2009 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour

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The 2009 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour was the fifth season of the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour (WSMT). It began with the Capital Bank 150 at Concord Speedway on March 21. It ended with the Fall Classic 150 at Caraway Speedway on October 24. Brian Loftin entered the season as the defending championship. George Brunnhoelzl III would win his first championship in the series, 180 points ahead of series runner up Andy Seuss.

Contents

Schedule

Source: [1]

No.Race Title Track Date
1Capitol Bank 150 Concord Speedway, Concord March 21
2Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150 South Boston Speedway, South Boston April 4
3Caraway Speedway 150 Caraway Speedway, Asheboro April 11
4Lanier 150 Lanier Speedway, Gainesville April 18
5Firecracker 150 Caraway Speedway, Asheboro July 3
6Advance Auto Parts 199 Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem August 1
7UNOH Perfect Storm [lower-alpha 1] Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol August 19
8Caraway 150 Caraway Speedway, Asheboro August 29
9Myrtle Beach 150 Myrtle Beach Speedway, Myrtle Beach September 5
10Caraway 150 Caraway Speedway, Asheboro September 12
11Caraway Classic 150 Caraway Speedway, Asheboro September 19
12Made In America Whelen 300 [lower-alpha 2] Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville September 27
13Lightning Fast 150 Ace Speedway, Altamahaw October 2
14Fall Classic 150 Caraway Speedway, Asheboro October 24
Notes
  1. The UNOH Perfect Storm was held as a combined event, with competitors from the Whelen Southern 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.
  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 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
1Capitol Bank 150 [2] Burt Myers Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Chevrolet
2Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150 [3] George Brunnhoelzl III Andy Seuss Andy Seuss Dodge
3Caraway Speedway 150 [4] George Brunnhoelzl III George Brunnhoelzl III Ted Christopher Chevrolet
4Lanier 150 [5] George Brunnhoelzl III Andy Seuss Andy Seuss Dodge
5Firecracker 150 [6] Andy Seuss L. W. Miller George Brunnhoelzl III Ford
6Advance Auto Parts 199 [7] Brian Loftin John Smith Luke Fleming Chevrolet
7UNOH Perfect Storm [8] Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Donny Lia Dodge
8Caraway 150 [9] George Brunnhoelzl III Brian Loftin Brian Loftin Chevrolet
9Myrtle Beach 150 [10] George Brunnhoelzl III Gene Pack Andy Seuss Dodge
10Caraway 150 [11] Burt Myers George Brunnhoelzl III George Brunnhoelzl III Ford
11Caraway Classic 150 [12] Burt Myers Andy Seuss Andy Seuss Dodge
12Made In America Whelen 300 [13] Ron Silk Chris Pasteryak Mike Stefanik Pontiac
13Lightning Fast 150 [14] Burt Myers George Brunnhoelzl III George Brunnhoelzl III Ford
14Fall Classic 150 [15] George Brunnhoelzl III George Brunnhoelzl III George Brunnhoelzl III Ford

Drivers' championship

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

PosDriver CON SBO CRW LAN CRW BGS BRI CRW MYB CRW CRW MAR ACE CRW Points
1 George Brunnhoelzl III 3211*2124221*271*1*2385
2 Andy Seuss 201*21*3141131141*21262205
3 Burt Myers 431099129711245352138
4 Brian Loftin 1553459191*615329482090
5 Frank Fleming 811510272116133611842044
6 Jason Myers 14985817276124517532016
7 John Smith 91012131713*2357572421823
8Gene Pack198161210329105*6123461762
9Buddy Emory1215206718388389271602
10 L. W. Miller 7715312*41344161457
11Rich Kuiken Jr.13121414131624118121269
12 Bryan Dauzat 13171453014131335101266
13 J. R. Bertuccio 11668111037151075
14Tommy Neal15151011143911866
15 Zach Brewer 1621619387735
16Jay Mize161912117624
17Johnathon Brown825139550
18 Tim Brown 17491141540
19 Ted Christopher 1*172*1301506
20 Ron Silk 104433141454
21 Bobby Hutchens 131018413
22Josh Nichols9912403
23Thomas Stinson1879393
24Dean Ward14226368
25 Brandon Ward 62316359
26Greg Butcher19940356
27 Erick Rudolph 57101361301
28 Rowan Pennink 22471161261
29Jim Willis1310258
30 Mike Norman 1510252
31 Jay Foley 1826251
32Scott Rigney1511248
33 Lee Jeffreys 1611245
34Luke Fleming1180
35Randy Butner8142
36Bradley Robbins32130
37Tom McCann Jr.12127
38 Jay Hedgecock 13124
39 Junior Miller 14121
40 Jamie Tomaino 18171101109
41Jamie Tomaino Jr.43109
42Brent Elliott20103
43Jason Trinchere2588
Drivers ineligible for NWMT points, because at the combined events they chose to drive for NWSMT points
Donny Lia 18
Mike Stefanik 251
Todd Szegedy 62
Ryan Preece 33
Woody Pitkat 520
Kevin Goodale 6
Ed Flemke Jr. 812
Eric Goodale 129
James Civali 4013
Eric Beers 1423
Jake Marosz 3614
Chris Pasteryak 1615*
Bobby Grigas III 15
Johnny Bush 2218
Gary McDonald 19
Glen Reen 3222
Ken Heagy 2628
Kasey Kahne 28
Glenn Tyler 3531
Jimmy Blewett 31
Wade Cole 3433
Ryan Newman 37
Matt Hirschman 39
Jeremy Stoltz42
PosDriver CON SBO CRW LAN CRW BGS BRI CRW MYB CRW CRW MAR ACE CRW Points

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