Dowling Fast In Whelen Mod Practice At Thompson

Story By: KYLE SOUZA / NASCAR – THOMPSON, CT – While making his first appearance of the 2017 season on Saturday, Chase Dowling was the fastest overall in practice for Sunday’s Icebreaker 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park.

Although Dowling was 15th fastest in the first session, he rocketed to the top of the charts in the final practice with a time of 18.769 seconds (119.879 mph) behind the wheel of his No. 15 15-40 Connection Chevrolet.

Four-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion Doug Coby — who has five career Thompson victories – was second fastest overall with a fastest lap of 18.844 (119.401). Coby was the second fastest car in final practice, and was quickest in the opening round.

Eric Goodale was third with a best overall time of 18.847, followed by Ryan Preece and Patrick Emerling.

Completing the top 10 fastest times were Ron Silk, Rowan Pennink, Craig Lutz, defending race winner Timmy Solomito and Todd Szegedy.

Qualifying for the Icebreaker 150 is scheduled to take place at approximately 2:45 p.m. Sunday, with the race at approximately 3:45 p.m.

Pos	No.	Name	Sponsor	Best Tm	Best Speed	In Lap	Laps	Diff
1	15	Chase Dowling	15-40 Connection	18.769	119.879	17	17
2	2	Doug Coby	Mayhew Tools	18.844	119.401	4	18	0.075
3	58	Eric Goodale	GAF Roofing	18.847	119.382	6	10	0.078
4	82	Ron Silk	Horton Avenue Materials	18.904	119.022	7	17	0.135
5	85	Todd Szegedy	Montanari Fuel/Stuart’s Auto/J&R Pre-Cast	18.922	118.909	7	23	0.153
6	44	Bobby Santos	Tinio Corp/Worldband	18.925	118.890	3	11	0.156
7	3	Rowan Pennink	Cape Cod Copper	18.926	118.884	5	23	0.157
8	75	Shawn Solomito	Eastport Feeds	18.930	118.859	15	25	0.161
9	76	Jimmy Blewett	John Blewett Inc/Blewett Mtrst/Starrett	18.963	118.652	23	24	0.194
10	20	Max Zachem	MPZ Motorsports/Lu-Macs	18.993	118.465	4	19	0.224
11	51	Justin Bonsignore	Phoenix Communications, Inc.	19.004	118.396	26	27	0.235
12	6	Ryan Preece	T.S. Haulers, Inc	19.016	118.321	5	15	0.247
13	11	Andy Seuss	LFR Chassis	19.047	118.129	6	23	0.278
14	07	Patrick Emerling	Buffalo Auto Auction/Emerling Ford	19.070	117.986	3	17	0.301
15	36	David Sapienza	Sapienza Enterprise	19.078	117.937	15	30	0.309
16	89	Matt Swanson	Starrett Tools	19.107	117.758	17	17	0.338
17	29	Brendon Bock	Meadow Brook Collision	19.151	117.487	16	16	0.382
18	64	Rob Summers	Hoosier Tire East/Fast Track Electrical/Hughes Motors	19.153	117.475	9	12	0.384
19	09	Brad Vanhouten	Riverhead Building Supply	19.171	117.365	4	13	0.402
20	46	Woody Pitkat	Riverhead Building Supply	19.189	117.255	5	9	0.420
21	24	Andrew Krause	Supreme Manufacturing	19.226	117.029	6	18	0.457
22	56	Craig Lutz	Lutz Motorsports	19.232	116.993	7	28	0.463
23	17	Kyle Ellwood	First Data/Clover	19.334	116.375	3	13	0.565
24	97	Bryan Dauzat	O B Builders, Inc.	19.357	116.237	16	31	0.588
25	39	Calvin Carroll*	Power with Prestige/Cruising w/Betty	19.456	115.646	7	28	0.687
26	78	Walter Sutcliffe, Jr.*	Last Minute Racing	19.657	114.463	15	16	0.888
27	26	Gary McDonald	Lakeland Landscaping/TRC Electric	19.735	114.011	7	16	0.966
28	01	Melissa Fifield	Eastern Propane & Oil	19.799	113.642	8	17	1.030
29	33	Wade Cole	Performance Engines/Kendall Oil	20.077	112.069	5	7	1.308
30	38	Gary Byington*	Perf Engines/Kendall Oil	20.295	110.865	3	18	1.526

FIRST PRACTICE

Pos	No.	Name	Sponsor	Best Tm	Best Speed	In Lap	Laps	Diff
1	2	Doug Coby	Mayhew Tools	18.852	119.351	25	25
2	6	Ryan Preece	T.S. Haulers, Inc	18.867	119.256	19	22	0.015
3	07	Patrick Emerling	Buffalo Auto Auction/Emerling Ford	18.885	119.142	24	24	0.033
4	58	Eric Goodale	GAF Roofing	18.889	119.117	9	28	0.037
5	82	Ron Silk	Horton Avenue Materials	18.896	119.073	11	22	0.044
6	3	Rowan Pennink	Cape Cod Copper	18.896	119.073	17	19	0.044
7	56	Craig Lutz	Lutz Motorsports	18.919	118.928	33	34	0.067
8	16	Timmy Solomito	Starrett Racing	18.922	118.909	19	37	0.070
9	85	Todd Szegedy	Montanari Fuel/Stuart’s Auto/J&R Pre-Cast	18.930	118.859	28	28	0.078
10	20	Max Zachem	MPZ Motorsports/Lu-Macs	18.937	118.815	5	29	0.085
11	51	Justin Bonsignore	Phoenix Communications, Inc.	18.945	118.765	27	27	0.093
12	44	Bobby Santos	Tinio Corp/Worldband	18.960	118.671	16	18	0.108
13	24	Andrew Krause	Supreme Manufacturing	18.990	118.483	29	29	0.138
14	36	David Sapienza	Sapienza Enterprise	18.998	118.434	34	34	0.146
15	15	Chase Dowling	15-40 Connection	19.003	118.402	8	31	0.151
16	46	Woody Pitkat	Riverhead Building Supply	19.036	118.197	7	32	0.184
17	64	Rob Summers	Hoosier Tire East/Fast Track Electrical/Hughes Motors	19.055	118.079	9	26	0.203
18	76	Jimmy Blewett	John Blewett Inc/Blewett Mtrst/Starrett	19.059	118.054	7	14	0.207
19	11	Andy Seuss	LFR Chassis	19.066	118.011	23	27	0.214
20	89	Matt Swanson	Starrett Tools	19.138	117.567	4	38	0.286
21	29	Brendon Bock	Meadow Brook Collision	19.141	117.549	25	27	0.289
22	75	Shawn Solomito	Eastport Feeds	19.177	117.328	20	21	0.325
23	17	Kyle Ellwood	First Data/Clover	19.194	117.224	6	22	0.342
24	09	Brad Vanhouten	Riverhead Building Supply	19.203	117.169	20	33	0.351
25	39	Calvin Carroll*	Power with Prestige/Cruising w/Betty	19.701	114.207	21	21	0.849
26	78	Walter Sutcliffe, Jr.*	Last Minute Racing	19.787	113.711	20	22	0.935
27	97	Bryan Dauzat	O B Builders, Inc.	19.927	112.912	27	28	1.075
28	01	Melissa Fifield	Eastern Propane & Oil	20.072	112.096	19	21	1.220
29	33	Wade Cole	Performance Engines/Kendall Oil	20.081	112.046	9	9	1.229
30	38	Gary Byington*	Perf Engines/Kendall Oil	20.314	110.761	16	20	1.462