Morning from cold, breezy Thompson Speedway
Thompson Sunoco Modified cars are currently on the track for practice
There are no times
During practice Tim Sullivan(#36) hit the third turn wall and had to be towed off the track
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Morning from cold, breezy Thompson Speedway
Thompson Sunoco Modified cars are currently on the track for practice
There are no times
During practice Tim Sullivan(#36) hit the third turn wall and had to be towed off the track
Mod Tour cars are now on the track for the first round of practice
The Tour Mods will have 1-1/2 hours for practice. Cars are lining up on pit road for the first practice round. A few cars were previously on the track before practice to shake the cars out.
Burt Myers in the #7 car is the first car out on the track
Cars currently on the track for the first round of practice: 7, 14, 76, 71, 59, 50, 46, 1, 70, 98, 90, 98, 99. There is no one here for times so I will post the information when it becomes available.
Here is the list of the Mod Tour Cars that have shown up for qualifying are:
Doug Coby 0
Rob Summers 1
Todd Szegedy 2
Ryan Preece 3
Bobby Santos, III 4
Joe Hartmann 05
Ron Silk 6
Burt Myers 7
Glenn Tyler 8
Ed Flemke, Jr. 10
Jimmy Blewett 14
Danny Knoll, Jr 15
Mike Stefanik 16
Ken Heagy 18
Gary McDonald 26
Woody Pitkat 28
Wade Cole 33
Ted Christopher 36
Jake Marosz 38
Richie Pallai, Jr 39
George Brunnhoelzl, III 46
Kevin Goodale 50
Justin Bonsignore 51
Chris Pasteryak 52
Eric Berndt 54
Eric Goodale 58
Chuck Hossfeld 59
Johnny Bush 68
Andy Seuss 70
Rob Fuller 71
Eric Beers 76
James Civali 79
Renee Dupuis 90
Richard Savary 91
Rowan Pennick 93
Erick Rudolph 98
Jamie Tomaino 99
Time Trials are scheduled for 3:30 PM
Her is the order that cars are scheduled to come out for time trials:
Time Trial Order NAME CAR #
1 Wade Cole 33
2 Ted Christopher 36
3 Eric Goodale 58
4 Woody Pitkat 28
5 Justin Bonsignore 51
6 Rowan Pennick 93
7 Burt Myers 7
8 Ryan Preece 3
9 Gary McDonald 26
10 Jake Marosz 38
11 Eric Beers 76
12 Danny Knoll, Jr 15
13 Kevin Goodale 50
14 Andy Seuss 70
15 Eric Berndt 54
16 Richard Savary 91
17 Glenn Tyler 8
18 Erick Rudolph 98
19 Jimmy Blewett 14
20 Bobby Santos, III 4
21 James Civali 79
22 Rob Summers 1
23 Rob Fuller 71
24 George Brunnhoelzl, III 46
25 Mike Stefanik 16
26 Johnny Bush 68
27 Joe Hartmann 05
28 Ken Heagy 18
29 Richie Pallai, Jr 39
30 Chuck Hossfeld 59
31 Renee Dupuis 90
32 Ed Flemke, Jr. 10
33 Doug Coby 0
34 Chris Pasteryak 52
35 Jamie Tomaino 99
36 Ron Silk 6
37 Todd Szegedy 2
12:30 p.m. -- With 45 minutes left in practice, all 37 cars have been on the track. Pennink still leads, followed by Eric Goodale, Kevin Goodale, Bobby Santos and Eric Beers.
CREDIT: NASCAR.com
There are a few cars with new paint schemes - Mike Stefanik (16), Glenn Tyler (08), Andy Seuss (70), Eric Goodale (58), Jimmy Blewett (14)
Rowan Pennink's #93 Tour Mod has the fast time so far for time trials and also has a new paint scheme.
Rene Dupuis's #90 car is also sporting a new look this year
Tour Mods are back out on the track for the last 15 minutes of practice.
Todd Szegedy (2) just had a puff of smoke come out of the car exiting turn one. He was able to drive the car into the pits so the damage may not be as bad as it looks.
