2015 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour

The 2015 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour was the thirteenth season of the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour (WSMT). It began with the Spring Classic 150 at Caraway Speedway on March 15[1] and ended with the Charlotte 150 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 8.[2] Andy Seuss, who entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion, won the championship, three points in front of George Brunnhoelzl III. Five races during the season were televised in the United States on NBCSN by a tape-delay.[3]

Drivers

No.	Manufacturer	Car Owner	Race Driver	Crew Chief
1	Ford 8	Kim Myers	Burt Myers	Matt Cromer
1	Chevrolet 2	Kim Myers	Burt Myers	Matt Cromer
2	Chevrolet	Joe Bertuccio Sr.	J. R. Bertuccio[N 1] 7	Joe Bertuccio Sr.
4	Ford	Gary Myers	Jason Myers	Mike Queen
5	Ford	Bob Ebersole	Kyle Ebersole	Bob Ebersole
6	Chevrolet	Constance Partridge	Ryan Preece 3	Tommy Grasso
8	Chevrolet	Bobby Baldwin	Dalton Baldwin 3	Bobby Baldwin
10	Chevrolet	Howard Harvey	Luke Fleming 1	Kenny Minter Jr.
11	Chevrolet	Eddie Harvey	Andy Seuss	Eddie Harvey
12	Chevrolet	Donna Norman	Mike Norman 6	Reggie Ruggerio
14	Chevrolet	Bobby Hutchens Jr.	Trey Hutchens (R)	Bobby Hutchens Jr.
15	Chevrolet	Grady Jeffreys Jr.	Jeremy Gerstner	Grady Jeffreys Sr.
21	Chevrolet	Mike Smeriglio III	Doug Coby 1	Phillip Moran
22	Chevrolet	Kyle Bonsignore	Kyle Bonsignore 2	Bill Bonsignore
23	Chevrolet	Bobby Loftin	Brian Loftin 2	Mike Adams
25	Chevrolet	Misty Smith	John Smith 6	Jody Utt
28	Chevrolet	George Brunnhoelzl Jr.	George Brunnhoelzl III	George Brunnhoelzl Jr.
32	Chevrolet	Tom Abele Sr.	Tom Abele Jr. 6	Tom Abele Sr.
37	Chevrolet	Paul Hartwig	Paul Hartwig Jr. 2	Neil Rutt
40	Chevrolet	Gina Fleming	Frank Fleming	Chris Fleming
43	Chevrolet	Michael Calabrese	David Calabrese	Bobby Foley
58	Chevrolet	Edgar Goodale	Eric Goodale 5	Jason Shephard
65	Chevrolet	Eddie Bohn	Danny Bohn 4	Eddie Bohn
73	Chevrolet	Paul Hartwig	Paul Hartwig Jr. 1	Neil Rutt
74	Chevrolet	Kevin Hughes	Bobby Measmer Jr.	Bobby Measmer Sr.
77	Chevrolet	Mike Curb	Gary Putnam	Don Tarantino
79	Pontiac 9	Susan Hill	Spencer Davis 4	David Hill
			Joe Ryan Osborne 3
			James Civali 2
	Chevrolet 1		James Civali 1	Chris Kopec
95	Chevrolet	Bubba Gale	Cale Gale 2	Bubba Gale
97	Chevrolet	Bryan Dauzat	Bryan Dauzat 2	Bob Rahilly
98	Chevrolet	Mike Curb	Ryan Preece 2	Jeff Preece
99	Chevrolet	Susanne Winstead	A. J. Winstead 3	Reginald Winstead

Notes

At the Bush's Beans 150 at Bristol, some WMT and WSMT drivers had to change numbers to avoid clashing with the other Modified Tour championship. The WSMT driver who had to change his number was J. R. Bertuccio, who drove car number 21, instead of his regular car number 2.

