2023 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
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.
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. 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.
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. He was reinstated by NASCAR on September 15.
Schedule
Source:Schedule changes
- The Duel at the Dog 200 at Monadnock Speedway was moved from June to May.
- The May races at Lee USA Speedway and Riverhead Raceway both moved back a week from where they were on the schedule in 2022.
- Seekonk Speedway in Massachusetts returned to the schedule for the first time since 2019. It replaced the race at Jennerstown Speedway in Pennsylvania.
- Lancaster Motorplex in New York returned to the schedule for the first time since 2021.
- A race at Claremont Speedway in New Hampshire was originally scheduled for July 29. It was canceled due to rain, and not rescheduled.
- A second race at Monadnock Speedway in New Hampshire was added in September.
- A race at the reopened North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina was added in September.
Results and standings
Drivers' championship
Source:Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.
| Pos | Driver | NSM | RCH | MON | RIV | LEE | SEE | RIV | WAL | NHA | LMP | THO | LGY | OSW | MON | RIV | NWS | THO | MAR | Points |
| 1 | Ron Silk | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2* | 5 | 3 | 1* | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 3* | 2 | 1 | 6 | 759 |
| 2 | Justin Bonsignore | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1* | 4 | 1* | 3 | 15* | 1** | 1 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 750 |
| 3 | Austin Beers | 8 | 1* | 4 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9* | 4 | 1* | 4 | 2* | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 10* | 31 | 677 |
| 4 | Tyler Rypkema | 11 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 595 |
| 5 | Kyle Bonsignore | 19 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 30 | 594 |
| 6 | Doug Coby | 5* | 13 | 1* | 19 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 496 | |||||
| 7 | Craig Lutz | 18 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 23 | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 34 | 8 | 26 | 471 | |
| 8 | Ken Heagy | 21 | 17 | 20 | 25 | 18 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 25 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 32 | 19 | 20 | 461 |
| 9 | Jake Johnson | 6 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 433 | |||||
| 10 | Matt Hirschman | 3 | 18 | 9 | 1* | 1** | 15 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 1* | 4 | 420 | |||||||
| 11 | Melissa Fifield | 33 | 20 | 26 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 22 | 16 | 28 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 28 | 22 | 35 | 410 |
| 12 | Anthony Nocella | 9 | 27 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 391 | |||||
| 13 | Anthony Sesely | 4 | 26 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 389 | ||||||
| 14 | Eric Goodale | 27 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 387 | ||||||
| 15 | J. B. Fortin | 16 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 384 | ||||||
| 16 | Dave Sapienza | 7 | 14 | 30 | 27 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 25 | 325 | ||||||
| 17 | Patrick Emerling | 34 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 277 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Tommy Catalano | 10 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 12 | 270 | |||||||||
| 19 | Jon McKennedy | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 254 | |||||||||||
| 20 | Andrew Krause | 25 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 243 | ||||||||||
| 21 | Gary McDonald | 22 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 29 | 226 | |||||||||
| 22 | Kyle Ebersole | 12 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 204 | |||||||||||
