The 2019 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the thirty-fifth 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 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 (Northern) Modified Tour and the

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. Doug Coby won the championship, his sixth, eight points ahead of Bonsignore.

Drivers

;Notes:

Schedule

On November 21, 2018,

announced the 2019 schedule. Langley and

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were dropped from the schedule in favor of

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and

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. The All-Star Shootout, held at

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, 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. ;Notes:

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

( 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 – 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.

References

External links

* {{NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

NASCAR 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 ...