The 2023 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the thirty-eighth season of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, a

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tour sanctioned by

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. It began with the New Smyrna Beach Visitors Bureau 200 at

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on February 11 and will end with a race at

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on October 26. Jon McKennedy entered the season as the defending series champion. McKennedy did not defend his title as the result of his race team folding partway through the season, which caused him to only run a part-time schedule. Ron Silk won his second series championship in 2023, previously winning the 2011 championship. Silk became the seventh driver to win multiple championships in the series On July 12, 2023, driver J. B. Fortin was suspended by NASCAR after he physically fought a NASCAR official after the race at

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. He was reinstated by NASCAR on September 15.

Schedule

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Schedule changes

* The Duel at the Dog 200 at

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was moved from June to May. * The May races at

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and

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both moved back a week from where they were on the schedule in 2022. *

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in Massachusetts returned to the schedule for the first time since 2019. It replaced the race at

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in Pennsylvania. * Lancaster Motorplex in New York returned to the schedule for the first time since

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. * A race at Claremont Speedway in New Hampshire was originally scheduled for July 29th. It was canceled due to rain, and not rescheduled. * A second race at Monadnock Speedway in New Hampshire was added in September. * A race at the reopened

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in North Carolina was added in September.

Results and standings

Race results

Drivers' championship

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) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. ''Italics'' – Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.

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