2023 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour at Martinsville Speedway

See The Massive Entry List For NASCAR Modified Tour Finale At Martinsville

See The Massive Entry List For NASCAR Modified Tour Finale At Martinsville

Check out the entry list for Thursday's NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season finale at Virginia's Martinsville Speedway.

Oct 23, 2023 by Rob Blount
See The Massive Entry List For NASCAR Modified Tour Finale At Martinsville

The year has just about reached its end for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. The conclusion to this wildly exciting season will come at the end of 200 laps around Virginia’s Martinsville Speedway on Thursday night, and nearly 40 teams and drivers have decided to make the trip to the historic half-mile.

Headlining the entry list is, of course, the two championship combatants of Ron Silk and Justin Bonsignore. Silk, who is looking for his second NWMT championship, leads Bonsignore, who is fighting for his fourth title, by 13 points. Last year Silk finished 11th in the season finale at Martinsville, while Bonsignore fell out of the race early with a mechanical issue and finished 29th.

While all eyes will be on Silk and Bonsignore, there will be plenty to watch throughout the field with so many heavy-hitters entered.

We’ll start with NASCAR Cup Series driver, Ryan Preece. The 2013 NWMT champion has not made a start with the Modified Tour since this race one year ago. Even though Martinsville is the site of Preece’s very first NWMT victory, Martinsville was not kind to him one year ago. Preece battled handling issues all day long before falling out of the race just past the halfway mark.

Next, we’ll spotlight a man who needs no introduction, but we’ll give him one anyway. That man is “Big Money” Matt Hirschman from Northampton, Pennsylvania. Hirschman led 31 of 200 laps in last year’s race here before finishing second to Corey LaJoie. Hirschman has been on fire since coming back from the injury to his arm that he suffered in August, scoring multiple wins and multiple podiums across various series, including a historic win at North Wilkesboro Speedway last month.

Tonawanda, New York’s Andy Jankowiak is making a rare appearance with the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour this week. Jankowiak has only made seven previous NWMT starts, with the most recent coming at Oswego Speedway in September where he finished 13th. The ARCA Menards Series regular comes to Martinsville fresh off a win in SMART Modified Tour competition at South Boston Speedway last week.

Speaking of the SMART Modified Tour, seven full-time SMART drivers will be pulling double-duty this weekend at Martinsville Speedway on Thursday and at Orange County Speedway on Saturday. Those drivers include Burt Myers, Carson Loftin, Brandon Ward, Joey Coulter, Bobby Labonte, Ryan Newman, and Jamie Tomaino. 

FloRacing will have more coverage to come for both the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour finale at Martinsville Speedway on Thursday night, and the SMART Modified Tour finale at Orange County Speedway on Saturday night. Fans can subscribe to FloRacing, the new home for Modified racing, by clicking here.

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Martinsville Speedway Entry List

Car No.

Driver

Organization/Car Owner

01

Melissa Fifield

Pine Knoll Racing

02

Joey Coulter

Coulter Motorsports

2

JR Bertuccio

Joseph Bertuccio

3

Bryan Narducci

Boehler’s Racing Equipment

04

Brandon Ward

New Day Motorsports

4

Tim Connolly

Connolly Racing

5

Kyle Ebersole

Bob Ebersole

07

Patrick Emerling

KPL Racing

09

Christopher Hatton

Chris Hatton

16

Ron Silk

Haydt Yannone Racing

18

Ken Heagy

Robert Pollifrone

19

Anthony Sesely

Wanick Construction

20

Eddie McCarthy III

Ed McCarthy

22

Kyle Bonsignore

Kyle Bonsignore

23

Carson Loftin

Brian Loftin

24

Andrew Krause

Supreme Racing

26

Gary McDonald

Lakeland Avenue Landscape Supply

32

Tyler Rypkema

Dean Rypkema

34

JB Fortin

JB Fortin Racing

36

Dave Sapienza

Judith Thilberg

38

Bobby Labonte

PSR Products

39

Ryan Newman

SLG Consulting

44

Bobby Santos III

Lawney Tinio

51

Justin Bonsignore

Kenneth Massa Motorsports

54

Tommy Catalano

David Catalano

58

Eric Goodale

Goodie Motorsports

59

Andy Jankowiak

Jody Lauzon

60

Matt Hirschman

PeeDee Motorsports

64

Austin Beers

KLM Motorsports

70

Andy Seuss

Steve Seuss

77

Max McLaughlin

Mike Curb

79

Eric Berndt

Middlesex Racing

82

Craig Lutz

DWR Racing

99

Jamie Tomaino

JT Motorsports

121

Anthony Bello

John Bello

128

John-Michael Shenette

Eighty-Two Autsport

140

Ryan Preece

Jeff Preece

170

Dylan Slepian

Rob Pelis

201

Burt Myers

Kim Myers