2026 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

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Austin Beers (car No. 64), the current runner-up in the points.

The 2026 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour is the 42nd season of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, a stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR. It started with the New Smyrna Beach Area Visitors Bureau 200 at New Smyrna Speedway on February 7 and will end with the World Series 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on October 11.

Austin Beers entered the season as the defending series champion.[1]

On November 10, 2025, it was announced that former driver and crew chief Gary Putnam would take over as the series director, replacing Jimmy Wilson, who was promoted to Senior Technical Director of the NASCAR Regional department.[2][3]

During the off season, NASCAR conducted multiple tire tests with American Racer tires in order to gauge the feasibility of switching away from Hoosier Racing Tire, who has been the sole supplier of tires for the series since 1999. The first test was held at Jennerstown Speedway, while the second test was conducted at New Smyrna Speedway.[4][5] On December 24, 2025, it was announced that for the 2026 season, American Racer tires would be the official tire provider for the WMT. This marked the first time since 1998 where Hoosier would not be the tire provider for the series.[6]

Full-time teams

Chassis manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief References
Boehler Racing Boehler Racing Enterprises 3 Tyler Rypkema Greg Fournier [7]
FURY Goodie Racing 46 Craig Lutz Douglas Ogiejko [7]
58 Eric Goodale Rob Hyer [7]
Hartwig Racing 73 Carson Loftin 1 Paul Hartwig Jr. 1
Bobby Geiger Jr. 3
TBA 12		 [7]
Paulie Hartwig III 15
Haydt Yannone Racing 16 Ron Silk Phil Moran [8]
Heagy Motorsports 18 Ken Heagy Greg Gorman [7]
Jon McKennedy Racing 79 Jon McKennedy Patrick Walsh [9]
Kyle Bonsignore 22 Kyle Bonsignore Cam McDermott [7]
LFR Eighty-Two Autosport 8 John-Michael Shenette Scott Morin [7]
Elite Racing 31 Mike Christopher Jr. Eugene Orlando [7]
Teddy Hodgdon Racing 05 Teddy Hodgdon Ted Hodgdon [10]
USNEPower Motorsports 1 Patrick Emerling Dale Hedquist [11]
Troyer Catalano Motorsports 54 Tommy Catalano Rick Kluth [7]
56 Trevor Catalano David Catalano [7]
KLM Motorsports 64 Austin Beers Ron Yuhas Jr. [7]
PeeDee Motorsports 60 Matt Hirschman Mike Stein [7]
Wanick Motorsports 21 Stephen Kopcik Nick Kopcik [7]

Part-time teams

Chassis manufacturer Team No. Driver Crew chief Races References
Apex Race Cars Apex Racing 95 Cory Plummer Bill Barnett Jr. 1
Jonah Gosnell 3		 4 [12]
FURY Connolly Racing 4 Ryan Newman Tim Connolly 1 [12]
Coulter Motorsports 02 Joey Coulter Harold Holly 1 [12]
Fueled Up Motorsports 15 Joey Cipriano III Ryan Plourde 1 [13]
Kenneth Massa Motorsports 51 Justin Bonsignore Ryan Stone 3 [7]
Matt Swanson 89 Matt Swanson John Swanson 1 [13]
Ryan Preece Racing 40 Ryan Preece Jeff Preece 1 [12]
Sapienza Racing 36 Dave Sapienza Greg Kleila 4 [12]
Team 25 LLC 25 Danny Bohn Terry Hall 1 [14]
Turbush Racing 81 Mark Stewart Chris Turbush 1 [12]
LFR Danny Watts Racing 82 Andrew Molleur Michael Molleur 15 [15]
Ferguson Motorsports 11 Eric Berndt Chuck Madigan Jr. 1 [13]
Gershow Motorsports 2 Jimmy Blewett Mike Bologna 1 [12]
Glenn Styres Racing 0 Ryan Newman Randy Renfrow 1 [14]
Jerry Solomito Sr. 66 Timmy Solomito Jerry Solomito Sr. 2 [12]
Jett Motorsports 28 Doug Coby John McKenna 9 [16]
Michele Davini 17 Anthony Nocella Chris McTaggart 1 [17]
Newman Motorsports 11 Norman Newman Norman Newman 1 [12]
SS Motorsports 70 Andy Seuss Jon Marlott 1 [14]
Supreme Racing 24 Andrew Krause Steven Reed 3 [12]
Tinio Racing 44 Chase Dowling Danny Gamache 1 [13]
Zacharias Motorsports 71 Jimmy Zacharias Austin Kochenash 3 [12]
PSR Products Frank Fleming Motorsports 40 Luke Fleming Chris Fleming 1
Frank Fleming 1		 1 [12]
PSR Racing 38 Bobby Labonte Phil Stefanelli 1
Neal Cantor 1		 1 [12]
Jack Baldwin 1 [18]
39 Conner Jones Eddie Harvey 1 [12]
Tommy Baldwin Racing 7 Luke Baldwin Tommy Baldwin Jr. 2 [12]
Troyer GSR Motorsports 55 Jeremy Gerstner Keith Wheeler 3 [12]
Jody Lauzon 59 Andy Jankowiak Steve Mendoza 1 [12]
John Morgan 20 Max Zachem Ryan Morgan 2 [19]
Ryan Morgan TBA
JT Motorsports 99 Sam Rameau Charlie Barham 1 [20]
Ronnie Williams 50 Ronnie Williams Adam Skowyra 1 [13]
TLC Performance 29 Mike Marshall Doug Tisdell 1 [12]

Schedule

Source: [21]

Notes: The race names and title sponsors are subject to change. Not all title sponsors/names of races have been announced for 2026. For the races where a 2026 name and title sponsor has yet to be announced, the title sponsors/names of those races in 2025 are listed and marked with star.

