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Dave Bissonette: You Can’t Succeed Without Support

By Terry Tinkess directly, with the car.
“You need to have good
ave Bissonette has been sponsors, but you also need to
Dracing stock cars for a long
have the support of your family
time, 19 years to be exact. The and friends,” says Bissonette.
decision to get behind the wheel
“I feel for the young guys who I
wasn’t because of some kind of know are having to cut back in
revelation or anything. He just order to race. It’s not just the cost,
tried it, and found he liked it. That
which is a lot, but it’s also being
he was pretty good at it didn’t hurt away racing while your wife or
either.
girlfriend are left at home to deal
“An older friend of mine asked with the kids and every thing
me to try his car, Aumere Seguin,” else.
says Bissonette. “The sponsors support us, and
While Bissonette is one of the the fans in the crowd support us,
more popular drivers on the circuit, but sometimes they don’t know
you won’t hear him boasting. He about everything that goes on
prefers to spread the credit for his behind the scenes. You can’t be Dave Bissonette’s #47 Chev Monte Carlo is a regular top-five finisher

success around. When asked what successful without a good support at the Cornwall Motor Speedway. Photo by Terry Tinkess
the greatest factor in winning is, system.”
he fails to mention the person
Bissonette, by his own admission
driving the car. is “old school,” although he is well Bissonette does have the respect According to Bissonette,
of the other drivers as well as the winning at the Cornwall Speedway
“Being consistent,” says aware of how important a part of
Bissonette. “and having an racing technology has become. support of many fans where ever is quite an accomplishment. “If
awesome pit crew who go over the he races. Some of them have been you can win at Cornwall, you
“I guess I like the old ways, the with him a long time. can win anywhere. It is the most
car every week so that you don’t good waywwwwwwwwwwws,”
have any breakdowns. Having says Bissonette. “I’m not caught “I have some who were kids and challenging and aggressive track,
great sponsors as well makes a not they’re teenagers and their and any given night at Cornwall
up to all the technology but I think there’s ten guys that can win in
difference. I’m lucky to have the other guys appreciate me more still coming,” says Bissonette.

people like Roy’s Motor Sport, “They always come down to the the pro stocks. That’s what I find
in the sport because I’m not right so challenging. I call that the little
Aaron Denneny’s Automotive up to par with the technology. I’m car, the trailer’s always open and
and Napa Auto Parts. still running setups that I ran many they can come in and say hello. “I bull ring.

Bissonette says a lot of the credit years ago and I’m still running have pictures up inside the trailer “If you can be in the top five
also has to go to people who don’t them today. It’s in my head and so it’s like memory lane a little every week and then load your car
have anything to do, at least not my driving style.” bit.” in the trailer, you’ve done well.”
There isn’t really any age
limit for a driver, but how long
realistically can fans expect to
see the #47 Monte Carlo crossing
the finish line, consistently in the

top five? It is something he has
considered.
“Next year I’ll be 47,” says
Bissonette, “and the car number
is 47 so I’m contemplating a few
different things. I don’t know if
I’ll race full time, but I’ll be at all
the big shows.”
And there will still be a lot of

There is a fine line between winning and losing if you race at the Cornwall Motor Speedway. fans in the stands cheering him
Photo by Terry Tinkess on.

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