2014 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour
The 2014 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour was the 12th season of the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour (WSMT). It began with the UNOH Battle at the Beach at Daytona International Speedway on February 18, which did not count towards the championship. The first race for the championship was the Whelen Season Opener 150 at Caraway Speedway on March 9. It ended with the Southern Slam 150 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 9.[1] George Brunnhoelzl III entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion.
A previous two-time series runner-up, Andy Seuss won his first championship title, after a fifth-place finish at the final race in Charlotte.[2] Seuss, who won a trio of races in the opening half of the season – two at Caraway Speedway and one at South Boston Speedway – finished 14 points clear of Brunnhoelzl III, who won a pair of races at Langley Speedway and also at Caraway Speedway. Third place in the championship went to Burt Myers, who won the most races during the season, with four, all of which came during the second half of the season. Aside from the lead trio, other drivers to take race victories were J. R. Bertuccio, who won at Southern National Motorsports Park, Danny Bohn was a winner at Bowman Gray Stadium and Kyle Ebersole won the season's second race at South Boston Speedway. A combination race was also held during the season, the Bush's Beans 150 at Bristol Motor Speedway, with competitors from the Whelen Southern Modified Tour competing along with competitors for the Whelen Modified Tour. The race was won by Tommy Barrett Jr. and the best Southern Modified Tour competitor was Bertuccio in 13th position.
Drivers
No. | Manufacturer | Car Owner | Race Driver | Crew Chief |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Ford | Kim Myers | Burt Myers | Ronnie Holbrook |
2 | Chevrolet | Joe Bertuccio Sr. | J. R. Bertuccio[N 1] | Joe Bertuccio Sr. |
4 | Ford | Gary Myers | Jason Myers[N 1] | Mike Queen |
5 | Ford | Bob Ebersole | Kyle Ebersole | Bob Ebersole |
7 | Chevrolet | Mark Hunter | Thomas Stinson10 | Mark Hunter |
8 | Chevrolet | Bobby Baldwin | Dalton Baldwin4 (R) | TBA |
09 | Chevrolet | Eddie Harvey | Zach Brewer1 | TBA |
11 | Chevrolet | Eddie Harvey | Andy Seuss | Eddie Harvey |
12 | Chevrolet | Donna Norman | Mike Norman13 | T. J. Moran |
Jeremy Gerstner1 | ||||
13 | Chevrolet | Amy Fleming | Chris Fleming1 (R) | TBA |
15 | Chevrolet | Grady Jeffreys Jr. | Joe Ryan Osborne13 (R) | Grady Jeffreys Jr. |
Austin Pack1 | ||||
23 | Chevrolet | Bobby Loftin | Brian Loftin7 | Scott Widener |
28 | Chevrolet | George Brunnhoelzl Jr. | George Brunnhoelzl III | George Brunnhoelzl Jr. |
31 | Chevrolet | Michael Speeney | Cody Ware1 (R) | Mack Kanupp |
40 | Ford13 | Gina Fleming | Luke Fleming | Frank Fleming |
Chevrolet1 | ||||
41 | Chevrolet | Jodie Preece | Ryan Preece2 | TBA |
43 | Chevrolet | Michael Calabrese | David Calabrese | Bobby Foley |
44 | Chevrolet | Bryan Fishel | Brandon Ward1 | TBA |
51 | Chevrolet | Bob Dillner | Bobby Measmer Jr. (R)[N 1] | Ernie Mayo |
54 | Chevrolet | Connie Lythgoe | Jeff Fultz1 | TBA |
65 | Chevrolet | Eddie Bohn | Danny Bohn | Eddie Bohn |
70 | Chevrolet | Dawn Gerstner | Jeremy Gerstner2 | TBA |
72 | Chevrolet | Bud McIntyre | Bud McIntyre2 (R) | TBA |
Justin Taylor1 (R) | ||||
73 | Chevrolet | Todd Powell | Cole Powell4 | TBA |
77 | Chevrolet | Mike Curb | Gary Putnam | Donald Tarantino |
79 | Pontiac | Susan Hill | Spencer Davis (R) | Jason Shephard |
80 | Chevrolet | Michael Speeney | Daniel Speeney4 | TBA |
95 | Chevrolet | Bubba Gale | Cale Gale1 | TBA |
97 | Chevrolet | Bryan Dauzat | Bryan Dauzat10 | Todd Cooper |
98 | Chevrolet | Mike Curb | Ryan Preece1 | TBA |
99 | Chevrolet | Susanne Winstead | A. J. Winstead7 (R) | Neil Culley Jr. |
- Notes
- ^ a b c At the Bush's Beans 150 at Bristol, a number of drivers drove with different numbers than normal:
J. R. Bertuccio drove car number 21, instead of his regular car number 2, while Jason Myers drove car number 03, instead of his regular car number 4. Bobby Measmer Jr. drove car number 76, instead of his regular car number 51.
