{"id":9219,"date":"2012-03-03T22:27:33","date_gmt":"2012-03-04T03:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/?p=9219"},"modified":"2012-03-04T16:08:04","modified_gmt":"2012-03-04T21:08:04","slug":"stafford-motor-speedway-carquest-champions-for-charities-driver-spotlight-justin-bonsignore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newenglandracingnews.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/stafford-motor-speedway-carquest-champions-for-charities-driver-spotlight-justin-bonsignore\/","title":{"rendered":"STAFFORD MOTOR SPEEDWAY CARQUEST CHAMPIONS FOR CHARITIES DRIVER SPOTLIGHT: JUSTIN BONSIGNORE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/stafford.jpg\" alt=\"Stafford\" class='ngg-singlepic ngg-left'><br \/>\n(Stafford Springs, CT)&#8212;Stafford Motor Speedway has again lined up an<br \/>\nimpressive field of current and former open wheel champions for its CARQUEST<br \/>\nChampions For Charities Event as part of CARQUEST Super Saturday on June<br \/>\n30th.  During the coming weeks, SMS will offer a profile on each of its<br \/>\nchampionship winning drivers and the charity they will be racing for and<br \/>\nthis week\u2019s CARQUEST Champions For Charities spotlights falls on 2011<br \/>\nRiverhead Raceway Modified champion Justin Bonsignore, who will be racing to<br \/>\nsupport the Trinca Family Memorial Trust.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nOn October 8, 2011, while on their way to Riverhead Raceway where Jason<br \/>\nTrinca competed in the karting club, a tragic car accident took the lives of<br \/>\nmother Keri and son Jason, also leaving daughter Marialena and son<br \/>\nChristopher with very serious injuries.  Since then, both children have been<br \/>\nrecovering, with Marialena still in the hospital.  Donations are being taken<br \/>\nto help the effort of allowing father Jason to be by his daughters side<br \/>\n24\/7.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Trinca family raced at the Riverhead Karting Club where I raced and we<br \/>\nbecame good friends off the track,\u201d said Bonsignore.  \u201cAn accident like that<br \/>\nis a tragedy for any family to have to go through and I\u2019m hoping that we can<br \/>\nraise as much money as possible to be able to help out Jason, Marialena, and<br \/>\nChristopher.  The race should be a good time, it\u2019s all for fun and no<br \/>\nbusiness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bonsignore will kick off his fundraising efforts this Saturday, March 3rd at<br \/>\nthe Occupy the Oval R\/C Charity Race, which will be taking place at R\/C<br \/>\nMadness in Enfield, CT.  Bonsignore will be joined by the likes of Rick<br \/>\nFuller, Mike Stefanik, Reggie Ruggiero, Todd Szegedy, and Donny Lia in a<br \/>\ncharity R\/C race utilizing replica\u2019s of Mario Fiore\u2019s famous #44 from the<br \/>\nWhelen Modified Tour.  There will be three classes of racing and the entry<br \/>\nfee is $25 per class with $20 from each class fee getting donated to the<br \/>\nTrinca Family Memorial Fund.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI told the promoter that I hadn\u2019t raced R\/C cars in a while, so I\u2019m just<br \/>\nhoping I don\u2019t crash too bad,\u201d said Bonsignore.  \u201cThe race should be a lot<br \/>\nof fun, there\u2019s going to be a lot of greats from the modified division and<br \/>\nit\u2019s going to be cool to be able to race against them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bonsignore is also looking forward to returning to Stafford with his #51 M3<br \/>\nTechnology Whelen Modified Tour ride.  After finishing outside the top-10 in<br \/>\nthe first 3 Stafford events of 2011, Bonsignore had a great run in the<br \/>\nCARQUEST Fall Final event, scoring pole position and leading 79 laps before<br \/>\nfinishing 10th.  Bonsignore is hoping to build upon that Fall Final success<br \/>\nin the four Stafford races during the 2012 season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe love coming to Stafford,\u201d said Bonsignore.  \u201cWe\u2019ve had some really<br \/>\ndecent runs, we just haven\u2019t had the finishes to show for it.  We brought a<br \/>\nnew car to the Fall Final and we were able to put it on pole.  We ended up<br \/>\nleading a bunch of laps before we got caught up in traffic.  We feel like we<br \/>\nhave a good package for Stafford and we\u2019re looking forward to the 2012<br \/>\nseason, we think we have a good shot at it this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To make a donation to the Trinca Family Memorial Fund and for more<br \/>\ninformation on the event, please refer to Bonsignore\u2019s CARQUEST Champions<br \/>\nfor Charities donation page located at www.staffordspeedway.com.  Stay tuned<br \/>\nto www.staffordspeedway.com for more driver spotlights and exciting<br \/>\ninformation regarding the CARQUEST Champions for Charities event.<\/p>\n<p>CARQUEST Extreme Tuesday will take place on Saturday, June 30, 2012 and will<br \/>\nfeature the ISMA Super Modifieds, NEMA Midgets, and Pro-4 Modifieds in<br \/>\naddition to the Senior Outlaw Wild Thing Karts.  Tickets for CARQUEST<br \/>\nExtreme Tuesday are on sale now at the Speedway Box Office and are priced at<br \/>\n$33.00 for adult general admission tickets, $5.00 for children ages 6-14,<br \/>\nand children ages 5 and under are admitted free of charge when accompanied<br \/>\nby an adult.  Reserved seating is priced at $35.00 for all ages.  All ticket<br \/>\nprices include 10% CT Admission Tax.  As always, Stafford Motor Speedway<br \/>\noffers free parking with overnight parking available.<\/p>\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;5&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Stafford Springs, CT)&#8212;Stafford Motor Speedway has again lined up an impressive field of current and former open wheel champions for its CARQUEST Champions For Charities Event as part of CARQUEST Super Saturday on June 30th. 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