2006 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
Appearance
The 2006 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the 22nd season of the Whelen Modified Tour (WMT). It began with the Icebreaker 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on April 9. It ended with the CarQuest Fall Final at Stafford Motor Speedway on October 28. Tony Hirschman Jr. entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion. Mike Stefanik won his seventh and final championship after 16 races, 209 points ahead of Ed Flemke Jr.
Schedule
[edit]Source: [1]
No. | Race Title | Track | Date |
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1 | Icebreaker 150 | Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson | April 9 |
2 | Carquest Tech-Net Spring Sizzler | Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford | April 23 |
3 | Wheeler Brothers 150 | Jennerstown Speedway, Jennerstown | June 13 |
4 | New England Dodge Dealers 100 | Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson | June 29 |
5 | Connecticut Classic 150 | Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford | July 4 |
6 | New England 100 | New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon | July 15 |
7 | Paul Graff Trucking 100 | Holland International Speedway, Holland | July 8 |
8 | Riverhead 200 | Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead | August 5 |
9 | New England Dodge Dealers 150 | Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford | August 8 |
10 | New England Dodge Dealers 150 | Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson | August 17 |
11 | Made In America Whelen 300[a] | Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville | September 2 |
12 | Sunoco Modified Mania | Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson | September 10 |
13 | New Hampshire 100 | New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon | September 15 |
14 | Whelen VFD 150 | Waterford Speedbowl, Waterford | October 8 |
15 | World Series of Auto Racing Pres. by Whelen | Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson | October 15 |
16 | CarQuest Fall Final | Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford | October 28 |
- Notes
- ^ 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
[edit]Races
[edit]Drivers' championship
[edit](key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.
Pos | Driver | THO | STA | JEN | THO | STA | NHA | HOL | RIV | STA | THO | MAR | THO | NHA | WFD | THO | STA | Points |
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1 | Mike Stefanik | 1 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14* | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2457 |
2 | Ed Flemke Jr. | 18 | 27 | 3* | 2 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 2* | 18 | 9 | 2248 |
3 | Ted Christopher | 4 | 6 | 1 | 29 | 6 | 7* | 2 | 1* | 22 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 19* | 25 | 2247 |
4 | Tony Hirschman Jr. | 5 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 1* | 20 | 21 | 2* | 27 | 33 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 2170 |
5 | Todd Szegedy | 17 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 4 | 11 | 5* | 27 | 16 | 1* | 2165 |
6 | Jerry Marquis | 33 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 2096 |
7 | James Civali | 6 | 7 | 12 | 3* | 24 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 1* | 31 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 30 | 22 | 2087 |
8 | Donny Lia | 15 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 38 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 17 | 19 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2029 |
9 | Zach Sylvester | 28 | 28 | 16 | 18 | 4 | 36 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1997 |
10 | Eric Beers | 21 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 41 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 26 | 11 | 1888 |
11 | Matt Hirschman | 35 | 8 | 14 | 33 | 9 | 24 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 26 | 7 | 8* | 13 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 1873 |
12 | Chuck Hossfeld | 2* | 15 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 19 | 18 | 31 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 31 | 18 | 1852 |
13 | Richard Houlihan | 9 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 28 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 12 | 26 | 1833 |
