2005 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour

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The 2005 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour was the inaugural season of the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour (WSMT) after NASCAR acquired the SMART Modified Tour. It began with the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150 at Caraway Speedway on March 26. It ended with the Whelen 150 at Ace Speedway on October 29. Junior Miller won his first championship in the series, 32 points ahead of series runner up Burt Myers.

Contents

Schedule

Source: [1]

No.Race Title Track Date
1NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150 Caraway Speedway, Asheboro March 26
2NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150 Caraway Speedway, Asheboro April 9
3NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150 Caraway Speedway, Asheboro April 16
4NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150 Caraway Speedway, Asheboro July 1
5Advance Auto Parts 199 Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem August 6
6Made In America Whelen 300 [lower-alpha 1] Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville September 3
7DMC Auto Exchange 100 Ace Speedway, Altamahaw September 5
8Crown Truck 'N' Stuff 100 Ace Speedway, Altamahaw September 5
9NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150 Caraway Speedway, Asheboro September 10
10NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150 Caraway Speedway, Asheboro September 24
11Adams Construction / Star Country 150 Motor Mile Speedway, Radford October 1
12Whelen 150 Ace Speedway, Altamahaw October 29
Notes
  1. The Made In America Whelen 300 was held as a combined event, with competitors from the Whelen Modified Tour competing along with competitors for the Whelen 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

No.Race Pole position Most laps ledWinning driverManufacturer
1NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150 [2] Burt Myers Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Chevrolet
2NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150 [3] Jay Hedgecock Jay Foley Burt Myers Chevrolet
3NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150 [4] Jay Hedgecock Burt Myers Junior Miller Dodge
4NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150 [5] Jay Hedgecock Jay Hedgecock Brian Loftin Chevrolet
5Advance Auto Parts 199 [6] Burt Myers Jay Hedgecock Burt Myers Chevrolet
6Made In America Whelen 300 [7] Chuck Hossfeld Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Chevrolet
7DMC Auto Exchange 100 [8] Burt Myers Burt Myers Burt Myers Chevrolet
8Crown Truck 'N' Stuff 100 [9] Burt Myers Burt Myers Junior Miller Dodge
9NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150 [10] Junior Miller Michael Clifton Junior Miller Dodge
10NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150 [11] Jay Hedgecock Jay Hedgecock Brian Loftin Chevrolet
11Adams Construction / Star Country 150 [12] Brian Loftin Michael Clifton Brian Loftin Chevrolet
12Whelen 150 [13] Michael Clifton Jay Hedgecock Jay Hedgecock Dodge

Drivers' championship

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

PosDriver CRW CRW CRW CRW BGS MAR ACE ACE CRW CRW SNM ACE Points
1 Junior Miller 461133149112681904
2 Burt Myers 1412*111341**2*33791872
3 Brian Loftin 21173116124481121844
4 Tim Brown DNQ1252217882123121752
5 Michael Clifton 94945411634*814*31740
6 Jay Hedgecock 171348*4*19714614*181**1680
7 Jay Foley 22*717181313711717101669
8 Frank Fleming 5911619331016109251655
9 Brian Pack 191817522396974871585
10 Bobby Hutchens 858121731151112119131579
11Gene Pack111113101125141291011111566
12 Jason Myers 201612963655561563
13Alex Hoag614632123155151260
14Brian Cranmer13318774364141239
15 John Smith 772014104810
16Kevin Powell12149DNQ15619
17 Ted Christopher 1*101*1215602
18 Lee Jeffreys 2012101317600
19Kevin Eckerich1615161513590
20Danny WyattDNQ8141616587
21Randy Butner8201113546
22Jay Mize13141312496
23Rupert Sink Jr.101912367
24Corey Smith181021343
25Daren Scherer1526260
26 Jamie Tomaino 361165
27 J. R. Bertuccio 15118
28Al Hill15118
29Joe Lucas16115
30Brent Elliott10
31John Brown15
Richie Coy21
Jamie Tomaino Jr.42
Drivers ineligible for NWMT points, because at the combined event at Martinsville they chose to drive for NWMT points
Mike Stefanik 2
John Blewett III 3
Eric Beers 4
Doug Coby 5
Tony Hirschman Jr. 7
Mike Christopher 8
Steve Whitt 9
Todd Szegedy 10
Jerry Marquis 11
Rick Fuller 15
Anthony Sesely 16
Chuck Hossfeld 18
Renee Dupuis 22
Zach Sylvester 24
Gregg Shivers 27
Dave Etheridge 28
Donny Lia 29
Kevin Konopka 30
Ed Flemke Jr. 32
Tyler Haydt 35
Reggie Ruggiero 36
Kevin Goodale 37
Danny Knoll38
Wade Cole 40
Jake Marosz DNQ
Jimmy Storace DNQ
PosDriver CRW CRW CRW CRW BGS MAR ACE ACE CRW CRW SNM ACE Points

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