2009 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
The 2009 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the 25th season of the Whelen Modified Tour (WMT). It began with the Icebreaker 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on April 5. It ended with the World Series of Speedway Racing at Thompson again on October 25. Ted Christopher entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion. Donny Lia won the 2009 championship after 13 races, 16 points ahead of Ryan Preece.

Schedule
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 No. Race Title Track Date 1 Icebreaker 150 Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson April 5 2 Tech Net Spring Sizzler Presented by CarQuest Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford April 26 3 TSI Harley-Davidson Classic Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford May 22 4 New England 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon June 27 5 Spencer Speedway 155 Spencer Speedway, Williamson July 12 6 Riverhead 175 Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead August 1 7 Town Fair Tire 150 Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford August 7 8 UNOH Perfect Storm Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol August 19 9 Budweiser 150 Presented by N.E. Dodge Dealers Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson September 2 10 New Hampshire 100 New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon September 19 11 Made In America Whelen 300 Martinsville Speedway, Virginia September 27 12 CarQuest Fall Final Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford October 4 13 World Series of Speedway Racing Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson October 25
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Results and standings

Races
 No. Race Pole position Most laps led Winning driver  1 Icebreaker 150 Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Chevrolet 2 Tech Net Spring Sizzler Presented by CarQuest Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Chevrolet 3 TSI Harley-Davidson Classic Ted Christopher Jimmy Blewett Jimmy Blewett Chevrolet 4 New England 100 Doug Coby Todd Szegedy Donny Lia Dodge 5 Spencer Speedway 155 Ted Christopher Todd Szegedy Erick Rudolph Chevrolet 6 Riverhead 175 Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Ryan Preece Chevrolet 7 Town Fair Tire 150 Eric Berndt Ted Christopher Ryan Preece Chevrolet 8 UNOH Perfect Storm Ted Christopher Ted Christopher Donny Lia Dodge 9 Budweiser 150 Presented by N.E. Dodge Dealers Donny Lia Ted Christopher Donny Lia Dodge 10 New Hampshire 100 Ryan Preece Ron Silk Ron Silk Chevrolet 11 Made In America Whelen 300 Ron Silk Chris Pasteryak Mike Stefanik Pontiac 12 CarQuest Fall Final Donny Lia Donny Lia Donny Lia Dodge 13 World Series of Speedway Racing Donny Lia Ted Christopher Ted Christopher 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 THO STA STA NHA SPE RIV STA BRI THO NHA MAR STA THO Points 1 Donny Lia 3 6 15 1 6 24 7 1 1 2 8 1* 4 2020 2 Ryan Preece 4 3 10 24 5 1** 1 3 18 3 3 3 2 2004 3 Ted Christopher 1* 1* 2 5 10 20 2* 2* 2* 7 30 31 1* 1931 4 Rowan Pennink 9 26 7 4 4 10 5 7 4 6 16 6 5 1867 5 Todd Szegedy 5 2 3 8* 2* 8 10 6 3 29 2 20 29 1823 6 Chris Pasteryak 33 5 6 25 14 9 3 16 13 12 15* 5 6 1691 7 Mike Stefanik 7 4 4 23 