2008 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

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The 2008 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the 24th season of the Whelen Modified Tour (WMT). It began with the Icebreaker 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on April 6. It ended with the Xtra Mart World Series at Thompson again on October 19. Donny Lia entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion. Ted Christopher won the 2008 championship after 16 races, 127 points ahead of Matt Hirschman.

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Schedule

Source: [1]

No.Race Title Track Date
1Icebreaker 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson April 5
2Spring Sizzler Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford April 27
3TSI Harley-Davidson 150 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford May 23
4New England Dodge Dealers 75 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson June 19
5 New England 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon June 28
6Mason Farms 100 Spencer Speedway, Williamson July 12
7Miller Lite 140 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead August 2
8New England Dodge Dealers 150 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford August 8
9New England Dodge Dealers 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson August 14
10Whelen 150 Mansfield Motorsports Park, Mansfield August 23
11Sunoco Modified Mania 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson September 7
12 New Hampshire 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon September 13
13Made In America Whelen 300 [lower-alpha 1] Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville September 20
14Chemung 120 Chemung Speedrome, Chemung October 5
15CarQuest Fall Final Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford October 12
16Xtra Mart World Series Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson October 19
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

Races

No.Race Pole position Most laps ledWinning driverManufacturer
1Icebreaker 150 [2] James Civali James Civali Ed Flemke Jr. Chevrolet
2Spring Sizzler [3] Ryan Preece Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Chevrolet
3TSI Harley-Davidson 150 [4] Chuck Hossfeld Chuck Hossfeld Chuck Hossfeld Dodge
4New England Dodge Dealers 75 [5] Bobby Grigas III Ted Christopher Ron Silk Pontiac
5 New England 100 [6] Chuck Hossfeld Ted Christopher Chuck Hossfeld Dodge
6Mason Farms 100 [7] Jan Leaty Matt Hirschman Matt Hirschman Chevrolet
7Miller Lite 140 [8] Bill Park Jimmy Blewett Jimmy Blewett Chevrolet
8New England Dodge Dealers 150 [9] Eric Beers Ryan Preece Jimmy Blewett Chevrolet
9New England Dodge Dealers 150 [10] Chuck Hossfeld Todd Szegedy Ron Silk Pontiac
10Whelen 150 [11] Eric Beers Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Chevrolet
11Sunoco Modified Mania 150 [12] Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Todd Szegedy Ford
12 New Hampshire 100 [13] Ryan Newman Jimmy Blewett Ted Christopher Chevrolet
13Made In America Whelen 300 [14] Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Chevrolet
14Chemung 120 [15] Matt Hirschman Matt Hirschman Matt Hirschman Chevrolet
15CarQuest Fall Final [16] Mike Stefanik Mike Stefanik Mike Stefanik Pontiac
16Xtra Mart World Series [17] Eric Beers Ron Silk Ted Christopher Chevrolet

