The 2016 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour was the twelfth and final season of the

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Whelen Southern Modified Tour The Southern Modified Auto Racing Teams (SMART) Tour is a Modified stock car racing series racing in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of The United States. The series began in 1989, NASCAR took over the series in 2005. During ...

(WSMT). It began at

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on March 12 and concluded at

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on October 6.

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entered the season as the defending Drivers' Champion.

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won the championship, 20 points in front of George Brunnhoelzl III. The 2016 season was the final season before

merged the two modified tours for 2017, and the series itself would not return until 2021, where it was revived under the

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name.

Drivers

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Schedule

Four of the eleven races in the 2016 season were televised on NBCSN and were on a tape delay basis. ;Notes:

Results and standings

Races

Drivers' championship

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

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