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The 2017 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the thirty-third season of the Whelen Modified Tour (WMT), a stock car racing tour sanctioned by NASCAR. It began with the Performance Plus 150 presented by Safety-Kleen at Myrtle Beach Speedway on March 18 and concluded with the Sunoco World Series 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on October 15. Doug Coby entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion. 2017 marked the first season of the unification of the Whelen (Northern) Modified Tour and the Whelen Southern Modified Tour.[1] Doug Coby won the championship, six points in front of Timmy Solomito.
No. | Manufacturer | Car Owner | Race Driver | Crew Chief |
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00 | Chevrolet | Brian Brady | Les Hinckley III (R) 1 | Scott Anderson |
Ted Christopher 1 | ||||
Jon McKennedy 5 | ||||
Ron Silk 1 | ||||
Andy Seuss 1 | ||||
0 | Chevrolet | Joe Ambrose | Tom Rogers Jr. 1 | Unknown |
01 | Chevrolet | Kenneth Fifield | Melissa Fifield | Glen Billings 12 |
Eric Pelletier 3 | ||||
Jake Rheaume 1 | ||||
1 | Ford | Kim Myers | Burt Myers 2 | Bobby Foley |
2 | Chevrolet | Mike Smeriglio III | Doug Coby | Phil Moran |
3 | Chevrolet | Jan Boehler | Rowan Pennink | Greg Fournier |
04 | Chevrolet | Mike Curb | Gary Putnam 1 | Donald Tarantino |
5 | Chevrolet | Bob Ebersole | Kyle Ebersole 4 | Bob Ebersole |
06 | Chevrolet | Michelle Biondolillo | Vincent Biondolillo (R) 1 | Andrew Biondolillo |
6 | Chevrolet | Ed Partridge | Ryan Preece 14 | Jeff Preece |
George Brunnhoelzl III 1 | ||||
Jon McKennedy 1 | ||||
07 | Chevrolet | Jennifer Emerling | Patrick Emerling 5 | Jan Leaty |
7 | Chevrolet | Tommy Baldwin Jr. | Donny Lia 5 | Tommy Baldwin Jr. |
Woody Pitkat 1 | ||||
09 | Chevrolet | Jeff Goodale | Brad Vanhouten (R) 1 | William Renton Jr. |
10 | Chevrolet | Erin Solomito | Jerry Solomito 1 | Ed Bennett |
11 | Chevrolet | Eddie Harvey | Andy Seuss 5 | Justin Link 5 |
Chase Dowling 1 | Eddie Harvey 2 | |||
Burt Myers 1 | ||||
14 | Ford | Bobby Hutchens Jr. 1 | Trey Hutchens 1 | Bobby Hutchens Jr. 1 |
Brian Midgett 2 | Cory Osland (R) 2 | Michael Midgett 2 | ||
15 | Chevrolet | Grady Jeffreys Jr. 1 | Jeremy Gerstner 1 | Kevin Jasper 1 |
Rob Fuller 8 | Chase Dowling 8 | Steve Garrepy 8 | ||
Wayne Anderson 1 | Kyle Soper (R) 1 | Tom Soper 1 | ||
16 | Ford | Eric Sanderson | Timmy Solomito | Sly Szaban |
17 | Chevrolet | John Ellwood Jr. | Kyle Ellwood 4 | Jarod Zeltmann |
John Baker (R) 1 | ||||
18 | Chevrolet | Greg Gorman | Ken Heagy 2 | Greg Gorman |
20 | Chevrolet | Ken Zachem | Max Zachem 12[N 1] | Steve Lemay 13 |
Shawn Solomito 1[N 2] | ||||
Danny Cugini (R) 1 | Max Zachem 1 | |||
21 | Chevrolet | Joe Bertuccio Sr. | Ronnie Williams (R) 10 | Joe Bertuccio 7 |
Stash Butova 3 | ||||
22 | Chevrolet | Kyle Bonsignore | Kyle Bonsignore 4 | Bill Bonsignore 1 |
Unknown 3 | ||||
23 | Chevrolet | Jason Sechrist | Troy Talman 1 | Jason Sechrist |
24 | Chevrolet | Cliff Krause | Andrew Krause 10 | John Cooke |
26 | Chevrolet | Sean McDonald | Gary McDonald 11 | Chad McDonald 8 |
Gary McDonald 3 | ||||
