Doug Coby | |||||||
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Nationality | American | ||||||
Born | Frank Douglas Coby III August 18, 1979 Milford, Connecticut, U.S. | ||||||
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour career | |||||||
Debut season | 2002 | ||||||
Current team | Tommy Baldwin Racing | ||||||
Car number | 7 | ||||||
Engine | Chevrolet | ||||||
Crew chief | Tommy Baldwin Jr. | ||||||
Former teams | Mike Smeriglio Racing, King Racing, Curt Chase Racing, Wayne Darling Racing, Major Motion Motorsports, Santos Racing, Solheim Racing, Berkeley Auto Racing, TS Haulers Motorsports | ||||||
Starts | 238 | ||||||
Championships | 6 | ||||||
Wins | 31 | ||||||
Poles | 32 | ||||||
Best finish | 1st in 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019 | ||||||
Finished last season | 5th (2021) | ||||||
Previous series | |||||||
2015 2017 | NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour NASCAR K&N Pro Series East | ||||||
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
2021 position | 62nd | ||||||
Best finish | 62nd (2021) | ||||||
First race | 2021 UNOH 200 (Bristol) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of December 30, 2021. |
Frank Douglas Coby III (born August 18, 1979) is an American professional racing driver who competes part-time in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and the SMART Modified Tour, driving the No. 7 Chevrolet for Tommy Baldwin Racing, he has also competed part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 24 Chevrolet Silverado for GMS Racing. He is a six-time champion of the Whelen Modified Tour, winning titles in 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019.
Coby started racing in quarter midgets before moving up to pro stocks, late models and SK modifieds. [1] He won two Whelen All-American Series championships at his home track, Stafford Motor Speedway. [2] He has also dabbled in open-wheel midget racing. [3]
In 2002, Coby debuted in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour at Stafford and ran part-time in the series for a number of years. [2] He won his first NWMT race at Stafford in 2006 and continued to run part-time on the tour for the next half-decade, earning his second career win at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park in 2011. [4] He also ran in the Valenti Modified Racing Series during that time. [5] The win at Thompson came with car owner Wayne Darling; Coby won his first NWMT championship with Darling in 2012 on the strength of five race wins. [6]
The following year, Coby was second in points and decided to switch teams to Mike Smeriglio Racing for the 2014 season. He won his first race with the team, the Battle at the Beach, and claimed the 2014 NWMT championship. [7]
In 2015, Coby entered the NWMT season finale at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park tied with Ryan Preece atop the point standings after Coby had controversially spun Preece for a race win at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in the later stages of the season. [8] Coby won the race and the championship after a mid-race pass on Justin Bonsignore for the lead. [9] Also that year, he made his debut in the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour, driving a No. 21 car for Smeriglio in the season-opener at Caraway Speedway, finishing 15th.
For the 2016 season, Coby claimed nine NWMT pole awards [10] and claimed his third consecutive tour championship, becoming the first driver in tour history to accomplish such a feat. [11]
Following the first two races of the 2017 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season, Coby was 16th in the point standings but rallied to claim the championship by the end of the season. [12] Also that year, he made his debut in the K&N Pro Series East race, driving the No. 43 for Calabrese Motorsports at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park, [13] finishing 4th.
