PIT BOX: Modified Tour ready to thunder into White Mountain Motorsports Park this Saturday night

For just the fourth time in series history, the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour will travel to White Mountain Motorsports Park in North Woodstock, New Hampshire, for Saturday night’s running of the Thunder in the Mountains 200 (8 p.m. ET on FloRacing).

The quarter-mile asphalt oval, which opened for business in 1993, first hosted the Modified Tour in 2020. Four-time series champion Justin Bonsignore won the first Modified Tour event at the track with Doug Coby and Kyle Bonsignore also collecting victories within the last few years.

This year, more than 20 drivers are expected to chase the checkered flag at White Mountain Motorsports Park, which will host the seventh race of the 2026 Modified Tour season.

Tickets to Saturday’s Thunder in the Mountains 200 are available trackside. Below is everything you need to know about Saturday’s race.

Thunder in the Mountains 200 at White Mountain Motorsports Park

Jon McKennedy seems to have figured something out.

The 2022 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion has won two of the last three events on the schedule — at Seekonk Speedway and Oxford Plains Speedway — allowing him to pull within nine points of championship leader Stephen Kopcik after six events this season.

McKennedy will attempt to keep that momentum going Saturday at White Mountain Motorsports Park during the Thunder in the Mountains 200. He has a best finish of fourth in his three previous White Mountain starts and will attempt to add a win to his ledger Saturday night.

Stephen Kopcik continues to lead the Modified Tour standings entering Saturday’s race at White Mountain. One season ago, Kopcik finished a close second to winner Kyle Bonsignore, which automatically makes Kopcik a favorite to win the Thunder in the Mountains 200 aboard the Wanick Motorsports No. 21.

Doug Coby, who won the second Modified Tour race held at White Mountain in 2020, returns to the series for another start in the Jett Motorsports No. 28. Ronnie Williams, who is fresh off a top-five finish in the most recent Modified Tour event at Oxford Plains Speedway, will again join the field Saturday night at White Mountain.

Dave Sapienza could be a sleeper contender during Saturday’s race. In his two previous starts at White Mountain, Sapienza has secured a pair of top-10 finishes. He’s one of only seven drivers to finish in the top 10 during at least two of the previous three series events at White Mountain.

Other notable entrants include defending Modified Tour champion Austin Beers, Patrick Emerling, Tyler Rypkema, Mike Christopher Jr., Eric Goodale, Matt Hirschman, Paulie Hartwig III and Jayden Harman, among others.

The complete entry list for Saturday’s Thunder in the Mountains 200 will be available later this week.

RACING REFERENCE:

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

SCHEDULE: Saturday, June 20: Practice from 3 – 3:45 p.m. ET … Final practice from 3:55 to 4:25 p.m. ET … American Racer Pole Award qualifying at 6 p.m. ET … Start of the Thunder in the Mountains 200 at 8 p.m. ET (200 Laps / 50 Miles)

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 ten (10) tires per team. All tires used for qualifying and the race must be purchased at the track and scanned by NASCAR Officials, 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. A maximum of two (2) tires of the allotment may be used as change tires. The tire change rule is two (2) tires per stop. This includes “swapping” tires front to back.

RE-DRAW PROCEDURE: The fastest qualifier will spin the wheel 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 spins the wheel, NASCAR will have the various buckets ready to immediately start the re-draw procedure. Driver 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 2026 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Rule Book. The re-draw procedure will still take place regardless of how the field is set.