No. Race title Track Date
1 New Smyrna Beach Area Visitors Bureau 200 New Smyrna Speedway, New Smyrna Beach, Florida February 7
2 Virginia is for Racing Lovers 200 Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Virginia March 28[a]
3 Icebreaker 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, Connecticut April 12
4 All States Materials Group 150 Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine May 2
5 J&R Precast 150 Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk, Massachusetts May 16
6 Miller Lite Salutes Don Howe 200 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead, New York May 30
7 Thunder in the Mountains 200* White Mountain Motorsports Park, North Woodstock, New Hampshire June 20
8 Firecracker 150 presented by the Bethesda Leadership Group Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk, Massachusetts July 1
9 2nd Annual Clash at Claremont Claremont Motorsports Park, Claremont, New Hampshire July 10
10 5th Annual Duel at the Dog 200 powered by USNE Monadnock Speedway, Winchester, New Hampshire July 25
11 Thompson 150 presented by FloSports.com* Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, Connecticut August 5
12 Mohegan Sun 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire August 22
13 Riverhead Building Supply 150 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, Connecticut August 28
14 Toyota Mod Classic 150* Oswego Speedway, Oswego, New York September 5
15 Eddie Partridge 206 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead, New York September 19
16 World Series 150* Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, Connecticut October 11

Schedule changes

  • The races at Richmond, North Wilkesboro and Lancaster were all dropped.
  • Martinsville moves from the season finale in October to March.
  • Oxford Plains and Stafford return to the series for the first time since 1991 & 2021, respectively.
  • The fall race at Riverhead moves from 256 to 206 laps.[22]

Results and standings

Race results

No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver
1 New Smyrna Beach Visitors Bureau 200 Justin Bonsignore Justin Bonsignore Justin Bonsignore
2 Virginia is for Racing Lovers 200 Patrick Emerling Stephen Kopcik Stephen Kopcik
3 Icebreaker 150 Matt Hirschman Jon McKennedy Stephen Kopcik
4 All States Materials Group 150

Drivers' championship

(key) 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 MAR THO OXF SEE RIV WMM SEE CLM MON THO NHA STA OSW RIV THO Points
1 Stephen Kopcik 13 1* 1 126
2 Austin Beers 3 5 6 119
3 Tyler Rypkema 2 3 10 117
4 Patrick Emerling 4 6 13 111
5 Justin Bonsignore 1* 24 7 Wth 106
6 Eric Goodale 10 4 12 106
7 Craig Lutz 5 14 8 105
8 Matt Hirschman 12 12 5 104
9 Ron Silk 32 2 2 97
10 Jon McKennedy 6 27 4* 97
11 Mike Christopher Jr. 19 15 3 95
12 Tommy Catalano 17 8 19 88
13 Trevor Catalano 9 11 29 83
14 Teddy Hodgdon 11 28 11 82
15 Kyle Bonsignore 27 7 22 76
16 John-Michael Shenette 18 20 23 71
17 Ryan Newman 8 10 70
18 Ken Heagy 22 25 25 60
19 Andrew Molleur 13 17 58
20 Jimmy Zacharias 14 18 Wth 56
21 Andrew Krause 28 30 20 55
22 Timmy Solomito 26 9 53
23 Max Zachem 16 24 49
24 Dave Sapienza DNQ 31 16 48
25 Cory Plummer DNQ 22 26 48
26 Jeremy Gerstner 24 19 Wth 45
27 Luke Baldwin 23 23 42
28 Ryan Preece 7 38
29 Chase Dowling 9 35
30 Luke Fleming DNQ 21 32
31 Paulie Hartwig III 29 28 31
32 Eric Berndt 14 30
33 Joey Coulter 15 29
34 Matt Swanson 15 29
35 Danny Bohn 16 28
36 Jack Baldwin 17 27
37 Doug Coby 18 28
38 Carson Loftin 20 24
39 Mark Stewart 21 23
40 Joey Cipriano III 21 23
41 Jimmy Blewett 25 Wth 19
42 Andy Seuss 26 18
43 Ronnie Williams 27 17
44 Sam Rameau 29 15
45 Mike Marshall 30 14
46 Bobby Labonte 31 13
Anthony Nocella
Conner Jones DNQ
Norman Newman DNQ
Andy Jankowiak Wth
Reference:[23]

See also

Notes

References

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