THOMPSON, Conn. — A dominant efficiency from Ron Silk in Wednesday‘s NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Icebreaker 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park was almost derailed through the remaining pit cease sequence of the night.
Whereas trying to exit pit street, Silk made contact along with his long-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour rival Justin Bonsignore and spun. The contact resulted in harm to the entrance of Bonsignore‘s Modified whereas Silk continued with out shedding any monitor place.
DRAMA ON PIT ROAD! 👀
Ron Silk and @JBonsignore make contact coming off pit street and Silk goes for a spin! pic.twitter.com/IabzWSl0tB
— NASCAR Regional (@NASCARRegional) April 17, 2025
Silk was unfazed by the pit street incident as he shortly labored his means round Patrick Emerling through the closing laps to reclaim the lead. With Emerling efficiently taking part in protection in opposition to the remainder of the pack, Silk cruised to his twenty seventh profession NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour win and his eighth total at Thompson.
“I used to be fairly assured if I obtained a very good restart and obtained to the lead, I’d be capable of maintain them off,” Silk stated. “My automotive drove nice. The primary 40 laps or so we had been somewhat bit free, however we fastened that on the pit cease. The automotive was simply spot-on after that.”
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Thompson has at all times been a big monitor in Silk‘s profession on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, as his first three triumphs within the sequence got here on the facility.
Becoming a member of Haydt Yannone Racing in 2022 proved to be a catalyst in Silk recapturing the effectivity he loved at Thompson. Other than his first marketing campaign with Haydt Yannone, Silk has now received at the least one race at Thompson every year piloting the silver No. 16.
Discovering his approach to Victory Lane on Saturday night required Silk and crew chief Phil Moran to be sharp with pit technique. An early warning supplied Silk and Moran the chance they wanted to shift momentum of their favor, as Silk utilized contemporary tires and changes to cost in the direction of the entrance of the sphere.
Silk was untouched on the entrance of the pack till a spin by Craig Lutz with 27 laps remaining introduced a lot of the discipline again into the pits. As soon as Silk shook off the contact from Bonsignore, he needed to shortly dispatch each Emerling and Jake Johnson to regain the lead. He comfortably did simply that.
Emerling, who was piloting a Geoff Bodine tribute scheme, endured an eventful night of his personal. After shedding management of his Modified on Lap 64, issues within the pit lane for Emerling resulted in him falling a lap behind the leaders, which he shortly regained on an ensuing yellow flag.
Going off-sequence from the leaders enabled Emerling to salvage a runner-up end. Emerling was pleasantly stunned by the end result, one that might show to be helpful in his quest for a NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour title.
“That was a fully insane run by the workforce,” Emerling stated. “We obtained caught a lap down, however fortunately there was fast warning there. We obtained our lap again and we handed a ton of vehicles. Our automotive was feeling good on these outdated tires, however that was an insane run.”
Nonetheless easy as Silk!
Ron Silk wins the Icebreaker 150 at @ThompsonSpdwy! pic.twitter.com/uv9LNVX7GN
— NASCAR Regional (@NASCARRegional) April 17, 2025
Following Silk and Emerling residence within the third was Trevor Catalano, with Austin Beers and Bonsignore finishing the highest 5. The remainder of the highest 10 consisted of Chase Dowling, Stephen Kopcik, polesitter Jon McKennedy, Tommy Catalano and Matt Swanson.
The following occasion on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour schedule is the Cheshire County Conflict 200 at Monadnock Speedway on Could 3, which additionally marks the beginning of the Whelen Quick Monitor Cup. FloRacing could have protection of the on-track motion beginning at 6 p.m. ET.
