2015 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

February 2025 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour 2015 2014 2016 2014 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour 2016 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Champions | Seasons The 2015 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the thirty-first season of the Whelen Modified Tour (WMT). It began with the Icebreaker 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on April 12 and concluded at the same venue with the Sunoco World Series 150 on October 18.http://hometracks.nascar.com/nwmt_nwsmt_release_121714_Whelen_Modified_2015_Schedules_Announced Whelen Modified 2015 Schedules Announced Jason Cunningham December 17, 2014 January 2, 2015 NASCAR Home Tracks NASCAR Media Group, LLC https://web.archive.org/web/20150106214716/http://hometracks.nascar.com/nwmt_nwsmt_release_121714_Whelen_Modified_2015_Schedules_Announced January 6, 2015 dead Defending champion Doug Coby won his third series title, and as a result, became the first driver since Tony Hirschman Jr. to win successive Whelen Modified Tour championships. Coby was the season's most prolific winner – with seven victories – including the final three races which allowed him to overhaul Ryan Preece in the standings, with Coby ultimately prevailing by eleven points after entering the final race tied on points with Preece. Preece was a four-time race winner, and finished all but one race inside the top-ten placings. Just like Preece, Woody Pitkat recorded fourteen top-ten finishes out of fifteen starts – winning at Stafford along with the non-championship Shootout at New Hampshire – as he finished third in points, two down on Preece and thirteen behind Coby. The only other drivers to win races during the season were Todd Szegedy at New Hampshire and Justin Bonsignore, who swept both races at his local track, Riverhead Raceway. Drivers No. Car numberManufacturerCar OwnerRace DriverCrew Chief 0 Chevrolet Joe Ambrose Tom Rogers Jr. 2 6, 12 Helmut Loschnig 01 Chevrolet Kenneth Fifield Melissa Fifield Kenneth Fifield 2 Chevrolet Mike Smeriglio III Doug Coby Phil Moran 3 Chevrolet Jan Boehler Troy Talman (R) 10 1–9, 13 Greg Fournier Derek Ramstrom (R) 1 10 Rick Ramstrom Kyle Bonsignore (R) 1 11 Bill Bonsignore 4 Dodge Robert Garbarino Todd SzegedyAt the Bush's Beans 150 at Bristol, some WMT and WSMT drivers had to change numbers to avoid clashing with the other Modified Tour championship. WMT drivers who had to change numbers: Todd Szegedy drove car number 41, instead of his regular car number 4, Ron Silk drove car number 05, instead of his regular car number 15 and Joe Ryan Osborne drove car number 19, instead of his regular car number 79. Ryan Spaulding 5 Chevrolet Raymond Bouchard Frank Vigliarolo Jr. 2 6, 12 Raymond Bouchard 06 Chevrolet Michelle Biondolillo Vincent Biondolillo (R) 1 6 Jarred Hayes 6 Chevrolet Ed Partridge Ryan Preecehttp://localracing.nascar.com/nwmt_release_102014_Ryan-Preece_Changing_Tour_Rides Preece Changing Tour Rides NASCAR Home Tracks NASCAR Media Group, LLC Jason Cunningham October 20, 2014 October 21, 2014 Tommy Grasso 07 Chevrolet Jennifer Emerling Patrick Emerling Jan Leaty 7 Chevrolet Mike