Ron Silk Dominate at Thompson Speedway, Wins his 30th NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Race
Column By: Cale King / ACT MEDIA – THOMPSON, CT – Justin Bonsignore took a 19.048-second lap to earn the pole position in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour World Series 150 and led the field at the onset. Everyone jumped into a single-file line on the outside groove as Cousin Kyle Bonsignore closely stalked Justin with Craig Lutz, Trevor Catalano and Austin Beers in tow. After shocking the crowd to lead much of the time trial qualifying, Catalano worked his way to the lead under Bonsignore on lap 26 just before a big turn one pile-up that claimed Eric Goodale, Timmy Solomito and Brian Sones.
The teenaged Catalano looked like a veteran out front, handling the ongoing pressure of Bonsignore pulling all the tricks of a four-time champion in the rear-view mirror. By lap 50, Ron Silk had worked his way underneath both of them to set sail ahead of the pack, unshackled in his pursuit of yet another Thompson Speedway victory. While Silk ran away with the lead, there were championship implications in the battle for second between Justin Bonsignore and Austin Beers. After over thirty laps of trying all routes around Bonsignore, Beers finally got a run underneath in turn three to take over the third spot after Matt Swanson made his way around the two title fighters mid-battle.
Ron Silk kept it lean and green all the way to the very end for the Sunoco World Series 150 win while Matt Swanson took second en-route to winning the FloRacing Connecticut Challenge and Austin Beer’s third-place run keeps him in good standing for the final championship event at Martinsville Speedway in two weeks.
Time constraints pushed both the NEMA Lites and the Pro Truck Challenge Tour till after the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour event Saturday night. The NEMA Lites saw an impressive battle for the lead between Tiana Kibbe and Kyle Valeiri before Valeiri took off with the lead and never looked back for the win over Randy Cabral and Kibbe.
Likewise, Ryan Kuhn looked shot from a cannon in the Pro Truck 35-lap main event. Kuhn was all but untouchable with Jason Paquette and Jaysin Beal rounding out the final podium of Sunoco World Series weekend.
The 2025 season has now officially wrapped up with the final checkered flag on the 63r Sunoco World Series. American-Canadian Tour managing partner Cris Michaud announced in the driver’s meeting Saturday morning that in conjunction with Tom Mayberry and the Pro All Stars Series, the Thompson Speedway oval will continue under the two sanctioning bodies in 2026. Expect a 2026 schedule to be released by Thanksgiving.
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