2016 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour

The 2016 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour was the twelfth and final season of the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour (WSMT). It began at Caraway Speedway on March 12 and concluded at Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 6. Andy Seuss entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion. Burt Myers won the championship, 20 points in front of George Brunnhoelzl III.

2016 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour

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The 2016 season was the final season before NASCAR merged the two modified tours for 2017, and the series itself would not return until 2021, where it was revived under the SMART Modified Tour name.

Drivers

No.	Manufacturer	Car Owner	Race Driver	Crew Chief
00	Chevrolet	Brian Brady	Ted Christopher 1	Scott Anderson
1	Ford	Kim Myers	Burt Myers	Marty Edwards
2	Chevrolet	Joe Bertuccio Sr.	J. R. Bertuccio 6[N 1]	Joe Bertuccio Sr.
4	Ford	Gary Myers	Jason Myers	Mike Queen
5		Bob Ebersole	Kyle Ebersole 9	Bob Ebersole
6	Chevrolet	Constance Partridge	Ryan Preece 1	Jeff Preece
7		Mark Hunter	Lauren Edgerton (R) 2	Mark Hunter
8		Bobby Baldwin	Dalton Baldwin 4	Bobby Baldwin
11		Eddie Harvey	Andy Seuss	Eddie Harvey
13		Amy Fleming	Chris Fleming 2	Mike Boight 1
				Frank Fleming 1
14		Bobby Hutchens Jr.	Trey Hutchens 9	Bobby Hutchens Jr.
15		Grady Jeffreys Jr.	Jeremy Gerstner	Grady Jeffreys Sr.
16		Jeremy Gerstner	Shawn Balluzzo (R) 1	TBA
22		Kyle Bonsignore	Kyle Bonsignore (R)	Bill Bonsignore
28		George Brunnhoelzl Jr.	George Brunnhoelzl III	George Brunnhoelzl Jr.
29		George Bock	Brendon Bock 1	Glenn Dixon
33		Gary Fountain Sr.	Austin Pickens (R) 7	Michael Williams
40		Gina Fleming	Danny Bohn	Chris Fleming 10
				Frank Fleming 1
46		Russell Goodale	Jeff Goodale 1	Doug Ogiejko
70		Dawn Gerstner 3	Shawn Balluzzo (R) 4	Denzil Cormican 2
		Jeremy Gerstner 1		Jeremy McIntosh 2
74		Kevin Hughes	Bobby Measmer Jr.	Bobby Measmer Sr.
77		Mike Curb	Gary Putnam 10	Teddy Musgrave Jr. 7 Ray Holm 1 Teddy Christopher Jr. 3
			Ryan Preece 1
79	Pontiac	Susan Hill	Richie Pallai Jr. 4	David Hill
			James Civali 4
			Robert Babb (R) 1
			David Calabrese 1
97	Chevrolet	Bryan Dauzat	Bryan Dauzat 9	Todd Cooper
99		Susanne Winstead	A. J. Winstead 3	Reginald Winstead

Notes

1. J. R. Bertuccio drove in the Bush's Beans 150 with car number 21.

Schedule

Four of the eleven races in the 2016 season were televised on NBCSN and were on a tape delay basis.^[1]

No.	Race Title	Track	Date	TV
1	Davis Roofing 150	Caraway Speedway, Asheboro	March 12
2	Spring Explosion 150	Concord Speedway, Midland	April 2[a]
3	South Boston 150	South Boston Speedway, South Boston	April 9
4	Dogwood 150	Caraway Speedway, Asheboro	April 16
5	Davis Roofing 150	Caraway Speedway, Asheboro	July 1
6	Strutmasters.com 199	Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem	August 6	NBCSN
7	Bush's Beans 150[b]	Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol	August 17	NBCSN
8	Visit Martin County 150	East Carolina Motor Speedway, Robersonville	September 11[c]
9	South Boston 150	South Boston Speedway, South Boston	September 17	NBCSN
10	Caraway 150	Caraway Speedway, Asheboro	September 24
11	Bad Boy Off Road Southern Slam 150	Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte	October 6	NBCSN
Source:[4]

Notes

1. The Southern Sizzler 150 was postponed from March 19 to April 2 because of persistent rain.^[2]
2. The Bush's Beans 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.
3. The Visit Martin County 150 was postponed from September 3 to September 11 due to the forecast for heavy rain and high winds as a result of Hurricane Hermine.^[3]

