# 2011 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour

The 2011 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour was the 27th season of the Whelen Modified Tour (WMT). It began with the Icebreaker 150 at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park on April 10. It ended with the Sunoco World Series of Speedway Racing at Thompson again on October 16. Bobby Santos III entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion. Ron Silk won the 2011 championship after 16 races, 76 points ahead of Todd Szegedy.

## Schedule

Source:
| No. | Race Title | Track | Date |
| 1 | Icebreaker 150 | Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson | April 10 |
| 2 | Tech-Net Spring Sizzler Presented by CarQuest | Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford | May 1 |
| 3 | TSI Harley-Davidson 125 | Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford | May 27 |
| 4 | Monadnock 200 | Monadnock Speedway, Winchester | June 26 |
| 5 | Budweiser King of Beers 150 | Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson | June 30 |
| 6 | F.W. Webb 100 | New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon | July 16 |
| 7 | Lighthouse Mission 200 | Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead | July 30 |
| 8 | Town Fair Tire 150 | Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford | August 5 |
| 9 | Granite State Classic | New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon | August 13 |
| 10 | UNOH Perfect Storm 150 | Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol | August 24 |
| 11 | Delaware 150 | Delaware Speedway, Delaware | September 4 |
| 12 | Northern Thompson 125 | Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson | September 11 |
| 13 | Whelen Modified 66/99 Pres. by Town Fair Tire | Lime Rock Park, Lakeville | September 17 |
| 14 | New Hampshire 100 | New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon | September 24 |
| 15 | CarQuest Fall Final | Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford | October 2 |
| 16 | Sunoco World Series of Speedway Racing | Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, Thompson | October 16 |

### Notes

* ↑ The UNOH Perfect Storm 150 was held as a combined event, with competitors from the Whelen Modified Tour competing along with competitors for the Whelen Southern 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 | Icebreaker 150 | Bobby Santos III | Ted Christopher | Ted Christopher | Chevrolet |
| 2 | Tech-Net Spring Sizzler Presented by CarQuest | Doug Coby | Bobby Santos III | Bobby Santos III | Dodge |
| 3 | TSI Harley-Davidson 125 | Ron Silk | Ron Silk | Ron Silk | Chevrolet |
| 4 | Monadnock 200 | Todd Szegedy | Todd Szegedy | Todd Szegedy | Ford |
| 5 | Budweiser King of Beers 150 | Ted Christopher | Rowan Pennink | Ted Christopher | Chevrolet |
| 6 | F.W. Webb 100 | Ryan Newman | Ryan Newman | Todd Szegedy | Ford |
| 7 | Lighthouse Mission 200 | Howie Brode | Justin Bonsignore | Justin Bonsignore | Chevrolet |
| 8 | Town Fair Tire 150 | Doug Coby | Doug Coby | Ted Christopher | Chevrolet |
| 9 | Granite State Classic | Bobby Santos III | Bobby Santos III | Mike Stefanik | Pontiac |
| 10 | UNOH Perfect Storm 150 | Bobby Santos III | Ryan Newman | Ryan Newman | Chevrolet |
| 11 | Delaware 150 | Erick Rudolph | Erick Rudolph | Ron Silk | Chevrolet |
| 12 | Northern Thompson 125 | Ryan Preece | Doug Coby | Doug Coby | Chevrolet |
| 13 | Whelen Modified 66/99 Pres. by Town Fair Tire | Todd Szegedy | Todd Szegedy | Todd Szegedy | Ford |
| 14 | New Hampshire 100 | Ron Silk | Ron Silk | Ron Silk | Chevrolet |
| 15 | CarQuest Fall Final | Justin Bonsignore | Justin Bonsignore | Ted Christopher | Chevrolet |
| 16 | Sunoco World Series of Speedway Racing | Ryan Preece | Doug Coby | Glen Reen | Chevrolet |
* ↑ Ryan Newman originally won the pole, led the most laps and won the race, he would to disqualified due a post race technical violation, and was omitted from the results entirely. Todd Szegedy, who originally finished second, was inherited the win.

