2019 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
The 2019 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the thirty-fifth season of the Whelen Modified Tour, a stock car racing tour sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the Performance Plus 150 presented by Safety-Kleen at Myrtle Beach Speedway on March 16 and concluded with the Sunoco World Series 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on October 13. Justin Bonsignore entered the season as the defending drivers' champion. 2019 marked the third season of the unification of the Whelen Modified Tour and the Whelen Southern Modified Tour. Doug Coby won the championship, his sixth, eight points ahead of Bonsignore.
Drivers
;Notes:Schedule
On November 21, 2018, NASCAR announced the 2019 schedule. Langley and Bristol were dropped from the schedule in favor of South Boston and Wall Stadium. The All-Star Shootout, held at New Hampshire, did not count towards the championship. Twelve of the seventeen races in the season were televised on NBCSN on a tape delay basis. All races in the season were shown live on FansChoice.tv.No. | Race Title | Track | Date |
1 | Performance Plus 150 presented by Safety-Kleen | Myrtle Beach Speedway, Myrtle Beach | March 16 |
2 | South Boston 150 | South Boston Speedway, South Boston | March 30 |
3 | Icebreaker 150 | Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson | April 7 |
4 | NAPA Auto Parts Spring Sizzler 200 | Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford | May 11 |
5 | Jersey Shore 150 | Wall Stadium Speedway, Wall Township | May 18 |
6 | Seekonk 150 | Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk | June 1 |
7 | Thompson 125 | Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson | June 5 |
8 | Buzz Chew Chevrolet Cadillac 200 | Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead | July 6 |
All-Star Shootout | New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon | July 19 | |
9 | Eastern Propane & Oil 100 | New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon | July 20 |
10 | Stafford 150 | Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford | August 2 |
11 | Bud 'King of Beers' 150 | Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson | August 14 |
12 | Toyota Mod Classic 150 presented by McDonald's | Oswego Speedway, Oswego | August 31 |
13 | Miller Lite 200 | Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead | September 7 |
14 | Musket 250 presented by Whelen | New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon | September 21 |
15 | NAPA Fall Final 150 | Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford | September 29 |
16 | Sunoco World Series 150 | Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson | October 13 |
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Results and standings
Races
;Notes:- 1 – There was no qualifying session for the All-Star Shootout. The starting grid was decided with a random draw.
Drivers' championship
Driver | MYR | SBO | THO | STA | WAL | SEE | THO | RIV | NHA‡ | NHA | STA | THO | OSW | RIV | NHA | STA | THO | Points | |
1 | Doug Coby | 1 | 8 | 5* | 1 | 10* | 1* | 2 | 6* | 12 | 2* | 3* | 1* | 6 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 661 |
2 | Justin Bonsignore | 12 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1* | 1 | 5 | 2* | 1* | 653 |
3 | Ron Silk | 25 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 599 |
4 | Craig Lutz | 20 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 26 | 3 | 3* | 5 | 6* | 10 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 12 | 585 |
5 | Matt Swanson | 18 | 11 | 7 | 34 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 522 |
6 | Eric Goodale | 9 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 518 |
7 | Timmy Solomito | 28 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 25 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 513 |
8 | Patrick Emerling | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 9 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 23 | 10 | 36 | 484 |
9 | Chris Pasteryak | 5 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 483 | |
10 | Blake Barney | 13 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 463 | |
11 | Tommy Catalano | 26 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 15 | 11 | 457 |
12 | Woody Pitkat | 19 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 34 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 451 | ||
13 | Rob Summers | 22 | 28 | 28 | 31 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 26 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 425 | |
14 | Sam Rameau ' | 31 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 23 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 18 | 32 | 15 | 14 | 419 | |
15 | J. B. Fortin ' | 21 | 21 | 12 | 20 | 16 | 21 | 19 | 29 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 371 | ||
16 | Wade Cole | 23 | 23 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 23 | 26 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 27 | 22 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 24 | 26 | 363 |
