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The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (WMT) is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR in the Modified division. The Modified division is NASCAR's oldest division, and its only open-wheeled division. All 2006 Whelen Modified Tour events are in the Northeastern USA, but the 2007 Tour will race in the Midwest with a race in Mansfield, Ohio. The Whelen Southern Modified Tour, established in 2005, races in the Southeastern United States. The two tours race primarily on short oval paved tracks, but the WMT also has made appearances at larger ovals and road courses. The two tours have a combined race in Virginia. NEXTEL Cup drivers practice for the 2004 Daytona 500 This article is about the sport of stock car racing. ... The National Association for Stock Car Automobile Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ... The NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour (WSMT) is a stock car racing series owned by NASCAR and operated in the Southeastern United States as part of its Modified Division. ...

It is rumoured that with the demise of the Elite division, NASCAR may feature Modifieds with the Grand National Division in the Toyota All-Star Showdown in the fall of 2007.

As part of NASCAR's plan to cut costs and unify rules among different tours in the same division, the two Whelen Modified Tour divisions use identical rules.

The cars

#45 Modified car, courtesy of Navy Lakehurst

Whelen Modified Tour cars are substantially different from their NEXTEL Cup counterparts. Today's cars are based on tubular chassis built by fabricators such as Troyer Engineering, Chassis Dynamics, Spafco, and Raceworks. Bodies are partial versions of passenger cars, largely fabricated from sheetmetal, with the front wheels and much of the front suspension exposed. A NASCAR Modified is eleven inches shorter in height and over twenty-three inches wider than a Cup car. By rule, Tour-type Modifieds weigh at least 2610 pounds (with additional weight for engines 358 cubic inches and larger) and have a wheelbase of 107 inches. They are powered by small-block V-8 engines, usually of 355 to 368 cubic inches displacement, although larger or smaller engines can be used. Engine components are largely similar to those used in the Nextel Cup Series, but Whelen Modified Tour engines use a small four-barrel carburetor (rated at 390 cubic feet per minute, about half the airflow of previous Modified carburetors), which limits their output to 550 to 650 horsepower. On large tracks such as New Hampshire International Speedway, the engines must have a restrictor plate between the carburetor and intake manifold, reducing engine power and car speed for safety reasons. Approved body styles for 2006 include the Chevrolet Cavalier and Monte Carlo, the Dodge Avenger and Stealth, the Ford Mustang and Escort, the Plymouth Laser and Sundance, and the Pontiac Sunbird, J2000, and Grand Prix. ^[1] Image File history File links Download high resolution version (898x592, 789 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Whelen Modified Tour ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (898x592, 789 KB) Summary Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Whelen Modified Tour ... The NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series is NASCARs top racing series. ... New Hampshire International Speedway is a 1. ... Restrictor plates are devices installed between the carburetor and intake manifold that restrict the amount of air and fuel entering the engines combustion chamber. ... The Chevrolet Cavalier was Chevrolets version of the compact GM J platform. ... The Chevrolet Monte Carlo is an American mid-size car. ... The Dodge Avenger is actually three different cars: The Dodge Avenger coupe (1995-2000) The Dodge Avenger Concept from the 2003 North American International Auto Show The Dodge Avenger (JS) sedan which will be released in January 2007 for the 2008 model year. ... Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4 racing Japanese Mitsubishi GTO patrol car The Mitsubishi GTO was Mitsubishis flagship sports car from 1991-1999. ... For other Ford Mustang models, see Ford Mustang Variants The Ford Mustang is an American automobile, originally based on the Ford Falcon compact. ... The Ford Escort was a compact car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company from 1967 through 2003. ... 3 Plymouth Lasers, showing an all around view 1992-1994 Plymouth Laser 1992-1994 Plymouth Laser rear view The Plymouth Laser was a sports coupe made by Diamond Star Motors. ... In 1987, the Dodge Shadow was introduced. ... There have been two different vehicles bearing the name Pontiac Sunbird. ... The Pontiac Grand Prix is an automobile produced by the Pontiac division of General Motors Corporation. ...

