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The2023 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the thirty-ninth season of theNASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, astock car racing tour sanctioned byNASCAR. It began with the New Smyrna Beach Visitors Bureau 200 atNew Smyrna Speedway on February 11 and ended with the Virginia is for Racing Lovers 200 atMartinsville 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.[1]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.[2]
On July 12, 2023, driverJ. B. Fortin was suspended by NASCAR after he physically fought a NASCAR official after the race atWall Stadium.[3] He was reinstated by NASCAR on September 15.[4]
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(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 | RCH | MON | RIV | LEE | SEE | RIV | WAL | NHA | LMP | THO | LGY | OSW | MON | RIV | NWS | THO | MAR | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ron Silk | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2* | 5 | 3 | 1* | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 3* | 2 | 1 | 6 | 759 |
| 2 | Justin Bonsignore | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1* | 4 | 1* | 3 | 15* | 1** | 1 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 750 |
| 3 | Austin Beers | 8 | 1* | 4 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9* | 4 | 1* | 4 | 2* | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 10* | 31 | 677 |
| 4 | Tyler Rypkema | 11 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 595 |
| 5 | Kyle Bonsignore | 19 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 30 | 594 |
| 6 | Doug Coby | 5* | 13 | 1* | 19 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 496 | |||||
| 7 | Craig Lutz | 18 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 23 | 30 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 34 | 8 | 26 | 471 | |
| 8 | Ken Heagy | 21 | 17 | 20 | 25 | 18 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 25 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 32 | 19 | 20 | 461 |
| 9 | Jake Johnson | 6 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 433 | |||||
| 10 | Matt Hirschman | 3 | 18 | 9 | 1* | 1** | 15 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 1* | 4 | 420 | |||||||
| 11 | Melissa Fifield | 33 | 20 | 26 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 22 | 16 | 28 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 28 | 22 | 35 | 410 |
| 12 | Anthony Nocella | 9 | 27 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 391 | |||||
| 13 | Anthony Sesely | 4 | 26 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 389 | ||||||
| 14 | Eric Goodale | 27 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 387 | ||||||
| 15 | J. B. Fortin | 16 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 384 | ||||||
| 16 | Dave Sapienza | 7 | 14 | 30 | 27 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 25 | 325 | ||||||
| 17 | Patrick Emerling | 34 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 277 | ||||||||||
| 18 | Tommy Catalano | 10 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 12 | 270 | |||||||||
| 19 | Jon McKennedy | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 254 | |||||||||||
| 20 | Andrew Krause | 25 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 243 | ||||||||||
| 21 | Gary McDonald | 22 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 29 | 226 | |||||||||
| 22 | Kyle Ebersole | 12 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 204 | |||||||||||
| 23 | Woody Pitkat | 16 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 202 | |||||||||||
| 24 | Max Zachem | 19 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 29 | 13 | 18 | 199 | |||||||||||
