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NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour standings: Breaking down the top 10 in points after Langley

Adam Fenwick

(Photo: Ryan M. Kelly/NASCAR)

It may not seem possible, but the fight for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship has gotten even tighter between Jon McKennedy and Ron Silk. What started as a five-point advantage for McKennedy ahead of Silk entering Saturday's CheckeredFlag.com 150 at Virginia's Langley Speedway is now only three points with four races left in the 2022 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season. RELATED: Complete results from Langley Speedway Both drivers completed solid races Saturday night at Langley, with Silk finishing second while McKennedy came home two positions behind him in fourth. Neither driver could catch race winner Doug Coby, who dominated the race by leading every lap for team owner Tommy Baldwin Jr. The victory by Coby helped Baldwin pad his lead at the top of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour owner standings.

Below is a breakdown of how the top 10 drivers in the standings fared during the CheckeredFlag.com 150, along with a complete look at the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour standings.

[caption id="attachment_364637" align="aligncenter" width="1500"] Doug Coby, driver of the No. 7 John Blewett Inc. Modified, celebrates after winning the CheckeredFlag.com 150 for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour at Larry King Law's Langley Speedway on August 27, 2022. (Photo: Ryan M. Kelly/NASCAR)[/caption]
  1. Jon McKennedy: 454 points

Sometimes all a driver can ask for is a quiet, uneventful night. That's exactly what McKennedy got Saturday at Langley. He qualified and finished fourth to maintain his lead at the top of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour standings.

  1. Ron Silk: 451 points

Entering the CheckeredFlag.com 150 five points in arrears of McKennedy in the standings, Silk narrowed that gap to three points Saturday night. He started fifth and worked his way up to second in the late stages of the race but had nothing for eventual race winner Coby. He now sits three points behind McKennedy with four races left this year.

  1. Eric Goodale: 430 points

Saturday was not a good night for Goodale. He was collected in an accident that also involved Melissa Fifield in Turn 2 on Lap 109 and was never able to fully recover. He finished 12th, one lap behind race winner Coby, and sits 24 points behind McKennedy in the battle for the Tour championship.

  1. Justin Bonsignore: 428 points

The defending Tour champion continues to play catchup from early season troubles that forced him to start the season last in the Tour standings. He started second and finished fifth Saturday evening and finds himself only two points behind Goodale for third and 26 points behind McKennedy in the series standings.

  1. Tommy Catalano: 411 points

Catalano's best Tour season to date continued with another strong performance Saturday evening at Langley. He started ninth and advanced three positions to finish sixth, which allowed him to go from sixth to fifth in the standings.

  1. Austin Beers: 409 points

Beers enjoyed his best race of the season Saturday at Langley. He qualified a career-best third, which he then backed up with a career-best third-place finish. It was his first top-five finish in Tour competition, and it helped him go from seventh to sixth in the standings.

  1. Kyle Bonsignore: 405 points

A spin late in Saturday's race derailed Bonsignore's day. The spin, which took place on Lap 122 in Turn 4, brought out the final caution flag of the race. With little time to recover, he ultimately finished 13th after starting 11th and dropped from fifth to seventh in the Tour standings.

  1. Craig Lutz: 388 points

Craig Lutz followed up his victory at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park earlier this month by qualifying sixth and finishing ninth Saturday evening at Langley. He remains eighth in the standings.

  1. Doug Coby: 330 points
Nobody was in Coby's league Saturday at Langley. He was fastest in practice, qualified on the pole and led every lap of the CheckeredFlag.com 150 to earn his third Tour victory of the season. The victory also helped Coby move into the top 10 in the standings for the first time this season.
  1. J.B. Fortin: 317 points

After a miserable race at Thompson, J.B. Fortin was able to put together a quiet and uneventful race at Langley. He started 12th and gained one position to finish 11th.

