2025 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

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Austin Beers (car No. 64), the Whelen Modified Tour champion.
Justin Bonsignore, the defending series champion, finished second behind Beers in the championship by eight points.
Craig Lutz (car No. 46) finished third in the championship by 37 points.

The 2025 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the 41st season of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, a stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the New Smyrna Beach Area Visitors Bureau 200 at New Smyrna Speedway on February 8 and ended with the Virginia is for Racing Lovers 200 at Martinsville Speedway on October 23.

Justin Bonsignore entered the season as the defending series champion.[1] Austin Beers won his first series title after finishing second the season finale at Martinsville.[2]

Schedule

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Source: [3]

No. Race title Track Date
1 New Smyrna Beach Area Visitors Bureau 200 New Smyrna Speedway, New Smyrna Beach, Florida February 8
2 Icebreaker 150 Thompson Speedway, Thompson, Connecticut April 16[a]
3 FaithFest Evangelistic Ministries 150 North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina May 18
4 J&R Precast 150 Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk, Massachusetts June 1[b]
5 Miller Lite Salutes Steve Park 200 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead, New York June 15[c]
6 Thunder in the Mountains 200 White Mountain Motorsports Park, North Woodstock, New Hampshire June 29[d]
7 Nu-Way Auto Parts 150 Lancaster Motorplex, Lancaster, New York July 12
8 Duel at the Dog 200 presented by USNE Power Monadnock Speedway, Winchester, New Hampshire July 19
9 Cheshire County Clash 200 Monadnock Speedway, Winchester, New Hampshire July 20[e]
10 Thompson 150 presented by FloSports.com Thompson Speedway, Thompson, Connecticut August 6
11 Virginia is for Racing Lovers 150 Richmond Raceway, Richmond, Virginia August 14
12 Toyota Mod Classic 150 Oswego Speedway, Oswego, New York August 30
13 Mohegan Sun 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire September 20
14 Eddie Partridge 256 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead, New York October 4[f]
15 World Series 150 Thompson Speedway, Thompson, Connecticut October 12
16 Virginia is for Racing Lovers 200 Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Virginia October 23

Schedule changes

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  • The race at Richmond moves from March to August after the track went down to having one Cup Series race weekend instead of two with the spring race being removed and the summer race being kept.
  • The race at North Wilkesboro, which was held in October in 2024, moves to May on the afternoon of the Cup Series' All-Star Race at the track.
  • The first race at Riverhead was moved from May to June.
  • The race at New Hampshire moves from June to September along with the track's Cup Series race date.
  • The race at Lancaster Motorplex was moved from August to July.
  • The third race at Monadnock in September was removed and replaced by a race at White Mountain Motorsports Park in June.
  • The race at Martinsville, which was scheduled to be held on October 18 was moved to October 23 as the same weekend as the Cup Series' weekend race at the track.

Results and standings

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Race results

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No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver
1 New Smyrna Beach Visitors Bureau 200 Luke Baldwin Luke Baldwin Patrick Emerling
2 Icebreaker 150 Jon McKennedy Ron Silk Ron Silk
3 FaithFest Evangelistic Ministries 150 Luke Baldwin Craig Lutz Craig Lutz
4 J&R Precast 150 Matt Hirschman Matt Hirschman Matt Hirschman
5 Miller Lite Salutes Steve Park 200 Justin Bonsignore Justin Bonsignore Justin Bonsignore
6 Thunder in the Mountains 200 Jake Johnson Kyle Bonsignore Kyle Bonsignore
7 Nu-Way Auto Parts 150 Matt Hirschman Matt Hirschman Austin Beers
8 Duel at the Dog 200 presented by USNE Power Patrick Emerling Patrick Emerling Tommy Catalano
9 Cheshire County Clash 200 Austin Beers Ron Silk Ron Silk
10 Thompson 150 presented by FloSports.com Ron Silk Ron Silk Patrick Emerling
11 Virginia is for Racing Lovers 150 Justin Bonsignore Austin Beers Craig Lutz
12 Toyota Mod Classic 150 Matt Hirschman Matt Hirschman Ron Silk
13 Mohegan Sun 100 Justin Bonsignore Justin Bonsignore Tyler Rypkema
14 Eddie Partridge 256 Matt Brode Austin Beers Austin Beers
15 World Series 150 Justin Bonsignore Ron Silk Ron Silk
16 Virginia is for Racing Lovers 200 Justin Bonsignore Justin Bonsignore Justin Bonsignore
Reference:[11]

Drivers' championship

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Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

