The 2023 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the thirty-ninth season of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, a stock car racing tour sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the New Smyrna Beach Visitors Bureau 200 at New Smyrna Speedway on February 11 and ended with the Virginia is for Racing Lovers 200 at Martinsville 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. 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.

On July 12, 2023, driver J. B. Fortin was suspended by NASCAR after he physically fought a NASCAR official after the race at Wall Stadium. He was reinstated by NASCAR on September 15.

Schedule Source: No. Race title Track Date 1 New Smyrna Beach Visitors Bureau 200 New Smyrna Speedway, New Smyrna Beach, Florida February 11 2 Virginia is for Racing Lovers 150 Richmond Raceway, Richmond, Virginia April 1 3 Duel at the Dog 200 Monadnock Speedway, Winchester, New Hampshire May 6 4 Buzz Chew Chevrolet Cadillac 200 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead, New York May 21 5 Granite State Derby Lee USA Speedway, Lee, New Hampshire May 27 6 Seekonk 150 Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk, Massachusetts June 10 7 Miller Lite Salutes Mike Ewanitsko 200 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead, New York June 24 8 Jersey Shore 150 Wall Stadium, Wall Township, New Jersey July 8 9 Mohegan Sun 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire July 15 10 Nu-Way Auto Parts 150 Lancaster Motorplex, Lancaster, New York August 5 11 Thompson 150 presented by FloSports.com Thompson Speedway, Thompson, Connecticut August 16 12 CheckeredFlag.com 150 Langley Speedway, Hampton, Virginia August 26 13 Toyota Mod Classic 150 Oswego Speedway, Oswego, New York September 2 14 Winchester Fair Monadnock Speedway, Winchester, New Hampshire September 9 15 Eddie Partridge 256 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead, New York September 16 16 Brushy Mountain Powersports 150 North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina September 30 17 World Series 150 presented by FloSports.com Thompson Speedway, Thompson, Connecticut October 8 18 Virginia is for Racing Lovers 200 Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Virginia October 26

Schedule changes The Duel at the Dog 200 at Monadnock Speedway was moved from June to May. The May races at Lee USA Speedway and Riverhead Raceway both moved back a week from where they were on the schedule in 2022. Seekonk Speedway in Massachusetts returned to the schedule for the first time since 2019. It replaced the race at Jennerstown Speedway in Pennsylvania. Lancaster Motorplex in New York returned to the schedule for the first time since 2021. A race at Claremont Speedway in New Hampshire was originally scheduled for July 29. It was canceled due to rain, and not rescheduled. A second race at Monadnock Speedway in New Hampshire was added in September. A race at the reopened North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina was added in September.

Results and standings Race results No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver 1 New Smyrna Beach Visitors Bureau 200 Doug Coby Doug Coby Ron Silk 2 Virginia is for Racing Lovers 150 Austin Beers Austin Beers Austin Beers 3 Duel at the Dog 200 Justin Bonsignore Doug Coby Doug Coby 4 Buzz Chew Chevrolet Cadillac 200 Justin Bonsignore Ron Silk Justin Bonsignore 5 Granite State Derby Doug Coby Matt Hirschman Matt Hirschman 6 Seekonk 150 Matt Hirschman Matt Hirschman Matt Hirschman 7 Miller Lite Salutes Mike Ewanitsko 200 Austin Beers Ron Silk Ron Silk 8 Jersey Shore 150 Austin Beers Austin Beers Ron Silk 9 Mohegan Sun 100 Justin Bonsignore Justin Bonsignore Justin Bonsignore 10 Nu-Way Auto Parts 150 Justin Bonsignore Austin Beers Austin Beers 11 Thompson 150 presented by FloSports.com Austin Beers Justin Bonsignore Justin Bonsignore 12 CheckeredFlag.com 150 Austin Beers Austin Beers Kyle Bonsignore 13 Toyota Mod Classic 150 Justin Bonsignore Justin Bonsignore Ron Silk 14 Winchester Fair Justin Bonsignore Justin Bonsignore Justin Bonsignore 15 Eddie Partridge 256 Justin Bonsignore Ron Silk Justin Bonsignore 16 Brushy Mountain Powersports 150 Austin Beers Austin Beers Matt Hirschman 17 World Series 150 presented by FloSports.com Justin Bonsignore Austin Beers Ron Silk 18 Virginia is for Racing Lovers 200 Tyler Rypkema Ryan Preece Ryan Preece

Drivers' championship

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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 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 26 18 81 Chris Turbush 28 16 82 Gary Putnam 31 13

See also 2023 NASCAR Cup Series 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series 2023 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series 2023 ARCA Menards Series 2023 ARCA Menards Series East 2023 ARCA Menards Series West 2023 NASCAR Pinty's Series 2023 NASCAR Mexico Series 2023 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series 2023 SRX Series 2023 CARS Tour 2023 SMART Modified Tour

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