2007 New England 100
Loudon
85 L, 85 M
Shortened from 100 L; Time Constraints
June 30, 2007
Fin	St	#	Name	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status
1	2	4	Donny Lia	Mystic Missle	Dodge	85	76	running
2	1	36	Ted Christopher	Al-Lee Installations	Chevy	85	9	running
3	5	10	Ed Flemke, Jr.	Ron Bouchard Auto	Chevy	85	0	running
4	4	59	Matt Hirschman	Furnace & Duct	Dodge	85	0	running
5	12	2	Todd Szegedy	Wisk-Snuggle	Ford	85	0	running
6	9	19	Ronnie Silk	Major Motion Transport	Chevy	85	0	running
7	13	3	Bobby Santos	Cape Cod Copper	Chevy	85	0	running
8	10	6	Ron Yuhas	Zanardi Oil	Chevy	85	0	running
9	7	5	Charlie Pasteryak	Dawley's Auto	Chevy	85	0	running
10	38	66	John Blewett, III	Mastrobattisto Contractors	Chevy	85	0	running
11	17	21	Richard Savary	Superior Oil	Chevy	85	0	running
12	23	14	Reggie Ruggiero	Atlantic Sprinkler	Ford	85	0	running
13	26	16	Mike Stefanik	Diversified Metals	Pontiac	85	0	running
14	31	79	Woody Pitkat	Hill Enterprises	Pontiac	85	0	running
15	11	77	Zach Sylvester	Foxwoods	Pontiac	85	0	running
16	6	48	Tony Hirschman	Kamco Supply	Chevy	85	0	running
17	14	63	Nevin George	Bruce George Paving	Chevy	85	0	running
18	20	40	Ryan Preece	Mizzy Construction	Chevy	85	0	running
19	40	70	Andy Seuss	Rockingham Boat	Chevy	85	0	running
20	29	06	Billy Pauch, Jr.	Greenfield Dodge	Dodge	85	0	running
21	33	17	Jeff Malave	Davidson Foods	Chevy	85	0	running
22	21	46	Dick Houlihan	Michie Corporation	Chevy	85	0	running
23	32	99	Jamie Tomaino	Clean-Up Supply	Chevy	85	0	running
24	34	93	Rowan Pennink	National Towelette	Chevy	85	0	running
25	15	0	Danny Sammons	Area Auto Racing News	Chevy	85	0	running
26	30	58	Kevin Goodale	Riverhead Buidling Supply	Chevy	85	0	running
27	36	33	Wade Cole	Kendall Oil	Chevy	85	0	running
28	22	00	Jerry Marquis	Reynold's Auto Wrecking	Chevy	83	0	running
29	18	78	Alex Hoag	Black Rock Speedway	Ford	73	0	accident
30	3	12	Jimmy Blewett	TS Haulers	Chevy	73	0	accident
31	24	1	Rob Summers	Frasco Fuel	Pontiac	69	0	suspension
32	39	9	Jake Marosz	Middlesex Auto Center	Chevy	65	0	suspension
33	25	94	Eric Beers	Sunoco Racing Fuels	Chevy	64	0	engine
34	35	82	Mike Christopher	Ferguson	Dodge	57	0	engine
35	16	28	James Civali	Ramar-Hall	Chevy	35	0	drive shaft
36	19	8	Glenn Tyler	Sypher Construction	Chevy	34	0	accident
37	27	13	Rick Fuller	Polar Beverages	Dodge	34	0	accident
38	28	55	Ken Bouchard	Ron Bouchard Auto	Chevy	34	0	accident
39	8	09	Bobby Grigas, III	Triple-G Scaffolding	Chevy	34	0	accident
40	37	05	Joe Hartmann	WMS Construction	Chevy	2	0	engine

The Race::2007 New England 100 was a Whelen Modified Tour event held at Track::New Hampshire Motor Speedway on June 30, 2007. Donny Lia was leading when NASCAR made a controversial decision - cutting the laps in the race to make way for ESPN2's Busch Series Countdown. Lia didn't mind - he was the points leader and now had three straight victories.

NASCAR PR Race ReviewEdit

LOUDON, N.H. — Donny Lia’s dream season continued Saturday.

Lia, who signed on with longtime NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour car owner Bob Garbarino just prior to the start of the season, picked up his fourth win in six races with a victory in the New England 100 at New Hampshire International Speedway.

Lia and Co. made the strategic choice not to pit for tires or fuel, while other of the top contenders like Ted Christopher did at various stages and had to work their way back to the front.

“If we pitted today, I don’t know if we could have got through like Teddy did,” said Lia, who had five career wins in 79 career starts entering 2007. “We made our decision and stuck with it. And it was apparently the right one.”

The race was abbreviated to 85 laps due to time contraints. It was slowed eight times for 38 laps, with the last caution setting up a six-lap dash for the finish between Lia, Christopher and Eddie Flemke.

Lia briefly lost the lead to Flemke but used a push from Christopher to get back by and then held off as Christopher and Flemke battled for second. Christopher, who has four Modified Tour wins at NHIS, held on for the runner-up finish. Matt Hirschman and Todd Szegedy were fourth and fifth respectively.

Ronnie Silk, Bobby Santos III, Ron Yuhas Jr., Charlie Pasteryak and John Blewett IIII rounded out the top 10.

Lia holds the points lead over Szegedy by 61 and Hirschman by 63.

Race DataEdit

Time of Race:1 hrs., 20 mins, 22 secs Average Speed: 67.140 mph Margin of Victory:.273 seconds BUD POLE AWARD: Ted Christopher, 36 Al-Lee Installations Chevrolet FEATHERLITE MOST IMPROVED DRIVER AWARD: John Blewett, III, 66 Blewett Motorsports Chevrolet POWERADE POWER MOVE OF THE RACE: John Blewett, III, 66 Blewett Motorsports Chevrolet SUNOCO ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Bobby Santos, III *, 3 Roby's Propane/Cape Cod Copper Chevrolet WHELEN ENGINEERING WINNER OF THE RACE: Donny Lia, 4 Mystic Missile Dodge

Caution Flags: Laps 2-7; 18-21; 24-28; 31-34; 35-38; 63-67; 70-73; 74-79. 8 for 38 laps. Lap Leaders: Ted Christopher 1-7, Donny Lia 8-20, Ted Christopher 21, Donny Lia 22-27, Ted Christopher 28, Donny Lia 29-80, Eddie Flemke 81-82, Donny Lia 83-85.

Total Laps Led: Donny Lia 76, Ted Christopher 9, Eddie Flemek 2 7 changes involving 3 drivers.