2018 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

The 2018 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the thirty-fourth season of the Whelen Modified Tour, a stock car racing tour sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the Performance Plus 150 presented by Safety-Kleen at Myrtle Beach Speedway on 17 March and concluded with the Sunoco World Series 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on 14 October. Doug Coby entered the season as the defending Drivers' champion. 2018 marked the second season of the unification of the Whelen Modified Tour and the Whelen Southern Modified Tour. Justin Bonsignore won the championship, 97 points ahead of Chase Dowling.

WWW hometracks.nascar.com/reg...

Schedule

On 22 November 2017, NASCAR announced the 2018 schedule. Charlotte was dropped from the schedule. The All-Star Shootout did not count towards the championship. The Icebreaker 150, the Thompson 125 and the Musket 250 were broadcast live on FansChoice.tv. Eleven of the seventeen races in the season were televised on NBCSN on a tape delay basis.

No.	Race title	Track	Date	TV
1	Performance Plus 150 presented by Safety-Kleen	Myrtle Beach Speedway, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina	17 March	NBCSN
2	Icebreaker 150	Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, Connecticut	8 April	FansChoice.tv
3	NAPA Auto Parts Spring Sizzler 200	Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, Connecticut	29 April
4	Seekonk 150	Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk, Massachusetts	2 June	NBCSN
5	Thompson 125	Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, Connecticut	14 June	FansChoice.tv
6	WhosYourDriver.org 150	Langley Speedway, Hampton, Virginia	23 June	NBCSN
7	Buzz Chew Auto Group 200	Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead, New York	7 July
	All-Star Shootout	New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire	20 July	NBCSN
8	Eastern Propane & Oil 100	New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire	21 July	NBCSN
9	Starrett 150	Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, Connecticut	3 August
10	Bud 'King of Beers' 150	Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, Connecticut	8 August	NBCSN
11	Bush's Beans 150	Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee	15 August	NBCSN
12	Toyota Mod Classic 150	Oswego Speedway, Oswego, New York	1 September	NBCSN
13	Miller Lite 200	Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead, New York	8 September	NBCSN
14	Musket 250	New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire	22 September	FansChoice.tv NBCSN
15	NAPA Fall Final 150	Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, Connecticut	30 September	NBCSN
16	Sunoco World Series 150	Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, Connecticut	14 October	NBCSN

;Notes:

Results and standings

Races

;Notes:

¹ – There was no qualifying session for the All-Star Shootout. The starting grid was decided with a random draw.
² – The qualifying session for the Miller Lite 200 was cancelled due to weather. The starting line-up was decided by Practice results.

Drivers' championship

Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or Owners' points. * – Most laps led.

