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2008 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour

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The 2008 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour was the fourth season of the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour (WSMT). It began with the Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150 at Caraway Speedway on March 22. It ended with the Whelen 150 at Caraway again on October 4. L. W. Miller entered the season as the defending championship. Brian Loftin would win his first and only championship in the series, 30 points ahead of series runner up Tim Brown.

Schedule

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Source: [1]

No. Race Title Track Date
1 Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150 Caraway Speedway, Asheboro March 22
2 Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150 Ace Speedway, Altamahaw April 11
3 Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150 Caraway Speedway, Asheboro April 12
4 Advance Auto Parts 199 Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem August 2
5 Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150 Caraway Speedway, Asheboro August 22
6 Lanier 150 Lanier Speedway, Gainesville August 30
7 Whelen 150 Caraway Speedway, Asheboro September 6
8 Night of the Modifieds 150 Southern National Motorsports Park, Kenly September 13
9 Made In America Whelen 300[a] Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville September 20
10 Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150 Caraway Speedway, Asheboro September 27
11 Whelen 150 Caraway Speedway, Asheboro October 4
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 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

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Races

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No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer
1 Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150[2] Tim Brown L. W. Miller L. W. Miller Pontiac
2 Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150[3] L. W. Miller L. W. Miller L. W. Miller Pontiac
3 Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150[4] Burt Myers Andy Seuss Brian Loftin Chevrolet
4 Advance Auto Parts 199[5] Burt Myers Brian Loftin Brian Loftin Chevrolet
5 Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150[6] Andy Seuss Brian Loftin Brian Loftin Chevrolet
6 Lanier 150[7] George Brunnhoelzl III George Brunnhoelzl III George Brunnhoelzl III Ford
7 Whelen 150[8] Burt Myers L. W. Miller Tim Brown Chevrolet
8 Night of the Modifieds 150[9] L. W. Miller L. W. Miller Burt Myers Chevrolet
9 Made In America Whelen 300[10] Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Chevrolet
10 Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150[11] Tim Brown L. W. Miller Tim Brown Chevrolet
11 Whelen 150[12] Tim Brown Andy Seuss Andy Seuss Dodge

Drivers' championship

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

Pos Driver CRW ACE CRW BGS CRW LAN CRW SNM MAR CRW CRW Points
1 Brian Loftin 3 17 1 1** 1* 4 2 15 9 2 3 1780
2 Tim Brown 4 7 17 3 8 5 1 2 11 1 2 1750
3 L. W. Miller 1* 1* 7 8 7 3 18* 3* 12 6* 6 1698
4 Andy Seuss 10 21 2* 5 18 9 3 4 30 4 1* 1617
5 Jason Myers 7 4 12 18 4 8 7 6 28 17 4 1562
6 Frank Fleming 9 9 3 14 21 2 4 10 36 7 7 1552
7 George Brunnhoelzl III 26 15 4 25 6 1* 13 5 16 3 5 1540
8 John Smith 19 19 14 7 9 12 15 9 35 15 8 1398
9 Burt Myers 25 3 5 2 2 6 6 1 12 1355
10 Rick Kuiken Jr. DNQ 13 16 17 19 15 16 14 20 21 13 1257
11 Buddy Emory 16 20 11 12 10 14 7 42 14 16 1233
12 Bobby Hutchens 23 18 10 4 16 12 11 38 13 18 1232
13 Brian King 12 6 8 16 5 7 5 12 1117
14 Scott Rigney DNQ 8 18 21 20 16 21 13 DNQ 22 1069
15 Jay Mize DNQ 12 9 19 13 14 17 8 10 1068
16 Thomas Stinson 13 11 12 11 8 16 17 880
17 Brandon Hire 15 14 15 9 15 13 8 879
18 Zach Brewer 18 6 10 11 39 18 15 877
19 Jay Foley 21 5 14 9 32 22 753
20 Gene Pack DNQ 10 20 22 10 9 679
21 Ron Silk 6 2 6 11 241 600
22 Brandon Ward 3 10 5 14 575
23 Junior Miller 24 21 15 11 11 569
24 Sean Gartner 22 17 41 23 427
25 Dean Ward 24 17 19 21 409
26 Jamie Tomaino Jr. DNQ 19 12 348
27 Brian Pack DNQ 11 13 333
28 Bryan Dauzat 22 DNQ 20 318
29 Jason Trinchere 9 19 244
30 Johnathon Brown 16 20 218
31 Johnny Sutton 17 19 218
32 Ted Christopher 2 41 170
33 Bobby Grigas III 5 261 155
34 Matt Hirschman 8 21 142
35 Brent Elliott 10 134
36 Rowan Pennink 11 81 130
37 Al Hill 13 124
38 Kevin Goodale 14 171 121
39 Bradley Robbins DNQ2 112
40 J. R. Bertuccio 20 103
41 Sam Beam 20 103
42 Mike Herman Jr. 20 103
43 James Civali 22 97
44 Randy Butner 23 94
45 Josh Nichols DNQ2 94
46 Kevin Powell 26 85
47 Earl Baker DNQ2 82
48 Erick Rudolph DNQ2 76
Sean Patterson DNQ
Drivers ineligible for NWMT points, because at the combined event at Martinsville they chose to drive for NWMT points
Ryan Preece 1*
Reggie Ruggiero 3
Todd Szegedy 5
Woody Pitkat 6
Ed Flemke Jr. 7
Jamie Tomaino 10
Eric Goodale 13
Eric Beers 14
Glenn Tyler 15
Joe Hartmann 18
Chuck Hossfeld 19
Tom Abele Jr. 21
Danny Sammons 22
Mike Stefanik 23
Jimmy Blewett 25
Wade Cole 27
Ken Heagy 29
Billy Pauch Jr. 31
Rick Fuller 33
Glen Reen 34
Richard Savary 37
Jake Marosz 40
Pos Driver CRW ACE CRW BGS CRW LAN CRW SNM MAR CRW CRW Points
  • 1 – Scored points towards the Whelen Modified Tour.
  • 2 – Bradley Robbins, Josh Nichols, Earl Baker, and Erick Rudolph received championship points, despite the fact that the driver did not qualify for the race.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2008 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour Season Stats, Race Results". racing-reference.info. September 3, 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  2. ^ "2008 Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150". racing-reference.info. September 3, 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  3. ^ "2008 Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150". racing-reference.info. September 3, 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  4. ^ "2008 Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150". racing-reference.info. September 3, 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  5. ^ "2008 Advance Auto Parts 199". racing-reference.info. September 3, 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  6. ^ "2008 Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150". racing-reference.info. September 3, 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  7. ^ "2008 Lanier 150". racing-reference.info. September 3, 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  8. ^ "2008 Whelen 150". racing-reference.info. September 3, 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  9. ^ "2008 Night of the Modifieds 150". racing-reference.info. September 3, 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  10. ^ "2008 Made In America Whelen 300". racing-reference.info. September 3, 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  11. ^ "2008 Whelen Southern Modified Tour 150". racing-reference.info. September 3, 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  12. ^ "2008 Whelen 150". racing-reference.info. September 3, 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.