2012 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour

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The 2012 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour was the eighth season of the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour (WSMT). It began with the Spring Classic 150 at Caraway Speedway on March 31. It ended with the UNOH Southern Slam 150 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 11. George Brunnhoelzl III, who entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion, would win his third championship in the series, fifty-three points ahead of series runner up Danny Bohn.

Contents

Schedule

Source: [1]

No.Race Title Track Date
1Spring Classic 150 Caraway Speedway, Asheboro March 31
2Farm Bureau Insurance 150 Caraway Speedway, Asheboro April 7
3South Boston 150 South Boston Speedway, South Boston April 14
4Parking Lot Maintenance Headquarters 150 Caraway Speedway, Asheboro April 21
5Firecracker 150 Caraway Speedway, Asheboro July 6
6Strutmasters.com 199 Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem August 4
7UNOH Perfect Storm 150 [lower-alpha 1] Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol August 22
8Newport News Shipbuilding 150 Langley Speedway, Hampton September 1
9GreenPointe Energy 75 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson September 9
10Mid-Atlantic Shoot Out 150 Caraway Speedway, Asheboro October 6
11UNOH Southern Slam 150 Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord October 11
Notes
  1. The UNOH Perfect Storm 150 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.

Results and standings

Races

No.Race Pole position Most laps ledWinning driverManufacturer
1Spring Classic 150 [2] George Brunnhoelzl III George Brunnhoelzl III George Brunnhoelzl III Chevrolet
2Farm Bureau Insurance 150 [3] Tim Brown Brian Loftin Brian Loftin Chevrolet
3South Boston 150 [4] L. W. Miller George Brunnhoelzl III Brandon Ward Chevrolet
4Parking Lot Maintenance Headquarters 150 [5] George Brunnhoelzl III George Brunnhoelzl III George Brunnhoelzl III Chevrolet
5Firecracker 150 [6] George Brunnhoelzl III George Brunnhoelzl III George Brunnhoelzl III Chevrolet
6Strutmasters.com 199 [7] Burt Myers George Brunnhoelzl III George Brunnhoelzl III Chevrolet
7UNOH Perfect Storm 150 [8] Ron Silk Todd Szegedy Ron Silk Chevrolet
8Newport News Shipbuilding 150 [9] Danny Bohn Corey LaJoie Jason Myers Ford
9GreenPointe Energy 75 [10] Rob Fuller Andy Seuss Andy Seuss Chevrolet
10Mid-Atlantic Shoot Out 150 [11] George Brunnhoelzl III Brian Loftin Danny Bohn Chevrolet
11UNOH Southern Slam 150 [12] George Brunnhoelzl III George Brunnhoelzl III George Brunnhoelzl 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 CRW CRW SBO CRW CRW BGS BRI LGY TMP CRW CLT Points
1 George Brunnhoelzl III 1**78*1*1**1*6108101**468
2 Danny Bohn 125311310715714415
3 Jason Myers 28203542011294412
4 Tim Brown 1341114923655511393
5 Andy Seuss 17102221852831*85388
6 Kyle Ebersole 2412441361461936381
7 Frank Fleming 141512911729216148366
8Thomas Stinson23116714239713713357
9 John Smith 51710197163549917357
10 Burt Myers 89710159324113353
11Joe Scarbrough192222201012DNQ918620310
12Mike Speeney161325581410131716309
13 Gary Putnam 2118151512218141210294
14 Bryan Dauzat 22212481615DNQ1115247
15 Brian Loftin 71*23124222*245
16 L. W. Miller 32521913221
17 Mike Norman 2016171820814DNQ221
18A. J. Winstead152124211318177
19Gary Fountain Sr.92026132130163
20Jonathan Kievman1813181112154
21 Brandon Ward 41225148
22 Cole Powell 1732210137
23 Daniel Hemric 636117
24Rich Kuiken Jr.10142717108
25 Renee Dupuis 9162087
26 J. R. Bertuccio 11191884
27 Ryan Preece 1131275
28 Jon McKennedy 61712165
29Dalton Baldwin151459
30 Corey LaJoie 2112*57
31Daryl Lacks16DNQ253
32 Jeremy Gerstner 19DNQ252
33 Brian Weber 201949
34 Matt Hirschman 242
35 Rob Fuller 3*41
36 Patrick Emerling 625138
37Steve Masse638
38 Ryan Newman 1937
39 Ted Christopher 261737
40Jimmy Zacharias1133
41 Chuck Hossfeld 1430
42 Ken Bouchard 1529
43Johnny Sutton1628
44Donnie Lacks19DNQ225
Carl Long DNQ
Drivers ineligible for NWSMT points, because at the combined event at Bristol they chose to drive for NWMT points
Ron Silk 1
Todd Szegedy 2*
Justin Bonsignore 4
Ron Yuhas Jr. 5
Ken Heagy 8
Eric Goodale 13
Bryon Chew 15
Jamie Tomaino 16
Doug Coby 17
Eric Berndt 18
Eric Beers 21
Donny Lia 23
Jimmy Blewett 24
Ed Flemke Jr. 27
Wade Cole 31
Mike Stefanik 33
Rowan Pennink 34
PosDriver CRW CRW SBO CRW CRW BGS BRI LGY TMP CRW CLT Points
Notes

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References

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  2. "2012 Spring Classic 150". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  3. "2012 Farm Bureau Insurance 150". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  4. "2012 South Boston 150". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  5. "2012 Parking Lot Maintenance Headquarters 150". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  6. "2012 Firecracker 150". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  7. "2012 Strutmasters.com 199". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  8. "2012 UNOH Perfect Storm 150". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  9. "2012 Newport News Shipbuilding 150". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  10. "2012 GreenPointe Energy 75". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  11. "2012 Mid-Atlantic Shoot Out 150". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  12. "2012 UNOH Southern Slam 150". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.