2017 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

The 2017 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the thirty-third season of the Whelen Modified Tour (WMT), a stock car racing tour sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the Performance Plus 150 presented by Safety-Kleen at Myrtle Beach Speedway on March 18 and concluded with the Sunoco World Series 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on October 15. Doug Coby entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion. 2017 marked the first season of the unification of the Whelen (Northern) Modified Tour and the Whelen Southern Modified Tour.[1] Doug Coby won the championship, six points in front of Timmy Solomito.

2017 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
Previous: 2016 (WMT)
2016 (WSMT)		 Next: 2018
Champions | Seasons

Drivers
No. Manufacturer Car Owner Race Driver Crew Chief
00 Chevrolet Brian Brady Les Hinckley III (R) 1 Scott Anderson
Ted Christopher 1
Jon McKennedy 5
Ron Silk 1
Andy Seuss 1
0 Chevrolet Joe Ambrose Tom Rogers Jr. 1 Unknown
01 Chevrolet Kenneth Fifield Melissa Fifield Glen Billings 12
Eric Pelletier 3
Jake Rheaume 1
1 Ford Kim Myers Burt Myers 2 Bobby Foley
2 Chevrolet Mike Smeriglio III Doug Coby Phil Moran
3 Chevrolet Jan Boehler Rowan Pennink Greg Fournier
04 Chevrolet Mike Curb Gary Putnam 1 Donald Tarantino
5 Chevrolet Bob Ebersole Kyle Ebersole 4 Bob Ebersole
06 Chevrolet Michelle Biondolillo Vincent Biondolillo (R) 1 Andrew Biondolillo
6 Chevrolet Ed Partridge Ryan Preece 14 Jeff Preece
George Brunnhoelzl III 1
Jon McKennedy 1
07 Chevrolet Jennifer Emerling Patrick Emerling 5 Jan Leaty
7 Chevrolet Tommy Baldwin Jr. Donny Lia 5 Tommy Baldwin Jr.
Woody Pitkat 1
09 Chevrolet Jeff Goodale Brad Vanhouten (R) 1 William Renton Jr.
10 Chevrolet Erin Solomito Jerry Solomito 1 Ed Bennett
11 Chevrolet Eddie Harvey Andy Seuss 5 Justin Link 5
Chase Dowling 1 Eddie Harvey 2
Burt Myers 1
14 Ford Bobby Hutchens Jr. 1 Trey Hutchens 1 Bobby Hutchens Jr. 1
Brian Midgett 2 Cory Osland (R) 2 Michael Midgett 2
15 Chevrolet Grady Jeffreys Jr. 1 Jeremy Gerstner 1 Kevin Jasper 1
Rob Fuller 8 Chase Dowling 8 Steve Garrepy 8
Wayne Anderson 1 Kyle Soper (R) 1 Tom Soper 1
16 Ford Eric Sanderson Timmy Solomito Sly Szaban
17 Chevrolet John Ellwood Jr. Kyle Ellwood 4 Jarod Zeltmann
John Baker (R) 1
18 Chevrolet Greg Gorman Ken Heagy 2 Greg Gorman
20 Chevrolet Ken Zachem Max Zachem 12[N 1] Steve Lemay 13
Shawn Solomito 1[N 2]
Danny Cugini (R) 1 Max Zachem 1
21 Chevrolet Joe Bertuccio Sr. Ronnie Williams (R) 10 Joe Bertuccio 7
Stash Butova 3
22 Chevrolet Kyle Bonsignore Kyle Bonsignore 4 Bill Bonsignore 1
Unknown 3
23 Chevrolet Jason Sechrist Troy Talman 1 Jason Sechrist
24 Chevrolet Cliff Krause Andrew Krause 10 John Cooke
26 Chevrolet Sean McDonald Gary McDonald 11 Chad McDonald 8
Gary McDonald 3
28 Chevrolet George Brunnhoelzl Jr. George Brunnhoelzl III 1 Unknown
29 Chevrolet George Bock Brendon Bock 8 Glenn Dixon
33 Ford 10 Wade Cole Wade Cole Jake Marosz 4
Chevrolet 6 Rick Rodenbaugh 12
36 Chevrolet Judy Thilberg Dave Sapienza Tommy Grasso
38 Chevrolet Linda Rodenbaugh Gary Byington (R) 3 Bobby Bourne
Dave Salzarulo 4
Manny Dias (R) 2
Kyle Ellwood 2
