Justin Bonsignore

Justin Bonsignore (born February 3, 1988) is an American racing driver who competes in NASCAR's Whelen Modified Tour and various other local racing circuits. He currently drives for Kenneth Massa Motorsports.[1]

Justin Bonsignore
NationalityUnited States
Born (1988-02-03) February 3, 1988
Holtsville, New York
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour career
Debut season2007
Current teamKenneth Massa Motorsports
Years active2007–present
Car number51
Crew chiefRyan Stone
Starts155
Championships1
Wins28
Poles13
Best finish1st in 2018
Finished last season2nd (2019)
Championship titles
2018NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
Last updated on: July 4, 2020.

Early career and go-karts

Bonsignore began his racing career with go-karts at the age of 8. His family has long owned and operated a Kart Racing Shop, and this early exposure to the racing circuit paved the way for a career in racing.

In 1997, Bonsignore competed for his first national event at the Rockingham Speedway, in North Carolina, where he finished 13th. During his Go Kart career Bonsignore has secured 18 national event wins, 13 poles, and 45 top-5 finishes in 81 national starts. Highlights include wins at Len Sammon's Indoor Kart Race at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island and the East End Shootout at Riverhead Raceway.

Chargers and modified

In 2005, Bonsignore began racing stock cars. Competing in Riverhead Raceway's Charger Division, and NASCAR Dodge Weekly Racing Series, Bonsignore finished third in the series standings, was awarded Rookie of the Year, and secured the best rookie finish on record.

In 2006, Bonsignore joined the NASCAR Modified Division, where he scored three top-5 and nine top-10 finishes. For the second year in a row, Bonsignore received honors from NASCAR, taking home the Rookie of the Year title for the Modified Division and claiming a seventh-place finish overall, a new best for a rookie driver.

Hopes for a higher finish in 2007 were cut short due to a wrist injury.

2008 saw Bonsignore's first stock car win in 2008 and the division's most top-5 and top-10 finishes en route to an 8th-place points finish.

2009 proved a very successful season performance wise, but bad luck kept overall results below expectations. During the season, Bonsignore broke a long winless streak and won the Cromarty Cup 50 Lap race, qualifying on the pole and leading every lap.

In the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race Bonsignore was able to match a career-best 4th-place finish.

M3 Technology Racing

2009 also marked the first collaboration between Bonsignore and local business owner Ken Massa. During the summer, the two discussed and formed a team with the intention of competing full-time on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. In the team's first race together, they scored a 2nd-place finish at the Sundance Vacations Speedway in St. John's, PA (the former and later Mountain Speedway; to be called Evergreen Raceway Park starting in 2014) in the King of the Mountain 150.

The 2010 Season showed the promise of the new team, as Bonsignore was named the 2010 Sunoco Rookie of the Year.[2] Finishing a strong 13th in the standings, a series of mechanical accidents and bad luck ruined a potential top-10 run. Bonsignore became the first NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour driver to earn a Coors Light Pole Award at Bristol Motor Speedway and Stafford Motor Speedway. 2010 saw the M3 Racing team take home two top 5 finishes, and four top 10 finishes.[3]

M3 Technology and Bonsignore returned to the Tour for the 2011 season, and once again competed throughout the year at Riverhead Raceway. On July 30, 2011, Bonsignore won his first Whelen Modified Tour race at his local track, Riverhead Raceway. He started on the outside pole and led the final 158 laps in dominating fashion. Bonsignore also won the NASCAR Weekly Series Modified championship at Riverhead Raceway, clinching that on September 10, 2011.

In 2012 and 2013 Bonsignore finished 7th and 8th in the points respectively, picking up two more wins at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park and Monadnock Speedway.

2014 saw a change for Bonsignore and the M3 Technology team as they would switch from Troyer to Spafco Chassis and Robert Yates Racing Spec engines. Performance improved as Bonsignore won 3 races on the way to a 3rd-place finish in points. Winning speed returned in 2015, with two more race wins, however, the team lacked consistency on the way to a 10th-place finish in points.

The 2016 season proved to be a career year at the time for Bonsignore, scoring 4 wins and 13 top 5's on the way to a runner-up points finish to Doug Coby. 2017 was not as kind, with Bonsignore going winless for the first time since 2010, only leading 4 laps all season.