Schedule

No.	Race Title	Track	Date[2]	TV
1	Spring Classic 150	Caraway Speedway, Asheboro	March 15¹
2	Charles Kepley Memorial 150	Caraway Speedway, Asheboro	March 28
3	South Boston 150	South Boston Speedway, South Boston	April 4[4]
4	Pepsi 150	Langley Speedway, Hampton	April 11[2]	FansChoice.TV
5	9th Annual Daggett Shuler Attorneys at Law Rusty Harpe Memorial 150	Caraway Speedway, Asheboro	July 4
6	Strutmasters.com 199	Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem	August 1	NBCSN
7	Bush's Beans 150[lower-alpha 1]	Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol	August 19	NBCSN
8	Bayport Credit Union 150 presented by Budweiser	Langley Speedway, Hampton	September 5[2]	NBCSN
9	South Boston 150	South Boston Speedway, South Boston	September 19[4]	NBCSN
10	Charlotte 150	Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte	October 8	NBCSN

Notes

¹ – The Spring Classic 150 was originally scheduled for March 14, but was postponed a day due to forecasted heavy rain.[1]
The MTP Tire 150 was originally scheduled at Hickory Motor Speedway for October 3, but was postponed a day due to forecasted heavy rain.[5] On October 3, it was announced that the race would not be rescheduled.[6]

The Bush's Beans 150 will be 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

No.	Race	Pole position	Most laps led	Winning driver	Manufacturer
1	Spring Classic 150	Jason Myers	George Brunnhoelzl III	Eric Goodale	Chevrolet
2	Charles Kepley Memorial 150	Ryan Preece	J. R. Bertuccio	Andy Seuss	Chevrolet
3	South Boston 150	Ryan Preece	Ryan Preece	Ryan Preece	Chevrolet
4	Pepsi 150	George Brunnhoelzl III	George Brunnhoelzl III	Burt Myers	Ford
5	9th Annual Daggett Shuler Attorneys at Law Rusty Harpe Memorial 150	Andy Seuss	Andy Seuss	George Brunnhoelzl III	Chevrolet
6	Strutmasters.com 199	Ryan Preece	George Brunnhoelzl III	Danny Bohn	Chevrolet
7	Bush's Beans 150	Gary Putnam	Woody Pitkat	Andy Seuss	Chevrolet
8	Bayport Credit Union 150 presented by Budweiser	George Brunnhoelzl III	George Brunnhoelzl III	George Brunnhoelzl III	Chevrolet
9	South Boston 150	Bobby Measmer Jr.	Andy Seuss	Andy Seuss	Chevrolet
10	Southern Slam 150	George Brunnhoelzl III	George Brunnhoelzl III	George Brunnhoelzl III	Chevrolet

