2015 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
The 2015 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the thirty-first season of the Whelen Modified Tour (WMT). It began with the Icebreaker 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on April 12 and concluded at the same venue with the Sunoco World Series 150 on October 18.[1]
Defending champion Doug Coby won his third series title, and as a result, became the first driver since Tony Hirschman Jr. to win successive Whelen Modified Tour championships. Coby was the season's most prolific winner – with seven victories – including the final three races which allowed him to overhaul Ryan Preece in the standings, with Coby ultimately prevailing by eleven points after entering the final race tied on points with Preece. Preece was a four-time race winner, and finished all but one race inside the top-ten placings. Just like Preece, Woody Pitkat recorded fourteen top-ten finishes out of fifteen starts – winning at Stafford along with the non-championship Shootout at New Hampshire – as he finished third in points, two down on Preece and thirteen behind Coby. The only other drivers to win races during the season were Todd Szegedy at New Hampshire and Justin Bonsignore, who swept both races at his local track, Riverhead Raceway.
Drivers
No. | Manufacturer | Car Owner | Race Driver | Crew Chief |
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0 | Chevrolet | Joe Ambrose | Tom Rogers Jr. 2 | Helmut Loschnig |
01 | Chevrolet | Kenneth Fifield | Melissa Fifield | Kenneth Fifield |
2 | Chevrolet | Mike Smeriglio III | Doug Coby | Phil Moran |
3 | Chevrolet | Jan Boehler | Troy Talman (R) 10 | Greg Fournier |
Derek Ramstrom (R) 1 | Rick Ramstrom | |||
Kyle Bonsignore (R) 1 | Bill Bonsignore | |||
4 | Dodge | Robert Garbarino | Todd Szegedy[N 1] | Ryan Spaulding |
5 | Chevrolet | Raymond Bouchard | Frank Vigliarolo Jr. 2 | Raymond Bouchard |
06 | Chevrolet | Michelle Biondolillo | Vincent Biondolillo (R) 1 | Jarred Hayes |
6 | Chevrolet | Ed Partridge | Ryan Preece[2] | Tommy Grasso |
07 | Chevrolet | Jennifer Emerling | Patrick Emerling | Jan Leaty |
7 | Chevrolet | Mike Curb | Ryan Newman 3 | Teddy Musgrave Jr. |
8 | Chevrolet | Mark Sypher | Donny Lia[3] | Dan Laferriere |
9 | Chevrolet | Cheryl Tomaino | Chase Dowling (R) | Don Barker |
11 | Chevrolet | Grant Williams | Chuck Steuer 1 | Butch Capuano |
William Deakin | John Beatty Jr. (R) 1 | Glenn Dixon | ||
13 | Chevrolet | Robert Katon Jr. | Ted Christopher 8 | Bob Fill |
Andy Seuss 2 | ||||
Johnny Bush 1 | Michael Loomis | |||
James Civali 4 | Bob Fill | |||
14 | Chevrolet | Ken Zachem | Max Zachem (R) | Shawn Ruszczyk |
15 | Chevrolet | Rob Fuller | Corey LaJoie 2 | Jeff DeMinck |
Ron Silk 4[N 1] | Ryan Stone | |||
Ray Graham (R) 1 | ||||
16 | Ford | Eric Sanderson | Timmy Solomito[4] | Sly Szaban |
17 | Chevrolet | John Ellwood Jr. | Kyle Ellwood (R) 5 | Rico Mariani |
18 | Chevrolet | Robert Pollifrone | Ken Heagy 14 | Greg Gorman |
19 | Chevrolet | Karen Oltra | Brandon Oltra (R) 3 | Steve Kreitzer |
20 | Chevrolet | Barbara Park | Ron Silk 2 | Dave Wheeler |
22 | Chevrolet | Christopher Our | Tommy Barrett Jr. 1 | Brad Lafontaine |
Keith Rocco 7 | ||||
Ted Christopher 5 | ||||
26 | Chevrolet 10 | Sean McDonald | Gary McDonald 14 | Chad McDonald |
Pontiac 4 | ||||
28 | Ford | George Bock | Brendon Bock (R) 1 | Glenn Dixon |
29 | Chevrolet 2 | Jon McKennedy | Jon McKennedy 2 | Peter Frappier |
Ford 7 | George Bock | Brendon Bock (R) 8 | Glenn Dixon | |
Chevrolet 1 | ||||
31 | Chevrolet | Pete Masse | Steve Masse (R) 9 | Josh Steeves |
33 | Chevrolet | Wade Cole | Johnny Bush 3 | Rick Rodenbaugh |
Wade Cole 12 | ||||
35 | Chevrolet | Wayne Darling | Derek Ramstrom (R) 3 | Rick Ramstrom |
36 | Chevrolet | Jarod Zeltmann | Dave Sapienza (R) | Jarod Zeltmann |
37 | Chevrolet | Cynthia Richey | Dave Salzarulo 10 | Marty Radewick |
38 | Chevrolet | Linda Rodenbaugh | Wade Cole 1 | Jake Marosz |
George Perreault (R) 1 | ||||
40 | Chevrolet | Monica Fuller | Ron Silk 2 | Ryan Stone |
41 | Chevrolet | Tom Soper | Kyle Soper (R) 1 | Tom Soper |
44 | Chevrolet | Mike Curb | Bobby Santos III 14 | Steve Lemay |
46 | Chevrolet | Russell Goodale | Jeff Goodale (R) | Doug Ogiejko |