Curb Ryan Newman 3 7, 11, 13 Teddy Musgrave Jr. 8 Chevrolet Mark Sypher Donny Liahttp://speed51.com/lia-to-pilot-tcs-racing-no-8-during-2015-nwmt-season/ Lia Joins Forces with TCS Racing for 2015 NWMT Season December 4, 2014 January 2, 2015 Speed51.com 51 Sports, LLC Dan Laferriere 9 Chevrolet Cheryl Tomaino Chase Dowling (R) Don Barker 11 Chevrolet Grant Williams Chuck Steuer 1 11 Butch Capuano William Deakin John Beatty Jr. (R) 1 15 Glenn Dixon 13 Chevrolet Robert Katon Jr. Ted Christopher 8 1–7, 9 Bob Fill Andy Seuss 2 8, 10 Johnny Bush 1 11 Michael Loomis James Civali 4 12–15 Bob Fill 14 Chevrolet Ken Zachem Max Zachem (R) Shawn Ruszczyk 15 Chevrolet Rob Fuller Corey LaJoie 2 1, 5 Jeff DeMinck Ron Silk 4 7, 10–11, 13 Ryan Stone Ray Graham (R) 1 15 16 Ford Eric Sanderson Timmy Solomitohttp://hometracks.nascar.com/nwmt_release_102714_Timmy-Solomito_Headed_To_Flamingo-Motorsports Solomito Headed To Flamingo NASCAR Home Tracks NASCAR Media Group, LLC Jason Cunningham October 27, 2014 October 27, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141029215433/http://hometracks.nascar.com/nwmt_release_102714_Timmy-Solomito_Headed_To_Flamingo-Motorsports October 29, 2014 dead Sly Szaban 17 Chevrolet John Ellwood Jr. Kyle Ellwood (R) 5 2, 4, 6, 12, 15 Rico Mariani 18 Chevrolet Robert Pollifrone Ken Heagy 14 1–4, 6–15 Greg Gorman 19 Chevrolet Karen Oltra Brandon Oltra (R) 3 1–2, 13 Steve Kreitzer 20 Chevrolet Barbara Park Ron Silk 2 6, 12 Dave Wheeler 22 Chevrolet Christopher Our Tommy Barrett Jr. 1 1 Brad Lafontaine Keith Rocco 7 2–8 Ted Christopher 5 10–11, 13–15 26 Chevrolet 10 1–4, 7, 9–10, 13–15 Sean McDonald Gary McDonald 14 1–10, 12–15 Chad McDonald Pontiac 4 5–6, 8, 12 28 Ford George Bock Brendon Bock (R) 1 3 Glenn Dixon 29 Chevrolet 2 1, 3 Jon McKennedy Jon McKennedy 2 1, 3 Peter Frappier Ford 7 2, 4–6, 8–9, 11 George Bock Brendon Bock (R) 8 2, 4–9, 11 Glenn Dixon Chevrolet 1 7 31 Chevrolet Pete Masse Steve Masse (R) 9 1–4, 7–8, 10, 14–15 Josh Steeves 33 Chevrolet Wade Cole Johnny Bush 3 1–3 Rick Rodenbaugh Wade Cole 12 4–15 35 Chevrolet Wayne Darling Derek Ramstrom (R) 3 1, 3, 5 Rick Ramstrom 36 Chevrolet Jarod Zeltmann Dave Sapienza (R) Jarod Zeltmann 37 Chevrolet Cynthia Richey Dave Salzarulo 10 1–5, 7, 9–10, 13–14 Marty Radewick 38 Chevrolet Linda Rodenbaugh Wade Cole 1 3 Jake Marosz George Perreault (R) 1 15 40 Chevrolet Monica Fuller Ron Silk 2 1, 5 Ryan Stone 41 Chevrolet Tom Soper Kyle Soper (R) 1 15 Tom Soper 44 Chevrolet Mike Curb Bobby Santos III 14 1–11, 13–15 Steve Lemay 46 Chevrolet Russell Goodale Jeff Goodale (R) Doug Ogiejko 51 Chevrolet Ken Massa Justin Bonsignore Bill Michael 56 Chevrolet Renee Lutz Craig Lutz (R) 3 10, 12–13 Jason Seachrist 57 Chevrolet Mark Pane Keith Rocco 1 15 Stash Butova 58 Chevrolet Edgar Goodale Eric Goodale Jason Shephard 59 Chevrolet Ed Bennett III Jerry Solomito Jr. (R) 2 6, 12 Jerry Solomito Sr. Ted Christopher Ronnie Williams (R) 1 14 Stash Butova 63 Chevrolet Bill Darrow Tom Rogers Jr. 4 1–4 Mike Curtis 64 Chevrolet Mike Murphy Anthony Nocella (R) 12 1–8, 11, 13–15 Steve Dodge 68 Chevrolet Charlene Bush Johnny Bush 2 7, 12 Michael Loomis 69 Chevrolet Jason Blatz Jason Agugliaro (R) 1 12 Jason Blatz 70 Chevrolet Steve Seuss Andy Seuss 