Icebreaker Sunday: Mike Stefanik wins WMT; George Bessette wins
GSPSS; Keith Rocco leads Thompson winners  Jason Remillard, The
Republican By Jason Remillard, The Republican Follow on Twitter
on April 15, 2013 at 2:47 PM, updated April 16, 2013 at 5:38 PM
mike stefanik icebreaker win.jpg Mike Stefanik celebrated his
73rd Whelen Modified Tour win in Victory Lane Sunday at
Thompson.    The master of Thompson (Conn.) International
Speedway added to his sparkling résumé Sunday.  Mike Stefanik,
of Coventry, R.I., passed Ryan Preece on a late-race restart and
held off a challenge from Rowan Pennink to win the NASCAR Whelen
Modified Tour season opener. It was Stefanik's 73rd WMT
checkered flag, 15th at Thompson and third in the prestigious
Icebreaker.  Pennink led a race-high 79 laps, but the 54-year-
old Stefanik was able to lead the ones that mattered most.  “I’m
getting old, but this doesn’t get old,” Stefanik said in Victory
Lane (via a Thompson press release). “I knew Rowan had a strong
car, he just didn’t have