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12/24/2014 |
JUSTIN
BONSIGNORE TO RUN STAFFORD SK MODIFIED®
IN 2015 WITH ART BARRY AS CAR OWNER |
As number registrations continue to file in and the
Stafford Motor Speedway NASCAR Whelen All-American
Series rosters begin to take shape, the track’s
premier SK Modified® division has just added another
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour driver for the 2015
season. Reigning Valenti Modified Racing Series
champion Justin Bonsignore will join the SK
Modified® ranks behind the wheel of Art Barry’s #21
car and will race for the championship.
 “We’re
going to try it every week,” said Barry. “We’ve won
2 championships in the MRS and the plan is to start
out, see what we can do, and see if we can find a
sponsor along the way. Justin wants to race at
Stafford, I think the seat time will help him in
other series at Stafford and it will be nice for me
to come back home and race.”
“This is awesome, especially to be able to do it
with Art and Ken Barry,” said Bonsignore. “I’ve
gotten to know them really well the last couple
years and we have had a lot of success in the MRS
series. I think we were all looking to do something
different this year, I’ve been wanting an SK deal at
Stafford for a long time and it’s definitely a track
that I’m looking to get some more seat time at. The
competition at Stafford is second to none, it’s like
a tour race every Friday night, and we’re glad that
we’re going to be part of it. We’d like to be able
to contend for the championship and I think we’ll be
a really good team. Weekly racing is a little
different from Tour racing with the amount of tires
and the handicapping system, so it’ll definitely be
a challenge. Stafford has the most competitive field
in the Northeast but we’re hoping we can be in
contention every week and hopefully win a couple of
races. I don’t see why we can’t be a contender. I’m
really excited, I want to get the season started
already. I like working with Art and Kenny and I
think we’re going to have a good time.”
While Bonsignore has logged plenty of laps in Whelen
Modified Tour competition at Stafford over the past
five seasons, he will be a rookie behind the wheel
of an SK Modified® car. Despite his lack of
experience, Bonsignore says he is familiar with the
sprint race format from his days at Riverhead and
that he and the Barry team have everything they need
to be competitive right from the start.
“It’s going to depend on how we come out of the
box,” said Bonsignore. “We’ll have the open practice
and at least I’m not going to a new track. I just
have to adapt to a new driving style to run in an SK
car. I’m used to the sprint race distance from
racing at Riverhead, so I don’t think that will be a
big deal. I’m always confident that we’ll adapt to
things quickly and that we’ll be able to compete
right out of the box, but you always have to be
ready for the other side of things, you never know.
I’m hoping that I can get comfortable with the track
and I know it’s a little different between a Tour
car and an SK car.”
Bonsignore and the Barry team have yet to settle on
an engine builder, but Bonsignore will be piloting a
brand new SPAFCO chassis as he makes his SK
Modified® debut. And as Bonsignore says, “it’s
always nice to be driving new equipment.”
“We haven’t even started building the car yet,” said
Bonsignore. “They’re taking the MRS car that I drove
to the championship this year and that is going to
be Matt Swanson’s car in the SK Lights and they’re
going to build a brand new car for this year. New
cars are always nice to drive and we’re going to go
all out, that’s for sure. The MRS car was a great
car and my tour car was a sister car to the MRS car
and we had a lot of success. I think we learned a
lot this year and Kenny has put some new ideas
together to come out with a newer design and we’ll
also have another new SPAFCO car for the Tour with
the #51 team. Kenny always builds great stuff so I
have no worries, I think we’re going to be good. The
engine is the one mystery still. We’ve talked with a
few different people and we’re going to mull it over
a little longer over the holidays and hopefully
we’ll know around the first of the year.”
Bonsignore will begin his foray into the SK
Modified® division with the running of the 44th
Annual NAPA Auto Parts Spring Sizzler on April
24-26. Tickets for the “Greatest Race in the History
of Spring” are on sale now at the Speedway Box
Office. Tickets are priced at $38.50 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 $42.00 for all ages.
As always, Stafford Motor Speedway offers free
parking with overnight parking available. All
tickets are good for both Saturday and Sunday
admission. All ticket prices include 10% CT
Admission Tax.
For more information on the 44th Annual NAPA Auto
Parts Spring Sizzler, or to order tickets, 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:
December 24, 2014 |
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