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

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No.Race titleTrackDate
1New Smyrna Beach Visitors Bureau 200New Smyrna Speedway, New Smyrna Beach, FloridaFebruary 11
2Virginia is for Racing Lovers 150Richmond Raceway, Richmond, VirginiaApril 1
3Duel at the Dog 200Monadnock Speedway, Winchester, New HampshireMay 6
4Buzz Chew Chevrolet Cadillac 200Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead, New YorkMay 21
5Granite State DerbyLee USA Speedway, Lee, New HampshireMay 27
6Seekonk 150Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk, MassachusettsJune 10
7Miller Lite Salutes Mike Ewanitsko 200Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead, New YorkJune 24
8Jersey Shore 150Wall Stadium, Wall Township, New JerseyJuly 8
9Mohegan Sun 100New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New HampshireJuly 15
10Nu-Way Auto Parts 150Lancaster Motorplex, Lancaster, New YorkAugust 5
11Thompson 150 presented by FloSports.comThompson Speedway, Thompson, ConnecticutAugust 16
12CheckeredFlag.com 150Langley Speedway, Hampton, VirginiaAugust 26
13Toyota Mod Classic 150Oswego Speedway, Oswego, New YorkSeptember 2
14Winchester FairMonadnock Speedway, Winchester, New HampshireSeptember 9
15Eddie Partridge 256Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead, New YorkSeptember 16
16Brushy Mountain Powersports 150North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, North CarolinaSeptember 30
17World Series 150 presented by FloSports.comThompson Speedway, Thompson, ConnecticutOctober 8
18Virginia is for Racing Lovers 200Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VirginiaOctober 26

Schedule changes

Results and standings

Drivers' championship

Source:
BoldPole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.
PosDriverNSMRCHMONRIVLEESEERIVWALNHALMPTHOLGYOSWMONRIVNWSTHOMARPoints
1Ron Silk1732*531*133241123*216759
2Justin Bonsignore245194221*41*315*1**13132750
3Austin Beers81*41738109*41*42*2241410*31677
4Tyler Rypkema111911415137141512106811912165595
5Kyle Bonsignore191181089411189191541121430594
6Doug Coby5*131*196236278510496
7Craig Lutz1828179121114233059169834826471
8Ken Heagy211720251816211325191413111710321920461
9Jake Johnson61487191810127714162433
10Matt Hirschman31891*1**1572201*4420
11Melissa Fifield332026212017221628161515181812282235410
12Anthony Nocella92716211012161317106196391
13Anthony Sesely426255461794111514389
14Eric Goodale2710751121133164323387
15J. B. Fortin16212614612191713207384
16Dave Sapienza71430271219101416151425325
17Patrick Emerling3451075753277
18Tommy Catalano1023181021692012270
19Jon McKennedy24923277254
20Andrew Krause251622518779243
21Gary McDonald222223201514121329226
22Kyle Ebersole121221105836204
23Woody Pitkat1617201911149202
24Max Zachem19181620291318199
25Justin Brown15151918131418196
26Bobby Santos III27639528186
27Tim Connolly2524221811143622180
28Max McLaughlin3171188174
29Sam Rameau6431721169
30Bryan Narducci82081719148
31Brian Robie261311158147
32Eddie McCarthy29273203817130
33Matt Kimball3215162310124
34Anthony Bello3124221221110
35J. R. Bertuccio3023525108
36Timmy Solomito1196106
37Roger Turbush246795
38John Beatty Jr.1581594
39Matt Swanson8231190
40Ryan Newman2961187
41Bobby Labonte6331083
42Ronnie Williams23121780
43Andy Seuss9222774
44Mark Stewart13273
45Jack Handley Jr.14569
46Brett Meservey15262468
47Jacob Perry28132764
48Joey Coulter141361
49Chris Young Jr.121759
50Tommy Wanick151459
51Eric Berndt21233257
5212373449
53Brandon Ward241549
54Ryan Preece1*48
55Matt Brode221848
56Carson Loftin251647
57Dylan Slepian231847
58Chris Hatton Jr.35302443
59Chase Dowling113542
60Andy Jankowiak133342
61Burt Myers182941
62Cory Plummer291940
63Chuck Hossfeld539
64Jimmy Zacharias638
65Jimmy Blewett282238
66Corey LaJoie737
67Blake Barney836
68Tyler Catalano1034
69Bryan Dauzat2632
70Spencer Davis1331
71Kyle Soper1331
72Nathan Wenzel1628
73Jeremy Gerstner1727
74Tom Martino Jr.1727
75James Pritchard Jr.2024
76Mike Leaty2024
77Cory DiMatteo2123
78Jamie Tomaino2321
79Walter Sutcliffe Jr.2420
802618
81Chris Turbush2816
82Gary Putnam3113