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No. | Manufacturer | Car Owner | Race Driver | Crew Chief(s) |
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0 | Chevrolet | Joe Ambrose | Tom Rogers Jr.1 | TBA |
01 | Chevrolet | Kenneth Fifield | Melissa Fifield12(R) | Kenneth Fifield |
1 | Chevrolet | Ed Marceau | Mike Stefanik 4 | Ed Marceau |
2 | Chevrolet 12 | Mike Smeriglio III | Doug Coby | Phil Moran |
Ford 1 | ||||
3 | Chevrolet | Jan Boehler | Jimmy Zacharias8(R) | TBA |
Keith Rocco1 | ||||
Max Zachem1(R) | ||||
Troy Talman1(R) | ||||
4 | Dodge | Robert Garbarino | Donny Lia | Dan Laferriere |
5 | Chevrolet | Jarod Zeltmann | Frank Vigliarolo1 | TBA |
Dave Sapienza1(R) | ||||
6 | Chevrolet | Ed Partridge | Ron Silk | Ryan Stone |
07 | Chevrolet | Jennifer Emerling | Patrick Emerling | Jan Leaty/Don Ryerse |
7 | Chevrolet | Mike Curb | Ryan Newman 3 | Gary Putnam |
8 | Chevrolet | Mark Sypher | Glen Reen | TBA |
12 | Chevrolet | Janet Our | Chuck Hossfeld 1 | Brad Lafontaine |
13 | Chevrolet | Robert Katon Jr. | Ted Christopher | Robert Katon Jr. |
14 | Chevrolet | William Deakin | John Beatty Jr.3(R) | Glenn Dixon |
15 | Chevrolet | Rob Fuller | Rob Fuller1 | Jeff DeMinck |
Todd Szegedy 5 [N 1] | ||||
16 | Ford | Eric Sanderson | Ryan Preece | Sly Szaban |
17 | Chevrolet | John Ellwood Jr. | Kyle Ellwood2 | TBA |
18 | Ford 5 | Robert Pollifrone | Ken Heagy10 | Greg Gorman |
Chevrolet 5 | ||||
20 | Chevrolet | Barbara Park | Todd Szegedy 1 | TBA |
Michael Grimaldi | Max Zachem1(R) | |||
21 | Chevrolet | Joe Bertuccio Sr. | J. R. Bertuccio1 | TBA |
22 | Chevrolet | Christopher Our | Tommy Barrett Jr. (R) | Brad Lafontaine |
26 | Pontiac 12 | Sean McDonald | Gary McDonald | Chad McDonald |
Chevrolet 1 | ||||
29 | Pontiac | Sandra Hill | James Civali1 | TBA |
33 | Chevrolet | Beth Cole | Wade Cole | Rick Rodenbaugh |
35 | Chevrolet | Richard Ramstrom | Derek Ramstrom2(R) | TBA |
36 | Chevrolet | Jarod Zeltmann | Frank Vigliarolo1 | TBA |
38 | Chevrolet | Linda Rodenbaugh | Dave Salzarulo11(R) | TBA |
39 | Chevrolet | Rich Pallai | Richie Pallai Jr.2 | Rich Pallai |
43 | Chevrolet | Michael Calabrese | David Calabrese1 | TBA |
44 | Chevrolet | Mike Curb | Bobby Santos III | Steve Lemay |
48 | Chevrolet | John Rufrano | Keith Rocco6 | Junior Woods |
51 | Chevrolet | Ken Massa | Justin Bonsignore | Bill Michael |
52 | Chevrolet | Wayne Darling | Matt Hirschman12 | Frank Gasper/John McKenna |
Keith Rocco1 | ||||
58 | Chevrolet | Edgar Goodale | Eric Goodale | Jason Shephard |
64 | Chevrolet | Mike Murphy | Ron Yuhas Jr.12 | P. J. Fearns |
Shawn Solomito1(R) | ||||
69 | Chevrolet | Fred Bolk | Jason Agugliaro1(R) | TBA |
70 | Chevrolet | Steve Seuss | Andy Seuss 2 | TBA |
71 | Chevrolet | Terry Zacharias | T. J. Zacharias2(R) | TBA |
Craig Lutz1(R) | ||||
Dave Brigati1(R) | ||||
73 | Chevrolet | Todd Powell | Cole Powell3 | Todd Powell |
75 | Chevrolet | Wayne Anderson | Timmy Solomito11(R) | Jerry Solomito |
77 | Chevrolet | Mike Curb | Gary Putnam2 | Donald Tarantino |
79 | Pontiac | Susan Hill | Spencer Davis 4(R) | TBA |
82 | Chevrolet | Pamla Hulse | Danny Watts Jr.2 | TBA |
88 | Chevrolet | Buzz Chew | Woody Pitkat | Ronald Ste-Marie |
89 | Chevrolet | Jerry Solomito | Timmy Solomito2(R) | Jerry Solomito/Ed Bennett III |
Shawn Solomito3(R) | ||||
93 | Chevrolet | Mark Pennink | Rowan Pennink11 | Don Barker |
99 | Chevrolet | Brittany Tomaino | Jamie Tomaino | George Ratajczak |
The UNOH Battle at the Beach and the Whelen All-Star Shootout did not count towards the championship.
(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.
