Another 9th for Richie at Stafford as Doug Coby Wins First of Season
Stafford Springs, CT - Stafford Motor Speedway returned to racing action on Friday, August 8 with the 18th Annual New England Dodge Dealers 150 Whelen Modified Tour event with five divisions of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series racing. Doug Coby nailed down his first win of the season in the 40-lap SK Modified® feature, defending Late Model track champion Corey Hutchings scored his first win of the 2008 season in the 30-lap Late Model feature, Tony Santangelo was a first time winner in the 20-lap SK Light Modified feature, Sean Foster scored his third feature win of 2008 in the 20-lap Limited Late Model feature, and Don Wood took down win number 2 of the 2008 season in the 15-lap DARE Stock feature event.

In the 40-lap SK Modified® feature event, it was Doug Coby taking down his first feature win of the 2008 season with a dominating drive. Zach Sylvester took the early race lead and he lead the first 8 laps before Coby took over the lead on lap-9. Jimmy Blewett followed Coby past Sylvester and moved into second place. The race was slowed by caution with 17 laps complete with Coby still out front. The final 23 laps of the race ran green to checkered with Coby dominating the action. Blewett and Chris Jones put on a spirited battle for second in the closing laps, which allowed Coby to pull away. Blewett came home second behind Coby, with Jones, Frank Ruocco, and Wade Mattesen rounding out the top-5.