Handicapping The Chase For The NASCAR Modified Tour Championship

The NASCAR Modified Tour sped past the halfway mark of the season with a doubleheader weekend two weeks ago at Monadnock Speedway. 

With seven events remaining on the 16-race schedule, the series heads to Thompson Speedway next week with six drivers within 29 points of each other at the top of the series standings. 

So let’s take a look at where things stand in the race for the NASCAR Modified Tour title. Over the final seven events the series visits Thompson twice and runs single events at Richmond Raceway, Oswego Speedway, Riverhead Raceway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Martinsville Speedway.

Austin Beers

• Previous Championships – 0 
• Wins This Season – 1
• Wins At Final Six Tracks – 1 
• Average Finish Combined On Final Six Tracks – 10.1
• Thompson – 8 starts, 0 wins, 8.0 average finish 
• Richmond – 4 starts, 1 win, 11.3 average finish
• Oswego – 4 starts, 0 wins, 9.8 average finish 
• Riverhead – 10 starts, 0 wins, 8.9 average finish 
• NHMS – 3 starts, 0 wins, 8.0 average finish 
• Martinsville – 3 starts, 0 wins, 14.3 average finish 

Justin Bonsignore 

• Previous Championships – 4
• Wins This Season – 1
• Wins At Final Six Tracks – 34 
• Average Finish Combined On Final Six Tracks – 7.4 
• Thompson – 47 starts, 14 wins, 8.6 average finish
• Richmond – 4 starts, 2 wins, 7.5 average finish 
• Oswego – 9 starts, 2 wins, 4.2 average finish 
• Riverhead – 30 starts, 12 wins, 4.9 average finish
• NHMS – 26 wins, 3 wins, 11.7 average finish 
• Martinsville – 5 starts, 1 win, 7.4 average finish 

Craig Lutz 

• Previous Championships – 0 
• Wins This Season – 1
• Wins At Final Six Tracks – 2
• Average Finish Combined On Final Six Tracks – 15.1
• Thompson – 28 starts, 2 wins, 12.4 average finish 
• Richmond – 3 starts, 0 wins, 16.7 average finish 
• Oswego – 8 starts, 0 wins, 9.6 average finish 
• Riverhead – 21 starts, 0 wins, 12.0 average finish 
• NHMS – 13 starts, 0 wins, 17.7 average finish 
• Martinsville – 4 starts, 0 wins, 22.0 average finish 

Luke Baldwin 

• Previous Championships – 0 
• Wins This Season – 0 
• Wins At Final Six Tracks – 0 
• Average Finish Combined On Final Six Tracks – 12.8 (has only made starts at 4 of the 6 tracks)
• Thompson – 1 start, 0 wins, 14.0 average finish 
• Richmond – 0 starts 
• Oswego – 0 starts
• Riverhead – 1 start, 0 wins, 10.0 average finish 
• NHMS – 1 start, 0 wins, 20.0 average finish 
• Martinsville – 1 start, 0 wins, 7.0 average finish 

Patrick Emerling 

• Previous Championships – 0 
• Wins This Season – 1
• Wins At Final Six Tracks – 3
• Average Finish Combined On Final Six Tracks – 12.8
• Thompson – 33 starts, 1 win, 11.9 average finish 
• Richmond – 4 starts, 0 wins, 19.8 average finish 
• Oswego – 8 starts, 1 win, 10.8 average finish 
• Riverhead – 18 starts, 1 win, 8.4 average finish 
• NHMS – 24 starts, 0 wins, 11.8 average finish 
• Martinsville – 4 starts, 0 wins, 13.8 average finish 

Matt Hirschman 

• Previous Championships – 0 
• Wins This Season – 1
• Wins At Final Six Tracks – 2
• Average Finish Combined On Final Six Tracks – 10.6 
• Thompson – 30 starts, 0 wins, 13.4 average finish
• Richmond – 1 start, 0 wins, 18.0 average finish 
• Oswego – 7 starts, 2 wins, 2.1 average finish 
• Riverhead – 8 starts, 0 wins, 10.1 average finish 
• NHMS – 12 starts, 0 wins, 14.2 average finish 
• Martinsville – 6 starts, 0 wins, 5.5 average finish