2006 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

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The 2006 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the 22nd season of the Whelen Modified Tour (WMT). It began with the Icebreaker 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on April 9. It ended with the CarQuest Fall Final at Stafford Motor Speedway on October 28. Tony Hirschman Jr. entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion. Mike Stefanik won his seventh and final championship after 16 races, 209 points ahead of Ed Flemke Jr.

Contents

Schedule

Source: [1]

No.Race Title Track Date
1Icebreaker 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson April 9
2Carquest Tech-Net Spring Sizzler Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford April 23
3Wheeler Brothers 150 Jennerstown Speedway, Jennerstown June 13
4New England Dodge Dealers 100 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson June 29
5Connecticut Classic 150 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford July 4
6 New England 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon July 15
7Paul Graff Trucking 100 Holland International Speedway, Holland July 8
8Riverhead 200 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead August 5
9New England Dodge Dealers 150 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford August 8
10New England Dodge Dealers 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson August 17
11Made In America Whelen 300 [lower-alpha 1] Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville September 2
12Sunoco Modified Mania Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson September 10
13 New Hampshire 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon September 15
14Whelen VFD 150 Waterford Speedbowl, Waterford October 8
15World Series of Auto Racing Pres. by Whelen Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson October 15
16CarQuest Fall Final Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford October 28
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 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

No.Race Pole position Most laps ledWinning driverManufacturer
1Icebreaker 150 [2] Jerry Marquis Chuck Hossfeld Mike Stefanik Chevrolet
2Carquest Tech-Net Spring Sizzler [3] Donny Lia Doug Coby Doug Coby Pontiac
3Wheeler Brothers 150 [4] Tony Hirschman Jr. Ed Flemke Jr. Ted Christopher Chevrolet
4New England Dodge Dealers 100 [5] Jimmy Blewett James Civali Todd Szegedy Ford
5Connecticut Classic 150 [6] Mike Stefanik Jimmy Blewett John Blewett III Chevrolet
6 New England 100 [7] Zach Sylvester Ted Christopher John Blewett III Chevrolet
7Paul Graff Trucking 100 [8] Matt Hirschman Tony Hirschman Jr. Tony Hirschman Jr. Chevrolet
8Riverhead 200 [9] Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Chevrolet
9New England Dodge Dealers 150 [10] Tony Hirschman Jr. James Civali James Civali Chevrolet
10New England Dodge Dealers 150 [11] Tony Hirschman Jr. Tony Hirschman Jr. Ted Christopher Chevrolet
11Made In America Whelen 300 [12] Mike Stefanik Mike Stefanik Jimmy Blewett Chevrolet
12Sunoco Modified Mania [13] Donny Lia Matt Hirschman Eric Beers Chevrolet
13 New Hampshire 100 [14] Mike Stefanik Todd Szegedy John Blewett III Chevrolet
14Whelen VFD 150 [15] Jerry Marquis Ed Flemke Jr. Donny Lia Chevrolet
15World Series of Auto Racing Pres. by Whelen [16] Tony Hirschman Jr. Ted Christopher Reggie Ruggiero Chevrolet
16CarQuest Fall Final [17] Todd Szegedy Todd Szegedy Todd Szegedy Ford