2 7, 13 Steve Seuss 73 Chevrolet Paul Hartwig Paul Hartwig Jr. (R) 1 6 Lisa Hartwig Todd Powell Cole Powell 1 7 Seth Smith 75 Chevrolet Wayne Anderson Shawn Solomito 14 1–4, 6–15 Jerry Solomito Sr. Jerry Solomito Jr. (R) 1 5 Butch Capuano 77 Chevrolet Mike Curb Gary Putnam 2 2, 7 Mike Hann 79 Pontiac 8 1–8 Susan Hill Spencer Davis 5 1–5 David Hill James Civali 1 6 Joe Ryan Osborne 2 7–8 Chevrolet 2 10–11 Troy Talman (R) 1 10 Joe Ryan Osborne 1 11 82 Chevrolet Pamla Hulse Danny Watts Jr. 5 1, 6, 12–13, 15 Buddy Loecher 83 Chevrolet Linda Rodenbaugh Tom Rogers Jr. 1 13 Helmut Losching 87 Chevrolet Keri Brunnhoelzl Ed Brunnhoelzl III (R) 1 12 Russell Savoy 88 Chevrolet Buzz Chew Woody PitkatAt the F. W. Webb 100 Woody Pitkat drove with car number 38 instead of his regular 88 as a tribute to NASCAR Hall of Fame-elect Jerry Cook. Ronald Ste-Marie 89 Chevrolet John Swanson Matt Swanson (R) 5 9–10, 13–15 Ken Barry 93 Chevrolet Mark Pennink Rowan Pennink 13 1–13 Jimmy Fuller 99 Chevrolet Brittany Tomaino Jamie Tomaino George Ratajczak Notes N Schedule The Whelen All-Star Shootout did not count towards the championship. 10 races from the 2015 season were televised on NBCSN, on a tape-delay basis.http://hometracks.nascar.com/release_020415_NASCAR_NBCSN_Reveal_Robust_Broadcast_Schedule Robust NBCSN Broadcast Schedule Revealed Jason Cunningham February 3, 2015 February 5, 2015 NASCAR Home Tracks NASCAR Media Group, LLC https://web.archive.org/web/20150205023822/http://hometracks.nascar.com/release_020415_NASCAR_NBCSN_Reveal_Robust_Broadcast_Schedule February 5, 2015 dead No.Race titleTrackDateTV1Icebreaker 150Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson,http://racedayct.com/2014/10/fourth-whelen-modified-tour-event-coming-to-thompson-speedway-schedule-in-2015/ Fourth Whelen Modified Tour Event Coming To Thompson Speedway Schedule In 2015 racedayct.com RaceDayCT October 19, 2014 October 21, 2014 ConnecticutApril 12 NBCSN2NAPA Spring Sizzler 200Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, ConnecticutApril 263Mr. Rooter 161Waterford Speedbowl, Waterford, ConnecticutMay 304TSI Harley-Davidson 125Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, ConnecticutJune 55Mr. Rooter 125Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, ConnecticutJune 10 NBCSN6Hoosier Tire East 200Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead, New YorkJune 28The Riverhead Hoosier Tire East 200 was originally scheduled for June 27, but was postponed to June 28 due to heavy rain.http://hometracks.nascar.com/nwmt_story_Postponed_At_Riverhead_062715 Jason Cunningham Whelen Mod Tour Postponed At Riverhead NASCAR Home Tracks NASCAR June 27, 2015 June 28, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150630190334/http://hometracks.nascar.com/nwmt_story_Postponed_At_Riverhead_062715 June 30, 2015 dead NBCSNWhelen All-Star Shootout New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New HampshireJuly 17 NBCSN7Andy Blacksmith 100 presented by Donate Life New EnglandJuly 18 NBCSN8O'Reilly Auto Parts 200Monadnock Speedway, Winchester, New HampshireJuly 25 NBCSN9Call Before You Dig 150Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, ConnecticutAugust 710Budweiser King of Beers 150Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, ConnecticutAugust 12FansChoice.TV11Bush'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 19 NBCSN12Riverhead 200Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead, New YorkAugust 2913F. W. Webb 100New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New HampshireSeptember 26 NBCSN14NAPA Fall Final 150Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, ConnecticutOctober 4 NBCSN15Sunoco World Series 150Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, ConnecticutOctober 18 NBCSN Notes Results and standings Races No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer Winning manufacturer 1 Icebreaker 150 Doug Coby Doug Coby Doug Coby Chevrolet 2 NAPA Spring Sizzler 200 Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Woody Pitkat Chevrolet 3 Mr. Rooter 161 Donny Lia Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Chevrolet 4 TSI Harley-Davidson 125 Doug Coby Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Chevrolet 5 Mr. Rooter 125 Woody Pitkat Doug Coby Doug Coby Chevrolet 6 Hoosier Tire East 200 Tom Rogers Jr. Justin Bonsignore Justin Bonsignore Chevrolet Whelen All-Star Shootout Eric Goodale1 Woody Pitkat Woody Pitkat Chevrolet 7 Andy Blacksmith 100 presented by Donate Life New England Doug Coby Ryan Preece Todd Szegedy Dodge 8 O'Reilly Auto Parts 200 Ryan Preece Doug Coby Doug Coby Chevrolet 9 Call Before You Dig 150 Patrick Emerling Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Chevrolet 10 Budweiser King of Beers 150 Patrick Emerling Doug Coby Doug Coby Chevrolet 11 Bush's Beans 150 Woody Pitkat Woody Pitkat Ryan Preece Chevrolet 12 Riverhead 200 Tom Rogers Jr. Justin Bonsignore Justin Bonsignore Chevrolet 13 F. W. Webb 100 Doug Coby Doug Coby Doug Coby Chevrolet 14 NAPA Fall Final 150 Doug Coby Ryan Preece Doug Coby Chevrolet 15 Sunoco World Series 150 Doug Coby Doug Coby Doug Coby Chevrolet 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/files/nwmt_shootout_starting_lineup.pdf PDF Starting Lineup: All-Star Shootout – NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, New Hampshire Motor Speedway; July 17, 2015 July 17, 2015 August 13, 2015 NASCAR Home Tracks NASCAR Media Group, LLC https://web.archive.org/web/20150721104126/http://hometracks.nascar.com/files/nwmt_shootout_starting_lineup.pdf July 21, 2015 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 THO STA WAT STA THO RIV NHA‡ NHA MON STA THO BRI RIV NHA STA THO Points 1 Doug Coby 1* 6 2 13 1* 3 20 30 1* 2 1* 34 2 1* 1 1* 613 2 Ryan Preece 5 3* 1* 1* 7 8 2 6* 10 1* 6 1 8 19 2* 7 602 3 Woody Pitkat 2 1 5 2 5 5 1* 7 2 3 2 2* 7 10 12 5 600 4 Todd Szegedy 10 2 19 4 3 2 11 1 4 16 3 35 9 20 10 4 535 5 Patrick Emerling 11 8 7 9 12 16 15 4 16 6 7 10 13 2 22 6 515 6 Timmy Solomito 6 16 12 3 9 6 17 12 21 7 10 9 19 12 3 3 514 7 Donny Lia 8 5 21 25 20 23 3 2 12 26 5 3 4 6 4 10 490 8 Eric Goodale 7 4 11 26 8 4 7 8 6 8 4 28 5 28 14 23 486 9 Chase Dowling (R) 17 32 16 12 17 13 10 9 10 11 8 3 8 6 9 481 10 Justin Bonsignore 27 20 25 28 2 1* 4 22 3 5 8 36 1* 5 21 2 478 11 Bobby Santos III 3 11 6 5 6 20 5 3 22 9 23 5 3 20 16 467 12 Max Zachem (R) 31 21 4 19 16 14 14 13 13 17 14 12 30 11 15 418 13 Ted Christopher 4 24 3 6 10 11 6 31 