| 23 | Woody Pitkat | 16 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 202 | |||||||||||
| 24 | Max Zachem | 19 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 29 | 13 | 18 | 199 | |||||||||||
| 25 | Justin Brown | 15 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 196 | |||||||||||
| 26 | Bobby Santos III | 27 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 186 | ||||||||||||
| 27 | Tim Connolly | 25 | 24 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 22 | 180 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Max McLaughlin | 3 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 174 | |||||||||||||
| 29 | Sam Rameau | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 21 | 169 | |||||||||||||
| 30 | Bryan Narducci | 8 | 20 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 148 | |||||||||||||
| 31 | Brian Robie | 26 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 147 | |||||||||||||
| 32 | Eddie McCarthy | 29 | 27 | 3 | 20 | 38 | 17 | 130 | ||||||||||||
| 33 | Matt Kimball | 32 | 15 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 124 | |||||||||||||
| 34 | Anthony Bello | 31 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 21 | 110 | |||||||||||||
| 35 | J. R. Bertuccio | 30 | 23 | 5 | 25 | 108 | ||||||||||||||
| 36 | Timmy Solomito | 11 | 9 | 6 | 106 | |||||||||||||||
| 37 | Roger Turbush | 24 | 6 | 7 | 95 | |||||||||||||||
| 38 | John Beatty Jr. | 15 | 8 | 15 | 94 | |||||||||||||||
| 39 | Matt Swanson | 8 | 23 | 11 | 90 | |||||||||||||||
| 40 | Ryan Newman | 29 | 6 | 11 | 87 | |||||||||||||||
| 41 | Bobby Labonte | 6 | 33 | 10 | 83 | |||||||||||||||
| 42 | Ronnie Williams | 23 | 12 | 17 | 80 | |||||||||||||||
| 43 | Andy Seuss | 9 | 22 | 27 | 74 | |||||||||||||||
| 44 | Mark Stewart | 13 | 2 | 73 | ||||||||||||||||
| 45 | Jack Handley Jr. | 14 | 5 | 69 | ||||||||||||||||
| 46 | Brett Meservey | 15 | 26 | 24 | 68 | |||||||||||||||
| 47 | Jacob Perry | 28 | 13 | 27 | 64 | |||||||||||||||
| 48 | Joey Coulter | 14 | 13 | 61 | ||||||||||||||||
| 49 | Chris Young Jr. | 12 | 17 | 59 | ||||||||||||||||
| 50 | Tommy Wanick | 15 | 14 | 59 | ||||||||||||||||
| 51 | Eric Berndt | 21 | 23 | 32 | 57 | |||||||||||||||
| 52 | 12 | 37 | 34 | 49 | ||||||||||||||||
| 53 | Brandon Ward | 24 | 15 | 49 | ||||||||||||||||
| 54 | Ryan Preece | 1* | 48 | |||||||||||||||||
| 55 | Matt Brode | 22 | 18 | 48 | ||||||||||||||||
| 56 | Carson Loftin | 25 | 16 | 47 | ||||||||||||||||
| 57 | Dylan Slepian | 23 | 18 | 47 | ||||||||||||||||
| 58 | Chris Hatton Jr. | 35 | 30 | 24 | 43 | |||||||||||||||
| 59 | Chase Dowling | 11 | 35 | 42 | ||||||||||||||||
| 60 | Andy Jankowiak | 13 | 33 | 42 | ||||||||||||||||
| 61 | Burt Myers | 18 | 29 | 41 | ||||||||||||||||
| 62 | Cory Plummer | 29 | 19 | 40 | ||||||||||||||||
| 63 | Chuck Hossfeld | 5 | 39 | |||||||||||||||||
| 64 | Jimmy Zacharias | 6 | 38 | |||||||||||||||||
| 65 | Jimmy Blewett | 28 | 22 | 38 | ||||||||||||||||
| 66 | Corey LaJoie | 7 | 37 | |||||||||||||||||
| 67 | Blake Barney | 8 | 36 | |||||||||||||||||
| 68 | Tyler Catalano | 10 | 34 | |||||||||||||||||
| 69 | Bryan Dauzat | 26 | 32 | |||||||||||||||||
| 70 | Spencer Davis | 13 | 31 | |||||||||||||||||
| 71 | Kyle Soper | 13 | 31 | |||||||||||||||||
| 72 | Nathan Wenzel | 16 | 28 | |||||||||||||||||
| 73 | Jeremy Gerstner | 17 | 27 | |||||||||||||||||
| 74 | Tom Martino Jr. | 17 | 27 | |||||||||||||||||
| 75 | James Pritchard Jr. | 20 | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
| 76 | Mike Leaty | 20 | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
| 77 | Cory DiMatteo | 21 | 23 | |||||||||||||||||
| 78 | Jamie Tomaino | 23 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| 79 | Walter Sutcliffe Jr. | 24 | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
| 80 | 26 | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 81 | Chris Turbush | 28 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
| 82 | Gary Putnam | 31 | 13 |