2023 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

The 2023 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the thirty-ninth season of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, a stock car racing tour sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the New Smyrna Beach Visitors Bureau 200 at New Smyrna Speedway on February 11 and ended with the Virginia is for Racing Lovers 200 at Martinsville Speedway on October 26.

Jon McKennedy entered the season as the defending series champion. McKennedy did not defend his title as the result of his race team folding partway through the season, which caused him to only run a part-time schedule.[1] Ron Silk won his second series championship in 2023, previously winning the 2011 championship. Silk became the seventh driver to win multiple championships in the series.[2]

On July 12, 2023, driver J. B. Fortin was suspended by NASCAR after he physically fought a NASCAR official after the race at Wall Stadium.[3] He was reinstated by NASCAR on September 15.[4]

Schedule

Source:[5]

No. Race Title Track Date
1 New Smyrna Beach Visitors Bureau 200 New Smyrna Speedway, New Smyrna Beach, Florida February 11
2 Virginia is for Racing Lovers 150 Richmond Raceway, Richmond, Virginia April 1
3 Duel at the Dog 200 Monadnock Speedway, Winchester, New Hampshire May 6
4 Buzz Chew Chevrolet Cadillac 200 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead, New York May 21
5 Granite State Derby Lee USA Speedway, Lee, New Hampshire May 27
6 Seekonk 150 Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk, Massachusetts June 10
7 Miller Lite Salutes Mike Ewanitsko 200 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead, New York June 24
8 Jersey Shore 150 Wall Stadium, Wall Township, New Jersey July 8
9 Mohegan Sun 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire July 15
10 Nu-Way Auto Parts 150 Lancaster Motorplex, Lancaster, New York August 5
11 Thompson 150 presented by FloSports.com Thompson Speedway, Thompson, Connecticut August 16
12 CheckeredFlag.com 150 Langley Speedway, Hampton, Virginia August 26
13 Toyota Mod Classic 150 Oswego Speedway, Oswego, New York September 2
14 Winchester Fair Monadnock Speedway, Winchester, New Hampshire September 9
15 Eddie Partridge 256 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead, New York September 16
16 Brushy Mountain Powersports 150 North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina September 30
17 World Series 150 presented by FloSports.com Thompson Speedway, Thompson, Connecticut October 8
18 Virginia is for Racing Lovers 200 Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Virginia October 26

Schedule changes

  • The Duel at the Dog 200 at Monadnock Speedway was moved from June to May.
  • The May races at Lee USA Speedway and Riverhead Raceway both moved back a week from where they were on the schedule in 2022.
  • Seekonk Speedway in Massachusetts returned to the schedule for the first time since 2019. It replaced the race at Jennerstown Speedway in Pennsylvania.
  • Lancaster Motorplex in New York returned to the schedule for the first time since 2021.
  • A race at Claremont Speedway in New Hampshire was originally scheduled for July 29th. It was canceled due to rain, and not rescheduled.[6]
  • A second race at Monadnock Speedway in New Hampshire was added in September.
  • A race at the reopened North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina was added in September.

Results and standings

Race results

No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver
1 New Smyrna Beach Visitors Bureau 200 Doug Coby Doug Coby Ron Silk
2 Virginia is for Racing Lovers 150 Austin Beers Austin Beers Austin Beers
3 Duel at the Dog 200 Justin Bonsignore Doug Coby Doug Coby
4 Buzz Chew Chevrolet Cadillac 200 Justin Bonsignore Ron Silk Justin Bonsignore
5 Granite State Derby Doug Coby Matt Hirschman Matt Hirschman
6 Seekonk 150 Matt Hirschman Matt Hirschman Matt Hirschman
7 Miller Lite Salutes Mike Ewanitsko 200 Austin Beers Ron Silk Ron Silk
8 Jersey Shore 150 Austin Beers Austin Beers Ron Silk
9 Mohegan Sun 100 Justin Bonsignore Justin Bonsignore Justin Bonsignore
10 Nu-Way Auto Parts 150 Justin Bonsignore Austin Beers Austin Beers
11 Thompson 150 presented by FloSports.com Austin Beers Justin Bonsignore Justin Bonsignore
12 CheckeredFlag.com 150 Austin Beers Austin Beers Kyle Bonsignore
13 Toyota Mod Classic 150 Justin Bonsignore Justin Bonsignore Ron Silk
14 Winchester Fair Justin Bonsignore Justin Bonsignore Justin Bonsignore
15 Eddie Partridge 256 Justin Bonsignore Ron Silk Justin Bonsignore
16 Brushy Mountain Powersports 150 Austin Beers Austin Beers Matt Hirschman
17 World Series 150 presented by FloSports.com Justin Bonsignore Austin Beers Ron Silk
18 Virginia is for Racing Lovers 200 Tyler Rypkema Ryan Preece Ryan Preece

Drivers' championship

Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

Source:[7]

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.

