2026 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

The 2026 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will be the 42nd season of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, a stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR. It starts with the New Smyrna Beach Area Visitors Bureau 200 at New Smyrna Speedway on February 7 and then it will finish up with the World Series 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on October 11.

Austin Beers entered the season as the defending series champion.[1][2]

On November 10th, 2025, it was announced that former driver and crew chief Gary Putnam would take over as the series director, replacing Jimmy Wilson, who was promoted to Senior Technical Director of the NASCAR Regional department.[3]

During the off season, NASCAR conducted multiple tire tests with American Racer tires in order to gauge the feasibility of switching away from Hoosier, who has been the sole supplier of tires for the series since 1999. The first test was held at Jennerstown Speedway, while the second test was conducted at New Smyrna Speedway.[4][5]

Schedule

Source: [6]

Notes: The race names and title sponsors are subject to change. Not all title sponsors/names of races have been announced for 2026. For the races where a 2026 name and title sponsor has yet to be announced, the title sponsors/names of those races in 2025 are listed and marked with star.

No. Race title Track Date
1 New Smyrna Beach Area Visitors Bureau 200 New Smyrna Speedway, New Smyrna Beach, Florida February 7
2 Virginia is for Racing Lovers 200 Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Virginia March 27
3 Thompson 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, Connecticut April 12
4 TBA Oxford Plains Speedway, Oxford, Maine May 2
5 J&R Precast 150 Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk, Massachusetts May 16
6 TBA Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead, New York May 30
7 Thunder in the Mountains 200 White Mountain Motorsports Park, North Woodstock, New Hampshire June 20
8 Firecracker 150 presented by Bethesda Leadership Group Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk, Massachusetts July 1
9 TBA Claremont Motorsports Park, Claremont, New Hampshire July 10
10 Cheshire County Clash 200 Monadnock Speedway, Winchester, New Hampshire July 25
11 Thompson 150 presented by FloSports.com Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, Connecticut August 5
12 Mohegan Sun 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire August 22
13 Riverhead Building Supply 150 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford August 28
14 Toyota Mod Classic 150 Oswego Speedway, Oswego, New York September 5
15 Eddie Partridge 256 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead, New York September 19
16 World Series 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, Connecticut October 11

Schedule changes

  • The races at Richmond, North Wilkesboro and Lancaster were all dropped.
  • Martinsville moves from the season finale in October to March.
  • Oxford Plains and Stafford return to the series for the first time since 1991 & 2021, respectively.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Austin Beers wins the 2025 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship". NASCAR. October 23, 2025. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
  2. ^ https://www.shorttrackscene.com/modifieds/nascar-whelen-modified-tour-modifieds/gary-putnam-named-modified-tour-director/
  3. ^ "NASCAR promotes longtime Modified Tour director to senior technical role". Short Track Scene. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
  4. ^ "RaceDayCT Exclusive: NASCAR To Host Whelen Modified Tour Tire Test With American Racer". RaceDayCT.com. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
  5. ^ "RaceDayCT Exclusive: NASCAR To Host A Second Whelen Mod Tour Tire Test With American Racer". RaceDayCT.com. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
  6. ^ "NASCAR reveals the 2026 Whelen Modified Tour schedule". Retrieved October 23, 2025.
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