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Kopcik made 2 Open Modified starts in 2020 at Stafford, finishing 7th and 13th in the #179 car. Dana DiMatteo – #76 Island Cove Marina Chevrolet – DiMatteo is the 2014 Legend Cars champion at Stafford and he has 8 career Legend Cars wins. Any fans who can’t make it to the track to watch in person can watch all the action live on FloRacing, click here to subscribe. The track will again live stream all their weekly racing events at Riverheadraceway.Tv on a pay per view basis. Dave Salzarulo #44 Johnson Chassis Chevrolet – Salzarulo is a former long-time modified veteran, racing in the SK Modified® division as well as selected Whelen Modified Tour and Modified Racing Series events at Stafford. He finished second in the points and finished in the top 10 in every race while winning two poles. He made his debut in 1998. Saturday, Jul 17. 40 Cars for NASCAR Modified Opener at Martinsville. The 62-year-old ended 2020 with the first top-20 finish of his Tour career, an 18th at Thompson in the World Series 150. ET, TrackPass). Jon McKennedy – #79 Middlesex Interiors Chevrolet – McKennedy has 4 career modified wins at Stafford with 2 Modified Racing Series wins in 2012 and 1016 and he swept the pair of Modified Touring Series events in 2017 at the Connecticut half-mile. Seuss is also a competitor in select events in the ARCA Menards Series. Myers made 2 Whelen Modified Tour starts at Stafford in 2018 with a best finish of 10th, he finished 10th in the 2020 Tri-Track Series feature at Stafford, and he finished 15th in his only career SK Modified® start in 2020. Marcello Rufrano – #48 Wheelers Auto Service Chevrolet – Rufrano won his very first modified race at Stafford in the SK Light division in 2016 and he has since won 11 SK Light races and the 2018 SK Light Championship to go along with 2 Street Stock victories. In eight starts in 2020, Bonsignore picked up two top fives and three top 10s. April 13, 2021 by Shawn Courchesne 45 Comments. There are still tickets available for this Friday night’s CBYD Open Modified 81. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, the Martinsville date was cancelled, and many of the early-season races were postponed. Hirschman is one of the most successful Tour-Type Modified drivers in New England every year. He held off 2020 Whelen Modified Tour Champion Justin Bonsignore and 2020 Rookie of the Year Tyler Rypkema in the last 30 laps. Silk won the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship in 2011, driving for Ed Partridge. McKennedy made 2 Open Modified starts in 2020 at Stafford driving for Art Barry and he finished 12th and 2nd. Brett Meservey – #45 PMG / Shell Chevrolet – Meservey will be attempting to make his very first start at Stafford in the CBYD 81. Dylan Izzo – #04 MacLean Woodworking Chevrolet – Izzo has 10 career SK Modified® starts at Stafford with one top-10 finish and he has 2 Open Modified starts with a best finish of 19th in 2019. Goodale won the season opening Whelen Modified Tour event at Martinsville and he will look to continue his hot start to the 2021 season in the CBYD 81. In 2020, Pitkat picked up three top-10s, his best run coming at White Mountain, where he finished fifth. Keith Rocco #57 M & M Stone Creations Chevrolet – Rocco is third on Stafford’s All-Time Winners List with 73 career wins spread across the SK Modified®, Late Model, Modified Racing Series, Open Modified, and Wild Thing Karts divisions. Earl Paules – #8 Adams Glass Chevrolet – The Palmerton, PA native will be looking to make his first career start at Stafford in the CBYD 81. RELATED […] All rights reserved. Max Zachem – #18 Lu-Mac’s Package Store Chevrolet – Having piloted his family owned car in selected SK Modified® and Open Modified races at Stafford from 2018-2020, Zachem will look for his first Stafford win behind the wheel of Larry Westgate’s #18 car. Charron has 4 career starts in the SK Modified® division with a best finish of 11th in 2015. 