Bobby Santos III
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| Born | October 3, 1985 Franklin, Massachusetts, United States |
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| Achievements | 2010 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion | ||||||
| NASCAR Nationwide Series career | |||||||
| 5 race(s) run over 2 year(s) | |||||||
| Car no., team | No. 36 (Tommy Baldwin Racing) | ||||||
| 2011 position | 70th | ||||||
| Best finish | 70th – 2011 | ||||||
| First race | 2007 Circuit City 250 (Richmond) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career | |||||||
| 1 race(s) run over 1 year(s) | |||||||
| 2011 position | 110th | ||||||
| Best finish | 110th – 2011 | ||||||
| First race | 2011 F.W. Webb 175 (Loudon) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of January 25, 2012. | |||||||
Robert "Bobby" Santos III (born October 3, 1985 in Massachusetts) is an American racecar driver from Franklin, Massachusetts. He graduated in 2004 from Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School. Santos, nicknamed "Bobby New England", is the grandson of Bobby Santos, a former modified racer. His sister, Erica Santos, is also a racecar driver. He is the cousin of former University of New Hampshire quarterback Ricky Santos. He currently drives a limited schedule in the NASCAR Nationwide Series for Tommy Baldwin Racing in the No. 36 car.
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[edit] Early career
Before stock cars, Santos was a successful midget racer. He raced in the Northeastern Midget Association, USAC, PRA Big Car, and ISMA. He had the most wins of any driver in the USAC National Midget Tour in 2006, collecting five wins, including a win at O'Reilly Raceway Park on the Night Before the 500. He was signed to Bill Davis Racing.
[edit] ARCA career
In 2006, Santos made his stock car debut at Iowa Speedway for Bill Davis Racing in the #02 Dodge. He started 10th and finished 6th. Bobby returned to ARCA in 2007 for Bill Davis, now in a Toyota Camry. He won Toyota's first stock car pole at USA International Speedway in Lakeland, Florida. While leading the race, he was involved in an incident with a lapped car and did not finish. He returned at Nashville Superspeedway, but had a mid-pack run. At Kansas Speedway, Bobby started second, but a blown engine relegated him to another DNF. Santos broke his dry spell at Kentucky Speedway when he started fourth and finished third, behind Erik Darnell and Erin Crocker. Santos placed third in the next race at Kentucky, as well. The third generation racer won a pole at Pocono Raceway in early August and qualified fifth at Talladega Superspeedway, but was unable to back up either with a strong finish.
[edit] NASCAR career
In 2007, Santos made his NASCAR Busch Series debut at Richmond International Raceway for the new Riley D'Hondt Motorsports team. He qualified seventh in his #91 Toyota, but faded back to a thirtieth-place finish after running in the top 10 for the beginning of the race. He also qualified fourth for the Camping World 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and was running in the top 10 before being hit by a lapped car. He ran two additional races for RDHM, but did not finish better than 30th.
Santos has also participated in the Whelen Modified Tour, collecting his first two wins at Thompson International Speedway in October 2007, and the Ice Breaker, also at Thompson International Speedway, in April 2010. He parlayed his season-opening Icebreaker win into the 2010 Whelen Modified Tour championship, collecting a total of four wins and four poles on the season.[1]
[edit] Current career
After his stint in stock car racing, Santos returned to his roots, racing limited schedules in all three USAC divisions and the full Whelen Modified Tour for Bob Garbarino's Mystic Missile Racing team. Santos also made select appearances in the NEMA ranks in 2009. Santos' post-NASCAR career has been highlighted by wins in many of the nation's largest midget races, including the Turkey Night Grand Prix and Copper World Classic.
He will drive part-time in the NASCAR Nationwide Series in 2012 for Tommy Baldwin Racing.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Cunningham, Jason. "Last-Second Ride Nets Santos First Title". NASCAR. http://hometracks.nascar.com/race_recap/Santos_Crowned_Christopher_Wins. Retrieved November 16, 2010.
- ^ "Tommy Baldwin Racing expands NNS program". NASCAR.com. Turner Sports. January 25, 2012. http://www.nationwide.nascar.com/nationwide-series/news/120125/rtruex-bsantos-tbr-expands-program/. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
[edit] External links
- Bobby Santos III at Racing Reference
- Bobby Santos ARCA stats at Racingone
- Bobby Santos NASCAR stats at Racingone
- Bobby Santos at USAC Racing
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| Preceded by Donny Lia |
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Champion 2010 |
Succeeded by Ron Silk |
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