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SMART Modified Tour invades New River in 2024

JACKSONVILLE, NC – For the first time in a generation, the SMART Modified Tour will invade the abrasive New River All American Speedway as part of a coastal doubleheader on Labor Day Weekend.

The SMART Modified Tour will stage its first race at New River since 2000 on Friday, August 30, 2024.  The race will also mark the first time Tour Modifieds have raced at the track since May 2014.  The two tour-modified races were won by Junior Miller (2000) and David Calabrese (2014) when the track ran under the Coastal Plains Raceway banner.

In recent years, the SMART Modified Tour has featured names such as 2000 NASCAR Cup Series champion and Hall of Fame inductee Bobby Labonte, 2008 Daytona 500 winner Ryan Newman, three-time series champion, three-time SMART Modified Tour champion Burt Myers, Brandon Ward, Jeremy Gerstner, Caleb Heady, and many more.

The USAC Eastern Midgets will also race at New River on Friday, August 30.  It will be the fourth appearance the series has made at New River All American Speedway.

“We’ve been wanting to bring the SMART Modified Tour to New River and we’re excited to finally make it happen,” Anthony Goodyear, New River All American Speedway operator, said.  “Fans have been wanting us to bring the SMART Modifieds in, and we know our fans are excited to have the USAC Eastern Midgets come back, so August 30 is definitely a date that should be circled on everyone’s calendar.”

The SMART Tour is the latest addition to what will be an action-packed 2024 calendar.  The full schedule will be released in the coming weeks.  As previously announced, the zMAX CARS Tour will return to New River All American Speedway on Saturday, March 23, 2024.

New River All American Speedway will be back in action on New Year’s Day with the third running of the Hangover Nationals featuring Bombers, Legends, Rumblers, Bandoleros and Powder Puff racing.  The green flag will drop at 12:00pm.

New River All-American Speedway is Jacksonville’s Action Attraction featuring racing and other events.  For more information about New River All-American Speedway,  check out the speedway’s website ,  like/follow “New River Speedway” on Facebook ,  follow @newriverswy on X (formerly known as Twitter) , or  follow the track on Instagram .

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SMART Modified Tour

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Southern Modified Auto Racing Tour

• Seasons in database: 5 (2020–2024)
• Average number of events per season: 11
• Longest season: 15 events (2024)
• Shortest season: 3 events (2020)

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Smart tour king of the modifieds at sobo features awesome roster.

• March 20, 2024

It’s arguably the richest, biggest and most star-studded Tour Type Modified race to ever take place in the southeast with a name that reflects it.

It’s the King of the Modifieds, a SMART Tour sanctioned race, taking place on Saturday at South Boston Speedway in Virginia.

Here’s a reset for the uninitiated: The SMART Tour has started to do tremendous business in revitalizing southern Tour Type Modified racing alongside Bowman Gray Stadium. It schedules races around The Madhouse and the combination has made the discipline a hot ticket throughout the Mid-Atlantic.

Thus, the tour has scheduled a $100,000 purse race at South Boston — paying $20,000-to-win and $10,000-for-second — inviting some heavy hitters from New England and the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour as a result.

Carson Loftin, the 15-year-old son of short track mainstay Brian Loftin, has emerged as a wunderkind prospect this season in winning the first two SMART Tour races of the season at Florence and Caraway. It wasn’t just that he won the races, it’s that he defeated the likes of Matt Hirschman and Ryan Newman in the process.

Speaking of Newman, the 2008 Daytona 500 winner is full-time on the tour and has opened the season with finishes of third and second, in pursuit of a championship one year after winning the final SRX title.

He did race at SoBo once with SRX.

“This is my first opportunity to race a Modified here,” Newman said during a test last week. “This is a big race here at South Boston Speedway, and that’s why we’re here testing, getting the car where it feels good and drives good, and has speed. That seems to be what we came off of the truck with.”

The Bowman Gray regulars also tend to be SMART contenders too and that’s reflected in Burt Myers and Brandon Ward, who have both won titles at the Madhouse.

“I love coming to South Boston, and to come up here for an event like this, for a purse like this, makes it more special,” said Myers during the test. “Just think of the title, not just the title, but also the purse. You’d better be fast. We’re going to be racing against some of the best Modified drivers and some of the best equipment in the country.”

Myers said near the end of testing he was confident in his car.

“We actually feel really good about it,” Myers said. “The car is really comfortable, really stable.”

Ward echoed those sentimentS.

“There will be a lot of good cars here and it will be a real tough race to win,” he added. “I feel like we’ll be in good shape. I feel good about our chances. Today we had time to run through several different scenarios so hopefully when we unload next weekend we will unload pretty much where we feel like we need to be and just fine-tune on it during practice on race day.”

Challenging these southern stalwarts, most notably, is six-time NASCAR Modified Tour champion Doug Coby, making a rare non-NASCAR trip down south to drive the Tommy Baldwin Racing No. 7NY.

Baldwin said he’s been motivated to end Loftin’s streak and brought out a big gun to do it.

Matt Hirschman, has won nine of the 15 SMART Tour races he’s entered over the past three years, and why wouldn’t Big Money Matt enter the richest race in the history of the discipline with a title like King of the Modifieds.

Chris Pasteryak, Woody Pitkat and Jimmy Blewett are also all making trips down south for this race.

The SMART Tour King of the Modifieds is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. at South Boston and will air on FloRacing.

The entry list can be found below.

