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No. | Manufacturer | Car Owner | Race Driver | Crew Chief |
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00 | Chevrolet | Brian Brady | Ted Christopher 2 | Scott Anderson |
0 | Joe Ambrose | Tom Rogers Jr. 2 | Helmut Losching | |
01 | Kenneth Fifield | Melissa Fifield | Kenneth Fifield | |
2 | Mike Smeriglio III | Doug Coby | Phil Moran | |
3 | Jan Boehler | Rowan Pennink [1] | Greg Fournier | |
4 | Dodge | Robert Garbarino | Jimmy Blewett 16 [2] [N 1] | P. J. Fearns |
Chuck Hossfeld 1 | ||||
5 | Chevrolet | Raymond Bouchard 1 | Frank Vigliarolo Jr. 2 | Raymond Bouchard 1 |
Tim Thilberg 1 | Tommy Grasso 1 | |||
06 | Michelle Biondolillo | Vincent Biondolillo (R)2 | Andrew R. Biondolillo | |
6 | Constance Partridge | Ryan Preece 9 | Jeff Preece | |
07 | Jennifer Emerling | Patrick Emerling 7 | Jan Leaty | |
7 | Mike Curb | Gary Putnam 1 | Mike Hann 1 | |
Ryan Newman 2 | Teddy Musgrave Jr. 2 | |||
8 | Mark Sypher | Donny Lia | Don Barker 16 | |
Robert Katon Jr. 1 | ||||
9 | Robert Katon Jr. | Chase Dowling [3] | Robert Katon Jr. 3 | |
Mark Dowling 14 | ||||
10 | Erin Solomito | Jerry Solomito Jr. (R)1 | Jerry Solomito Sr. | |
13 | Ashley Katon | Anthony Nocella (R)1 | Don Adams | |
15 | Monica Fuller | Todd Szegedy 3 [N 2] | Ryan Stone 1 | |
Rob Fuller 2 | ||||
16 | Ford | Eric Sanderson | Timmy Solomito | Sly Szaban |
17 | Chevrolet | John Ellwood Jr. | Kyle Ellwood 2 | Jarod Zeltmann |
18 | Robert Pollifrone | Ken Heagy 16 | Greg Gorman | |
20 | Ken Zachem | Max Zachem | Shawn Ruszczyk | |
21 | Joe Bertuccio Sr. | J. R. Bertuccio 1 | Joe Bertuccio Sr. | |
24 | Cliff Krause | Andrew Krause (R)11 [4] | Ralph Solhem 2 | |
John Cooke 9 | ||||
26 | Sean McDonald | Gary McDonald | Chad McDonald 10 | |
Sean McDonald 7 | ||||
28 | George Brunnhoelzl Jr. | George Brunnhoelzl III 1 | George Brunnhoelzl Jr. | |
29 | George Bock | Brendon Bock 13 | Glenn Dixon | |
32 | Tom Abele Sr. | Tom Abele Jr. 1 | Tom Abele Sr. | |
33 | Beth Cole 3 | Wade Cole [N 3] | Rick Rodenbaugh | |
Wade Cole 14 | ||||
34 | Tom Soper | Kyle Soper (R)2 | Jarod Zeltmann | |
36 | Judy Thilberg | Dave Sapienza | Tommy Grasso | |
38 | Linda Rodenbaugh 8 Wade Cole 2 | Troy Talman 1 | Mike Talman 1 | |
Tom Rogers Jr. 1 | Michael Berner 1 | |||
Johnny Bush 1 | Bobby Bourne 8 | |||
Dave Salzarulo 4 | ||||
Gary Byington (R)3 | ||||
39 | Calvin Carroll | Calvin Carroll (R)2 | Joe Carroll | |
44 | Mike Curb | Bobby Santos III | Steve Lemay 9 | |
Ryan Stone 8 | ||||
46 | Russell Goodale | Jeff Goodale | Doug Ogiejko | |
51 | Ken Massa | Justin Bonsignore | Bill Michael | |
56 | Renee Lutz | Craig Lutz (R)16 [5] | Eric Lutz 14 | |
Jason Sechrist 2 | ||||
58 | Edgar Goodale | Eric Goodale | Jason Shephard | |
59 | Ed Bennett III | Nick Salva (R)4 | Bob Buffington | |
60 | Roy Hall | Matt Hirschman 1 | TBA | |
64 | Mike Murphy | Rob Summers [3] | Ron Yuhas Jr. 4 | |
Steve Dodge 13 | ||||
68 | Michael Loomis | Johnny Bush 2 | Michael Loomis | |
69 | Jason Blatz | Jason Agugliaro (R)1 | Jason Blatz | |
70 | Steve Seuss | Andy Seuss 2 | Steve Seuss | |
71 | Danny Watts Jr. | Jimmy Zacharias 2 | TBA | |
75 | Wayne Anderson | Shawn Solomito 12 | Aaron Clifford | |
77 | Mike Curb | Gary Putnam 1 | Mike Hann 1 | |
Ryan Newman 1 | Teddy Musgrave Jr. 1 | |||
78 | Steven Sutcliffe | Walter Sutcliffe Jr. (R)8 [N 4] | Kevin Anderson | |
82 | Danny Watts Jr. | Ron Silk [3] | Buddy Loecher | |
84 | Nicole Fortin | John Fortin 1 | TBA | |
85 | Kevin Stuart | Woody Pitkat 13 [3] | Kenny Stuart 9 | |
