2012 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

The 2012 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the 28th season of the Whelen Modified Tour (WMT). It began with the Icebreaker 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on April 15. It ended with the Sunoco World Series 150 at Thompson again on October 14. Ron Silk entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion. Doug Coby won the 2012 championship after 14 races, 11 points ahead of Ryan Preece.

Schedule

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Source: [1]

No. Race Title Track Date
1 Icebreaker 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson April 15
2 CarQuest Tech-Net Sizzler 200 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford April 29
3 Whitcomb 200 Pres. by Mobix & Town Fair Tire Monadnock Speedway, Winchester May 12
4 TSI Harley-Davidson 125 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford May 25
5 Mr. Rooter 161 Waterford Speedbowl, Waterford June 23
6 Town Fair Tire 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon July 14
7 Stafford 150 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford August 3
8 Budweiser King of Beers 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson August 9
9 UNOH Perfect Storm 150[a] Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol August 22
10 Town Fair Tire 75 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson September 9
11 Riverhead 200 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead September 15
12 F. W. Webb 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon September 22
13 CarQuest Fall Final Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford September 29
14 Sunoco-Town Fair Tire World Series 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson October 14
Notes
  1. ^ The UNOH Perfect Storm 150 was held as a combined event, with competitors from the Whelen Modified Tour competing along with competitors for the Whelen Southern Modified Tour. The race was run with a series-based point distribution, where drivers received points and statistical credit for their finish relative to other drivers in their series, not to the whole field in general.

Results and standings

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Races

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No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer
1 Icebreaker 150 presented by Town Fair Tire[2] Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Ron Silk Chevrolet
2 CarQuest Tech-Net Sizzler 200[3] Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Doug Coby Chevrolet
3 Whitcomb 200 Pres. by Mobix & Town Fair Tire[4] Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Ford
4 TSI Harley-Davidson 125[5] Bobby Santos III Bobby Santos III Doug Coby Chevrolet
5 Mr. Rooter 161[6] Ted Christopher Doug Coby Doug Coby Chevrolet
6 Town Fair Tire 100[7] Ron Silk Ron Silk Mike Stefanik Ford
7 Stafford 150[8] Ryan Preece Doug Coby Doug Coby Chevrolet
8 Budweiser King of Beers 150[9] Mike Stefanik Mike Stefanik Donny Lia Dodge
9 UNOH Perfect Storm 150[10] Ron Silk Todd Szegedy Ron Silk Chevrolet
10 Town Fair Tire 75[11] Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Justin Bonsignore Chevrolet
11 Riverhead 200[12] Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Ford
12 F. W. Webb 100[13] Donny Lia Donny Lia Doug Coby Chevrolet
13 CarQuest Fall Final[14] Jimmy Blewett Woody Pitkat Bobby Santos III Chevrolet
14 Sunoco-Town Fair Tire World Series 150[15] Eric Berndt Ryan Preece Bobby Santos III Chevrolet

Drivers' championship

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(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.