### 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 | MON | THO | NHA | RIV | STA | NHA | BRI | DEL | THO | LMP | NHA | STA | THO | Points |
| 1 | Ron Silk | 23 | 3 | 1* | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 1* | 7 | 16 | 2443 |
| 2 | Todd Szegedy | 22 | 24 | 6 | 1** | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1* | 2 | 21 | 25 | 2367 |
| 3 | Eric Beers | 6 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2309 |
| 4 | Rowan Pennink | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3* | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 12 | 28 | 2219 |
| 5 | Doug Coby | 7 | 29 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9* | 10 | 25 | 2 | 1* | 18 | 16 | 9 | 15* | 2214 |
| 6 | Matt Hirschman | 9 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 22 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2163 |
| 7 | Justin Bonsignore | 5 | 28 | 17 | 2 | 24 | 31 | 1* | 11 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 10* | 21 | 2141 |
| 8 | Bobby Santos III | 33 | 1* | 3 | 15 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 6* | 26 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 27 | 2 | 2133 |
| 9 | Ted Christopher | 1* | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 28 | | | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 2053 |
| 10 | Erick Rudolph | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 14* | 25 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 2051 |
| 11 | Mike Stefanik | 3 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 24 | | 19 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 9 | 1957 |
| 12 | Eric Goodale | 24 | 11 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 24 | 10 | 1955 |
| 13 | Patrick Emerling | 10 | 23 | 25 | 19 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 1859 |
| 14 | Jamie Tomaino | 30 | 14 | 20 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 17 | 1854 |
| 15 | Ed Flemke Jr. | 11 | 16 | 27 | 26 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 1851 |
| 16 | James Civali | 17 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 26 | | 32 | 1826 |
| 17 | Eric Berndt | 28 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 23 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 24 | 13 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 1763 |
| 18 | Wade Cole | 16 | 22 | 23 | 28 | 20 | 24 | DNQ | 25 | 30 | 22 | 15 | 21 | 16 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 1594 |
| 19 | Bryon Chew | 29 | 12 | 18 | 24 | 27 | 17 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 30 | | 23 | 21 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 1500 |
| 20 | Richie Pallai Jr. | 19 | 21 | 14 | 21 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 21 | 18 | | | | 4 | 25 | 13 | | 1357 |
| 21 | Ken Heagy | 13 | 13 | 19 | 25 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 28 | 31 | | | 22 | | 19 | 14 | 24 | 1312 |
| 22 | Ryan Preece | 4 | 17 | 24 | | | 26 | 4 | | 7 | | | 3 | | 14 | 2 | 26 | 1310 |
| 23 | Woody Pitkat | 25 | 10 | 22 | | 18 | 9 | | 22 | 2 | 12 | | 14 | | 27 | | 19 | 1286 |
| 24 | Ron Yuhas Jr. | 8 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 34 | | | | | | | 1193 |
| 25 | Gary McDonald | 21 | 27 | 29 | 27 | 23 | 25 | DNQ | 24 | 15 | 27 | | | | | 18 | 13 | 1140 |
| 26 | Kevin Goodale | 26 | 26 | 30 | | | 15 | 28 | | 23 | | | 18 | 9 | | 6 | 29 | 1007 |
| 27 | Tom Rogers Jr. | 27 | 9 | 28 | | 14 | | | 19 | | | | 6 | | | 17 | 5 | 948 |
| 28 | Glenn Tyler | 14 | 15 | 13 | 23 | | 22 | | | 8 | | | | | 15 | 16 | | 929 |
| 29 | Jimmy Blewett | DNQ | 18 | 31 | | | 29 | | 10 | 29 | | | 20 | | | | | 629 |
| 30 | Glen Reen | | | | 13 | | 23 | | 20 | | | | | | | 20 | 1 | 609 |
| 31 | Chuck Hossfeld | 12 | 30 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | 28 | 4 | 585 |
| 32 | Dave Etheridge | 15 | 31 | 26 | 20 | 19 | | | | | | | | | | | | 482 |
| 33 | Rob Fuller | 32 | | | | | 33 | | | | | | | | 13 | | 20 | 358 |
| 34 | Donny Lia | | | | | | | 26 | | 25 | | | | | | 3 | | 338 |
| 35 | Andy Seuss | | | | 17 | | 19 | | | 20 | 9$^1$ | | | | | | | 321 |
| 36 | Jake Marosz | | | | | | | DNQ | 27 | 26 | | | | | 29 | | | 316 |
| 37 | Rick Gentes | 18 | | | | 22 | | | | | | | | | | | 31 | 276 |
| 38 | Ryan Newman | | | | | | DSQ* | | | | 1* | | | | 28 | | | 269 |
| 39 | Andy Petree | | | | | | 32 | | | | 33 | | | | | | | 164 |
| 40 | Keith Rocco | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 150 |
| 41 | Zane Zeiner | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | | | 146 |
| 42 | D. J. Kennington | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | | | | | | 142 |
| 43 | Tony Ferrante Jr. | 31 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 34 | 131 |
| 44 | Ken Woolley Jr. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 11 | | | 130 |
| 45 | Dave Brigati | | | | | | | 12 | | | | | | | | | | 127 |
| 46 | Jimmy Zacharias | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 | 127 |
| 47 | Cole Powell | | | | | | | | | | | 16 | | | | | | 115 |
| 48 | Daniel Hemric | | | | | | | | | | 32$^1$ | | | | | | 18 | 109 |
| 49 | Shawn Solomito | | | | | | | 19 | | | | | | | | | | 106 |
| 50 | Howie Brode | | | | | | | 23 | | | | | | | | | | 99 |
| 51 | Renee Dupuis | | | | 22 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 97 |
| 52 | Glenn Griswold | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 22 | | 97 |
| 53 | George Brunnhoelzl III | | | | | | | 27 | | | 29$^1$ | | | | | | | 82 |
| 54 | Dale Quarterley | | | | | | 28 | | | | | | | | | | | 79 |
| 55 | Chris Kopec | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 29 | | 76 |
| 56 | Chuck Steuer | | | | | | | DNQ$^2$ | | | | | | | | | | 67 |
| 57 | Timmy Solomito | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 33 | 64 |
| Drivers ineligible for NWMT points, because at the combined event at Bristol they chose to drive for NWSMT points |||||||||||||||||||
| | Frank Fleming | | | | | | | | | | 8 | | | | | | | |
| | Jason Myers | | | | | | | | | | 14 | | | | | | | |
| | Austin Pack | | | | | | | | | | 15 | | | | | | | |
| | John Smith | | | | | | | | | | 16 | | | | | | | |
| | Burt Myers | | | | | | | | | | 17 | | | | | | | |
| | L. W. Miller | | | | | | | | | | 19 | | | | | | | |
| | Tim Brown | | | | | | | | | | 23 | | | | | | | |
| | Corey LaJoie | | | | | | | | | | 28 | | | | | | | |
| Pos | Driver | THO | STA | STA | MON | THO | NHA | RIV | STA | NHA | BRI | DEL | THO | LMP | NHA | STA | THO | Points |

#### Notes

* $^1$ – Scored points towards the Whelen Southern Modified Tour.
* $^2$ – Chuck Steuer received championship points, despite the fact that the driver did not qualify for the race.