Bonsignore’s late pass decisive at Langley
Victory drought finally over for the Whelen Modified Tour driver
Kyle Bonsignore rolled to a NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour victory Saturday night for the first time since 2018, prevailing in the checkeredflag.com 150 at Langley Speedway in Hampton.
Bonsignore, of Mooresville, North Carolina, drove the No. 8 car to a victory over Austin Beers, who was at the wheel of the No. 64. Beers, from Northampton, Pennsylvania, led practice, won the pole and dominated much of the race.
Bonsignore made the winning pass with less than five laps to go.
“I felt like we were really evenly matched with the 64 car, … but we were better than him in lapped traffic,” Bonsignore said. “I saw that window with four or five to go and I knew I had to take it.”
It was his second victory in 70 lifetime Whelen starts.
“This is huge,” Bonsignore said on racedayct.com. “We’ve had some really great cars this year and we’ve just had some crazy circumstances that have kept us from getting the finishes that we deserve. It’s a huge shot in the arm.”
Bonsignore’s cousin Justin Bonsignore was third, and points leader Ron Silk of Norwalk, Connecticut, placed fourth.
The 15-car field broke a 38-year-old series record for the fewest cars in a Whelen Modified Tour race. Kyle Bonsignore trails Silk by one point in the standings with six races remaining.
Super Street: Sammy Gaita won a 40-lap race in just less than 18 minutes and 40 seconds, defeating runner-up Colby Vance by 1.758 seconds for his sixth victory of 2023. Dale Nichols took third, 2.264 off the lead.
Gordon Weeks, who began the night one point ahead of Gaita for first in the standings, surrendered the top spot by placing ninth in the field of 12. Seven drivers finished on the lead lap. In other divisions:
Super Truck: Chris Roberts prevailed over 25 laps and just more than 11 ½ minutes, outpacing Chase McAdams by 1.757 seconds.
Points leader Hunter Waltrip was a distant third among 12 drivers, 5.800 seconds behind Roberts, who won for the second
time this year. Roberts was just 11th in the standings when he took the green flag.
Pro Six: Travis Wall extended his season-long domination of the division, finishing ahead of Trey New and Atley Wiese.
Wall won for the seventh time in eight races. He started the race leading second-place Wiese by five points.
Saturday’s leaders at Langley Speedway in Hampton (car numbers).
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour checkeredflag. com 150: (15 starters); 1. (22) Kyle Bonsignore;
2. (64) Austin Beers; 3. (51) Justin Bonsignore;
4. (16) Ron Silk.
Super Street 40: (12 starters); 1. (21) Sammy Gaita; 2. (44) Colby Vance; 3. (8) Dale Nichols;
4. (95) Danny Harrell; 5. (12) Sean Calway. Super Truck 25: (11 starters); 1. (8) Chris Roberts; 2. (15) Chase McAdams; 3. (9) Rick Poust; 4. (33) Hunter Waltrip; 5. (05) Donald Brown.
Pro Six 25: (10 starters); 1. (44) Travis Wall; 2. (55) Trey New; 3. (78) Atley Wiese; 4. (39) Jaxon Bone; 5. (48) Nick Lamarche.
Hubbard prevails at Va. Motor Speedway
Billy Hubbard of Mathews County held off Davis Lipscombe of Mechanicsville to win the 30-lap Pro Late Model feature Saturday night at Virginia Motor Speedway, becoming the division’s sixth winner of 2023.
Hubbard, from Cobbs Creek, moved to the outside line and held off Lipscombe, who had preferred that line all along and who had erased Hubbard’s full-straightaway lead. Derek Magee placed third on the dirt in Jamaica, in Middlesex County.
In other divisions:
Modified: Chase Butler gained his fourth victory of the year, pulling away after leader Russell Erwin’s car slowed about halfway through the 25-lap race. Jeff Solinger placed second and Bret Hamilton third.
Sportsman: Smithfield’s Steve Causey achieved his first victory of the year, moving up from his fourth-place starting spot. Hunter Wright was second and Adam Breeden third.
Limited Stock: Johnny Brooks of Aylett moved up from an eighth-place start to grab the lead on the eighth lap. He went on to earn his sixth victory of 2023, followed by Cory Bradley and Raymond Harper..
Saturday’s leaders at the dirt track in Jamaica, in Middlesex County, with car numbers [starting positions].
Pro Late Model 30: (15 starters); 1. 38B-Billy Hubbard[2]; 2. 71-Davis Lipscombe[4]; 3. 96-Derek Magee[1]; 4. 8-Jeremy Pilkerton[3]; 5. 29H-Corey Almond[6].
Sportsman 25: (12 starters); 1. 9-Steve Causey[4]; 2. 00-Hunter Wright[5]; 3. 01-Adam Breeden[2]; 4. 16-Brett Adkins[8]; 5. 23-Matt Meads[3].
Modified 25: (12 starters); 1. 11-Chase Butler[2]; 2. 7+7-Jeff Solinger[6]; 3. 1ST-Bret Hamilton[1]; 4. 10S-Tim Schulte[7]; 5. 4-Doug Penny[5].
Limited Stock Car 20: (13 starters); 1.
7-Johnny Brooks[8]; 2. 41-Cory Bradley[2]; 3. 55-Raymond Harper[4]; 4. 01-Trent Clemans[5]; 5. 9-Justin Pullen[6].