2009 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

The 2009 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the 25th season of the Whelen Modified Tour (WMT). It began with the Icebreaker 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on April 5. It ended with the World Series of Speedway Racing at Thompson again on October 25. Ted Christopher entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion. Donny Lia won the 2009 championship after 13 races, 16 points ahead of Ryan Preece.

Schedule

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Source: [1]

No. Race Title Track Date
1 Icebreaker 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson April 5
2 Tech Net Spring Sizzler Presented by CarQuest Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford April 26
3 TSI Harley-Davidson Classic Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford May 22
4 New England 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon June 27
5 Spencer Speedway 155 Spencer Speedway, Williamson July 12
6 Riverhead 175 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead August 1
7 Town Fair Tire 150 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford August 7
8 UNOH Perfect Storm[a] Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol August 19
9 Budweiser 150 Presented by N.E. Dodge Dealers Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson September 2
10 New Hampshire 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon September 19
11 Made In America Whelen 300[b] Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville September 27
12 CarQuest Fall Final Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford October 4
13 World Series of Speedway Racing Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson October 25
Notes
  1. ^ The UNOH Perfect Storm 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.
  2. ^ 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

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Races

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No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer
1 Icebreaker 150[2] Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Chevrolet
2 Tech Net Spring Sizzler Presented by CarQuest[3] Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Chevrolet
3 TSI Harley-Davidson Classic[4] Ted Christopher Jimmy Blewett Jimmy Blewett Chevrolet
4 New England 100[5] Doug Coby Todd Szegedy Donny Lia Dodge
5 Spencer Speedway 155[6] Ted Christopher Todd Szegedy Erick Rudolph Chevrolet
6 Riverhead 175[7] Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Chevrolet
7 Town Fair Tire 150[8] Eric Berndt Ted Christopher Ryan Preece Chevrolet
8 UNOH Perfect Storm[9] Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Donny Lia Dodge
9 Budweiser 150 Presented by N.E. Dodge Dealers[10] Donny Lia Ted Christopher Donny Lia Dodge
10 New Hampshire 100[11] Ryan Preece Ron Silk Ron Silk Chevrolet
11 Made In America Whelen 300[12] Ron Silk Chris Pasteryak Mike Stefanik Pontiac
12 CarQuest Fall Final[13] Donny Lia Donny Lia Donny Lia Dodge
13 World Series of Speedway Racing[14] Donny Lia Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Chevrolet

Drivers' championship

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(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.

