Ryan Preece

Ryan Preece

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Sponsor	East West Marine/Diversified Metals
Manufacturer	Ford
Owner	Eric Sanderson
Crewchief	Stan Szaban
Birthdate	Oct. 25, 1990
Hometown	Berlin, Conn.
Occupation	---

Career Highlights

In 2008 he became the youngest driver in NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour history to earn a pole
Finished as the 2009 and 2012 championship runner-up
Won the season Coors Light Pole Award in 2012 with a career-high six poles

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Statistics

Year	Rank	Races	Wins	Poles	Top 5s	Top 10s
2007	19	14	0	0	0	3
2008	10	16	1	2	4	7
2009	2	13	2	2	10	11
2010	6	14	0	0	6	8
2011	22	10	0	2	4	5
2012	2	14	2	6	8	10
2013	3	2	0	0	2	2
TOTALS		83	5	12	34	46

WINS: 5 – Martinsville (9/20/08), Riverhead (8/1/09), Stafford (8/7/09), Monadnock (5/12/12), Riverhead (9/15/12)
POLES: 12 – Stafford (4/27/08), Martinsville (9/20/08), Riverhead (8/1/09), New Hampshire (9/19/09), Thompson (9/11/11), Thompson (10/16/11), Thompson (4/15/12), Stafford (4/29/12), Monadnock (5/12/12), Stafford (8/3/12), Thompson (9/9/12), Riverhead (9/15/12)

Year-by-year Whelen Modified Tour Recap

2012: Finished as the championship runner-up for the second time in his career, 11 points behind Doug Coby ... Won both quarter-mile track races, Monadnock and Riverhead, from the pole ... Had 10 total top-10 finishes ... Led the tour with a career-high six poles to take the season Coors Light Pole Award ... Led more than double the laps of any driver, 687, and led laps in nine of 14 races. 2011: Drove for four different teams and competed in 10 of 16 events ... Recorded five top 10s and finished 22nd in points ... Best finish was a runner-up effort in the Stafford Fall Final ... Earned poles in the last two Thompson events. 2010: Earned eight top 10s in 14 outings and finished sixth in the standings ... Was a three-time race runner-up. 2009: Was the championship runner-up on the strength of a Tour-high 10 top-five finishes ... Recorded back-to-back wins at Riverhead and Stafford with poles at Riverhead and the September New Hampshire race. 2008: Registered four top fives and seven top 10s in 16 starts and finished 10th in points ... Earned the Stafford Spring Sizzler pole ... Won the pole and took the checkered flag in the Made In American Whelen 300 at Martinsville. 2007: Made 14 starts and finished 19th in the season standings during his rookie season.

Noteworthy

Made one NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour start in 2007 … Captured the 2011 Stafford Motor Speedway track title and ranked second in Connecticut and seventh nationally in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series standings … Competed part-time in Stafford’s SK Modified division in 2010 and registered a win … Ran Quarter Midgets from age 7-11 where he qualified for every National, compiled more than 150 weekly wins at Silver City Speedway and registered two Turkey Derby victories … Ran go karts, micros and midgets from ages 12-14 … Registered six top-fives in a Modified at Mountain Speedway at 14 … Earned two poles, a heat win and two top-10s in four Race of Champions starts at age 15.