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 champion.
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.
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. 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.
Teams and drivers
Full-time teams Chassis manufacturer Team Driver Crew chief References Boehler Racing Boehler Racing Enterprises 3 Tyler Rypkema Greg Fournier FURY Goodie Racing 58 Eric Goodale Rob Hyer Hartwig Racing 73 Carson Loftin Paul Hartwig Jr. Bobby Geiger Jr. Paulie Hartwig III Heagy Motorsports 18 Ken Heagy Greg Gorman Jon McKennedy Racing 79 Jon McKennedy Patrick Walsh LFR Eighty-Two Autosport 8 John-Michael Shenette Scott Morin George Bessette Jr. Elite Racing 31 Mike Christopher Jr. Eugene Orlando Craig Lutz Teddy Hodgdon Racing 05 Teddy Hodgdon Ted Hodgdon USNEPower Motorsports 1 Patrick Emerling Dale Hedquist Troyer KLM Motorsports 64 Austin Beers Ron Yuhas Jr. PeeDee Motorsports 60 Matt Hirschman Mike Stein Wanick Motorsports 21 Stephen Kopcik Nick Kopcik
Part-time teams Chassis manufacturer Team Driver Crew chief Races References Apex Race Cars Apex Racing 95 Cory Plummer Bill Barnett Jr. Jonah Gosnell Cory Plummer Matt Kimball FURY Connolly Racing 4 Ryan Newman Tim Connolly Ricky Boyer Tim Connolly Coulter Motorsports 02 Joey Coulter Harold Holly Fueled Up Motorsports 15 Joey Cipriano III Ryan Plourde Goodie Racing 46 Craig Lutz Douglas Ogiejko Haydt Yannone Racing 16 Ron Silk Phil Moran Highmark Racing Team 4 Joey Braun Douglas Ogiejko Kenneth Massa Motorsports 51 Justin Bonsignore Ryan Stone Kyle Bonsignore 22 Kyle Bonsignore Cam McDermott Matt Swanson 89 Matt Swanson John Swanson Perry Racing 02 Jacob Perry Michael Dayton Ryan Preece Racing 40 Ryan Preece Jeff Preece Team 25 LLC 25 Danny Bohn Terry Hall Turbush Racing 81 Mark Stewart Chris Turbush 88 Roger Turbush Dan Hansen LFR Danny Watts Racing 82 Andrew Molleur Michael Molleur Dave Brigati 00 Chris Rogers Jr. Brian Schwarz Elite Racing 12 Craig Lutz Joey Mucciacciaro Ferguson Motorsports 11 Eric Berndt Chuck Madigan Jr. Gershow Motorsports 2 Jimmy Blewett Mike Bologna Chase Grennan Glenn Styres Racing 0 Ryan Newman Randy Renfrow Max Zachem Jerry Solomito Sr. 66 Timmy Solomito Jerry Solomito Sr. Shawn Solomito Jett Motorsports 28 Doug Coby John McKenna Michele Davini 17 Anthony Nocella Chris McTaggart Mike Christopher 13 Mike Christopher Jr. Joey Mucciacciaro Newman Motorsports 11 Norman Newman Norman Newman SS Motorsports 70 Andy Seuss Jon Marlott Supreme Racing 24 Andrew Krause Steven Reed Tinio Racing 44 Chase Dowling Danny Gamache Kimball Motorsports 43 Matt Kimball Angelo Evans Zacharias Motorsports 71 Jimmy Zacharias Austin Kochenash PSR Products Frank Fleming Motorsports Luke Fleming Chris Fleming Frank Fleming PSR Racing 38 Bobby Labonte Phil Stefanelli Neal Cantor Jack Baldwin 39 Conner Jones Eddie Harvey Tommy Baldwin Racing 7 Luke Baldwin Tommy Baldwin Jr. Troyer Catalano Motorsports 45 Timmy Catalano Tyler Catalano 54 Tommy Catalano Rick Kluth 56 Trevor Catalano David Catalano 84 Tyler Catalano Tom Fuchs Chase Grennan 38 Owen Grennan Andrew Farnhan GSR Motorsports 55 Jeremy Gerstner Keith Wheeler Jody Lauzon 59 Andy Jankowiak Steve Mendoza John Morgan 20 Max Zachem Ryan Morgan JT Motorsports 99 Sam Rameau Charlie Barham Peter Clark Motorsports 96 Matt Brode Marty Condit Ronnie Williams 50 Ronnie Williams Adam Skowyra TJS Holdings 6 Cory DiMatteo John Lowinski TLC Performance 29 Mike Marshall Doug Tisdell Wanick Motorsports 9 Jayden Harman Mark Harman 19 Tommy Wanick Mike Odwanzy FURY Troyer Sapienza Racing 36 Dave Sapienza Greg Kleila Mark Stewart
Schedule Source:
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 3 Icebreaker 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, Connecticut April 12 4 J&R Precast 150 Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk, Massachusetts May 16 5 Miller Lite Salutes Don Howe 200 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead, New York May 30 6 All States Materials Group 150 Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine June 6 7 Firecracker 150 presented by the Bethesda Leadership Group Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk, Massachusetts July 1 8 Clash at Claremont Claremont Motorsports Park, Claremont, New Hampshire July 10 9 Thunder in the Mountains 200 White Mountain Motorsports Park, North Woodstock, New Hampshire July 19 10 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 GAF 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.
