2009 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

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The 2009 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the 25th season of the Whelen Modified Tour (WMT). It began with the Icebreaker 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on April 5. It ended with the World Series of Speedway Racing at Thompson again on October 25. Ted Christopher entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion. Donny Lia won the 2009 championship after 13 races, 16 points ahead of Ryan Preece.

Contents

Schedule

Source: [1]

No.Race Title Track Date
1Icebreaker 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson April 5
2Tech Net Spring Sizzler Presented by CarQuest Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford April 26
3TSI Harley-Davidson Classic Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford May 22
4 New England 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon June 27
5Spencer Speedway 155 Spencer Speedway, Williamson July 12
6Riverhead 175 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead August 1
7Town Fair Tire 150 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford August 7
8UNOH Perfect Storm [a] Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol August 19
9Budweiser 150 Presented by N.E. Dodge Dealers Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson September 2
10 New Hampshire 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon September 19
11Made In America Whelen 300 [b] Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville September 27
12CarQuest Fall Final Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford October 4
13World Series of Speedway Racing Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson October 25
Notes
  1. The UNOH Perfect Storm 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.
  2. 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] Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Chevrolet
2Tech Net Spring Sizzler Presented by CarQuest [3] Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Chevrolet
3TSI Harley-Davidson Classic [4] Ted Christopher Jimmy Blewett Jimmy Blewett Chevrolet
4 New England 100 [5] Doug Coby Todd Szegedy Donny Lia Dodge
5Spencer Speedway 155 [6] Ted Christopher Todd Szegedy Erick Rudolph Chevrolet
6Riverhead 175 [7] Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Chevrolet
7Town Fair Tire 150 [8] Eric Berndt Ted Christopher Ryan Preece Chevrolet
8UNOH Perfect Storm [9] Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Donny Lia Dodge
9Budweiser 150 Presented by N.E. Dodge Dealers [10] Donny Lia Ted Christopher Donny Lia Dodge
10 New Hampshire 100 [11] Ryan Preece Ron Silk Ron Silk Chevrolet
11Made In America Whelen 300 [12] Ron Silk Chris Pasteryak Mike Stefanik Pontiac
12CarQuest Fall Final [13] Donny Lia Donny Lia Donny Lia Dodge
13World Series of Speedway Racing [14] Donny Lia Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Chevrolet

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 STA NHA SPE RIV STA BRI THO NHA MAR STA THO Points
1 Donny Lia 36151624711281*42020
2 Ryan Preece 43102451**131833322004
3 Ted Christopher 1*1*2510202*2*2*730311*1931
4 Rowan Pennink 92674410574616651867
5 Todd Szegedy 5238*2*8106329220291823
6 Chris Pasteryak 335625149316131215*561691
7 Mike Stefanik 74423719292532518201650
8 Eric Beers 11161116196414624237181645
9 Woody Pitkat 1978913159521262016101621
10 Ed Flemke Jr. 1610122201613817301213141602
11 Eric Goodale 2311271781715122017911121546
12 Erick Rudolph 313029321DNQ610109361071477
13 Jamie Tomaino 13121426277111712321021231469
14 Glen Reen 1218131917526329312222161453
15 Glenn Tyler 281718101214123514273115151442
16 Ron Silk 6824392730331*491419
17 Ken Heagy 221922131821252619212812221369
18 Doug Coby 828962522283111231308
19 Wade Cole 292221152418193433223319281237
20 Kevin Goodale 14142318Wth1327292062981203
21 Johnny Bush 30DNQDNQ2223DNQ232230181823241162
22 Bobby Grigas III 10152511112332158401076
23 Jimmy Blewett 291*2822128311039
24 Jake Marosz 35252627DNQ313623251424261029
25 Gary McDonald DNQDNQ3816DNQ222223191821962
26 Richard Savary 32242871820113617910
27 Renee Dupuis 18323136262428143219850
28 Reggie Ruggiero 26335142049826
29 Rob Summers 3429171227152711788
30 James Civali 40251313425676
31 Eric Berndt 24132016725667
32 Andy Seuss 17DNQ16212111115211606
33 Joe Hartmann 2027DNQ161628494
34Tim Arre2914263814452
35 Tom Abele Jr. 27311920361
36Tommy Farrell25203037316
37 Keith Rocco 53326304
38 Chuck Hossfeld 310299
39 Ryan Newman 34378291
40Danny KnollDNQ22117273
41 Carl Pasteryak 212330267
42 Tony Ferrante Jr. 1524209
43 Matt Hirschman 2139185
44 Richie Pallai Jr. DNQ217179
45 Kasey Kahne 3128179
46 Anthony Sesely 3019179
47 Dave Brigati 2170
48 Howie Brode 3165
49 Justin Bonsignore 4160
50 Bobby Santos III 3727134
51Bill Park11130
52 Rob Fuller 3334125
53 Zach Sylvester 13124
54Buck Catalano15118
55 Jon McKennedy 3535116
56Chuck Steuer2588
57John Fortin2685
58Frank Vigliarolo Jr.2879
59 Mike Christopher 2879
60Fred VordermeierDNQ246
61 Eddie MacDonald 3946
Drivers ineligible for NWMT points, because at the combined events they chose to drive for NWSMT points
George Brunnhoelzl III 47
Burt Myers 95
Frank Fleming 2111
L. W. Miller 13
Jason Myers 2717
Bobby Hutchens 18
Brian Loftin 1929
John Smith 2324
Rich Kiuken Jr.24
Johnathon Brown25
Jay Foley 26
Buddy Emory3827
Gene Pack2934
Bryan Dauzat 3035
Bradley Robbins32
J. R. Bertuccio 37
Zach Brewer 38
Tommy Neal39
Greg Butcher40
Tim Brown 41
Jeremy Stoltz42
Jamie Tomaino Jr.43
PosDriver THO STA STA NHA SPE RIV STA BRI THO NHA MAR STA THO Points

See also

References

  1. "2009 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Season Stats, Race Results". racing-reference.info. August 30, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
  2. "2009 Icebreaker". racing-reference.info. August 30, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
  3. "2009 Tech Net Spring Sizzler Presented by CarQuest". racing-reference.info. August 30, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
  4. "2009 TSI Harley-Davidson Classic". racing-reference.info. August 30, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
  5. "2009 New England 100". racing-reference.info. August 30, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
  6. "2009 Spencer Speedway 155". racing-reference.info. August 30, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
  7. "2009 Riverhead 175". racing-reference.info. August 30, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
  8. "2009 Town Fair Tire 150". racing-reference.info. August 30, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
  9. "2009 UNOH Perfect Storm". racing-reference.info. August 30, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
  10. "2009 Budweiser 150 Presented by N.E. Dodge Dealers". racing-reference.info. August 30, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
  11. "2009 New Hampshire 100". racing-reference.info. August 30, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
  12. "2009 Made In America Whelen 300". racing-reference.info. August 30, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
  13. "2009 CarQuest Fall Final". racing-reference.info. August 30, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
  14. "2009 World Series of Speedway Racing". racing-reference.info. August 30, 2024. Retrieved August 30, 2024.