2007 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

The 2007 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the 23rd season of the Whelen Modified Tour (WMT). It began with the Icebreaker 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on April 15. It ended with the Xtra Mart 150 at Thompson again on October 14. Mike Stefanik entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion. Donny Lia won the 2007 championship after 16 races, 180 points ahead of Todd Szegedy.

The season was marred with the death of John Blewett III, who was killed in a crash at Thompson on August 16.[1]

Schedule

Source: [2]

No. Race Title Track Date
1 Icebreaker 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson April 15
2 Carquest Tech-Net Spring Sizzler Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford April 29
3 Thunder at the Shore Wall Stadium, Wall Township May 6
4 Connecticut Classic 150 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford May 25
5 Charter Cable Internet & Telephone 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson June 21
6 New England 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon June 30
7 Allstate 100 Twin State Speedway, Claremont July 8
8 Miller Lite 140 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead August 4
9 New England Dodge Dealers 150 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford August 11
10 New England Dodge Dealers 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson August 16
11 Whelen 150 Mansfield Motorsports Park, Mansfield August 23
12 Made In America Whelen 300[a] Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville September 1
13 New Hampshire 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon September 15
14 Sunoco Modified Mania 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson September 23
15 CarQuest Fall Final Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford September 29
16 Xtra Mart 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson October 14
Notes
  1. ^ The Made In America Whelen 300 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.

Results and standings

Races

No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer
1 Icebreaker 150[3] Todd Szegedy Donny Lia James Civali Chevrolet
2 Carquest Tech-Net Spring Sizzler[4] Matt Hirschman Ted Christopher Donny Lia Dodge
3 Thunder at the Shore[5] Reggie Ruggiero Jimmy Blewett Jimmy Blewett Chevrolet
4 Connecticut Classic 150[6] Tony Hirschman Jr. Ted Christopher Donny Lia Dodge
5 Charter Cable Internet & Telephone 150[7] Richard Savary Donny Lia Donny Lia Dodge
6 New England 100[8] Ted Christopher Donny Lia Donny Lia Dodge
7 Allstate 100[9] Ron Silk James Civali James Civali Chevrolet
8 Miller Lite 140[10] Ted Christopher Mike Stefanik Donny Lia Dodge
9 New England Dodge Dealers 150[11] Tony Hirschman Jr. Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Chevrolet
10 New England Dodge Dealers 150[12] Todd Szegedy James Civali Todd Szegedy Ford
11 Whelen 150[13] Donny Lia James Civali James Civali Chevrolet
12 Made In America Whelen 300[14] Donny Lia Donny Lia Donny Lia Dodge
13 New Hampshire 100[15] Todd Szegedy Todd Szegedy Todd Szegedy Ford
14 Sunoco Modified Mania 150[16] Donny Lia Donny Lia Ron Silk Chevrolet
15 CarQuest Fall Final[17] Eric Beers Mike Stefanik
Todd Szegedy[N 1] 		Mike Stefanik Chevrolet
16 Xtra Mart 150[18] Tony Ferrante Jr. Bobby Santos III Bobby Santos III Chevrolet
  1. ^ Stefanik and Szegedy both led 59 laps.

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 rainout. * – Most laps led.

