2014 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

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Ryan Preece finished second behind Coby in the championship by 22 points.
Justin Bonsignore finished third in the championship.

The 2014 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour is the 30th season of the Whelen Modified Tour (WMT). It began with the UNOH Battle at the Beach at Daytona International Speedway on February 18, which did not count towards the championship. The first race for the championship was the Icebreaker 150 presented by Town Fair Tire at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on April 6. It ended with the Sunoco World Series 150 at Thompson again on October 19.[1] Ryan Preece entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion. 2012 champion Doug Coby won the 2014 championship after 13 races, 22 points ahead of Preece.[2] Preece won the last race, which meant he went from sixth to second in the championship.

Drivers[]

No. Manufacturer Car Owner Race Driver Crew Chief(s)
0 Chevrolet Joe Ambrose Tom Rogers Jr.1 TBA
01 Chevrolet Kenneth Fifield Melissa Fifield12 (R) Kenneth Fifield
1 Chevrolet Ed Marceau Mike Stefanik4 Ed Marceau
2 Chevrolet12 Mike Smeriglio III Doug Coby Phil Moran
Ford1
3 Chevrolet Jan Boehler Jimmy Zacharias8 (R) TBA
Keith Rocco1
Max Zachem1 (R)
Troy Talman1 (R)
4 Dodge Robert Garbarino Donny Lia Dan Laferriere
5 Chevrolet Jarod Zeltmann Frank Vigliarolo1 TBA
Dave Sapienza1 (R)
6 Chevrolet Ed Partridge Ron Silk Ryan Stone
07 Chevrolet Jennifer Emerling Patrick Emerling Jan Leaty/Don Ryerse
7 Chevrolet Mike Curb Ryan Newman3 Gary Putnam
8 Chevrolet Mark Sypher Glen Reen TBA
12 Chevrolet Janet Our Chuck Hossfeld1 Brad Lafontaine
13 Chevrolet Robert Katon Jr. Ted Christopher Robert Katon Jr.
14 Chevrolet William Deakin John Beatty Jr.3 (R) Glenn Dixon
15 Chevrolet Rob Fuller Rob Fuller1 Jeff DeMinck
Todd Szegedy5[N 1]
16 Ford Eric Sanderson Ryan Preece Sly Szaban
17 Chevrolet John Ellwood Jr. Kyle Ellwood2 TBA
18 Ford5 Robert Pollifrone Ken Heagy10 Greg Gorman
Chevrolet5
20 Chevrolet Barbara Park Todd Szegedy1 TBA
Michael Grimaldi Max Zachem1 (R)
21 Chevrolet Joe Bertuccio Sr. J. R. Bertuccio1 TBA
22 Chevrolet Christopher Our Tommy Barrett Jr. (R) Brad Lafontaine
26 Pontiac12 Sean McDonald Gary McDonald Chad McDonald
Chevrolet1
29 Pontiac Sandra Hill James Civali1 TBA
33 Chevrolet Beth Cole Wade Cole Rick Rodenbaugh
35 Chevrolet Richard Ramstrom Derek Ramstrom2 (R) TBA
36 Chevrolet Jarod Zeltmann Frank Vigliarolo1 TBA
38 Chevrolet Linda Rodenbaugh Dave Salzarulo11 (R) TBA
39 Chevrolet Rich Pallai Richie Pallai Jr.2 Rich Pallai
43 Chevrolet Michael Calabrese David Calabrese1 TBA
44 Chevrolet Mike Curb Bobby Santos III Steve Lemay
48 Chevrolet John Rufrano Keith Rocco6 Junior Woods
51 Chevrolet Ken Massa Justin Bonsignore Bill Michael
52 Chevrolet Wayne Darling Matt Hirschman12 Frank Gasper/John McKenna
Keith Rocco1
58 Chevrolet Edgar Goodale Eric Goodale Jason Shephard
64 Chevrolet Mike Murphy Ron Yuhas Jr.12 P. J. Fearns
Shawn Solomito1 (R)
69 Chevrolet Fred Bolk Jason Agugliaro1 (R) TBA
70 Chevrolet Steve Seuss Andy Seuss2 TBA
71 Chevrolet Terry Zacharias T. J. Zacharias2 (R) TBA
Craig Lutz1 (R)
Dave Brigati1 (R)
73 Chevrolet Todd Powell Cole Powell3 Todd Powell
75 Chevrolet Wayne Anderson Timmy Solomito11 (R) Jerry Solomito
77 Chevrolet Mike Curb Gary Putnam2 Donald Tarantino
79 Pontiac Susan Hill Spencer Davis4 (R) TBA
82 Chevrolet Pamla Hulse Danny Watts Jr.2 TBA
88 Chevrolet Buzz Chew Woody Pitkat Ronald Ste-Marie
89 Chevrolet Jerry Solomito Timmy Solomito2 (R) Jerry Solomito/Ed Bennett III
Shawn Solomito3 (R)
93 Chevrolet Mark Pennink Rowan Pennink11 Don Barker
99 Chevrolet Brittany Tomaino Jamie Tomaino George Ratajczak
Notes
  1. ^ At the Bush's Beans 150 at Bristol, Todd Szegedy drove with a different number than normal: he drove car number 05, instead of his regular car number 15.