• Stephen Kopcik
• Joey Coulter IV
• Ryan Newman
• Brandon Ward
• Jason Myers
• Chris Pasteryak
• Luke Baldwin
• Tyler Barry
• Andrew Krause
• Brian Loftin
• Jonathan Cash
• Daniel Yates
• Jimmy Wallace
• Jason Tutterow
• Carson Loftin
• Bryce Bailey
• Blake Barney
• Gary Young Jr.
• Jayden Harman
• Matt Hirschman
• Austin Kochenash
• Paul Hartwig Jr
• Jimmy Blewett
• Will Lambros
• Anthony Bello
• Woody Pitkat
• Caleb Heady

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A competitive season for the revived series featured a diverse schedule that saw nine different drivers take home victories in 12 races.

The SMART Modified Tour spent the duration of 2021 re-establishing the presence its predecessor once had in the southeast.

A competitive season for the revived series featured a diverse schedule that saw nine different drivers take home victories in 12 races, all of which culminated with Modified veteran and 10-time Bowman Gray Stadium track champion Burt Myers claiming the title over Brian Loftin and John Smith.

SMART Modified Tour director Chris Williams anticipated some growing pains for the series in its first full year but even he was surprised by the tour’s quick rise in popularity amongst tracks, fans, and drivers.

“Everything went pretty good,” Williams said. “The car count was extremely great, and it got better as the year progressed. The tracks we went to had great races and the fans really liked the format we put out. This is something tangible we can grow with, and we beat our expectations.”

One goal Williams had entering 2021 was to establish credibility so that the current iteration of the SMART Modified Tour could have its own unique identity compared to the version that ran from 1989 up until 2004.

Williams knew concerns would be prevalent regarding revenue and sufficient car counts following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, but he worked strenuously to create an atmosphere equally appealing to drivers and fans.

To incentivize competitive on-track action, Williams implemented a two-segment format across every SMART Modified Tour race. The top three drivers each received bonus money at the stage break while they and the rest of the competitors had the opportunity to use an extra tire or adjust their cars under the ensuing caution.

This strategy paid dividends for the SMART Modified Tour, as the series was able to generate solid attendance at nearly every race while also attracting a plethora of drivers that came from various racing backgrounds.

Familiar faces from the old SMART Modified Tour returned to support its revival like Myers, Loftin and Smith but outsiders like 2013 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion Ryan Preece and NASCAR Hall of Famer Bobby Labonte not only entered races but also managed to visit victory lane at least once.

Williams said that having drivers like Labonte, Preece, Myers and many others commit to the SMART Modified Tour helped tremendously in generating momentum for the series in 2021, adding that their feedback has been valuable when it comes to sustaining that growth over the rest of the decade.

“The Modifieds are something that just about any driver has an inkling to do,” Williams said. “One thing I do is get ideas from guys that run multiple different tracks and pick their brains on what they would like to see happen. Part of the credibility is listening to the racer on how to evolve.”

Seeing so many different drivers visit victory lane in 2021 and being able to hoist the official SMART Modified Tour race-winning trophy in the SMARTY was a highlight for Williams, who had several drivers tell him that the SMARTY was one of their favorites.

Williams was also thrilled to see Buddy Ellis bring home the SMART Modified Tour owner’s championship with Smith, Danny Bohn and Jonathan Brown all splitting seat time in his No. 24 during the regular season.

Numerous races stood out to Williams across the season, but he said having the SMART Modified Tour establish a presence in Virginia while also bringing in healthy car counts for those races only highlighted the determination everyone put in towards providing notoriety and energy for the series.

“There were multiple moments that were just cool,” Williams said. “We went to tracks like South Boston and Motor Mile that haven’t seen Modified racing in a while and that really put a smile on the competitors' faces. The crowds that showed up only proved that going back to these places was the right thing to do.”

While Williams is proud of the progress the SMART Modified Tour enjoyed in 2021, he said the series still needs to improve in several aspects.

Along with continuing to listen to driver feedback, Williams wants to increase the overall purses for 2022 so that competitors do not feel as much of a financial strain whenever they decide to travel for a SMART Modified Tour event.

Williams also hopes more fans will become invested in the SMART Modified Tour as the series continues to expand its presence in the southeast.

“We want to reach more fans by going to a few different tracks,” Williams said. “Once you get to witness a Modified event, you get hooked. The goal is to broaden ourselves as much as we can to get fans introduced to the sport and going to different events is the catalyst for us moving forward.”

With several drivers already expressing an interest in competing on the SMART Modified Tour next year, Williams is confident that the series will have no issues with providing top quality racing and proudly carrying on the legacy of its predecessor.

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NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Announces 2024 Schedule

NASCAR officials have announced the 16-race schedule for the 2024 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour.

For the third consecutive year, the Tour will open at New Smyrna Speedway in Florida during NASCAR’s Speedweeks, racing under the lights on Saturday, February 10. The season will conclude at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia, which will host the Whelen Modified Tour’s season finale on Saturday, October 26.

“We have seen over the past two seasons how exciting it has been for our fans and competitors to open at New Smyrna and finish at Martinsville,” said Jimmy Wilson, Senior Director, NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. “The mix of tracks on the schedule pays tribute to the Tour’s roots and sets up a competitive season from start to finish, demonstrated by how once again this year our fans are going to see the Whelen Modified Tour title decided at the finale.”

Other tour stops include Richmond Raceway and New Hampshire Motor Speedway, which return to the schedule as companion events alongside the NASCAR national series race weekends. North Wilkesboro Speedway will return in 2024, with a race date on Saturday, October 5. Other popular tour stops include a trio of races at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park in Connecticut, and a pair of races at Riverhead Raceway in New York.

To learn more about the 2024 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour schedule, see the full announcement here .  

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