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10/01/2011 |
STAFFORD
CARQUEST FALL FINAL
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Polly Reid |
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Qualifying
for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was pushed back
a few hours because of the morning rain delay and
while the clouds and mist threatened to shelve the
thirty car field from time trials, the weather held
as Justin Bonsignore of Holtsville, NY in the M3
Technology Chevrolet took down his first Coors Light
pole award of the 2011 season . With a lap of 18.427
seconds, 97.683 mph, Bonsignore edged out Donny Lia,
Ted Christopher, Eric Beers and Eric Goodale the top
five for the front starting spot in the NASCAR
Whelen Modified Tour CARQUEST Fall Final at Stafford
Motor Speedway.
“This morning I woke up, I was content to start
sixth, lining up by points,” said Bonsignore
referring to the weather. “I was shocked we actually
got a chance to get in there- two weeks in a row
we’ve had a pretty good window between the rain and
to get everything in two weeks in a row, that’s
pretty cool. Practice was less than ideal, we had
some good runs then we went to do a mock run with
new tires and the rain started to pick up just
enough where we couldn’t get a good run. We just
parked it, figured we had a good enough car, I
didn’t think we’d get the pole, actually I shocked
myself with this one. I thought we’d be a top five,
I didn’t think we’d get the pole, it’s pretty cool,
we haven’t gotten a pole all year.”
“This car is pretty much going to be our ‘every
week’ Tour car- it won’t be for just Bristol or
Loudon anymore. The car was brand new at the
beginning of this year, we ran it three times at
Loudon and Bristol. Besides the one wreck at Loudon,
this car hasn’t finished worse than fourth, it’s got
a pretty good track record so far.”
His third career pole, Bonsignore won the Fall Final
pole award one year ago. “It’s really satisfying,”
said Bonsignore about repeating the award. “Last
year we got caught up in a wreck, none of our doing
mainly because of the re-draw. They’ve done away
with that so hopefully we can what I feel, unsettled
from last year. I felt we had a car good enough to
win, it was unfortunate we got taken out, not of
anyone’s doing, it was a racing deal. We really
wanted to win this one last year so hopefully we can
do it this year.”
“We’ve been running great lately, we’ve been putting
a lot more focus on the Tour now that Riverhead is
over. Hopefully this is a sign of things to come for
next year.”
Two podium finishes in the last two NASCAR Whelen
Modified Tour events, a third at Loudon and a third
at Lime Rock Park, the 2010 Sunoco Rookie of the
Year would be a good bet to take the CARQUEST Fall
Final win for 2011. |
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Source: Polly Reid / TheChromeHorn.com
Posted: October
1, 2011 |
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