Schedule[]

The UNOH Battle at the Beach and the Whelen All-Star Shootout did not count towards the championship.

No. Race Title Track Date[3] TV
UNOH Battle at the Beach Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach February 18 FS2
1 Icebreaker 150 presented by Town Fair Tire Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson April 6 FansChoice.TV
2 NAPA Spring Sizzler 200 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford April 27
3 TSI Harley-Davidson 125 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford June 6[a]
4 Mr. Rooter 161 Waterford Speedbowl, Waterford June 21
5 Hoosier Tire 200 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead June 28
Whelen All-Star Shootout New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon July 11 FS1
6 Sunoco 100 July 12 FS1
7 O'Reilly Auto Parts 200 Monadnock Speedway, Winchester July 19
8 Call Before You Dig 811 150 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford August 8
9 Budweiser King of Beers 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson August 13
10 Bush's Beans 150[b] Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol August 20 FS1
11 F. W. Webb 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon September 20 FS1
12 NAPA Fall Final 150 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford September 28
13 Sunoco World Series 150 presented by Xtra Mart Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson October 19 FS1
Notes
  1. ^ The TSI Harley-Davidson 125 was originally scheduled for May 23, but was postponed to May 30 due to heavy rain.[4] The second attempt to run the race was also postponed for similar reasons, and was postponed to June 6.[5]
  2. ^ The Bush's Beans 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.
  • The Riverhead 200 was originally scheduled to be held at Riverhead Raceway on September 13, but the event was rained out. With the track unable to hold racing after September due to licensing regulations and the lack of an available weekend to hold racing, the event was not rescheduled.[6]

Results and standings[]

Races[]

No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer
UNOH Battle at the Beach Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Doug Coby Ford
1 Icebreaker 150 presented by Town Fair Tire Woody Pitkat Rowan Pennink Justin Bonsignore Chevrolet
2 NAPA Spring Sizzler 200 Tommy Barrett Jr. Bobby Santos III Bobby Santos III Chevrolet
3 TSI Harley-Davidson 125 Bobby Santos III Doug Coby Doug Coby Chevrolet
4 Mr. Rooter 161 Donny Lia Donny Lia Bobby Santos III Chevrolet
5 Hoosier Tire 200 John Beatty Jr. John Beatty Jr. Eric Goodale Chevrolet
Whelen All-Star Shootout J. R. Bertuccio1 Ryan Newman/Ron Silk2 Ryan Newman Chevrolet
6 Sunoco 100 Ron Silk Ron Silk Bobby Santos III Chevrolet
7 O'Reilly Auto Parts 200 Justin Bonsignore Ryan Preece Justin Bonsignore Chevrolet
8 Call Before You Dig 811 150 Bobby Santos III Woody Pitkat Woody Pitkat Chevrolet
9 Budweiser King of Beers 150 Donny Lia Donny Lia Justin Bonsignore Chevrolet
10 Bush's Beans 150 Justin Bonsignore Bobby Santos III Tommy Barrett Jr. Chevrolet
11 F. W. Webb 100 Ryan Newman Woody Pitkat Woody Pitkat Chevrolet
12 NAPA Fall Final 150 Bobby Santos III Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Ford
13 Sunoco World Series 150 presented by Xtra Mart Woody Pitkat Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Ford
Notes
  • 1 – There was no qualifying session for the Whelen All-Star Shootout. The starting grid was decided with a random draw.[7]
  • 2 – Ryan Newman and Ron Silk both led 16 laps.[8]

Drivers' championship[]

Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

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

Pos Driver DAY‡ THO STA STA WAT RIV NHA‡ NHA MON STA THO BRI NHA STA THO Points
1 Doug Coby 1 3 2 1* 10 6 12 2 5 4 3 4 3 8 17 511
2 Ryan Preece 4* 9 24 9 6 4 6 5 2* 9 4 11 12 1* 1* 489
3 Justin Bonsignore 18 1 5 2 4 16 2 6 1 8 1 6 25 21 5 484
4 Ron Silk 8 7 10 6 19 7 4* 9* 9 2 5 3 11 3 4 483
5 Ted Christopher 8 6 8 3 2 9 3 8 7 7 22 4 2 20 480
6 Bobby Santos III 18 1* 3 1 10 5 1 11 12 25 2* 8 12 28 458
7 Eric Goodale 9 5 14 11 25 1 19 3 5 18 7 13 7 8 440
8 Timmy Solomito (R) 15 4 8 13 21 5 11 13 11 6 8 17 13 10 433
9 Woody Pitkat 2 4 5 7 20 25 20 1* 16 19 1* 6 35 429
10 Patrick Emerling 12 17 12 7 5 15 16 20 7 19 20 9 6 5 11 419
11 Donny Lia 11 21 7 15 2* 21 17 18 18 3 22* 35 7 9 2 413
12 Tommy Barrett Jr. (R) 6 23 11 20 23 27 7 4 15 23 1 9 4 12 400
13 Matt Hirschman 11 9 14 24 3 15 12 6 10 2 23 26 6 388
14 Glen Reen 15 25 10 12 14 19 23 12 16 9 21 21 11 18 372
15 Jamie Tomaino 13 14 13 21 11 13 20 14 19 18 13 26 22 14 13 369
16 Rowan Pennink 22* 3 4 16 22 14 17 6 21 5 10 3 359
17 Wade Cole 16 15 19 15 18 15 21 21 15 37 23 18 16 338
18 Gary McDonald DNQ1 17 18 18 25 21 15 20 12 33 14 17 31 318
19 Ron Yuhas Jr. 6 16 12 9 23 27 10 17 19 12 18 315
20 Dave Salzarulo (R) DNQ1 18 17 13 29 16 16 23 15 19 25 267
21 Melissa Fifield (R) 19 20 22 27 30 29 23 22 24 19 20 22 251
22 Ken Heagy 12 21 23 14 11 18 26 14 27 16 30 246
23 Jimmy Zacharias (R) 24 10 22 17 17 13 22 14 10 227
24 Keith Rocco 20 26 24 8 13 11 15 33 202
25 Todd Szegedy 28 8 22 8 34 2 24 162
26 Spencer Davis (R) 26 28 10 182 7 105
27 Ryan Newman 1* 4 5 20 103
28 Mike Stefanik 24 3 30 14 10 98
29 Shawn Solomito (R) 16 22 9 36 93
30 John Beatty Jr. (R) 14 12* 17 15 90
31 Cole Powell 19 11 DNQ1 17 24 64
32 Andy Seuss 13 8 17 272 63
33 Max Zachem (R) 22 9 57
34 Danny Watts Jr. 16 23 49
35 T. J. Zacharias (R) 25 19 44
36 Kyle Ellwood (R) 26 19 43
37 Derek Ramstrom (R) 20 27 41
38 Tom Rogers Jr. 8 36
39 Richie Pallai Jr. 27 DNQ1 36
40 Chuck Hossfeld 7 10 34
41 Rob Fuller 16 13 31
42 David Calabrese 242 14 30
43 Frank Vigliarolo 24 34 30
44 Dave Brigati 26 19 25
45 Troy Talman (R) 21 23
46 Gary Putnam 23 292 21
47 J. R. Bertuccio 10 10 24 132 20
48 James Civali 26 18
49 Craig Lutz (R) 28 16
50 Dave Sapienza (R) 17 29 15
51 Jason Agugliaro (R) 32 12
Drivers ineligible for NWMT points, because they only drove the non-championship rounds
Cody Ware (R) 7
Kyle Benjamin (R) 20
Dalton Baldwin (R) 21
A. J. Winstead 22
Johnny Kievman 25
Drivers ineligible for NWMT points, because at the combined event at Bristol they chose to drive for NWSMT points
George Brunnhoelzl III 14
Burt Myers 5 15
Luke Fleming 3 16
Danny Bohn 20
Joe Ryan Osborne (R) 25
Bryan Dauzat 28
Jeff Fultz 30
Bobby Measmer Jr. (R) 31
Cale Gale 32
Kyle Ebersole 36
Jeremy Gerstner 23 38
Jason Myers 2 39
Pos Driver DAY‡ THO STA STA WAT RIV NHA‡ NHA MON STA THO BRI NHA STA THO Points
Notes
  • ‡ – Non-championship round
  • 1 – Dave Salzarulo, Gary McDonald, Richie Pallai Jr. and Cole Powell received championship points, despite the fact that the driver did not qualify for the race.
  • 2 – Scored points towards the Whelen Southern Modified Tour.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "NWMT Schedule/Results".
  2. ^ "NWMT Standings".
  3. ^ "NWMT Schedule/Results".
  4. ^ Sbarra, Shon (May 23, 2014). "Weather Forces Whelen Mod Postponement". NASCAR Home Tracks. NASCAR. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
  5. ^ Cunningham, Jason (May 30, 2014). "Weather Once Again Forces Postponement". NASCAR Home Tracks. NASCAR. Archived from the original on June 6, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
  6. ^ Cunningham, Jason (September 13, 2014). "Whelen Modifieds Rained Out At Riverhead". NASCAR Home Tracks. NASCAR. Archived from the original on May 13, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  7. ^ "NWMT Whelen All-Star Shootout Results". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
  8. ^ "NWMT Whelen All-Star Shootout Results". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-13.
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