🇺🇸 Patrick Emerling

Patrick Emerling is a professional stock car racing driver competing full-time in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour with USNE Power, driving the No. 1 Chevrolet. He also races part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity series. His career spans a decade of short-track and national-level NASCAR competition across multiple series.[1]

Emerling has built a consistent record in the Whelen Modified Tour since 2018, taking 11 wins and 34 podiums across 109 starts in that series. He has also competed in NASCAR Xfinity, the Truck series and ARCA, though with fewer appearances in those championships. In 2026, Emerling leads the Whelen Modified Tour championship standings, mounting a serious bid for his first title in that series. He sits 28th in the Xfinity series so far this season from three rounds raced.[2]

Among the field in the Whelen Modified Tour, Emerling regularly faces Justin Bonsignore, a six-time champion of that series; he usually finishes behind Bonsignore but has beaten him on occasion. He consistently finishes ahead of entry-level professional Tommy Catalano, another regular in the series. Emerling has also finished ahead of Ty Gibbs, an elite professional and two-time ARCA champion, twice across their meetings, and once beaten Tyler Reddick, an established professional and former Xfinity champion.