17 | Timmy Catalano ' | 24 | 27 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 32 | 19 | 17 | 27 | 14 | 15 | 30 | 34 | 360 | |
18 | Jimmy Blewett | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 346 | |||||
19 | Calvin Carroll | 21 | 32 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 14 | 36 | 30 | 16 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 28 | 30 | 323 |
20 | Jon McKennedy | 2* | 16 | 17 | Wth | 17 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2* | 295 | |||||||
21 | Chase Dowling | 2 | Wth | 24* | 17 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 289 | |||||||
22 | Ken Heagy | 16 | 19 | 23 | 29 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 27 | Wth | Wth | 21 | Wth | 27 | 25 | 20 | 37 | 278 | |
23 | Melissa Fifield | 27 | 24 | 26 | 33 | 15 | 27 | 29 | DNQ1 | 26 | 31 | 30 | 26 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 261 | |
24 | Bobby Santos III | 2 | 24 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 241 | |||||||||
25 | Kyle Bonsignore | 17 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 29 | 15 | 220 | |||||||||
26 | Anthony Nocella | 6 | 14 | 24 | 27 | 7 | 28 | 30 | 27 | 27 | 35 | 215 | |||||||
27 | Kyle Ellwood | 18 | 19 | DNQ1 | 24 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 31 | Wth | 34 | 23 | 208 | ||||||
28 | Burt Myers | 7 | 5* | 6 | Wth | 4 | Wth | 19 | Wth | 181 | |||||||||
29 | Andrew Krause | 27 | 17 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 33 | 180 | ||||||||||
30 | Chuck Hossfeld | 13 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 173 | ||||||||||||
31 | Dave Sapienza | 15 | 18 | 20 | 30 | 5 | INJ | INJ | INJ | INJ | INJ | INJ | INJ | INJ | 23 | 153 | |||
32 | Gary Putnam | 30 | Wth | 14 | 20 | 28 | Wth | 16 | 9 | 39 | 152 | ||||||||
33 | Joey Mucciacciaro ' | 25 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 23 | 27 | Wth | 32 | 26 | 22 | 151 | |||||||
34 | Walter Sutcliffe Jr. | 32 | 20 | Wth | 22 | Wth | DNQ1 | 23 | Wth | 37 | DNQ | 29 | 22 | Wth | 33 | Wth | 148 | ||
35 | Max Zachem | 4 | 13 | 9 | 25 | Wth | Wth | QL4 | 125 | ||||||||||
36 | Matt Hirschman | 11 | 12 | 2 | 108 | ||||||||||||||
37 | Andy Seuss | 8 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 98 | |||||||||||||
38 | Tom Rogers Jr. | 9 | 9* | 18 | 98 | ||||||||||||||
39 | Andrew Molleur ' | Wth | 33 | DNQ1 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 98 | |||||||||||
40 | John Beatty Jr. | 2 | 10 | 25 | 96 | ||||||||||||||
41 | Tyler Rypkema ' | 23 | 23 | 20 | 33 | 27 | 94 | ||||||||||||
42 | George Brunnhoelzl III | 15 | 15 | 16 | 86 | ||||||||||||||
43 | Mike Rutkoski ' | 21 | 26 | 24 | 21 | 84 | |||||||||||||
44 | Mark Bakaj ' | 20 | 20 | 19 | 40 | 77 | |||||||||||||
45 | Kyle Soper | 4 | 13 | 71 | |||||||||||||||
46 | Kyle Ebersole | 14 | 31 | 18 | 70 | ||||||||||||||
47 | Jeff Rocco ' | 28 | 26 | 15 | 63 | ||||||||||||||
48 | J. R. Bertuccio | 8 | DNS2 | Wth | 28 | 62 | |||||||||||||
49 | Ryan Preece | 14 | 13 | 19 | 55 | ||||||||||||||
50 | Gary McDonald | Wth | Wth | Wth | Wth | 30 | 23 | 24 | 55 | ||||||||||
51 | Dave Salzarulo | 26 | 28 | 25 | 53 | ||||||||||||||
52 | Amy Catalano ' | DNQ1 | 17 | 30 | 52 | ||||||||||||||
53 | Chris Young Jr. ' | 22 | 17 | 49 | |||||||||||||||
54 | Joey Cipriano III ' | 32 | 29 | 22 | 49 | ||||||||||||||
55 | Frank Fleming | 10 | 30 | 48 | |||||||||||||||
56 | Jamie Tomaino | 29 | 24 | 35 | |||||||||||||||
57 | Roger Turbush ' | DNQ1 | 25 | 33 | |||||||||||||||
58 | Kyle Benjamin | 12 | 32 | ||||||||||||||||
59 | Matt Galko ' | 12 | 32 | ||||||||||||||||
60 | Frank Vigliarolo Jr. | 14 | 30 | ||||||||||||||||
61 | Kevin Shea ' | 28 | 31 | 29 | |||||||||||||||
62 | Ryan Newman | 7 | 17 | 28 | |||||||||||||||
63 | Dylan Slepian ' | 19 | 25 | ||||||||||||||||
64 | Anthony Sesley | 21 | 23 | ||||||||||||||||
65 | James Civali | 22 | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
66 | Mike Willis ' | 24 | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
67 | John Fortin | 25 | Wth | 19 | |||||||||||||||
68 | Danny Bohn | 27 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
69 | Bryan Dauzat | 19 | 27 | 17 | |||||||||||||||
70 | Jeremy Gerstner ' | Wth | 29 | 15 | |||||||||||||||
71 | John Baker ' | DNQ1 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
72 | Todd Cooper ' | 35 | Wth | 9 | |||||||||||||||
73 | Jacob Perry ' | 38 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
74 | Andy Jankowiak ' | Wth | 38 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
John Montesanto | Wth | ||||||||||||||||||
Ronnie Williams | QL3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Driver | MYR | SBO | THO | STA | WAL | SEE | THO | RIV | NHA‡ | NHA | STA | THO | OSW | RIV | NHA | STA | THO | Points |
;Notes:
- ‡ – Non-championship round.
- 1 – John Baker, Amy Catalano, Kyle Ellwood, Melissa Fifield, Andrew Molleur, Walter Sutcliffe Jr. and Roger Turbush received championship points, despite the fact that they did not qualify for the race.
- 2 – J. R. Bertuccio received championship points, despite the fact that he did not start the race.
- 3 – Ronnie Williams qualified in the No. 07 for Patrick Emerling.
- 4 – Max Zachem qualified in the No. 26 for Gary McDonald.