51 | Chevrolet | Ken Massa | Justin Bonsignore | Bill Michael |
56 | Chevrolet | Renee Lutz | Craig Lutz (R) 3 | Jason Seachrist |
57 | Chevrolet | Mark Pane | Keith Rocco 1 | Stash Butova |
58 | Chevrolet | Edgar Goodale | Eric Goodale | Jason Shephard |
59 | Chevrolet | Ed Bennett III | Jerry Solomito Jr. (R) 2 | Jerry Solomito Sr. |
Ted Christopher | Ronnie Williams (R) 1 | Stash Butova | ||
63 | Chevrolet | Bill Darrow | Tom Rogers Jr. 4 | Mike Curtis |
64 | Chevrolet | Mike Murphy | Anthony Nocella (R) 12 | Steve Dodge |
68 | Chevrolet | Charlene Bush | Johnny Bush 2 | Michael Loomis |
69 | Chevrolet | Jason Blatz | Jason Agugliaro (R) 1 | Jason Blatz |
70 | Chevrolet | Steve Seuss | Andy Seuss 2 | Steve Seuss |
73 | Chevrolet | Paul Hartwig | Paul Hartwig Jr. (R) 1 | Lisa Hartwig |
Todd Powell | Cole Powell 1 | Seth Smith | ||
75 | Chevrolet | Wayne Anderson | Shawn Solomito 14 | Jerry Solomito Sr. |
Jerry Solomito Jr. (R) 1 | Butch Capuano | |||
77 | Chevrolet | Mike Curb | Gary Putnam 2 | Mike Hann |
79 | Pontiac 8 | Susan Hill | Spencer Davis 5 | David Hill |
James Civali 1 | ||||
Joe Ryan Osborne 2 | ||||
Chevrolet 2 | Troy Talman (R) 1 | |||
Joe Ryan Osborne 1[N 1] | ||||
82 | Chevrolet | Pamla Hulse | Danny Watts Jr. 5 | Buddy Loecher |
83 | Chevrolet | Linda Rodenbaugh | Tom Rogers Jr. 1 | Helmut Losching |
87 | Chevrolet | Keri Brunnhoelzl | Ed Brunnhoelzl III (R) 1 | Russell Savoy |
88 | Chevrolet | Buzz Chew | Woody Pitkat[N 2] | Ronald Ste-Marie |
89 | Chevrolet | John Swanson | Matt Swanson (R) 5 | Ken Barry |
93 | Chevrolet | Mark Pennink | Rowan Pennink 13 | Jimmy Fuller |
99 | Chevrolet | Brittany Tomaino | Jamie Tomaino | George Ratajczak |
- Notes
- ^ a b c At the Bush's Beans 150 at Bristol, some WMT and WSMT drivers had to change numbers to avoid clashing with the other Modified Tour championship. WMT drivers who had to change numbers: Todd Szegedy drove car number 41, instead of his regular car number 4, Ron Silk drove car number 05, instead of his regular car number 15 and Joe Ryan Osborne drove car number 19, instead of his regular car number 79.
- ^ At the F. W. Webb 100 Woody Pitkat drove with car number 38 instead of his regular 88 as a tribute to NASCAR Hall of Fame-elect Jerry Cook.
Schedule
The Whelen All-Star Shootout did not count towards the championship. 10 races from the 2015 season were televised on NBCSN, on a tape-delay basis.[5]
No. | Race Title | Track | Date[1] | TV |
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1 | Icebreaker 150 | Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson[6] | April 12 | NBCSN |
2 | NAPA Spring Sizzler 200 | Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford | April 26 | |
3 | Mr. Rooter 161 | Waterford Speedbowl, Waterford | May 30 | |
4 | TSI Harley-Davidson 125 | Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford | June 5 | |
5 | Mr. Rooter 125 | Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson[6] | June 10 | NBCSN |
6 | Hoosier Tire East 200 | Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead | June 28[a] | NBCSN |
Whelen All-Star Shootout | New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon | July 17 | NBCSN | |
7 | Andy Blacksmith 100 presented by Donate Life New England | July 18 | NBCSN | |
8 | O'Reilly Auto Parts 200 | Monadnock Speedway, Winchester | July 25 | NBCSN |
9 | Call Before You Dig 150 | Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford | August 7 | |
10 | Budweiser King of Beers 150 | Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson[6] | August 12 | FansChoice.TV |
11 | Bush's Beans 150[b] | Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol | August 19 | NBCSN |
12 | Riverhead 200 | Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead | August 29 | |
13 | F. W. Webb 100 | New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon | September 26 | NBCSN |
14 | NAPA Fall Final 150 | Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford | October 4 | NBCSN |
15 | Sunoco World Series 150 | Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson[6] | October 18 | NBCSN |
- Notes
- ^ The Riverhead Hoosier Tire East 200 was originally scheduled for June 27, but was postponed to June 28 due to heavy rain.[7]
- ^ 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.