51 Phoenix Communications Inc. Chevrolet for Ken Massa -- a car owner he's driven for since joining the tour full-time in 2010. — Stan Mertz Racing and driver Woody... Here’s where to find the major racing action on TV and online this week: Total Page... ELKHART LAKE, Wis., May 12, 2021 – Jockey International, a 145-year-old brand recognized for its premium underwear... Joey Logano‘s crew chief Paul Wolfe will miss this weekend’s Drydene 400 at Dover International Speedway... Stafford Speedway May 14 Call Before You Dig Open Modified 81 Driver Preview, Total Page Visits: 16 - Today Page Visits: 16, Lou Modestino's Track Talk, Featuring New England Motorsports, Justin Bonsignore Looks To Continue Historic Streak at Riverhead Raceway, Stan Mertz Racing, Woody Pitkat Set To Head Back To Work at Stafford Motor Speedway. April 11, 2021. by. Heagy has been on the track since 1987, and has over 100 starts and more than 15,000 laps in his career. Gallup is still in search of his first Stafford victory. J.B. Fortin – #84 Peerless Boilers Chevrolet – Fortin is a Riverhead modified regular with 5 career Whelen Modified Tour starts at Stafford with a best finish of 12th in 2019. Galko has made 3 Whelen Modified Tour starts at Stafford with a best finish of 12th in 2019 and in 8 career Open Modified starts at Stafford Galko has posted 6 top-5 and 8 top-10 finishes. Chevrolet – Galko is a former 2-time SK Light Champion at Stafford with 2 career SK Modified® and 8 career SK Light feature wins. In 14 MRS races from 2014-2019, Willis posted 4 top-5 and 10 top-10 finishes, including a pair of third place finishes coming in 2017 and 2015. Rocco is a 4-time Stafford SK Modified® Champion with wins in the Open Modified 80 in 2019 and the NAPA 100 in 2020. Patrick Emerling – #1 Superior Refinishing, LLC. Martinsville Speedway – which was announced to return to the Tour … 2021 will be his fourth year on the Tour. Returning from a back injury that sidelined him for much of 2019, Sapienza had his best Tour season yet in 2020. Official Site of NASCAR Cup Series Driver Ryan Preece - Home. He captured just a … The 2017 Sunoco Rookie of the Year took a leap forward in 2020, when he scored three top 10s and his first career top five (fifth at Jennerstown in May), finishing eighth in the overall standings. Anthony Flannery – #25ct Fowlers Auto Wrecking Chevrolet – Flannery has started all 9 Open Modified feature events held to date at Stafford with 2 top-10 finishes. Michael Christopher, Jr. – #7 Baldwin Motorsports Chevrolet – Christopher enters the CBYD 81 fresh off of his 6th career SK Modified® win at Stafford last Friday night. He drives the No. JOHN'S FUEL / WHIP IT JERKY / PAC AUTOMOTIVE. Andrew Molleur – #35 Able Motorsports Chevrolet – In a short amount of time, Molleur has already notched 4 career SK Light wins at Stafford in 2018 and he recorded his first SK Modified® feature win in 2019. Preece was in contention to win the NAPA Spring Sizzler on April 30 before a crash left him in 17th place. The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour kicks off its 2021 season Thursday at Martinsville after a wait of nearly six months. 2020 was Gallup’s first season on the Tour. Rypkema ran the full Tour season for the first time in 2020, winning the Rookie of the Year award. The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour visited Riverhead Raceway in Riverhead, NY, Saturday night for the Miller Lite 200. Owen has 14 SK Modified® victories to his name with half of those wins coming in the last 2 seasons. McDonald last raced in 2019, when the 13-year Tour veteran scored two top-25s in three starts on the Tour. The New Englander Funny Car team will debut... ATTLEBORO, Mass. Dave Etheridge – #34 Warner Turf Equipment Chevrolet – Etheridge is a former weekly competitor at Stafford with 5 career ProStock wins from 1993-1997. Schedule. JDV’s part in the June event marks the earliest the Whelen Modified Tour will visit Oswego during a season in the 12-race history. Coby is the first driver outside of Long Island to win a tour race at Riverhead since Ryan Preece in 2013. He is the cousin of Kyle Bonsignore. The Modified Division is NASCAR's oldest division, and is the only open-wheeled division that NASCAR sanctions. Stafford’s SK Modifieds®, Late Models, SK Lights, Limited Late Models, and Street Stocks will join the Open Modifieds in feature action. Summers is a former champion in the SK Modified division at New London-Waterford Speedbowl, and a successful ISMA Super Modified competitor. Saturday the Milford driver checked that box off