2022 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

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The 2022 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the thirty-eighth season of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, a stock car racing tour sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the New Smyrna Visitors Bureau 200 at New Smyrna Speedway on February 12 and ended with the Virginia is for Racing Lovers 200 at Martinsville Speedway on October 27.

Contents

Justin Bonsignore entered the season as the defending series champion. Jon McKennedy won his first championship in the series in 2022.

Schedule

On November 3, 2021, NASCAR announced the 2022 Whelen Modified Tour schedule. There are 16 scheduled races for the season which includes an inaugural stop at New Smyrna Speedway. [1]

No.Race Title Track Date
1New Smyrna Visitors Bureau 200 New Smyrna Speedway, New Smyrna Beach, Florida February 12
2Virginia is for Racing Lovers 150 Richmond Raceway, Richmond, Virginia April 1
3Miller Lite 200 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead, New York May 14
4Granite State Derby Lee USA Speedway, Lee, New Hampshire May 21
5Jennerstown Salutes 150 Jennerstown Speedway, Jennerstown, Pennsylvania May 28
6Duel at the Dog 200 Monadnock Speedway, Winchester, New Hampshire June 18
7Buzz Chew Chevrolet Cadillac 200 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead, New York June 25
8Jersey Shore 150 Wall Stadium, Wall Township, New Jersey July 9
9Whelen 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire July 16
10Clash at Claremont 150 Claremont Motorsports Park, Claremont, New Hampshire July 29
11Phoenix Communications 150 Thompson Speedway, Thompson, Connecticut August 17
12CheckeredFlag.com 150 Langley Speedway, Hampton, Virginia August 27
13Toyota - Bud Mod Classic 150 Oswego Speedway, Oswego, New York September 3
14Eddie Partridge 256 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead, New York September 17
15Phoenix Communications 150 Thompson Speedway, Thompson, Connecticut October 8
16Virginia is for Racing Lovers 200 Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Virginia October 27

Results and standings

Race results

No.Race Pole position Most laps ledWinning driverManufacturerReport
1New Smyrna Visitors Bureau 200 Matt Hirschman Matt Hirschman Matt Hirschman Chevrolet Report
2Virginia is for Racing Lovers 150 Justin Bonsignore Tommy Catalano Justin Bonsignore Chevrolet Report
3Miller Lite 200 Timmy Solomito Doug Coby Doug Coby Chevrolet Report
4Granite State Derby Jake Johnson Matt Hirschman Doug Coby Chevrolet Report
5Jennerstown Salutes 150 Tyler Rypkema Tyler Rypkema Mike Christopher Jr. Chevrolet Report
6Duel at the Dog 200 Justin Bonsignore Ron Silk Justin Bonsignore Chevrolet Report
7Buzz Chew Chevrolet Cadillac 200 Ron Silk Timmy Solomito Kyle Soper Chevrolet Report
8Jersey Shore 150 Ron Silk Andrew Krause Jimmy Blewett Chevrolet Report
9Whelen 100 Justin Bonsignore Donny Lia Anthony Nocella Chevrolet Report
10Clash at Claremont 150 Jake Johnson Jon McKennedy Jon McKennedy Chevrolet Report
11Phoenix Communications 150 Jimmy Blewett Craig Lutz Craig Lutz Chevrolet Report
12CheckeredFlag.com 150 Doug Coby Doug Coby Doug Coby Chevrolet Report
13Toyota - Bud Mod Classic 150 Matt Hirschman Doug Coby Justin Bonsignore Chevrolet Report
14Eddie Partridge 256 Justin Bonsignore Justin Bonsignore Justin Bonsignore Chevrolet Report
15Phoenix Communications 150 Ronnie Williams Doug Coby Eric Goodale Chevrolet Report
16Virginia is for Racing Lovers 200 Matt Hirschman Corey LaJoie Corey LaJoie Chevrolet Report

Point standings

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

PosDriver NSM RCH RIV LEE JEN MON RIV WAL NHACLATHOLGYOSWRIVTHOMARPoints
1 Jon McKennedy 48172618485144610612597
2 Ron Silk 7103493*35212122133911591
3 Eric Goodale 269911611154122129517588
4 Justin Bonsignore 311251081261265511*1429568
5 Austin Beers 1111137128971111163126118548
6 Kyle Bonsignore 1520106191161025713421516536
7 Tommy Catalano 8212115914122071561712159534
8 Craig Lutz 61526141015151110131*9372323508
9 Doug Coby 1*15107931*7*48*30460
10 J. B. Fortin 1414831425221616241122232010418
11 Patrick Emerling 92521322339232434380
12 Dave Sapienza 1716181315161818241523111220380
13 Gary McDonald 242222182021201818171721202125356
14Walter Sutcliffe Jr.2117181922191721131620181935342
15 Melissa Fifield 30273019212526272320181825222428321
16 Ken Heagy 221917241517111018151327320
17 Matt Hirschman 1*322432300
18 Tyler Rypkema 552*121914241822278
19 Andrew Krause 291844*22106217
20 Timmy Solomito 5148*2388201
21 Jake Johnson 24572638193
22 Donny Lia 9218*191125173
23 Ronnie Williams 121412201619173
24 Kyle Ebersole 2641725716169
25 Anthony Nocella 2811935168
26 Bobby Santos III 17138104168
27 Jimmy Blewett 13712117166
28Mike Christopher Jr.31132162
29Kyle Soper7197156
30 Ryan Preece 10661731151
31Eddie McCarthy2023141414135
32James Pritchard Jr.2116202013130
33 Spencer Davis 1626221021125
34Dylan Slepian213524122
35 Chuck Hossfeld 3218110
36 Matt Kimball 19241710106
37 John Beatty Jr. 8716101
38 Sam Rameau 1242294
39 Max McLaughlin 1272688
40 Brian Robie 2381586
41 Corey LaJoie 91*83
42Eddie Brunnhoelzl III16142280
43 Anthony Sesely 21141978
44Chris Young28111176
45Chris Turbush16231776
46 Ryan Newman 13373
47Matt Brode27131973
48Roger Turbush28191372
49 J. R. Bertuccio 18231972
50Jacob Perry151063
51 Joey Coulter 25291563
52 Jeremy Gerstner 27192462
53 Jamie Tomaino 141361
54 Tom Rogers Jr. 202543
55Todd Patnode262339
56John Baker638
57 Blake Barney 935
58 Bryan Dauzat 243232
59Mike Leaty1430
60John Fortin1529
61 Gary Putnam 1529
62Steve Dickey1628
63Jack Ely1628
64 Andy Seuss 2222
65Paul Charette2321
66 Danny Bohn 2420
67 Bobby Labonte 3311

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References

  1. "NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Announces 2022 Schedule". NASCAR.com. November 3, 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-02-13. Retrieved February 11, 2022.