2020 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

The 2020 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the thirty-sixth season of the Whelen Modified Tour (NWMT), a stock car racing tour sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the Wade Cole Memorial 133 at Jennerstown Speedway on June 21 and concluded at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on October 11. Justin Bonsignore won the championship, his second.

Schedule

On November 5, 2019, NASCAR announced the 2020 Whelen Modified Tour schedule. Among the 17 races was an inaugural stop at Iowa Speedway and returns to Jennerstown Speedway Complex and Martinsville Speedway.[1] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, the Martinsville date was cancelled, and many of the early-season races were postponed.[2] An initial version of a revised schedule had Myrtle Beach Speedway hosting the season-opening race on June 6, but that date was eventually moved to Jennerstown and rescheduled for June 21.[3] Two events at White Mountain Motorsports Park and an event at Monadnock Speedway were also added to the revised schedule.[4][5] Oswego Speedway announced the cancellation of their September race in August in the face of tight state restrictions on gatherings.[6]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the WMT ran on tracks that are not NASCAR-sanctioned such as White Mountain Motorsports Park and Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park.[7]

No. Race Title Track Date
1 Wade Cole Memorial 133 Jennerstown Speedway Complex, Jennerstown June 21
2 Independence Day 200 White Mountain Motorsports Park, North Woodstock July 4
3 White Mountain Showdown 200 August 1
4 Laurel Highlands 150 Jennerstown Speedway Complex, Jennerstown August 22
5 Advanced Gas Distributors Inc. 200 Monadnock Speedway, Winchester August 30
6 Thompson 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson September 3*
7 Musket 200 presented by Whelen New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon September 12
8 NAPA Auto Parts 150 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford September 27
9 World Series of Speedway Racing 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson October 11

* The Thompson 150 was delayed from September 2 to September 3 due to inclement weather.[8]

Results and standings

Race results

No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer
1 Wade Cole Memorial 133[9] Justin Bonsignore Justin Bonsignore Justin Bonsignore Chevrolet
2 Independence Day 200[10] Matt Hirschman Matt Hirschman Justin Bonsignore Chevrolet
3 White Mountain Showdown 200[11] Jon McKennedy Jon McKennedy Doug Coby Chevrolet
4 Laurel Highlands 150[12] Justin Bonsignore Justin Bonsignore Craig Lutz Chevrolet
5 Advanced Gas Distributors Inc. 200[13] Jon McKennedy Ron Silk Justin Bonsignore Chevrolet
6 Thompson 150[14] Doug Coby Doug Coby Ron Silk Chevrolet
7 Musket 200 presented by Whelen[15] Andy Seuss Justin Bonsignore Bobby Santos III Chevrolet
8 NAPA Auto Parts 150[16] Eric Goodale Ron Silk Ron Silk Chevrolet
9 World Series of Speedway Racing 150[17] Doug Coby Jon McKennedy Craig Lutz Chevrolet

Point standings

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 JEN WMM WMM JEN MND TMP NHA STA TMP Points
1 Justin Bonsignore 1** 1 5 5 1 2 2* 3 4 392
2 Jon McKennedy 3 9 4* 6 9 3 8 6 2* 352
3 Doug Coby 7 3 1 4 3 5* 9 2 22 347
4 Craig Lutz 2 8 11 1 10 12 5 13 1 342
5 Ron Silk 6 27 10 Wth 2* 1 3 1* 3 311
6 Matt Swanson 9 28 3 7 13 9 7 9 11 301
7 Dave Sapienza 13 6 7 2 11 6 20 21 19 292
8 Calvin Carroll 5 13 6 18 14 11 17 15 8 290
9 Tyler Rypkema (R) 18 22 13 8 12 10 10 10 10 283
10 Anthony Nocella 14 8 3 4 8 4 17 12 282
11 Chris Pasteryak 12 7 20 10 20 4 13 16 13 282
12 Sam Rameau 11 12 21 11 8 23 12 12 6 281
13 Woody Pitkat 16 5 23 16 7 21 29 19 7 254
14 Kyle Bonsignore 8 11 2 15 19 20 Wth 26 5 246
15 Eric Goodale 14 16 9 13 18 14 19 22 27 244
16 Patrick Emerling 19 15 12 12 17 26 11 9 229
17 Rob Summers 10 26 14 17 22 15 26 24 14 228
18 J. B. Fortin 23 17 12 19 24 13 16 25 203
19 Walter Sutcliffe Jr. 31 25 25 20 25 16 23 18 15 198
20 Ronnie Williams 28 5 7 28 7 17 172
21 Tommy Catalano 32 4 24 23 16 24 23 162
22 Melissa Fifield 27 31 27 25 28 25 30 27 20 156
23 Timmy Solomito 15 29 17 Wth 22 11 26 144
24 Chuck Hossfeld 15 17 18 8 25 138
25 Timmy Catalano 30 19 16 14 26 22 137
26 Matt Hirschman 4 2* 6 122
27 Chase Dowling 26 10 15 5 122
28 Gary Byington (R) 30 28 23 27 Wth 20 18 118
29 Amy Catalano (R) 29 23 18 22 27 27 118
30 Jeff Gallup (R) 17 18 19 21 Wth 101
31 Jeremy Gerstner 21 20 22 Wth Wth 69
32 J. R. Bertuccio 20 21 26 Wth 65
33 Gary Putnam 21 14 53
34 Andrew Krause 33 24 24 Wth Wth 51
35 Bobby Santos III 1 47
36 John Beatty Jr. 24 18 Wth 46
37 Joey Mucciacciaro (R) 14 45
38 Max McLaughlin (R) 4 40
39 Andy Jankowiak Wth 24 24 40
40 Andy Seuss 6 39
41 Kyle Ebersole 9 35
42 Ken Heagy Wth 16 28
43 Ryan Preece 19 26
44 Bryan Dauzat 21 23
45 Cory Osland (R) 21 23
46 Ed McCarthy (R) 22 22
47 Matt Galko (R) 23 21
48 Roger Turbush (R) 25 19
49 Joey Cipriano III (R) 25 19
50 Manny Dias (R) 28 16
Jamie Tomaino Wth 0
Pos Driver JEN WMM WMM JEN MND TMP NHA STA TMP Points

Source:[18]

See also

References

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