History of The Modified Tour
The modern-day NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was first held in 1985 with 29 races, named the NASCAR Winston Modified Tour. It switched sponsorship to the Featherlite Trailers brand in 1994, and was renamed to the NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series.
Two major changes to the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour came in 2005.
In 2005, Whelen Engineering took over sponsorship of the series, which was renamed to the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour.
Beginning in 2005 NASCAR sanctiond a new modified division in the southeastern United States known as the Whelen Southern Modified Tour. The two tours agreed to run a combined race at Martinsville Speedway.
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