2012 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

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The 2012 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the 28th 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 Sunoco World Series 150 at Thompson again on October 14. Ron Silk entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion. Doug Coby won the 2012 championship after 14 races, 11 points ahead of Ryan Preece.

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Schedule

Source: [1]

No.Race title Track Date
1Icebreaker 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, Connecticut April 15
2CarQuest Tech-Net Sizzler 200 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, Connecticut April 29
3Whitcomb 200 Pres. by Mobix & Town Fair Tire Monadnock Speedway, Winchester, New Hampshire May 12
4TSI Harley-Davidson 125 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, Connecticut May 25
5Mr. Rooter 161 Waterford Speedbowl, Waterford, Connecticut June 23
6 Town Fair Tire 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire July 14
7Stafford 150 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, Connecticut August 3
8Budweiser King of Beers 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, Connecticut August 9
9UNOH Perfect Storm 150 [a] Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee August 22
10Town Fair Tire 75 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, Connecticut September 9
11Riverhead 200 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead, New York September 15
12 F. W. Webb 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire September 22
13CarQuest Fall Final Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, Connecticut September 29
14Sunoco-Town Fair Tire World Series 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, Connecticut October 14
Notes
  1. The UNOH Perfect Storm 150 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 presented by Town Fair Tire [2] Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Ron Silk Chevrolet
2CarQuest Tech-Net Sizzler 200 [3] Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Doug Coby Chevrolet
3Whitcomb 200 Pres. by Mobix & Town Fair Tire [4] Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Ford
4TSI Harley-Davidson 125 [5] Bobby Santos III Bobby Santos III Doug Coby Chevrolet
5Mr. Rooter 161 [6] Ted Christopher Doug Coby Doug Coby Chevrolet
6 Town Fair Tire 100 [7] Ron Silk Ron Silk Mike Stefanik Ford
7Stafford 150 [8] Ryan Preece Doug Coby Doug Coby Chevrolet
8Budweiser King of Beers 150 [9] Mike Stefanik Mike Stefanik Donny Lia Dodge
9UNOH Perfect Storm 150 [10] Ron Silk Todd Szegedy Ron Silk Chevrolet
10Town Fair Tire 75 [11] Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Justin Bonsignore Chevrolet
11Riverhead 200 [12] Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Ford
12 F. W. Webb 100 [13] Donny Lia Donny Lia Doug Coby Chevrolet
13CarQuest Fall Final [14] Jimmy Blewett Woody Pitkat Bobby Santos III Chevrolet
14Sunoco-Town Fair Tire World Series 150 [15] Eric Berndt Ryan Preece Bobby Santos III 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 MON STA WAT NHA STA THO BRI THO RIV NHA STA THO Points
1 Doug Coby 81211*31*3171322196556
2 Ryan Preece 16*2*1**1131261733*1*1052*545
3 Ron Silk 1453112*22211893411533
4 Donny Lia 5146205816123782*718493
5 Todd Szegedy 2712341953102*4326233476
6 Eric Beers 212481374411218116135469
7 Justin Bonsignore 1364102281025412251119460
8 Jimmy Blewett 4513913162724201223316459
9 Ted Christopher 222127929542655172013452
10 Ron Yuhas Jr. 18716124251195141891217439
11 Mike Stefanik 39726221195*3362964421
12 Rowan Pennink 101356612634191451529412
13 Eric Berndt 241521151215201918910112115399
14 Patrick Emerling 72020172113131225152012258398
15 Ed Flemke Jr. 111791420181820272117131822380
16 Jamie Tomaino 619112516342113161219151620379
17 Eric Goodale 23182416242192413117181723374
18 Bryon Chew 1910171914142421151722814364
19 Wade Cole 926252315191523311615192221349
20 Bobby Santos III 172*1127822811310
21 Woody Pitkat 158810822142*10301
22 Ken Heagy 2821152118311716824232727298
23 Jon McKennedy 23181026714122221248
24 Keith Rocco 223106822269246
25 Richie Pallai Jr. 141624272610714214
26 Johnny Bush 172014182125149
27 Gary McDonald 251922232425126
28 Rob Fuller 2517153126106
29 Andy Seuss 147281243299
30Steve Dickey2330242871
31 Matt Hirschman 81070
32 Tom Rogers Jr. 61270
33 Tommy Barrett Jr. 19762
34 Kevin Goodale 12283062
35 Daniel Hemric 201157
36 Ryan Newman 30191454
37 Cole Powell 221163141
38 Howie Brode 440
39 Mike Christopher 322036
40John Jensen292336
41Zane Zeiner935
42Frank Vigliarolo Jr.1331
43Eddie Brunnhoelzl III1628
44 Renee Dupuis 1826
45 Jerry Marquis 2222
46Steve Masse2321
47Brian Schofield2321
48 Shawn Solomito 2420
49 Tony Ferrante Jr. 2618
50Kyle Spencer2618
51 Corey LaJoie 2717
52 Ryan Blaney 3311
Carl Long DNQ
Drivers ineligible for NWMT points, because at the combined event at Bristol they chose to drive for NWSMT points
George Brunnhoelzl III 6
Danny Bohn 7
Thomas Stinson9
Mike Speeney 10
Jonathan Kievman 11
Kyle Ebersole 14
Jason Myers 20
Frank Fleming 29
Gary Fountain Sr.30
Burt Myers 32
John Smith 35
Tim Brown 36
Joe ScarbroughDNQ
Bryan Dauzat DNQ
PosDriver THO STA MON STA WAT NHA STA THO BRI THO RIV NHA STA THO Points
Notes

See also

References

  1. "2012 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Season Stats, Race Results". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  2. "2012 Icebreaker". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  3. "2012 CarQuest Tech-Net Spring Sizzler". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  4. "2012 Whitcomb 200 Pres. by Mobix & Town Fair Tire". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  5. "2012 TSI Harley-Davidson 125". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  6. "2012 Mr. Rooter 161". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  7. "2012 Town Fair Tire 100". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  8. "2012 Stafford 150". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  9. "2012 Budweiser King of Beers 150". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  10. "2012 UNOH Perfect Storm 150". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  11. "2012 Town Fair 75". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  12. "2012 Riverhead 200". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  13. "2012 F.W. Webb 100". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  14. "2012 CarQuest Fall Final". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  15. "2012 Sunoco-Town Fair Tire World Series 150". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.