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03/03/2012 |
STAFFORD
MOTOR SPEEDWAY CARQUEST
CHAMPIONS FOR CHARITIES DRIVER SPOTLIGHT:
JUSTIN BONSIGNORE |
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Stafford
Motor Speedway has again lined up an impressive
field of current and former open wheel champions for
its CARQUEST Champions For Charities Event as part
of CARQUEST Super Saturday on June 30th. During the
coming weeks, SMS will offer a profile on each of
its championship winning drivers and the charity
they will be racing for and this week’s CARQUEST
Champions For Charities spotlights falls on 2011
Riverhead Raceway Modified champion Justin
Bonsignore, who will be racing to support the Trinca
Family Memorial Trust.
On October 8, 2011, while on their way to Riverhead
Raceway where Jason Trinca competed in the karting
club, a tragic car accident took the lives of mother
Keri and son Jason, also leaving daughter Marialena
and son Christopher with very serious injuries.
Since then, both children have been recovering, with
Marialena still in the hospital. Donations are being
taken to help the effort of allowing father Jason to
be by his daughters side 24/7.
“The Trinca family raced at the Riverhead Karting
Club where I raced and we became good friends off
the track,” said Bonsignore. “An accident like that
is a tragedy for any family to have to go through
and I’m hoping that we can raise as much money as
possible to be able to help out Jason, Marialena,
and Christopher. The race should be a good time,
it’s all for fun and no business.”
Bonsignore will kick off his fundraising efforts
this Saturday, March 3rd at the Occupy the Oval R/C
Charity Race, which will be taking place at R/C
Madness in Enfield, CT. Bonsignore will be joined by
the likes of Rick Fuller, Mike Stefanik, Reggie
Ruggiero, Todd Szegedy, and Donny Lia in a charity
R/C race utilizing replica’s of Mario Fiore’s famous
#44 from the Whelen Modified Tour. There will be
three classes of racing and the entry fee is $25 per
class with $20 from each class fee getting donated
to the Trinca Family Memorial Fund.
“I told the promoter that I hadn’t raced R/C cars in
a while, so I’m just hoping I don’t crash too bad,”
said Bonsignore. “The race should be a lot of fun,
there’s going to be a lot of greats from the
modified division and it’s going to be cool to be
able to race against them.”
Bonsignore is also looking forward to returning to
Stafford with his #51 M3 Technology Whelen Modified
Tour ride. After finishing outside the top-10 in the
first 3 Stafford events of 2011, Bonsignore had a
great run in the CARQUEST Fall Final event, scoring
pole position and leading 79 laps before finishing
10th. Bonsignore is hoping to build upon that Fall
Final success in the four Stafford races during the
2012 season.
“We love coming to Stafford,” said Bonsignore.
“We’ve had some really decent runs, we just haven’t
had the finishes to show for it. We brought a new
car to the Fall Final and we were able to put it on
pole. We ended up leading a bunch of laps before we
got caught up in traffic. We feel like we have a
good package for Stafford and we’re looking forward
to the 2012 season, we think we have a good shot at
it this year.”
To make a donation to the Trinca Family Memorial
Fund and for more information on the event, please
refer to Bonsignore’s CARQUEST Champions for
Charities donation page located at
www.staffordspeedway.com. Stay tuned to
www.staffordspeedway.com for more driver
spotlights and exciting information regarding the
CARQUEST Champions for Charities event.
CARQUEST Extreme Tuesday will take place on
Saturday, June 30, 2012 and will feature the ISMA
Super Modifieds, NEMA Midgets, and Pro-4 Modifieds
in addition to the Senior Outlaw Wild Thing Karts.
Tickets for CARQUEST Extreme Tuesday are on sale now
at the Speedway Box Office and are priced at $33.00
for adult general admission tickets, $5.00 for
children ages 6-14, and children ages 5 and under
are admitted free of charge when accompanied by an
adult. Reserved seating is priced at $35.00 for all
ages. All ticket prices include 10% CT Admission
Tax. As always, Stafford Motor Speedway offers free
parking with overnight parking available.
For more information, or to order tickets to the 9th
Annual CARQUEST Extreme Tuesday event, contact the
Stafford Motor Speedway track office at 860-684-2783
or visit us on the web at
www.staffordspeedway.com. |
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Source: Scott Running / Stafford Motor Speedway
Posted: March
3, 2012 |
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