Tommy Catalano

{{Short description|American racing driver}} {{Infobox racing driver | name = Tommy Catalano | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1998|3|13|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Ontario, New York, U.S. | relatives = | awards = | current_series = NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour | last_series = | years_active = 2018–present | teams = | first_year = 2018 | current_team = Catalano Motorsports | car_number = 54 | engine = | crew_chief = Rick Kluth | former_teams = | starts = 110 | championships = 0 | wins = 1 | poles = 1 | best_finish = 7th | year = 2022 | last_finish = 10th (2025) | prev_series = | prev_series_years = | titles = | title_years = | updated = May 30, 2026 }} '''Tommy Catalano''' (born March 13, 1998) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes full-time in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, driving the No. 54 for Catalano Motorsports. He is the older brother of Trevor Catalano and Tyler Catalano, who also compete in the Modified Tour.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2023/12/19/brothers-in-mods-tommy-tyler-and-trevor-catalano-set-for-full-nascar-whelen-modified-tour-seasons-in-2024/ |title=Brothers in Mods: Tommy, Tyler and Trevor Catalano set for full NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour seasons in 2024 |website=NASCAR |date=December 19, 2023 |access-date=July 25, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2024/07/20/one-for-the-family-trevor-catalano-hangs-on-for-emotional-whelen-modified-tour-win-at-monadnock-speedway/ |title=One for the family: Trevor Catalano hangs on for emotional Whelen Modified Tour win at Monadnock Speedway |website=NASCAR |date=July 20, 2024|access-date=July 25, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.monadnockspeedway.com/press/article/156672|title=TEEN TREVOR CATALANO TOPS WHELEN MOD 250 AT MONADNOCK |work=Monadnock Speedway|access-date=July 25, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.speedsport.com/nascar/nascar-touring-series/trevor-catalano-fights-off-ron-silk-for-monadock-victory/|title=Trevor Catalano Fights Off Ron Silk For Monadnock Victory |work=Speed Sport|access-date=July 25, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://racedayct.com/2024/07/pup-tames-the-dog-trevor-catalano-wins-whelen-mod-tour-duel-at-the-dog-250-at-monadnock/|title=Pup Tames The Dog: Trevor Catalano Wins Whelen Mod Tour Duel At The Dog 250 At Monadnock |work=RaceDayCT|access-date=July 25, 2024}}</ref>

In 2025, Catalano got his first career win in the Whelen Modified Tour at Monadnock Speedway.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2025/07/19/tommy-catalano-wins-a-thriller-at-monadnock-speedway-and-breaks-a-modified-tour-record/ |title=Tommy Catalano wins a thriller at Monadnock Speedway and breaks a Modified Tour record |website=NASCAR |date=July 19, 2025|access-date=April 4, 2026}}</ref>

Catalano has previously competed in series such as the Race of Champions Late Model Series, the SMART Modified Tour, the Indoor Auto Racing Championship, and the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing.<ref name="Third Turn">{{cite web|url=https://thethirdturn.com/wiki/Tommy_Catalano|title=Tommy Catalano |work=The Third Turn|access-date=July 26, 2024}}</ref>

==Motorsports results== ===NASCAR=== (key) ('''Bold''' – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

