2005 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
Appearance
The 2005 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the 21st season of the Whelen Modified Tour (WMT), and the first with Whelen Engineering as the title sponsor. It began with the Icebreaker 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on April 10. It ended with the World Series of Auto Racing Pres. by Whelen at Thompson again on October 30. Tony Hirschman Jr., who entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion, won his fifth and final championship after 18 races, seventeen points ahead of Ted Christopher.
Schedule
[edit]Source: [1]
No. | Race Title | Track | Date |
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1 | Icebreaker 150 | Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson | April 10 |
2 | Tech Net Spring Sizzler Presented by Carquest | Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford | April 24 |
3 | Miller Lite 150 | Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead | June 4 |
4 | Whelen Modified 150 | Waterford Speedbowl, Waterford | June 25 |
5 | Haynes Materials 150 | Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford | July 3 |
6 | Wheeler Brothers 150 | Jennerstown Speedway, Jennerstown | July 9 |
7 | New England 100 | New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon | July 15 |
8 | Connecticut Classic 150 | Beech Ridge Motor Speedway, Scarborough | July 23 |
9 | New England Dodge Dealers 150 | Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk | June 29 |
10 | Riverhead 200 | Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead | August 6 |
11 | New England Dodge Dealers 150 | Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford | August 12 |
12 | Budweiser 150 Presented by N.E. Dodge Dealers | Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson | August 18 |
13 | Big Y World Class Market 150 | Waterford Speedbowl, Waterford | August 27 |
14 | Made In America Whelen 300[a] | Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville | September 3 |
15 | Thompson Sunoco 300 | Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson | September 11 |
16 | Sylvania 100 Presented by Lowe's | New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon | September 16 |
17 | CarQuest Fall Final | Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford | October 2 |
18 | World Series of Auto Racing Pres. by Whelen | Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson | October 30 |
- 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 | RIV | WFD | STA | JEN | NHA | BEE | SEE | RIV | STA | THO | WFD | MAR | THO | NHA | STA | THO | Points |
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1 | Tony Hirschman Jr. | 11 | 1* | 9 | 12 | 24 | 1* | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 2* | 6 | 1* | 12 | 2749 |
2 | Ted Christopher | 1* | 5 | 1* | 2 | 1 | 23 | 1* | 5 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 6 | 1* | 1 | 1* | 5 | 30 | 2731 |
3 | Chuck Hossfeld | 3 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2666 |
4 | Jerry Marquis | 21 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 8 | 1* | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1* | 11 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2647 |
5 | Eric Beers | 29 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 1* | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 2470 | |
6 | Donny Lia | 17 | 15 | 3 | 1** | 10 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1* | 9 | 9 | 3 | 29 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 17 | 2469 |
7 | Doug Coby | 9 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 3* | 12 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 14* | 2 | 5 | 19 | 7 | 29 | 3 | 2327 |
8 | Rick Fuller | 5 | 18 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 26 | 17 | 19 | 2236 |
9 | Mike Christopher | 24 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 31 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 2202 |
10 | Zach Sylvester | 2 | 2 | 14 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 30 | 21 | 11 | 2178 |
11 | Jamie Tomaino | 27 | 7 | 15 | 27 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 6 | 21 | DNQ | 10 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 8 | 23 | 2145 |
12 | Ed Flemke Jr. | 23 | 17 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 16 | 28 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 27 | 4 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 2139 |
13 | Dave Etheridge | 10 | 20 | DNQ | 28 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 11 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 1931 | |
