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2005 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

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

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Source: [1]

No. Race Title Track Date
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
  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

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Races

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No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer
1 Icebreaker 150[2] Chuck Hossfeld Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Chevrolet
2 Tech Net Spring Sizzler Presented by Carquest[3] Donny Lia Tony Hirschman Jr. Tony Hirschman Jr. Chevrolet
3 Miller Lite 150[4] Eric Beers Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Chevrolet
4 Whelen Modified 150[5] Tony Hirschman Jr. Donny Lia Donny Lia Chevrolet
5 Haynes Materials 150[6] Donny Lia Doug Coby Ted Christopher Chevrolet
6 Wheeler Brothers 150[7] Tony Hirschman Jr. Tony Hirschman Jr. Tony Hirschman Jr. Chevrolet
7 New England 100[8] Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Chevrolet
8 Connecticut Classic 150[9] Tony Hirschman Jr. Jerry Marquis Jerry Marquis Dodge
9 New England Dodge Dealers 150[10] Eric Beers Eric Beers Eric Beers Chevrolet
10 Riverhead 200[11] John Blewett III Donny Lia Donny Lia Chevrolet
11 New England Dodge Dealers 150[12] Tony Hirschman Jr. Mike Stefanik Tony Hirschman Jr. Chevrolet
12 Budweiser 150 Presented by N.E. Dodge Dealers[13] Tony Hirschman Jr. Doug Coby Tony Hirschman Jr. Chevrolet
13 Big Y World Class Market 150[14] Tony Hirschman Jr. Jerry Marquis Jerry Marquis Dodge
14 Made In America Whelen 300[15] Chuck Hossfeld Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Chevrolet
15 Thompson Sunoco 300[16] Tony Hirschman Jr. Tony Hirschman Jr. Ted Christopher Chevrolet
16 Sylvania 100 Presented by Lowe's[17] Doug Coby Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Chevrolet
17 CarQuest Fall Final[18] Donny Lia Tony Hirschman Jr. Tony Hirschman Jr. Chevrolet
18 World Series of Auto Racing Pres. by Whelen Jerry Marquis John Blewett III Jerry Marquis Dodge

Drivers' championship

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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 RIV WFD STA JEN NHA BEE SEE RIV STA THO WFD MAR THO NHA STA THO Points
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

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References

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  1. ^ "2005 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Season Stats, Race Results". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  2. ^ "2005 Icebreaker". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  3. ^ "2005 Tech Net Spring Sizzler Presented by Carquest". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  4. ^ "2005 Miller Lite 150". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  5. ^ "2005 Whelen Modified 150". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  6. ^ "2005 Haynes Materials 150". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  7. ^ "2005 Wheeler Brothers 150". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  8. ^ "2005 New England 100". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  9. ^ "2005 Connecticut Classic 150". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  10. ^ "2005 New England Dodge Dealers 150". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  11. ^ "2005 Riverhead 200". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  12. ^ "2005 New England Dodge Dealers 150". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  13. ^ "2005 Budweiser 150 Presented by N.E. Dodge Dealers". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  14. ^ "2005 Big Y World Class Market 150". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  15. ^ "2005 Made In America Whelen 300". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  16. ^ "2005 Thompson Sunoco 300". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  17. ^ "2005 Sylvania 100 Presented by Lowe's". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  18. ^ "2005 CarQuest Fall Final". racing-reference.info. September 23, 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
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