Five cars. Those are all that were left on the lead lap after Justin Bonsignore dominated the Brushy Mountain Powersports 250 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, sweeping the weekend and taking the NASCAR WHELEN Modified points lead.
Bonsignore had momentum on his side heading into today, winning the SMART Modified Championship race last night just barely over Matt Hirschman. He would start 4th today, but wasted no time getting to the front. By the time the checkers flew, Bonsignore had lapped up to 5th place Luke Baldwin, and won by more than 6 seconds over Matt Hirschman.
“It’s obviously really special,” said Silk after sweeping the weekend. “Last night was amazing riding the elevator, and to pull it off today with such a big lead, it’s really special. These races are not easy to win. [The] guys gave me a great car that ran 150 laps on the same set of tires.”
Bonsignore now unofficially has a 10 point lead over Ron Silk heading into the championship deciding race at Martinsville Speedway next weekend.
“I saw [that] Ron [Silk] didn’t have the best of days. We’ll be able to go into Martinsville controlling our own destiny. We run really well there. I wish we could just head up the road and go run it tomorrow with the streak we’re on. We’ll be working hard on both cars to get them turned around [and] put them in the trailer Friday afternoon. Hopefully we’ll go to Martinsville and put together a really solid day and contend for the win, but at the same time be smart if it comes down to having to points race.”
Ron Silk entered the day with a five point lead over Bonsignore. He qualified right behind him in 6th, but with the long green flag run to end the race, he fell back hard. Silk would finish in 11th, one lap down to Bonsignore. With the 15 point swing, Silk will be behind the eight ball heading to Martinsville.
Silk declined to comment after the race.
NASCAR WHELEN Modified Tour Brushy Mountain Powersports 150 North Wilkesboro Speedway October 20 2024
Scotte is from North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, living just a few minutes from the historic race track. Scotte has raced at local dirt tracks for five years, as well as covering NASCAR and short track races for nearly a year now, and has a firey passion for all motorsports, working to achieve a career as a driver.