Bobby Santos, II in #4 car has fast time in practice - 18.410
Followed in second by Rowan Pennink (93) - 18.490
Third is Richard Savary (91) - 18.571
Fourth is James Civali (79)- 18.574
And round up the top 5 is Ron Silk (6) - 18.579
I will post all the practice times ASAP
NASCAR is in the process of compiling final practice times.
All 37 cars participated in practice session.
NWMT Thompson 4/11/10 Practice
Submitted by jcunningham on April 10, 2010 - 1:33pm
Pos No. Name Sponsor Time Speed
1 4 Bobby Santos Mystic Missile 18.410 122.216
2 93 Rowan Pennink Monk Mechanics Hand Cleaner 18.490 121.687
3 91 Richard Savary Alloy Wheel Repair/Whizz Kids 18.571 121.157
4 79 James Civali Hill Enterprises/Coors Light/Sunoco 18.574 121.137
5 6 Ron Silk T.S Haulers 18.574 121.137
6 46 George Brunnhoelzl Cape Cod Aggregates/J&R Pre-Cast 18.579 121.104
7 2 Todd Szegedy Wisk/Snuggle 18.610 120.903
8 99 Jamie Tomaino Ideal Racing 18.618 120.851
9 58 Eric Goodale Perimeters for the Home 18.625 120.805
10 50 Kevin Goodale Riverhead Building Supply 18.640 120.708
11 71 Rob Fuller Draco Springs 18.646 120.669
12 3 Ryan Preece Mizzy Const./Reynold's Auto Wrecking 18.675 120.482
13 36 Ted Christopher Al-Lee Installations 18.695 120.353
14 52 Chris Pasteryak Dawley's Auto Center/Sunoco 18.709 120.263
15 16 Mike Stefanik Diversified Metals/R.B. Enterprises 18.712 120.244
16 8 Glenn Tyler Sypher Construction 18.737 120.083
17 59 Chuck Hossfeld Ed Bennett Properties 18.740 120.064
18 76 Eric Beers John Blewett Inc./Ling Trucking 18.743 120.045
19 54 Eric Berndt Northend Auto Parts 18.752 119.987
20 70 Andy Seuss Stuart's Automotive/Rockingham Boat 18.791 119.738
21 90 Renee Dupuis Union Insurance Group/SFI 18.801 119.674
22 5 Joe Hartmann Charlie's Quality Collision 18.802 119.668
23 28 Woody Pitkat Ramar-Hall 18.806 119.643
24 98 Erick Rudolph Mohawk N.E./Original Pizza Logs 18.813 119.598
25 39 Richie Pallai Jr. Bosch Spark Plugs 18.817 119.573
26 14 Jimmy Blewett Ling Trucking/Atlantic Sprinkler 18.825 119.522
27 1 Rob Summers Frasco Fuel Oil 18.908 118.997
28 51 Justin Bonsignore M3 Technology 18.915 118.953
29 7 Burt Myers Capital Bank/Patterson's Brand 18.920 118.922
30 68 Johnny Bush J.B. Stone Setters 18.958 118.683
31 10 Ed Flemke Jr. Ron Bouchard's Auto Stores 19.042 118.160
32 0 Doug Coby Cliff Nelson/Earle's Asphalt 19.065 118.017
33 15 Danny Knoll Jr. Chuck E. Cheese 19.350 116.279
34 18 Ken Heagy Buoy One Seafood 19.472 115.551
35 26 Gary McDonald Lakeland Landscape/TRC Electric 19.518 115.278
36 33 Wade Cole Perf. Engines/Kendall Oil/Ryan's Oil 19.521 115.260
37 38 Jake Marosz Perf. Engines/Kendall Oil/Ryan's Oil 19.746 113.947
CREDIT: NASCAR.com
Comments from some Drivers after Practice:
Bobby Santos, III
The car felt really good in practice, I just have to do the same thing at qualifying. Practice does not mean much. I am happy to be with these guys, they have done a good job for me.
I am really excited to work with these guys in this car. I am looking forward to a good year and having some fun.
I am excited to be in a modified car. This is where I am from. I live about 40 minutes from this place so I especially love coming here. I grew up watching these things and I am happy to be racing one of the best cars on the tour.
Burt Myers
Does Thompson remind you of any Southern Tracks?