39 Chevrolet Joe Carroll Calvin Carroll (R) Joe Carroll 3
Geary Rinehimer 13
40 Chevrolet Gina Fleming Danny Bohn 2 Frank Fleming
44 Chevrolet Sully Tinio Bobby Santos III 9 Bob Santos 8
Steve Lemay 1
45 Chevrolet Chuck Steuer Dillon Steuer (R) 3 Butch Capuano
46 Chevrolet Russell Goodale Woody Pitkat 7 Doug Ogiejko
Craig Lutz 9
48 Chevrolet Wayne Anderson Shawn Solomito 4 Jerry Solomito Sr. 4
Kyle Soper (R) 1 Tom Soper 1
51 Chevrolet Ken Massa Justin Bonsignore Danny Laferriere 7
Bill Michael 9
52 Chevrolet Erika Pitkat Woody Pitkat 1 Unknown
56 Toyota 1 Renee Lutz Craig Lutz 6 Eric Lutz 4
Chevrolet 5 Aaron Clifford 2
58 Chevrolet Edgar Goodale Eric Goodale Jason Shephard
60 Chevrolet Roy Hall Matt Hirschman 3 James Gouldey 1
Unknown 2
63 Chevrolet Steve Pickens Austin Pickens (R) 3 Rob Fuller
64 Chevrolet Mike Murphy Rob Summers Russell Montgomery 1
Ron Yuhas Jr. 14
Steve Lemay 1
66 Chevrolet Jerry Solomito Sr. Shawn Solomito 2 Jerry Solomito Sr.
70 Chevrolet Dawn Gerstner 1 Jeremy Gerstner 1 Unknown 1
Steve Seuss 3 Andy Seuss 3 Steve Seuss 3
72 Chevrolet Rusty Edgerton Lauren Edgerton (R) 1 Lauren Edgerton
74 Chevrolet Marie Benevento C. J. Lehmann (R) 4 Michael LaMura 1
John Visconti III 2
Bill Loecher 1
75 Chevrolet Wayne Anderson 2 Shawn Solomito 2 Jerry Solomito Sr. 2
Sean McDonald 1 Jeremy Gerstner 1 Chad McDonald 1
76 Chevrolet John Blewett Sr. Jimmy Blewett 4 Rob Ormsbee
77 Chevrolet Mike Curb Gary Putnam 6 Teddy Musgrave Jr. 8
Donald Tarantino 1
Ryan Newman 2
Bobby Santos III 1
78 Chevrolet Steven Sutcliffe Walter Sutcliffe Jr. (R) 13 Kevin Anderson
82 Chevrolet Danny Watts Jr. Ron Silk 3 Danny Watts Jr. 8
Aaron Clifford 8
Spencer Davis 1
Ted Christopher 9
Woody Pitkat 3
84 Chevrolet Nicole Fortin John Fortin 1 Unknown
85 Chevrolet Robert Katon Jr. Todd Szegedy 7 Don Barker 11
Jeff Rocco (R) 4
Ron Silk 2 Kenny Stuart 2
88 Chevrolet Danny Watts Jr. Roger Turbush (R) 1 Jarod Zeltmann 1
Spencer Davis 1 Unknown 1
89 Ford John Swanson Matt Swanson[N 3] Ken Barry 13
John Swanson 3
92 Chevrolet 4 Anthony Nocella Anthony Nocella 5 Jason Decambra
Ford 1
97 Chevrolet Bryan Dauzat Bryan Dauzat 4 Todd Cooper
99 Chevrolet Cheryl Tomaino Jamie Tomaino 5 Trey Tomaino
Entry list Southern Slam 150
2 Chevrolet Mike Smeriglio III Doug Coby Phil Moran
7 Chevrolet Tommy Baldwin Jr. Ryan Preece Tommy Baldwin Jr.
11 Chevrolet Eddie Harvey Corey LaJoie Justin Link
14A Chevrolet Bobby Measmer Jr. Bobby Measmer Jr. Bobby Measmer Sr.
14 Ford Bobby Hutchens Jr. Trey Hutchens Bobby Hutchens Jr.
39 Chevrolet Joe Carroll Calvin Carroll (R) Geary Rinehimer
65 Chevrolet Eddie Bohn Danny Bohn Eddie Bohn
72 Chevrolet Rusty Edgerton Lauren Edgerton (R) Unknown
74 Chevrolet Marie Benevento C. J. Lehmann (R) John Visconti III
75 Chevrolet Dawn Gerstner Jeremy Gerstner Dawn Gerstner
77 Chevrolet Mike Curb Derek Kraus (R) Teddy Musgrave Jr.
99 Chevrolet Cheryl Tomaino Jamie Tomaino Trey Tomaino
Notes
  1. Max Zachem drove in the Whelen Modified All-Star Shootout with car number 4.
  2. Shawn Solomito drove the No. 20 in place of Max Zachem. Zachem suffered a broken nose the weekend before so he was unable to race.
  3. Matt Swanson drove in the Whelen Modified All-Star Shootout with a Chevrolet engine.