4 9 13 21 19 8 414 14 Jamie Tomaino 16 9 33 17 22 21 19 16 11 19 20 24 22 14 8 18 397 15 Jeff Goodale (R) 22 23 15 18 21 DNQ1 32 23 12 22 7 10 7 23 11 386 16 Shawn Solomito 32 17 18 15 18 29 7 11 28 18 20 17 5 13 373 17 Dave Sapienza (R) 21 18 13 20 19 10 15 20 14 26 DNQ1 23 9 26 32 369 18 Rowan Pennink 13 7 8 7 13 25 16 24 14 20 19 22 11 32 364 19 Ken Heagy 30 15 26 21 24 18 21 19 24 21 23 14 13 9 19 344 20 Gary McDonald 23 28 29 23 25 DNQ1 20 24 21 25 18 16 17 20 296 21 Troy Talman (R) 20 14 20 16 15 22 25 5 25 16 29 277 22 Wade Cole 30 29 23 DNQ1 18 18 18 24 DNQ1 24 25 15 29 263 23 Keith Rocco 12 10 8 4 15 12 9 28 12 254 24 Anthony Nocella (R) 26 26 31 24 26 DNQ1 26 26 12 34 13 14 240 25 Melissa Fifield 29 29 32 30 28 DNQ1 23 27 22 29 DNQ1 27 31 27 25 239 26 Brendon Bock (R) 10 22 27 18 17 13 15 23 33 231 27 Dave Salzarulo 24 27 17 22 29 14 17 17 30 18 25 214 28 Ron Silk 9 27 27 8 5 27 28 28 4 199 29 Tom Rogers Jr. 14 31 23 10 7 6 33 185 30 Steve Masse (R) 33 25 24 11 33 25 12 18 31 184 31 Matt Swanson (R) 15 15 24 7 27 132 32 Derek Ramstrom (R) 15 14 11 14 122 33 Johnny Bush 34 19 28 19 29 26 119 34 Kyle Ellwood (R) 33 14 12 16 28 117 35 Spencer Davis 12 30 9 31 24 114 36 Andy Seuss 10 27 8 13 63 15 113 37 James Civali 28 113 15 27 16 26 108 38 Craig Lutz (R) 18 21 11 21 105 39 Ryan Newman 9 11 4 26 91 40 Danny Watts Jr. 35 DNQ1 Wth4 22 24 74 41 Joe Ryan Osborne 34 17 19 67 42 Jerry Solomito Jr. (R) 30 19 17 66 43 Brandon Oltra (R) 25 22 23 62 44 Gary Putnam 13 13 28 203 47 45 Corey LaJoie 28 14 46 46 Jon McKennedy 18 27 43 47 Vincent Biondolillo (R) 9 35 48 Frank Vigliarolo Jr. 26 Wth4 33 49 Kyle Soper (R) 17 27 50 Tommy Barrett Jr. 19 25 51 Kyle Bonsignore (R) 32 24 52 John Beatty Jr. (R) 22 22 53 Ronnie Williams (R) 24 20 54 Ed Brunnhoelzl III (R) 25 19 55 Chuck Steuer Wth4 14 56 Ray Graham (R) 30 14 57 Paul Hartwig Jr. (R) DNQ1 11 58 George Perreault (R) DNQ1 11 59 Cole Powell DNS2 9 Jason Agugliaro (R) Wth Drivers ineligible for Whelen Modified Tour points George Brunnhoelzl III 15 Frank Fleming 16 Jason Myers 17 Jeremy Gerstner 21 Bobby Measmer Jr. 25 Kyle Ebersole 26 David Calabrese 27 Burt Myers 30 J. R. Bertuccio 31 Cale Gale DNQ Tom Abele Jr. DNQ Trey Hutchens (R) Wth Pos Driver THO STA WAT STA THO RIV NHA‡ NHA MON STA THO BRI RIV NHA STA THO Points Notes ‡ – Non-championship round. 1 – Wade Cole, Melissa Fifield, Jeff Goodale, Paul Hartwig Jr., Gary McDonald, Anthony Nocella, George Perreault, Dave Sapienza, and Danny Watts Jr. received championship points, despite the fact that they did not qualify for the race. 2 – Cole Powell received championship points, despite the fact that he did not start the race. 3 – Scored points towards the Whelen Southern Modified Tour. 4 – Chuck Steuer, Frank Vigliarolo Jr. and Danny Watts Jr. received championship points, despite the fact that they did not qualify for the race. See also Sports 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series 2015 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West 2015 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour 2015 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series 2015 NASCAR Mexico Series 2015 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series References *