SMART Modified Tour unveils playoff format

With a stretch-run for the SMART Modified Tour just one race away, series officials have announced the “SMART 3” Playoff format.  The playoff will determine the final series standings and 2024 SMART Modified Tour powered by Pace-O-Matic champion.

This Saturday, September 14, the series is scheduled to compete at Dominion Raceway in Spotsylvania, Virginia.  Following the completion of “The Flying VA Classic,” the top-5 drivers in points will advance to the first round of the playoff, which is at Lonesome Pine Motorsports Park in Coeburn, VA, on Wednesday, September 18.

If any of the playoff-contending drivers win either of the first two events in the playoffs, at Lonesome Pine, or on October 12 at South Boston Speedway (VA), they will automatically advance to the “SMART 3” championship finale at North Wilkesboro Speedway (NC), on Saturday, October 19.

The playoff driver with the least amount of points exiting each of the next two rounds of the playoffs (LPMP and SOBO) will be eliminated, unless that driver happens to be the winner of either race. If the winner of either event happens to have the lowest point total of the playoff contenders, the next lowest driver in points would be eliminated.

Four drivers will advance to the second round of the playoffs at South Boston and three for the finale at North Wilkesboro.

The “SMART 3” will compete in a head-to-head championship round at the season finale of North Wilkesboro. With this style of competition, the results of that event, not points, will determine the champion, as well as second and third in the Pace-O-Matic standings.

The drivers eliminated in the opening two rounds of the playoffs, as well as those through the rest of the standings that are not considered playoff contenders, will compete for fourth and fifth place in the final standings.

In the event of a cancellation of either of the first two rounds, the “SMART 3” championship contenders for the season finale will be determined by wins of eligible drivers during the playoffs, as well as the point standings.

NOTE: Officials performed a mid-season audit of the points. A discrepancy was found with points issued during the “King of the Modifieds” event at South Boston Speedway (March 24, 2024) as it pertains to the ranking order of drivers / car owners that did not start the race. The point standings have been corrected, and the race report adjusted, to reflect the corrections on both the SMART website and listed within this release.

All SMART races are streamed live on FloRacing, the official streaming broadcast partner of the SMART Modified Tour powered by Pace-O-Matic. For updates on the SMART Modified Tour powered by Pace-O-Matic, be sure to follow the series on social media (Facebook: SMART Modified Tour| Twitter: @SMARTMods_ | IG: @smartmods_).

POINT STANDINGS (as of September 9, 2024)
Pos – Car – Driver – Points – Behind

1. 23 Carson Loftin 430
2. 24 Danny Bohn 399 -31
3. 7VA Luke Baldwin 395 -35
4. 2 Ryan Newman 384 -46
5. 1 Burt Myers 363 -67
6. 25 Tom Buzze Jr. 346 -84
7. 02 Joey Coulter 346 -84
8. 16VA Jonathan Cash 341 -89
9. 99/76 Jimmy Blewett 339 -91
10. 79 Anthony Bello 329 -101
11. 4 Jason Myers 319 -111
12. 15 Brian Loftin 269 -161
13. 21 Jimmy Wallace 267 -163
14. 04 Brandon Ward 242 -188
15. 18 Daniel Yates 227 -203
16. 12NC Jake Crum 207 -223
17. 22 Jason Tutterow 179 -251
18. 27 Blake Barney 175 -255
19. 48 Jonny Kay 162 -268
20. 60 Matt Hirschman 155 -275
21. 45 Gary Young Jr. 152 -278
22. 31 Cody Norman 150 -280
23. 77L Will Lambros 121 -309
24. 18VA Bobby Labonte 119 -311
25. 77 Gary Putnam 94 -336
26. 63 Josh Lowder 76 -354
27. 7NY Jack Baldwin 69 -361
28. 11 Michael Ritch 63 -367
29. 82 John-Michael Shenette 63 -367
30. 51 Jayden Harman 58 -372
31. 40 Frank Fleming 57 -373
32. 23NY Bryce Bailey 53 -377
33. 8 Chris Finocchario 50 -380
34. 66 Austin Kochenash 44 -386
35. 21nc Dwight Sauls 39 -391
36. 24X Carsten DiGiantomasso 38 -392
37. 7NY Doug Coby 38 -392
38. 5CT Chris Pasteryak 34 -396
39. 97 Patrick Staropoli 32 -398
40. 06ma Samuel Rameau 31 -399
41. 8NY Tyler Barry 30 -400
42. 77 Ryan Preece 27 -403
43. 69 John Holleman IV 25 -405
44. 88 Woody Pitkat 24 -406
45. 0 Randall Richard 23 -407
46. 6 Slate Myers 22 -408
47. 64 Ethan Truell 21 -409
48. 14 Bobby Measmer Jr. 21 -409
49. 99 Caleb Heady 21 -409
50. 44 Daniel Beeson 20 -410
51. 44nc Spencer Martin 18 -412
52. 01 Brian Weber 18 -412
53. 75 Lee Jeffreys 17 -413
54. 48 Tovia Grynewicz 17 -413
55. 9NJ Andrew Krause 15 -415
56. 1PA Stephen Kopcik 14 -416
57. 21VA Jim Gavek 13 -417
58. 73 Paul Hartwig Jr. 12 -418