Schedule

The All-Star Shootout and the Southern Slam 150 did not count towards the championship. The Performance Plus 150 presented by Safety-Kleen, the Icebreaker 150, City of Hampton 150 and the Thompson 125 were shown live on FansChoice.tv.[2] Eleven of the eighteen races in the 2017 season were televised on NBCSN on a tape delay basis.[3]

No. Race Title Track Date TV
1 Performance Plus 150 presented by Safety-Kleen Myrtle Beach Speedway, Myrtle Beach March 18 FansChoice.tv
2 Icebreaker 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson April 9[lower-alpha 1] FansChoice.tv
3 NAPA Auto Parts Spring Sizzler 200 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford April 30
4 City of Hampton 150 Langley Speedway, Hampton May 13 FansChoice.tv
5 Thompson 125 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson June 14 FansChoice.tv
6 Buzz Chew Chevrolet-Cadillac 200 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead June 24
Whelen Modified All-Star Shootout New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon July 14 NBCSN
7 Eastern Propane & Oil 100 July 15 NBCSN
8 Stafford 150 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford August 4
9 Bud 'King of Beers' 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson August 9 NBCSN
10 Bush's Beans 150 Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol August 16 NBCSN
11 Seekonk 150 Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk August 26 NBCSN
12 Toyota Mod Classic 150 presented by McDonald's Oswego Speedway, Oswego September 2 NBCSN
13 Miller Lite 200 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead September 16 NBCSN
14 F. W. Webb 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon September 23 NBCSN
15 NAPA Fall Final Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford October 1 NBCSN
Southern Slam 150 Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord October 5 NBCSN
16 Sunoco World Series 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson October 15 NBCSN
Source:[5]
Notes
  1. The Icebreaker 150 was postponed a week because of expected inclement weather.[4]
  • The race at the Waterford Speedbowl was originally scheduled for 22 July, but was removed from the schedule by NASCAR on 6 April following the track owner's arrest a week earlier.[6]

Results and Standings

Races
No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer
1 Performance Plus 150 presented by Safety-Kleen[7] Rob Summers Rob Summers Timmy Solomito Ford
2 Icebreaker 150[8] Timmy Solomito Rowan Pennink Rowan Pennink Chevrolet
3 NAPA Auto Parts Spring Sizzler 200[9] Doug Coby Doug Coby Ryan Preece Chevrolet
4 City of Hampton 150[10] Doug Coby Doug Coby Timmy Solomito Ford
5 Thompson 125[11] Donny Lia Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Chevrolet
6 Buzz Chew Chevrolet-Cadillac 200[12] Timmy Solomito Timmy Solomito Timmy Solomito Ford
Whelen Modified All-Star Shootout[13] Rowan Pennink1 Ryan Newman Ryan Preece Chevrolet
7 Eastern Propane & Oil 100[14] Ryan Preece2 Ryan Preece Bobby Santos III Chevrolet
8 Stafford 150[15] Craig Lutz Doug Coby Ryan Preece Chevrolet
9 Bud 'King of Beers' 150[16] Rowan Pennink Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Chevrolet
10 Bush's Beans 150[17] Patrick Emerling Patrick Emerling Patrick Emerling Chevrolet
11 Seekonk 150[18] Matt Hirschman Doug Coby Doug Coby Chevrolet
12 Toyota Mod Classic 150 presented by McDonald's[19] Matt Hirschman Matt Hirschman Ryan Preece Chevrolet
13 Miller Lite 200[20] Timmy Solomito Timmy Solomito Timmy Solomito Ford
14 F. W. Webb 100[21] Ryan Newman Doug Coby Bobby Santos III Chevrolet
15 NAPA Fall Final[22] Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Eric Goodale Chevrolet
Southern Slam 150[23] Doug Coby Doug Coby Doug Coby Chevrolet
16 Sunoco World Series 150[24] Chase Dowling Doug Coby Timmy Solomito Ford
Notes
  • 1 – There was no qualifying session for the Whelen Modified All-Star Shootout. The starting grid was decided with a random draw.
  • 2 – The qualifying session for the Eastern Propane & Oil 100 was cancelled due to weather. The starting line-up was decided by Practice results.

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 Owners' points. * – Most laps led.

