2007 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

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The 2007 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the 23rd season of the Whelen Modified Tour (WMT). It began with the Icebreaker 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on April 15. It ended with the Xtra Mart 150 at Thompson again on October 14. Mike Stefanik entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion. Donny Lia won the 2007 championship after 16 races, 180 points ahead of Todd Szegedy.

Contents

The season was marred with the death of John Blewett III, who was killed in a crash at Thompson on August 16. [1]

Schedule

Source: [2]

No.Race Title Track Date
1Icebreaker 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson April 15
2Carquest Tech-Net Spring Sizzler Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford April 29
3Thunder at the Shore Wall Stadium, Wall Township May 6
4Connecticut Classic 150 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford May 25
5Charter Cable Internet & Telephone 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson June 21
6 New England 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon June 30
7Allstate 100 Twin State Speedway, Claremont July 8
8Miller Lite 140 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead August 4
9New England Dodge Dealers 150 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford August 11
10New England Dodge Dealers 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson August 16
11Whelen 150 Mansfield Motorsports Park, Mansfield August 23
12Made In America Whelen 300 [a] Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville September 1
13 New Hampshire 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon September 15
14Sunoco Modified Mania 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson September 23
15CarQuest Fall Final Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford September 29
16Xtra Mart 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson October 14
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 [3] Todd Szegedy Donny Lia James Civali Chevrolet
2Carquest Tech-Net Spring Sizzler [4] Matt Hirschman Ted Christopher Donny Lia Dodge
3Thunder at the Shore [5] Reggie Ruggiero Jimmy Blewett Jimmy Blewett Chevrolet
4Connecticut Classic 150 [6] Tony Hirschman Jr. Ted Christopher Donny Lia Dodge
5Charter Cable Internet & Telephone 150 [7] Richard Savary Donny Lia Donny Lia Dodge
6 New England 100 [8] Ted Christopher Donny Lia Donny Lia Dodge
7Allstate 100 [9] Ron Silk James Civali James Civali Chevrolet
8Miller Lite 140 [10] Ted Christopher Mike Stefanik Donny Lia Dodge
9New England Dodge Dealers 150 [11] Tony Hirschman Jr. Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Chevrolet
10New England Dodge Dealers 150 [12] Todd Szegedy James Civali Todd Szegedy Ford
11Whelen 150 [13] Donny Lia James Civali James Civali Chevrolet
12Made In America Whelen 300 [14] Donny Lia Donny Lia Donny Lia Dodge
13 New Hampshire 100 [15] Todd Szegedy Todd Szegedy Todd Szegedy Ford
14Sunoco Modified Mania 150 [16] Donny Lia Donny Lia Ron Silk Chevrolet
15CarQuest Fall Final [17] Eric Beers Mike Stefanik
Todd Szegedy [N 1]
Mike Stefanik Chevrolet
16Xtra Mart 150 [18] Tony Ferrante Jr. Bobby Santos III Bobby Santos III Chevrolet
  1. Stefanik and Szegedy both led 59 laps.

