2012 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour

The 2012 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour was the eighth season of the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour (WSMT). It began with the Spring Classic 150 at Caraway Speedway on March 31. It ended with the UNOH Southern Slam 150 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 11. George Brunnhoelzl III, who entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion, would win his third championship in the series, fifty-three points ahead of series runner up Danny Bohn.

Schedule

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Source: [1]

No. Race Title Track Date
1 Spring Classic 150 Caraway Speedway, Asheboro March 31
2 Farm Bureau Insurance 150 Caraway Speedway, Asheboro April 7
3 South Boston 150 South Boston Speedway, South Boston April 14
4 Parking Lot Maintenance Headquarters 150 Caraway Speedway, Asheboro April 21
5 Firecracker 150 Caraway Speedway, Asheboro July 6
6 Strutmasters.com 199 Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem August 4
7 UNOH Perfect Storm 150[a] Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol August 22
8 Newport News Shipbuilding 150 Langley Speedway, Hampton September 1
9 GreenPointe Energy 75 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson September 9
10 Mid-Atlantic Shoot Out 150 Caraway Speedway, Asheboro October 6
11 UNOH Southern Slam 150 Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord October 11
Notes
  1. ^ The UNOH Perfect Storm 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

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Races

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No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver Manufacturer
1 Spring Classic 150[2] George Brunnhoelzl III George Brunnhoelzl III George Brunnhoelzl III Chevrolet
2 Farm Bureau Insurance 150[3] Tim Brown Brian Loftin Brian Loftin Chevrolet
3 South Boston 150[4] L. W. Miller George Brunnhoelzl III Brandon Ward Chevrolet
4 Parking Lot Maintenance Headquarters 150[5] George Brunnhoelzl III George Brunnhoelzl III George Brunnhoelzl III Chevrolet
5 Firecracker 150[6] George Brunnhoelzl III George Brunnhoelzl III George Brunnhoelzl III Chevrolet
6 Strutmasters.com 199[7] Burt Myers George Brunnhoelzl III George Brunnhoelzl III Chevrolet
7 UNOH Perfect Storm 150[8] Ron Silk Todd Szegedy Ron Silk Chevrolet
8 Newport News Shipbuilding 150[9] Danny Bohn Corey LaJoie Jason Myers Ford
9 GreenPointe Energy 75[10] Rob Fuller Andy Seuss Andy Seuss Chevrolet
10 Mid-Atlantic Shoot Out 150[11] George Brunnhoelzl III Brian Loftin Danny Bohn Chevrolet
11 UNOH Southern Slam 150[12] George Brunnhoelzl III George Brunnhoelzl III George Brunnhoelzl III Chevrolet

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 CRW SBO CRW CRW BGS BRI LGY TMP CRW CLT Points
1 George Brunnhoelzl III 1** 7 8* 1* 1** 1* 6 10 8 10 1** 468
2 Danny Bohn 12 5 3 11 3 10 7 15 7 1 4 415
3 Jason Myers 2 8 20 3 5 4 20 1 12 9 4 412
4 Tim Brown 13 4 11 14 9 2 36 5 5 5 11 393
5 Andy Seuss 17 10 2 22 18 5 28 3 1* 8 5 388
6 Kyle Ebersole 24 12 4 4 13 6 14 6 19 3 6 381
7 Frank Fleming 14 15 12 9 11 7 29 2 16 14 8 366
8 Thomas Stinson 23 11 6 7 14 23 9 7 13 7 13 357
9 John Smith 5 17 10 19 7 16 35 4 9 9 17 357
10 Burt Myers 8 9 7 10 15 9 32 4 11 3 353
11 Joe Scarbrough 19 22 22 20 10 12 DNQ 9 18 6 20 310
12 Mike Speeney 16 13 25 5 8 14 10 13 17 16 309
13 Gary Putnam 21 18 15 15 12 21 8 14 12 10 294
14 Bryan Dauzat 22 21 24 8 16 15 DNQ 11 15 247
15 Brian Loftin 7 1* 23 12 4 22 2* 245
16 L. W. Miller 3 2 5 2 19 13 221
17 Mike Norman 20 16 17 18 20 8 14 DNQ 221
18 A. J. Winstead 15 21 24 21 13 18 177
19 Gary Fountain Sr. 9 20 26 13 21 30 163
20 Jonathan Kievman 18 13 18 11 12 154
21 Brandon Ward 4 1 2 25 148
22 Cole Powell 17 3 22 10 137
23 Daniel Hemric 6 3 6 117
24 Rich Kuiken Jr. 10 14 27 17 108
25 Renee Dupuis 9 16 20 87
26 J. R. Bertuccio 11 19 18 84
27 Ryan Preece 11 31 2 75
28 Jon McKennedy 6 17 121 65
29 Dalton Baldwin 15 14 59
30 Corey LaJoie 21 12* 57
31 Daryl Lacks 16 DNQ2 53
32 Jeremy Gerstner 19 DNQ2 52
33 Brian Weber 20 19 49
34 Matt Hirschman 2 42
35 Rob Fuller 3* 41
36 Patrick Emerling 6 251 38
37 Steve Masse 6 38
38 Ryan Newman 19 37
39 Ted Christopher 261 7 37
40 Jimmy Zacharias 11 33
41 Chuck Hossfeld 14 30
42 Ken Bouchard 15 29
43 Johnny Sutton 16 28
44 Donnie Lacks 19 DNQ2 25
Carl Long DNQ
Drivers ineligible for NWSMT points, because at the combined event at Bristol they chose to drive for NWMT points
Ron Silk 1
Todd Szegedy 2*
Justin Bonsignore 4
Ron Yuhas Jr. 5
Ken Heagy 8
Eric Goodale 13
Bryon Chew 15
Jamie Tomaino 16
Doug Coby 17
Eric Berndt 18
Eric Beers 21
Donny Lia 23
Jimmy Blewett 24
Ed Flemke Jr. 27
Wade Cole 31
Mike Stefanik 33
Rowan Pennink 34
Pos Driver CRW CRW SBO CRW CRW BGS BRI LGY TMP CRW CLT Points
Notes
  • 1 – Scored points towards the Whelen Modified Tour.
  • 2 – Daryl Lacks, Jeremy Gerstner and Donnie Lacks 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. ^ "2012 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour Season Stats, Race Results". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  2. ^ "2012 Spring Classic 150". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  3. ^ "2012 Farm Bureau Insurance 150". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  4. ^ "2012 South Boston 150". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  5. ^ "2012 Parking Lot Maintenance Headquarters 150". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  6. ^ "2012 Firecracker 150". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  7. ^ "2012 Strutmasters.com 199". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  8. ^ "2012 UNOH Perfect Storm 150". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  9. ^ "2012 Newport News Shipbuilding 150". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  10. ^ "2012 GreenPointe Energy 75". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  11. ^ "2012 Mid-Atlantic Shoot Out 150". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  12. ^ "2012 UNOH Southern Slam 150". racing-reference.info. August 17, 2024. Retrieved 17 August 2024.