Results and standings
Races
- Notes
- 1 – There was no qualifying session for the Whelen All-Star Shootout. The starting grid was decided with a random draw.[8]
Drivers' championship
(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.
Pos | Driver | THO | STA | WAT | STA | THO | RIV | NHA‡ | NHA | MON | STA | THO | BRI | RIV | NHA | STA | THO | Points |
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1 | Doug Coby | 1* | 6 | 2 | 13 | 1* | 3 | 20 | 30 | 1* | 2 | 1* | 34 | 2 | 1* | 1 | 1* | 613 |
2 | Ryan Preece | 5 | 3* | 1* | 1* | 7 | 8 | 2 | 6* | 10 | 1* | 6 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 2* | 7 | 602 |
3 | Woody Pitkat | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1* | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2* | 7 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 600 |
4 | Todd Szegedy | 10 | 2 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 35 | 9 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 535 |
5 | Patrick Emerling | 11 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 515 |
6 | Timmy Solomito | 6 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 514 |
7 | Donny Lia | 8 | 5 | 21 | 25 | 20 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 490 |
8 | Eric Goodale | 7 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 28 | 5 | 28 | 14 | 23 | 486 |
9 | Chase Dowling (R) | 17 | 32 | 16 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 481 | |
10 | Justin Bonsignore | 27 | 20 | 25 | 28 | 2 | 1* | 4 | 22 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 1* | 5 | 21 | 2 | 478 |
11 | Bobby Santos III | 3 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 9 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 467 | |
12 | Max Zachem (R) | 31 | 21 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 30 | 11 | 15 | 418 | |
13 | Ted Christopher | 4 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 31 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 414 | ||
14 | Jamie Tomaino | 16 | 9 | 33 | 17 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 20 | 24 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 397 |
15 | Jeff Goodale (R) | 22 | 23 | 15 | 18 | 21 | DNQ1 | 32 | 23 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 23 | 11 | 386 | |
16 | Shawn Solomito | 32 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 29 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 13 | 373 | ||
17 | Dave Sapienza (R) | 21 | 18 | 13 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 14 | 26 | DNQ1 | 23 | 9 | 26 | 32 | 369 | |
18 | Rowan Pennink | 13 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 25 | 16 | 24 | 14 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 32 | 364 | ||
19 | Ken Heagy | 30 | 15 | 26 | 21 | 24 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 24 | 21 | 23 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 19 | 344 | |
20 | Gary McDonald | 23 | 28 | 29 | 23 | 25 | DNQ1 | 20 | 24 | 21 | 25 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 296 | ||
21 | Troy Talman (R) | 20 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 22 | 25 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 29 | 277 | |||||
22 | Wade Cole | 30 | 29 | 23 | DNQ1 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 24 | DNQ1 | 24 | 25 | 15 | 29 | 263 | |||
23 | Keith Rocco | 12 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 28 | 12 | 254 | |||||||
24 | Anthony Nocella (R) | 26 | 26 | 31 | 24 | 26 | DNQ1 | 26 | 26 | 12 | 34 | 13 | 14 | 240 | ||||
25 | Melissa Fifield | 29 | 29 | 32 | 30 | 28 | DNQ1 | 23 | 27 | 22 | 29 | DNQ1 | 27 | 31 | 27 | 25 | 239 | |
26 | Brendon Bock (R) | 10 | 22 | 27 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 23 | 33 | 231 | |||||||
27 | Dave Salzarulo | 24 | 27 | 17 | 22 | 29 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 30 | 18 | 25 | 214 | |||||
28 | Ron Silk | 9 | 27 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 199 | |||||||
29 | Tom Rogers Jr. | 14 | 31 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 33 | 185 | |||||||||
30 | Steve Masse (R) | 33 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 33 | 25 | 12 | 18 | 31 | 184 | |||||||
31 | Matt Swanson (R) | 15 | 15 | 24 | 7 | 27 | 132 | |||||||||||
32 | Derek Ramstrom (R) | 15 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 122 | ||||||||||||
33 | Johnny Bush | 34 | 19 | 28 | 19 | 29 | 26 | 119 | ||||||||||
