21 at Waterford Speedbowl, and Santos eventually won out for his 12th career victory. · Eric Goodale earned his first career win and John Beatty Jr. his first pole on June 28 at Riverhead Raceway. · Ron Silk earned his first pole of 2014 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on July 12 and Santos made a last-lap pass to record his first Loudon victory. Ryan Newman won the non-points Whelen All-Star Shootout the day before. · Justin Bonsignore took the checkered flag from the pole on July 19 at Monadnock Speedway to become the first multi-race winner in NWMT history at the New Hampshire bullring. · Woody Pitkat earned his first career victory on Aug. 8 at Stafford. Santos was the event’s polesitter. · Bonsignore took the checkered flag at Thompson on Aug. 14. Lia was the top qualifier. After Bonsignore captured the pole, Barrett claimed his first checkered flag at Bristol Motor Speedway in the annual combination race with the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour on Aug. 20. · The Riverhead 200 was scheduled to be contested on Sept. 13 at Riverhead, but was cancelled due to rain. · Following this week’s F.W. Webb 100, the NWMT will return to action with the NAPA Fall Final 100 on Sept. 28 at Stafford.
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