Drivers' championship

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

PosDriver THO STA STA THO NHA SPE RIV STA THO MFD THO NHA MAR CHE STA THO Points
1 Ted Christopher 101*32*2*1942841**14*147612441
2 Matt Hirschman 1614107121*164269621**2252314
3 Todd Szegedy 792677141620*2311352482260
4 Chuck Hossfeld 231*413171516281529194322251
5 Ron Silk 212825110222715219245153*2158
6 Eric Beers 282514417105324101014165102115
7 Mike Stefanik 33443265775822272331*242102
8 Rowan Pennink 96111916122125713822897122016
9 Jimmy Blewett 122331291341*1252262*252113151969
10 Ryan Preece 1929710825518*2432731*1828141948
11 Ed Flemke Jr. 1276263161922624301671311231911
12 Kevin Goodale 251116917271363391130171110161847
13 Glenn Tyler 1410242522139122720281415179111812
14 Ken Heagy 15121815311862117161812291422131800
15 Danny Sammons 34161934239DNQ8818125222316291723
16 Jamie Tomaino 38813352121282291532910122661710
17 Bobby Grigas III 3301521361026231022131826818311709
18 Glen Reen 2713202335612246102535342420221635
19 Joe Hartmann 43122242414181929171731181524DNQ1591
20 Wade Cole 22212116258202019271933272225DNQ1543
21 Tom Abele Jr. 517DNQ183822DNQDNQ12252028212027201520
22 Billy Pauch Jr. 1822143120131411715311917DNQ1506
23 Richard Savary 2672313372314112921373271317
24 Jake Marosz 2335DNQ252815DNQDNQ22212117402533DNQ1303
25 Rick Fuller 32343012141123195363314301271
26 Reggie Ruggiero 83228DNQ5DNQ30425329DNQ1173
27 Anthony Sesely 1115272730112230132681136
28 Erick Rudolph 29249241777651105
29 Renee Dupuis 1726DNQ1134DNQ2824232326959
30 Woody Pitkat 171812861018883
31 Bobby Santos III 3586363832781
32 James Civali 6*5828292627769
33 Gary McDonald 39DNQDNQ27DNQDNQ152324DNQ703
34 Rob Summers 3329153141227697
35 Doug Coby DNQ3334214694
36 Charlie Pasteryak 131220103728619
37 Eric Berndt 3118263229313131617
38 Carl Pasteryak 2025DNQ17917614
39 Tony Ferrante Jr. 30511169611
40 Andy Seuss 3318211430121494
41Sean Patterson241933DNQ337
42 Eric Goodale 1319DNQ304
43Frank Ruocco20DNQDNQ30295
44Tommy Farrell30DNQ11264
45 Donny Lia 332232
46Dan Jivanelli8142
47 Jeff Fuller 9138
48Kenny HortonDNQ226131
49 Jimmy Storace 3728131
50 Brian Loftin 1191130
51 Dion Ciccarelli 29DNQ2125
52Bill Park15118
53 L. W. Miller 19121106
54 Keith Rocco 19106
55Bill Hebing20103
56 Ryan Newman 20103
57 Wayne Anderson 2394
58Chuck Steuer2491
59Mike Andrews2588
60 Jon McKennedy DNQ2DNQ286
61Darrel Krentz2685
62Mike Leaty2976
63Buck Catalano3073
64Jeremy Stoltz3073
65Jan Leaty3170
66Jamie Tomaino Jr.31DNQ70
67 Dale Quarterley 3267
68 Justin Bonsignore DNQ264
69 Gregg Shivers DNQ261
70 J. R. Bertuccio 3655
71Roy Seidell Jr.DNQ252
72 Ken Bouchard DNQ237
Bradley RobbinsDNQ
Bryan Dauzat DNQ
Drivers ineligible for NWMT points, because at the combined event at Martinsville they chose to drive for NWSMT points
Tim Brown 11
George Brunnhoelzl III 16
Rich Kuiken Jr.20
Jason Myers 28
Jay Foley 32
John Smith 35
Frank Fleming 36
Bobby Hutchens 38
Zach Brewer39
Sean Garter41
Buddy Emory42
Scott RigneyDNQ
PosDriver THO STA STA THO NHA SPE RIV STA THO MFD THO NHA MAR CHE STA THO Points

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References

  1. ↑ "2008 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Season Stats, Race Results". racing-reference.info. September 3, 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  2. ↑ "2008 Icebreaker". racing-reference.info. September 3, 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  3. ↑ "2008 Spring Sizzler". racing-reference.info. September 3, 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  4. ↑ "2008 TSI Harley-Davidson 150". racing-reference.info. September 3, 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  5. ↑ "2008 New England Dodge Dealers 75". racing-reference.info. September 3, 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  6. ↑ "2008 New England 100". racing-reference.info. September 3, 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  7. ↑ "2008 Mason Farms 100". racing-reference.info. September 3, 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  8. ↑ "2008 Miller Lite 140". racing-reference.info. September 3, 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  9. ↑ "2008 New England Dodge Dealers 150". racing-reference.info. September 3, 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  10. ↑ "2008 New England Dodge Dealers 150". racing-reference.info. September 3, 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  11. ↑ "2008 Whelen 150". racing-reference.info. September 3, 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  12. ↑ "2008 Sunoco Modified Mania 150". racing-reference.info. September 3, 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  13. ↑ "2008 New Hampshire 100". racing-reference.info. September 3, 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  14. ↑ "2008 Made In America Whelen 300". racing-reference.info. September 3, 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  15. ↑ "2008 Chemung 120". racing-reference.info. September 3, 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  16. ↑ "2008 CarQuest Fall Final". racing-reference.info. September 3, 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  17. ↑ "2008 Xtra Mart World Series". racing-reference.info. September 3, 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
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