Bonsignore Drives To Home Modified Win At Riverhead

Justin Bonsignore celebrates after winning Saturday night’s NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race at Riverhead Raceway. Photo by Adam Glanzman/NASCAR via Getty Images

Justin Bonsignore came up short at home in June. He wasn’t going to let it happen again Saturday night.

The 28-year-old from Holtsville, New York, held off the charge of brother Timmy and Shawn Solomito to score the victory in the Riverhead 200 at New York’s Riverhead Raceway. It was a night of milestones for Bonsignore, who earned his 10th career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour win in his 100th career start.

Bonsignore kept the No. 51 Phoenix Communications Inc. Chevrolet out front for a race-high 117 laps. He kept the Solomitos behind him on a final restart with nine laps remaining to secure the win.

In June, Bosignore finished second to Timmy Solomito on a green-white-checkered finish at Riverhead. Bosignore, both Solomitos and fourth-place Tom Rogers, Jr. are all Long Island natives. It was Bonsignore’s fourth win at his home track, where he was the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Division I champion in 2011.

Timmy Solomito led 70 laps on the quarter-mile but had to settle for a runner-up finish this time. Shawn Solomito won his first career Coors Light Pole Award earlier in the day — knocking Timmy off the provisional pole as the second-to-last driver to make a qualifying lap — and led the other 13 laps.

In addition to the win, Bonsignore cut Doug Coby’s championship points lead to 13 with five races remaining. Timmy Solomito remains 35 points back of Coby, who finished 15th.

Jimmy Blewett, Sunoco Rookie of the Year candidate Craig Lutz, Max Zachem, Frank Vigliarolo, Jr. and Eric Goodale rounded out the top 10.

The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour heads to upstate New York next Saturday for the Toyota Mod Classic 150 presented by McDonald’s at Oswego Speedway.

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
Riverhead Raceway – Riverhead, NY
Riverhead 200 – Aug. 27, 2016

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Laps	Points	B/Points	Status
1	7	51	Justin Bonsignore	Phoenix Communications Inc. Chevrolet	200	48	5	Running
2	2	16	Timmy Solomito	Diversified Metals Ford	200	43	1	Running
3	1	75	Shawn Solomito	Eastport Feeds Chevrolet	200	42	1	Running
4	3	0	Tom Rogers, Jr.	Stakey’s Pumpkin Farm/S.J.S. Stoneworks Chevrolet	200	40		Running
5	11	9	Chase Dowling	S&S Asphalt Paving/Dunleavy’s Repair Chevrolet	200	39		Running
6	12	4	Jimmy Blewett	Starrett Tools/Mayhew Tools Dodge	200	38		Running
7	21	56	Craig Lutz *	TBA Chevrolet	200	37		Running
8	16	20	Max Zachem	Lu-Mac’s Package Store/East End Statuary Chevrolet	200	36		Running
9	13	5	Frank Vigliarolo, Jr.	Frankie’s Towing Chevrolet	200	35		Running
10	4	58	Eric Goodale	GAF Roofing Chevrolet	200	34		Running
11	9	3	Rowan Pennink	Cape Cod Copper/Canto Paving Chevrolet	200	33		Running
12	25	99	Jamie Tomaino	Dunleavy’s Repair/Atlantic Sprinkler Chevrolet	200	32		Running
13	26	26	Gary McDonald	Lakeland Landscape /TRC Electric Chevrolet	200	31		Running
14	8	82	Ron Silk	Horton Avenue Materials Chevrolet	199	30		Running
15	6	2	Doug Coby	Dunleavy Repair/A&J Romano Const Chevrolet	198	29		Running
16	5	8	Donny Lia	Sypher Construction/Bardahl Chevrolet	197	28		Running
17	23	69	Jason Agugliaro *	NEBR/Bob Bruneau/Chuck’s Auto Repair Chevrolet	196	27		Running
18	22	89	Matt Swanson *	Spafco Race Chassis/FMR Racing Chevrolet	185	26		Accident
19	24	46	Jeff Goodale	Riverhead Building Supply Chevrolet	185	25		Accident
20	17	84	John Fortin	John’s Tree Removal Chevrolet	185	24		Accident
21	14	6	Vincent Biondolillo *	Kennedy L.I. Realty Chevrolet	184	23		Flat Tire
22	28	68	Johnny Bush	JB Stone Chevrolet	128	22		Suspension
23	10	36	Dave Sapienza	Frankie’s Towing/Wine Country Chevrolet	127	21		Accident
24	29	10	Jerry Solomito *	AJ Painting Chevrolet	109	20		Handling
25	18	18	Ken Heagy	Buoy One Seafood Chevrolet	87	19		Accident
26	20	64	Rob Summers	HTE/Dell Electric/Complete Const. Chevrolet	47	18		Accident
27	19	33	Wade Cole	Perf. Engines/Kendall Oil Chevrolet	32	17		Overheating
28	15	44	Bobby Santos	Tinio Corp./Dan Kelley/Curb Records Chevrolet	25	16		Brakes
29	27	1	Melissa Fifield	Eastern Propane & Oil Chevrolet	4	15		Electrical

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RACE STATISTICS
Fastest Qualifier: Shawn Solomito, Time: 12.055 Seconds, Speed: 74.658 mph
Time of Race: 1 hrs., 14 mins, 45 secs Average Speed: 40.134 mph Margin of Victory: 0.499 Seconds
Caution Flags: Laps 18-25; 27-39; 48-60; 78-82; 118-125; 127-134; 155-161; 164-174; 177-182; 186-192. 10 for 86 laps.
Lap Leaders: Timmy Solomito 1-2, Shawn Solomito 3-15, Timmy Solomito 16-83, Justin Bonsignore 84-200.
Total Laps Led: Justin Bonsignore 117, Timmy Solomito 70, Shawn Solomito 13. 3 changes involving 3 drivers.
Top 10 Driver Points: Doug Coby 465, Justin Bonsignore 452, Timmy Solomito 430, Donny Lia 424, Jimmy Blewett 417, Max Zachem 417, Eric Goodale 416, Ron Silk 399, Chase Dowling 378, Matt Swanson * 377