Bonsignore Nabs Whelen
Modified Tour Pole at Stafford
Justin Bonsignore stole the show in NASCAR Whelen Modified
Tour qualifying Saturday afternoon at Stafford Motor Speedway.
The last car to go out during time trials, Bonsignore registered
a fast lap of 18.355 seconds (98.066 mph) to earn the second
Coors Light Pole Award of his rookie season. The Holtsville,
N.Y., driver’s first career pole came earlier this year at
Bristol Motor Speedway.
Bonsignore’s top run knocked favorite Eric Beers off the pole.
Beers, who was the fastest car in morning practice, was the 29th
of 31 cars to qualify and he promptly moved to the top of the
chart with a lap of 18.387 (97.895). Following a fast run by
Eric Berndt, Bonsignore closed qualifying with the top run.
All was not lost for Beers, however. He pulled the No. 1
starting position for Sunday’s Fall Final in the post-qualifying
redraw of the top eight. Pole winner Bonsignore will start
seventh.
Following Bonsignore and Beers in qualifying was Mike Stefanik,
Berndt and Preece in the top five. Ed Flemke Jr., Rowan Pennink,
Ron Silk, Erick Rudolph and Bobby Santos rounded out the top 10.
Stefanik, who trails Santos by just seven points in the season
standings with only the Fall Final and the season-capper at
Thompson International Speedway remaining, will start one row
ahead of Santos on Sunday in the eighth position.
The CARQUEST Fall Final is scheduled to take the green flag on
Sunday at 3:15 p.m.
Qualifying Results
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour - CARQUEST Fall Final Lineup
Race Sunday; Qualifying Saturday
at Stafford Motor Speedway
Stafford, Conn.
Lap Length: 0.5 miles
1. (76) Eric Beers, Northampton, Pa., Chevrolet, 97.895
2. (10) Ed Flemke, Jr., Southington, Conn., Chevrolet, 97.540
3. (6) Ron Silk, Norwalk, Conn., Chevrolet, 97.192
4. (3) Ryan Preece, Berlin, Conn., Chevrolet, 97.550
5. (54) Eric Berndt, Cromwell, Conn., Chevrolet, 97.614
6. (93) Rowan Pennink, Huntingdon Valley, Pa., Chevrolet, 97.371
7. (51) Justin Bonsignore, Holtsville, N.Y., Chevrolet, 98.066
8. (16) Mike Stefanik, Coventry, R.I., Pontiac, 97.683
9. (98) Erick Rudolph, Ransomville, N.Y., Chevrolet, 97.192
10. (4) Bobby Santos, Franklin, Mass., Dodge, 97.166
11. (1) Rob Summers, Vernon, Conn., Chevrolet, 97.046
12. (59) Chuck Hossfeld, Ransomville, N.Y., Chevrolet, 97.030
13. (36) Ted Christopher, Plainville, Conn., Chevrolet, 96.904
14. (58) Eric Goodale, Riverhead, N.Y., Chevrolet, 96.852
15. (14) Jimmy Blewett, Howell, N.J., Chevrolet, 96.811
16. (8) Glenn Tyler, Hampton Bays, N.Y., Chevrolet, 96.722
17. (2) Todd Szegedy, Ridgefield, Conn., Ford, 96.603
18. (99) Jamie Tomaino, Howell, N.J., Chevrolet, 96.577
19. (90) Renee Dupuis, Glastonbury, Conn., Chevrolet, 96.546
20. (28) Woody Pitkat, Stafford, Conn., Chevrolet, 96.525
21. (50) Kevin Goodale, Riverhead, N.Y., Chevrolet, 96.499
22. (17) Glen Reen, Wilbraham, Mass., Chevrolet, 96.257
23. (05) Joe Hartmann, Calverton, N.Y., Chevrolet, 96.241
24. (46) George Brunnhoelzl, III, W. Babylon, N.Y., Chevrolet,
96.185
25. (39) Richie Pallai, Jr., Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Chevrolet,
96.061
26. (52) Dale Quarterley, Westfield, Mass., Chevrolet, 95.933
27. (5) Tom Rogers, Jr., Patchogue, N.Y., Chevrolet, 95.597
28. (18) Ken Heagy, Calverton, N.Y., Ford, 95.405
29. (33) Wade Cole, Riverton, Conn., Chevrolet, 95.127 +
30. (26) Gary McDonald, Ronkonkoma, N.Y., Chevrolet, 93.434 +
31. (38) Jake Marosz, Middletown, Conn., Chevrolet, 91.874 +
* Sunoco Rookie of the Year Contender
+ Provisional Starter
NOTE: Top eight qualifiers redrew for starting position
Source: Jason
Cunningham/NASCAR PR
Posted: October
4, 2010