History of the NASCAR Modified division

The NASCAR Modified division was formed as part of NASCAR's creation in December 1947. NASCAR held a Modified race as its first sanctioned event on February 15, 1948, on the beach course at Daytona Beach, Florida. Red Byron won the event and 11 more races that year, and won the first NASCAR Modified Championship. ^[2] (The Strictly Stock division, which evolved into today's premier series Nextel Cup, did not race until 1949.) Post-World War II Modifieds were a form of "stock car" (contrasted against purpose-built AAA Championship Cars, Sprints, and Midgets) which allowed some modification, typically substitution of stronger truck parts. Most cars were pre-WWII coupes and coaches. This pattern continued through the 1960s, with aftermarket performance parts and later-model chassis (such as the 1955-57 Chevrolet's frame) becoming more common. The Modifieds became known for technical innovation, both in homebuilt parts and in adapting components from other types of vehicle. By 1970, many Modifieds featured big-block engines, fuel injection, eighteen-inch-wide rear tires, radically offset engine location, and other technology that made them faster on short tracks than any full-bodied race cars including Grand National cars.^[3] Robert Red Byron (March 12, 1915 - November 11, 1960) was a NASCAR driver who was successful as the series began. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... The AAA logo AAA (read triple-A), also known by its historic name of the American Automobile Association, is an American not-for-profit automobile lobby group and service organization that provides its members with many member benefits and services including but not limited to Nationwide Emergency Road Side Assistance... Champ Car, a shortened form of Championship Car, has been the name for a class of cars used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades. ...

The predecessor to the Whelen Modified Tour was NASCAR's National Modified Championship, which was determined by total points from weekly NASCAR-sanctioned races as well as a schedule of National Championship races. Parts of the northeastern and southeastern USA were hotbeds of Modified racing in the 1950s and 1960s; some racers competed five nights per week or more.^[4] Often the same car was raced on both dirt and paved tracks, changing only tires and perhaps springs and shock absorbers.^[3] In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the technology of dirt and pavement Modifieds diverged to make them separate types of race car. NASCAR was no longer sanctioning dirt tracks which held modified races, so the NASCAR Modified rules became the standard for asphalt Modifieds. (Starting in the early 1970s, Northeastern USA dirt Modified racetracks began to join the DIRT organization founded by Glenn Donnelly.) Most unsanctioned tracks used similar Modified rules to NASCAR's, or specified the same cars with cost-limiting rules such as smaller engines or narrow tires.

In the 1980s, it became prohibitively expensive for Modified teams to tow long distances to sixty or more races per year, including Watkins Glen International and Daytona International Speedway, Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, NC, North Wilkesboro Speedway, and Martinsville Speedway, with the North Wilkesboro races part of the Cup weekend. Watkins Glen International (nicknamed The Glen) is an auto race track located near Watkins Glen, New York at the southern tip of Seneca Lake. ... Daytona International Speedway is a superspeedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. ... Bowman-Gray Stadium is a 18,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. ... North Wilkesboro Speedway is a short track which held races in NASCARs top three series from NASCARs inception in 1949 until its closure in 1996. ... Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Martinsville, Virginia. ...

Richie Evans ran 66 NASCAR Modified features (and several unsanctioned events such as the Race of Champions) in 1984, the final year of the old system.^[4] To enable more than a few teams to contend seriously for the championship, it was decided to reformat the Modified division's championship to a limited schedule of races not conflicting with one another. This change mirrored similar format changes to the Grand National (now NEXTEL Cup) division starting in 1972 and the Late Model Sportsman (now Busch Series) division starting in 1982. Richie Evans (born 1941, died 1985) was an American racing driver who won nine NASCAR Modified Series titles, including eight in a row from 1978 to 1985. ... The NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series is NASCARs top racing series. ... NASCAR Busch Series logo The Busch Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR. It is NASCARs second division (often compared to Triple-A baseball), and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organizations top level, the Nextel...

Richie Evans' 1985 death at Martinsville, along with other asphalt Modified fatalities such as Charlie Jarzombek (in 1987), Corky Cookman (1987), Tommy Druar (1989), Don Pratt (1989), and Tony Jankowiak (1990), led to questions about car rigidity with Tour Modifieds, and safety changes.^[4] In particular, straight frame rails were phased out, with new chassis required to have a step which could bend in hard impacts rather than passing the force to the driver. There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

History of the Modified Tour

The modern-day Modified Tour was first held in 1985 with 29 races, named the NASCAR Winston Modified Tour.^[4] It switched sponsorship to the Featherlite Trailers brand in 1994, and was renamed to the NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series. See also: 1984 in sports, other events of 1985, 1986 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: Bill Elliott won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Darrell Waltrip Ken Schrader enters NASCAR CART Racing - Al Unser Sr won the season championship Indianapolis 500 - Danny... See also: 1993 in sports, other events of 1994, 1995 in sports and the list of years in sports. // [edit] Athletics (track and field) February 20: At Boston, Massachusetts, in a remarkable athletic achievement, Irelands 41-year-old Eamonn Coghlan becomes the first man over the age of 40...

Two major changes to the Modified Tour came in 2005.