	Driver	MYR	THO	STA	SEE	THO	LGY	RIV	NHA‡	NHA	STA	THO	BRI	OSW	RIV	NHA	STA	THO	Points
1	Justin Bonsignore	5	1	8	1*	1	2	1	1*	4*	7	1*	1*	2	1	6*	12	1	693
2	Chase Dowling	4	8*	2	2	9	6	7		2	25	4	2	12	3	1	4*	30	596
3	Doug Coby	14	6	21	12	3*	24	3	2	26	1	3	5	3	4	7	3	6	575
4	Timmy Solomito	12	10	9	7	6	4	5	11	17	5	10	15	8	2*	18	9	28	545
5	Craig Lutz	9	2	5	10	7	27	6	16	19	6	8	11	11	13	17	2	12	541
6	Rob Summers	10	7	11	11	8	13	22	15	12	13	16	3	18	10	11	6	18	515
7	Eric Goodale	7	27	30	19	11	5	18	3	5	3	11	10	5	14	9	25	10	495
8	Dave Sapienza	6	25	24	9	5	19	4	20	13	29	14	7	22	5	13	7	26	477
9	Ronnie Williams	21	19	14	6	20	7	10		10	24	DNS¹	6	16	11	26	11	14	461
10	Chris Pasteryak	18	11	18	15	13	9	11			10	9		25	9	20	8	9	431
11		Wth	15	16	8	22	23	12		18	19	20	12	10	12	15	15	19	424
12	Blake Barney '	11	31	27	14	17	10	16		31	14	13		9	15	21	17	16	398
13	Ryan Preece		4	1*	27	4	1*	2*	6	28		23		19		5		4*	381
14	Woody Pitkat	27	12	25	26	15			9	14	2	6	19	4		14	18	13	379
15	Calvin Carroll	8	16	29	24	21	16	23	13	34	12	19	DNS¹	24	18	31	16	23	368
16	Gary McDonald	17	17	23	18	24	17	27		21	17	22	16	21	19	27	21	33	364
17	Wade Cole	24	18	17	23	27	21	26		22	21	21	17	23	17	23	22	24	358
18	Jon McKennedy	1	20	6	25	29	Wth		4	11	23	12	Wth	15		8	26	2	357
19	Ken Heagy	26	Wth	15	16	23	18	21		24	18	25	20	13	21	24	20	22	354
20	Rowan Pennink	INJ	3	3	4	2	8	20	14	6	4*		8						341
21	Matt Swanson		5	7	30	10			10	8	DNS¹	2		6	23	30	29	7	341
22	Melissa Fifield	25	30	20	22	28	22	30		30	28	26	21	20	20	25	24	31	302
23	Burt Myers	16	13			19		14			26		9			3	10	5	282
24	Ron Silk		24	26	5	Wth			18	7	11	27				10	5	3	279
25	Bobby Santos III		9	12		Wth			5	1	22	5				22	23	8	256
26	Gary Putnam	15		13	17		14				16	15	14	Wth		QL²		21	228
27	Joe DeGracia '	20	22	19	21	26	25	28		23	20	24		Wth				Wth	213
28	Patrick Emerling		33	4					19	9			4	7		2		Wth	207
29	Kyle Bonsignore	23	34	31			11				9						1	15	189
30	Andrew Krause		14	Wth	13	18				16		7					28	27	185
31	Walter Sutcliffe Jr.	Wth	35	22	DNS¹	25	26	24		33	27	DNS¹	Wth	Wth			30	25	177
32	Matt Hirschman	3*			3		3							1*					175
33	Jimmy Blewett	2	28	32		14					8	Wth					14	Wth	168
34	Anthony Nocella				20					15						12	13	11	149
35	Andy Seuss	13	26						7	27			13			4			138
36	Shawn Solomito			10		12									8			20	126
37	Ray Parent '					16					15	17	Wth						84
38	Dave Salzarulo			28						32						19	31	32	78
39	Jamie Tomaino	19							17	25						16			72
40	Austin Pickens		29	Wth								18	18						67
41	John Beatty Jr.							15							7				66
42	John Fortin							17							6				65
43	Jeff Rocco '				28		15									29			60
44	Kyle Ebersole						12							17					59
45	Tom Rogers Jr.							8							22				58
46	Cory Osland '							29							24			29	50
47	Kyle Soper '		32					9							Wth				47
48	Roger Turbush '							25							16				47
49	Kyle Ellwood				29			13							Wth				46
50	Bryan Dauzat		23						12	20									45
51	Ryan Newman								8	3									42
52	Max Zachem		36	Wth		Wth				29							27	Wth	40
53	Tyler Rypkema '													14					30
54	Sam Rameau '																	17	27
55	J. B. Fortin '							19											25
56	Andrew Molleur '																19		25
57	Spencer Davis						20												24
58	Manny Dias '		21																23
59	Frank Fleming	22																	22
60	Todd Cooper															28			16
	Driver	MYR	THO	STA	SEE	THO	LGY	RIV	NHA‡	NHA	STA	THO	BRI	OSW	RIV	NHA	STA	THO	Points

;Notes:

^‡ – Non-championship round.
¹ – Calvin Carroll, Walter Sutcliffe Jr., Matt Swanson and Ronnie Williams received championship points, despite the fact that they did not start the race.
² – Gary Putnam qualified in the No. 77 for Ryan Preece.