Pos Driver NSM RCH MON RIV LEE SEE RIV WAL NHA LMP THO LGY OSW MON RIV NWS THO MAR Points
1 Ron Silk 1 7 3 2* 5 3 1* 1 3 3 2 4 1 12 3* 2 1 6 759
2 Justin Bonsignore 2 4 5 1 9 4 2 2 1* 4 1* 3 15* 1** 1 3 13 2 750
3 Austin Beers 8 1* 4 17 3 8 10 9* 4 1* 4 2* 2 2 4 14 10* 31 677
4 Tyler Rypkema 11 19 11 4 15 13 7 14 15 12 10 6 8 11 9 12 16 5 595
5 Kyle Bonsignore 19 11 8 10 8 9 4 11 18 9 19 1 5 4 11 21 4 30 594
6 Doug Coby 5* 13 1* 19 6 2 3 6 2 7 8 5 10 496
7 Craig Lutz 18 28 17 9 12 11 14 23 30 5 9 16 9 8 34 8 26 471
8 Ken Heagy 21 17 20 25 18 16 21 13 25 19 14 13 11 17 10 32 19 20 461
9 Jake Johnson 6 14 8 7 19 18 10 12 7 7 14 16 2 433
10 Matt Hirschman 3 18 9 1* 1** 15 7 2 20 1* 4 420
11 Melissa Fifield 33 20 26 21 20 17 22 16 28 16 15 15 18 18 12 28 22 35 410
12 Anthony Nocella 9 27 16 21 10 12 16 13 17 10 6 19 6 391
13 Anthony Sesely 4 26 25 5 4 6 17 9 4 11 15 14 389
14 Eric Goodale 27 10 7 5 11 21 13 3 16 4 3 23 387
15 J. B. Fortin 16 2 12 6 14 6 12 19 17 13 20 7 384
16 Dave Sapienza 7 14 30 27 12 19 10 14 16 15 14 25 325
17 Patrick Emerling 34 5 10 7 5 7 5 3 277
18 Tommy Catalano 10 23 18 10 21 6 9 20 12 270
19 Jon McKennedy 24 9 2 3 2 7 7 254
20 Andrew Krause 25 16 22 5 18 7 7 9 243
21 Gary McDonald 22 22 23 20 15 14 12 13 29 226
22 Kyle Ebersole 12 12 21 10 5 8 36 204
23 Woody Pitkat 16 17 20 19 11 14 9 202
24 Max Zachem 19 18 16 20 29 13 18 199
25 Justin Brown 15 15 19 18 13 14 18 196
26 Bobby Santos III 27 6 3 9 5 28 186
27 Tim Connolly 25 24 22 18 11 14 36 22 180
28 Max McLaughlin 3 17 11 8 8 174
29 Sam Rameau 6 4 3 17 21 169
30 Bryan Narducci 8 20 8 17 19 148
31 Brian Robie 26 13 11 15 8 147
32 Eddie McCarthy 29 27 3 20 38 17 130
33 Matt Kimball 32 15 16 23 10 124
34 Anthony Bello 31 24 22 12 21 110
35 J. R. Bertuccio 30 23 5 25 108
36 Timmy Solomito 11 9 6 106
37 Roger Turbush 24 6 7 95
38 John Beatty Jr. 15 8 15 94
39 Matt Swanson 8 23 11 90
40 Ryan Newman 29 6 11 87
41 Bobby Labonte 6 33 10 83
42 Ronnie Williams 23 12 17 80
43 Andy Seuss 9 22 27 74
44 Mark Stewart 13 2 73
45 Jack Handley Jr. 14 5 69
46 Brett Meservey 15 26 24 68
47 Jacob Perry 28 13 27 64
48 Joey Coulter 14 13 61
49 Chris Young Jr. 12 17 59
50 Tommy Wanick 15 14 59
51 Eric Berndt 21 23 32 57
52 John-Michael Shenette 12 37 34 49
53 Brandon Ward 24 15 49
54 Ryan Preece 1* 48
55 Matt Brode 22 18 48
56 Carson Loftin 25 16 47
57 Dylan Slepian 23 18 47
58 Chris Hatton Jr. 35 30 24 43
59 Chase Dowling 11 35 42
60 Andy Jankowiak 13 33 42
61 Burt Myers 18 29 41
62 Cory Plummer 29 19 40
63 Chuck Hossfeld 5 39
64 Jimmy Zacharias 6 38
65 Jimmy Blewett 28 22 38
66 Corey LaJoie 7 37
67 Blake Barney 8 36
68 Tyler Catalano 10 34
69 Bryan Dauzat 26 32
70 Spencer Davis 13 31
71 Kyle Soper 13 31
72 Nathan Wenzel 16 28
73 Jeremy Gerstner 17 27
74 Tom Martino Jr. 17 27
75 James Pritchard Jr. 20 24
76 Mike Leaty 20 24
77 Cory DiMatteo 21 23
78 Jamie Tomaino 23 21
79 Walter Sutcliffe Jr. 24 20
80 Eddie Brunnhoelzl III 26 18
81 Chris Turbush 28 16
82 Gary Putnam 31 13

See also

References

  1. ^ Courchesne, Shawn (June 21, 2023). "Team Folding Leaves Reigning Champ Jon McKennedy Off The Whelen Modified Tour". RaceDayCT. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  2. ^ Courchesne, Shawn (October 26, 2023). "Ron Silk Scores Second Whelen Modified Tour Title At Martinsville; Ryan Preece Wins Event". RaceDayCT. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  3. ^ Courchesne, Shawn (July 12, 2023). "Whelen Mod Tour Driver JB Fortin Suspended Indefinitely By NASCAR; Numerous Penalties From Wall Event". RaceDayCT. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  4. ^ Blount, Rob (September 15, 2023). "NASCAR Reinstates Modified Tour Driver JB Fortin Following Appeal Decision". FloRacing. FloSports. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  5. ^ "2023 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour schedule". Retrieved September 28, 2023.
  6. ^ "NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Clash at Claremont canceled". NASCAR. August 2, 2023. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  7. ^ "NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Standings for 2023". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 28, 2023.