Thursday, August 20, 2015

Patience Pays Off For Ryan Preece, NASCAR Whelen Bristol Race

Posted by Wayne G. Barber

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BRISTOL, Tenn. – Ryan Preece positioned himself in the right place at the right time, and took home the Bush’s Beans 150 trophy Wednesday in the annual combination race for the NASCAR Whelen Modified and Whelen Southern Modified Tours.
On a night that saw rain pause, and ultimately shorten the Bush’s Beans 150, Preece grabbed the lead on Lap 75 just before the midway break and held the position during a subsequent caution on Lap 96. As rain and severe thunderstorms loomed during track clean-up, NASCAR officials threw the yellow-checkered flag on Lap 103, sending Preece’s No. 6 TS Haulers/East West Marine Chevrolet to Victory Lane.
Promptly, during those Victory Lane ceremonies, the deluge ensued.
It marked Preece’s 15th career Whelen Modified Tour victory, and first at the famed .533-mile Tennessee oval. The Berlin, Connecticut, native’s fourth win of the campaign also moved him back into the lead in the season standings.
Coors Light Pole Award winner Woody Pitkat – who entered the day one championship point ahead of Preece – finished second after leading the majority of the first half of the race and Donny Lia joined him on the podium in third. Ryan Newman and Bobby Santos brought home the top five.
Andy Seuss, Jeff Goodale, Chase Dowling, Timmy Solomito and Patrick Emerling completed the top 10.
Seuss was the highest-finishing Whelen Southern Modified Tour entry, and received credit for a victory for that tour.
The Bush’s Beans 150 originally went green as scheduled just after 6 p.m., but Lap 2 accident that took out three potential checkered flag contenders in Justin Bonsignore, Doug Coby and Todd Szegedy proved to be the first hurdle of the evening. While under caution for clean-up, rain arrived, which forced the resumption of the Bush’s Beans 150 to after the conclusion of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series event.
The Whelen Modifieds returned to green flag action nearly five hours later just after 11 p.m.
The Bush’s Beans 150 will air on NBCSN on Aug. 28 at 7 p.m. ET.
The Whelen Modified Tour will return to action on Aug. 29 at New York’s Riverhead Raceway while the Whelen Southern Modified Tour’s schedule will resume on Sept. 5 at Langley Speedway in Hampton, Virginia.Source: NASCAR Home Tracks Media Press Release
Bristol Race Results
126Ryan PreeceTS Haulers/East West Marine Chevrolet10347N4Running
2188Woody PitkatBuzz Chew Chevrolet/Elbow East Chevrolet10344N2Running
3128Donny LiaSypher Construction/Bardahl Chevrolet10341N Running
4277Ryan NewmanMenards/Wix Filters Chevrolet10340N Running
5944Bobby SantosTinio Corp./Dan Kelley/Curb Records Chevrolet10339N Running
62811Andy SeussNorthEast Race Cars/Ideal Finance Chevrolet10346S Running
7346Jeff Goodale *Riverhead Building Supply Chevrolet10338N Running
879Chase Dowling *S&S Asphalt Paving/Dunleavy's Repair Chevrolet10337N Running
9816Timmy SolomitoDiversified Metals/R.B. Enterprises Ford10336N Running
10107Patrick EmerlingBuffalo Auto Auction Chevrolet10335N Running
111779James CivaliHillbilly Racing/Coors Light Chevrolet10334N Running
121364Anthony Nocella *Nocella Reclamation/Hughes Motors Chevrolet10342S Running
132222Ted ChristopherCanto Paving/Ferguson Waterworks Chevrolet10333N Running
143314Max Zachem *Trowbridge Transport/Dunleavy's Chevrolet10332N Running
152628George Brunnhoelzl IIIComposite Tech./Dunleavy's Repair Chevrolet10341S Running
162040Frank FlemingAutosByNelson.com/Lewisville Motors Chevrolet10340S Running
17184Jason MyersAdams Towing & Recovery Ford10339S Running
181975Shawn SolomitoEastport Feeds/Axel Anderson Inc. Chevrolet10331N Running
192319Joe Ryan OsborneHillbilly Racing/Coors 21 Means 21 Chevrolet10330N Running
201177Gary PutnamCurb Records Chevrolet10338S Running
212915Jeremy GerstnerGMR Lawn Care/Shady Grady Racing Chevrolet10337S Running
222493Rowan PenninkVan Wickle Auto Supply Chevrolet10329N Running
233018Ken HeagyBuoy One Seafood Chevrolet10228N Running
243599Jamie TomainoDunleavy's Repair/Atlantic Sprinkler Chevrolet10127N Running
252174Bobby Measmer Jr.Powerhouse Recycling Chevrolet10136S Running
26345Kyle EbersoleEbersole Excavating Ford9535S Engine
272543David CalabreseDiamond Back Towing Chevrolet9234S Running
28458Eric GoodaleGAF Roofing/Supreme Skylights Chevrolet9126N Running
293113Johnny BushJB Stone Chevrolet9025N Handling
30321Burt MyersCitruSafe/Adams Towing & Recovery Ford7433S Engine
313621JR BertuccioGershow Recycling Chevrolet4032S Running
32143Kyle Bonsignore *Snap-On Tools Chevrolet1024N Handling
331629Brendon Bock *Pro-System Brakes/L.I. Performance Ford323N Accident
3452Doug CobyDunleavy's Repair/A&J Romano Const. Chevrolet222N Accident
35641Todd SzegedyMystic Missile Racing Dodge221N Accident
361551Justin BonsignoreM3 Technology Chevrolet220N Accident

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