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 J&R Precast 150 Justin Bonsignore Stephen Kopcik Jon McKennedy 5 Miller Lite Salutes Don Howe 200 Roger Turbush Mark Stewart Mark Stewart 6 All States Materials Group 150 Stephen Kopcik Jon McKennedy Jon McKennedy 7 Firecracker 150 presented by the Bethesda Leadership Group Austin Beers Stephen Kopcik Matt Hirschman 8 Clash at Claremont Matt Hirschman Patrick Emerling Patrick Emerling 9 Thunder in the Mountains 200 Matt Hirschman Patrick Emerling Patrick Emerling 10 Duel at the Dog 200 powered by USNE Matt Hirschman Patrick Emerling Patrick Emerling 11 Thompson 150 presented by FloSports.com Austin Beers Matt Hirschman Matt Hirschman 12 Mohegan Sun 100 Austin Beers Chase DowlingAustin Beers Jon McKennedy 13 GAF 150 Justin Bonsignore Stephen Kopcik Teddy Hodgdon 14 Toyota Mod Classic 150 Austin Beers Patrick Emerling Patrick Emerling 15 Eddie Partridge 206 Justin Bonsignore Patrick Emerling Patrick Emerling 16 World Series 150 Reference:
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 SEE RIV OXF SEE CLM WMM MON THO NHA STA OSW RIV THO Points 1 Patrick Emerling 4 6 13 6 5 7 3 1* 1* 1* 3 30 5 1* 1* 600 2 Austin Beers 3 5 6 4 7 11 5 4 2 3 2 19* 15 6 8 570 3 Jon McKennedy 6 27 4* 1 8 1* 9 3 12 8 24 1 6 2 12 553 4 Tyler Rypkema 2 3 10 22 24 2 13 11 4 2 10 4 12 3 4 535 5 Stephen Kopcik 13 1* 1 2* 9 14 4* 19 11 10 8 17 7* 10 20 531 6 Matt Hirschman 12 12 5 20 17 16 1 2 5 12 1* 11 2 8 23 529 7 Eric Goodale 10 4 12 18 10 3 6 9 7 7 6 23 9 7 5 524 8 Teddy Hodgdon 11 28 11 7 16 9 7 7 10 6 13 9 1 4 21 504 9 Mike Christopher Jr. 19 15 3 16 19 12 11 8 6 21 12 6 8 5 15 485 10 Paulie Hartwig III 29 28 15 12 5 10 5 3 4 7 13 10 9 2 466 11 Tommy Catalano 17 8 19 5 4 13 15 12 13 5 11 2 18 17 459 12 Andrew Molleur 13 17 10 14 8 8 10 9 14 14 10 11 11 11 457 13 Trevor Catalano 9 11 29 14 13 6 16 13 18 15 17 5 24 12 414 14 18 20 23 25 20 10 19 16 17 17 18 20 23 14 19 381 15 Ken Heagy 22 25 25 26 18 17 18 18 15 20 16 22 22 15 16 365 16 Justin Bonsignore 1* 24 7 11 2 24 4 3 289 17 Doug Coby 18 9 14 8 9 9 14 13 258 18 Craig Lutz 5 14 8 12 23 Wth 19 12 10 249 19 Chase Dowling 9 3 2 4 7* 3 239 20 Cory Plummer DNQ 22 26 24 21 Wth 17 16 18 19 25 Wth 216 21 Dave Sapienza DNQ 31 16 23 Wth 17 Wth Wth 15 8 25 18 206 22 Ronnie Williams 27 4 Wth 11 21 15 19 167 23 Ron Silk 32 2 2 21 6 Wth Wth 158 24 Matt Swanson 15 13 12 5 17 158 25 Max Zachem 16 24 6 23 16 136 26 Jayden Harman 8 15 14 16 123 27 Joey Cipriano III 21 17 14 14 110 28 Mark Stewart 21 1* 13 102 29 Kyle Bonsignore 27 7 22 19 Wth 101 30 Ryan Newman 8 10 18 96 31 Timmy Solomito 26 9 Wth 7 90 32 Ryan Preece 7 3 79 33 Anthony Nocella 15 Wth 13 26 78 34 Andrew Krause 28 30 20 22 77 35 Cory DiMatteo 20 21 20 71 36 Roger Turbush 15 9 65 37 Chase Grennan 11 14 63 38 Luke Baldwin 23 23 28 58 39 Jimmy Zacharias 14 18 Wth 56 40 Chris Rogers Jr. 25 17 46 41 Jeremy Gerstner 24 19 Wth 45 42 Matt Brode 22 22 44 43 Owen Grennan 3 41 44 Matt Kimball 27 21 40 45 Joey Braun 6 38 46 Andy Seuss 26 29 33 47 Luke Fleming DNQ 21 32 48 Timmy Catalano 13 31 49 Eric Berndt 14 30 50 Joey Coulter 15 29 51 Danny Bohn 16 28 52 Jacob Perry 16 28 53 Tim Connolly 16 28 54 Jack Baldwin 17 27 55 Tyler Catalano 18 Wth 26 56 Carson Loftin 20 24 57 Jimmy Blewett 25 Wth 19 58 Sam Rameau 29 15 59 Mike Marshall 30 14 60 Bobby Labonte 31 13 Conner Jones DNQ Norman Newman DNQ Andy Jankowiak Wth Tommy Wanick Wth Wth Reference:
See also 2026 NASCAR Cup Series 2026 NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series 2026 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series 2026 ARCA Menards Series 2026 ARCA Menards Series East 2026 ARCA Menards Series West 2026 NASCAR Euro Series 2026 NASCAR Canada Series 2026 NASCAR Brasil Series 2026 CARS Tour 2026 SMART Modified Tour
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