2014 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

February 2025 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour 2014 2013 2015 2013 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour 2015 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Champions | Seasons thumb|Ryan Preece finished second behind Coby in the championship by 22 points. thumb|Justin Bonsignore finished third in the championship. 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.http://hometracks.nascar.com/races/NWMT NWMT Schedule/Results 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.http://hometracks.nascar.com/standings/Whelen-Modified-Tour NWMT Standings Preece won the last race, which meant he went from sixth to second in the championship. Drivers No. Car numberManufacturerCar OwnerRace DriverCrew Chief(s) 0 Chevrolet Joe Ambrose Tom Rogers Jr.1 5 TBA 01 Chevrolet Kenneth Fifield Melissa Fifield12 1–9, 11–13 (R) Kenneth Fifield 1 Chevrolet Ed Marceau Mike Stefanik4 1, 6, 8, 11 Ed Marceau 2 Chevrolet12 1–9, 11–13 Mike Smeriglio III Doug Coby Phil Moran Ford1 10 3 Chevrolet Jan Boehler Jimmy Zacharias8 1–2, 4–7, 9–10 (R) TBA Keith Rocco1 8 Max Zachem1 12 (R) Troy Talman1 13 (R) 4 Dodge Robert Garbarino Donny Lia Dan Laferriere 5 Chevrolet Jarod Zeltmann Frank Vigliarolo1 5 TBA Dave Sapienza1 13 (R) 6 Chevrolet Ed Partridge Ron Silk Ryan Stone 07 Chevrolet Jennifer Emerling Patrick Emerling Jan Leaty/Don Ryerse 7 Chevrolet Mike Curb Ryan Newman3 6, 10–11 Gary Putnam 8 Chevrolet Mark Sypher Glen Reen TBA 12 Chevrolet Janet Our Chuck Hossfeld1 6 Brad Lafontaine 13 Chevrolet Robert Katon Jr. Ted Christopher Robert Katon Jr. 14 Chevrolet William Deakin John Beatty Jr.3 5, 9, 13 (R) Glenn Dixon 15 Chevrolet Rob Fuller Rob Fuller1 1 Jeff DeMinck Todd Szegedy5 6, 9-11, 13At the Bush's Beans 150 at Bristol, Todd Szegedy drove with a different number than normal: he drove car number 05, instead of his regular car number 15. 16 Ford Eric Sanderson Ryan Preece Sly Szaban 17 Chevrolet John Ellwood Jr. Kyle Ellwood2 5, 13 TBA 18 Ford5 1–4, 6 Robert Pollifrone Ken Heagy10 1–7, 11–13 Greg Gorman Chevrolet5 5, 7, 11–13 20 Chevrolet Barbara Park Todd Szegedy1 5 TBA Michael Grimaldi Max Zachem1 13 (R) 21 Chevrolet Joe Bertuccio Sr. J. R. Bertuccio1 6 TBA 22 Chevrolet Christopher Our Tommy Barrett Jr. (R) Brad Lafontaine 26 Pontiac12 1–9, 11–13 Sean McDonald Gary McDonald Chad McDonald Chevrolet1 10 29 Pontiac Sandra Hill James Civali1 13 TBA 33 Chevrolet Beth Cole Wade Cole Rick Rodenbaugh 35 Chevrolet Richard Ramstrom Derek Ramstrom2 4, 13 (R) TBA 36 Chevrolet Jarod Zeltmann Frank Vigliarolo1 13 TBA 38 Chevrolet Linda Rodenbaugh Dave Salzarulo11 1–8, 11–13 (R) TBA 39 Chevrolet Rich Pallai Richie Pallai Jr.2 2–3 Rich Pallai 43 Chevrolet Michael Calabrese David Calabrese1 13 TBA 44 Chevrolet Mike Curb Bobby Santos III Steve Lemay 48 Chevrolet John Rufrano Keith Rocco6 1–4, 9, 13 Junior Woods 51 Chevrolet Ken Massa Justin Bonsignore Bill Michael 52 Chevrolet Wayne Darling Matt Hirschman12 1–11, 13 Frank Gasper/John McKenna Keith Rocco1 12 58 Chevrolet Edgar Goodale Eric Goodale Jason Shephard 64 Chevrolet Mike Murphy Ron Yuhas Jr.12 1-12 P. J. Fearns Shawn Solomito1 13 (R) 69 Chevrolet Fred Bolk Jason Agugliaro1 13 (R) TBA 70 Chevrolet Steve Seuss Andy Seuss2 6–7 TBA 71 Chevrolet Terry Zacharias T. J. Zacharias2 1–2 (R) TBA Craig Lutz1 4 (R) Dave Brigati1 5 (R) 73 Chevrolet Todd Powell Cole Powell3 6, 10–11 Todd Powell 75 Chevrolet Wayne Anderson Timmy Solomito11 3–13 (R) Jerry Solomito 77 Chevrolet Mike Curb Gary Putnam2 1–2 Donald Tarantino 79 Pontiac Susan Hill Spencer Davis4 4, 6, 9, 13 (R) TBA 82 Chevrolet Pamla Hulse Danny Watts Jr.2 11, 13 TBA 88 Chevrolet Buzz Chew Woody Pitkat Ronald Ste-Marie 89 Chevrolet Jerry Solomito Timmy Solomito2 1–2 (R) Jerry Solomito/Ed Bennett III Shawn Solomito3 3–5 (R) 93 Chevrolet Mark Pennink Rowan Pennink11 1–6, 8–9, 11–13 Don Barker 99 Chevrolet Brittany Tomaino Jamie Tomaino George Ratajczak Notes N Schedule The UNOH Battle at the Beach and the Whelen All-Star Shootout did not count towards the championship. No.Race titleTrackDatehttp://hometracks.nascar.com/races/NWMT NWMT Schedule/ResultsTVUNOH Battle at the BeachDaytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FloridaFebruary 18FS21Icebreaker 150 presented by Town Fair TireThompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, ConnecticutApril 6FansChoice.TV2NAPA Spring Sizzler 200Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, ConnecticutApril 273TSI Harley-Davidson 125Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, ConnecticutJune 6The TSI Harley-Davidson 125 was originally scheduled for May 23, but was postponed to May 30 due to heavy rain.http://hometracks.nascar.com/nwmt_stafford_052314_tsi-harley-davidson-125_postponed Shon Sbarra Weather Forces Whelen Mod Postponement NASCAR Home Tracks NASCAR May 23, 2014 June 5, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140606215701/http://hometracks.nascar.com/nwmt_stafford_052314_tsi-harley-davidson-125_postponed June 6, 2014 dead The second attempt to run the race was also postponed for similar