14 | Steve Whitt | 22 | DNQ | DNQ | 5 | DNQ | 18 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 14 | 30 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 23 | 15 | 27 | 10 | 1910 |
15 | Tyler Haydt | 8 | DNQ | 16 | 19 | DNQ | 26 | 25 | 7 | 22 | 17 | 26 | 24 | 5 | 35 | 12 | 22 | 22 | 16 | 1865 |
16 | Kevin Goodale | 14 | 29 | DNQ | DNQ | 25 | 16 | 29 | 21 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 22 | 15 | 37 | 16 | 21 | 32 | 14 | 1737 |
17 | Mike Stefanik | 4 | 33 | 5 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 4* | 23 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 31 | 6 | 1725 | |||||
18 | Renee Dupuis | 16 | 16 | 18 | 25 | 15 | 27 | 32 | 18 | 28 | DNQ | 27 | 19 | 17 | 22 | 26 | 32 | 19 | 26 | 1710 |
19 | Gregg Shivers | 15 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 25 | 18 | 27 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 1634 | ||
20 | Richard Houlihan | 28 | 25 | 23 | DNQ | 19 | 23 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 31 | 11 | 34 | 29 | 23 | 20 | 1519 | ||
21 | John Blewett III | 31 | 40 | 20 | 2 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 28 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 13* | 1509 | |||||
22 | Kevin Konopka | 26 | 14 | 26 | 17 | DNQ | 25 | 13 | 13 | 29 | DNQ | 28 | 32 | 12 | 30 | 21 | 33 | 1492 | ||
23 | Jimmy Storace | 19 | 23 | DNQ | 29 | 16 | 22 | 33 | 24 | 18 | DNQ | 17 | 27 | DNQ | 36 | 19 | 22 | 1469 | ||
24 | Wade Cole | 20 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 20 | 26 | 19 | 30 | DNQ | DNQ | 15 | 24 | 40 | 28 | 23 | DNQ | DNQ | 1359 |
25 | Ken Barry | 12 | 28 | 10 | 30 | 29 | 11 | 21 | 26 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 1293 | ||||||
26 | Nevin George | 7 | 12 | 24 | 26 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 25 | 24 | 14 | DNQ | 1132 | |||||||
27 | Jake Marosz | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 28 | 27 | 22 | DNQ | DNQ | 30 | 30 | DNQ | 25 | 24 | DNQ | DNQ | 1122 | |
28 | Chris Kopec | 6 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 27 | 8 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 1083 | |||||||||
29 | Tony Ferrante Jr. | 35 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1070 | |||||||||
30 | Tommy Cloce | 18 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 30 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 994 | ||||||||
31 | Charlie Pasteryak | 37 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 973 | ||||||||||
32 | Jimmy Blewett | 20 | 30 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 33 | 25 | 13 | 27 | 867 | |||||||||
33 | Mike Mouller | 34 | 19 | DNQ | DNQ | 28 | DNQ | 33 | 13 | 24 | 36 | DNQ | DNQ | 849 | ||||||
34 | Tom Bolles | 38 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 30 | DNQ | DNQ | 775 | ||||||||||
35 | Reggie Ruggiero | 4 | 9 | 35 | 18 | 36 | 38 | 10 | 739 | |||||||||||
36 | Matt Hirschman | 8 | 10 | 27 | 17 | 28 | 22 | 24 | 737 | |||||||||||
37 | Carl Pasteryak | 11 | 26 | 24 | DNQ | 17 | 15 | 31 | 667 | |||||||||||
38 | Jeff Malave | 33 | 14 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 530 | |||||||||||||
39 | Eric Berndt | 32 | 32 | 21 | 20 | 12 | DNQ | 528 | ||||||||||||
40 | Anthony Sesely | 13 | 16 | 16 | DNQ | 479 | ||||||||||||||
41 | Ken Bouchard | 25 | 31 | 34 | 15 | 31 | DNQ | 456 | ||||||||||||
42 | Chris Pasteryak | 20 | 15 | 29 | 10 | 431 | ||||||||||||||
43 | Darrin Stevens | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | 26 | 38 | 400 | |||||||||||
44 | Tommy Cravenho Jr. | 7 | 7 | 27 | 374 | |||||||||||||||
45 | Howie Brode | 30 | DNQ | DNQ | 12 | DNQ | DNQ | 359 | ||||||||||||
46 | Frank Ruocco | 30 | 28 | 23 | 26 | 331 | ||||||||||||||
47 | Roy Seidell Jr. | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | 35 | DNQ1 | 316 | ||||||||||||
48 | Todd Szegedy | 3 | 10 | 299 | ||||||||||||||||
49 | Mike Ewanitsko | 4 | DNQ | 32 | 288 | |||||||||||||||
50 | Bo Gunning | 13 | 26 | 31 | 279 | |||||||||||||||
51 | Kelly McDougall | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | 273 | ||||||||||||
52 | Wayne Anderson | 28 | 21 | 25 | 267 | |||||||||||||||
53 | James Civali | 16 | 8 | 257 | ||||||||||||||||
54 | Justin Gaydosh | DNQ | 22 | 26 | DNQ | 253 | ||||||||||||||
55 | Chuck Steuer | 6 | 25 | 238 | ||||||||||||||||
56 | Richie Coy | 21 | 212 | 218 | ||||||||||||||||
57 | Danny Knoll | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | 38 | 211 | ||||||||||||||
58 | Bill Park | DNQ1 | 11 | 206 | ||||||||||||||||