14 | Doug Coby | 16 | 1* | 9 | 17 | 21 | 33 | 24 | DNQ | 20 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 11 | 23 | 13 | 1792 |
15 | Jimmy Blewett | 20 | 29 | 17 | 14 | 2* | 42 | 9 | DNQ | 24 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 11 | 28 | 2 | 30 | 1754 |
16 | Jamie Tomaino | 8 | 19 | 23 | 13 | 13 | 25 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 29 | 34 | 30 | 26 | 12 | 22 | 16 | 1693 |
17 | Ken Barry | 29 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 31 | 35 | 11 | DNQ | 2 | 24 | 33 | 21 | 15 | 30 | 32 | 2 | 1642 |
18 | Ron Yuhas Jr. | 23 | 14 | DNQ | 9 | 29 | 15 | 29 | DNQ | 15 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 37 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 1614 |
19 | Ron Silk | 11 | DNQ | DNQ | 19 | 20 | 10 | 26 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 29 | 34 | 12 | 22 | 7 | 8 | 1599 |
20 | Anthony Sesely | 22 | DNQ | 20 | 15 | 8 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 11 | 19 | 19 | 31 | 18 | 9 | 29 | 24 | 1596 |
21 | Reggie Ruggiero | 3 | 13 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 9 | DNQ | 38 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 27 | 1583 | |||
22 | Rob Summers | 24 | 5 | 21 | 35 | 19 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 42 | 32 | 26 | 11 | 28 | 1475 | |
23 | John Blewett III | 36 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 1439 | |||||
24 | Danny Sammons | 31 | 10 | DNQ | 27 | 26 | 23 | 7 | DNQ | DNQ | 33 | 24 | 35 | 21 | 25 | 10 | 17 | 1426 |
25 | Jimmy Storace | 25 | DNQ | 25 | 25 | DNQ | 16 | 27 | DNQ | 14 | 32 | 20 | 36 | 22 | 10 | DNQ | 19 | 1295 |
26 | Steve Whitt | 32 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 15 | DNQ | 30 | 14 | 40 | 15 | 20 | 1261 | |||
27 | Kevin Goodale | 34 | 31 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 34 | DNQ | 27 | DNQ | 8 | 25 | 36 | 13 | 14 | 1214 | ||
28 | Wade Cole | 12 | DNQ | 28 | 28 | DNQ | 32 | 22 | DNQ | DNQ | 23 | 21 | 27 | 28 | 17 | DNQ | 23 | 1192 |
29 | Chris Pasteryak | DNQ | 24 | 30 | DNQ | 3 | 12 | 13 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 1140 | |||||
30 | Jon McKennedy | 10 | DNQ | 10 | DNQ | DNQ | 26 | 14 | 29 | 13 | DNQ | 18 | 34 | DNQ | 32 | 1090 | ||
31 | Jake Marosz | DNQ | DNQ | 26 | DNQ | DNQ | 22 | 20 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 29 | 35 | 15 | DNQ | DNQ | 880 |
32 | Glenn Tyler | 37 | DNQ | 27 | 24 | 37 | 25 | 23 | DNQ | DNQ | 24 | 29 | DNQ | DNQ | 838 | |||
33 | Tom Bolles | DNQ | DNQ | 15 | 10 | 4 | 20 | DNQ | 20 | 702 | ||||||||
34 | Renee Dupuis | 26 | 22 | 22 | DNQ | 18 | 17 | 23 | 27 | 686 | ||||||||
35 | Richard Savary | DNQ | 31 | 18 | 27 | 15 | 43 | 15 | 604 | |||||||||
36 | Dave Etheridge | 19 | 32 | 21 | DNQ | 17 | 21 | DNQ | DNQ | 602 | ||||||||
37 | Eric Berndt | 30 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 26 | 8 | DNQ | 29 | 576 | |||||||
38 | Mike Andrews | 7 | 23 | DNQ | 6 | 37 | DNQ | 561 | ||||||||||
39 | Rick Fuller | 27 | 18 | 31 | 10 | 31 | 31 | 535 | ||||||||||
40 | Ken Bouchard | 13 | DNQ | 17 | 27 | DNQ | 25 | DNQ | 532 | |||||||||
41 | Joe Hartmann | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 20 | DNQ | 20 | 28 | 15 | DNQ | 519 | |||||||
42 | Carl Pasteryak | DNQ | DNQ | 17 | DNQ | 16 | 22 | 28 | 505 | |||||||||
43 | Tony Ferrante Jr. | 34 | 12 | 5 | 25 | 431 | ||||||||||||
44 | Dennis Charette | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | 28 | DNQ1 | 13 | 309 | ||||||||||
45 | Alex Hoag | 13 | DNQ | DNQ | 41 | 286 | ||||||||||||
46 | Billy Pauch Jr. | DNQ1 | 21 | DNQ1 | 231 | |||||||||||||
47 | Ken Heagy | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | 26 | DNQ1 | 225 | ||||||||||
48 | Kirk Alexander | 26 | DNQ | 18 | 222 | |||||||||||||
49 | Mike Christopher | 14 | 25 | 209 | ||||||||||||||
50 | Kenny Horton | 33 | 30 | 31 | 207 | |||||||||||||
51 | Tom Rogers Jr. | 14 | DNQ1 | 173 | ||||||||||||||
52 | Tommy Cloce | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | 19 | DNQ1 | 163 | ||||||||||||
53 | Frank Ruocco | 30 | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | 147 | |||||||||||||
54 | Chuck Steuer | 7 | 146 | |||||||||||||||
55 | Howie Brode | 8 | 142 | |||||||||||||||
56 | Tony Stewart | 9 | 138 | |||||||||||||||
57 | Roy Seidell Jr. | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | 133 | ||||||||||||
58 | Joseph Mongeau | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | 129 | ||||||||||
59 | Nevin George | 41 | 27 | 122 | ||||||||||||||
