Officials with the SMART Modified Tour powered by Pace-O-Matic have announced a 14 race schedule for the 2026 which will feature events in three states, a return to a Virginia short track and a debut race at a North Carolina Bull Ring.
"We have a schedule full of big races at some very competitive racetracks,” said Chris Williams, Series Director for SMART. “We’ve had the schedule tentatively completed for a couple of weeks, but we wanted to work with the tracks to ensure we gave them everything they needed to have an outstanding show.”
Shortly after Florida Speedweeks concludes in February, the 2026 SMART Modified season will commence. On Saturday, February 28, the Zack Brewer Memorial will kick off the season at Florence Motor Speedway, near the coast of South Carolina. The very next week, the SMART Mods return for a second-straight year at Anderson Speedway in the Palmetto State on Saturday, March 7.
After a week break, the prestigious King of the Modifieds event returns to South Boston Speedway in Virginia on Saturday, March 21. Tickets are on sale for the third annual event through the track website.
The Tour will remain in the Commonwealth of Virginia for race number four on the season at the state-of-the-art Dominion Raceway in Spotsylvania, between Richmond and D.C, on Saturday, April 4.
Two more races in the Tar Heels State occupy the calendar in April. Hickory Motor Speedway has its traditional event on Saturday, April 11, and Wake County Speedway, in Raleigh, hosts the series on Friday, April 24, for an inaugural event with the SMART Modified Tour.
Jake Crum (99) leads Danny Bohn (25) and Luke Baldwin (7) during last year's September race at Franklin County Raceway.
Two holiday weekend events are next up on the schedule. During Memorial Day weekend, SMART will return for its annual trip to the lightning-fast Franklin County Raceway in Callaway, Virginia, on Friday, May 29. During Independence Day weekend, the SMART Mods make their first of two stops at Caraway Speedway in Sophia, North Carolina, on Saturday, July 4.
Making a return to the schedule in 2026 will be Pulaski Motorsports Park (formerly Motor Mile Speedway) in Fairlawn, Virginia, on Friday, August 7.
The month of September will see the series in action at three distinctively different racetracks on three-consecutive weeks. On Labor Day weekend, the SMART Beach Trip stops at Carteret County Speedway in Swansboro, North Carolina on Saturday, September 5. The following week, on Saturday, September 12, SMART will make its final stop of the season at Caraway Speedway. To wrap up the fast-paced month, the modifieds will race on the highbanks of Orange County Speedway in Rougemont, North Carolina, on Saturday, September 19.
Fall kicks off with the penultimate race of the season, on October 3, at Tri-County Speedway in Granite Falls, North Carolina. After a week off, the Foothills of North Carolina will host the SMART season finale, on Saturday, October 17, at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina. Coastal Plains Speedway will not return to the schedule in 2026 nor will the tour run at Lonesome Pine Raceway though the tour has attempted to run the few years at that facility with different circumstances preventing that from happening.
2026 SMART MODIFIED TOUR SCHEDULE
DATE TRACK LOCATION
February 28 Florence Motor Speedway Timmonsville, SC
March 7 Anderson Motor Speedway Anderson, SC
March 21 South Boston Speedway South Boston, VA
April 4 Dominion Raceway Spotsylvania, VA
April 11 Hickory Motor Speedway Newton, NC
April 24 Wake County Speedway Raleigh, NC
May 29 Franklin County Raceway Callaway, VA
July 4 Caraway Speedway Sophia, NC
August 7 Pulaski Motorsports Park Fairlawn, VA
September 5 Carteret County Speedway Swansboro, NC
September 12 Caraway Speedway Sophia, NC
September 19 Orange County Speedway Rougemont, NC
October 3 Tri-County Speedway Granite Falls, NC
October 17 North Wilkesboro Speedway North Wilkesboro, NC
All SMART races are streamed live on FloRacing, the official streaming broadcast partner of the SMART Modified Tour powered by Pace-O-Matic.
This week, drivers and teams will celebrate the 2025 season with the annual SMART Modified Tour powered by Pace-O-Matic banquet on Friday, December 12, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Luke Baldwin captured his second-straight SMART Modified Tour championship.