59 | Frank Vordermeier | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | 37 | 205 | ||||||||||||||
60 | Alex Hoag | 36 | 23 | 8 | 197 | |||||||||||||||
61 | Rob Summers | 19 | 25 | 35 | 194 | |||||||||||||||
62 | Dennis Gada | 18 | 29 | 185 | ||||||||||||||||
63 | Joe Hartmann | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | 183 | |||||||||||||||
64 | Frank Vigliarolo Jr. | 22 | 26 | 182 | ||||||||||||||||
65 | Zane Zeiner | 31 | 26 | 155 | ||||||||||||||||
66 | Chris Young | 27 | DNQ1 | 155 | ||||||||||||||||
67 | Bob Polverai | 8 | 142 | |||||||||||||||||
68 | Tom Rogers Jr. | DNQ1 | DNQ1 | 134 | ||||||||||||||||
69 | Dave Berghman | 11 | 130 | |||||||||||||||||
70 | Brian Loftin | 12 | 122 | 127 | ||||||||||||||||
71 | Daren Scherer | 19 | 262 | 106 | ||||||||||||||||
72 | Kenny Horton | 20 | 103 | |||||||||||||||||
73 | John Fortin | 23 | 94 | |||||||||||||||||
74 | Steve Park | 28 | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
75 | Bobby Santos III | DNQ1 | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
76 | Dan Jivanelli | DNQ1 | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
77 | Buck Catalano | 36 | 55 | |||||||||||||||||
78 | Larry Altholz | DNQ1 | 52 | |||||||||||||||||
79 | Brian Cranmer | 432 | 37 | 52 | ||||||||||||||||
80 | Ryan Seaman | 39 | 34 | 46 | ||||||||||||||||
81 | Earl Paules | DNQ1 | 43 | |||||||||||||||||
82 | Ron Silk | DNQ1 | 43 | |||||||||||||||||
83 | Todd Bodine | 28 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
84 | Eddie MacDonald | 37 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
85 | Don Wagner | 39 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Kevin Powell | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||
Drivers ineligible for NWMT points, because at the combined event at Martinsville they chose to drive for NWSMT points | ||||||||||||||||||||
Jay Foley | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||
Junior Miller | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||
Tim Brown | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||
Jay Hedgecock | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||
Randy Butner | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||
Gene Pack | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||
Bobby Hutchens | 31 | |||||||||||||||||||
Frank Fleming | 33 | |||||||||||||||||||
Burt Myers | 34 | |||||||||||||||||||
Brian Pack | 39 | |||||||||||||||||||
Michael Clifton | 41 | |||||||||||||||||||
Jamie Tomaino Jr. | 42 | |||||||||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | THO | STA | RIV | WFD | STA | JEN | NHA | BEE | SEE | RIV | STA | THO | WFD | MAR | THO | NHA | STA | THO | Points |
- 1 – 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]- 2005 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series
- 2005 NASCAR Busch Series
- 2005 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
- 2005 ARCA Re/Max Series
- 2005 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour
References
[edit]- ^ "2005 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Season Stats, Race Results". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "2005 Icebreaker". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "2005 Tech Net Spring Sizzler Presented by Carquest". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "2005 Miller Lite 150". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "2005 Whelen Modified 150". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "2005 Haynes Materials 150". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "2005 Wheeler Brothers 150". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "2005 New England 100". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "2005 Connecticut Classic 150". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "2005 New England Dodge Dealers 150". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "2005 Riverhead 200". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "2005 New England Dodge Dealers 150". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "2005 Budweiser 150 Presented by N.E. Dodge Dealers". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "2005 Big Y World Class Market 150". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "2005 Made In America Whelen 300". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "2005 Thompson Sunoco 300". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "2005 Sylvania 100 Presented by Lowe's". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
- ^ "2005 CarQuest Fall Final". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.