PIT BOX: Return to White Mountain Motorsports Park awaits Whelen Modified Tour teams

For the first time in five seasons, the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour is returning to White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, New Hampshire, this Sunday for the running of the Thunder in the Mountains 200 (2:30 p.m. ET on FloRacing).

Sunday’s event, the sixth of the 2025 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season, marks just the third race for the series at the New Hampshire quarter-mile. The series first visited White Mountain during the 2020 season. Amid COVID-19 restrictions, Justin Bonsignore and Doug Coby each collected wins at the venue as race fans clamored for a return to normalcy.

Tickets to the Thunder in the Mountains 200 will be available trackside. Below is everything you need to know about the sixth race of the 2025 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season.

Thunder in the Mountains 200 at White Mountain Motorsports Park

The 2025 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season may only be five races old, but it’s becoming clear very quickly who the likely contenders for the series championship will be.

Chief among them is Justin Bonsignore, the four-time and defending series champion who is fresh off his first victory of the season two weekends ago at New York’s Riverhead Raceway. The victory at Riverhead moved Bonsignore to the top of the series standings for the first time this season, a place he’ll hope to remain as the season hits the summer stretch.

Bonsignore is one of only two drivers to win Modified Tour events at White Mountain, the next stop on the series schedule Sunday. His win came during the COVID-19 stricken campaign in 2020 that saw the series visit the track twice, making him the only active competitor to win with the series at the quarter-mile bullring.

Closely following Bonsignore in the series standings is Austin Beers, who is the only driver to finish in the top 10 in every Modified Tour event so far this season. Beers is still looking for his first victory of the 2025 campaign, and White Mountain would be the perfect place for him to get it.

Perhaps the hottest driver in the series is Matt Hirschman, who is coming off a win at Seekonk Speedway and a runner-up finish two weekends ago at Riverhead. Hirschman’s hot streak will be challenged at White Mountain as he attempts to close the gap on Bonsignore and the other drivers ahead of him in the series standings.

Ron Silk, Craig Lutz and Patrick Emerling, all of whom have won this season with the series, are scheduled to compete Sunday at White Mountain. In five races this season, five different drivers have visited Victory Lane. The all-time record for consecutive different winners to start a season is seven, set in 1999.

Other notable entrants include Stephen Kopcik, Luke Baldwin, Anthony Nocella, Tommy and Trevor Catalano, Eric Goodale, Jon McKennedy, Woody Pitkat and Jake Johnson, among others.

The full entry list for Sunday’s Thunder in the Mountains 200 is available here.

RACING REFERENCE:

• Previous NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour races at White Mountain
• NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour drivers at White Mountain

RACE FACTS

SCHEDULE: Sunday, June 29 … Practice from 11 to 11:25 a.m. ET … Final practice from 11:30 a.m. to noon ET … Qualifying at 1:20 p.m. ET … Start of the Thunder in the Mountains 200 (200 Laps / 50 Miles) at 2:30 p.m. ET.

RE-DRAW PROCEDURE: The fastest qualifier will draw a pill to determine the number of drivers that will re-draw for their starting positions: 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 after qualifying has been completed (1 through 10, or however many are applicable). The pole position and/or any bonus point(s), if applicable, will be awarded to the fastest qualifier and will be the pole of record. If, due to adverse conditions, qualifying is canceled, the field will be set in accordance with the 2025 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Rule Book. The re-draw procedure will still take place regardless of how the field is set.

QUALIFYING: Two consecutive qualifying laps. Faster lap determines qualifying position. Adjustments or repairs may not be made on the vehicle after the vehicle has taken the green flag at the start/finish line. NASCAR reserves the right to have more than one vehicle engage in qualifying runs at the same time. Starting field for the Thunder in the Mountains 200 is limited to 28 starters including Provisional Positions.

TIRE ALLOTMENT: The maximum tire allotment available for this event is eight (8) tires per team. All tires used for qualifying and the race must be purchased at the track and scanned by Hoosier, unless otherwise approved in advance by the Series Director. Four (4) tires must be used for qualifying and to begin the race. All qualifying tires must remain in impound until released by NASCAR Officials. The remaining tire allotment may be used for practice and/or change tires during the event. The tire change rule is one (1) tire per caution period. Maximum of three (3) crew members are permitted in the car servicing area during a pit stop.