34 | Kyle Ellwood (R) | 33 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 117 | |||||||||||
35 | Spencer Davis | 12 | 30 | 9 | 31 | 24 | 114 | |||||||||||
36 | Andy Seuss | 10 | 27 | 8 | 13 | 63 | 15 | 113 | ||||||||||
37 | James Civali | 28 | 113 | 15 | 27 | 16 | 26 | 108 | ||||||||||
38 | Craig Lutz (R) | 18 | 21 | 11 | 21 | 105 | ||||||||||||
39 | Ryan Newman | 9 | 11 | 4 | 26 | 91 | ||||||||||||
40 | Danny Watts Jr. | 35 | DNQ1 | Wth4 | 22 | 24 | 74 | |||||||||||
41 | Joe Ryan Osborne | 34 | 17 | 19 | 67 | |||||||||||||
42 | Jerry Solomito Jr. (R) | 30 | 19 | 17 | 66 | |||||||||||||
43 | Brandon Oltra (R) | 25 | 22 | 23 | 62 | |||||||||||||
44 | Gary Putnam | 13 | 13 | 28 | 203 | 47 | ||||||||||||
45 | Corey LaJoie | 28 | 14 | 46 | ||||||||||||||
46 | Jon McKennedy | 18 | 27 | 43 | ||||||||||||||
47 | Vincent Biondolillo (R) | 9 | 35 | |||||||||||||||
48 | Frank Vigliarolo Jr. | 26 | Wth4 | 33 | ||||||||||||||
49 | Kyle Soper (R) | 17 | 27 | |||||||||||||||
50 | Tommy Barrett Jr. | 19 | 25 | |||||||||||||||
51 | Kyle Bonsignore (R) | 32 | 24 | |||||||||||||||
52 | John Beatty Jr. (R) | 22 | 22 | |||||||||||||||
53 | Ronnie Williams (R) | 24 | 20 | |||||||||||||||
54 | Ed Brunnhoelzl III (R) | 25 | 19 | |||||||||||||||
55 | Chuck Steuer | Wth4 | 14 | |||||||||||||||
56 | Ray Graham (R) | 30 | 14 | |||||||||||||||
57 | Paul Hartwig Jr. (R) | DNQ1 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
58 | George Perreault (R) | DNQ1 | 11 | |||||||||||||||
59 | Cole Powell | DNS2 | 9 | |||||||||||||||
Jason Agugliaro (R) | Wth | |||||||||||||||||
Drivers ineligible for Whelen Modified Tour points | ||||||||||||||||||
George Brunnhoelzl III | 15 | |||||||||||||||||
Frank Fleming | 16 | |||||||||||||||||
Jason Myers | 17 | |||||||||||||||||
Jeremy Gerstner | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
Bobby Measmer Jr. | 25 | |||||||||||||||||
Kyle Ebersole | 26 | |||||||||||||||||
David Calabrese | 27 | |||||||||||||||||
Burt Myers | 30 | |||||||||||||||||
J. R. Bertuccio | 31 | |||||||||||||||||
Cale Gale | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||
Tom Abele Jr. | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||
Trey Hutchens (R) | Wth | |||||||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | THO | STA | WAT | STA | THO | RIV | NHA‡ | NHA | MON | STA | THO | BRI | RIV | NHA | STA | THO | Points |
- Notes
- ‡ – Non-championship round.
- 1 – Wade Cole, Melissa Fifield, Jeff Goodale, Paul Hartwig Jr., Gary McDonald, Anthony Nocella, George Perreault, Dave Sapienza, and Danny Watts Jr. received championship points, despite the fact that they did not qualify for the race.
- 2 – Cole Powell received championship points, despite the fact that he did not start the race.
- 3 – Scored points towards the Whelen Southern Modified Tour.
- 4 – Chuck Steuer, Frank Vigliarolo Jr. and Danny Watts Jr. received championship points, despite the fact that they did not qualify for the race.
See also
- 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
- 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series
- 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
- 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
- 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
- 2015 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour
- 2015 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series
- 2015 NASCAR Mexico Series
- 2015 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
References
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- ^ Cunningham, Jason (October 20, 2014). "Preece Changing Tour Rides". NASCAR Home Tracks. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
- ^ "Lia Joins Forces with TCS Racing for 2015 NWMT Season". Speed51.com. 51 Sports, LLC. December 4, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
- ^ Cunningham, Jason (October 27, 2014). "Solomito Headed To Flamingo". NASCAR Home Tracks. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Archived from the original on October 29, 2014. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
- ^ Cunningham, Jason (February 3, 2015). "Robust NBCSN Broadcast Schedule Revealed". NASCAR Home Tracks. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Archived from the original on February 5, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
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