Drivers' championship

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

PosDriver THO STA JEN THO STA NHA HOL RIV STA THO MAR THO NHA WFD THO STA Points
1 Mike Stefanik 1411655345614*944562457
2 Ed Flemke Jr. 18273*21644107712472*1892248
3 Ted Christopher 4612967*21*2212286319*252247
4 Tony Hirschman Jr. 59257111*20212*27331018642170
5 Todd Szegedy 171281236696214115*27161*2165
6 Jerry Marquis 33116321085316101662233102096
7 James Civali 67123*24210171*3131431430222087
8 Donny Lia 15251233821191791719301472029
9 Zach Sylvester 28281618436191183151285931997
10 Eric Beers 2134412121827283041192426111888
11 Matt Hirschman 3581433924161342678*131614121873
12 Chuck Hossfeld 2*15726271412219183116142031181852
13 Richard Houlihan 9171316141981613282317161912261833
14 Doug Coby 161*917213324DNQ202057331123131792
15 Jimmy Blewett 202917142*429DNQ24513211282301754
16 Jamie Tomaino 81923131325171812293430261222161693
17 Ken Barry 29161810313511DNQ224332115303221642
18 Ron Yuhas Jr. 2314DNQ9291529DNQ15862437717211614
19 Ron Silk 11DNQDNQ1920102622251129341222781599
20 Anthony Sesely 22DNQ201582123211119193118929241596
21 Reggie Ruggiero 3132471139DNQ382381271583
22 Rob Summers 24521351930135262542322611281475
23 John Blewett III 362111112322312051439
24 Danny Sammons 3110DNQ2726237DNQDNQ332435212510171426
25 Jimmy Storace 25DNQ2525DNQ1627DNQ143220362210DNQ191295
26 Steve Whitt 3220158252815DNQ30144015201261
27 Kevin Goodale 343122232234DNQ27DNQ8253613141214
28 Wade Cole 12DNQ2828DNQ3222DNQDNQ2321272817DNQ231192
29 Chris Pasteryak DNQ2430DNQ312132368151140
30 Jon McKennedy 10DNQ10DNQDNQ26142913DNQ1834DNQ321090
31 Jake Marosz DNQDNQ26DNQDNQ2220DNQDNQDNQDNQ293515DNQDNQ880
32 Glenn Tyler 37DNQ2724372523DNQDNQ2429DNQDNQ838
33Tom BollesDNQDNQ1510420DNQ20702
34 Renee Dupuis 262222DNQ18172327686
35 Richard Savary DNQ311827154315604
36 Dave Etheridge 193221DNQ1721DNQDNQ602
37 Eric Berndt 30DNQDNQDNQDNQ268DNQ29576
38Mike Andrews723DNQ637DNQ561
39 Rick Fuller 271831103131535
40 Ken Bouchard 13DNQ1727DNQ25DNQ532
41 Joe Hartmann DNQDNQDNQ20DNQ202815DNQ519
42 Carl Pasteryak DNQDNQ17DNQ162228505
43 Tony Ferrante Jr. 3412525431
44Dennis CharetteDNQ1DNQ1DNQ128DNQ113309
45Alex Hoag13DNQDNQ41286
46 Billy Pauch Jr. DNQ121DNQ1231
47 Ken Heagy DNQ1DNQ1DNQ1DNQ126DNQ1225
48Kirk Alexander26DNQ18222
49 Mike Christopher 1425209
50Kenny Horton333031207
51 Tom Rogers Jr. 14DNQ1173
52 Tommy Cloce DNQ1DNQ119DNQ1163
53Frank Ruocco30DNQ1DNQ1147
54Chuck Steuer7146
55 Howie Brode 8142
56 Tony Stewart 9138
57Roy Seidell Jr.DNQ1DNQ1DNQ1DNQ1133
58Joseph MongeauDNQ1DNQ1DNQ1DNQ1DNQ1DNQ1129
59 Nevin George 4127122
60Tommy Cravenho Jr.19106
61John Denniston2491
62 Bobby Grigas III 2491
63 Wayne Anderson 2588
64 Andy Seuss DNQ13980
65 J. R. Bertuccio 2879
66 Bobby Santos III 2976
67Frank Vigliarolo Jr.DNQ176
68 Brian Loftin 3222976
69Larry AltholtzDNQ167
70Bill ParkDNQ161
71 Carl Edwards 3946
72Brian Cranmer4043
73 Todd Bodine 4043
Drivers ineligible for NWMT points, because at the combined event at Martinsville they chose to drive for NWSMT points
Tim Brown 9
Gene Pack10
Michael Clifton 11
Burt Myers 13
Jay Foley 18
Jamie Tomaino Jr.22
L. W. Miller 25
Frank Fleming 26
Jason Myers 28
Bobby Hutchens 30
Brian King35
Kevin Powell36
Junior Miller 39
Randy ButnerDNQ
Brandon HireDNQ
Brian Pack DNQ
PosDriver THO STA JEN THO STA NHA HOL RIV STA THO MAR THO NHA WFD THO STA Points

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