Justin Bonsignore

Justin R. Bonsignore (born February 3, 1988) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, driving the No. 51 Chevrolet for Kenneth Massa Motorsports He has also competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, having previously driven the Nos. 18/19 Toyota GR Supras for Joe Gibbs Racing.

Early career and go-karts Bonsignore began his racing career with go-karts at the age of eight. His family has long owned and operated a Kart Racing Shop, and this early exposure to the racing circuit paved the way for a career in racing.

In 1997, Bonsignore competed for his first national event at the Rockingham Speedway, in North Carolina, where he finished thirteenth. During his go-kart career, Bonsignore has secured eighteen national event wins, thirteen poles, and 45 top-five finishes in 81 national starts. Highlights include wins at Len Sammon's Indoor Kart Race at the Dunkin' Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island and the East End Shootout at Riverhead Raceway.

Chargers and modified In 2005, Bonsignore began racing stock cars. Competing in Riverhead Raceway's Charger Division, and NASCAR Dodge Weekly Racing Series, Bonsignore finished third in the series standings, was awarded Rookie of the Year, and secured the best rookie finish on record.

In 2006, Bonsignore joined the NASCAR Modified Division, where he scored three top-fives and nine top-ten finishes. For the second year in a row, Bonsignore received honors from NASCAR, taking home the Rookie of the Year title for the Modified Division and claiming a seventh-place finish overall, a new best for a rookie driver.

Hopes for a higher finish in 2007 were cut short due to a wrist injury.

2008 saw Bonsignore's first stock car win in 2008 and the division's most top-five and top-five finishes en route to an 8th-place points finish.

2009 proved a very successful season performance wise, but bad luck kept overall results below expectations. During the season, Bonsignore broke a long winless streak and won the Cromarty Cup 50 Lap race, qualifying on the pole and leading every lap.

In the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour race at Riverhead, Bonsignore was able to match a career-best fourth-place finish.

M3 Technology Racing 2009 also marked the first collaboration between Bonsignore and local business owner Ken Massa. During the summer, the two discussed and formed a team with the intention of competing full-time on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. In the team's first race together, they scored a second-place finish at the Sundance Vacations Speedway in St. John's, PA (the former and later Mountain Speedway; to be called Evergreen Raceway Park starting in 2014) in the King of the Mountain 150.

The 2010 season showed the promise of the new team, as Bonsignore was named the 2010 Sunoco Rookie of the Year. Finishing a strong thirteenth in the standings, a series of mechanical accidents and bad luck ruined a potential top-ten run. Bonsignore became the first NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour driver to earn a Coors Light Pole Award at Bristol Motor Speedway and Stafford Motor Speedway. 2010 saw the M3 Racing team take home two top-five finishes, and four top-ten finishes.

M3 Technology and Bonsignore returned to the Tour for the 2011 season, and once again competed throughout the year at Riverhead Raceway. On July 30, 2011, Bonsignore won his first Whelen Modified Tour race at his local track, Riverhead Raceway. He started on the outside pole and led the final 158 laps in dominating fashion. Bonsignore also won the NASCAR Weekly Series Modified championship at Riverhead Raceway, clinching that on September 10, 2011.

In 2012 and 2013, Bonsignore finished seventh and eighth in the points respectively, picking up two more wins at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park and Monadnock Speedway.

2014 saw a change for Bonsignore and the M3 Technology team as they would switch from Troyer to Spafco Chassis and Robert Yates Racing Spec engines. Performance improved as Bonsignore won three races on the way to a third-place finish in points. In addition to running the WMT, Bonsignore also raced on the Modified Racing Series for the legendary Art Barry in the #21 car, winning the series championship. Winning speed returned in 2015, with two more race wins, however, the team lacked consistency on the way to a tenth-place finish in points.

The 2016 season proved to be a career year at the time for Bonsignore, scoring four wins and thirteen top-fives on the way to a runner-up points finish to Doug Coby. 2017 was not as kind, with Bonsignore going winless for the first time since 2010, only leading four laps all season.

2018 was another year of change for the No. 51 team. The team switched chassis manufacturers again to the potent FURY Chassis, bringing in Ryan Stone as crew chief. These changes paid off as Bonsignore won the 2018 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship on the strength of eight wins, five poles, twelve top-fives, fifteen top-tens, and 695 laps led, leading every category.

ARCA Menards Series On February 5, 2024, it was announced that Bonsignore would make his ARCA Menards Series debut at Daytona International Speedway, driving the No. 30 car for Rette Jones Racing. Bonsignore had competed in the ARCA testing session for Fast Track Racing earlier in the year.