Greg Felton 4 | ||||
89 | John Swanson | Matt Swanson (R) [5] | Ken Barry | |
97 | Bryan Dauzat | Bryan Dauzat 1 | Todd Cooper | |
99 | Brittany Tomaino | Jamie Tomaino | George Ratajczak |
The Whelen All-Star Shootout did not count towards the championship. Nine of the eighteen races in the 2016 season were televised on NBCSN and were on a tape delay basis. [6] The Icebreaker 150 was shown live on FansChoice.tv. [7]
(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or 2015 Owner's points. * – Most laps led.
Pos | Driver | THO | STA | WAT | STA | THO | RIV | NHA‡ | NHA | MON | STA | THO | BRI | RIV | OSW | SEE | NHA | STA | THO | Points |
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1 | Doug Coby | 4 | 1* | 8 | 1* | 11 | 10* | 5 | 1* | 6 | 20* | 2 | 5 | 15 | 1* | 3* | 3 | 1* | 6 | 684 |
2 | Justin Bonsignore | 3 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1* | 33 | 1* | 3 | 2 | 1* | 4 | 1 | 672 |
3 | Timmy Solomito | 1 | 4 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 1* | 8 | 12 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5* | 638 |
4 | Donny Lia | 6 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 23 | 4 | 577 |
5 | Max Zachem | 12 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 2* | 6 | 32 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 576 | |
6 | Jimmy Blewett | 8 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 19 | 6 | INJ | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 574 |
7 | Eric Goodale | 7 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 570 |
8 | Ron Silk | 5 | 26 | 1* | 7 | 21 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 565 |
9 | Matt Swanson (R) | 15 | 11 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 543 | |
10 | Chase Dowling | 11 | 8 | 24 | 16 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 543 |
11 | Rowan Pennink | 9 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 25 | 25 | 32 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 533 |
12 | Bobby Santos III | 13 | 7 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 27 | 20 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 13 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 507 |
13 | Jeff Goodale | 24 | 28 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 28 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 499 | |
14 | Jamie Tomaino | 17 | 16 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 11 | 20 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 21 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 481 |
15 | Rob Summers | 18 | 12 | 5 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 17 | 15 | Wth | 21 | 441 | |
16 | Dave Sapienza | 19 | 13 | 22 | 13 | 27 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 23 | 19 | Wth | 23 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 438 | |
17 | Craig Lutz (R) | 26 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 23 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 22 | 13 | 25 | 437 | ||
18 | Gary McDonald | 22 | 22 | 12 | 20 | 13 | 26 | 26 | 19 | 19 | 24 | 23 | 13 | 18 | 21 | 18 | 24 | 16 | 418 | |
19 | Wade Cole | 23 | 23 | 25 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 29 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 22 | 27 | 19 | 27 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 397 | |
20 | Woody Pitkat | 10 | 25 | 19 | 25 | 29 | 19* | 7 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 377 | ||||
