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The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (NWMT) (previously the NASCAR Winston Modified Tour and NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series from 1985 until 2005) is a stock car racing

Stock car racing

Stock car racing is a form of automobile racing found mainly in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Great Britain, Brazil and Argentina. Traditionally, races are run on oval tracks measuring approximately in length...

series owned and operated by NASCAR

NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...

in the Modified division. The Modified division is NASCAR's oldest division, and its one of two open-wheeled divisions. NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour events are mainly held in the northeastern United States

United States

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, but the 2007 and 2008 tours have expanded to the Midwest with the addition of a race in Mansfield, Ohio

Mansfield, Ohio

Mansfield is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Richland County. The municipality is located in north-central Ohio in the western foothills of the Allegheny Plateau, approximately southwest of Cleveland and northeast of Columbus....

. The Whelen Southern Modified Tour

Whelen Southern Modified Tour

The NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour is a stock car racing series owned by NASCAR and operated in the Southeastern United States as part of its Modified Division...

, established in 2005, races in the southeastern United States. The two tours race primarily on short oval paved tracks, but the NWMT also has made appearances at larger ovals and road courses. The two tours have a combined race in Martinsville, Virginia

Martinsville, Virginia

Martinsville is an independent city which is surrounded by Henry County, Virginia, United States. The population was 13,821 in 2010. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Martinsville with Henry County for statistical purposes...

and Bristol, Tennessee

Bristol, Tennessee

Bristol is a city in Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 26,702 at the 2010 census. It is the twin city of Bristol, Virginia, which lies directly across the state line between Tennessee and Virginia. The boundaries of both cities run parallel to each other along State...

every year.

Following elimination of the Elite division, NASCAR will feature Modified drivers (driving Grand National cars) with the Grand National Division in the Toyota All-Star Showdown in the fall of 2007.

As part of NASCAR's plan to cut costs and unify rules among different tours in the same division, the two NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour divisions use identical rules.

The cars

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour cars are substantially different from their Sprint Cup counterparts. Today's cars are based on tubular chassis built by fabricators such as Troyer Engineering, Chassis Dynamics, Spafco, and Raceworks. Bodies are related to their passenger car counterparts in only two ways. There is a "manufacturers" logo placed on the car, and a logo indicating the type of road car it is alleged to be. Neither logo, is actually associated with the actual manufacturer of the race vehicle. Largely fabricated from sheetmetal, with the front wheels and much of the front suspension exposed. A NASCAR Modified is eleven inches shorter in height and over twenty-three inches wider than a Cup car. By rule, Tour-type Modifieds weigh at least 2610 pounds (with additional weight for engines 358 cubic inches and larger) and have a wheelbase of 107 inches (2,717.8 mm). They are powered by small-block V-8 engines, usually of 355 to 368 cubic inches displacement, although larger or smaller engines can be used. Engine components are largely similar to those used in the Sprint Cup Series, but Whelen Modified Tour engines use a small four-barrel carburetor (rated at 390 cubic feet per minute, about half the airflow of previous Modified carburetors), which limits their output to 550 to 650 horsepower. On large tracks such as New Hampshire Motor Speedway, the engines must have a restrictor plate

Restrictor plate

A restrictor plate or air restrictor is a device installed at the intake of an engine to limit its power. This kind of system is occasionally used in road vehicles for insurance purposes, but mainly in automobile racing, to limit top speed and thus increase safety, to provide equal level of...

between the carburetor and intake manifold, reducing engine power and car speed for safety reasons. Approved "body styles" for 2006 include the Chevrolet Cavalier

Chevrolet Cavalier

The Chevrolet Cavalier was a compact automobile produced from 1982 to 2005 by General Motors. Built on the company's J platform, the Cavalier was one of the best-selling cars in the United States throughout its life.- Predecessors :...

and Monte Carlo

Chevrolet Monte Carlo

The Chevrolet Monte Carlo was an American-made two-door coupe introduced for model year 1970, and manufactured over six generations through model year 2007. It was marketed as a personal-luxury coupe through most of its history, with the last model version being classified as a full-sized coupe...

, the Dodge Avenger

Dodge Avenger

The Dodge Avenger is a front-wheel drive, mid-size sedan, built by the Chrysler Corporation for the Dodge marque. In its initial debut, the Avenger was produced from 1995 to 2000 as a 2-door coupe...

and Stealth, the Ford Mustang

Ford Mustang

The Ford Mustang is an automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company. It was initially based on the second generation North American Ford Falcon, a compact car. Introduced early on April 17, 1964, as a "1964½" model, the 1965 Mustang was the automaker's most successful launch since the Model A...

and Escort, the Plymouth Laser

Plymouth Laser

The Plymouth Laser was a sports coupe sold under the Plymouth brand from 1989 to 1994. The Laser and its siblings: the Mitsubishi Eclipse and Eagle Talon, were the first vehicles produced under the newly formed Diamond Star Motors, a joint-venture between the Chrysler Corporation and the...

and Sundance

Plymouth Sundance

The Plymouth Sundance is a compact car model that was produced for model years 1987 to 1994. It was designed to compete with upmarket compacts such as the Geo Prizm, Ford Escort and the Honda Civic after the production of the Horizon was to be extended...