2022 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour standings

Pos.  Driver Races Wins Top fives Top 10s Poles Laps Laps led Average start Average finish Points Diff.
1    Jon McKennedy 12 1 7 10 0 1982 170 9.6 6.8 454  --
2    Ron Silk 12 0 7 10 2 1942 232 6.4 6.8 451 -3
3    Eric Goodale 12 0 3 7 0 1990 30 8.7 8.3 430 -24
4    Justin Bonsignore 12 2 5 9 3 1755 139 4.6 9.3 428 -26
5    Tommy Catalano 12 0 2 6 0 1972 75 13 10.1 411 -43
6    Austin Beers 12 0 1 5 0 1990 0 10.9 9.9 409 -45
7    Kyle Bonsignore 12 0 2 7 0 1982 6 8.5 10.3 405 -49
8    Craig Lutz 12 1 1 5 0 1899 119 10.1 12.1 388 -66
9    Doug Coby 8 3 5 8 1 1344 444 6.1 4.6 330 -124
10    J.B. Fortin 11 0 1 2 0 1476 0 14.2 15.2 317 -137
11    Dave Sapienza 11 0 0 0 0 1679 0 15 17.5 291 -163
12    Gary McDonald 11 0 0 0 0 1711 0 22.5 19.7 267 -187
13    Patrick Emerling 8 0 3 5 0 1187 0 13.6 10.8 266 -188
14    Walter Sutcliffe, Jr. 10 0 0 0 0 1424 4 23 18.3 258 -196
15    Melissa Fifield 12 0 0 0 0 822 0 23.3 23.7 244 -210
16    Ken Heagy 8 0 0 1 0 1200 0 19.1 16.9 217 -237
17    Matt Hirschman 5 1 5 5 1 881 282 4.8 2.4 216 -238
18    Tyler Rypkema 6 0 3 3 1 940 108 10.2 9.5 210 -244
19    Jake Johnson 6 0 2 4 2 873 5 11.8 12.2 193 -261
20    Timmy Solomito 5 0 1 3 1 791 131 8 11.6 165 -289
21    Andrew Krause 5 0 2 2 0 670 70 15.4 15.4 145 -309
22    Kyle Ebersole 5 0 1 2 0 622 0 16.4 15.8 141 -313
23    Jimmy Blewett 4 1 1 2 1 599 19 7 10.5 139 -315
24    James Pritchard, Jr 4 0 0 0 0 683 0 22 17.3 130 -324
25    Donny Lia 4 0 0 2 0 553 44 13.5 14.3 121 -333
26    Mike Christopher, Jr. 3 1 2 2 0 550 28 11.3 5.7 120 -334
27    Ronnie Williams 4 0 0 0 0 735 2 7.3 14.5 119 -335
28    Ryan Preece 3 0 0 3 0 450 26 8.3 7.3 111 -343
29    Matt Kimball 4 0 0 1 0 531 0 17 17.5 106 -348
30    Eddie McCarthy 4 0 0 0 0 532 0 16.5 17.8 105 -349
31    Dylan Slepian 3 0 2 2 0 610 0 13.7 10 102 -352
32    Spencer Davis 4 0 0 1 0 487 0 16.5 18.5 102 -352
33    Sam Rameau 3 0 1 1 0 475 0 7.7 12.7 94 -360
34    Anthony Nocella 3 1 1 1 0 248 4 15.3 16 88 -366
35    Kyle Soper 2 1 1 2 0 413 39 16.5 4 84 -370
36    Chris Young 3 0 0 0 0 551 0 17 18.7 76 -378
37    John Beatty, Jr. 1 0 0 1 0 200 0 11 7 73 -381
38    J.R. Bertuccio 2 0 0 0 0 215 0 10.5 18.5 72 -382
39    Max McLaughlin 2 0 0 1 0 299 10 7 9.5 70 -384
40    Jacob Perry 2 0 0 1 0 378 0 15.5 12.5 63 -391
41    Bobby Santos III 1 0 0 0 0 100 0 16 13 58 -396
42    Brian Robie 2 0 0 1 0 299 0 12 15.5 57 -397
43    Anthony Sesley 2 0 0 0 0 247 0 14.5 17.5 53 -401
44    Chris Turbush 2 0 0 0 0 268 0 17.5 19.5 49 -405
45    Matt Brode 2 0 0 0 0 322 0 10 20 48 -406
46    Tom Rogers, Jr. 1 0 0 0 0 66 0 21 25 43 -411
47    Chuck Hossfeld 1 0 1 1 0 150 5 14 3 42 -412
48    Jeremy Gerstner 2 0 0 0 0 296 0 26.5 23 42 -412
49    Roger Turbush 2 0 0 0 0 283 0 22.5 23.5 41 -413
50    Todd Patnode 2 0 0 0 0 62 0 22 24.5 39 -415
51    John Baker 1 0 0 1 0 213 0 20 6 38 -416
52    Blake Barney 1 0 0 1 0 150 0 8 9 35 -419
53    Corey LaJoie 1 0 0 1 0 100 0 8 9 35 -419
54    Joey Coulter 2 0 0 0 0 232 0 19 27 34 -420
55    Ryan Newman 1 0 0 0 0 149 2 4 13 32 -422
56    Jamie Tomaino 1 0 0 0 0 149 0 19 14 30 -424
57    John Fortin 1 0 0 0 0 211 0 11 15 29 -425
58    Gary Putnam 1 0 0 0 0 149 0 13 15 29 -425
60    Eddie Brunnhoelzl III 1 0 0 0 0 198 0 19 16 28 -426
61    Jack Ely 1 0 0 0 0 147 0 14 16 28 -426
62    Andy Seuss 1 0 0 0 0 46 0 24 22 22 -432
63    Paul Charette 1 0 0 0 0 194 0 23 23 21 -433
64    Bryan Dauzat 1 0 0 0 0 78 0 25 24 20 -434
65    Danny Bohn 1 0 0 0 0 76 0 12 24 20 -434