The 2017 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the 33rd season of the

Whelen Modified Tour The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (NWMT) (previously the NASCAR Winston Modified Tour and NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series from 1985 until 2005) is a modified stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR in the Modified Division. The Mod ...

(WMT), a

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tour sanctioned by

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. It began with the Performance Plus 150 presented by Safety-Kleen at

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on March 18 and concluded with the Sunoco World Series 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on October 15.

Doug Coby Frank Douglas Coby III (born August 18, 1979) is an American professional racing driver who last competed part-time in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and the SMART Modified Tour, driving the No. 7 Chevrolet for Tommy Baldwin Racing. He has also ...

entered the season as the defending Driver's Champion. 2017 marked the first season of the unification of the Whelen (Northern) Modified Tour and the

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. Doug Coby won the championship, six points in front of Timmy Solomito.

Drivers

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Schedule

The All-Star Shootout and the Southern Slam 150 did not count towards the championship. The Performance Plus 150 presented by Safety-Kleen, the Icebreaker 150, City of Hampton 150 and the Thompson 125 were shown live on FansChoice.tv. Eleven of the eighteen races in the 2017 season were televised on

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on a tape delay basis. ;Notes: *The race at the

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was originally scheduled for 22 July, but was removed from the schedule by NASCAR on 6 April following the track owner's arrest a week earlier.

Results and Standings

Races

;Notes: *¹ – There was no qualifying session for the Whelen Modified All-Star Shootout. The starting grid was decided with a random draw. *² – The qualifying session for the Eastern Propane & Oil 100 was cancelled due to weather. The starting line-up was decided by Practice results.

Drivers' championship

( key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. ''Italics'' – Pole position set by final practice results or Owners' points. * – Most laps led. ;Notes: *^‡ – Non-championship round. *¹ – Jeremy Gerstner received championship points, despite the fact that he withdrew prior to the race. *^† –

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died in a plane crash near the North Branford and Guilford, Connecticut town line while en routing to

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