reasons, and was postponed to June 6.http://hometracks.nascar.com/nwmt_release_053014_Weather_Once_Again_Forces_Postponement Jason Cunningham Weather Once Again Forces Postponement NASCAR Home Tracks NASCAR May 30, 2014 June 5, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140606223152/http://hometracks.nascar.com/nwmt_release_053014_Weather_Once_Again_Forces_Postponement June 6, 2014 dead4Mr. Rooter 161Waterford Speedbowl, Waterford, ConnecticutJune 215Hoosier Tire 200Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead, New YorkJune 28Whelen All-Star Shootout New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New HampshireJuly 11FS16Sunoco 100July 12FS17O'Reilly Auto Parts 200Monadnock Speedway, Winchester, New HampshireJuly 198Call Before You Dig 811 150Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, ConnecticutAugust 89Budweiser King of Beers 150Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, ConnecticutAugust 1310Bush's Beans 150The Bush's Beans 150 was held as a combined event, with competitors from the Whelen Modified Tour competing along with competitors for the Whelen Southern 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.Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TennesseeAugust 20FS111F. W. Webb 100New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New HampshireSeptember 20FS112NAPA Fall Final 150Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, ConnecticutSeptember 2813Sunoco World Series 150 presented by Xtra MartThompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, ConnecticutOctober 19FS1 Notes The Riverhead 200 was originally scheduled to be held at Riverhead Raceway on September 13, but the event was rained out. With the track unable to hold racing after September due to licensing regulations and the lack of an available weekend to hold racing, the event was not rescheduled.http://hometracks.nascar.com/nwmt_release_Whelen_Modified_Tour_Rained_Out_At_Riverhead Jason Cunningham Whelen Modifieds Rained Out At Riverhead NASCAR Home Tracks NASCAR September 13, 2014 September 28, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150513005258/http://hometracks.nascar.com/nwmt_release_Whelen_Modified_Tour_Rained_Out_At_Riverhead May 13, 2015 dead Results and standings Races No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer Winning manufacturer UNOH Battle at the Beach Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Doug Coby Ford 1 Icebreaker 150 presented by Town Fair Tire Woody Pitkat Rowan Pennink Justin Bonsignore Chevrolet 2 NAPA Spring Sizzler 200 Tommy Barrett Jr. Bobby Santos III Bobby Santos III Chevrolet 3 TSI Harley-Davidson 125 Bobby Santos III Doug Coby Doug Coby Chevrolet 4 Mr. Rooter 161 Donny Lia Donny Lia Bobby Santos III Chevrolet 5 Hoosier Tire 200 John Beatty Jr. John Beatty Jr. Eric Goodale Chevrolet Whelen All-Star Shootout J. R. Bertuccio1 Ryan Newman/Ron Silk2 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 6 Sunoco 100 Ron Silk Ron Silk Bobby Santos III Chevrolet 7 O'Reilly Auto Parts 200 Justin Bonsignore Ryan Preece Justin Bonsignore Chevrolet 8 Call Before You Dig 811 150 Bobby Santos III Woody Pitkat Woody Pitkat Chevrolet 9 Budweiser King of Beers 150 Donny Lia Donny Lia Justin Bonsignore Chevrolet 10 Bush's Beans 150 Justin Bonsignore Bobby Santos III Tommy Barrett Jr. Chevrolet 11 F. W. Webb 100 Ryan Newman Woody Pitkat Woody Pitkat Chevrolet 12 NAPA Fall Final 150 Bobby Santos III Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Ford 13 Sunoco World Series 150 presented by Xtra Mart Woody Pitkat Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Ford Notes 1 – There was no qualifying session for the Whelen All-Star Shootout. The starting grid was decided with a random draw.http://hometracks.nascar.com/NWMT_New-Hampshire_All-Star_071114_Results NWMT Whelen All-Star Shootout Results 2014-07-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714121744/http://hometracks.nascar.com/NWMT_New-Hampshire_All-Star_071114_Results 2014-07-14 dead 2 – Ryan Newman and Ron Silk both led 16 laps.http://hometracks.nascar.com/NWMT_New-Hampshire_All-Star_071114_Results NWMT Whelen All-Star Shootout Results 2014-07-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714121744/http://hometracks.nascar.com/NWMT_New-Hampshire_All-Star_071114_Results 2014-07-14 dead Drivers' championship List of NASCAR points scoring systems (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‡ NHAMON STA THO BRI NHA STA THO Points 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‡ NHAMON STA THO BRI NHA STA THO Points Notes ‡ – Non-championship round 1 – Dave Salzarulo, Gary McDonald, Richie Pallai Jr. and Cole Powell received championship points, despite the fact that the driver did not qualify for the race. 2 – Scored points towards the Whelen Southern Modified Tour. See also Sports 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West 2014 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour 2014 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series 2014 NASCAR Toyota Series 2014 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series References *