Pos | Driver | DAY‡ | THO | STA | STA | WAT | RIV | NHA‡ | NHA | MON | STA | THO | BRI | NHA | STA | THO | Points |
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1 | Doug Coby | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1* | 10 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 511 |
2 | Ryan Preece | 4* | 9 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2* | 9 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 1* | 1* | 489 |
3 | Justin Bonsignore | 18 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 5 | 484 |
4 | Ron Silk | 8 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 4* | 9* | 9 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 483 |
5 | Ted Christopher | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 480 | |
6 | Bobby Santos III | 18 | 1* | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 2* | 8 | 12 | 28 | 458 | |
7 | Eric Goodale | 9 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 440 | |
8 | Timmy Solomito (R) | 15 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 10 | 433 | |
9 | Woody Pitkat | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 20 | 1* | 16 | 19 | 1* | 6 | 35 | 429 | ||
10 | Patrick Emerling | 12 | 17 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 419 |
11 | Donny Lia | 11 | 21 | 7 | 15 | 2* | 21 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 22* | 35 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 413 |
12 | Tommy Barrett Jr. (R) | 6 | 23 | 11 | 20 | 23 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 400 | |
13 | Matt Hirschman | 11 | 9 | 14 | 24 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 23 | 26 | 6 | 388 | ||
14 | Glen Reen | 15 | 25 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 18 | 372 | |
15 | Jamie Tomaino | 13 | 14 | 13 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 26 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 369 |
16 | Rowan Pennink | 22* | 3 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 6 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 359 | |||
17 | Wade Cole | 16 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 21 | 21 | 15 | 37 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 338 | ||
18 | Gary McDonald | DNQ1 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 33 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 318 | ||
19 | Ron Yuhas Jr. | 6 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 18 | 315 | ||||
20 | Dave Salzarulo (R) | DNQ1 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 29 | 16 | 16 | 23 | 15 | 19 | 25 | 267 | ||||
21 | Melissa Fifield (R) | 19 | 20 | 22 | 27 | 30 | 29 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 251 | |||
22 | Ken Heagy | 12 | 21 | 23 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 26 | 14 | 27 | 16 | 30 | 246 | ||||
23 | Jimmy Zacharias (R) | 24 | 10 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 22 | 14 | 10 | 227 | ||||||
24 | Keith Rocco | 20 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 33 | 202 | |||||||
25 | Todd Szegedy | 28 | 8 | 22 | 8 | 34 | 2 | 24 | 162 | ||||||||
26 | Spencer Davis (R) | 26 | 28 | 10 | 182 | 7 | 105 | ||||||||||
27 | Ryan Newman | 1* | 4 | 5 | 20 | 103 | |||||||||||
28 | Mike Stefanik | 24 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 10 | 98 | ||||||||||
29 | Shawn Solomito (R) | 16 | 22 | 9 | 36 | 93 | |||||||||||
30 | John Beatty Jr. (R) | 14 | 12* | 17 | 15 | 90 | |||||||||||
31 | Cole Powell | 19 | 11 | DNQ1 | 17 | 24 | 64 | ||||||||||
32 | Andy Seuss | 13 | 8 | 17 | 272 | 63 | |||||||||||
33 | Max Zachem (R) | 22 | 9 | 57 | |||||||||||||
34 | Danny Watts Jr. | 16 | 23 | 49 | |||||||||||||
35 | T. J. Zacharias (R) | 25 | 19 | 44 | |||||||||||||
36 | Kyle Ellwood (R) | 26 | 19 | 43 | |||||||||||||
37 | Derek Ramstrom (R) | 20 | 27 | 41 | |||||||||||||
38 | Tom Rogers Jr. | 8 | 36 | ||||||||||||||
39 | Richie Pallai Jr. | 27 | DNQ1 | 36 | |||||||||||||
40 | Chuck Hossfeld | 7 | 10 | 34 | |||||||||||||
41 | Rob Fuller | 16 | 13 | 31 | |||||||||||||
42 | David Calabrese | 242 | 14 | 30 | |||||||||||||
43 | Frank Vigliarolo | 24 | 34 | 30 | |||||||||||||
44 | Dave Brigati | 26 | 19 | 25 | |||||||||||||
45 | Troy Talman (R) | 21 | 23 | ||||||||||||||
46 | Gary Putnam | 23 | 292 | 21 | |||||||||||||
47 | J. R. Bertuccio | 10 | 10 | 24 | 132 | 20 | |||||||||||
48 | James Civali | 26 | 18 | ||||||||||||||
49 | Craig Lutz (R) | 28 | 16 | ||||||||||||||
50 | Dave Sapienza (R) | 17 | 29 | 15 | |||||||||||||
51 | Jason Agugliaro (R) | 32 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
Drivers ineligible for NWMT points, because they only drove the non-championship rounds | |||||||||||||||||
Cody Ware (R) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
Kyle Benjamin (R) | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
Dalton Baldwin (R) | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
A. J. Winstead | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
Johnny Kievman | 25 | ||||||||||||||||
Drivers ineligible for NWMT points, because at the combined event at Bristol they chose to drive for NWSMT points | |||||||||||||||||
George Brunnhoelzl III | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
Burt Myers | 5 | 15 | |||||||||||||||
Luke Fleming | 3 | 16 | |||||||||||||||
Danny Bohn | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
Joe Ryan Osborne (R) | 25 | ||||||||||||||||
Bryan Dauzat | 28 | ||||||||||||||||
Jeff Fultz | 30 | ||||||||||||||||
Bobby Measmer Jr. (R) | 31 | ||||||||||||||||
Cale Gale | 32 | ||||||||||||||||
Kyle Ebersole | 36 | ||||||||||||||||
Jeremy Gerstner | 23 | 38 | |||||||||||||||
Jason Myers | 2 | 39 | |||||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | DAY‡ | THO | STA | STA | WAT | RIV | NHA‡ | NHA | MON | STA | THO | BRI | NHA | STA | THO | Points |
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