7 19 29 25 32 5 1 8 20 1650 8 Eric Beers 11 16 11 16 19 6 4 14 6 24 23 7 18 1645 9 Woody Pitkat 19 7 8 9 13 15 9 5 21 26 20 16 10 1621 10 Ed Flemke Jr. 16 10 12 2 20 16 13 8 17 30 12 13 14 1602 11 Eric Goodale 23 11 27 17 8 17 15 12 20 17 9 11 12 1546 12 Erick Rudolph 31 30 29 32 1 DNQ 6 10 10 9 36 10 7 1477 13 Jamie Tomaino 13 12 14 26 27 7 11 17 12 32 10 21 23 1469 14 Glen Reen 12 18 13 19 17 5 26 32 9 31 22 22 16 1453 15 Glenn Tyler 28 17 18 10 12 14 12 35 14 27 31 15 15 1442 16 Ron Silk 6 8 24 3 9 27 30 33 1* 4 9 1419 17 Ken Heagy 22 19 22 13 18 21 25 26 19 21 28 12 22 1369 18 Doug Coby 8 28 9 6 25 22 28 31 11 2 3 1308 19 Wade Cole 29 22 21 15 24 18 19 34 33 22 33 19 28 1237 20 Kevin Goodale 14 14 23 18 Wth 13 27 29 20 6 29 8 1203 21 Johnny Bush 30 DNQ DNQ 22 23 DNQ 23 22 30 18 18 23 24 1162 22 Bobby Grigas III 10 15 25 11 11 23 32 15 8 40 1076 23 Jimmy Blewett 2 9 1* 28 22 12 8 31 1039 24 Jake Marosz 35 25 26 27 DNQ 31 36 23 25 14 24 26 1029 25 Gary McDonald DNQ DNQ 38 16 DNQ 22 22 23 19 18 21 962 26 Richard Savary 32 24 28 7 18 20 11 36 17 910 27 Renee Dupuis 18 32 31 36 26 24 28 14 32 19 850 28 Reggie Ruggiero 26 33 5 14 20 4 9 826 29 Rob Summers 34 29 17 12 27 15 27 11 788 30 James Civali 40 25 13 13 4 25 676 31 Eric Berndt 24 13 20 16 7 25 667 32 Andy Seuss 17 DNQ 16 21 21 111 15 211 606 33 Joe Hartmann 20 27 DNQ 16 16 28 494 34 Tim Arre 29 14 26 38 14 452 35 Tom Abele Jr. 27 31 19 20 361 36 Tommy Farrell 25 20 30 37 316 37 Keith Rocco 5 33 26 304 38 Chuck Hossfeld 3 10 299 39 Ryan Newman 34 37 8 291 40 Danny Knoll DNQ2 21 17 273 41 Carl Pasteryak 21 23 30 267 42 Tony Ferrante Jr. 15 24 209 43 Matt Hirschman 21 39 185 44 Richie Pallai Jr. DNQ2 17 179 45 Kasey Kahne 31 28 179 46 Anthony Sesely 30 19 179 47 Dave Brigati 2 170 48 Howie Brode 3 165 49 Justin Bonsignore 4 160 50 Bobby Santos III 37 27 134 51 Bill Park 11 130 52 Rob Fuller 33 34 125 53 Zach Sylvester 13 124 54 Buck Catalano 15 118 55 Jon McKennedy 35 35 116 56 Chuck Steuer 25 88 57 John Fortin 26 85 58 Frank Vigliarolo Jr. 28 79 59 Mike Christopher 28 79 60 Fred Vordermeier DNQ2 46 61 Eddie MacDonald 39 46 Drivers ineligible for NWMT points, because at the combined events they chose to drive for NWSMT points   4 7   Burt Myers 9 5   Frank Fleming 21 11   L. W. Miller 13   Jason Myers 27 17   Bobby Hutchens 18   Brian Loftin 19 29   John Smith 23 24   Rich Kiuken Jr. 24   Johnathon Brown 25   Jay Foley 26   Buddy Emory 38 27   Gene Pack 29 34   Bryan Dauzat 30 35   Bradley Robbins 32   J. R. Bertuccio 37   Zach Brewer 38   Tommy Neal 39   Greg Butcher 40   Tim Brown 41   Jeremy Stoltz 42   Jamie Tomaino Jr. 43  Pos Driver THO STA STA NHA SPE RIV STA BRI THO NHA MAR STA THO Points
1 – Scored points towards the Whelen Southern Modified Tour.
2 – Danny Knoll, Richie Pallai Jr. and Fred Vordermier received championship points, despite the fact that the driver did not qualify for the race.

See also

2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series
2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series
2009 NASCAR Camping World West Series
2009 ARCA Re/Max Series
2009 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour
2009 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series
2009 NASCAR Mini Stock Series
2009 NASCAR Corona Series

References

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