, and the Pontiac Sunbird

Pontiac Sunbird

The Pontiac Sunbird, produced by the Pontiac division of General Motors, was Pontiac's second small-car offering of the 70's. The Sunbird model ran for 18 years and was then replaced in 1995 by the Pontiac Sunfire...

, J2000, and Grand Prix

Pontiac Grand Prix

Picking up where the Pontiac Ventura model left off, the Grand Prix first appeared in the Pontiac line for 1962. It was essentially a standard Pontiac Catalina coupe with minimal outside chrome trim and a sportier interior...

History of the NASCAR Modified division

The NASCAR Modified division was formed as part of NASCAR's creation in December 1947. NASCAR held a Modified race as its first sanctioned event on February 15, 1948, on the beach course at Daytona Beach, Florida. Red Byron

Red Byron

Robert "Red" Byron was a NASCAR driver who was successful in the sanctioning body's first years. He was NASCAR's first Modified champion in 1948 and its first Strictly Stock champion in 1949.-Background:Born in Colorado he moved to Anniston, Alabama at an early age, Byron began...

won the event and 11 more races that year, and won the first NASCAR Modified Championship.
(The Strictly Stock division, which evolved into today's premier series Sprint Cup, did not race until 1949.) Post-World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

Modifieds were a form of "stock car" (contrasted against purpose-built AAA

American Automobile Association

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Championship Cars

Champ Car

Champ Car was the name for a class and specification of open wheel cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades, primarily for use in the Indianapolis 500 auto race...

, Sprints, and Midgets) which allowed some modification, typically substitution of stronger truck parts. Most cars were pre-WWII coupes and coaches. This pattern continued through the 1960s, with aftermarket performance parts and later-model chassis (such as the 1955–57 Chevrolet's frame) becoming more common. The Modifieds became known for technical innovation, both in homebuilt parts and in adapting components from other types of vehicle. By 1970, many Modifieds featured big-block engines, fuel injection, eighteen-inch-wide rear tires, radically offset engine location, and other technology that made them faster on short tracks than any full-bodied race cars including Grand National cars.

The predecessor to the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was NASCAR's National Modified Championship, which was determined by total points from weekly NASCAR-sanctioned races as well as a schedule of National Championship races. Parts of the northeastern and southeastern USA were hotbeds of Modified racing in the 1950s and 1960s; some racers competed five nights per week or more. Often the same car was raced on both dirt and paved tracks, changing only tires and perhaps springs and shock absorbers. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the technology of dirt and pavement Modifieds diverged to make them separate types of race car. NASCAR was no longer sanctioning dirt tracks which held modified races, so the NASCAR Modified rules became the standard for asphalt Modifieds. (Starting in the early 1970s, Northeastern USA dirt Modified racetracks began to join the DIRT organization founded by Glenn Donnelly.) Most unsanctioned tracks used similar Modified rules to NASCAR's, or specified the same cars with cost-limiting rules such as smaller engines or narrow tires.

In the 1980s, it became prohibitively expensive for Modified teams to tow long distances to sixty or more races per year, including Watkins Glen International

Watkins Glen International

Watkins Glen International is an auto race track located near Watkins Glen, New York, at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. The facility is owned by International Speedway Corporation...

and Daytona International Speedway

Daytona International Speedway

Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home of the Daytona 500, one of the most prestigious races in NASCAR. In addition to NASCAR, the track also hosts races of ARCA, AMA Superbike, Grand-Am and Motocross...

, Bowman Gray Stadium

Bowman Gray Stadium

Bowman Gray Stadium is a NASCAR sanctioned 1/4-mile asphalt flat oval short track and football stadium located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It is one of stock car racing's most legendary venues, and is referred to as "NASCAR's longest-running weekly race track"...

in Winston-Salem, NC, North Wilkesboro Speedway

North Wilkesboro Speedway

North Wilkesboro Speedway was a short track that held races in NASCAR's top three series from NASCAR's inception in 1949 until its closure in 1996...

, and Martinsville Speedway

Martinsville Speedway

Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Henry County, near Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved...

, with the North Wilkesboro races part of the Cup weekend.

Richie Evans

Richie Evans

Richard Ernest Evans , was an American racing driver who won nine NASCAR National Modified Championships, including eight in a row from 1978 to 1985. The International Motorsports Hall of Fame lists this achievement as "one of the supreme accomplishments in motorsports"...

ran 66 NASCAR Modified features (and several unsanctioned events such as the Race of Champions) in 1984, the final year of the old system. To enable more than a few teams to contend seriously for the championship, it was decided to reformat the Modified division's championship to a limited schedule of races not conflicting with one another. This change mirrored similar format changes to the Grand National (now Sprint Cup) division starting in 1972 and the Late Model Sportsman (now Nationwide Series) division starting in 1982.