28 | Chevrolet | George Brunnhoelzl Jr. | George Brunnhoelzl III 1 | Unknown |
29 | Chevrolet | George Bock | Brendon Bock 8 | Glenn Dixon |
33 | Ford 10 | Wade Cole | Wade Cole | Jake Marosz 4 |
Chevrolet 6 | Rick Rodenbaugh 12 | |||
36 | Chevrolet | Judy Thilberg | Dave Sapienza | Tommy Grasso |
38 | Chevrolet | Linda Rodenbaugh | Gary Byington (R) 3 | Bobby Bourne |
Dave Salzarulo 4 | ||||
Manny Dias (R) 2 | ||||
Kyle Ellwood 2 | ||||
39 | Chevrolet | Joe Carroll | Calvin Carroll (R) | Joe Carroll 3 |
Geary Rinehimer 13 | ||||
40 | Chevrolet | Gina Fleming | Danny Bohn 2 | Frank Fleming |
44 | Chevrolet | Sully Tinio | Bobby Santos III 9 | Bob Santos 8 |
Steve Lemay 1 | ||||
45 | Chevrolet | Chuck Steuer | Dillon Steuer (R) 3 | Butch Capuano |
46 | Chevrolet | Russell Goodale | Woody Pitkat 7 | Doug Ogiejko |
Craig Lutz 9 | ||||
48 | Chevrolet | Wayne Anderson | Shawn Solomito 4 | Jerry Solomito Sr. 4 |
Kyle Soper (R) 1 | Tom Soper 1 | |||
51 | Chevrolet | Ken Massa | Justin Bonsignore | Danny Laferriere 7 |
Bill Michael 9 | ||||
52 | Chevrolet | Erika Pitkat | Woody Pitkat 1 | Unknown |
56 | Toyota 1 | Renee Lutz | Craig Lutz 6 | Eric Lutz 4 |
Chevrolet 5 | Aaron Clifford 2 | |||
58 | Chevrolet | Edgar Goodale | Eric Goodale | Jason Shephard |
60 | Chevrolet | Roy Hall | Matt Hirschman 3 | James Gouldey 1 |
Unknown 2 | ||||
63 | Chevrolet | Steve Pickens | Austin Pickens (R) 3 | Rob Fuller |
64 | Chevrolet | Mike Murphy | Rob Summers | Russell Montgomery 1 |
Ron Yuhas Jr. 14 | ||||
Steve Lemay 1 | ||||
66 | Chevrolet | Jerry Solomito Sr. | Shawn Solomito 2 | Jerry Solomito Sr. |
70 | Chevrolet | Dawn Gerstner 1 | Jeremy Gerstner 1 | Unknown 1 |
Steve Seuss 3 | Andy Seuss 3 | Steve Seuss 3 | ||
72 | Chevrolet | Rusty Edgerton | Lauren Edgerton (R) 1 | Lauren Edgerton |
74 | Chevrolet | Marie Benevento | C. J. Lehmann (R) 4 | Michael LaMura 1 |
John Visconti III 2 | ||||
Bill Loecher 1 | ||||
75 | Chevrolet | Wayne Anderson 2 | Shawn Solomito 2 | Jerry Solomito Sr. 2 |
Sean McDonald 1 | Jeremy Gerstner 1 | Chad McDonald 1 | ||
76 | Chevrolet | John Blewett Sr. | Jimmy Blewett 4 | Rob Ormsbee |
77 | Chevrolet | Mike Curb | Gary Putnam 6 | Teddy Musgrave Jr. 8 Donald Tarantino 1 |
Ryan Newman 2 | ||||
Bobby Santos III 1 | ||||
78 | Chevrolet | Steven Sutcliffe | Walter Sutcliffe Jr. (R) 13 | Kevin Anderson |
82 | Chevrolet | Danny Watts Jr. | Ron Silk 3 | Danny Watts Jr. 8 Aaron Clifford 8 |
Spencer Davis 1 | ||||
Ted Christopher 9 | ||||
Woody Pitkat 3 | ||||
84 | Chevrolet | Nicole Fortin | John Fortin 1 | Unknown |
85 | Chevrolet | Robert Katon Jr. | Todd Szegedy 7 | Don Barker 11 |
Jeff Rocco (R) 4 | ||||
Ron Silk 2 | Kenny Stuart 2 | |||
88 | Chevrolet | Danny Watts Jr. | Roger Turbush (R) 1 | Jarod Zeltmann 1 |
Spencer Davis 1 | Unknown 1 | |||
89 | Ford | John Swanson | Matt Swanson[N 3] | Ken Barry 13 |
John Swanson 3 | ||||
92 | Chevrolet 4 | Anthony Nocella | Anthony Nocella 5 | Jason Decambra |
Ford 1 | ||||
97 | Chevrolet | Bryan Dauzat | Bryan Dauzat 4 | Todd Cooper |
99 | Chevrolet | Cheryl Tomaino | Jamie Tomaino 5 | Trey Tomaino |
Entry list Southern Slam 150 | ||||