In 2018, Coby finished third in the NWMT point standings while rival Justin Bonsignore won the championship. Coby won two races the following year and claimed his sixth title by nine points over Bonsignore. [2] He also ran a limited stock car schedule, winning a feature at the World Series of Asphalt. [6]
Coby won another NWMT championship in 2019, using a large accumulated points lead to withstand a flat tire suffered in the season finale. [2] After the championship, Coby's car owner, Mike Smeriglio, decided to sell his team, leaving Coby without a ride. [14] In the following offseason, Coby bought one of Smerigilio's three cars and started his own team, Doug Coby Racing with his crew chief, Phil Moran. [15]
In 2021, it was announced Coby would compete in the inaugural Superstar Racing Experience race at Stafford Motor Speedway. (As a result, he skipped the Whelen Modified Tour race at Oswego Speedway, which was on the same day.) Driving a No. 10 car (the same number he uses in the Modified Tour), he won the second heat and the main event in front of the hometown crowd. This led to him getting a ride with GMS Racing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at the Bristol night race in September. It will be his debut in NASCAR's top 3 series. The deal came together through GMS Team President Mike Beam, who served as Coby's crew chief in the SRX race at Stafford. [16]
Outside of racing, Coby worked in financial services before founding Rescue Dog Realty, a real estate company that donates commission earnings to rescue shelters. [17]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref |
2021 | GMS Racing | 24 | Chevy | DAY | DAY | LVS | ATL | BRI | RCH | KAN | DAR | COA | CLT | TEX | NAS | POC | KNX | GLN | GTW | DAR | BRI 12 | LVS | TAL | MAR | PHO | 62nd | 25 | [18] |
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | NKNPSEC | Pts | Ref |
2017 | Calabrese Motorsports | 43 | Toyota | NSM | GRE | BRI | SBO | SBO | MEM | BLN | TMP 4 | NHA | IOW | GLN | LGY | NJM | DOV | 42nd | 40 | [19] |
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Car owner | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | NWMTC | Pts | Ref |
2002 | Don King | 28 | Chevy | TMP | STA | WFD | NZH | RIV | SEE | RCH | STA | BEE | NHA | RIV | TMP | STA | WFD | TMP | NHA | STA 19 | MAR 35 | TMP 26 | 59th | 249 | [20] |
2003 | TMP 18 | STA DNQ | WFD 28 | NZH 24 | STA DNQ | LER 19 | BLL 17 | BEE 12 | NHA 23 | ADI 9 | RIV DNQ | TMP 11 | STA 17 | WFD 9 | TMP 8 | NHA 12 | STA 18 | TMP 12 | 14th | 1903 | [21] | ||||
2004 | TMP 21 | STA 25 | WFD 14 | NZH 19 | STA 25 | RIV 9 | LER 23 | BLL 9 | BEE 16 | NHA 33 | SEE 17 | RIV 13 | STA 10 | TMP 16 | WFD 28 | TMP 19 | NHA 10 | STA 20 | 12th | 2108 | [22] | ||||
Curt Chase | 77 | Chevy | TMP 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2005 | TMP 9 | STA 24 | RIV 17 | STA 3* | RIV 22 | 7th | 2327 | [23] | |||||||||||||||||
Pontiac | WFD 10 | JEN 12 | NHA 4 | BEE 14 | SEE 5 | STA 25 | TMP 14* | WFD 2 | MAR 5 | TMP 19 | NHA 7 | STA 29 | TMP 3 | ||||||||||||
2006 | TMP 16 | STA 1* | JEN 9 | TMP 17 | STA 21 | NHA 33 | HOL 24 | RIV DNQ | STA 20 | TMP 20 | MAR 5 | TMP 7 | NHA 33 | WFD 11 | TMP 23 | STA 13 | 14th | 1792 | [24] | ||||||