Safety

Richie Evans' 1985 death at Martinsville, along with other asphalt Modified fatalities such as Charlie Jarzombek

Charlie Jarzombek

Charlie Jarzombek was an American racecar driver from Baiting Hollow, New York.-Racing career:He started racing in 1962 on the Long Island tracks of Islip, Riverhead Raceway and Freeport Stadium...

(in 1987), Corky Cookman (1987), Tommy Druar (1989), Don Pratt (1989), and Tony Jankowiak (1990), led to questions about car rigidity with Tour Modifieds, and safety changes. In particular, straight frame rails were phased out, with new chassis required to have a step which could bend in hard impacts rather than passing the force to the driver. The death of Tom Baldwin, Sr.

Tom Baldwin (NASCAR Driver)

Tom Baldwin was a NASCAR Modified race driver. He competed for 40 seasons, winning 6 modified races as well as numerous other races. His 11 wins at Riverhead Raceway spanned from June 30, 1978 to June 6, 1992. He was given the "Most Popular driver" award on the Modified tour for 2003...

in 2004 led to more safety modifications, with HANS devices (or equivalent) and left side headrests becoming mandatory. For the 2008 season, rear bumpers have been shortened in response to the 2007 death of John Blewett III.

After a severed wheel caused a fatality at an Indy Racing League race, NASCAR in July 1999 required the Featherlite Modified Series teams (and eventually all NASCAR teams) to add steel cables as tethers linking each front spindle to the chassis, the steel cables were later replaced with marine rope which is stronger and weighs less.

History of the Modified Tour

The modern-day NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was first held in 1985 with 29 races, named the NASCAR Winston Modified Tour. It switched sponsorship to the Featherlite Trailers brand in 1994, and was renamed to the NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series.

Two major changes to the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour came in 2005.

In 2005, Whelen Engineering took over sponsorship of the series, which was renamed to the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour.

Beginning in 2005 NASCAR sanctiond a new modified division in the southeastern United States known as the Whelen Southern Modified Tour. The two tours agreed to run a combined race at Martinsville Speedway

Martinsville Speedway

1985

Richie Evans

, who ties (with Mike Stefanik

Mike Stefanik

Mike Stefanik is a NASCAR driver. He currently races in the Whelen Modified Tour, piloting the #16 Diversified Metals Pontiac. Stefanik was named the second greatest NASCAR Modified driver of all-time in 2003. His seven series championships are tied with Jerry Cook for second all-time, trailing...

) the record for the most NASCAR championships with nine NASCAR Modified championships, won his last championship posthumously in 1985, the first year of the Winston Modified Tour. Driving cars built and maintained in his own shop for sponsor B.R. DeWitt, Evans won 12 of his 28 starts on the Tour, including five consecutive victories at five tracks in July and August. Billy Nacewicz was the team's crew chief. Other strong contenders on the Tour included George Kent, Jimmy Spencer

Jimmy Spencer

Jimmy Spencer is a current television commentator, and a former NASCAR driver. He formerly hosted the NASCAR inspired talk show, “What’s the Deal?”, on SPEED. He is the former co-host, with John Roberts and Kenny Wallace, of the SPEED's pre-race and post-race NASCAR shows NASCAR RaceDay and...

, Brian Ross, Reggie Ruggiero, Brett Bodine

Brett Bodine

Brett Bodine is a former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and is the current driver of the pace car in Sprint Cup events. Brett is the younger brother of 1986 Daytona 500 winner Geoff Bodine and the older brother of 2006 Craftsman Truck Series champion Todd Bodine...

, Charlie Jarzombek

Charlie Jarzombek

Charlie Jarzombek was an American racecar driver from Baiting Hollow, New York.-Racing career:He started racing in 1962 on the Long Island tracks of Islip, Riverhead Raceway and Freeport Stadium...

, Jeff Fuller, George Brunnhoelzl, Doug Heveron, Jamie Tomaino, John Rosati, Corky Cookman, Greg Sacks

Greg Sacks

Greg Sacks is a NASCAR driver. He is married to his wife Vicky and lives in Ormond Beach, Florida. Together they had three children: Paul, Brian, and Rachel. He and his sons are partners in Grand Touring Vodka.Sacks has spent most of his career as a Research & Development driver for many NASCAR...

, Mike McLaughlin, Mike Stefanik

Mike Stefanik

, and Bugs Stevens. Many other top racers focused on their local tracks but ran limited Tour schedules. In October, the season ended in tragedy when Evans was killed in an accident while practicing for the final race of the Tour season, the Winn-Dixie 500 at Martinsville Speedway

Martinsville Speedway

. He had already clinched the title; Mike McLaughlin, driving for Len Boehler, finished second in the point standings.

Public stature

The series has been a minor league

Minor league

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with a strong and loyal regional following. Most national media attention has appeared in racing-centered publications (magazines such as Stock Car Racing Magazine or Speedway Illustrated, or newspapers such as National Speed Sport News or Speedway Scene) rather than general mass media. In the 21st century, several books about historical Modified drivers have been published. The series was featured in the EA Sports NASCAR series

EA Sports NASCAR series

The EA Sports NASCAR series was a series of NASCAR video games published by EA Sports. The series began with NASCAR 98 and NASCAR 99 in 1997 and 1998. EA Sports released NASCAR Thunder 2002 in 2001, and ever since then, Jeff Gordon , Dale Earnhardt, Jr. ,and Tony Stewart were on the cover...

starting in 2004, though after 2006, the series became exclusive to PlayStation 2

PlayStation 2

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releases.

