NASCAR Whelen Modified 2015 schedules announced

DAYTONA BEACH, FL - NASCAR recently announced its 2015 schedules for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour.<br /> <br /> The 30th anniversary season of the Whelen Modified Tour will feature 14 points races and an all-star event across six distinguished facilities while the Whelen Southern Modified Tour campaign will include 11 championship events at seven popular southeastern short tracks.<br /> <br /> The 2015 schedules feature a new event for each tour. Connecticut's Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park will once again welcome the Whelen Modified Tour for an early summer event on June 10 under the lights while the Whelen Southern Modified Tour will make its first visit in four years to North Carolina's famed Hickory Motor Speedway on Oct. 3.<br /> <br /> "The combination of new and traditional events, and national series companion weekends are sure to provide NASCAR modified fans with the wheel-to-wheel action they've come to know and love once again in 2015," said George Silbermann, NASCAR vice president for regional and touring series. "We are very excited that historic Hickory Motor Speedway will showcase the Whelen Southern Modified Tour and that Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park has returned its popular June date to the schedule."<br /> <br /> There will be four Sprint Cup Series companion dates between the two tours, which will once again come together at Tennessee's Bristol Motor Speedway (Aug. 19) for the seventh annual combination. The Whelen Modified Tour is set to join the Sprint Cup Series for both weekends at New Hampshire Motor Speedway (July 18, Sept. 26). New Hampshire, which will celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2015, will also play host to the non-points Whelen All-Star Shootout (July 17) following the event's successful debut in 2014. Additionally, Charlotte Motor Speedway's quarter mile will showcase the Whelen Southern Modified Tour for the sixth season in a row for the season finale (Oct. 8).<br /> <br /> Next year's slate for the northeast-based Whelen Modified Tour includes the traditional season-opening and season-closing events at famed Connecticut circuits Thompson (Icebreaker