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The parts and pieces of the 2019 schedule for the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour are coming together and a new addition to that schedule was confirmed to RaceDayCT on Wednesday.

Brandon Thompson, the senior director of NASCAR Touring Series, told RaceDayCT Wednesday that the Whelen Modifed Tour will return to South Boston Speedway in South Boston, Va. for the 2019 season.

“Obviously we just want to make sure that the South is still represented in the Whelen Modified Tour,” Thompson told RaceDayCT.

“With the rich history that South Boston has we just felt like it was a good home. Luckily [track CEO] Nick [Igdalsky] and [general manager] Cathy [Rice] agreed and we were able to come up with something that worked for everybody. So we’re excited to return and bring the tour back to South Boston.”

The Whelen Modified Tour will run on March 30, 2019 at South Boston. South Boston is a 4/10-mile relatively flat oval.

The Whelen Modified Tour has competed once at South Boston Speedway, in 2001. That event was won by Jerry Marquis.

The former NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour ran 11 races at South Boston between 2009 and 2016. Winners of the those events included Andy Seuss (three), James Civali (two), George Brunnhoelzl III (two), Ted Christopher, Brandon Ward, Kyle Ebersole and Ryan Preece.