No full-time Sprint Cup driver competed regularly in Whelen Modified Tour events until 2010, when Ryan Newman

Ryan Newman

Ryan Joseph Newman is a driver in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He drives the #39 United States Army/Tornados/Haas Automation Chevrolet Impala for Stewart Haas Racing under crew chief Tony Gibson. Newman graduated from Purdue University in 2001 with a B.S. in vehicle structure engineering...

won at Bristol and won twice at New Hampshire driving for Kevin Manion

Kevin Manion

Kevin Manion , nicknamed Bono, is the current NASCAR Sprint Cup Series crew chief for the Earnhardt Ganassi Racing #1 Bass Pro Shops/McDonald's Chevrolet Impala driven Jamie McMurray. Manion lead the #1 car to wins in both the 2010 Daytona 500 and the 2010 Brickyard 400.-Early life:Manion was born...

. However, Ron Bouchard, Geoff Bodine

Geoff Bodine

Geoffrey Eli Bodine is an American motorsport driver and bobsled builder. He is the oldest of the three Bodine brothers . Bodine currently lives in Cornelius, North Carolina....

, Brett Bodine

Brett Bodine

, Steve Park

Steve Park (NASCAR)

Stephen Park is a professional race car driver. Park is currently racing in the #35 Waste Management Recycle America Monte Carlo in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East....

, and Jimmy Spencer

Jimmy Spencer

went on from WMT competition to become race winners at the Cup level. Other WMT veterans such as Mike McLaughlin, and Jeff Fuller have advanced to become race winners and championship contenders in the Nationwide Series, the top minor league under Sprint Cup. Sprint Cup crew chiefs that started in WMT include Tommy Baldwin Jr.

Tommy Baldwin Jr.

Tommy Baldwin Jr. is the team majority owner of Tommy Baldwin Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. His father, the late Tom Baldwin, is a former champion NASCAR modified driver. Baldwin himself briefly pursued a racing career before becoming a mechanic...

and Greg Zipadelli.

In recent years, small numbers of races in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour have aired on network television, with none appearing on prime-time television.

Traditionally, there are two weekends when the Modifieds run as part of the undercard for the Sprint Cup: i.e., the July and September races at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. In the past, Modifieds ran with the Cup cars at Martinsville, and the old SMART tour (which today would be the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour) at North Wilkesboro with Cup cars. Typically, a name driver is recruited to participate in the race to pique the interest of casual fans. For example, Sprint Cup driver Carl Edwards

Carl Edwards

Carl Michael Edwards, II is a NASCAR driver. He currently drives the #99 Fastenal/Aflac Ford Fusion in the Sprint Cup Series and the #60 Ford in the Nationwide Series for Roush Fenway Racing...

and defending Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart

Tony Stewart

Anthony Wayne "Tony" Stewart is an American auto racing driver and owner. Throughout his racing career, Stewart has won titles in Indy cars and stock cars as well as midget, sprint and USAC Silver Crown cars, giving him the recognition of "one of the finest racers of his generation."Stewart...

raced in the July 2006 race. On August 19, 2009, the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour made its debut at Bristol Motor Speedway as part of a four-series meet (with the three national series) that week. This was a combination event for the Whelen Modifieds and the Southern Whelen Modifieds, with same-day coverage on Speed Channel, and part of the Camping World Truck Series race meet that evening. The Modifieds have also historically run with INDYCAR when the series raced at Richmond International Raceway

Richmond International Raceway

Richmond International Raceway is a 3/4-mile , D-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in Henrico County. It hosts the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series...

, and will add a third New Hampshire Motor Speedway race in 2011 when it is paired with the IZOD IndyCar Series.

Whelen Modified Tour champions

Click here for a list of all champions including 1948–84 National Modified Champions.

