2020 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour


The 2020 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the thirty-sixth season of the Whelen Modified Tour, 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. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, the Martinsville date was cancelled, and many of the early-season races were postponed. 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. Two events at White Mountain Motorsports Park and an event at Monadnock Speedway were also added to the revised schedule. Oswego Speedway announced the cancellation of their September race in August in the face of tight state restrictions on gatherings.
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.
No.Race titleTrackDate
1Wade Cole Memorial 133Jennerstown Speedway Complex, Jennerstown, PennsylvaniaJune 21
2Independence Day 200White Mountain Motorsports Park, North Woodstock, New HampshireJuly 4
3White Mountain Showdown 200White Mountain Motorsports Park, North Woodstock, New HampshireAugust 1
4Laurel Highlands 150Jennerstown Speedway Complex, Jennerstown, PennsylvaniaAugust 22
5Advanced Gas Distributors Inc. 200Monadnock Speedway, Winchester, New HampshireAugust 30
6Thompson 150Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, ConnecticutSeptember 3*
7Musket 200 presented by WhelenNew Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New HampshireSeptember 12
8NAPA Auto Parts 150Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, ConnecticutSeptember 27
9World Series of Speedway Racing 150Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, ConnecticutOctober 11

* The Thompson 150 was delayed from September 2 to September 3 due to inclement weather.

Results and standings

Point standings

BoldPole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.
PosDriverJENWMMWMMJENMNDTMPNHASTATMPPoints
1Justin Bonsignore1**155122*34392
2Jon McKennedy394*693862*352
3Doug Coby731435*9222347
4Craig Lutz2811110125131342
5Ron Silk62710Wth2*131*3311
6Matt Swanson928371397911301
7Dave Sapienza13672116202119292
8Calvin Carroll513618141117158290
9Tyler Rypkema '18221381210101010283
10Anthony Nocella14834841712282
11Chris Pasteryak1272010204131613282
12Sam Rameau1112211182312126281
13Woody Pitkat165231672129197254
14Kyle Bonsignore8112151920Wth265246
15Eric Goodale14169131814192227244
16Patrick Emerling191512121726119229
17Rob Summers102614172215262414228
18J. B. Fortin2317121924131625203
19Walter Sutcliffe Jr.312525202516231815198
20Ronnie Williams285728717172
21Tommy Catalano3242423162423162
22Melissa Fifield273127252825302720156
23Timmy Solomito152917Wth221126144
24Chuck Hossfeld151718825138
25Timmy Catalano301916142622137
26Matt Hirschman42*6122
27Chase Dowling2610155122
28Gary Byington '30282327Wth2018118
29Amy Catalano '292318222727118
30Jeff Gallup '17181921Wth101
31Jeremy Gerstner212022WthWth69
32J. R. Bertuccio202126Wth65
33Gary Putnam211453
34Andrew Krause332424WthWth51
35Bobby Santos III147
36John Beatty Jr.2418Wth46
371445
38Max McLaughlin '440
39Andy JankowiakWth242440
40Andy Seuss639
41Kyle Ebersole935
42Ken HeagyWth1628
43Ryan Preece1926
44Bryan Dauzat2123
45Cory Osland '2123
46Eddie McCarthy '2222
47Matt Galko '2321
48Roger Turbush '2519
49Joey Cipriano III '2519
50Manny Dias 2816
Jamie TomainoWth0
PosDriverJENWMMWMMJENMNDTMPNHASTATMPPoints

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