2020 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

2020 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

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The 2020 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the thirty-sixth season of the Whelen Modified Tour (NWMT), a stock car racing tour sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the Wade Cole Memorial 133 at Jennerstown Speedway on June 21 and concluded at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on October 11. Justin Bonsignore won the championship, his second.

Schedule

On November 5, 2019, NASCAR announced the 2020 Whelen Modified Tour schedule. Among the 17 races was an inaugural stop at Iowa Speedway and returns to Jennerstown Speedway Complex and Martinsville Speedway. ^[1] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, the Martinsville date was cancelled, and many of the early-season races were postponed. ^[2] An initial version of a revised schedule had Myrtle Beach Speedway hosting the season-opening race on June 6, but that date was eventually moved to Jennerstown and rescheduled for June 21. ^[3] Two events at White Mountain Motorsports Park and an event at Monadnock Speedway were also added to the revised schedule. ^{[4] [5]} Oswego Speedway announced the cancellation of their September race in August in the face of tight state restrictions on gatherings. ^[6]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the WMT ran on tracks that are not NASCAR-sanctioned such as White Mountain Motorsports Park and Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park. ^[7]

No.	Race Title	Track	Date
1	Wade Cole Memorial 133	Jennerstown Speedway Complex, Jennerstown	June 21
2	Independence Day 200	White Mountain Motorsports Park, North Woodstock	July 4
3	White Mountain Showdown 200		August 1
4	Laurel Highlands 150	Jennerstown Speedway Complex, Jennerstown	August 22
5	Advanced Gas Distributors Inc. 200	Monadnock Speedway, Winchester	August 30
6	Thompson 150	Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson	September 3*
7	Musket 200 presented by Whelen	New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon	September 12
8	NAPA Auto Parts 150	Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford	September 27
9	World Series of Speedway Racing 150	Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson	October 11

^* The Thompson 150 was delayed from September 2 to September 3 due to inclement weather. ^[8]

Results and standings

Race results

No.	Race	Pole position	Most laps led	Winning driver	Manufacturer
1	Wade Cole Memorial 133 [9]	Justin Bonsignore	Justin Bonsignore	Justin Bonsignore	Chevrolet
2	Independence Day 200 [10]	Matt Hirschman	Matt Hirschman	Justin Bonsignore	Chevrolet
3	White Mountain Showdown 200 [11]	Jon McKennedy	Jon McKennedy	Doug Coby	Chevrolet
4	Laurel Highlands 150 [12]	Justin Bonsignore	Justin Bonsignore	Craig Lutz	Chevrolet
5	Advanced Gas Distributors Inc. 200 [13]	Jon McKennedy	Ron Silk	Justin Bonsignore	Chevrolet
6	Thompson 150 [14]	Doug Coby	Doug Coby	Ron Silk	Chevrolet
7	Musket 200 presented by Whelen [15]	Andy Seuss	Justin Bonsignore	Bobby Santos III	Chevrolet
8	NAPA Auto Parts 150 [16]	Eric Goodale	Ron Silk	Ron Silk	Chevrolet
9	World Series of Speedway Racing 150 [17]	Doug Coby	Jon McKennedy	Craig Lutz	Chevrolet

Point standings

Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

(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	JEN	WMM	WMM	JEN	MND	TMP	NHA	STA	TMP	Points
1	Justin Bonsignore	1**	1	5	5	1	2	2*	3	4	392
2	Jon McKennedy	3	9	4*	6	9	3	8	6	2*	352
3	Doug Coby	7	3	1	4	3	5*	9	2	22	347
4	Craig Lutz	2	8	11	1	10	12	5	13	1	342
5	Ron Silk	6	27	10	Wth	2*	1	3	1*	3	311
6	Matt Swanson	9	28	3	7	13	9	7	9	11	301
7	Dave Sapienza	13	6	7	2	11	6	20	21	19	292
8	Calvin Carroll	5	13	6	18	14	11	17	15	8	290
9	Tyler Rypkema (R)	18	22	13	8	12	10	10	10	10	283
10	Anthony Nocella		14	8	3	4	8	4	17	12	282
11	Chris Pasteryak	12	7	20	10	20	4	13	16	13	282
12	Sam Rameau	11	12	21	11	8	23	12	12	6	281
13	Woody Pitkat	16	5	23	16	7	21	29	19	7	254
14	Kyle Bonsignore	8	11	2	15	19	20	Wth	26	5	246
15	Eric Goodale	14	16	9	13	18	14	19	22	27	244
16	Patrick Emerling	19	15	12	12	17	26	11		9	229
17	Rob Summers	10	26	14	17	22	15	26	24	14	228
18	J. B. Fortin	23	17	12	19	24	13	16	25		203
19	Walter Sutcliffe Jr.	31	25	25	20	25	16	23	18	15	198
20	Ronnie Williams	28				5	7	28	7	17	172
21	Tommy Catalano	32	4	24	23	16		24		23	162
22	Melissa Fifield	27	31	27	25	28	25	30	27	20	156
23	Timmy Solomito	15	29	17	Wth		22		11	26	144
24	Chuck Hossfeld					15	17	18	8	25	138
25	Timmy Catalano	30	19	16	14	26		22			137
26	Matt Hirschman	4	2*			6					122
27	Chase Dowling	26	10					15	5		122
28	Gary Byington (R)		30	28		23	27	Wth	20	18	118
29	Amy Catalano (R)	29	23	18	22	27		27			118
30	Jeff Gallup (R)	17	18	19		21	Wth				101
31	Jeremy Gerstner	21	20	22	Wth	Wth					69
32	J. R. Bertuccio	20	21	26	Wth						65
33	Gary Putnam				21			14			53
34	Andrew Krause	33	24		24		Wth	Wth			51
35	Bobby Santos III							1			47
36	John Beatty Jr.	24					18			Wth	46
37	Joey Mucciacciaro (R)								14		45
38	Max McLaughlin (R)								4		40
39	Andy Jankowiak				Wth		24			24	40
40	Andy Seuss							6			39
41	Kyle Ebersole				9						35
42	Ken Heagy			Wth						16	28
43	Ryan Preece						19				26
44	Bryan Dauzat							21			23
45	Cory Osland (R)									21	23
46	Ed McCarthy (R)	22									22
47	Matt Galko (R)								23		21
48	Roger Turbush (R)	25									19
49	Joey Cipriano III (R)							25			19
50	Manny Dias (R)						28				16
	Jamie Tomaino									Wth	0
Pos	Driver	JEN	WMM	WMM	JEN	MND	TMP	NHA	STA	TMP	Points

Source: ^[18]

See also

• 2020 NASCAR Cup Series
• 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series
• 2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
• 2020 ARCA Menards Series
• 2020 ARCA Menards Series East
• 2020 ARCA Menards Series West
• 2020 NASCAR Pinty's Series
• 2020 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
• 2020 eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series
• 2020 EuroNASCAR Esports Series

References

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