with authority. Before competing in NASCAR Modifieds, Fifield starting racing Jr. The 55-year-old finished seventh in points and matched his career-high with a second-place effort at Jennerstown. The 2021 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season opened with a spectacular race, Thursday, at Martinsville Speedway. The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour returns to Riverhead Raceway Saturday June 19th and Saturday September 18th. Joining him on the front row was Ron Silk. Driver Standings | Contingency & Rookie Awards Pitkat won the Twisted Tea Open 80 at Stafford last season and will be looking for his second consecutive open modified victory at Stafford. — With the fourth race of... WHITINSVILLE, Mass. Fortin will be looking to make his first Open Modified start at Stafford in the CBYD Open 81. Flannery has also made 2 SK Modified® starts at Stafford, finishing 18th in 2020 and 12th in 2019. This web site is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by NASCAR. Doug Coby is a six-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion (2012, 2014-17, 2019), and the only driver in the modern era to win four straight championships. Richmond hosted the modern-day NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour from 1990-1993, 1997 and 1999-2002, when it was known as the Featherlite Modified Series. He defeated Jon McKennedy by 40 points. — NASCAR Roots (@NASCARRoots) May 16, 2021. RUMBLE AT THE RIDGE 200 WILL BRING WHELEN MODIFIED TOUR BACK TO MAINE (ATTLEBORO, MA – May 4, 2021) — As part of a wide-ranging 14-race NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour schedule for 2021, the stars of NASCAR’s open-wheel division will be heading to Beech Ridge Motor Speedway in Maine for the first time since 2005. Salzarulo has made 1 Open Modified start, finishing 15th back in 2018. . He won the first two Stages, led 248 of 293 laps and then went to victory lane for his series-leading third win — something no other Stage winner has done. (Stafford Springs, CT)—This Friday night, May 14th, will see Stafford Speedway host the first of 4 Open Modified events during the 2021 racing season. Hirschman is one of the most successful Tour-Type Modified drivers in New England every year. … Hirschman began 2021 by winning the Tour Modified points championship for the third time in four years at the World Series of Asphalt at New Smyrna Speedway in February. Joey Cipriano – #25 Call Before You Dig Chevrolet – A new combination for the 2021 Open Modified season at Stafford. Byington got better as the 2020 season progressed. Click on the Driver to see 2021 race-level statistics for that driver. Brandon White / www.shorttrackscene.com. Matt Galko – #3 AAA Consulting, LLC. Gonyaw finished 5th in the 2017 SK Light standings and he has run 1 Open Modified event at Stafford, finishing 18th back in 2018. JDV’s part in the June event marks the earliest the Whelen Modified Tour will visit Oswego during a season in the 12-race history. Chuck Hossfeld, Ron Silk, Eric Goodale, Dylan … Eric Goodale – #58 GAF Roofing Chevrolet – The Whelen Modified Tour veteran was the runner-up in the NAPA Spring Sizzler on April 30 and he has 2 career wins at Stafford; the 2017 NAPA Fall Final and the 2018 Bud Light Open 80. Solomito scored his first career win at Thompson in 2016, and followed it up with three more wins that season. Etheridge has competed in 8 of the 9 Open Modified races run to date at Stafford with 1 top-5 and 4 top-10 finishes. In the four races Gallup ran, he finished inside the top-20 in three of them. E-mail me for details. By the Grace of God and 600 horsepower, the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour is back, and it’s back at Martinsville Speedway too. Last year, there was no tour event at Oswego, with the doors shuttered due to COVID-19. Bleau failed to qualify for last year’s Tri-Track Modified Series event at Stafford. Ryan Preece Dominates At South Boston. Kyle Ebersole was a former full-time competitor on the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour, where he had three victories. Silk won twice in 2020 and finished fifth in points, despite missing a race, his eight top-five championship finish since 2007. While Myers didn’t race on the Tour in 2020, the 10-time Bowman Gray Stadium and two-time Whelen Southern Modified Tour champion was strong in 2019, with four top 10s in just five starts. Williams is a 2-time SK Modified® Track Champion at Stafford and he will be looking to add a third Open Modified victory to his resume in the CBYD 81. 