Drivers' championship

(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	LGY	CRW	BGS	BRI	LGY	SBO	CLT	Points
1	Andy Seuss	19	1	16	4	7*	6	6	3	1*	6	393
2	George Brunnhoelzl III	16*	11	18	3*	1	15*	15	1*	2	1*	390
3	Jason Myers	2	6	10	6	2	10	17	5	7	4	385
4	Burt Myers	6	5	3	1	16	4	30	4	6	5	384
5	Kyle Ebersole	13	7	6	2	4	8	26	2	8	12	371
6	Frank Fleming	8	8	11	5	9	12	16	8	4	11	360
7	Bobby Measmer Jr.	5	13	14	10	8	5	25	7	3	9	358
8	Gary Putnam	7	9	9	9	6	11	20	12	14	14	343
9	Jeremy Gerstner	11	19	15	8	17	3	21	6	5	7	342
10	David Calabrese	4	16	7	11	12	19	27	10	12	16	324
11	Trey Hutchens (R)	DNQ¹	14	8	13	13	14	Wth	11	9	13	281
12	J. R. Bertuccio	10	4*	2	7	10	9	31				257
13	Ryan Preece	14	3	1*			2	1³			2	206
14	Eric Goodale	1	2	4		3	20	28³				194
15	John Smith	3	10	17	12		17				8	197
16	Mike Norman	17	15	19			13		14		17	169
17	Danny Bohn			5			1			11	3	160
18	Tom Abele Jr.	9	18		15	14	18	DNQ				146
19	Spencer Davis	18	12	12	14							120
20	Joe Ryan Osborne					5	7	19³	9			111
21	James Civali							11		10	15	105
22	Dalton Baldwin	12	17								10	93
23	A. J. Winstead						16		13	15		88
24	Paul Hartwig Jr.			13		DNS²	21					80
25	Kyle Bonsignore					15		32³		13		60
26	Luke Fleming					11						33
27	Doug Coby	15						34³				29
28	Cale Gale							DNQ			18	26
	Brian Loftin	Wth	Wth									0
	Bryan Dauzat	Wth	Wth									0
Drivers ineligible for Whelen Southern Modified Tour points
	Woody Pitkat							2*
	Donny Lia							3
	Ryan Newman							4
	Bobby Santos III							5
	Jeff Goodale (R)							7
	Chase Dowling (R)							8
	Timmy Solomito							9
	Patrick Emerling							10
	Anthony Nocella (R)							12
	Ted Christopher							13
	Max Zachem (R)							14
	Shawn Solomito							18
	Rowan Pennink							22
	Ken Heagy							23
	Jamie Tomaino							24
	Johnny Bush							29
	Brendon Bock (R)							33
	Todd Szegedy							35
	Justin Bonsignore							36
	Ron Silk							Wth
	Dave Sapienza (R)							DNQ
	Wade Cole							DNQ
	Melissa Fifield							DNQ
Pos	Driver	CRW	CRW	SBO	LGY	CRW	BGS	BRI	LGY	SBO	CLT	Points

Notes

¹ – Trey Hutchens received championship points, despite the fact that he did not qualify for the race.
² – Paul Hartwig Jr. received championship points, despite the fact that he did not start the race.
³ – Scored points towards the Whelen Modified Tour.

References

Southers, Tim (March 14, 2015). "Whelen Southern Modified Opener Postponed". NASCAR Home Tracks. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Archived from the original on March 15, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
Cunningham, Jason (December 17, 2014). "Whelen Modified 2015 Schedules Announced". NASCAR Home Tracks. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Archived from the original on January 6, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
Cunningham, Jason (February 3, 2015). "Robust NBCSN Broadcast Schedule Revealed". NASCAR Home Tracks. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Archived from the original on February 5, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2015.
"South Boston Speedway Releases 2015 Schedule". race22.com. Race22. October 16, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
"Weather Causes NWSMT Postponement". NASCAR Home Tracks. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. October 2, 2015. Archived from the original on October 3, 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
"Heavy Rains Force Southern Mod Cancellation". NASCAR Home Tracks. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. October 3, 2015. Archived from the original on October 4, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2015.

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[Bristol-4] At the Bush's Beans 150 at Bristol, some WMT and WSMT drivers had to change numbers to avoid clashing with the other Modified Tour championship. The WSMT driver who had to change his number was J. R. Bertuccio, who drove car number 21, instead of his regular car number 2.

[6] The Bush's Beans 150 will be 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.

[SC150-1] Southers, Tim (March 14, 2015). "Whelen Southern Modified Opener Postponed". NASCAR Home Tracks. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Archived from the original on March 15, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2015.

[Dates-2] Cunningham, Jason (December 17, 2014). "Whelen Modified 2015 Schedules Announced". NASCAR Home Tracks. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Archived from the original on January 6, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2015.

[3] Cunningham, Jason (February 3, 2015). "Robust NBCSN Broadcast Schedule Revealed". NASCAR Home Tracks. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. Archived from the original on February 5, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2015.

[South_Boston-5] "South Boston Speedway Releases 2015 Schedule". race22.com. Race22. October 16, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2014.

[7] "Weather Causes NWSMT Postponement". NASCAR Home Tracks. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. October 2, 2015. Archived from the original on October 3, 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2015.

[8] "Heavy Rains Force Southern Mod Cancellation". NASCAR Home Tracks. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. October 3, 2015. Archived from the original on October 4, 2015. Retrieved October 3, 2015.