60 | Tommy Cravenho Jr. | 19 | 106 | |||||||||||||||
61 | John Denniston | 24 | 91 | |||||||||||||||
62 | Bobby Grigas III | 24 | 91 | |||||||||||||||
63 | Wayne Anderson | 25 | 88 | |||||||||||||||
64 | Andy Seuss | DNQ1 | 39 | 80 | ||||||||||||||
65 | J. R. Bertuccio | 28 | 79 | |||||||||||||||
66 | Bobby Santos III | 29 | 76 | |||||||||||||||
67 | Frank Vigliarolo Jr. | DNQ1 | 76 | |||||||||||||||
68 | Brian Loftin | 322 | 29 | 76 | ||||||||||||||
69 | Larry Altholtz | DNQ1 | 67 | |||||||||||||||
70 | Bill Park | DNQ1 | 61 | |||||||||||||||
71 | Carl Edwards | 39 | 46 | |||||||||||||||
72 | Brian Cranmer | 40 | 43 | |||||||||||||||
73 | Todd Bodine | 40 | 43 | |||||||||||||||
Drivers ineligible for NWMT points, because at the combined event at Martinsville they chose to drive for NWSMT points | ||||||||||||||||||
Tim Brown | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
Gene Pack | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
Michael Clifton | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
Burt Myers | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
Jay Foley | 18 | |||||||||||||||||
Jamie Tomaino Jr. | 22 | |||||||||||||||||
L. W. Miller | 25 | |||||||||||||||||
Frank Fleming | 26 | |||||||||||||||||
Jason Myers | 28 | |||||||||||||||||
Bobby Hutchens | 30 | |||||||||||||||||
Brian King | 35 | |||||||||||||||||
Kevin Powell | 36 | |||||||||||||||||
Junior Miller | 39 | |||||||||||||||||
Randy Butner | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||
Brandon Hire | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||
Brian Pack | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | THO | STA | JEN | THO | STA | NHA | HOL | RIV | STA | THO | MAR | THO | NHA | WFD | THO | STA | Points |
- 1 – Dennis Charette, Billy Pauch Jr., Ken Heagy, Tom Rogers Jr., Tommy Cloce, Frank Ruocco, Roy Seidell Jr., Joseph Mongeau, Andy Seuss, Frank Vigliarolo Jr., Larry Altholtz, and Bill Park 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
[edit]- 2006 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series
- 2006 NASCAR Busch Series
- 2006 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
- 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series
- 2006 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour
References
[edit]- ^ "2006 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Season Stats, Race Results". racing-reference.info. September 9, 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ "2006 Icebreaker". racing-reference.info. September 9, 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ "2006 Carquest Tech-Net Spring Sizzler". racing-reference.info. September 9, 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ "2006 Wheeler Brothers 150". racing-reference.info. September 9, 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ "2006 New England Dodge Dealers 100". racing-reference.info. September 9, 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ "2006 Connecticut Classic 150". racing-reference.info. September 9, 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ "2006 New England 100". racing-reference.info. September 9, 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ "2006 Paul Graff Trucking 100". racing-reference.info. September 9, 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ "2006 Riverhead 200". racing-reference.info. September 9, 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ "2006 New England Dodge Dealers 150". racing-reference.info. September 9, 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ "2006 New England Dodge Dealers 150". racing-reference.info. September 9, 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ "2006 Made In America Whelen 300". racing-reference.info. September 9, 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ "2006 Sunoco Modified Mania". racing-reference.info. September 9, 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ "2006 New Hampshire 100". racing-reference.info. September 9, 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ "2006 Whelen VFD 150". racing-reference.info. September 9, 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ "2006 World Series of Auto Racing Pres. by Whelen". racing-reference.info. September 9, 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
- ^ "2006 CarQuest Fall Final". racing-reference.info. September 9, 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024.