Justin Bonsignore Rules At Riverhead

Posted by Wayne G. Barber

   Justin Bonsignore has to enjoy racing at Riverhead Raceway.

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Bonsignore passed Timmy Solomito in Turn 3 on Lap 9 and waited out a rain delay and a late charge by Todd Szegedy to score his seventh career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour win and second at his home track.
Bonsignore piloted his No. 51 M3 Technology Chevrolet around some late race traffic to hold off Szegedy and continue of his streak of scoring at least one tour win every year since 2011.
Doug Coby followed Szegedy in third to score his best career finish at Riverhead with Eric Goodale fourth and Woody Pitkat fifth.
Timmy Solomito, who led the first eight laps of the race, followed in sixth while polesitter Tom Rogers Jr. rebounded from having to start the race at the rear of the 28-car field to finish seventh. Ryan Preece was eighth with rookies Vincent Biondolillo and David Sapienza rounding out the top 10.
This was the second career tour win for Bonsignore at Riverhead as the Holtsville, New York, native won at his home track in 2011 in his first career victory.
The race was slowed seven times for caution with Shawn Solomito and Donny Lia involved in the only multi-car incident in the race on Lap 39. The race also featured a 45 minute red flag for rain to set up the final 51-lap sprint to the finish.
After six points events, the championship standings now feature a tie for the lead between Coby and Preece with 251 apiece. Pitkat sits third, just two tallies back of the co-leaders.
The Riverhead Hoosier Tire East 200 is slated to air on NBCSN Thursday, July 2nd at 6 p.m. ET.

DNQ: (7) Paul Hartwig Jr., Danny Watts Jr., Melissa Fifield, Anthony Nocella,Gary MacDonald, Jeff Goodale,Wade Cole. 
  Three brothers did, Timmy, Jerry, Shawn Solomito and it's the second time in the NASCAR Whelen Series and the first since May 15,1994 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park when the 3 Fuller brothers did it. Jeff, Rick and Bobby Fuller.
Source NASCAR Hometracks and Getty Photo

Fin	Str	Car	Driver	Team	Laps	Points	B/Points	Status
1	4	51	Justin Bonsignore	M3 Technology Chevrolet	200	48	5	Running
2	11	4	Todd Szegedy	Modzelewski's Towing & Storage Dodge	200	42		Running
3	6	2	Doug Coby	Dunleavy's Repair/HEX Performance Chevrolet	200	42	1	Running
4	12	58	Eric Goodale	GAF Roofing/Supreme Skylights Chevrolet	200	40		Running
5	24	88	Woody Pitkat	Buzz Chew Chevrolet/Elbow East Chevrolet	200	39		Running
6	2	16	Timmy Solomito	Diversified Metals /R.B. Enterprises Ford	200	39	1	Running
7	1	0	Tom Rogers, Jr.	Stakey's Pumpkin Farm/CAC Ind. Chevrolet	200	37		Running
8	5	 6	Ryan Preece	TS Haulers/East West Marine Chevrolet	200	36		Running
9	3	06	Vincent Biondolillo *	Kennedy L.I. Realty Chevrolet	200	35		Running
10	27	36	Dave Sapienza *	Frankie's Towing/Wine Country Chevrolet	200	34		Running
11	21	13	Ted Christopher	Mr. Rooter/Cape Cod Aggregates Chevrolet	200	33		Running
12	23	17	Kyle Ellwood *	Riverhead Building Supply Chevrolet	200	32		Running
13	16	9	Chase Dowling *	S&S Asphalt Paving/Dunleavy's Repair Chevrolet	200	31		Running
14	26	14	Max Zachem *	Lu-Mac's Package Store/Dunleavy's Chevrolet	200	30		Running
15	18	22	Keith Rocco	Canto Paving/Milton Caterpillar Chevrolet	200	29		Running
16	20	07	Patrick Emerling	Buffalo Auto Auction Chevrolet	200	28		Running
17	22	29	Brendon Bock *	Pro System Brakes/L.I. Performance Ford	199	27		Running
18	19	75	Shawn Solomito	Eastport Feeds/Donna Camella Chevrolet	199	26		Running
19	14	59	Jerry Solomito *	Thermo Roll Windows/Eastport Feeds Chevrolet	198	25		Running
20	25	44	Bobby Santos	Tinio Corp./Dan Kelley/Curb Records Chevrolet	198	24		Running
21	28	99	Jamie Tomaino	Dunleavy's Repair/Atlantic Sprinkler Chevrolet	198	23		Running
22	7	3	Troy Talman *	Cape Cod Copper/DCU/NAPA Chevrolet	197	22		Running
23	15	8	Donny Lia	Sypher Construction/Bardahl Chevrolet	196	21		Running
24	17	18	Ken Heagy	Buoy One Seafood Chevrolet	149	20		Handling
25	8	93	Rowan Pennink	Van Wickle Auto Supply Chevrolet	146	19		Running
26	10	5	Frank Vigliarolo, Jr.	Frankie's Towing/F-1 Capital Chevrolet	124	18		Accident
27	13	20	Ron Silk	Elite Towing/Righteous Window Cleaning Chevrolet	45	17		Rear End
28	9	79	James Civali	Hillbilly Racing/Coors Light Pontiac	18	16		Accident