2 | Chevrolet | Mike Smeriglio III | Doug Coby | Phil Moran |
7 | Chevrolet | Tommy Baldwin Jr. | Ryan Preece | Tommy Baldwin Jr. |
11 | Chevrolet | Eddie Harvey | Corey LaJoie | Justin Link |
14A | Chevrolet | Bobby Measmer Jr. | Bobby Measmer Jr. | Bobby Measmer Sr. |
14 | Ford | Bobby Hutchens Jr. | Trey Hutchens | Bobby Hutchens Jr. |
39 | Chevrolet | Joe Carroll | Calvin Carroll (R) | Geary Rinehimer |
65 | Chevrolet | Eddie Bohn | Danny Bohn | Eddie Bohn |
72 | Chevrolet | Rusty Edgerton | Lauren Edgerton (R) | Unknown |
74 | Chevrolet | Marie Benevento | C. J. Lehmann (R) | John Visconti III |
75 | Chevrolet | Dawn Gerstner | Jeremy Gerstner | Dawn Gerstner |
77 | Chevrolet | Mike Curb | Derek Kraus (R) | Teddy Musgrave Jr. |
99 | Chevrolet | Cheryl Tomaino | Jamie Tomaino | Trey Tomaino |
The All-Star Shootout and the Southern Slam 150 did not count towards the championship. The Performance Plus 150 presented by Safety-Kleen, the Icebreaker 150, City of Hampton 150 and the Thompson 125 were shown live on FansChoice.tv.[2] Eleven of the eighteen races in the 2017 season were televised on NBCSN on a tape delay basis.[3]
No. | Race Title | Track | Date | TV |
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1 | Performance Plus 150 presented by Safety-Kleen | Myrtle Beach Speedway, Myrtle Beach | March 18 | FansChoice.tv |
2 | Icebreaker 150 | Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson | April 9[a] | FansChoice.tv |
3 | NAPA Auto Parts Spring Sizzler 200 | Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford | April 30 | |
4 | City of Hampton 150 | Langley Speedway, Hampton | May 13 | FansChoice.tv |
5 | Thompson 125 | Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson | June 14 | FansChoice.tv |
6 | Buzz Chew Chevrolet-Cadillac 200 | Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead | June 24 | |
Whelen Modified All-Star Shootout | New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon | July 14 | NBCSN | |
7 | Eastern Propane & Oil 100 | July 15 | NBCSN | |
8 | Stafford 150 | Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford | August 4 | |
9 | Bud 'King of Beers' 150 | Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson | August 9 | NBCSN |
10 | Bush's Beans 150 | Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol | August 16 | NBCSN |
11 | Seekonk 150 | Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk | August 26 | NBCSN |
12 | Toyota Mod Classic 150 presented by McDonald's | Oswego Speedway, Oswego | September 2 | NBCSN |
13 | Miller Lite 200 | Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead | September 16 | NBCSN |
14 | F. W. Webb 100 | New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon | September 23 | NBCSN |
15 | NAPA Fall Final | Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford | October 1 | NBCSN |
Southern Slam 150 | Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord | October 5 | NBCSN | |
16 | Sunoco World Series 150 | Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson | October 15 | NBCSN |
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(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or Owners' points. * – Most laps led.
