Bonsignore Notches Third Career Whelen Modified Win

Justin Bonsignore and his team celebrate in victory lane after winning Saturday night’s NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race at Monadnock Speedway. Photo by Alex Trautwig/Getty Images for NASCAR

Easy wins are hard to come by at quarter-mile bullrings, and Saturday proved to be no different as Justin Bonsignore held off a host of challengers to capture the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Town Fair Tire Whitcomb 200 checkered flag at Monadnock Speedway in Winchester, NH.

Bonsignore, from Holtsville, NY, got the advantage on Coors Light Pole Award winner Eric Goodale on the lap 17 restart following a caution and withstood numerous challenges from the likes of Goodale, Donny Lia and Doug Coby through the balance of the 200-lap event to take home his third career Whelen Modified Tour win.

Coby, who was coming off his first win of the season in the Town Fair Tire 100 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on July 14, settled for the runner-up spot. After having to begin the race from the rear due to missing the driver’s meeting, Rowan Pennink worked his way up to the front and finished third. Bryon Chew and Ryan Preece completed the top five.

The fourth-place effort marked the best finish for Chew in 35 career starts. Meanwhile Preece, who has finished in the top five all seven events this season, extended his career-long streak of top-10 finishes to 13 races.

Ron Silk, Andy Seuss, Richie Pallai Jr., Woody Pitkat and Eric Berndt rounded out the top 10.

For Bonsignore, who grew up running at the Long Island bullring Riverhead (NY) Raceway, it marks three years in a row with a victory in Whelen Modified Tour action. His first came at Riverhead in 2011 and he won at Thompson (CN) International Speedway last year.

“I made a big push to get to the lead as soon as possible,” Bonsignore said. “I set my pace for as long as I could, fought off a few challengers, protected the bottom.

“I knew I had a better car than them, just maybe not at point, and I didn’t want to give up the spots and have to get them back later in the race.”

After Goodale and Lia took their shots at Bonsignore without success, Coby had opportunities on three late-race restarts to try to make something happen. Following the sixth and final caution, Coby looked to make one last attempt on the lap 196 restart, but Bonsignore protected his position.

“I’m slipping and sliding out there, I got a run on Justin and he pop-shotted me going into (turn) 3 – which I would have done to him because it’s how you win races,” Coby said. “We’re proud of second place. You’ve got to put good finishes together for the long haul.”

The big mover on the night, Pennink was able to rally for his third podium finish of the season after starting shotgun on the field.

“I don’t think it really hurt us too bad starting at the back,” Pennink said. “We had kind of had our game plan set – drove around, saved the tires as long as we could, waited until a certain point in the race and started going to the front.”

After seven of 14 races Preece now leads Pennink by 42 points with the defending champion Coby in third, 45 back.

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour is next in action on August 2 for the CARQUEST 150 from Stafford (CN) Motor Speedway.

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
Monadnock Speedway – Winchester, NH
Town Fair Tire Whitcomb 200 – July 27, 2013

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Laps	Points	B/Points	Status
1	2	51	Justin Bonsignore	SEM/M3 Technology Chevrolet	200	48	5	Running
2	5	52	Doug Coby	Furnace & Duct/Seekonk Grand Prix Chevrolet	200	42		Running
3	12	93	Rowan Pennink	Monk Mechanics Hand Cleaner Chevrolet	200	41		Running
4	3	88	Bryon Chew	Buzz Chew Chevrolet/Elbow East Chevrolet	200	40		Running
5	13	16	Ryan Preece	East West Marine/Diversified Metals Ford	200	39		Running
6	10	6	Ron Silk	T S Haulers/ Calverton Tree Farm Chevrolet	200	38		Running
7	16	70	Andy Seuss	Coppola Inc./Rockingham Boat Chevrolet	200	37		Running
8	17	39	Richie Pallai, Jr.	MAHLE Performance/Lucas Oil Chevrolet	200	36		Running
9	19	79	Woody Pitkat	Hill Enterprises/Coors Light Pontiac	200	35		Running
10	9	46	Eric Berndt	Cape Cod Aggts/North End Auto Parts Chevrolet	200	34		Running
11	7	3	Ted Christopher	Silver Dollar Const/Cape Cod Copper Chevrolet	200	33		Running
12	21	73	Cole Powell	Copps BuildAll/Tricar Chevrolet	200	32		Running
13	15	64	Ron Yuhas, Jr.	Fast Track Elect./Complete Const. Chevrolet	200	31		Running
14	6	22	Mike Stefanik	Robert B Our Co/Canto & Sons Paving Ford	200	30		Running
15	4	4	Donny Lia	Circle Track Magazine Dodge	200	29		Running
16	8	2	Todd Szegedy	Dunleavy Repair/A&J Romano Const Ford	199	28		Running
17	14	28	Ed Flemke, Jr.	Ron Bouchard’s Auto Stores Chevrolet	198	27		Running
18	23	26	Gary McDonald	Lakeland Landscape /TRC Electric Pontiac	197	26		Running
19	11	07	Patrick Emerling	Emerling Chevrolet Dealership Chevrolet	183	25		Handling
20	1	58	Eric Goodale	Riverhead Building Supply Chevrolet	171	25	1	Electrical
21	22	18	Ken Heagy	Buoy One Seafood/ Mehner Racing Chevrolet	70	23		Accident
22	18	99	Jamie Tomaino	Supreme Manufacturing Chevrolet	55	22		Accident
23	20	33	Wade Cole	Perf Engines/Kendall Oil/Ryan’s Oil Chevrolet	48	21		Accident

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