The 2014 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour was the tenth season of the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour (WSMT). 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 Whelen Season Opener 150 at Caraway Speedway on March 9. It ended with the Southern Slam 150 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 9. [1] George Brunnhoelzl III entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion.
A previous two-time series runner-up, Andy Seuss won his first championship title, after a fifth-place finish at the final race in Charlotte. [2] Seuss, who won a trio of races in the opening half of the season – two at Caraway Speedway and one at South Boston Speedway – finished 14 points clear of Brunnhoelzl III, who won a pair of races at Langley Speedway and also at Caraway Speedway. Third place in the championship went to Burt Myers, who won the most races during the season, with four, all of which came during the second half of the season. Aside from the lead trio, other drivers to take race victories were J. R. Bertuccio, who won at Southern National Motorsports Park, Danny Bohn was a winner at Bowman Gray Stadium and Kyle Ebersole won the season's second race at South Boston Speedway. A combination race was also held during the season, the Bush's Beans 150 at Bristol Motor Speedway, with competitors from the Whelen Southern Modified Tour competing along with competitors for the Whelen Modified Tour. The race was won by Tommy Barrett Jr. and the best Southern Modified Tour competitor was Bertuccio in 13th position.
| No. | Manufacturer | Car Owner | Race Driver | Crew Chief |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ford | Kim Myers | Burt Myers | Ronnie Holbrook |
| 2 | Chevrolet | Joe Bertuccio Sr. | J. R. Bertuccio [N 1] | Joe Bertuccio Sr. |
| 4 | Ford | Gary Myers | Jason Myers [N 1] | Mike Queen |
| 5 | Ford | Bob Ebersole | Kyle Ebersole | Bob Ebersole |
| 7 | Chevrolet | Mark Hunter | Thomas Stinson10 | Mark Hunter |
| 8 | Chevrolet | Bobby Baldwin | Dalton Baldwin4(R) | TBA |
| 09 | Chevrolet | Eddie Harvey | Zach Brewer 1 | TBA |
| 11 | Chevrolet | Eddie Harvey | Andy Seuss | Eddie Harvey |
| 12 | Chevrolet | Donna Norman | Mike Norman 13 | T. J. Moran |
| Jeremy Gerstner 1 | ||||
| 13 | Chevrolet | Amy Fleming | Chris Fleming1(R) | TBA |
| 15 | Chevrolet | Grady Jeffreys Jr. | Joe Ryan Osborne13(R) | Grady Jeffreys Jr. |
| Austin Pack1 | ||||
| 23 | Chevrolet | Bobby Loftin | Brian Loftin 7 | Scott Widener |
| 28 | Chevrolet | George Brunnhoelzl Jr. | George Brunnhoelzl III | George Brunnhoelzl Jr. |
| 31 | Chevrolet | Michael Speeney | Cody Ware 1(R) | Mack Kanupp |
| 40 | Ford 13 | Gina Fleming | Luke Fleming | Frank Fleming |
| Chevrolet 1 | ||||
| 41 | Chevrolet | Jodie Preece | Ryan Preece 2 | TBA |
| 43 | Chevrolet | Michael Calabrese | David Calabrese | Bobby Foley |
| 44 | Chevrolet | Bryan Fishel | Brandon Ward 1 | TBA |
| 51 | Chevrolet | Bob Dillner | Bobby Measmer Jr. (R) [N 1] | Ernie Mayo |
| 54 | Chevrolet | Connie Lythgoe | Jeff Fultz 1 | TBA |
| 65 | Chevrolet | Eddie Bohn | Danny Bohn | Eddie Bohn |
| 70 | Chevrolet | Dawn Gerstner | Jeremy Gerstner 2 | TBA |
| 72 | Chevrolet | Bud McIntyre | Bud McIntyre2(R) | TBA |
| Justin Taylor1(R) | ||||
| 73 | Chevrolet | Todd Powell | Cole Powell 4 | TBA |
| 77 | Chevrolet | Mike Curb | Gary Putnam | Donald Tarantino |
| 79 | Pontiac | Susan Hill | Spencer Davis (R) | Jason Shephard |
| 80 | Chevrolet | Michael Speeney | Daniel Speeney4 | TBA |
| 95 | Chevrolet | Bubba Gale | Cale Gale 1 | TBA |
| 97 | Chevrolet | Bryan Dauzat | Bryan Dauzat 10 | Todd Cooper |
| 98 | Chevrolet | Mike Curb | Ryan Preece 1 | TBA |
| 99 | Chevrolet | Susanne Winstead | A. J. Winstead7(R) | Neil Culley Jr. |
The UNOH Battle at the Beach 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‡ | CRW | SNM | SBO | LGY | CRW | BGS | BRI | LGY | CRW | SBO | SNM | CRW | CRW | CLT | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Seuss | 1* | 4 | 1* | 2 | 1* | 4 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 583 | |
| 2 | George Brunnhoelzl III | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1* | 2 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 12* | 3 | 2 | 1* | 12 | 3 | 569 | |
| 3 | Burt Myers | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1* | 2 | 16* | 1* | 560 |
| 4 | J. R. Bertuccio | 10 | 3 | 1* | 5 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 552 |
| 5 | Danny Bohn | 6 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 1* | 20 | 7 | 5 | 6* | 7 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 542 | |
