It is a sad day in the world of motorsports as fans mourn the loss of nascar whelen modified champion ted christopher. Stefaniks career accomplishments include four track championships, three most popular driver awards, 74 nascar whelen modified tour victories and nine nascar championships. Nascar whelen modified tour schedule for 2017 nascar. The nascar whelen modified tour will return to martinsville speedway in may. Nascar whelen modified tour fan page has 10,416 members. Alon day, the 2017 nascar whelen euro series champion, has made five starts in nascar s three national series. Promoter the individual, partnership, corporation, joint venture or other legal entity that, in connection with the event, is designated as the promoter in the. Championship points standings for the nascar whelen modified tour 2017. Theyre lighter too, a monster cup car must weigh a minimum of 3,300 pounds, while a. Nascar whelen modified tour 2017 standings driver database.
Thompson speedway motorsports park, which has played host to the most events. Race, pole position, most laps led, winning driver, manufacturer. The raceview trademark is owned by turner sports, inc. Nascar whelen modified tour wikimili, the best wikipedia. Fans voted him as the nascar whelen modified tour s most popular driver three times. The 26yearold has currently gone back to his roots in the northeast, returning to the nascar whelen modified tour nwmt where he has. However, that success seems to have reached a head, as nascar announced the unification of the northern and southern components of the tour beginning in 2017. Dreams realized for nascar champions from across the globe. He won the title by 34 points and was the top rookie contender in five. As ontrack competition comes to a conclusion, theres another showdown on the line in the nascar xfinity series, nascar camping world truck series and nascar s seven touring series, as voting for the most popular driver awards begins on tuesday, oct. Two races remained in the 2017 season when the nascar whelen modifeid tour arrived at stafford motor speedway on sunday, october 1 for the napa fall final 150.
Doug coby entered the season as the defending drivers champion. Racedayct has learned that nascar will announce today the consolidation of the nascar whelen modified tour and the nascar whelen southern modified tour for the 2017 season. Com sprakers, ny june 30, 2016 wakefield, new hampshire isnt in the middle of nowhere. Nascar has released the 2017 schedule for the whelen modified tour, which will have some of its races broadcast on nbcsn. Nwmt 1015 2017 sunoco world series 150 thompson speedway motorsports park. April 23, 2017 it takes a veteran driver to make the best of a bad situation and in the case of bobby jones thats just what he did after winning saturday nights 35lap modified feature at mahoning valley speedway. Nascar whelen modified number 16 of performance plus 150 winning driver timmy solomito. He also was named the series most popular driver three times. Breaking down the 2017 nascar whelen modified tour roster. Watch the excitement unfold in the final lap of the whelen modified tour all star shootout at new hampshire motor speedway. His record includes 12 nationwide series wins and 15 victories on the modified tour. In 2006, he was selected as one of the top 25 drivers in nascar whelen allamerican series history. In all ryan would post 7 top 5 and top 10 finishes in his 11 starts along with the two wins and.
Nascar whelen modified tour fan page public group facebook. Joe gibbs racing jgr announces today that berlin, connecticut native, ryan preece will become the latest young star to become a member of the jgr stable of drivers to run in the nascar xfinity series nxs for the 2017 season. Driver ryan preece 2017 nascar whelen modified tour. Nascar whelen modified tour events are mainly held in. Nascar whelen modified tour wikipedia republished wiki 2. Click on the site to see ryan preeces career results at that track.
Can you identify these nascar drivers without their. Returning to his roots, tommy baldwin will bring back the iconic no. Mike stefanik was a champion of nascar, whose nine total championship wins made him one of the two drivers with the most championships in nascar history. This series was known as the winston modified tour from 1985 to 1993 and as the featherlite modified tour from 1994 to 2004 for even more detail on these races and many other series, please visit the third turn click on the year to see detailed race results and standings for that year. Driving a fulltime schedule on the nascar whelen modified tour, carroll defeated walter sutcliffe jr. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. The season begins on march 18 at myrtle beach speedway in south carolina. Ryan preece to drive two races for joe gibbs jayskis. Press release from nascar integrated marketing communications calvin carroll clinched his first nascar sunoco rookie of the year title in 2017. Year, champion, car owner, rookie of the year, most popular driver. When it comes to short track racing in america theres one word that makes the eyes of so many.
