What
was old has become new again as the NASCAR Whelen
Modified Tour and NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified
Tour 2016 schedules have been revealed.
Upstate New York’s Oswego Speedway and
Massachusetts’ Seekonk Speedway have returned to the
Whelen Modified Tour schedule for the coming season,
reuniting the northeast-based circuit with two
venues that have played an integral part of the
tour’s history. Likewise, North Carolina speedplant
Concord Speedway has also rejoined the Whelen
Southern Modified Tour calendar for next year while
East Carolina Motor Speedway is a newcomer to the
southern circuit.
The 32nd season for the Whelen Modified Tour will
feature nine different facilities and 17
championship races, the most for the tour since
2005. Here is a breakdown of the 2016 calendar:
Connecticut’s Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park
will once again hold the season opening and season
closing events as well as two midseason races. Each
of Stafford Motor Speedway’s four traditional dates
also return to the famed Nutmeg State oval.
The Whelen Modified Tour will remain a fixture on
the racing card for both New Hampshire Motor
Speedway NASCAR national series weekends.
The Whelen Modified and Whelen Southern Modified
Tours will return to Bristol Motor Speedway for the
eighth edition of the annual combination event
during the popular August NASCAR race week.
Long Island New York’s Riverhead Raceway once again
will return with events while Monadnock Speedway and
New London-Waterford Speedbowl will feature one race
each.
The late spring run of consecutive Connecticut
events at New London-Waterford, Stafford and
Thompson returns for the second year, but is spaced
out over the course of a month this time around.
Oswego, a .625-mile oval near the shore of Lake
Ontario, contested four Whelen Modified Tour races
in both 1988 and 1989. Seekonk, bordering Rhode
Island and its capital city Providence, held its
first Whelen Modified Tour race in 1987. The
.333-mile oval welcomed the tour back for five races
between 2000 and 2005.
The 12th season of Whelen Southern Modified Tour
competition will feature 11 points races at seven
different southeastern tracks. Here’s how the 2016
schedule shakes out for the southern tour:
North Carolina’s Caraway Speedway will once again
play host to the season opener. The venerable oval
will have three subsequent dates, one more than a
year ago.
A champion will once again be crowned at Charlotte
Motor Speedway, marking the seventh consecutive year
the tour has visited the frontstretch quarter-mile
at the legendary North Carolina facility.
Virginia’s South Boston Speedway will return with
two events while famed Bowman Gray Stadium has its
traditional summer showcase.
Concord, a high-speed, half-mile tri-oval located in
the heart of North Carolina’s NASCAR industry, held
one previous Whelen Southern Modified Tour event in
2009.
East Carolina’s high banks are set to play host to
the first Whelen Southern Modified Tour event in its
history. The D-shaped, .375-mile oval is located in
Robersonville, North Carolina.
The All-Star Shootout will also return for a third
season as part of the July NASCAR race weekend at
New Hampshire. The non-points event features
champions, race winners and Sunoco Rookies of the
Year from both the Whelen Modified and Whelen
Southern Modified Tours.
The 2015 Whelen Modified and Whelen Southern
Modified Tour seasons concluded in mid-October with
Doug Coby and Andy Seuss the respective titlists.
Next year’s NASCAR Pinty’s Series schedule was
released earlier this week by NASCAR while the 2016
NASCAR K&N Pro Series calendars are nearing
completion. The 2016 television broadcast schedules
for each of NASCAR’s regional touring series will be
announced at a later date.
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2016 NASCAR WHELEN
MODIFIED TOUR SCHEDULE
Date / Track
/ Location
4/10 - Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson,
Conn.
4/24 - Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, Conn.
5/14 - New London-Waterford Speedbowl, Waterford,
Conn.
6/3 - Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, Conn.
6/15 - Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson,
Conn.
6/25 - Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead, N.Y.
7/15 - New Hampshire Motor Speedway (All-Star
Shootout), Loudon, N.H.
7/16 - New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, N.H.
7/23 - Monadnock Speedway, Winchester, N.H.
8/5 - Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, Conn.
8/10 - Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson,
Conn.
8/17 - Bristol Motor Speedway (combination with
NWSMT), Bristol, Tenn.
8/27 - Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead, N.Y.
9/3 - Oswego Speedway, Oswego, N.Y.
9/10 - Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk, Mass.
9/24 - New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, N.H.
10/2 - Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, Conn.
10/16 - Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park,
Thompson, Conn.
SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
2016 NASCAR WHELEN
SOUTHERN MODIFIED TOUR SCHEDULE
Date / Track / Location
3/12 - Caraway Speedway, Sophia, N.C.
3/19 - Concord Speedway, Concord, N.C.
4/9 - South Boston Speedway, South Boston, Va.
4/16 - Caraway Speedway, Sophia, N.C.
7/1 - Caraway Speedway, Sophia, N.C.
8/6 - Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, N.C.
8/17 - Bristol Motor Speedway (combination with
NWMT), Bristol, Tenn.
9/3 - East Carolina Motor Speedway, Robersonville, N.C.
9/17 - South Boston Speedway, South Boston, Va.
9/24 - Caraway Speedway, Sophia, N.C.
10/6 - Charlotte Motor Speedway (.25-mile),
Concord, N.C.
SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE |