2011 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

The 2011 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the 27th season of the Whelen Modified Tour (WMT). It began with the Icebreaker 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on April 10. It ended with the Sunoco World Series of Speedway Racing at Thompson again on October 16. Bobby Santos III entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion. Ron Silk won the 2011 championship after 16 races, 76 points ahead of Todd Szegedy.

Schedule Source:

No. Race title Track Date 1 Icebreaker 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, Connecticut April 10 2 Tech-Net Spring Sizzler Presented by CarQuest Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, Connecticut May 1 3 TSI Harley-Davidson 125 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, Connecticut May 27 4 Monadnock 200 Monadnock Speedway, Winchester, New Hampshire June 26 5 Budweiser King of Beers 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, Connecticut June 30 6 F.W. Webb 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire July 16 7 Lighthouse Mission 200 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead, New York July 30 8 Town Fair Tire 150 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, Connecticut August 5 9 Granite State Classic New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire August 13 10 UNOH Perfect Storm 150 Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee August 24 11 Delaware 150 Delaware Speedway, Delaware, Ontario, Canada September 4 12 Northern Thompson 125 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, Connecticut September 11 13 Whelen Modified 66/99 Pres. by Town Fair Tire Lime Rock Park, Lakeville, Connecticut September 17 14 New Hampshire 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire September 24 15 CarQuest Fall Final Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford, Connecticut October 2 16 Sunoco World Series of Speedway Racing Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson, Connecticut October 16 Notes

Results and standings

Races No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver 1 Icebreaker 150 Bobby Santos III Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Chevrolet 2 Tech-Net Spring Sizzler Presented by CarQuest Doug Coby Bobby Santos III Bobby Santos III Dodge 3 TSI Harley-Davidson 125 Ron Silk Ron Silk Ron Silk Chevrolet 4 Monadnock 200 Todd Szegedy Todd Szegedy Todd Szegedy Ford 5 Budweiser King of Beers 150 Ted Christopher Rowan Pennink Ted Christopher Chevrolet 6 F.W. Webb 100 Ryan Newman Ryan Newman Todd Szegedy Ford 7 Lighthouse Mission 200 Howie Brode Justin Bonsignore Justin Bonsignore Chevrolet 8 Town Fair Tire 150 Doug Coby Doug Coby Ted Christopher Chevrolet 9 Granite State Classic Bobby Santos III Bobby Santos III Mike Stefanik Pontiac 10 UNOH Perfect Storm 150 Bobby Santos III Ryan Newman Ryan Newman Chevrolet 11 Delaware 150 Erick Rudolph Erick Rudolph Ron Silk Chevrolet 12 Northern Thompson 125 Ryan Preece Doug Coby Doug Coby Chevrolet 13 Whelen Modified 66/99 Pres. by Town Fair Tire Todd Szegedy Todd Szegedy Todd Szegedy Ford 14 New Hampshire 100 Ron Silk Ron Silk Ron Silk Chevrolet 15 CarQuest Fall Final Justin Bonsignore Justin Bonsignore Ted Christopher Chevrolet 16 Sunoco World Series of Speedway Racing Ryan Preece Doug Coby Glen Reen Chevrolet

Drivers' championship

(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led. Pos Driver THO STA STAMON THO NHA RIV STA NHA BRI DEL THO LMP NHA STA THO Points 1 Ron Silk 23 3 1* 4 2 2 3 7 11 7 1 9 15 1* 7 16 2443 2 Todd Szegedy 22 24 6 1** 6 1 2 14 3 3 3 5 1* 2 21 25 2367 3 Eric Beers 6 4 11 12 8 11 11 4 5 6 5 17 8 5 4 7 2309 4 Rowan Pennink 2 2 2 10 3* 5 6 6 16 21 18 8 6 22 12 28 2219 5 Doug Coby 7 29 8 11 7 4 5 9* 10 25 2 1* 18 16 9 15* 2214 6 Matt Hirschman 9 8 10 3 12 3 13 13 22 13 12 15 12 9 8 3 2163 7 Justin Bonsignore 5 28 17 2 24 31 1* 11 4 2 7 10 3 3 10* 21 2141 8 Bobby Santos III 33 1* 3 15 4 12 9 3 6* 26 11 13 17 18 27 2 2133 9 Ted Christopher 1* 7 4 6 1 10 17 1 28 4 5 4 1 22 2053 10 Erick Rudolph 20 6 5 9 15 16 24 8 9 31 14* 25 7 6 5 14 2051 11 Mike Stefanik 3 5 15 7 26 27 22 2 1 24 19 2 8 30 9 1957 12 Eric Goodale 24 11 21 18 10 6 15 5 24 10 13 7 19 10 24 10 1955 13 Patrick Emerling 10 23 25 19 25 30 8 17 13 5 10 12 10 17 23 8 1859 14 Jamie Tomaino 30 14 20 14 17 18 7 16 14 20 9 16 14 21 15 17 1854 15 Ed Flemke Jr. 11 16 27 26 13 8 14 26 17 18 17 11 11 12 11 23 1851 16 James Civali 17 25 9 5 9 14 21 15 19 4 4 2 20 26 32 1826 17 Eric Berndt 28 20 12 16 5 13 16 23 27 11 6 24 13 23 26 27 1763 18 Wade Cole 16 22 23 28 20 24 DNQ 25 30 22 15 21 16 24 19 11 1594 19 Bryon Chew 29 12 18 24 27 17 25 12 12 30 23 21 20 25 30 1500 20 Richie Pallai Jr. 19 21 14 21 16 21 10 21 18 4 25 13 1357 21 Ken Heagy 13 13 19 25 21 20 20 28 31 22 19 14 24 1312 22 Ryan Preece 4 17 24 26 4 7 3 14 2 26 1310 23 Woody Pitkat 25 10 22 18 9 22 2 12 14 27 19 1286 24 Ron Yuhas Jr. 8 19 16 8 11 7 18 18 21 34 1193 25 Gary McDonald 21 27 29 27 23 25 DNQ 24 15 27 18 13 1140 26 Kevin Goodale 26 26 30 15 28 23 18 9 6 29 1007 27 Tom Rogers Jr. 27 9 28 14 19 6 17 5 948 28 Glenn Tyler 14 15 13 23 22 8 15 16 929 29 Jimmy Blewett DNQ 18 31 29 10 29 20 629 30 Glen Reen 13 23 20 20 1 609 31 Chuck Hossfeld 12 30 7 28 4 585 32 Dave Etheridge 15 31 26 20 19 482 33 Rob Fuller 32 33 13 20 358 34 Donny Lia 26 25 3 338 35 Andy Seuss 17 19 20 91 321 36 Jake Marosz DNQ 27 26 29 316 37 Rick Gentes 18 22 31 276 38 Ryan Newman DSQ* 1* 28 269 39 Andy Petree 32 33 164 40 Keith Rocco 6 150 41 Zane Zeiner 7 146 42 D. J. Kennington 8 142 43 Tony Ferrante Jr. 31 34 131 44 Ken Woolley Jr. 11 130 45 Dave Brigati 12 127 46 Jimmy Zacharias 12 127 47 Cole Powell 16 115 48 Daniel Hemric 321 18 109 49 Shawn Solomito 19 106 50 Howie Brode 23 99 51 Renee Dupuis 22 97 52 Glenn Griswold 22 97 53 27 291 82 54 Dale Quarterley 28 79 55 Chris Kopec 29 76 56 Chuck Steuer DNQ2 67 57 Timmy Solomito 33 64 Drivers ineligible for NWMT points, because at the combined event at Bristol they chose to drive for NWSMT points Frank Fleming 8 Jason Myers 14 Austin Pack 15 John Smith 16 Burt Myers 17 L. W. Miller 19 Tim Brown 23 Corey LaJoie 28 Pos Driver THO STA STAMON THO NHA RIV STA NHA BRI DEL THO LMP NHA STA THO Points Notes 1 – Scored points towards the Whelen Southern Modified Tour. 2 – Chuck Steuer received championship points, despite the fact that the driver did not qualify for the race.

See also

2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series 2011 ARCA Racing Series 2011 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour 2011 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series 2011 NASCAR Stock V6 Series 2011 NASCAR Corona Series

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