Year	Driver	Team Owner	Wins	Number	Make	Sponsor	Chassis
2011	Ron Slik	Ed Partridge	3	#6	Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918...	T.S. Haulers/Calverton Tree Farm	Troyer
2010	Bobby Santos	Bob Garbarino/Mystic Missile Racing	4	#v4	Dodge Dodge Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, and sport utility vehicles, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler Group LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....	Mystic River Marina	Troyer
2009	Donny Lia Donny Lia Donny Lia is an American race car driver. He won the 2007 & 2009 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship. He also won the Race of Champions Modified Tour races in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007...	Bob Garbarino/Mystic Missile Racing	4	#v4	Dodge Dodge Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, and sport utility vehicles, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler Group LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....	Mystic River Marina	Troyer
2008	Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Ted Christopher , from Plainville, CT is an American racing driver who has raced and won in many different types of race cars, including Modifieds, SK Modifieds, Camping World East Series, Late Models, Pro Stocks, Midgets, and Supermodifieds. He has also raced in NASCAR's Sprint Cup, Nationwide...	Eddie Whalen	4	#36	Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918...	Al-Lee Installations	Troyer
2007	Donny Lia Donny Lia Donny Lia is an American race car driver. He won the 2007 & 2009 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship. He also won the Race of Champions Modified Tour races in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007...	Bob Garbarino/Mystic Missile Racing	6	#v4	Dodge Dodge Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, and sport utility vehicles, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler Group LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....	Mystic River Marina	Troyer
2006	Mike Stefanik Mike Stefanik Mike Stefanik is a NASCAR driver. He currently races in the Whelen Modified Tour, piloting the #16 Diversified Metals Pontiac. Stefanik was named the second greatest NASCAR Modified driver of all-time in 2003. His seven series championships are tied with Jerry Cook for second all-time, trailing...	Eric Sanderson/Flamingo Motorsports	1	#16	Pontiac Pontiac Pontiac was an automobile brand that was established in 1926 as a companion make for General Motors' Oakland. Quickly overtaking its parent in popularity, it supplanted the Oakland brand entirely by 1933 and, for most of its life, became a companion make for Chevrolet. Pontiac was sold in the...	Diversified Metals	Troyer
2005	Tony Hirschman, Jr.	Bob and Tom Kehley	5	#48	Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918...	Kamco Supply	Troyer
2004	Tony Hirschman, Jr.	Bob and Tom Kehley	4	#48	Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918...	Kamco Supply	Troyer
2003	Todd Szegedy Todd Szegedy Todd Szegedy, born May 6, 1976 in Ridgefield, Connecticut, is an American racecar driver. He was the 2003 champion of the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour.-Busch Series Career:...	Don Barker	4	#50	Ford Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford and Lincoln brands, Ford also owns a small stake in Mazda in Japan and Aston Martin in the UK...	Haynes Materials	Chassis Dynamics
2002	Mike Stefanik Mike Stefanik Mike Stefanik is a NASCAR driver. He currently races in the Whelen Modified Tour, piloting the #16 Diversified Metals Pontiac. Stefanik was named the second greatest NASCAR Modified driver of all-time in 2003. His seven series championships are tied with Jerry Cook for second all-time, trailing...	Art Barry	2	#21	Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918...	Lombardi's Inside-Out	Spafco
2001	Mike Stefanik Mike Stefanik Mike Stefanik is a NASCAR driver. He currently races in the Whelen Modified Tour, piloting the #16 Diversified Metals Pontiac. Stefanik was named the second greatest NASCAR Modified driver of all-time in 2003. His seven series championships are tied with Jerry Cook for second all-time, trailing...	Art Barry	3	#21	Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918...	New England Egg	Spafco
2000	Jerry Marquis Jerry Marquis Jerry Marquis born February, 14, 1956 is a former NASCAR Driver who competed in the NASCAR Busch Series the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, The NASCAR Busch North Series and The NASCAR Featherlight Modified Series. He is from Broad Brook, Connecticut.. Maquis has won 7 NASCR Busch North Series races...	Mario Fiore	5	#44	Pontiac Pontiac Pontiac was an automobile brand that was established in 1926 as a companion make for General Motors' Oakland. Quickly overtaking its parent in popularity, it supplanted the Oakland brand entirely by 1933 and, for most of its life, became a companion make for Chevrolet. Pontiac was sold in the...	Teddy Bear Pools	Troyer
1999	Tony Hirschman, Jr.	Gary Cretty	6	#25	Dodge Dodge Dodge is a United States-based brand of automobiles, minivans, and sport utility vehicles, manufactured and marketed by Chrysler Group LLC in more than 60 different countries and territories worldwide....	ATC	Stefanik
1998	Mike Stefanik Mike Stefanik Mike Stefanik is a NASCAR driver. He currently races in the Whelen Modified Tour, piloting the #16 Diversified Metals Pontiac. Stefanik was named the second greatest NASCAR Modified driver of all-time in 2003. His seven series championships are tied with Jerry Cook for second all-time, trailing...	Peter Beal/Charlie Bacon	13	#x6	Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918...	Burnham Boilers	Stefanik
