The 2014 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour is the 30th season of the Whelen Modified Tour (WMT). It began with the UNOH Battle at the Beach at Daytona International Speedway on February 18, which did not count towards the championship. The first race for the championship was the Icebreaker 150 presented by Town Fair Tire at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on April 6. It ended with the Sunoco World Series 150 at Thompson again on October 19. [1] Ryan Preece entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion. 2012 champion Doug Coby won the 2014 championship after 13 races, 22 points ahead of Preece. [2] Preece won the last race, which meant he went from sixth to second in the championship.
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 Zachem 1(R) | ||||
Troy Talman1(R) | ||||
4 | Dodge | Robert Garbarino | Donny Lia | Dan Laferriere |
5 | Chevrolet | Jarod Zeltmann | Frank Vigliarolo1 | TBA |
Dave Sapienza 1(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. Bertuccio 1 | 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 Putnam 2 | 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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