Pos Driver THO STA STA NHA SPE RIV STA BRI THO NHA MAR STA THO Points
1 Donny Lia 3 6 15 1 6 24 7 1 1 2 8 1* 4 2020
2 Ryan Preece 4 3 10 24 5 1** 1 3 18 3 3 3 2 2004
3 Ted Christopher 1* 1* 2 5 10 20 2* 2* 2* 7 30 31 1* 1931
4 Rowan Pennink 9 26 7 4 4 10 5 7 4 6 16 6 5 1867
5 Todd Szegedy 5 2 3 8* 2* 8 10 6 3 29 2 20 29 1823
6 Chris Pasteryak 33 5 6 25 14 9 3 16 13 12 15* 5 6 1691
7 Mike Stefanik 7 4 4 23 7 19 29 25 32 5 1 8 20 1650
8 Eric Beers 11 16 11 16 19 6 4 14 6 24 23 7 18 1645
9 Woody Pitkat 19 7 8 9 13 15 9 5 21 26 20 16 10 1621
10 Ed Flemke Jr. 16 10 12 2 20 16 13 8 17 30 12 13 14 1602
11 Eric Goodale 23 11 27 17 8 17 15 12 20 17 9 11 12 1546
12 Erick Rudolph 31 30 29 32 1 DNQ 6 10 10 9 36 10 7 1477
13 Jamie Tomaino 13 12 14 26 27 7 11 17 12 32 10 21 23 1469
14 Glen Reen 12 18 13 19 17 5 26 32 9 31 22 22 16 1453
15 Glenn Tyler 28 17 18 10 12 14 12 35 14 27 31 15 15 1442
16 Ron Silk 6 8 24 3 9 27 30 33 1* 4 9 1419
17 Ken Heagy 22 19 22 13 18 21 25 26 19 21 28 12 22 1369
18 Doug Coby 8 28 9 6 25 22 28 31 11 2 3 1308
19 Wade Cole 29 22 21 15 24 18 19 34 33 22 33 19 28 1237
20 Kevin Goodale 14 14 23 18 Wth 13 27 29 20 6 29 8 1203
21 Johnny Bush 30 DNQ DNQ 22 23 DNQ 23 22 30 18 18 23 24 1162
22 Bobby Grigas III 10 15 25 11 11 23 32 15 8 40 1076
23 Jimmy Blewett 2 9 1* 28 22 12 8 31 1039
24 Jake Marosz 35 25 26 27 DNQ 31 36 23 25 14 24 26 1029
25 Gary McDonald DNQ DNQ 38 16 DNQ 22 22 23 19 18 21 962
26 Richard Savary 32 24 28 7 18 20 11 36 17 910
27 Renee Dupuis 18 32 31 36 26 24 28 14 32 19 850
28 Reggie Ruggiero 26 33 5 14 20 4 9 826
29 Rob Summers 34 29 17 12 27 15 27 11 788
30 James Civali 40 25 13 13 4 25 676
31 Eric Berndt 24 13 20 16 7 25 667
32 Andy Seuss 17 DNQ 16 21 21 111 15 211 606
33 Joe Hartmann 20 27 DNQ 16 16 28 494
34 Tim Arre 29 14 26 38 14 452
35 Tom Abele Jr. 27 31 19 20 361
36 Tommy Farrell 25 20 30 37 316
37 Keith Rocco 5 33 26 304
38 Chuck Hossfeld 3 10 299
39 Ryan Newman 34 37 8 291
40 Danny Knoll DNQ2 21 17 273
41 Carl Pasteryak 21 23 30 267
42 Tony Ferrante Jr. 15 24 209
43 Matt Hirschman 21 39 185
44 Richie Pallai Jr. DNQ2 17 179
45 Kasey Kahne 31 28 179
46 Anthony Sesely 30 19 179
47 Dave Brigati 2 170
48 Howie Brode 3 165
49 Justin Bonsignore 4 160
50 Bobby Santos III 37 27 134
51 Bill Park 11 130
52 Rob Fuller 33 34 125
53 Zach Sylvester 13 124
54 Buck Catalano 15 118
55 Jon McKennedy 35 35 116
56 Chuck Steuer 25 88
57 John Fortin 26 85
58 Frank Vigliarolo Jr. 28 79
59 Mike Christopher 28 79
60 Fred Vordermeier DNQ2 46
61 Eddie MacDonald 39 46
Drivers ineligible for NWMT points, because at the combined events they chose to drive for NWSMT points
George Brunnhoelzl III 4 7
Burt Myers 9 5
Frank Fleming 21 11
L. W. Miller 13
Jason Myers 27 17
Bobby Hutchens 18
Brian Loftin 19 29
John Smith 23 24
Rich Kiuken Jr. 24
Johnathon Brown 25
Jay Foley 26
Buddy Emory 38 27
Gene Pack 29 34
Bryan Dauzat 30 35
Bradley Robbins 32
J. R. Bertuccio 37
Zach Brewer 38
Tommy Neal 39
Greg Butcher 40
Tim Brown 41
Jeremy Stoltz 42
Jamie Tomaino Jr. 43
Pos Driver THO STA STA NHA SPE RIV STA BRI THO NHA MAR STA THO Points

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2009 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Season Stats, Race Results". racing-reference.info. August 30, 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  2. ^ "2009 Icebreaker". racing-reference.info. August 30, 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  3. ^ "2009 Tech Net Spring Sizzler Presented by CarQuest". racing-reference.info. August 30, 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  4. ^ "2009 TSI Harley-Davidson Classic". racing-reference.info. August 30, 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  5. ^ "2009 New England 100". racing-reference.info. August 30, 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  6. ^ "2009 Spencer Speedway 155". racing-reference.info. August 30, 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  7. ^ "2009 Riverhead 175". racing-reference.info. August 30, 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  8. ^ "2009 Town Fair Tire 150". racing-reference.info. August 30, 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  9. ^ "2009 UNOH Perfect Storm". racing-reference.info. August 30, 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  10. ^ "2009 Budweiser 150 Presented by N.E. Dodge Dealers". racing-reference.info. August 30, 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  11. ^ "2009 New Hampshire 100". racing-reference.info. August 30, 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  12. ^ "2009 Made In America Whelen 300". racing-reference.info. August 30, 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  13. ^ "2009 CarQuest Fall Final". racing-reference.info. August 30, 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  14. ^ "2009 World Series of Speedway Racing". racing-reference.info. August 30, 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.