Schedule
The UNOH Battle at the Beach did not count towards the championship.
No. | Race Title | Track | Date[3] | TV |
---|---|---|---|---|
UNOH Battle at the Beach | Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach | February 18 | FS2 | |
1 | Whelen Season Opener 150 | Caraway Speedway, Asheboro | March 9 | |
2 | Southern National 150 | Southern National Motorsports Park, Kenly | March 15 | |
3 | South Boston 150 | South Boston Speedway, South Boston | April 5 | FansChoice.TV |
4 | Courtyard by Marriott/Pepsi 150 | Langley Speedway, Hampton | April 12 | FansChoice.TV |
5 | Daggett Schuler Attorneys at Law 150 | Caraway Speedway, Asheboro | July 4 | |
6 | Strutmasters.com 199 | Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem | August 2 | |
7 | Bush's Beans 150[a] | Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol | August 20 | FS1 |
8 | Bayport 150 | Langley Speedway, Hampton | August 30 | FansChoice.TV |
9 | Southern Pride 150 | Caraway Speedway, Asheboro | September 5 | |
10 | South Boston 150 | South Boston Speedway, South Boston | September 13 | |
11 | Southern National 150 | Southern National Motorsports Park, Kenly | September 20 | |
12 | Zooland 150 | Caraway Speedway, Asheboro | September 27 | |
13 | Prestoria Farms 150 | Caraway Speedway, Asheboro | October 41 | |
14 | Southern Slam 150 | Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord | October 9 | FansChoice.TV |
- Notes
- 1 – The Prestoria Farms 150 was originally scheduled for March 29, but was postponed to October 4 due to heavy rain.
- The Bunny Hop 150 was originally scheduled to be held at Caraway Speedway on April 19, but was postponed due to heavy rain. On May 7, it was announced that the race would not be rescheduled.[4]
- ^ The Bush's Beans 150 was held as a combined event, with competitors from the Whelen Southern Modified Tour competing along with competitors for the Whelen 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
Drivers' championship
(key) Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position set by final practice results or rainout. * – Most laps led.
Pos | Driver | DAY‡ | CRW | SNM | SBO | LGY | CRW | BGS | BRI | LGY | CRW | SBO | SNM | CRW | CRW | CLT | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Andy Seuss | 1* | 4 | 1* | 2 | 1* | 4 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 583 | |
2 | George Brunnhoelzl III | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1* | 2 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 12* | 3 | 2 | 1* | 12 | 3 | 569 | |
3 | Burt Myers | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1* | 2 | 16* | 1* | 560 |
4 | J. R. Bertuccio | 10 | 3 | 1* | 5 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 552 |
5 | Danny Bohn | 6 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 1* | 20 | 7 | 5 | 6* | 7 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 542 | |
6 | Kyle Ebersole | 14 | 2 | 10 | DNQ | 5 | 6 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 520 | |
7 | Luke Fleming | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 511 |
8 | Gary Putnam | 12 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 477 | |
9 | Spencer Davis (R) | 11 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 475 | |
10 | Jason Myers | 2 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 465 |
11 | David Calabrese | 19 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 452 | |
12 | Joe Ryan Osborne (R) | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 25 | 17 | DNS2 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 430 | ||
13 | Bobby Measmer Jr. (R) | 17 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 22 | 421 | |
14 | Mike Norman | 16 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 400 | ||
15 | Bryan Dauzat | DNQ | 15 | 10 | 11 | DNQ | 8 | 11 | 28 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 315 | ||||
16 | Thomas Stinson | 9 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 10 | DNS2 | 23 | 298 | |||||
17 | Brian Loftin | 7 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 235 | ||||||||
18 | A. J. Winstead (R) | 22 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 204 | |||||||
19 | Cole Powell | 19 | 18 | 2 | 171 | 13 | 7 | 136 | |||||||||