Believe it or not the only track that has a resemblance that I can think of is Bristol. And that is just because of the speed that you carry into the corner. Other than that there is nothing else like it. It is the feel that you get when you have so much straight away speed. You can actually carry that speed into the corner to set you up to come off. It is similar to using the banking at Bristol . It is not like Bristol but similar to Bristol. I am enjoying it I am having a good time.
Did you follow any of the drivers on the track?
I tried to follow Preece a little bit and I followed Stefanik a little bit to kind of get an idea of where I needed to make my Apex and all that stuff. After following somebody for a couple of laps I finally got the hang of it. We are going to get the car working a little be better and hopefully we will be good.
Rowan Pennink
Te car is really fast. We unloaded the car and did not make any changes. The car was really fast right out of the trailer. Hopefully we will qualify well with the tour car. We are going out eighth in qualifying and hopefully we can qualify still decent.
Thompson's Sunoco Modified Cars are now on the track for qualifying.
First heat race on the front row is Rowan Pennink and Keith Rocco. On the first green flag Pennink jump the start so the yellow flag was thrown.
Pennink in the lead after the first lap with Rocco right on his rear bumper
Lap 3 Rocco passes Pennink for the lead
Lap 5 - Keith Rocco, Rowan Pennink, Ron Silk, Bert Marvin and Woody Pitkat
Thompson Sunoco Mods - First heat race Results: Keith Rocco, Rowan Pennink, Ron Silk, Bert Marvin, Woody Pitkat, Danny Cates, Kerry Malone, Andrew Charrow, Carl Oberg, Dennis Krupski
Thompson Sunoco Mods - Second heat race on the track - On the Pole is Andy Gasper with Ted Christopher on the outside
As the cars take the green flag TC jumps to the lead
Thompson Sunoco Mods - Second heat race finish: Ted Christopher, Nicole Morgillo, Glenn Griswold (17x), Chris Jensen, David Salzarulo, Rick Shawn, Andy Gasper, Brian Sullivan
NASCAR has requested more time to get the Tour Mods through tech so the track Late Models are now out on the track for their qualifying
Tour mods are coming out on the track to line up on pit road
Once again here is how the cars witll qualify:
Time Trial Order NAME CAR #
1 Wade Cole 33
2 Ted Christopher 36
3 Eric Goodale 58
4 Woody Pitkat 28
5 Justin Bonsignore 51
6 Rowan Pennick 93
7 Burt Myers 7
8 Ryan Preece 3
9 Gary McDonald 26
10 Jake Marosz 38
11 Eric Beers 76
12 Danny Knoll, Jr 15
13 Kevin Goodale 50
14 Andy Seuss 70
15 Eric Berndt 54
16 Richard Savary 91
17 Glenn Tyler 8
18 Erick Rudolph 98
19 Jimmy Blewett 14
20 Bobby Santos, III 4
21 James Civali 79
22 Rob Summers 1
23 Rob Fuller 71
24 George Brunnhoelzl, III 46
25 Mike Stefanik 16
26 Johnny Bush 68
27 Joe Hartmann 05
28 Ken Heagy 18
29 Richie Pallai, Jr 39
30 Chuck Hossfeld 59
31 Renee Dupuis 90
32 Ed Flemke, Jr. 10
33 Doug Coby 0
34 Chris Pasteryak 52
35 Jamie Tomaino 99
36 Ron Silk 6
37 Todd Szegedy 2
Time Trials are being delayed as the track waits for an infield ambulance
Ambulance has arrived at the track
Wade Cole #33 car is on the track
33 Wade Cole 19.639
36 Ted Christopher 18.670
58 Eric Goodale 18.896
28 Woody Pitkat 19.199
51 Justin Bonsignore 19.068
93 Rowan Pennick 18.678
7 Burt Myers 18.603
3 Ryan Preece 18.620
26 Gary McDonald 19.987
38 Jake Marosz 19.272
76 Eric Beers 18.877
15 Danny Knoll, Jr 19.435
50 Kevin Goodale 18.805
70 Andy Seuss 18.996
54 Eric Berndt 18.680
91 Richard Savary 18.767
8 Glenn Tyler 18.985