1997	Mike Stefanik Mike Stefanik Mike Stefanik is a NASCAR driver. He currently races in the Whelen Modified Tour, piloting the #16 Diversified Metals Pontiac. Stefanik was named the second greatest NASCAR Modified driver of all-time in 2003. His seven series championships are tied with Jerry Cook for second all-time, trailing...	Peter Beal/Charlie Bacon	10	#x6	Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918...	Burnham Boilers	Stefanik
1996	Tony Hirschman, Jr.	Lenny Boehler/BRE Racing	3	#3	Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918...	BRE Racing	BRE
1995	Tony Hirschman, Jr.	Lenny Boehler/BRE Racing	1	#3	Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918...	BRE Racing	BRE
1994	Wayne Anderson	Lenny Boehler/BRE Racing	1	#3	Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918...	BRE Racing	BRE
1993	Rick Fuller	Curt Chase Racing	2	#77	Pontiac Pontiac Pontiac was an automobile brand that was established in 1926 as a companion make for General Motors' Oakland. Quickly overtaking its parent in popularity, it supplanted the Oakland brand entirely by 1933 and, for most of its life, became a companion make for Chevrolet. Pontiac was sold in the...	Polar Beverages	Spafco
1992	Jeff Fuller	Sheba Racing	6	#8	Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918...	Sunoco Race Fuels	Troyer
1991	Mike Stefanik Mike Stefanik Mike Stefanik is a NASCAR driver. He currently races in the Whelen Modified Tour, piloting the #16 Diversified Metals Pontiac. Stefanik was named the second greatest NASCAR Modified driver of all-time in 2003. His seven series championships are tied with Jerry Cook for second all-time, trailing...	Jack Koszela	5	#15	Pontiac Pontiac Pontiac was an automobile brand that was established in 1926 as a companion make for General Motors' Oakland. Quickly overtaking its parent in popularity, it supplanted the Oakland brand entirely by 1933 and, for most of its life, became a companion make for Chevrolet. Pontiac was sold in the...	Auto Palace / ADAP	Stefanik
1990	Jamie Tomaino	Danny Ust	1	#U2	Pontiac Pontiac Pontiac was an automobile brand that was established in 1926 as a companion make for General Motors' Oakland. Quickly overtaking its parent in popularity, it supplanted the Oakland brand entirely by 1933 and, for most of its life, became a companion make for Chevrolet. Pontiac was sold in the...	Danny's Market	Troyer
1989	Mike Stefanik Mike Stefanik Mike Stefanik is a NASCAR driver. He currently races in the Whelen Modified Tour, piloting the #16 Diversified Metals Pontiac. Stefanik was named the second greatest NASCAR Modified driver of all-time in 2003. His seven series championships are tied with Jerry Cook for second all-time, trailing...	Jack Koszela	7	#15	Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918...	Koszela Speed	Stefanik
1988	Mike McLaughlin	Sherwood Racing Team	5	#12	Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918...	Sherri-Cup	RaceWorks
1987	Jimmy Spencer Jimmy Spencer Jimmy Spencer is a current television commentator, and a former NASCAR driver. He formerly hosted the NASCAR inspired talk show, “What’s the Deal?”, on SPEED. He is the former co-host, with John Roberts and Kenny Wallace, of the SPEED's pre-race and post-race NASCAR shows NASCAR RaceDay and...	Frank Cicci Racing Frank Cicci Racing Frank Cicci Racing was a NASCAR Busch Series team. The team was owned by Frank Cicci of Elmira, New York and was last driven by Jay Sauter.- Beginnings :FCR first began racing as a short track team in Upstate New York...	6	#24	Oldsmobile Oldsmobile Oldsmobile was a brand of American automobile produced for most of its existence by General Motors. It was founded by Ransom E. Olds in 1897. In its 107-year history, it produced 35.2 million cars, including at least 14 million built at its Lansing, Michigan factory...	Apple House Trucking / Quick Stop Beverage	Troyer
1986	Jimmy Spencer Jimmy Spencer Jimmy Spencer is a current television commentator, and a former NASCAR driver. He formerly hosted the NASCAR inspired talk show, “What’s the Deal?”, on SPEED. He is the former co-host, with John Roberts and Kenny Wallace, of the SPEED's pre-race and post-race NASCAR shows NASCAR RaceDay and...	Frank Cicci Racing Frank Cicci Racing Frank Cicci Racing was a NASCAR Busch Series team. The team was owned by Frank Cicci of Elmira, New York and was last driven by Jay Sauter.- Beginnings :FCR first began racing as a short track team in Upstate New York...	4	#24	Oldsmobile Oldsmobile Oldsmobile was a brand of American automobile produced for most of its existence by General Motors. It was founded by Ransom E. Olds in 1897. In its 107-year history, it produced 35.2 million cars, including at least 14 million built at its Lansing, Michigan factory...	Apple House Trucking / Quick Stop Beverage	Troyer
1985	Richie Evans Richie Evans Richard Ernest Evans , was an American racing driver who won nine NASCAR National Modified Championships, including eight in a row from 1978 to 1985. The International Motorsports Hall of Fame lists this achievement as "one of the supreme accomplishments in motorsports"...	B.R.DeWitt	12	#61	Chevrolet Chevrolet Chevrolet , also known as Chevy , is a brand of vehicle produced by General Motors Company . Founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, General Motors acquired Chevrolet in 1918...	DeWitt Construction	Evans