2020 was McKennedy’s best season on the Tour. April 3, 2021. By his standards, Doug Coby had a down year, career wise, in 2020. Cipriano has come close to victory several times behind the wheel of Ted Anderson’s #1 Open Modified and he will be driving Gary Casella’s #25 car, which has won 3 Modified Racing Series events at Stafford with Rowan Pennink behind the wheel. DiMatteo has made 6 career Open Modified starts at Stafford with a best finish of 7th coming back in 2018. Noah Korner – #31 Midstate Site Development Chevrolet – Korner is the 2016 Legend Cars champion at Stafford and he has 8 career Legend Cars feature wins to go along with 2 SK Light feature wins. Burt Myers – #1 Citrusafe Cleaners Chevrolet – The 10-time Bowman Gray Stadium and 2-time Whelen Southern Modified Tour Champion is still a relative newcomer to Stafford. General admission and paddock tickets can be purchased online at https://staffordmotorspeedway.com/tickets. NASCAR announced on Friday the 2021 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour calendar, and the slate includes 14 races across six states – from Maine to Virginia. In his second year behind the wheel of 'Ole' Blue, Swanson scored his second straight top-10 championship finish (sixth) and improved his average finishing position for the third straight season. An initial version of a revised schedule had … After a nine-race season in 2020, the Tour returns to a full schedule in 2021 that begins at the historic half-mile oval with the Virginia Is For Racing Lovers 200 (8 p.m. He finished as the runner-up in the inaugural UNOH Battle at the Beach at Daytona International Speedway in 2013. Stephen Kopcik – #179 Jensen Motorsports Chevrolet – Kopcik has been racing modifieds at Stafford since 2014 and he has 5 SK Modified® and 3 SK Light feature wins along with the 2015 SK Light Championship. In 2020, Coby’s first year as an owner-driver, he won a race and two poles, finishing third in the standings. NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour standings for 2021. RIVERHEAD, NY – SEPTEMBER 8: Matt Swanson, driver of the #3 Cape Cod Copper / USNE Inc. Chevrolet, looks inform the car during practice for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Miller Lite 200 at Riverhead Raceway on September 8, 2018 in Riverhead, New York. Previous year. In 5 career Open Modified starts at Stafford, Gervais’ best finish is 11th. Tommy Catalano won the Rookie of the Year on the Whelen Modified Tour in 2018. Sutcliffe made his NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour debut in 2016. The official NASCAR website is "NASCAR Online" and is located at NASCAR.Com. Points table; Statistics NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour 2021 standings Championship points standings for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour 2021. The 2020 season was a breakout year for Lutz that saw him win two races (Jennerstown, Thompson) and finish fourth in points. She was voted the tour's most popular driver from 2014-16. Craig Lutz – #46 Riverhead Building Supply Chevrolet – Lutz scored his first Whelen Modified Tour pole position at Stafford and he won his first Tour race at Stafford, taking the checkered flag in the 2019 NAPA Fall Final. On Friday, NASCAR revealed a 14-race schedule for the 2021 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season. Todd Owen – #81 Cooker Construction Chevrolet – Owen has been racing at Stafford since the 1999 season starting in the Pro Stock division. In 2016, Coby won nine pole awards, coming just one shy of a record set by Steve Park. Prior to Tour competition, Sutcliffe competed in the NASCAR Southeast Series for five years and also ran in the Late Model ranks. NASCAR’s oldest and most unique division returns, Thursday, at Martinsville Speedway. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.Copyright © 2021 NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. That’s what we call a spanking. Lutz ran 3 Open Modified Shows last season and he finished 5th, 8th, and 6th. NASCAR® and its marks are trademarks of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC. April 5, 2021. LUMIERE / DELL ELECTRIC / ROCKY'S PLUMBING. Doug Coby, Ryan Preece, Matt Hirschman and Bonsignore were the four drivers in Victory Lane between 2016-2019. But one big checkmark missing from the resume of the six-time Whelen Modified Tour champion was a victory at Riverhead Raceway. 2020 was far and away the strongest season of Nocella’s Tour career, scoring three top-fives and five top-10s in eight starts, after two top-10s in 10 starts a year prior. Mike Stefanik, elected to the 2021 class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame and one of the Modified Tour’s 10 greatest drivers of all-time, holds the modern-day record with three wins at Richmond. He won three of the nine races last season and ended the year with a 2.7 average finish. Matt Weaver. In 2017, He captured arguably the biggest win of his career in the NAPA Fall Final at Stafford, and entered the season-finale at Thompson as one of six drivers eligible to leave with the championship. Among the 17 races was an inaugural stop at Iowa Speedway and returns to Jennerstown Speedway Complex and Martinsville Speedway. Fortin’s strongest Tour season came in 2020, setting career-highs in average starting and finishing position. Mike Stefanik, elected to the 2021 class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame and one of the Modified Tour’s 10 greatest drivers of all-time, holds the modern-day record with five wins at Martinsville. Glossary Tweet. Ryan Preece utilized his free weekend away from the NASCAR Cup Series by returning to his Modified roots at … Michael Gervais, Jr. – #33 Gervais Brothers Roofing Chevrolet – Gervais is 2009 SK Light track champion at Stafford and he has 4 career SK Modified® wins. Goodale won the season opening Whelen Modified Tour event at Martinsville and he will look to continue his hot start to the 2021 season in the CBYD 81. Barney’s last full season on the Tour came in 2019, when he drove to a pair of top-fives and a 10th-place points finish. Kyle Bonsignore finished fourth and Woody Pitkat was fifth. In three starts in 2020, Gerstner finished inside the top-25 in all of them. She picked up a career-best finish of 18th at White Mountain in August. Kevin Iannarelli – #27 iRacing.com Chevrolet – Iannarelli made his Open Modified debut at Safford last season, posting finishes of 22nd and 25th in his two starts. Modified Champion heads into the CBYD 81 looking to continue his 2021 hot streak. Seuss is a former two-time champion of the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour. In the 2018 running of the Seekonk 150, Catalano scored his first career top 10, an eighth-place finish. Hirschman began 2021 by winning the Tour Modified points championship for … His best Tour season came in 2018, when he scored 10 top 10s and finished eighth in the standings. Whelen 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (NWMT) (previously the NASCAR Winston Modified Tour and NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series from 1985 until 2005) is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR in the Modified Division. Trevor Bleau – #4 Xtreme Auto Body & Collision Center, LLC. Paules is the winningest driver in Mahoning Valley Speedway history with 61 career wins. Heagy is a veteran of NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour racing. His season-high finish of 12th came at White Mountain Motorsports park on August 1. In qualifying for a 1986 modified event, Greg Sacks set the current Martinsville track record with a one-lap average of 101.014 mile-per-hour. Jeff Gallup – #4 Ceravolo’s Auto Chevrolet – Gallup has a pair of Modified Racing Series podium finishes at Stafford, finishing 3rd in 2016 and 2nd in 2018 and has led laps in several other Stafford races. Chevrolet – The defending R.O.C. NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour events are … Along with the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour on Thursday, April 8, 2021, Martinsville will host a NASCAR Xfinity Series race on Friday, April 9, 2021 and the … Brett Gonyaw – #87 Tri-State Contracting Chevrolet – Gonyaw is a former SK Light weekly competitor at Stafford and he has 2 SK Light wins to his name. The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour driver told his crew earlier this week if they were to come away with a win at Martinsville Speedway in Thursday’s Virginia Is … Pitkat is a four-time Whelen Modified Tour race winner, his last victory coming at Wall Stadium in 2019. He is a successful modified racer from New York. Emerling captured his first career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour victory at Bristol Motor Speedway in 2017. POWER WITH PRESTIGE / CRUISING WITH BETTY. Summers is a veteran of NASCAR Modified racing. 