21 | Shawn Solomito | 16 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 24 | 23 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 27 | 356 | ||||||
22 | Brendon Bock | 20 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 36 | Wth | Wth | 354 | |||||
23 | Melissa Fifield | 27 | 27 | 28 | 22 | 19 | 27 | 31 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 29 | DNQ2 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 19 | 341 | |
24 | Ryan Preece | 2* | 30 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | Wth | 2 | 277 | ||||||||
25 | Patrick Emerling | 14 | Wth | 4 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 228 | ||||||||||
26 | Ken Heagy | Wth | 18 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 30 | Wth | 24 | Wth | Wth | 25 | Wth | Wth | 22 | Wth | 222 | ||
27 | Andrew Krause (R) | 21 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 23 | 13 | 22 | Wth | Wth | Wth | 195 | |||||||
28 | Todd Szegedy | 2 | 14 | 10 | 2* | 120 | ||||||||||||||
29 | Ryan Newman | 10 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 111 | ||||||||||||||
30 | Walter Sutcliffe Jr. (R) | Wth | 21 | 28 | Wth | Wth | Wth | 17 | 20 | 90 | ||||||||||
31 | Nick Salva (R) | 29 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 78 | ||||||||||||||
32 | Gary Byington (R) | 23 | 21 | 24 | 64 | |||||||||||||||
33 | Jimmy Zacharias | 11 | 14 | 63 | ||||||||||||||||
34 | Ted Christopher | 14 | 14 | 61 | ||||||||||||||||
35 | Johnny Bush | DNQ2 | 22 | 24 | 57 | |||||||||||||||
36 | Frank Vigliarolo Jr. | 25 | 9 | 54 | ||||||||||||||||
37 | Tom Rogers Jr. | 32 | Wth | 4 | 52 | |||||||||||||||
38 | Vincent Biondolillo (R) | 15 | 21 | 52 | ||||||||||||||||
39 | Dave Salzarulo | 26 | 33 | Wth | 25 | 48 | ||||||||||||||
40 | Kyle Ellwood | QL1 | 21 | 23 | 44 | |||||||||||||||
41 | Gary Putnam | 20 | 18 | 25 | 183 | 43 | ||||||||||||||
42 | Matt Hirschman | 4 | 40 | |||||||||||||||||
43 | Chuck Hossfeld | 6 | 38 | |||||||||||||||||
44 | Calvin Carroll (R) | 25 | 26 | 37 | ||||||||||||||||
45 | Tom Abele Jr. | 16 | 28 | |||||||||||||||||
46 | Andy Seuss | 11 | 16 | Wth | 113 | 28 | ||||||||||||||
47 | George Brunnhoelzl III | 17 | 343 | 27 | ||||||||||||||||
48 | J. R. Bertuccio | 17 | 17 | 353 | 27 | |||||||||||||||
49 | Jason Agugliaro (R) | 17 | 27 | |||||||||||||||||
50 | John Fortin | 20 | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
51 | Kyle Soper (R) | 22 | Wth | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
52 | Bryan Dauzat | 16 | 22 | 313 | 22 | |||||||||||||||
53 | Anthony Nocella (R) | 22 | 22 | |||||||||||||||||
54 | Jerry Solomito Jr. (R) | 24 | 20 | |||||||||||||||||
55 | Troy Talman | 25 | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
Jon McKennedy | QL4 | |||||||||||||||||||
Drivers ineligible for Whelen Modified Tour points | ||||||||||||||||||||
Kyle Ebersole | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||
Danny Bohn | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||
Bobby Measmer Jr. | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||
Jeremy Gerstner | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||
Kyle Bonsignore (R) | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||
James Civali | 26 | |||||||||||||||||||
Burt Myers | 28 | |||||||||||||||||||
Jason Myers | 29 | |||||||||||||||||||
Austin Pickens (R) | 37 | |||||||||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | THO | STA | WAT | STA | THO | RIV | NHA‡ | NHA | MON | STA | THO | BRI | RIV | OSW | SEE | NHA | STA | THO | Points |
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