NASCAR Xfinity Series On May 16, 2024, it was announced that Bonsignore will compete in the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at New Hampshire in June, driving the No. 19 for Joe Gibbs Racing. After qualifying was rained out, Bonsignore lead three laps and ran in the top-five before a late incident relegated him to a 22nd-place finish. In January 2025, it was revealed that Bonsignore would compete in five Xfinity Series races for Joe Gibbs Racing during the 2025 season. The following month, the team announced an expansion of his schedule to nine races. Bonsignore also ran the No. 18 car in the final two races at Martinsville and Phoenix when William Sawalich was sidelined after post-concussion symptoms from the previous race.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series NASCAR Xfinity Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Pts Ref 2024 Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO COA RCH MAR TEX TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON IOW NHA22 NSH CSC POC IND MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 59th 25 2025 DAY25 ATL COA PHO LVS HOM16 MAR DAR BRI17 CAR38 TAL TEX CLT NSH MXC POC38 ATL CSC SON DOV IND IOW12 GLN DAY PIR GTW BRI KAN37 ROV LVS TAL 36th 136 18 MAR10 PHO10

Whelen Modified Tour NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour results Year Car owner No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pts Ref 2007 Thomas Bonsignore 23 Chevy TMP STA WTO STA TMP NHA TSA RIV4 STA TMP MAN MAR NHA TMP STA TMP 53rd 160 2008 TMP STA STA TMP NHA SPE RIVDNQ STA TMP MAN TMP NHA MAR CHE STA TMP N/A 0 2009 51 Chevy TMP STA STA NHA SPE RIV4 STA BRI TMP NHA MAR STA TMP 49th 160 2010 Kenneth Massa Chevy TMP27 STA10 STA11 MAR2 NHA12 LIM21 MND9 RIV17 STA25 TMP24 BRI5 NHA27 STA29 TMP22 13th 1587 2011 TMP5 STA28 STA17 MND2 TMP24 NHA31 RIV1* STA11 NHA4 BRI2 DEL7 TMP10 LRP3 NHA3 STA10* TMP21 7th 2141 2012 TMP13 MND4 STA10 WFD2 NHA28 STA10 TMP25 BRI4 TMP1 RIV2 NHA25 STA11 TMP19 7th 460 Ford STA6 2013 Chevy TMP8 STA2 STA7 WFD4 RIV24 NHA32 MND1* STA15 TMP20 BRI8 RIV2 NHA14 STA5 TMP10 8th 464 2014 TMP1 STA5 STA2 WFD4 RIV16 NHA6 MND1 STA8 TMP1 BRI6 NHA25 STA21 TMP5 3rd 484 2015 TMP27 STA20 WFD25 STA28 TMP2 RIV1* NHA22 MND3 STA5 TMP8 BRI24 RIV1* NHA5 STA21 TMP2 10th 478 2016 TMP3 STA5 WFD17 STA5 TMP20 RIV2 NHA8 MND5 STA2 TMP1* BRI22 RIV1* OSW3 SEE2 NHA1* STA2 TMP1 2nd 672 2017 MYR6 TMP9 STA9 LGY5 TMP14 RIV5 NHA17 STA3 TMP11 BRI3 SEE6 OSW6 RIV5 NHA5 STA6 TMP10 3rd 588 2018 MYR5 TMP1 STA8 SEE1* TMP1 LGY2 RIV1 NHA4* STA7 TMP1* BRI1* OSW2 RIV1 NHA6* STA12 TMP1 1st 693 2019 MYR12 SBO25 TMP1 STA6* WAL13 SEE2 TMP1 RIV1 NHA7 STA6 TMP2 OSW1* RIV1 NHA5 STA2* TMP1 2nd 653 2020 JEN1* WMM1 WMM5 JEN5* MND1 TMP2 NHA2* STA3 TMP3 1st 392 2021 MAR3 STA13 RIV3* JEN1* OSW4 RIV3 NHA2* NRP2 STA2 BEE8 OSW3 RCH24 RIV2 STA1 1st 565 2022 NSM31 RCH1 RIV25 LEE10 JEN8 MND1 RIV2 WAL6 NHA12 CLM6 TMP5 LGY5 OSW1 RIV1* TMP14 MAR29 4th 568 2023 NSM2 RCH4 MON5 RIV1 LEE9 SEE4 RIV2 WAL2 NHA1* LMP4 THO1* LGY3 OSW15* MON1* RIV1 NWS3 THO13 MAR2 2nd 750 2024 NSM2 RCH1* THO4 MON6 RIV3 SEE5 NHA1* MON7 LMP3 THO2 OSW3 RIV15* MON8 THO1* NWS1* MAR1* 1st 672 2025 NSM3 THO5 NWS3 SEE11 RIV1* WMM10 LMP8 MON4 MON2 THO8 RCH7 OSW10 NHA2* RIV3 THO6 MAR1* 2nd 641 2026 NSM1* MAR24 THO7 SEE11 RIV2 OXFWth SEE CLM WMM MON THO NHA24 STA4 OSW RIV THO -* -*

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points

ARCA Menards Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Menards Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Ref 2024 Rette Jones Racing 30 Ford DAY32 PHO TAL DOV KAN CLT IOW MOH BLN IRP SLM ELK MCH ISF MLW DSF GLN BRI KAN TOL 114th 12

SMART Modified Tour SMART Modified Tour results Year Car owner No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts Ref 2024 Kenneth Massa 51 N/A FLO CRW SBO TRI ROU HCY FCS CRW JAC CAR CRW DOM SBO NWS1* 40th 50 2026 Kenneth Massa 51 N/A FLO AND SBO DOM HCY WKS FCR CRW PUL20 CAR CRW ROU TRI NWS -* -*