2021 marks the 73rd year of the Whelen Modified Tour. Mike Willis, Jr. – #83 Spirit Of Alaska Wilderness Adventures – Willis has yet to find victory lane at Stafford but he has been a strong contender in Modified Racing Series events. Total... Brad Keselowski led the most important lap at... Alex Bowman returned Hendrick Motorsports to its winning... After a less than stellar weekend of attempting... Here’s where to find the major racing action on TV and online this week: Total Page Visits: 16 - Today Page Visits: 16. For more information, visit http://www.staffordspeedway.com, checkout Stafford Speedway on Facebook or Twitter, or contact the track office at 860-684-2783. document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "aef3285791d75ae02ba72e740e2f5826" );document.getElementById("dcf9c18d6f").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Copyright ©2001-2021 MotorSportsNews.Net All rights reservedNASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series, Camping World Truck Series, ARCA, and NASCAR are registered trademarks of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. Eric Goodale stunned everyone with a dazzling final 40 laps to claim the fourth victory of his 14-year career. Preece will be looking for his second Open Modified victory after winning the Twisted Tea open 80 in 2019. In a race promoted by JDV Productions — the Rumble … The 2021 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will consist of 14 races as it visits a mix of tracks from traditional speedways to inaugural venues spanning from Maine to … Justin Bonsignore is the 2018 and 2020 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion. 4 min read. Ebersole, who is a Pennsylvania native, runs part-time on the Whelen Modified Tour, specifically in events that are held down south. Emerling won the NAPA Spring Sizzler Whelen Modified Tour feature at Stafford on April 30 and he won the R.O.C. While the younger Catalano brother had an average finish of 21.2, an improvement from his Sunoco Rookie of the Year season in 2019. Last year, there was no tour event at Oswego, with the doors shuttered due to COVID-19. Korner will be looking to build on his victory in the Tri-Track Modified Series B-Main feature last October at Stafford. NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour standings for 2021. Owen has competed in 7 of the 9 Open Modified races held at Stafford with a best finish of 2nd in 2019. Doug Coby, Ryan Preece, Matt Hirschman and Bonsignore were the four drivers in Victory Lane between 2016-2019. He captured 22 wins on the Southern Tour. Chris Pasteryak – #75 Dawley Collision & Custom Chevrolet – Pasteryak has made 17 Whelen Modified Tour starts at Stafford with 4 top-5 and 7 top-10 finishes. Chase Dowling – #9ct S & S Asphalt Paving Chevrolet – The 2021 season has gotten off to a slow start for Dowling in the SK Modified® division but Dowling has 17 career Stafford feature wins. Justin Bonsignore is the defending series champion. Chris Pasteryak – #75 Dawley Collision & Custom Chevrolet – Pasteryak has made 17 Whelen Modified Tour starts at Stafford with 4 top-5 and 7 top-10 finishes. Molleur has made 2 Whelen Modified Tour starts at Stafford with a best finish of 18th and he has made 8 Open Modified starts with a best finish of 7th in 2019. Your ad could go here. JDV PRODUCTIONS TO PROMOTE THREE WHELEN MODIFIED TOUR EVENTS IN 2021 (ATTLEBORO, MA – January 12, 2021) — JDV Productions, led by Josh Vanada and his team of experienced professionals in motorsports, will return to grassroots short-track racing to promote three NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour events in 2021.