Pos Driver MYR THO STA LGY THO RIV NHA‡ NHA STA THO BRI SEE OSW RIV NHA STA CLT‡ THO Points
1 Doug Coby 13 31 2* 15* 4 3 5 11 2* 2 2 1* 4 2 14* 6 1* 5* 604
2 Timmy Solomito 1 2 11 1 8 1* 9 29 4 4 15 22 3 1* 24 5 1 598
3 Justin Bonsignore 6 9 9 5 14 5 17 17 3 11 3 6 6 5 5 7 10 588
4 Rowan Pennink 7 1* 6 7 2 7 13 9 17 7 7 12 10 21 2 23 4 570
5 Eric Goodale 18 5 4 2 5 6 16 15 13 8 16 14 5 9 6 1 16 566
6 Ryan Preece 4 28 1 1* 4 1 2* 1 1* 5 3 1 4 2* 10 26 562
7 Dave Sapienza 24 11 10 14 20 2 8 3 7 16 20 5 9 14 18 12 8 511
8 Matt Swanson 11 7 14 10 12 13 12 28 10 17 10 4 12 19 12 27 14 484
9 Rob Summers 2* 27 13 6 15 16 21 6 18 25 11 11 10 21 19 12 474
10 Craig Lutz 29 19 7 12 22 12 8 12 17 13 7 18 27 9 20 429
11 Wade Cole 20 20 17 19 17 25 27 25 21 13 10 16 13 19 20 18 404
12 Calvin Carroll (R) 28 18 25 13 18 19 19 21 20 24 25 15 17 17 15 3 15 395
13 Woody Pitkat 8 8 12 16 11 17 13 18 10 8 25 7 375
14 Max Zachem 5 3 21 4 10 10 10 8 19 15 8 8 INQ Wth 373
15 Melissa Fifield 27 23 24 21 19 24 22 28 25 21 17 21 23 20 22 30 337
16 Bobby Santos III 4 3 18 1 11 5 9 Wth 1 8 29 334
17 Chase Dowling 25 3 21 5 14 4 15 4 2 304
18 Walter Sutcliffe Jr. (R) 22 18 20 24 14 24 14 20 19 12 28 26 27 304
19 Ted Christopher 5 7 11 7 7 26 3 22 15 17 DNS† 303
20 Andrew Krause 16 26 9 16 12 6 23 16 13 6 297
21 Ronnie Williams (R) 21 12 15 8 16 13 11 13 24 25 283
22 Ron Silk 16 13 8 11 30 7 3 3 231
23 Brendon Bock 12 11 26 22 4 20 13 23 221
24 Shawn Solomito 21 29 19 25 14 10 22 21 15 220
25 Gary Putnam 14 15 17 13 9 14 11 215
26 Andy Seuss 3 17 Wth 22 28 4 6 6 25 33 213
27 Jon McKennedy 6 5 9 24 11 14 196
28 Patrick Emerling 6 3 31 1* 18 3 167
29 Gary McDonald 26 Wth 26 Wth 16 Wth 9 20 Wth 21 31 159
30 Kyle Ellwood 15 14 16 Wth 8 16 151
31 Todd Szegedy 26 10 23 24 27 19 25 24 149
32 Anthony Nocella 27 Wth 2 10 11 32 149
33 Kyle Bonsignore 19 3 19 10 126
34 Donny Lia 22 22 23 6 26 4 124
35 Kyle Ebersole 9 14 14 11 20 122
36 Bryan Dauzat 15 16 15 20 12 113
37 C. J. Lehmann (R) 18 23 19 6 7 110
38 Matt Hirschman 17 7 2 109
39 Jamie Tomaino 25 Wth 20 18 22 4 9 102
40 Dillon Steuer (R) 9 22 7 94
41 Burt Myers 10 26 13 83
42 Jeff Rocco (R) 15 23 19 Wth 75
43 Dave Salzarulo 24 27 26 26 73
44 Danny Bohn 12 8 2 68
45 Jeremy Gerstner 23 Wth1 18 11 66
46 Austin Pickens (R) 23 17 28 64
47 Kyle Soper (R) 3 24 62
48 Ryan Newman 2* 23 9 58
49 Cory Osland (R) 16 22 50
50 George Brunnhoelzl III 20 18 50
51 Spencer Davis 23 17 48
52 Manny Dias (R) 18 23 47
53 Jimmy Blewett 24 Wth Wth 19 45
54 Tom Rogers Jr. 8 36
55 Ken Heagy 18 34 36
56 Les Hinckley III (R) 9 35
57 Gary Byington (R) 30 28 Wth 30
58 Vincent Biondolillo (R) 20 24
59 Brad Vanhouten (R) 21 23
60 Danny Cugini (R) 21 23
61 Roger Turbush (R) 22 22
62 Jerry Solomito 23 21
63 Lauren Edgerton (R) 25 8 19
64 John Baker (R) 35 9
Trey Hutchens Wth 12 0
Troy Talman Wth 0
John Fortin Wth 0
Drivers ineligible for Whelen Modified Tour points
Bobby Measmer Jr. 5
Derek Kraus (R) 6
Corey LaJoie 9
Pos Driver MYR THO STA LGY THO RIV NHA‡ NHA STA THO BRI SEE OSW RIV NHA STA CLT‡ THO Points
Notes
  • ‡ – Non-championship round.
  • 1 – Jeremy Gerstner received championship points, despite the fact that he withdrew prior to the race.
  • † – Ted Christopher died in a plane crash near the North Branford and Guilford, Connecticut town line while en routing to Riverhead Raceway.

See also

References
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