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 WTO STA THO NHA TSA RIV STA THO MFD MAR NHA THO STA THO Points
1 Donny Lia 20*11411*1*415441*38*7282471
2 Todd Szegedy 1928555816219251*315*272291
3 Matt Hirschman 5866134276127263111432260
4 Ron Silk 3257216633202562021552257
5 Ted Christopher 2719*428*225151*8822521342187
6 James Civali 172027351*52526*1*4656322178
7 Mike Stefanik 3445121513711*33012349101*82077
8 Jimmy Blewett 491*1383010129154351516261883
9 Jamie Tomaino 281011711231191571419192533151872
10 Ed Flemke Jr. 262315320313142851824262411191851
11 Eric Beers 1120211014331619813518222319161840
12 Jerry Marquis 21391828286217272717112730171765
13 Richard Savary 17153092411182222211310321617131757
14 Richard Houlihan 1814258182225271123157371318111753
15 Kevin Goodale 1612DNQ2592612172734203715121261715
16 Bobby Grigas III 9112919323923DNQ2329101410613251670
17 Rowan Pennink 14DNQ18DNQ122417131924218391714141634
18 Billy Pauch Jr. 122110203420261361623202629211590
19 Ryan Preece DNQDNQ2711311814103010172814293171573
20 Wade Cole 361623221927192818142239212224231528
21 Tony Hirschman Jr. 3162441612211736291522
22 Joe Hartmann DNQDNQ12DNQ264015DNQ31181916181920291396
23 Reggie Ruggiero 2326326122622313421021379
24 Danny Sammons 3322131716252461733253338351312
25 Bobby Santos III 3232373235324491*1311
26 Glenn Tyler DNQDNQDNQ1621362024243123411627181272
27 Woody Pitkat 1014DNQ101733524728311219
28 Jake Marosz DNQDNQDNQDNQ273221DNQ29372642293222DNQ1063
29 Ron Yuhas Jr. 2227191525833514301050
30 Renee Dupuis 3517DNQDNQ301636182610854
31 Rick Fuller 25293023371220824846
32 Zach Sylvester 105314351522792
33 Anthony Sesely 301824DNQ2228382122786
34 Jon McKennedy 8DNQ2623DNQ91733745
35 Eric Berndt 37142914112823DNQ734
36 John Blewett III 2928227331016720
37 Doug Coby 4192273620706
38 Tony Ferrante Jr. 6DNQ25912561
39 Charlie Pasteryak 9211325DNQ560
40 Rob Summers 243117DNQ313231544
41 Chuck Hossfeld 2131631DNQ543
42 Andy Seuss 199248477
43 Carl Pasteryak 733DNQ1732444
44 Jimmy Storace 152422DNQ358
45Jeff MalaveDNQ2128DNQ280
46 Mike Christopher 3423DNQDNQ262
47 Nevin George 1317236
48 Gary McDonald DNQ1DNQ1DNQ140DNQ1209
49 Howie Brode 8DNQ1200
50 Ken Heagy DNQ2030198
51 Ken Bouchard DNQDNQ3833196
52Bill Park2170
53 Justin Bonsignore 4160
54 Dave Etheridge DNQ1DNQ1DNQ1153
55 Chris Pasteryak DNQ1DNQ1DNQ1DNQ1150
56Frank Ruocco3029149
57Alex Hoag2930149
58Roy Seidell Jr.DNQ134DNQ1138
59 J. R. Bertuccio 18109
60Dan Jivanelli20103
61Chuck Steuer2394
62 Wayne Anderson 2685
63 J. J. Yeley 2782
64Ken Woolley Jr.2879
65 Dave Brigati DNQ170
66Kenny HortonDNQ167
67Rich Kuiken Jr.DNQ155
68 Tom Abele Jr. DNQ149
Randy ButnerDNQ
Thomas StinsonDNQ
Wesley SwartoutDNQ
Earl BakerDNQ
Gene PackDNQ
Bradley RobbinsDNQ
Jason TrinchereDNQ
Jay MizeDNQ
Drivers ineligible for NWMT points, because at the combined event at Martinsville they chose to drive for NWSMT points
L. W. Miller 3
Tim Brown 5
Brian King6
Jay Foley 9
George Brunnhoelzl III 11
Jason Myers 12
Brandon Hire13
Junior Miller 15
Buddy Emory21
Burt Myers 22
Brian Pack 29
Frank Fleming 30
Brian Loftin 36
Zach Brewer 40
PosDriver THO STA WTO STA THO NHA TSA RIV STA THO MFD MAR NHA THO STA THO Points

See also

References

  1. "Race driver, 33, killed; Death on Thompson track. - Free Online Library".
  2. "2007 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Season Stats, Race Results". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  3. "2007 Icebreaker". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  4. "2007 Carquest Tech-Net Spring Sizzler". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  5. "2007 Thunder at the Shore". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  6. "2007 Connecticut Classic 150". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  7. "2007 Charter Cable Internet & Telephone 150". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  8. "2007 New England 100". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  9. "2007 Allstate 100". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  10. "2007 Miller Lite 140". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  11. "2007 New England Dodge Dealers 150". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  12. "2007 New England Dodge Dealers 150". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  13. "2007 Whelen 150". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  14. "2007 Made In America Whelen 300". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  15. "2007 New England 100". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  16. "2007 Sunoco Modified Mania 150". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  17. "2007 CarQuest Fall Final". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  18. "2007 Xtra Mart 150". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved September 4, 2024.