| 6 | Kyle Ebersole | 14 | 2 | 10 | DNQ | 5 | 6 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 520 | |
| 7 | Luke Fleming | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 511 |
| 8 | Gary Putnam | 12 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 477 | |
| 9 | Spencer Davis (R) | 11 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 475 | |
| 10 | Jason Myers | 2 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 465 |
| 11 | David Calabrese | 19 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 452 | |
| 12 | Joe Ryan Osborne (R) | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 25 | 17 | DNS2 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 430 | ||
| 13 | Bobby Measmer Jr. (R) | 17 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 421 | |
| 14 | Mike Norman | 16 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 400 | ||
| 15 | Bryan Dauzat | DNQ | 15 | 10 | 11 | DNQ | 8 | 11 | 28 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 315 | ||||
| 16 | Thomas Stinson | 9 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 10 | DNS2 | 23 | 298 | |||||
| 17 | Brian Loftin | 7 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 235 | ||||||||
| 18 | A. J. Winstead (R) | 22 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 204 | |||||||
| 19 | Cole Powell | 19 | 18 | 2 | 171 | 13 | 7 | 136 | |||||||||
| 20 | Daniel Speeney | 9 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 125 | |||||||||||
| 21 | Dalton Baldwin (R) | 21 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 113 | ||||||||||
| 22 | Ryan Preece | 4* | 5 | 111 | 9* | 20 | 102 | ||||||||||
| 23 | Jeremy Gerstner | 23 | 12 | 38 | 13 | 91 | |||||||||||
| 24 | Bud McIntyre (R) | DNQ | 19 | 24 | 45 | ||||||||||||
| 25 | Zach Brewer | 6 | 38 | ||||||||||||||
| 26 | Chris Fleming (R) | 11 | 33 | ||||||||||||||
| 27 | Jeff Fultz | 30 | 32 | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | Cody Ware (R) | 7 | 13 | 31 | |||||||||||||
| 29 | Cale Gale | 32 | 30 | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | Justin Taylor | 17 | 27 | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | Brandon Ward | DNS2 | 25 | ||||||||||||||
| 32 | Austin Pack | 19 | 25 | ||||||||||||||
| Drivers ineligible for NWSMT points, because they only drove the non-championship round | |||||||||||||||||
| John Beatty Jr. (R) | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rob Fuller | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dave Sapienza (R) | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kyle Benjamin (R) | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
| Johnny Kievman | 25 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dave Brigati | 26 | ||||||||||||||||
| Gary Fountain Sr. (R) | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||
| Matt Montineri (R) | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||
| Drivers ineligible for NWSMT points, because at the combined event at Bristol they chose to drive for NWMT points | |||||||||||||||||
| Tommy Barrett Jr. (R) | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Bobby Santos III | 2* | ||||||||||||||||
| Ron Silk | 8 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Doug Coby | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Ryan Newman | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Justin Bonsignore | 18 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Eric Goodale | 9 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Timmy Solomito (R) | 15 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| Patrick Emerling | 12 | 9 | |||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Zacharias (R) | 24 | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| Ron Yuhas Jr. | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Woody Pitkat | 19 | ||||||||||||||||
| Glen Reen | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ted Christopher | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
| Matt Hirschman | 23 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jamie Tomaino | 13 | 26 | |||||||||||||||
| Gary McDonald | 33 | ||||||||||||||||
| Todd Szegedy | 34 | ||||||||||||||||
| Donny Lia | 11 | 35 | |||||||||||||||
| Wade Cole | 37 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pos | Driver | DAY‡ | CRW | SNM | SBO | LGY | CRW | BGS | BRI | LGY | CRW | SBO | SNM | CRW | CRW | CLT | Points |
Despite extensive efforts by Caraway and NASCAR officials to identify an alternate date for the event, scheduling conflicts for both the track and the tour preclude rescheduling the Bunny Hop 150.