Pitkat Captures Coors Light Pole for Thompson’s Icebreaker

It was a run eight years in the making that saw Woody Pitkat capture his first NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Coors Light Pole Award as he topped the field in qualifying for Icebreaker 150 presented by Town Fair Tire Saturday at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park.

Pitkat, from Stafford, Conn., posted a fast lap of 18.724 seconds (120.167 mph) to take the Icebreaker pole in his first race with the Buzz Chew Motorsports No. 88 Chevrolet team.

For Pitkat, who has run a mix of part- and full-time schedules since 2007, Saturday’s pole was earned for what will be his 79th career Whelen Modified Tour race.

Justin Bonsignore posted a fast lap of 18.796 (119.706) to earn a front row starting position alongside Pitkat for Sunday’s season opener.

Both Pitkat’s and Bonsignore’s race cars are powered by the NASCAR-approved spec engine.

Donny Lia, reigning tour champion Ryan Preece and Rowan Pennink rounded out the top five qualifiers. Patrick Emerling, Matt Hirschman, Keith Rocco, Eric Goodale and Bobby Santos completed the top 10.

Feature racing in Thompson’s season-opening weekend will begin on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. The Whelen Modified Tour Icebreaker 150 presented by Town Fair Tire will go green at approximately 3:45 p.m.

 

Qualifying Results

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour – Icebreaker 150 pres. by Town Fair Tire Lineup

Race Sunday; Qualifying Saturday

at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park

Thompson, Conn.

Lap Length: 0.625 miles

1. (88) Woody Pitkat, Stafford, Conn., Chevrolet, 120.167

2. (51) Justin Bonsignore, Holtsville, N.Y., Chevrolet, 119.706

3. (4) Donny Lia, Jericho, N.Y., Dodge, 119.668

4. (16) Ryan Preece, Berlin, Conn., Ford, 119.401

5. (93) Rowan Pennink, Huntingdon Valley, Pa., Chevrolet, 118.928

6. (07) Patrick Emerling, Orchard Park, N.Y., Chevrolet, 118.884

7. (52) Matt Hirschman, Northampton, Pa., Chevrolet, 118.702

8. (48) Keith Rocco, Wallingford, Conn., Chevrolet, 118.552

9. (58) Eric Goodale, Riverhead, N.Y., Chevrolet, 118.521

10. (44) Bobby Santos, Franklin, Mass., Chevrolet, 118.521

11. (13) Ted Christopher, Plainville, Conn., Chevrolet, 118.334

12. (89) Timmy Solomito, Islip, N.Y., Chevrolet, 118.321

13. (64) Ron Yuhas, Jr., Groton, Conn., Chevrolet, 118.222

14. (2) Doug Coby, Milford, Conn., Chevrolet, 118.210

15. (3) Jimmy Zacharias, Candor, N.Y., Chevrolet, 117.955

16. (15) Rob Fuller, Boylston, Mass., Chevrolet, 117.931

17. (6) Ron Silk, Norwalk, Conn., Chevrolet, 117.863

18. (1) Mike Stefanik, Coventry, R.I., Chevrolet, 117.389

19. (8) Glen Reen, Wilbraham, Mass, Chevrolet, 116.901

20. (99) Jamie Tomaino, Howell, N.J., Chevrolet, 116.774

21. (18) Ken Heagy, Calverton, N.Y., Ford, 115.794

22. (33) Wade Cole, Hartland, Conn., Chevrolet, 113.396

23. (71) T.J. Zacharias, Candor, N.Y., Chevrolet, 112.113

24. (01) Melissa Fifield, Wakefield, N.H., Chevrolet, 110.424

25. (22) Tommy Barrett, Jr., Millis, Mass., Chevrolet, No speed

Did Not Qualify: (26) Gary McDonald, (38) Dave Salzarulo