Pos Driver THO STA MON STA WAT NHA STA THO BRI THO RIV NHA STA THO Points
1 Doug Coby 8 1 2 1 1* 3 1* 3 17 13 22 1 9 6 556
2 Ryan Preece 16* 2* 1** 11 3 12 6 17 3 3* 1* 10 5 2* 545
3 Ron Silk 1 4 5 3 11 2* 22 2 1 18 9 3 4 11 533
4 Donny Lia 5 14 6 20 5 8 16 1 23 7 8 2* 7 18 493
5 Todd Szegedy 27 12 3 4 19 5 3 10 2* 4 3 26 23 3 476
6 Eric Beers 21 24 8 13 7 4 4 11 21 8 11 6 13 5 469
7 Justin Bonsignore 13 6 4 10 2 28 10 25 4 1 2 25 11 19 460
8 Jimmy Blewett 4 5 13 9 13 16 2 7 24 20 12 23 3 16 459
9 Ted Christopher 2 22 12 7 9 29 5 4 26 5 5 17 20 13 452
10 Ron Yuhas Jr. 18 7 16 12 4 25 11 9 5 14 18 9 12 17 439
11 Mike Stefanik 3 9 7 26 22 1 19 5* 33 6 29 6 4 421
12 Rowan Pennink 10 13 5 6 6 12 6 34 19 14 5 15 29 412
13 Eric Berndt 24 15 21 15 12 15 20 19 18 9 10 11 21 15 399
14 Patrick Emerling 7 20 20 17 21 13 13 12 25 15 20 12 25 8 398
15 Ed Flemke Jr. 11 17 9 14 20 18 18 20 27 21 17 13 18 22 380
16 Jamie Tomaino 6 19 11 25 16 34 21 13 16 12 19 15 16 20 379
17 Eric Goodale 23 18 24 16 24 21 9 24 13 11 7 18 17 23 374
18 Bryon Chew 19 10 17 19 14 14 24 21 15 17 22 8 14 364
19 Wade Cole 9 26 25 23 15 19 15 23 31 16 15 19 22 21 349
20 Bobby Santos III 17 2* 11 27 8 2 28 1 1 310
21 Woody Pitkat 15 8 8 10 8 22 14 2* 10 301
22 Ken Heagy 28 21 15 21 18 31 17 16 8 24 23 27 27 298
23 Jon McKennedy 23 18 10 26 7 14 12 22 21 248
24 Keith Rocco 22 3 10 6 8 22 26 9 246
25 Richie Pallai Jr. 14 16 24 27 26 10 7 14 214
26 Johnny Bush 17 20 14 18 21 25 149
27 Gary McDonald 25 19 22 23 24 25 126
28 Rob Fuller 25 17 15 31 26 106
29 Andy Seuss 14 7 281 24 32 99
30 Steve Dickey 23 30 24 28 71
31 Matt Hirschman 8 10 70
32 Tom Rogers Jr. 6 12 70
33 Tommy Barrett Jr. 19 7 62
34 Kevin Goodale 12 28 30 62
35 Daniel Hemric 20 11 57
36 Ryan Newman 30 191 4 54
37 Cole Powell 221 16 31 41
38 Howie Brode 4 40
39 Mike Christopher 32 20 36
40 John Jensen 29 23 36
41 Zane Zeiner 9 35
42 Frank Vigliarolo Jr. 13 31
43 Eddie Brunnhoelzl III 16 28
44 Renee Dupuis 18 26
45 Jerry Marquis 22 22
46 Steve Masse 23 21
47 Brian Schofield 23 21
48 Shawn Solomito 24 20
49 Tony Ferrante Jr. 26 18
50 Kyle Spencer 26 18
51 Corey LaJoie 27 17
52 Ryan Blaney 33 11
Carl Long DNQ
Drivers ineligible for NWMT points, because at the combined event at Bristol they chose to drive for NWSMT points
George Brunnhoelzl III 6
Danny Bohn 7
Thomas Stinson 9
Mike Speeney 10
Jonathan Kievman 11
Kyle Ebersole 14
Jason Myers 20
Frank Fleming 29
Gary Fountain Sr. 30
Burt Myers 32
John Smith 35
Tim Brown 36
Joe Scarbrough DNQ
Bryan Dauzat DNQ
Pos Driver THO STA MON STA WAT NHA STA THO BRI THO RIV NHA STA THO Points
Notes

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2012 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Season Stats, Race Results". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  2. ^ "2012 Icebreaker". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  3. ^ "2012 CarQuest Tech-Net Spring Sizzler". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  4. ^ "2012 Whitcomb 200 Pres. by Mobix & Town Fair Tire". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  5. ^ "2012 TSI Harley-Davidson 125". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  6. ^ "2012 Mr. Rooter 161". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  7. ^ "2012 Town Fair Tire 100". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  8. ^ "2012 Stafford 150". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  9. ^ "2012 Budweiser King of Beers 150". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  10. ^ "2012 UNOH Perfect Storm 150". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  11. ^ "2012 Town Fair 75". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  12. ^ "2012 Riverhead 200". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  13. ^ "2012 F.W. Webb 100". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  14. ^ "2012 CarQuest Fall Final". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  15. ^ "2012 Sunoco-Town Fair Tire World Series 150". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.