2018 was another year of change for the No. 51 team. The team switched chassis manufacturers again to the potent LFR Chassis, bringing in Ryan Stone as crew chief. These changes paid off as Bonsignore won the 2018 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship on the strength of 8 wins, 5 poles, 12 Top 5's, 15 top 10's, and 695 laps lead, leading every category.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Whelen Modified Tour
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour results
Year Car owner No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 NWMTC Pts Ref
2007 Info not available 23 Chevy TMP STA WTO STA TMP NHA TSA RIV
4		 STA TMP MAN MAR NHA TMP STA TMP 53rd 160 [4]
2008 TMP STA STA TMP NHA SPE RIV
DNQ		 STA TMP MAN TMP NHA MAR CHE STA TMP N/A 0 [5]
2009 Thomas Bonsignore 51 Chevy TMP STA STA NHA SPE RIV
4		 STA BRI TMP NHA MAR STA TMP 49th 160 [6]
2010 Kenneth Massa Chevy TMP
27		 STA
10		 STA
11		 MAR
2		 NHA
12		 LIM
21		 MND
9		 RIV
17		 STA
25		 TMP
24		 BRI
5		 NHA
27		 STA
29		 TMP
22		 13th 1587 [7]
2011 TMP
5		 STA
28		 STA
17		 MND
2		 TMP
24		 NHA
31		 RIV
1*		 STA
11		 NHA
4		 BRI
2		 DEL
7		 TMP
10		 LRP
3		 NHA
3		 STA
10*		 TMP
21		 7th 2141 [8]
2012 TMP
13		 MND
4		 STA
10		 WFD
2		 NHA
28		 STA
10		 TMP
25		 BRI
4		 TMP
1		 RIV
2		 NHA
25		 STA
11		 TMP
19		 7th 460 [9]
Ford STA
6
2013 Chevy TMP
8		 STA
2		 STA
7		 WFD
4		 RIV
24		 NHA
32		 MND
1*		 STA
15		 TMP
20		 BRI
8		 RIV
2		 NHA
14		 STA
5		 TMP
10		 8th 464 [10]
2014 TMP
1		 STA
5		 STA
2		 WFD
4		 RIV
16		 NHA
6		 MND
1		 STA
8		 TMP
1		 BRI
6		 NHA
25		 STA
21		 TMP
5		 3rd 484 [11]
2015 TMP
27		 STA
20		 WFD
25		 STA
28		 TMP
2		 RIV
1*		 NHA
22		 MND
3		 STA
5		 TMP
8		 BRI
24		 RIV
1*		 NHA
5		 STA
21		 TMP
2		 10th 478 [12]
2016 TMP
3		 STA
5		 WFD
17		 STA
5		 TMP
20		 RIV
2		 NHA
8		 MND
5		 STA
2		 TMP
1*		 BRI
22		 RIV
1*		 OSW
3		 SEE
2		 NHA
1*		 STA
2		 TMP
1		 2nd 672 [13]
2017 MYR
6		 TMP
9		 STA
9		 LGY
5		 TMP
14		 RIV
5		 NHA
17		 STA
3		 TMP
11		 BRI
3		 SEE
6		 OSW
6		 RIV
5		 NHA
5		 STA
6		 TMP
10		 3rd 588 [14]
2018 MYR
5		 TMP
1		 STA
8		 SEE
1*		 TMP
1		 LGY
2		 RIV
1		 NHA
4*		 STA
7		 TMP
1*		 BRI
1*		 OSW
2		 RIV
1		 NHA
6*		 STA
12		 TMP
1		 1st 693 [15]
2019 MYR
12		 SBO
25		 TMP
1		 STA
6*		 WAL
13		 SEE
2		 TMP
1		 RIV
1		 NHA
7		 STA
6		 TMP
2		 OSW
1*		 RIV
1		 NHA
5		 STA
2*		 TMP
1		 2nd 653 [16]
2020 JEN
1*		 WMM
1		 STA TMP JEN OSW NHA RIV STA TMP -* -* [17]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

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References
  1. "Bonsignore Re-Signs With Kenneth Massa Motorsports". Speed Sport. January 10, 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2019.
  2. Whelen Modified Tour: Sunoco Rookie of the Year
  3. 2010 Whelen Modified Tour Standings
  4. "Justin Bonsignore – 2007 NASCAR Featherlite Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  5. "Justin Bonsignore – 2008 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  6. "Justin Bonsignore – 2009 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  7. "Justin Bonsignore – 2010 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  8. "Justin Bonsignore – 2011 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  9. "Justin Bonsignore – 2012 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  10. "Justin Bonsignore – 2013 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  11. "Justin Bonsignore – 2014 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  12. "Justin Bonsignore – 2015 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  13. "Justin Bonsignore – 2016 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  14. "Justin Bonsignore – 2017 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  15. "Justin Bonsignore – 2018 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  16. "Justin Bonsignore – 2019 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  17. "Justin Bonsignore – 2020 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Doug Coby		 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Champion
2018		 Succeeded by
Doug Coby
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