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Teddy Hodgdon wins Sunoco World Series 150; Patrick Emerling secures 2026 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour title

RaceDayCT reports that on October 10, 2026 at Thompson Speedway, Teddy Hodgdon won the 150-lap Sunoco World Series 150 and Patrick Emerling finished third to claim the 2026 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship. Matt Hirschman was second; a timing audit later altered the SK Light Modified title.

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RaceDayCT reported that on October 10, 2026 at Thompson Speedway, Teddy Hodgdon (car No. 05, Business Time Motorsports/Omaha Beef) won the Sunoco World Series 150, a 150-lap NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour feature. Matt Hirschman finished second, 5.442 seconds back, and Patrick Emerling — the 2026 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion — finished third, 6.896 seconds behind the winner.

The race had a single early caution when Stephen Kopcik stopped in turn two. Paulie Hartwig III earned the American Racer Pole Award with a 19.319-second lap. RaceDayCT also reported a post-race timing audit that revealed a faulty transponder in Kali Tripp’s No. 14, which revised Kevin Davis’s on-track finish and shifted the SK Light Modified championship to RJ Marcotte by two points. Promoters Tom Mayberry and Cris Michaud signed on to present oval racing at Thompson in 2027, with a full schedule and division plans due by the beginning of December.

WHY IT MATTERS

This report covers two types of developments fans and teams follow closely: on-track results that decide a single race winner and procedural corrections that change season championships. A race win, like Hodgdon’s, is the immediate sporting outcome drivers and teams celebrate; a season title, here the 2026 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship credited to Patrick Emerling, determines the season-long champion in that series named in the report.

A timing audit is a technical review of electronic scoring hardware and can alter finishing positions if equipment faults are found. RaceDayCT says a faulty transponder in Kali Tripp’s No. 14 machine revised Kevin Davis’s finish from 19th to 20th and, as a result, handed the SK Light Modified championship to RJ Marcotte by two points. That shows how post-race scoring checks can change which driver is awarded a season title.

Practical next steps to watch: the promoters’ announced return to Thompson in 2027 and the full 2027 schedule and division list, which RaceDayCT reported would be released by the beginning of December.

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