20 | Daniel Speeney | 9 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 125 | |||||||||||
21 | Dalton Baldwin (R) | 21 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 113 | ||||||||||
22 | Ryan Preece | 4* | 5 | 111 | 9* | 20 | 102 | ||||||||||
23 | Jeremy Gerstner | 23 | 12 | 38 | 13 | 91 | |||||||||||
24 | Bud McIntyre (R) | DNQ | 19 | 24 | 45 | ||||||||||||
25 | Zach Brewer | 6 | 38 | ||||||||||||||
26 | Chris Fleming (R) | 11 | 33 | ||||||||||||||
27 | Jeff Fultz | 30 | 32 | ||||||||||||||
28 | Cody Ware (R) | 7 | 13 | 31 | |||||||||||||
29 | Cale Gale | 32 | 30 | ||||||||||||||
30 | Justin Taylor | 17 | 27 | ||||||||||||||
31 | Brandon Ward | DNS2 | 25 | ||||||||||||||
32 | Austin Pack | 19 | 25 | ||||||||||||||
Drivers ineligible for NWSMT points, because they only drove the non-championship round | |||||||||||||||||
John Beatty Jr. (R) | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
Rob Fuller | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
Dave Sapienza (R) | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
Kyle Benjamin (R) | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
Johnny Kievman | 25 | ||||||||||||||||
Dave Brigati | 26 | ||||||||||||||||
Gary Fountain Sr. (R) | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||
Matt Montineri (R) | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||
Drivers ineligible for NWSMT points, because at the combined event at Bristol they chose to drive for NWMT points | |||||||||||||||||
Tommy Barrett Jr. (R) | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
Bobby Santos III | 2* | ||||||||||||||||
Ron Silk | 8 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Doug Coby | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
Ryan Newman | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
Justin Bonsignore | 18 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
Eric Goodale | 9 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
Timmy Solomito (R) | 15 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
Patrick Emerling | 12 | 9 | |||||||||||||||
Jimmy Zacharias (R) | 24 | 10 | |||||||||||||||
Ron Yuhas Jr. | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
Woody Pitkat | 19 | ||||||||||||||||
Glen Reen | 21 | ||||||||||||||||
Ted Christopher | 22 | ||||||||||||||||
Matt Hirschman | 23 | ||||||||||||||||
Jamie Tomaino | 13 | 26 | |||||||||||||||
Gary McDonald | 33 | ||||||||||||||||
Todd Szegedy | 34 | ||||||||||||||||
Donny Lia | 11 | 35 | |||||||||||||||
Wade Cole | 37 | ||||||||||||||||
Pos | Driver | DAY‡ | CRW | SNM | SBO | LGY | CRW | BGS | BRI | LGY | CRW | SBO | SNM | CRW | CRW | CLT | Points |
- Notes
- ‡ – Non-championship round
- 1 – Scored points towards the Whelen Modified Tour.
- 2 – Joe Ryan Osborne, Thomas Stinson and Brandon Ward received championship points, despite the fact that they did not start the race.
See also
- 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
- 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series
- 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
- 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
- 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
- 2014 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
- 2014 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series
- 2014 NASCAR Toyota Series
- 2014 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
References
- ^ "NWSMT Schedule/Results". Archived from the original on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2014-03-30.
- ^ Southers, Tim (October 9, 2014). "Seuss Caps Off Championship Season". NASCAR Home Tracks. NASCAR. Archived from the original on November 12, 2014. Retrieved November 15, 2014.
- ^ "NWSMT Schedule/Results". Archived from the original on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2014-03-30.
- ^ "Whelen Southern Modified Race Rescheduled". NASCAR Home Tracks. NASCAR. May 7, 2014. Archived from the original on May 12, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
Despite extensive efforts by Caraway and NASCAR officials to identify an alternate date for the event, scheduling conflicts for both the track and the tour preclude rescheduling the Bunny Hop 150.