2016 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

The 2016 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the thirty-second season of the Whelen Modified Tour (WMT). It began with the Icebreaker 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on April 10 and concluded with the Sunoco World Series 150 at the same venue on October 16. Doug Coby entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion and he won the championship for the fourth time, twelve points in front of Justin Bonsignore. Melissa Fifield, the only female driver to compete in the series in 2016, was voted by the fans as the most popular driver for the third consecutive year.

2016 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
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Champions | Seasons

Drivers
No. Manufacturer Car Owner Race Driver Crew Chief
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
Notes
  1. Jimmy Blewett drove in the Bush's Beans 150 with car number 41.
  2. Todd Szegedy drove in the Bush's Beans 150 with car number 05.
  3. Wade Cole drove in the Bush's Beans 150 with car number 38.
  4. Walter Sutcliffe Jr. drove in the Stafford 150 with car number 76.

Schedule

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]

No. Race Title Track Date TV
1 Icebreaker 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson April 10 FansChoice.tv
2 NAPA Spring Sizzler 200 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford April 24
3 New England Cycle Center 161 Waterford Speedbowl, Waterford May 14
4 TSI Harley-Davidson 125 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford June 3
5 Thompson 125 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson June 15 NBCSN
6 Riverhead 200 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead June 25
All-Star Shootout New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon July 15 NBCSN
7 New England 100 July 16 NBCSN
8 Dunleavy's 200 Monadnock Speedway, Winchester July 24[lower-alpha 1]
9 Stafford 150 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford August 5
10 Budweiser King of Beers 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson August 10 NBCSN
11 Bush's Beans 150[lower-alpha 2] Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol August 17 NBCSN
12 Riverhead 200 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead August 27 NBCSN
13 Toyota Mod Classic 150 presented by McDonald's Oswego Speedway, Oswego September 3
14 AnytimeRealty.com 150 Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk September 10
15 F. W. Webb 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon September 24 NBCSN
16 NAPA Fall Final 150 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford October 9[lower-alpha 3] NBCSN
17 Sunoco World Series 150 presented by XtraMart Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson October 16 NBCSN
Source:[10]
Notes
  1. The Dunleavy's 200 was postponed a day because of persistent rain.[8]
  2. The 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.
  3. The NAPA Fall Final 150 was postponed a week due to the forecast for heavy rain and high winds throughout the weekend.[9]

Results and standings

Races
No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer
1 Icebreaker 150[11] Doug Coby Ryan Preece Timmy Solomito Ford
2 NAPA Spring Sizzler 200[12] Doug Coby Doug Coby Doug Coby Chevrolet
3 New England Cycle Center 161[13] Eric Goodale Ron Silk Ron Silk Chevrolet
4 TSI Harley-Davidson 125[14] Doug Coby Doug Coby Doug Coby Chevrolet
5 Thompson 125[15] Doug Coby Max Zachem Bobby Santos III Chevrolet
6 Riverhead 200[16] Doug Coby Doug Coby Timmy Solomito Ford
All-Star Shootout[17] J. R. Bertuccio1 Woody Pitkat Bobby Santos III Chevrolet
7 New England 100[18] Ron Silk Doug Coby Doug Coby Chevrolet
8 Dunleavy's 200[19] Timmy Solomito Timmy Solomito Timmy Solomito Ford
9 Stafford 150[20] Doug Coby Doug Coby Jimmy Blewett Dodge
10 Budweiser King of Beers 150[21] Doug Coby Justin Bonsignore Justin Bonsignore Chevrolet
11 Bush's Beans 150[22] Todd Szegedy Todd Szegedy Eric Goodale Chevrolet
12 Riverhead 200[23] Shawn Solomito Justin Bonsignore Justin Bonsignore Chevrolet
13 Toyota Mod Classic 150 presented by McDonald's[24] Bobby Santos III Doug Coby Doug Coby Chevrolet
14 AnytimeRealty.com 150[25] Doug Coby Doug Coby Timmy Solomito Ford
15 F. W. Webb 100[26] Woody Pitkat2 Justin Bonsignore Justin Bonsignore Chevrolet
16 NAPA Fall Final 150[27] Doug Coby Doug Coby Doug Coby Chevrolet
17 Sunoco World Series 150 presented by XtraMart[28] Timmy Solomito Timmy Solomito Justin Bonsignore Chevrolet
Notes
  • 1 – There was no qualifying session for the All-Star Shootout. The starting grid was decided with a random draw.
  • 2 – The qualifying session for the F. W. Webb 100 was cancelled due to heavy rain. The starting line-up was decided by Practice results.

Drivers' championship
Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

(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
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
Notes
  • ‡ – Non-championship round.
  • 1 – Kyle Ellwood qualified in the No. 6 for Ryan Preece.
  • 2 – Johnny Bush and Melissa Fifield received championship points, despite the fact that they did not qualify for the race.
  • 3 – Scored points towards the Whelen Southern Modified Tour.
  • 4 – Jon McKennedy qualified in the No. 6 for Ryan Preece.

See also

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