With one race remaining on the 2025 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour schedule, Austin Beers holds a 14-point advantage over Justin Bonsignore in the championship standings.
Beers has enjoyed the best Modified Tour season of his young career. None of his finishes have been outside the top 10, with the consistency also yielding him two victories and 11 top fives.
Trailing Beers in the point standings is the four-time Modified Tour champion in Bonsignore, who remains within striking distance of tying Tony Hirschman with his fifth title. Although he only possesses one win to his name in 2025, Bonsignore has shown plenty of speed all year with eight top fives to go along with four poles.
ENTRY LIST: Mods finale at Martinsville
There are 30 cars on the entry list for Thursday’s Virginia is for Racing Lovers 200 at Martinsville Speedway (7:30 p.m. ET on FloRacing). This means Beers needs to finish eighth or better to earn the Modified Tour championship regardless of what Bonsignore does.
If Beers finishes ninth or worse, the door opens for Bonsignore to claim the title. Should a scenario play out in which Beers and Bonsignore end up tied in the point standings with neither obtaining an additional victory, Beers would be the beneficiary of the tiebreaker with his two wins compared to Bonsignore’s lone triumph.
The tiebreaker shifts to Bonsignore’s favor should he win Thursday and earn maximum points with Beers finishing ninth. Bonsignore gets this distinction since he has two runner-up showings this year, all while Beers only has one.
A driver can earn maximum points on the Modified Tour by winning the race and securing the appropriate bonus points; one for winning the pole, one for leading a lap and another for leading the most laps. Wins automatically grant three additional points, bringing the maximum total to 49 points.
Regarding Martinsville, Bonsignore holds the advantage over Beers with a championship-clinching victory in last year’s race and a runner-up to Ryan Preece in 2023. Beers’ best finish at Martinsville is fourth, which he obtained during 2024 Modified Tour finale.
Below is a complete breakdown of the championship points scenarios between Austin Beers and Justin Bonsignore going into the Modified Tour season finale on Thursday evening.
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship points scenarios for Martinsville