Whelen Modified Tour Rookie of the Year award winners

Year	Driver
2011	Patrick Emerling
2010	Justin Bonsignore Justin Bonsignore Justin Bonsignore is a Long Island-based driver, competing in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, and various other local racing circuits. He currently drives for the M3 Technology Racing Team, as part of Ken Massa Motor Sports.- Early Career & Go Karts :...
2009	Eric Goodale
2008	Glen Reen
2007	Richard Savary
2006	James W. Civali
2005	Tyler Haydt
2004	Ken Barry
2003	Donny Lia Donny Lia Donny Lia is an American race car driver. He won the 2007 & 2009 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship. He also won the Race of Champions Modified Tour races in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007...
2002	Todd Szegedy
2001	Ricky Miller
2000	Michael Boehler
1999	Dave Pecko

Whelen Modified Tour Most Popular Driver award winners

Year	Driver
2010	Ted Christopher
2009	Ted Christopher
2008	Ted Christopher
2007	Todd Szegedy
2006	Tony Hirschman Jr.
2005	Tony Hirschman Jr.
2004	Tom Baldwin
2003	Tom Baldwin
2002	Ed Flemke Jr.
2001	Mike Stefanik
2000	Rick Fuller
1999	Reggie Ruggiero
1998	Mike Stefanik
1997	Mike Stefanik
1996	Steve Park
1995	Steve Park
1994	Jeff Fuller
1993	Jeff Fuller
1992	Jeff Fuller
1991	Satch Worley
1990	Satch Worley
1989	Reggie Ruggiero
1988	Reggie Ruggiero
1987	Jamie Tomaino
1986	Jamie Tomaino
1985	Mike McLaughlin

Pre-Tour NASCAR Modified Most Popular Driver award winners

Year	Driver
1984	Brian Ross
1983	Richie Evans
1982	Richie Evans
1981	Richie Evans
1980	Richie Evans
1979	Richie Evans
1978	Richie Evans
1977	Harry Gant
1976	Jerry Cook
1975	Richie Evans
1974	Richie Evans
1973	Richie Evans
1972	Bugs Stevens
1971	Bugs Stevens
1970	Ray Hendrick
1969	Ray Hendrick
1968	Red Farmer
1967	Al Grinnan
1966	Runt Harris
1965	Bobby Allison

NASCAR Modified All-Time Top 10 drivers

The following drivers were named to the NASCAR Modified All-Time Top 10 list http://www.nascar.com/2003/news/headlines/official/top_ten/09/12/top10_modified/index.html in 2003 :

Richie Evans
Richie Evans
Richard Ernest Evans , was an American racing driver who won nine NASCAR National Modified Championships, including eight in a row from 1978 to 1985. The International Motorsports Hall of Fame lists this achievement as "one of the supreme accomplishments in motorsports"...

– Evans won nine Modified titles between 1973 and 1985, a championship total that was unmatched in all of NASCAR http://www.nascar.com/2003/news/headlines/official/top_ten/09/12/top10_modified/index.html until Stefanik's championship in 2006, 52 wins in 84 NASCAR and unsanctioned events in 1979
Mike Stefanik
Mike Stefanik
Mike Stefanik is a NASCAR driver. He currently races in the Whelen Modified Tour, piloting the #16 Diversified Metals Pontiac. Stefanik was named the second greatest NASCAR Modified driver of all-time in 2003. His seven series championships are tied with Jerry Cook for second all-time, trailing...

– 7 WMT and 2 Busch North championships
Jerry Cook
Jerry Cook
Jerry Cook is a NASCAR championship race car driver. He began racing at the age of 13 and won the track championship at Utica-Rome Speedway in 1969.-Driving career:...

– 6 NASCAR National Modified Championships in the 1970s, helped direct the series' changes as series director in 1985
Ray Hendrick
Ray Hendrick
Ray Hendrick , was known as "Mr. Modified" during his 36-year career in motorsports mainly in the modified stock car racing class....

– "Mr. Modified" raced "anything, anywhere" in the 1950s to 1970s
Geoff Bodine
Geoff Bodine
Geoffrey Eli Bodine is an American motorsport driver and bobsled builder. He is the oldest of the three Bodine brothers . Bodine currently lives in Cornelius, North Carolina....

– in the Guinness Book of World Records for winning 55 Modified races in 1978
Tony Hirschman, Jr. – has won 5 WMT championships
Bugs Stevens – won three consecutive NASCAR National Modified Championships in 1967–69
Fred DeSarro
Fred DeSarro
Frederick DeSarro was an American racecar driver. He was the 1970 NASCAR National Modified Champion. In NASCAR's Modified All-Time Top 10 drivers, he was ranked eighth.-Career:...

– 1970 NASCAR National Modified Champion
Jimmy Spencer
Jimmy Spencer
Jimmy Spencer is a current television commentator, and a former NASCAR driver. He formerly hosted the NASCAR inspired talk show, “What’s the Deal?”, on SPEED. He is the former co-host, with John Roberts and Kenny Wallace, of the SPEED's pre-race and post-race NASCAR shows NASCAR RaceDay and...

– 1986 and 1987 WMT champion
Reggie Ruggiero – the "best driver to never win a championship", his 44 victories rank him second to Stefanik since the modern era began in 1985

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

4/10/2011: Icebreaker 2011, 150 laps, Thompson International Speedway
Thompson International Speedway
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, Thompson, Connecticut
Thompson, Connecticut
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5/1/2011: Tech-Net Spring Sizzler presented by CARQUEST, 200 laps, Stafford Motor Speedway
Stafford Motor Speedway
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, Stafford Springs, Connecticut
5/27/2011: Connecticut Classic, 125 laps, Stafford Motor Speedway
Stafford Motor Speedway
Stafford Motor Speedway is a semi-banked 1/2 mile paved oval located in Stafford Springs, Connecticut. It is part of the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series. It hosts four events on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour in 2010....

