A chunk of the 2024 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season will operate with a wrinkle in how some of the fastest cars line up to start races.
A re-draw process will be implemented for select Modified Tour races, beginning with the May 4 event at New Hampshire’s Monadnock Speedway.
At events where the re-draw procedure is implemented, the following policy/procedure will be used:
- The fastest qualifier will draw a pill to determine the number of drivers that will re-draw for their starting positions.
a. 4, 6, 8 or 10 positions will re-draw. - Once the fastest qualifier draws the initial pill, NASCAR will have the various buckets ready to immediately start the re-draw procedure. Drivers will re-draw in their qualifying order (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 – however many are applicable).
- The pole position and any bonus will be awarded to the fastest qualifier and will be the pole of record.
- Driver introductions will be done by qualifying order.
- When the field rolls off for pace laps, the cars will re-align themselves by how they re-drew their starting positions as the cars roll off.
- If qualifying is rained out, the field will be set by the rule book. The re-draw procedure will still take place based on the rain lineup. Pole awards are not paid on rain lineups.