| 25 | Justin Brown | 15 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 196 | |||||||||||
| 26 | Bobby Santos III | 27 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 28 | 186 | ||||||||||||
| 27 | Tim Connolly | 25 | 24 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 36 | 22 | 180 | ||||||||||
| 28 | Max McLaughlin | 3 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 174 | |||||||||||||
| 29 | Sam Rameau | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 21 | 169 | |||||||||||||
| 30 | Bryan Narducci | 8 | 20 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 148 | |||||||||||||
| 31 | Brian Robie | 26 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 147 | |||||||||||||
| 32 | Eddie McCarthy | 29 | 27 | 3 | 20 | 38 | 17 | 130 | ||||||||||||
| 33 | Matt Kimball | 32 | 15 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 124 | |||||||||||||
| 34 | Anthony Bello | 31 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 21 | 110 | |||||||||||||
| 35 | J. R. Bertuccio | 30 | 23 | 5 | 25 | 108 | ||||||||||||||
| 36 | Timmy Solomito | 11 | 9 | 6 | 106 | |||||||||||||||
| 37 | Roger Turbush | 24 | 6 | 7 | 95 | |||||||||||||||
| 38 | John Beatty Jr. | 15 | 8 | 15 | 94 | |||||||||||||||
| 39 | Matt Swanson | 8 | 23 | 11 | 90 | |||||||||||||||
| 40 | Ryan Newman | 29 | 6 | 11 | 87 | |||||||||||||||
| 41 | Bobby Labonte | 6 | 33 | 10 | 83 | |||||||||||||||
| 42 | Ronnie Williams | 23 | 12 | 17 | 80 | |||||||||||||||
| 43 | Andy Seuss | 9 | 22 | 27 | 74 | |||||||||||||||
| 44 | Mark Stewart | 13 | 2 | 73 | ||||||||||||||||
| 45 | Jack Handley Jr. | 14 | 5 | 69 | ||||||||||||||||
| 46 | Brett Meservey | 15 | 26 | 24 | 68 | |||||||||||||||
| 47 | Jacob Perry | 28 | 13 | 27 | 64 | |||||||||||||||
| 48 | Joey Coulter | 14 | 13 | 61 | ||||||||||||||||
| 49 | Chris Young Jr. | 12 | 17 | 59 | ||||||||||||||||
| 50 | Tommy Wanick | 15 | 14 | 59 | ||||||||||||||||
| 51 | Eric Berndt | 21 | 23 | 32 | 57 | |||||||||||||||
| 52 | John-Michael Shenette | 12 | 37 | 34 | 49 | |||||||||||||||
| 53 | Brandon Ward | 24 | 15 | 49 | ||||||||||||||||
| 54 | Ryan Preece | 1* | 48 | |||||||||||||||||
| 55 | Matt Brode | 22 | 18 | 48 | ||||||||||||||||
| 56 | Carson Loftin | 25 | 16 | 47 | ||||||||||||||||
| 57 | Dylan Slepian | 23 | 18 | 47 | ||||||||||||||||
| 58 | Chris Hatton Jr. | 35 | 30 | 24 | 43 | |||||||||||||||
| 59 | Chase Dowling | 11 | 35 | 42 | ||||||||||||||||
| 60 | Andy Jankowiak | 13 | 33 | 42 | ||||||||||||||||
| 61 | Burt Myers | 18 | 29 | 41 | ||||||||||||||||
| 62 | Cory Plummer | 29 | 19 | 40 | ||||||||||||||||
| 63 | Chuck Hossfeld | 5 | 39 | |||||||||||||||||
| 64 | Jimmy Zacharias | 6 | 38 | |||||||||||||||||
| 65 | Jimmy Blewett | 28 | 22 | 38 | ||||||||||||||||
| 66 | Corey LaJoie | 7 | 37 | |||||||||||||||||
| 67 | Blake Barney | 8 | 36 | |||||||||||||||||
| 68 | Tyler Catalano | 10 | 34 | |||||||||||||||||
| 69 | Bryan Dauzat | 26 | 32 | |||||||||||||||||
| 70 | Spencer Davis | 13 | 31 | |||||||||||||||||
| 71 | Kyle Soper | 13 | 31 | |||||||||||||||||
| 72 | Nathan Wenzel | 16 | 28 | |||||||||||||||||
| 73 | Jeremy Gerstner | 17 | 27 | |||||||||||||||||
| 74 | Tom Martino Jr. | 17 | 27 | |||||||||||||||||
| 75 | James Pritchard Jr. | 20 | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
| 76 | Mike Leaty | 20 | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
| 77 | Cory DiMatteo | 21 | 23 | |||||||||||||||||
| 78 | Jamie Tomaino | 23 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| 79 | Walter Sutcliffe Jr. | 24 | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
| 80 | Eddie Brunnhoelzl III | 26 | 18 | |||||||||||||||||
| 81 | Chris Turbush | 28 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
| 82 | Gary Putnam | 31 | 13 |