Pos Driver THO STA WTO STA THO NHA TSA RIV STA THO MFD MAR NHA THO STA THO Points
1 Donny Lia 20* 1 14 1 1* 1* 4 1 5 4 4 1* 3 8* 7 28 2471
2 Todd Szegedy 19 2 8 5 5 5 8 16 2 1 9 25 1* 3 15* 27 2291
3 Matt Hirschman 5 8 6 6 13 4 2 7 6 12 7 26 31 11 4 3 2260
4 Ron Silk 3 25 7 21 6 6 3 3 20 25 6 20 2 1 5 5 2257
5 Ted Christopher 27 19* 4 28* 2 2 5 15 1* 8 8 2 25 21 3 4 2187
6 James Civali 1 7 20 2 7 35 1* 5 25 26* 1* 4 6 5 6 32 2178
7 Mike Stefanik 34 4 5 12 15 13 7 11* 3 30 12 34 9 10 1* 8 2077
8 Jimmy Blewett 4 9 1* 13 8 30 10 12 9 15 43 5 15 16 26 1883
9 Jamie Tomaino 28 10 11 7 11 23 11 9 15 7 14 19 19 25 33 15 1872
10 Ed Flemke Jr. 26 23 15 3 20 3 13 14 28 5 18 24 26 24 11 19 1851
11 Eric Beers 11 20 21 10 14 33 16 19 8 13 5 18 22 23 19 16 1840
12 Jerry Marquis 21 3 9 18 28 28 6 21 7 27 27 17 11 27 30 17 1765
13 Richard Savary 17 15 30 9 24 11 18 22 22 21 13 10 32 16 17 13 1757
14 Richard Houlihan 18 14 25 8 18 22 25 27 11 23 15 7 37 13 18 11 1753
15 Kevin Goodale 16 12 DNQ 25 9 26 12 17 27 34 20 37 15 12 12 6 1715
16 Bobby Grigas III 9 11 29 19 32 39 23 DNQ 23 29 10 14 10 6 13 25 1670
17 Rowan Pennink 14 DNQ 18 DNQ 12 24 17 13 19 24 21 8 39 17 14 14 1634
18 Billy Pauch Jr. 12 21 10 20 34 20 26 13 6 16 23 20 26 29 21 1590
19 Ryan Preece DNQ DNQ 27 11 31 18 14 10 30 10 17 28 14 29 31 7 1573
20 Wade Cole 36 16 23 22 19 27 19 28 18 14 22 39 21 22 24 23 1528
21 Tony Hirschman Jr. 31 6 24 4 16 12 2 11 7 36 2 9 1522
22 Joe Hartmann DNQ DNQ 12 DNQ 26 40 15 DNQ 31 18 19 16 18 19 20 29 1396
23 Reggie Ruggiero 23 26 3 26 12 26 22 31 34 2 10 2 1379
24 Danny Sammons 33 22 13 17 16 25 24 6 17 33 25 33 38 35 1312
25 Bobby Santos III 32 32 3 7 32 35 32 4 4 9 1* 1311
26 Glenn Tyler DNQ DNQ DNQ 16 21 36 20 24 24 31 23 41 16 27 18 1272
27 Woody Pitkat 10 14 DNQ 10 17 3 35 24 7 28 31 1219
28 Jake Marosz DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 27 32 21 DNQ 29 37 26 42 29 32 22 DNQ 1063
29 Ron Yuhas Jr. 22 27 19 15 25 8 3 35 14 30 1050
30 Renee Dupuis 35 17 DNQ DNQ 30 16 36 18 26 10 854
31 Rick Fuller 25 29 30 23 37 12 20 8 24 846
32 Zach Sylvester 10 5 31 4 35 15 22 792
33 Anthony Sesely 30 18 24 DNQ 22 28 38 21 22 786
34 Jon McKennedy 8 DNQ 26 23 DNQ 9 17 33 745
35 Eric Berndt 37 14 29 14 11 28 23 DNQ 734
36 John Blewett III 29 28 2 27 33 10 16 720
37 Doug Coby 4 19 2 27 36 20 706
38 Tony Ferrante Jr. 6 DNQ 25 9 12 561
39 Charlie Pasteryak 9 21 13 25 DNQ 560
40 Rob Summers 24 31 17 DNQ 31 32 31 544
41 Chuck Hossfeld 2 13 16 31 DNQ 543
42 Andy Seuss 19 9 24 8 477
43 Carl Pasteryak 7 33 DNQ 17 32 444
44 Jimmy Storace 15 24 22 DNQ 358
45 Jeff Malave DNQ 21 28 DNQ 280
46 Mike Christopher 34 23 DNQ DNQ 262
47 Nevin George 13 17 236
48 Gary McDonald DNQ1 DNQ1 DNQ1 40 DNQ1 209
49 Howie Brode 8 DNQ1 200
50 Ken Heagy DNQ 20 30 198
51 Ken Bouchard DNQ DNQ 38 33 196
52 Bill Park 2 170
53 Justin Bonsignore 4 160
54 Dave Etheridge DNQ1 DNQ1 DNQ1 153
55 Chris Pasteryak DNQ1 DNQ1 DNQ1 DNQ1 150
56 Frank Ruocco 30 29 149
57 Alex Hoag 29 30 149
58 Roy Seidell Jr. DNQ1 34 DNQ1 138
59 J. R. Bertuccio 18 109
60 Dan Jivanelli 20 103
61 Chuck Steuer 23 94
62 Wayne Anderson 26 85
63 J. J. Yeley 27 82
64 Ken Woolley Jr. 28 79
65 Dave Brigati DNQ1 70
66 Kenny Horton DNQ1 67
67 Rich Kuiken Jr. DNQ1 55
68 Tom Abele Jr. DNQ1 49
Randy Butner DNQ
Thomas Stinson DNQ
Wesley Swartout DNQ
Earl Baker DNQ
Gene Pack DNQ
Bradley Robbins DNQ
Jason Trinchere DNQ
Jay Mize DNQ
Drivers ineligible for NWMT points, because at the combined event at Martinsville they chose to drive for NWSMT points
L. W. Miller 3
Tim Brown 5
Brian King 6
Jay Foley 9
George Brunnhoelzl III 11
Jason Myers 12
Brandon Hire 13
Junior Miller 15
Buddy Emory 21
Burt Myers 22
Brian Pack 29
Frank Fleming 30
Brian Loftin 36
Zach Brewer 40
Pos Driver THO STA WTO STA THO NHA TSA RIV STA THO MFD MAR NHA THO STA THO Points
  • 1 – Gary McDonald, Howie Brode, Dave Etheridge, Chris Pasteryak, Roy Seidell Jr., Dave Brigati, Kenny Horton, Rich Kuiken Jr., and Tom Abele Jr. received championship points, despite the fact that the driver did not qualify for the race.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Race driver, 33, killed; Death on Thompson track. - Free Online Library".
  2. ^ "2007 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Season Stats, Race Results". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  3. ^ "2007 Icebreaker". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  4. ^ "2007 Carquest Tech-Net Spring Sizzler". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  5. ^ "2007 Thunder at the Shore". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  6. ^ "2007 Connecticut Classic 150". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  7. ^ "2007 Charter Cable Internet & Telephone 150". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  8. ^ "2007 New England 100". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  9. ^ "2007 Allstate 100". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  10. ^ "2007 Miller Lite 140". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  11. ^ "2007 New England Dodge Dealers 150". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  12. ^ "2007 New England Dodge Dealers 150". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  13. ^ "2007 Whelen 150". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  14. ^ "2007 Made In America Whelen 300". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  15. ^ "2007 New England 100". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  16. ^ "2007 Sunoco Modified Mania 150". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  17. ^ "2007 CarQuest Fall Final". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  18. ^ "2007 Xtra Mart 150". racing-reference.info. September 4, 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.