DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour added upstate New York to its calendar Thursday. The tour will visit New York International Raceway Park at Lancaster Speedway on Saturday, July 31. Lancaster, located just outside of Buffalo, is steeped in Modified history. Tyler Rypkema, the 2020 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Sunoco Rookie of the Year, has also won at the .625-mile oval which first opened in 1959. More recently, Modified tour veterans Chuck Hossfeld and Matt Hirschman dominated Race of Champions events at the track. NASCAR announced last week that the Whelen Modified Tour will visit Virginia’s Martinsville Speedway Thursday, April 8, and Richmond Raceway on Friday, Sept. 10.

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