# 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

Source:
| 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 | 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

* ↑ 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
### Races

| No. | Race | Pole position | Most laps led | Winning driver | Manufacturer |
| 1 | Spring Classic 150 | George Brunnhoelzl III | George Brunnhoelzl III | George Brunnhoelzl III | Chevrolet |
| 2 | Farm Bureau Insurance 150 | Tim Brown | Brian Loftin | Brian Loftin | Chevrolet |
| 3 | South Boston 150 | L. W. Miller | George Brunnhoelzl III | Brandon Ward | Chevrolet |
| 4 | Parking Lot Maintenance Headquarters 150 | George Brunnhoelzl III | George Brunnhoelzl III | George Brunnhoelzl III | Chevrolet |
| 5 | Firecracker 150 | George Brunnhoelzl III | George Brunnhoelzl III | George Brunnhoelzl III | Chevrolet |
| 6 | Strutmasters.com 199 | Burt Myers | George Brunnhoelzl III | George Brunnhoelzl III | Chevrolet |
| 7 | UNOH Perfect Storm 150 | Ron Silk | Todd Szegedy | Ron Silk | Chevrolet |
| 8 | Newport News Shipbuilding 150 | Danny Bohn | Corey LaJoie | Jason Myers | Ford |
| 9 | GreenPointe Energy 75 | Rob Fuller | Andy Seuss | Andy Seuss | Chevrolet |
| 10 | Mid-Atlantic Shoot Out 150 | George Brunnhoelzl III | Brian Loftin | Danny Bohn | Chevrolet |
| 11 | UNOH 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 | 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 | 3$^1$ | | | | 2 | 75 |
| 28 | Jon McKennedy | | | | | 6 | 17 | 12$^1$ | | | | | 65 |
| 29 | Dalton Baldwin | | | | | | | | | | 15 | 14 | 59 |
| 30 | Corey LaJoie | | | | 21 | | | | 12* | | | | 57 |
| 31 | Daryl Lacks | | | 16 | | | | | DNQ$^2$ | | | | 53 |
| 32 | Jeremy Gerstner | | | | | | 19 | | | | DNQ$^2$ | | 52 |
| 33 | Brian Weber | | | | | | 20 | | | | | 19 | 49 |
| 34 | Matt Hirschman | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | 42 |
| 35 | Rob Fuller | | | | | | | | | 3* | | | 41 |
| 36 | Patrick Emerling | | 6 | | | | | 25$^1$ | | | | | 38 |
| 37 | Steve Masse | | | | | | | | | 6 | | | 38 |
| 38 | Ryan Newman | | | | | | | 19 | | | | | 37 |
| 39 | Ted Christopher | | | | | | | 26$^1$ | | | | 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 | | | | | DNQ$^2$ | | | | 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.