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Beginning in 2005 NASCAR sanctions a new modified division in the southeastern United States known as the Whelen Southern Modified Tour. The two tours agreed to run a combined race at Martinsville Speedway. Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Martinsville, Virginia. ...

1985

Richie Evans, who holds the record for the most NASCAR championships with nine NASCAR Modified championships, won his last championship posthumously in 1985, the first year of the Winston Modified Tour. Driving cars built and maintained in his own shop for owner B.R. DeWitt, Evans won 12 of his 28 starts on the Tour, including five consecutive victories at five tracks in July and August. Billy Nacewicz was the team's crew chief.^[4] Other strong contenders on the Tour included George Kent, Jimmy Spencer, Brian Ross, Reggie Ruggiero, Brett Bodine, Charlie Jarzombek, Jeff Fuller, George Brunnhoelzl, Doug Heveron, Jamie Tomaino, John Rosati, Corky Cookman, Greg Sacks, Mike McLaughlin, Mike Stefanik, and Bugs Stevens. Many other top racers focused on their local tracks but ran limited Tour schedules. In October, the season ended in tragedy when Evans was killed in an accident while practicing for the final race of the Tour season, the Winn-Dixie 500 at Martinsville Speedway. He had already clinched the title; Mike McLaughlin, driving for Len Boehler, finished second in the point standings.^[4] Richie Evans (born 1941, died 1985) was an American racing driver who won nine NASCAR Modified Series titles, including eight in a row from 1978 to 1985. ... Jimmy Spencer (born February 15, 1957 in Berwick, Pennsylvania) is a NASCAR race car driver and commentator. ... Bodine poses with his Ralphs Ford Sponsor a Driver. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Jeff Mullet Fuller is a former NASCAR driver. ... Greg Sacks(born November 3, 1952, in Mattiuck, New York, is a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series driver. ... Mike McLaughlin (born October 6, 1956 in Waterloo, New York) is a former NASCAR Busch Series driver. ... Mike Stefanik (born May 20, 1958, in Coventry, Rhode Island) is a NASCAR driver. ... Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Martinsville, Virginia. ...

Public stature

The series has been a minor league with a strong and loyal regional following. Most national media attention has appeared in racing-centered publications (magazines such as Stock Car Racing Magazine or Speedway Illustrated, or newspapers such as National Speed Sport News or Speedway Scene) rather than general mass media. Minor leagues in the sense intended in this article are professional sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports. ...

Nobody who was then driving full-time in Nextel Cup has competed in Whelen Modified Tour events except occasional one-time appearances. However, Geoff Bodine, Brett Bodine, and Jimmy Spencer went on from WMT competition to become race winners at the Cup level. Other WMT veterans such as Mike McLaughlin, Steve Park, and Jeff Fuller have advanced to become race winners and championship contenders in the Busch Series, the top minor league under Nextel Cup. Nextel Cup crew chiefs that started in WMT include Tommy Baldwin Jr. and Greg Zipadelli. Geoffrey Bodine (born April 18, 1949 in Chemung, New York) is the oldest of the three Bodine brothers (Brett Bodine and Todd Bodine) who are all NASCAR drivers. ... Bodine poses with his Ralphs Ford Sponsor a Driver. ... Jimmy Spencer (born February 15, 1957 in Berwick, Pennsylvania) is a NASCAR race car driver and commentator. ... Mike McLaughlin (born October 6, 1956 in Waterloo, New York) is a former NASCAR Busch Series driver. ... Steve Park is a Korean-American comedian. ... Jeff Mullet Fuller is a former NASCAR driver. ... Tommy Baldwin Jr. ...

In recent years, small numbers of races in the Whelen Modified Tour have aired on network television, with none appearing on prime-time television.

Traditionally, there are two weekends when the Modifieds run as part of the undercard for the Nextel Cup: i.e., the July and September races at New Hampshire International Speedway. In the past, Modifieds ran with the Cup cars at Martinsville, and the old SMART tour (which today would be the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour) at North Wilkesboro with Cup cars. Typically, a name driver is recruited to participate in the race to pique the interest of casual fans. For example, Nextel Cup driver Carl Edwards and defending Nextel Cup champion Tony Stewart raced in the July 2006 race. The NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series is NASCARs top racing series. ... New Hampshire International Speedway is a 1. ... Carl Michael Edwards, II (born August 15, 1979) is a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and Busch Series driver for Roush Racing. ... Anthony Wayne Tony Stewart (born May 20, 1971) is an auto racing driver who has won championships in sprint cars, Indy cars, and stock cars. ...