====Whelen Modified Tour==== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%" !colspan=38| NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour results |- ! Year ! Car owner ! No. ! Make ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! 15 ! 16 ! 17 ! 18 ! {{Tooltip|NWMTC|NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour classification}} ! Pts ! Ref |- ! rowspan=2| 2018 ! Amy Catalano ! rowspan=11| 54 ! rowspan=11| Chevy | style="background:#DFC484;"| MYR {{small|Wth}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TMP {{small|15}} | | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| SEE {{small|8}} | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TMP {{small|22}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| LGY {{small|23}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RIV {{small|12}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NHA {{small|18}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| STA {{small|19}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TMP {{small|20}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRI {{small|12}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| OSW {{small|10}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RIV {{small|12}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NHA {{small|15}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| STA {{small|15}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TMP {{small|19}} | colspan=2| ! rowspan=2| 11th ! rowspan=2| 424 ! rowspan=2| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/catalto01/2018/N|title=Tommy Catalano – 2018 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=July 26, 2024}}</ref> |- ! David Catalano | colspan=2| | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| STA {{small|16}} | colspan=15| |- ! 2019 ! Amy Catalano | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MYR {{small|26}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| '''SBO''' {{small|17}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TMP {{small|18}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| STA {{small|17}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| WAL {{small|9}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SEE {{small|14}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TMP {{small|11}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RIV {{small|10}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NHA {{small|9}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| STA {{small|17}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TMP {{small|26}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| OSW {{small|10}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RIV {{small|12}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NHA {{small|29}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| STA {{small|15}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TMP {{small|11}} | colspan=2| ! 11th ! 457 ! <ref>{{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/catalto01/2019/N|title=Tommy Catalano – 2019 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=July 26, 2024}}</ref> |- ! rowspan=2| 2020 ! nowrap| Zachary Reissner | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| JEN {{small|32}} | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| WMM {{small|4}} | | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| JEN {{small|23}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MND {{small|16}} | TMP | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NHA {{small|24}} | STA | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TMP {{small|23}} | colspan=9| ! rowspan=2| 21st ! rowspan=2| 162 ! rowspan=2| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/catalto01/2020/N|title=Tommy Catalano – 2020 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=July 26, 2024}}</ref> |- ! rowspan=4| David Catalano | colspan=2| | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| WMM {{small|24}} | colspan=15| |- ! 2021 | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAR {{small|7}} | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| STA {{small|3}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RIV {{small|11}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| JEN {{small|9}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OSW {{small|15}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RIV {{small|6}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NHA {{small|22}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NRP {{small|17}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| STA {{small|10}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BEE {{small|18}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OSW {{small|21}} | style="background:#DFC484;"| RCH {{small|Wth}} | RIV | STA | colspan=4| ! 12th ! 345 ! <ref>{{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/catalto01/2021/N|title=Tommy Catalano – 2021 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=July 26, 2024}}</ref> |- ! 2022 | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NSM {{small|8}} | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RCH {{small|2}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RIV {{small|12}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LEE {{small|11}} | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| JEN {{small|5}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MND {{small|9}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RIV {{small|14}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| WAL {{small|12}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NHA {{small|20}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CLM {{small|7}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TMP {{small|15}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| LGY {{small|6}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| OSW {{small|17}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RIV {{small|12}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TMP {{small|15}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAR {{small|9}} | colspan=2| ! 7th ! 534 ! <ref>{{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/catalto01/2022/N|title=Tommy Catalano – 2022 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=July 26, 2024}}</ref> |- ! 2023 | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NSM {{small|10}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH {{small|23}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON {{small|18}} | RIV | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| LEE {{small|10}} | SEE | RIV | WAL | style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NHA {{small|21}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| LMP {{small|6}} | THO | LGY | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| OSW {{small|9}} | MON | RIV | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NWS {{small|20}} | THO | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR {{small|12}} ! 18th ! 270 ! <ref>{{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/catalto01/2023/N|title=Tommy Catalano – 2023 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=July 26, 2024}}</ref> |- ! 2024 ! Timmy Catalano | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NSM {{small|30}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RCH {{small|10}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| THO {{small|13}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MON {{small|12}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RIV {{small|22}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SEE {{small|13}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NHA {{small|6}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MON {{small|9}} | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| LMP {{small|5}} | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| THO {{small|5}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| OSW {{small|7}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RIV {{small|10}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MON {{small|9}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| THO {{small|15}} | NWS | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR {{small|23}} | colspan=2| ! 9th ! 472 ! <ref>{{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/catalto01/2024/N|title=Tommy Catalano – 2024 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=July 26, 2024}}</ref> |- ! 2025 ! rowspan=2| David Catalano | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NSM {{small|14}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| THO {{small|9}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NWS {{small|7}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SEE {{small|23}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RIV {{small|7}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| WMM {{small|20}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LMP {{small|11}} | style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MON {{small|1}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MON {{small|10}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| THO {{small|17}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH {{small|22}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| OSW {{small|16}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NHA {{small|22}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RIV {{small|10}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| THO {{small|17}} | style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR {{small|20}} | colspan=2| ! 10th ! 484 ! <ref>{{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/catalto01/2025/N|title=Tommy Catalano – 2025 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=February 10, 2025}}</ref> |- ! 2026 | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NSM {{small|17}} | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAR {{small|8}} | style="background:#DFFFDF;"| THO {{small|19}} | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| SEE {{small|5}} | style="background:#DFDFDF;"| RIV {{small|4}} | style="background:#;"| OXF {{small|}} | WMM | SEE | CLM | MON | THO | NHA | STA | OSW | RIV | THO | colspan=2| ! -* ! -* ! <ref>{{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/catalto01/2026/N|title=Tommy Catalano – 2026 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=February 7, 2026}}</ref> |}

===SMART Modified Tour=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%" !colspan=38| SMART Modified Tour results |- ! Year ! Car owner ! No. ! Make ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! {{Tooltip|SMTC|SMART Modified Tour classification}} ! Pts ! Ref |- ! 2023 ! N/A ! 54 ! N/A | FLO | CRW | SBO | HCY | FCS | CRW | ACE | CAR | PUL | TRI | SBO | style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ROU {{small|8}} ! 44th ! 32 ! <ref>{{cite web|url=https://thethirdturn.com/wiki/Tommy_Catalano/Results/SMART_Modified_Tour_Powered_by_Pace-O-Matic/2023|title=Tommy Catalano - 2023 Season Results - SMART Modified Tour Powered by Pace-O-Matic |work=The Third Turn|access-date=April 21, 2025}}</ref> |}

===ASA STARS National Tour=== (key) ('''Bold''' – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%" ! colspan=24| ASA STARS National Tour results |- ! Year ! Team ! No. ! Make ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! {{Tooltip|ASNTC|ASA STARS National Tour classification}} ! Pts ! Ref |- ! 2024 ! nowrap| Joe Brainard ! 54T ! N/A | style="background:#FFCFCF;"| NSM DNQ | FIF | HCY | MAD | MLW | AND | OWO | TOL | WIN | NSV ! 101st ! 20 ! <ref>{{cite web|url=https://thethirdturn.com/wiki/Tommy_Catalano/Results/ASA_STARS_National_Tour/2024|title=Tommy Catalano – 2024 Season Results – ASA STARS National Tour|work=The Third Turn|access-date=February 19, 2026}}</ref> |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

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