Bonsignore Scores Third Whelen Modified Win Of Season

Justin Bonsignore came home with his third NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour victory of the season Thursday night at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park. Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images for NASCAR

THOMPSON, CT – Sometimes it is better to be lucky than good and sometimes a driver can be both.

Justin Bonsignore was just that as he was able to miss the late accidents that collected some of the lead pack cars and hold off a strong challenge by Matt Hirschman on a green-white-checkered finish to win the Budweiser King of Beers 150 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour event at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park.

“They got aggressive on the last few restarts, but I’ve lost a few races here the same way, so sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do to win the race,” Bonsignore said of the rough-and-tumble conclusion to the event.

It was the second consecutive Whelen Modified Tour win for the Holtsville, NY native at Thompson and his third of the season. Bonsignore became the first driver to win back-to-back races at Thompson since Ted Christopher scored four consecutive wins at the track from 2010-11.

Doug Coby followed Hirschman in third with Ryan Preece and Ron Silk completing the top five.

Timmy Solomito finished sixth with Christopher seventh and Todd Szegedy eighth. Glen Reen and Dawsonville, GA’s Spencer Davis completed the top 10.

The runner-up finish was the best for Hirschman in Whelen Modified Tour action since the 2008 Stafford Fall Final, a span of 32 starts, when he also finished second.

“It’s a good finish,” Hirschman said. “We didn’t have a winning car, the 51 (Bonsignore) was definitely a little bit better. The goal is now, that we have a car that can win the World Series (Thompson season finale).”

The race was relatively calm through the first half mark with only three cautions. However, business picked up in the field over the final 75 laps of the contest with the yellow flag displayed for several multi-car accidents. The most significant of those incidents came on lap 124.

Silk was leading the race with Donny Lia, who led the first half of the race before pitting under caution, second and Tommy Barrett Jr. third. Patrick Emerling spun in turn 1 collecting both Lia and Barrett ending their night.

Coby took the lead past Silk on the ensuing restart on lap 134 and remained out front for just two laps until Bonsignore made his move past the points leader on lap 136 where he remained the rest of the night.

“(I’m) happy with a third, we keep plugging away,” Coby said. “Not too happy that the 51 (Bonsignore) gained a couple points on us, but it’s still early. We’ve got five races left. Just keep ticking them (top finishes) off, that’s all we can do.”

With the win, Bonsignore was able to slice five points off of Coby’s lead entering the night and will head to Bristol Motor Speedway for next Wednesday’s Bush’s Beans 150 just three points (367-364) out of the top spot.

“It’s still too early to talk about points,” Bonsignore said. “The best way to look the points is to win the race and we got max points tonight.”

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park – Thompson, CT
Budweiser King of Beers 150 – Aug. 14, 2014

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Laps	Points	B/Points	Status
1	9	51	Justin Bonsignore	chem3.com Chevrolet	150	47	4	Running
2	16	52	Matt Hirschman	B.C. Brennenstuhl/L.I. Mod Maniac Chevrolet	150	42		Running
3	4	2	Doug Coby	Dunleavy’s Repair/HEX Performance Chevrolet	150	42	1	Running
4	8	16	Ryan Preece	East West Marine/Diversified Metals Ford	150	40		Running
5	11	6	Ron Silk	TS Haulers/Calverton Tree Farm Chevrolet	150	40	1	Running
6	5	75	Timmy Solomito *	Eastport Feeds/Axel Anderson Inc. Chevrolet	150	38		Running
7	19	13	Ted Christopher	J&R Pre-Cast/Cape Cod Aggregates Chevrolet	150	37		Running
8	13	15	Todd Szegedy	15-40 Connection Chevrolet	150	36		Running
9	17	8	Glen Reen	Reflex Energy/Baja Construction Chevrolet	150	36	1	Running
10	18	79	Spencer Davis *	Hillbilly Racing/Coors 21 Means 21 Pontiac	150	34		Running
11	12	48	Keith Rocco	Wheelers Auto/Mr. Rooter Chevrolet	150	33		Running
12	24	26	Gary McDonald	Lakeland Landscape/TRC Electric Pontiac	150	32		Running
13	21	99	Jamie Tomaino	Dunleavy’s Repair/Atlantic Sprinkler Chevrolet	149	31		Running
14	22	3	Jimmy Zacharias *	Cape Cod Copper/Central States Chevrolet	149	30		Running
15	23	33	Wade Cole	Performance Engines/Kendall Oil Chevrolet	148	29		Running
16	15	88	Woody Pitkat	Buzz Chew Chevrolet/Elbow East Chevrolet	147	28		Running
17	20	14	John Beatty, Jr. *	ElevatorEntrance.com Chevrolet	142	27		Running
18	6	58	Eric Goodale	GAF Roofing/RBSCorp.com Chevrolet	137	26		Accident
19	2	64	Ron Yuhas, Jr.	Fast Track Electric/Hughes Motors Chevrolet	137	25		Accident
20	7	7	Patrick Emerling	Emerling Chevrolet/Buffalo Auto Auction Chevrolet	133	24		Running
21	14	93	Rowan Pennink	Monk Mechanics Hand Cleaner Chevrolet	129	23		Accident
22	1	4	Donny Lia	Mystic Missile Racing Dodge	124	24	2	Accident
23	3	22	Tommy Barrett, Jr. *	Canto Paving/Ferguson Waterworks Chevrolet	123	21		Accident
24	25	1	Melissa Fifield *	Allstate Insurance Chevrolet	105	20		Brakes
25	10	44	Bobby Santos	Tinio Racing/ImperialCars.com Chevrolet	13	19		Accident

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RACE STATISTICS
Fastest Qualifier: Donny Lia, Time: 18.796 Seconds, Speed: 119.706 mph
Time of Race: 1 hrs., 11 mins, 25 secs Average Speed: 78.763 mph Margin of Victory: 0.316 Seconds
Caution Flags: Laps 13-16 (Car #44 accident (Turn 1) [none]); 40-44 (Debris on the track [01]); 51-56 (Cars #6 & 16 contact (Turn 4) [none]); 73-78 (Car #07 accident (Turn 2) [01]); 124-127 (Cars #93, 22, 4 accident (Turn 1) [99]); 130-133 (Car #93 accident (Turn 4) [15]); 138-141 (Cars #58 & 64 accident (Turn 4) (Red Flag 4 mins.) [26]); 144-147 (Cars #48 & 14 contact (Turn 4) [none]). 8 for 37 laps.
Lap Leaders: Donny Lia 1-75, Glen Reen 76-82, Ron Silk 83-133, Doug Coby 134-135, Justin Bonsignore 136-150.
Total Laps Led: Donny Lia 75, Ron Silk 51, Justin Bonsignore 15, Glen Reen 7, Doug Coby 2. 4 changes involving 5 drivers.
Top 10 Driver Points: Doug Coby 367, Justin Bonsignore 364, Ted Christopher 346, Bobby Santos 329, Ryan Preece 327, Ron Silk 327, Matt Hirschman 305, Timmy Solomito * 304, Woody Pitkat 303, Eric Goodale 299