During the recent Touring Series Awards Gala (Concord, NC) NASCAR announced the 2010 Whelen Modified Tour schedule. The 2010 season consists of 14 events in five states – including the addition of two new venues: Lime Rock Park and Monadnock Speedway.

Highlights from the 2010 schedule include:

• The 1.53-mile road course at Lime Rock Park (Lakeville, CT) will play host to the WMT for the first time on July 3 as part of a doubleheader with the NASCAR Camping World Series East. It will mark the first time the Tour has competed on a road course since 2000. The competitors will run the course in the traditional clockwise fashion, but will utilize the ‘new course.’

• The July 17 event at Monadnock (Winchester, NH) will mark the return for the WMT to the quarter-mile oval for the first time in two decades. The Tour held five events there from 1986-90.

• Traditionally the marquis events of the season, the WMT returns to New Hampshire Motor Speedway on June 26 and September 18. As in the past, both dates run in conjunction with NASCAR’s Sprint Cup Series.

• After the success of the inaugural event at Bristol Motor Speedway (TN) in 2009, the ‘World’s Fastest Half Mile’ will return to the schedule in 2010, once again as a combination race with the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour. The Modifieds will run as a part of a doubleheader on Aug. 18 with the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

• Martinsville Speedway (VA) will welcome the WMT for the 35th time on June 6. In a change for 2010, Martinsville will be a 200-lap, doubleheader with the Camping World Series East – not a combination race with the WSMT.

• In addition to the first and last races of the year, Thompson will also play host to the Tour on Aug. 12.

• Stafford will have the traditional Spring Sizzler (April 25) and Fall Final (Oct. 3) events, which will bookmark mid-season dates at the historic half mile on May 28 and Aug. 6. The May race will be extended to 125 laps in 2010.

• Riverhead Raceway (NY) will return to the schedule on July 31. Riverhead and Thompson are the only venues to play host to the Whelen Modified Tour in each season of its existence.

2010 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Schedule

Sun., April 11: Thompson International Speedway (.625-Mile), Thompson, CT

Sun., April 25: Stafford Motor Speedway (.5-Mile), Stafford, CT

Fri., May 28: Stafford Motor Speedway (.5-Mile), Stafford, CT

Sun., June 6: Martinsville Speedway (.526-Mile), Martinsville, VA

Sat., June 26: New Hampshire Motor Speedway (1.058-Mile), Loudon, NH

Sat., July 3: Lime Rock Park (1.53-Mile Road Course), Lakeville, CT

Sat., July 17: Monadnock Speedway (.25-Mile), Winchester, NH

Sat., July 31: Riverhead Raceway (.25-Mile), Riverhead, NY

Fri., Aug. 6: Stafford Motor Speedway (.5-Mile), Stafford, CT

Thu., Aug. 12: Thompson International Speedway (.625-Mile), Thompson, CT

Wed., Aug. 18: Bristol Motor Speedway (.533-Mile), Bristol, TN

Sat., Sept. 18: New Hampshire Motor Speedway (1.058-Mile), Loudon, NH

Sun., Oct. 3: Stafford Motor Speedway (.5-Mile),  Stafford, CT

Sun., Oct. 17: Thompson International Speedway (.625-Mile), Thompson, CT