Results and standings

Races

No.	Race	Pole position	Most laps led	Winning driver	Manufacturer
1	Davis Roofing 150[5]	Danny Bohn	Burt Myers	Burt Myers	Ford
2	Spring Explosion 150[6]	Jason Myers	Ryan Preece	George Brunnhoelzl III	Chevrolet
3	South Boston 150[7]	Burt Myers	George Brunnhoelzl III	George Brunnhoelzl III	Chevrolet
4	Dogwood 150[8]	Danny Bohn	Burt Myers	Burt Myers	Ford
5	Davis Roofing 150[9]	J. R. Bertuccio	J. R. Bertuccio	Andy Seuss	Chevrolet
6	Strutmasters.com 199[10]	Kyle Ebersole	Kyle Ebersole	Burt Myers	Ford
7	Bush's Beans 150[11]	Kyle Bonsignore	Todd Szegedy	Eric Goodale	Chevrolet
8	Visit Martin County 150[12]	Burt Myers	Burt Myers	Bobby Measmer Jr.	Chevrolet
9	South Boston 150[13]	Danny Bohn	Danny Bohn	James Civali	Pontiac
10	Caraway 150[14]	Andy Seuss	Burt Myers	George Brunnhoelzl III	Chevrolet
11	Bad Boy Off Road Southern Slam 150[15]	George Brunnhoelzl III	George Brunnhoelzl III	Ryan Preece	Chevrolet

Drivers' championship

Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by final practice results or Owner's points. * – Most laps led.

Pos	Driver	CRW	CON	SBO	CRW	CRW	BGS	BRI	ECA	SBO	CRW	CLT	Points
1	Burt Myers	1*	3	2	1*	4	1	28	5*	5	2*	6	465
2	George Brunnhoelzl III	7	1	1*	5	3	14	34	6	3	1	2*	445
3	Andy Seuss	5	4	3	4	1	3	11	7	10	4	7	442
4	Danny Bohn	3	10	5	3	8	11	16	2	4*	5	4	432
5	Bobby Measmer Jr.	2	6	11	9	5	4	17	1	6	9	5	426
6	Jason Myers	4	5	9	2	11	2	29	4	8	3	9	418
7	Kyle Bonsignore (R)	15	8	4	6	7	13	25	8	2	6	8	401
8	Jeremy Gerstner	10	13	DNS1	13	6	16	20	3	9	7	11	379
9	Kyle Ebersole	16	16	7	8	DNQ2	10*	9		7		12	310
10	Gary Putnam	14	9	6	11	9	5	18	12	DNS1	Wth	INJ	310
11	Bryan Dauzat	11	15		10	Wth	6	31		11	10	13	265
12	Trey Hutchens	Wth	11		Wth	10	9		9	12	11	10	236
13	Austin Pickens (R)	12	17	8	14	DNQ2	8	37					222
14	J. R. Bertuccio	13	7		7	2*	12	35					213
15	James Civali						17	26		1		3	151
16	Richie Pallai Jr.	9	14	10	12								131
17	Shawn Balluzzo (R)					12	7			13	Wth	14	130
18	Ryan Preece		12*					63				1	81
19	Lauren Edgerton (R)								11	14			63
20	Dalton Baldwin					Wth	15				Wth	15	58
21	A. J. Winstead						Wth			15		16	57
22	Ted Christopher		2										43
23	Brendon Bock	6						363					38
24	Jeff Goodale	8						103					36
25	David Calabrese										8		36
26	Robert Babb (R)								10				35
	Chris Fleming						Wth					Wth	0
Drivers ineligible for Whelen Southern Modified Tour points
	Eric Goodale							1
	Todd Szegedy							2*
	Donny Lia							3
	Patrick Emerling							4
	Doug Coby							5
	Bobby Santos III							7
	Ron Silk							8
	Matt Swanson (R)							12
	Ryan Newman							13
	Max Zachem							14
	Chase Dowling							15
	Jimmy Blewett							19
	Jamie Tomaino							21
	Wade Cole							22
	Gary McDonald							23
	Melissa Fifield							24
	Timmy Solomito							27
	Rob Summers							30
	Rowan Pennink							32
	Justin Bonsignore							33
	Ken Heagy							Wth
	Dave Sapienza							Wth
Pos	Driver	CRW	CON	SBO	CRW	CRW	BGS	BRI	ECA	SBO	CRW	CLT	Points

Notes

• ¹ – Jeremy Gerstner and Gary Putnam received championship points, despite the fact that they did not start the race.
• ² – Kyle Ebersole and Austin Pickens received championship points, despite the fact that they did not qualify for the race.
• ³ – Scored points towards the Whelen Modified Tour.

See also

• Sports portal

• 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
• 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series
• 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
• 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
• 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
• 2016 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
• 2016 NASCAR Pinty's Series
• 2016 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series