Nascar whelen modified tour schedule for 2017 nascar talk. Twotime nascar whelen modified tour most popular driver of the year melissa fifield is living out her dream, one lap at a time story by. A nascar whelen modified car is both 11inches shorter and 23inches wider than a monster energy cup car. 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 series owned and operated by nascar in the modified division. In 2006, he was named one of the top25 alltime best drivers in the whelen allamerican series. New hampshire motor speedways full throttle fall weekend is back by popular demand on september 2021, featuring two days of heartpounding short track racing. Watch the excitement unfold in the final lap of the whelen modified tour all star shootout at new. Tommy baldwin racing tbr announced today their plans to compete on the nascar whelen modified tour nwmt with driver donny lia in 2017. Jones was at wits end in trying to get his car to work right. Tommy baldwin racing announced plans wednesday to compete in the nascar whelen modified tour with driver donny lia. The 2017 nascar whelen modified tour was the thirtythird season of the whelen modified tour wmt, a stock car racing tour sanctioned by nascar.
Series release august 3, 2019 ron silk survives chaotic overtime restart for second straight win. The modified division is nascar s oldest division, and is the only openwheeled division that nascar sanctions. At the start of 2017, the unified whelen modified tour commenced with the first unified. Drivers, racetracks react to nascar champ ted christopher. Calvin carroll caps season with whelen modified tour. Nascar officials met with teams and drivers from the southern modified tour this afternoon and also communicated with a number of whelen modified tour teams on wednesday. Over the 34year history of the whelen modified tour, 18 different drivers have earned championship glory.
Riverhead raceway has always been an outlier when it comes to nascar whelen modified tour success. Coby became the first driver in the nascar whelen modified tour s modern era to win three straight titles, and he became just the fifth driver in nascar s oldest division to win four or more. Nascar driver killed in north branford plane crash. Kevin harvick claims favorite driver title news media nhms. Tommy baldwin racing nascar whelen modified tour return in 2017 driver of 7ny racecar is donny lia. The threetime nwmt most popular driver is expected to return to the tour for another year of competition with her familyowned race team.
Nascar whelen modified tour standings for 2017 click on the driver to see 2017 racelevel statistics for that driver. Jimmy wilson nascar whelen modified tour juston ellis nascar whelen southern modified tour kenny hunley director, weekly racing 12. Individual driver statistics for the 2017 nascar whelen modified tour. Nascar modified stock cars are wider, shorter with. Ladies and gents, its the ground pounders, the movers and shakers nascars oldest division the modifieds. The veteran open wheel driver, who was scheduled to compete in the riverhead 200 at riverhead raceway saturday night, was killed when the mooney m20c aircraft in which he was traveling crashed in north branford, ct on saturday afternoon. Whelen modified tour and whelen southern mod tour to merge for 2017. Nwmt 92 2017 toyota mod classic presented by mcdonalds oswego speedway. Region 200 and the nascar whelen modified tour noreaster 100. Whelen modified tour alltime feature winners list updated thru september 29, 2019 napa fall final 150 number of whelen modified tour winners. Whelen engineering company, longtime speedway partner and leader in the emergency warning industry, has added its name to. Relive the thrilling final lap of the whelen modified tour. Good news is, we get to come back wednesday night and try to finish. Nascar whelen modified tour standings for 2017 racing.
It began with the performance plus 150 presented by safetykleen at myrtle beach speedway on march 18 and concluded with the sunoco world series 150 at thompson speedway motorsports park on october 15. Eight years later, not much has changed for ron silk. Nascar whelen modified tour archives nascar talk nbc. One of the most historic streaks in nascar whelen modified tour history was broken by one.
Nascar has released the 2017 schedule for the whelen modified tour, which. The nascar whelen modified tour remains one of the most popular local racing series in the united states, with the cars racing exclusively on tracks shorter than one mile. Full throttle fall weekend is back by popular demand for second year with a new race sponsor. Christopher won track championships, including nine at stafford con. Put your knowledge of nascar racers and cars to the test and see if you can identify these speed demons. Theres a reason nascar is one of americas favorite sports, and with it come some of historys most incredible athletes. Darlington is known for giving rookie cup drivers making their first start. Diverse paths lead six drivers to top nascar touring.
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