Pos | Driver | MYR | THO | STA | LGY | THO | RIV | NHA‡ | NHA | STA | THO | BRI | SEE | OSW | RIV | NHA | STA | CLT‡ | THO | Points |
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1 | Doug Coby | 13 | 31 | 2* | 15* | 4 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 2* | 2 | 2 | 1* | 4 | 2 | 14* | 6 | 1* | 5* | 604 |
2 | Timmy Solomito | 1 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 1* | 9 | 29 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 3 | 1* | 24 | 5 | 1 | 598 | |
3 | Justin Bonsignore | 6 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 588 | |
4 | Rowan Pennink | 7 | 1* | 6 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 21 | 2 | 23 | 4 | 570 | |
5 | Eric Goodale | 18 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 566 | |
6 | Ryan Preece | 4 | 28 | 1 | 1* | 4 | 1 | 2* | 1 | 1* | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2* | 10 | 26 | 562 | ||
7 | Dave Sapienza | 24 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 20 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 511 | |
8 | Matt Swanson | 11 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 28 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 12 | 27 | 14 | 484 | |
9 | Rob Summers | 2* | 27 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 19 | 12 | 474 | ||
10 | Craig Lutz | 29 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 9 | 20 | 429 | |||
11 | Wade Cole | 20 | 20 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 25 | 27 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 404 | ||
12 | Calvin Carroll (R) | 28 | 18 | 25 | 13 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 24 | 25 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 395 | |
13 | Woody Pitkat | 8 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 25 | 7 | 375 | ||||||
14 | Max Zachem | 5 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 8 | INQ | Wth | 373 | ||||
15 | Melissa Fifield | 27 | 23 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 24 | 22 | 28 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 30 | 337 | ||
16 | Bobby Santos III | 4 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 9 | Wth | 1 | 8 | 29 | 334 | |||||||
17 | Chase Dowling | 25 | 3 | 21 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 304 | |||||||||
18 | Walter Sutcliffe Jr. (R) | 22 | 18 | 20 | 24 | 14 | 24 | 14 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 28 | 26 | 27 | 304 | |||||
19 | Ted Christopher | 5 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 17 | DNS† | 303 | |||||||
20 | Andrew Krause | 16 | 26 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 23 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 297 | ||||||||
21 | Ronnie Williams (R) | 21 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 25 | 283 | ||||||||
22 | Ron Silk | 16 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 231 | ||||||||||
23 | Brendon Bock | 12 | 11 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 20 | 13 | 23 | 221 | ||||||||||
24 | Shawn Solomito | 21 | 29 | 19 | 25 | 14 | 10 | 22 | 21 | 15 | 220 | |||||||||
25 | Gary Putnam | 14 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 215 | |||||||||||
26 | Andy Seuss | 3 | 17 | Wth | 22 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 33 | 213 | ||||||||