(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 THO NWS SEE RIV WMM LMP MON MON THO RCH OSW NHA RIV THO MAR Points
1 Austin Beers 5 4 5 3 8 5 1 5 9 7 2* 4 9 1* 3 2 649
2 Justin Bonsignore 3 5 3 11 1* 10 8 4 2 8 7 10 2* 3 6 1* 641
3 Craig Lutz 2 13 1* 13 5 6 9 9 12 12 1 2 3 4 5 5 612
4 Matt Hirschman 15 11 22 1* 2 4 3* 17 3 2 6 5* 5 15 4 9 597
5 Patrick Emerling 1 2 28 14 3 16 2 2* 8 1 3 3 17 13 8 17 584
6 Stephen Kopcik 6 7 6 2 15 2 16 8 19 11 10 7 19 7 10 3 557
7 Kyle Bonsignore 27 12 24 6 6 1* 4 3 11 3 14 8 20 5 7 16 546
8 Trevor Catalano 13 3 15 5 12 8 13 13 5 14 4 9 21 8 13 15 536
9 Tyler Rypkema 11 15 19 21 9 11 6 6 21 13 13 11 1 11 9 6 526
10 Tommy Catalano 14 9 7 23 7 20 11 1 10 17 22 16 22 10 17 20 484
11 Ron Silk 9 1* 4 13 15 1* 9* 1 24 2 1* 429
12 Ken Heagy 19 23 11 20 18 14 18 23 23 21 12 14 13 12 18 19 427
13 Luke Baldwin 4* 14 2 12 10 7 7 7 7 25 17 21 402
14 Eric Goodale 7 25 31 10 14 Wth 5 9 8 6 23 7 339
15 Tyler Barry 22 16 18 7 19 15 17 20 16 20 20 294
16 Mike Marshall 21 28 17 18 22 17 22 15 15 16 21 23 293
17 John-Michael Shenette Wth 16 22 20 19 25 22 23 14 19 12 248
18 Jacob Lutz 31 Wth 4 5 10 6 26 25 201
19 Chase Dowling 29 6 8 16 12 12 181
20 Max Zachem 16 22 Wth 16 16 20 15 25 178
21 Anthony Nocella Wth 17 10 4 7 11 171
22 Jon McKennedy 8 15 9 Wth 23 10 159
23 Brian Robie 12 18 12 14 13 151
24 Ryan Newman 8 13 15 Wth Wth 16 24 146
25 Jake Johnson 26 4 3 4 143
26 Joey Cipriano III 23 19 Wth 11 6 25 Wth 136
27 Teddy Hodgdon 27 12 18 15 18 130
28 Mike Christopher Jr. 14 12 16 10 124
29 Andrew Krause 10 18 19 24 26 Wth 123
30 Brian Sones 30 24 26 Wth Wth 24 15 24 121
31 Dave Sapienza 20 Wth 30 17 Wth 19 14 120
32 Woody Pitkat 19 19 Wth 6 14 118
33 Matt Swanson 10 6 2 114
34 Gary McDonald 24 Wth 21 20 24 Wth 17 114
35 Kyle Ebersole 25 9 18 15 109
36 Andy Seuss 18 4 13 97
37 Dylan Slepian 29 11 26 20 90
38 Tyler Catalano 18 12 17 85
39 Sam Rameau 12 18 18 85
40 Jeremy Gerstner 26 9 14 83
41 Roger Turbush 20 13 18 81
42 Mark Stewart 17 17 Wth Wth 19 79
43 Conner Jones 32 19 8 73
44 Corey LaJoie 14 5 70
45 Eric Berndt 21 27 16 68
46 Danny Bohn 11 11 67
47 Matt Brode 16 9 65
48 Joey Coulter 20 4 64
49 Carson Loftin 27 21 26 58
50 Luke Fleming 10 22 56
51 Matt Kimball 26 Wth 11 51
52 Norman Newman 23 27 38
53 Ryan Preece 8 37
54 Joey Braun 8 36
55 George Skora III 10 34
56 Andy Lewis Jr. 13 31
57 Bobby Labonte 29 28 31
58 Chris Rogers 14 30
59 Chris Young Jr. 18 26
60 Jake Crum 21 Wth 23
61 Nathan Wenzel 21 Wth 23
62 Timmy Solomito 22 22
63 Gary Putnam 23 21
64 Chris Hatton Jr. 25 19
65 Doug Coby 27 17
66 Frank Fleming 28 16
Tommy Wanick Wth
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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Thompson Speedway postponed the race from its March 30 date to April 5 due to "forecasted rain and cold temperatures."[4] It was then postponed to April 16 due to similar conditions.
  2. ^ Seekonk Speedway postponed the race from its May 31 date to June 1 due to "forecasted inclement weather."[5]
  3. ^ Riverhead Raceway postponed the race from its June 14 date to June 15 due to "forecasted inclement weather".[6]
  4. ^ White Mountain Motorsports Park postponed the race from its June 28 date to June 29 due to "forecasted inclement weather".[7]
  5. ^ NASCAR, JDV Productions and Monadnock Speedway postponed the race from its May 3 date due to inclement weather.[8] It was eventually rescheduled to July 20.[9]
  6. ^ NASCAR and Riverhead Raceway postponed the race from its September 6 date to October 4 due to inclement weather.[10]

References

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  1. ^ Courchesne, Shawn (October 27, 2024). "One for the record books: Justin Bonsignore cements his place in history with fourth Modified Tour title, 45th career win". NASCAR.com. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  2. ^ "Austin Beers wins the 2025 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship". NASCAR. October 23, 2025. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
  3. ^ "See the 2025 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour schedule". Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  4. ^ Sprinkle, Scotte (March 27, 2025). "NWMT Icebreaker 150 postponed to Saturday, April 5". Short Track Scene. Retrieved March 28, 2025.
  5. ^ "Unfavorable weather forecast pushes Modified Tour event at Seekonk Speedway to Sunday, June 1". Retrieved May 30, 2025.
  6. ^ "Unfavorable forecast pushes Whelen Modified Tour event at Riverhead to Sunday, June 15". Retrieved June 14, 2025.
  7. ^ "Modified Tour race at White Mountain postponed due to inclement weather forecast". Retrieved June 28, 2025.
  8. ^ "Inclement weather postpones Whelen Modified Tour Cheshire County Clash 200 at Monadnock Speedway". Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  9. ^ "Whelen Modified Tour event at Monadnock rescheduled for July 20 to create unique doubleheader". Retrieved May 9, 2025.
  10. ^ "Eddie Partridge 256 at Riverhead Raceway postponed due to inclement weather". Retrieved September 6, 2025.
  11. ^ "2025 NASCAR WHELEN MODIFIED TOUR SEASON STATS, RACE RESULTS". racing-reference.info. February 8, 2025. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  12. ^ "NASCAR WHELEN MODIFIED TOUR STANDINGS FOR 2025". racing-reference.info. February 8, 2025. Retrieved February 8, 2025.