, Stafford Springs, Connecticut
6/25/2011: Monadnock 200, 200 laps, Monadnock Speedway, Winchester, New Hampshire
Winchester, New Hampshire
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6/30/2011: Thompson 150, 150 laps, Thompson International Speedway
Thompson International Speedway
Thompson International Speedway in Thompson, Connecticut, USA, is a paved oval racetrack that was once known as the Indianapolis of the East. It was the first asphalt-paved racing oval track in the United States and is now under the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series banner...

, Thompson, Connecticut
Thompson, Connecticut
Thompson is a rural town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The town was named after Sir Robert Thompson, an English landholder. The population was 9,458 at the 2010 census...
7/16/2011: New Hampshire 100, 105.8 miles (170.3 km), New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire
Loudon, New Hampshire
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7/30/2011: Riverhead Raceway 200, 200 laps, Riverhead Raceway
Riverhead Raceway
Riverhead Raceway is a quarter-mile oval race track with a Figure 8 course, located in Riverhead, New York. It is the only auto racing venue on Long Island since Westhampton Raceway closed down in 2003...

, Riverhead, New York
Riverhead (town), New York
The town of Riverhead is in Suffolk County, New York, on the north shore of Long Island. The population was 33,506 at the 2010 census. The name signifies that the mouth of the Peconic River is in this town...
8/5/2011: Stafford 150, 150 laps, Stafford Motor Speedway
Stafford Motor Speedway
Stafford Motor Speedway is a semi-banked 1/2 mile paved oval located in Stafford Springs, Connecticut. It is part of the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series. It hosts four events on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour in 2010....

, Stafford Springs, Connecticut
8/13/2011: Granite State Classic
New England Indy 200
The MoveThatBlock.com Indy 225 is an IndyCar race at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. It was held as a CART Champ Car event from 1992 until 1995, switching to the Indy Racing League for the 1996–97 season. On June 21, 2010, it was announced that the IndyCar Series would...

, 105.8 miles (170.3 km), New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire
Loudon, New Hampshire
Loudon is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 5,317 at the 2010 census. Loudon is the home of New Hampshire Motor Speedway....
8/24/2011: University of Northwestern Ohio
University of Northwestern Ohio
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Perfect Storm 150, 150 laps, Bristol Motor Speedway
Bristol Motor Speedway
Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961...

, Bristol, Tennessee
Bristol, Tennessee
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9/4/2011: NWMT at Delaware Speedway, 150 laps, Delaware Speedway
Delaware Speedway
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, London, Ontario
London, Ontario
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9/11/2011: NWMT at Thompson Speedway, 125 laps, Thompson International Speedway
Thompson International Speedway
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, Thompson, Connecticut
Thompson, Connecticut
Thompson is a rural town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The town was named after Sir Robert Thompson, an English landholder. The population was 9,458 at the 2010 census...
9/17/2011: NWMT at Lime Rock Park, 101 miles (162.5 km), Lime Rock Park
Lime Rock Park
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9/24/2011: F.W. Webb 100
Sylvania 300
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, 100 laps, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire
Loudon, New Hampshire
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10/2/2011: Carquest Fall Final, 150 laps, Stafford Motor Speedway
Stafford Motor Speedway
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, Stafford Springs, Connecticut
10/16/2011: World Series of Racing, 150 laps, Thompson International Speedway
Thompson International Speedway
Thompson International Speedway in Thompson, Connecticut, USA, is a paved oval racetrack that was once known as the Indianapolis of the East. It was the first asphalt-paved racing oval track in the United States and is now under the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series banner...

, Thompson, Connecticut
Thompson, Connecticut
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Combined North-South Race for both tours

8/24/2011: University of Northwestern Ohio
University of Northwestern Ohio
The University of Northwestern Ohio is a private, not-for-profit University founded in 1920. Within the university are five colleges: College of Business, College of Applied Technologies, College of Health Professions, College of Occupational Professions, and the Graduate College. Online degrees...

Perfect Storm 150, 150 laps, Bristol Motor Speedway
Bristol Motor Speedway
Bristol Motor Speedway, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway is a NASCAR short track venue located in Bristol, Tennessee. Constructed in 1960, it held its first NASCAR race on July 30, 1961...

, Bristol, Tennessee
Bristol, Tennessee
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Twin races for both tours

9/11/2011: NWMT at Thompson Speedway, 125 laps, Thompson International Speedway
Thompson International Speedway
Thompson International Speedway in Thompson, Connecticut, USA, is a paved oval racetrack that was once known as the Indianapolis of the East. It was the first asphalt-paved racing oval track in the United States and is now under the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series banner...

, Thompson, Connecticut
Thompson, Connecticut
Thompson is a rural town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The town was named after Sir Robert Thompson, an English landholder. The population was 9,458 at the 2010 census...

- Two 125 lap events will be held, then the top 15 finishers from each race will compete in a 50 lap "dash-for-cash" non-points race.

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