27 | Jon McKennedy | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 11 | 14 | 196 | ||||||||||||
28 | Patrick Emerling | 6 | 3 | 31 | 1* | 18 | 3 | 167 | ||||||||||||
29 | Gary McDonald | 26 | Wth | 26 | Wth | 16 | Wth | 9 | 20 | Wth | 21 | 31 | 159 | |||||||
30 | Kyle Ellwood | 15 | 14 | 16 | Wth | 8 | 16 | 151 | ||||||||||||
31 | Todd Szegedy | 26 | 10 | 23 | 24 | 27 | 19 | 25 | 24 | 149 | ||||||||||
32 | Anthony Nocella | 27 | Wth | 2 | 10 | 11 | 32 | 149 | ||||||||||||
33 | Kyle Bonsignore | 19 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 126 | ||||||||||||||
34 | Donny Lia | 22 | 22 | 23 | 6 | 26 | 4 | 124 | ||||||||||||
35 | Kyle Ebersole | 9 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 20 | 122 | |||||||||||||
36 | Bryan Dauzat | 15 | 16 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 113 | |||||||||||||
37 | C. J. Lehmann (R) | 18 | 23 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 110 | |||||||||||||
38 | Matt Hirschman | 17 | 7 | 2 | 109 | |||||||||||||||
39 | Jamie Tomaino | 25 | Wth | 20 | 18 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 102 | |||||||||||
40 | Dillon Steuer (R) | 9 | 22 | 7 | 94 | |||||||||||||||
41 | Burt Myers | 10 | 26 | 13 | 83 | |||||||||||||||
42 | Jeff Rocco (R) | 15 | 23 | 19 | Wth | 75 | ||||||||||||||
43 | Dave Salzarulo | 24 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 73 | ||||||||||||||
44 | Danny Bohn | 12 | 8 | 2 | 68 | |||||||||||||||
45 | Jeremy Gerstner | 23 | Wth1 | 18 | 11 | 66 | ||||||||||||||
46 | Austin Pickens (R) | 23 | 17 | 28 | 64 | |||||||||||||||
47 | Kyle Soper (R) | 3 | 24 | 62 | ||||||||||||||||
48 | Ryan Newman | 2* | 23 | 9 | 58 | |||||||||||||||
49 | Cory Osland (R) | 16 | 22 | 50 | ||||||||||||||||
50 | George Brunnhoelzl III | 20 | 18 | 50 | ||||||||||||||||
51 | Spencer Davis | 23 | 17 | 48 | ||||||||||||||||
52 | Manny Dias (R) | 18 | 23 | 47 | ||||||||||||||||
53 | Jimmy Blewett | 24 | Wth | Wth | 19 | 45 | ||||||||||||||
54 | Tom Rogers Jr. | 8 | 36 | |||||||||||||||||
55 | Ken Heagy | 18 | 34 | 36 | ||||||||||||||||
56 | Les Hinckley III (R) | 9 | 35 | |||||||||||||||||
57 | Gary Byington (R) | 30 | 28 | Wth | 30 | |||||||||||||||
58 | Vincent Biondolillo (R) | 20 | 24 | |||||||||||||||||
59 | Brad Vanhouten (R) | 21 | 23 | |||||||||||||||||
60 | Danny Cugini (R) | 21 | 23 | |||||||||||||||||
61 | Roger Turbush (R) | 22 | 22 | |||||||||||||||||
62 | Jerry Solomito | 23 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
63 | Lauren Edgerton (R) | 25 | 8 | 19 | ||||||||||||||||
64 | John Baker (R) | 35 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
Trey Hutchens | Wth | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Troy Talman | Wth | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
John Fortin | Wth | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Drivers ineligible for Whelen Modified Tour points | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bobby Measmer Jr. | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
Derek Kraus (R) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
Corey LaJoie | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | MYR | THO | STA | LGY | THO | RIV | NHA‡ | NHA | STA | THO | BRI | SEE | OSW | RIV | NHA | STA | CLT‡ | THO | Points |