2023 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

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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.

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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
1New Smyrna Beach Visitors Bureau 200 New Smyrna Speedway, New Smyrna Beach, Florida February 11
2Virginia is for Racing Lovers 150 Richmond Raceway, Richmond, Virginia April 1
3Duel at the Dog 200 Monadnock Speedway, Winchester, New Hampshire May 6
4Buzz Chew Chevrolet Cadillac 200 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead, New York May 21
5Granite State Derby Lee USA Speedway, Lee, New Hampshire May 27
6Seekonk 150 Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk, Massachusetts June 10
7Miller Lite Salutes Mike Ewanitsko 200 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead, New York June 24
8Jersey Shore 150 Wall Stadium, Wall Township, New Jersey July 8
9Mohegan Sun 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire July 15
10Nu-Way Auto Parts 150 Lancaster Motorplex, Lancaster, New York August 5
11Thompson 150 presented by FloSports.com Thompson Speedway, Thompson, Connecticut August 16
12CheckeredFlag.com 150 Langley Speedway, Hampton, Virginia August 26
13Toyota Mod Classic 150 Oswego Speedway, Oswego, New York September 2
14Winchester Fair Monadnock Speedway, Winchester, New Hampshire September 9
15Eddie Partridge 256 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead, New York September 16
16Brushy Mountain Powersports 150 North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina September 30
17World Series 150 presented by FloSports.com Thompson Speedway, Thompson, Connecticut October 8
18Virginia is for Racing Lovers 200 Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Virginia October 26

Schedule changes

Results and standings

Race results

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

Drivers' championship

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.

PosDriverNSMRCHMONRIVLEESEERIVWALNHALMPTHOLGYOSWMONRIVNWSTHOMARPoints
1 Ron Silk 1732*531*133241123*216759
2 Justin Bonsignore 245194221*41*315*1**13132750
3 Austin Beers 81*41738109*41*42*2241410*31677
4 Tyler Rypkema 111911415137141512106811912165595
5 Kyle Bonsignore 191181089411189191541121430594
6 Doug Coby 5*131*196236278510496
7 Craig Lutz 1828179121114233059169834826471
8 Ken Heagy 211720251816211325191413111710321920461
9 Jake Johnson 61487191810127714162433
10 Matt Hirschman 31891*1**1572201*4420
11 Melissa Fifield 332026212017221628161515181812282235410
12 Anthony Nocella 92716211012161317106196391
13 Anthony Sesely 426255461794111514389
14 Eric Goodale 2710751121133164323387
15 J. B. Fortin 16212614612191713207384
16 Dave Sapienza 71430271219101416151425325
17 Patrick Emerling 3451075753277
18 Tommy Catalano 1023181021692012270
19 Jon McKennedy 24923277254
20 Andrew Krause 251622518779243
21 Gary McDonald 222223201514121329226
22 Kyle Ebersole 121221105836204
23 Woody Pitkat 1617201911149202
24 Max Zachem 19181620291318199
25 Justin Brown 15151918131418196
26 Bobby Santos III 27639528186
27 Tim Connolly 2524221811143622180
28 Max McLaughlin 3171188174
29 Sam Rameau 6431721169
30Bryan Narducci82081719148
31 Brian Robie 261311158147
32Eddie McCarthy29273203817130
33 Matt Kimball 3215162310124
34Anthony Bello3124221221110
35 J. R. Bertuccio 3023525108
36 Timmy Solomito 1196106
37 Roger Turbush 246795
38 John Beatty Jr. 1581594
39 Matt Swanson 8231190
40 Ryan Newman 2961187
41 Bobby Labonte 6331083
42 Ronnie Williams 23121780
43 Andy Seuss 9222774
44Mark Stewart13273
45Jack Handley Jr.14569
46Brett Meservey15262468
47Jacob Perry28132764
48 Joey Coulter 141361
49Chris Young Jr.121759
50Tommy Wanick151459
51 Eric Berndt 21233257
52 John-Michael Shenette 12373449
53 Brandon Ward 241549
54 Ryan Preece 1*48
55Matt Brode221848
56 Carson Loftin 251647
57Dylan Slepian231847
58Chris Hatton Jr.35302443
59 Chase Dowling 113542
60 Andy Jankowiak 133342
61 Burt Myers 182941
62Cory Plummer291940
63 Chuck Hossfeld 539
64Jimmy Zacharias638
65 Jimmy Blewett 282238
66 Corey LaJoie 737
67 Blake Barney 836
68 Tyler Catalano 1034
69 Bryan Dauzat 2632
70 Spencer Davis 1331
71 Kyle Soper 1331
72 Nathan Wenzel 1628
73 Jeremy Gerstner 1727
74Tom Martino Jr.1727
75James Pritchard Jr.2024
76Mike Leaty2024
77Cory DiMatteo2123
78 Jamie Tomaino 2321
79 Walter Sutcliffe Jr. 2420
80Eddie Brunnhoelzl III2618
81Chris Turbush2816
82 Gary Putnam 3113

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