Whelen Modified Tour champions

Click here for a list of all champions including 1948-84 National Modified Champions.

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Whelen Modified Tour Rookie of the Year award winners

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Whelen Modified Tour Most Popular Driver award winners

Pre-Tour NASCAR Modified Most Popular Driver award winners

NASCAR Modified All-Time Top 10 drivers

The following drivers were named to the NASCAR Modified All-Time Top 10 list[1] in 2003 :

• 1) Richie Evans - Evans won nine Modified titles between 1973 and 1985, a championship total that is unmatched in all of NASCAR[2], 52 wins in 84 NASCAR and unsanctioned events in 1979^[4]
• 2) Mike Stefanik - 7 WMT and 2 Busch North championships
• 3) Jerry Cook - 6 NASCAR National Modified Championships in the 1970s, helped direct the series' changes as series director in 1985
• 4) Ray Hendrick - "Mr. Modified" raced "anything, anywhere" in the 1950s to 1970s
• 5) Geoff Bodine - in the Guinness Book of World Records for winning 55 Modified races in 1978
• 6) Tony Hirschman, Jr. - has won 5 WMT championships
• 7) Bugs Stevens - won three consecutive NASCAR National Modified Championships in 1967-69
• 8) Fred DeSarro - 1970 NASCAR National Modified Champion
• 9) Jimmy Spencer - 1986 and 1987 WMT champion
• 10) Reggie Ruggiero - the "best driver to never win a championship", his 44 victories rank him second to Stefanik since the modern era began in 1985

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2006 schedule

Whelen Modified Tour

• 4/9/2006: Icebreaker 2006, Thompson International Speedway, Thompson, CT
• 4/30/2006: Carquest Tech-Net Spring Sizzler, Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford Springs, CT
• 5/26/2006: Connecticut Classic 150, Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford Springs, CT
• 6/17/2006: Whelen Modified Tour, Jennerstown Speedway, Jennerstown, PA
• 6/29/2006: Pepsi 150, Thompson International Speedway, Thompson, CT
• 7/15/2006: New England 100, New Hampshire International Speedway, Loudon, NH
• 7/22/2006: Whelen Modified Tour 150, Waterford Speedbowl, Waterford, CT
• 7/29/2006: Whelen Modified Tour 100 presented by Paul Graff Tire, Holland International Speedway, Holland, NY
• 8/5/2006: Miller Lite 200, Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead, NY
• 8/11/2006: New England Dodge Dealers 150, Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford Springs, CT
• 8/17/2006: Budweiser 150, Thompson International Speedway, Thompson, CT
• 9/10/2006: Whelen Modified Tour 150, Thompson International Speedway, Thompson, CT
• 9/15/2006: Sylvania 100, New Hampshire International Speedway, Loudon, NH
• 10/1/2006: Carquest Fall Final, Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford Springs, CT
• 10/15/2006: World Series, Thompson International Speedway, Thompson, CT

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Combined North-South Race for Both Tours

• 9/2/2006: Made in America Whelen 300, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA

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Notes and references

1. ^ 2006 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Media Guide. NASCAR, Daytona Beach, Florida, USA.
2. ^ www.livinglegendsofautoracing.com/drivers_pages/drivers_red_by.html
3. ^ ^{a b} "Through the Years at Shangri-La: The Final Chapter". Monnat, Michael E. Gater Racing News, Volume # Issue #, August 26, 2005.
4. ^ ^{a b c d e f g} Bourcier, Bones. RICHIE!: The Fast Life and Times of NASCAR's Greatest Modified Driver (1st ed., 2004). Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA: Coastal 181. ISBN 0-9709854-6-0

See also

• NASCAR
• Whelen Southern Modified Tour
• NASCAR Regional Racing

The National Association for Stock Car Automobile Racing (NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States. ... The NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour (WSMT) is a stock car racing series owned by NASCAR and operated in the Southeastern United States as part of its Modified Division. ... NASCAR Regional Racing is a group of regional stock car racing divisions sanctioned by NASCAR. Divisions NASCAR Grand National Division AutoZone West Series Busch East Series NASCAR Touring Whelen Modified Tour Whelen Southern Modified Tour NASCAR AutoZone Elite Division Midwest Series Northwest Series Southeast Series Southwest Series NASCAR Special Event...

External links

• NASCAR official website
• NASCAR's WMT page
• NASCAR's WSMT page
• Mod Series Scene website
• YankeeRacer.com
• History of Title sponsors
• Fan site from 2002
• Archive.org image of www.petesracingsite.com - a fan site
• Red Byron (first champ) bio on Living Legends of Auto Racing website