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By Adam Fenwick
NASCAR.com
Published: August 27, 2025
Just five races remain in the 2025 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season as the series returns to historic Oswego Speedway in New York for the running of the Toyota Mod Classic 150 this Saturday night (8 p.m. ET on FloRacing).
Saturday’s race marks the Modified Tour’s 18th visit to Oswego, with the first four visits occurring in 1988. Brian Ross captured the first two checkered flags at the track, with Mike McLaughlin and George Kent Jr. capturing the next two at the 0.625-mile oval.
Additional winners at Oswego through the years include Tony Hirschman, Mike Stefanik, Doug Coby, Ryan Preece, Matt Hirschman, Justin Bonsignore, Ron Silk and the most recent winner, Patrick Emerling.
Tickets for Saturday’s Toyota Mod Classic 150 at Oswego Speedway are available here. Below is everything you need to know about the 12th race of the 2025 Modified Tour season.
Toyota Mod Classic 150 at Oswego Speedway
Entering Saturday’s race at Oswego, the battle for the Modified Tour championship appears to go through 22-year-old Austin Beers.
The driver from Northampton, Pennsylvania holds a 10-point advantage on defending series champion Justin Bonsignore with five races left in the season. Statistically speaking, Beers has been the class of the Modified Tour field throughout the 2025 campaign.
He only has one win this year, but he leads all drivers in top fives, top 10s, average qualifying position, average finish and laps completed. He’s also the only driver to finish on the lead lap in all 11 events held thus far.
Bonsignore’s advantage lies in the experience he and crew chief Ryan Stone have at the remaining venues on the schedule. Oswego is a prime example. Bonsignore has two wins and seven top-five finishes at the track, whereas Beers has only made four starts at the track during his short career.
Could that prove to be the difference at Oswego and the other four venues — Riverhead Raceway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park and Martinsville Speedway — on the schedule? Only time will tell.
If Beers or Bonsignore hope to win Saturday night, either will have to go through defending race winner Patrick Emerling. The driver of the No. 1 Fleetworks Modified isn’t out of the championship battle, either, as he sits 22 points behind Beers. A strong performance Saturday will be vital if he hopes to make up pivotal points going into the stretch run.
Ron Silk, who won the 2023 event at Oswego Speedway, returns to the Modified Tour in pursuit of his third victory this season. The Catalano clan will field cars for brothers Tommy, Trevor and Tyler during Saturday’s event.
One driver, Andy Lewis Jr., will make his Modified Tour debut Saturday night. Lewis will pilot John-Michael Shenette’s No. 8 during the Toyota Mod Classic 150. Other notable entries include Matt Hirschman, Mike Christopher Jr., Stephen Kopcik, Jake Lutz and Kyle Bonsignore.
The full entry list for Saturday’s Toyota Mod Classic 150 is available here.
RACING REFERENCE:
RACE FACTS
| Race | Toyota Mod Classic 150 |
| Date | Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025 |
| Track | Oswego Speedway |
| Layout | 0.625-mile asphalt oval |
| Location | Oswego, New York |
| Start time | 8 p.m. ET |
| Laps | 150 |
| Posted Awards | $112,054 |
| Tickets | Here |
| How to Watch | FloRacing |
SCHEDULE: Saturday, Aug. 30; Practice from 3 – 3:30 p.m. ET … Final practice from 4 – 4:30 p.m. ET … Qualifying at 5:30 p.m. ET … Start of the Toyota Mod Classic 150 at 8 p.m. ET.
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 Toyota Mod Classic 150 is limited to 28 starters including Provisional Positions.
TIRE ALLOTMENT: The maximum tire allotment available for this event is eleven (11) tires per team. All tires used for qualifying and the race must be purchased at the track and scanned by Hoosier, 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. Maximum of nine (9) tires may be used for the race, not including Emergency Change Tires. Teams will declare to NASCAR Officials at the conclusion of practice the tires they will use during the race. The tire change rule is two (2) tires per stop.