2007 | TMP | STA | WTO | STA | TMP | NHA | TSA | RIV | STA 4 | TMP 19 | MAN 2 | MAR 17 | 37th | 706 | [25] | ||||||||||
Mike Smeriglio III | 22 | Ford | NHA 36 | TMP | STA | ||||||||||||||||||||
Don King | 88 | Chevy | TMP 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2008 | Preece Racing | 40 | Chevy | TMP | STA | STA | TMP | NHA DNQ | SPE | RIV | 35th | 694 | [26] | ||||||||||||
Don King | 28 | Chevy | STA 3 | TMP | MAN | TMP 3 | NHA 34 | MAR | CHE | STA 21 | TMP 4 | ||||||||||||||
2009 | George Bierce Jr. | 19 | Chevy | TMP 8 | STA 28 | STA 9 | NHA 6 | SPE 25 | RIV 22 | STA 28 | BRI | TMP 31 | NHA 11 | MAR | STA 2 | TMP 3 | 18th | 1308 | [27] | ||||||
2010 | Ralph Solhem | 0 | Chevy | TMP 37 | STA 22* | STA | MAR | NHA 8 | 27th | 1003 | [28] | ||||||||||||||
Robert Katon Jr. | 46 | Chevy | LIM 20 | MND | RIV | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bob Santos | 92 | Chevy | STA 17 | TMP 8 | BRI | ||||||||||||||||||||
Ed Partridge | 12 | Chevy | NHA 4 | STA | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wayne Darling | 52 | Chevy | TMP 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | TMP 7 | STA 29 | STA 8 | MND 11 | TMP 7 | NHA 4 | RIV 5 | STA 9* | NHA 10 | BRI 17 | DEL 2 | TMP 1* | LRP 18 | NHA 16 | STA 9 | TMP 15* | 5th | 2214 | [29] | ||||||
2012 | TMP 8 | STA 1 | MND 2 | STA 1 | WFD 1* | NHA 3 | STA 1* | TMP 3 | BRI 11 | TMP 13 | RIV 22 | NHA 1 | STA 9 | TMP 6 | 1st | 556 | [30] | ||||||||
2013 | TMP 7 | STA 6 | STA 6 | WFD 2 | RIV 28 | NHA 1 | MND 2 | STA 1* | TMP 4 | BRI 15 | RIV 14 | NHA 13 | STA 2 | TMP 8 | 2nd | 517 | [31] | ||||||||
2014 | Mike Smeriglio III | 2 | Chevy | TMP 3 | STA 2 | STA 1* | WFD 10 | RIV 6 | NHA 2 | MND 5 | STA 4 | TMP 3 | NHA 3 | STA 8 | TMP 17 | 1st | 511 | [32] | |||||||
Ford | BRI 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015 | Chevy | TMP 1* | STA 6 | WFD 2 | STA 13 | TMP 1* | RIV 3 | NHA 30 | MND 1* | STA 2 | TMP 1* | BRI 22 | RIV 2 | NHA 1* | STA 1 | TMP 1* | 1st | 613 | [33] | ||||||
2016 | TMP 4 | STA 1* | WFD 8 | STA 1* | TMP 11 | RIV 10* | NHA 1* | MND 6 | STA 20* | TMP 2 | BRI 5 | RIV 15 | OSW 1* | SEE 3* | NHA 3 | STA 1* | TMP 6 | 1st | 684 | [34] | |||||
2017 | MYR 13 | TMP 31 | STA 2* | LGY 15* | TMP 4 | RIV 3 | NHA 11 | STA 2* | TMP 2 | BRI 2 | SEE 1* | OSW 4 | RIV 2 | NHA 14* | STA 7 | TMP 5* | 1st | 604 | [35] | ||||||
2018 | MYR 14 | TMP 6 | STA 21 | SEE 12 | TMP 3* | LGY 24 | RIV 3 | NHA 26 | STA 1 | TMP 3 | BRI 5 | OSW 3 | RIV 4 | NHA 7 | STA 3 | TMP 6 | 3rd | 575 | [36] | ||||||
2019 | MYR 1 | SBO 8 | TMP 5* | STA 1 | WAL 10* | SEE 1* | TMP 2 | RIV 8* | NHA 2* | STA 3* | TMP 1* | OSW 6 | RIV 15 | NHA 3 | STA 3 | TMP 7 | 1st | 661 | [37] | ||||||
2020 | Doug Coby Racing | 10 | Chevy | JEN 7 | WMM 3 | WMM 1 | JEN 4 | MND 3 | TMP 5* | NHA 9 | STA 2 | TMP 22 | 3rd | 347 | [38] | ||||||||||
2021 | Ford | MAR 6 | STA 12 | JEN 2 | OSW | RIV 1* | NHA 27 | NRP 9 | STA 4 | BEE 5 | OSW 4 | RCH 5 | RIV 24 | STA 2 | 5th | 483 | [39] | ||||||||
Chevy | RIV 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | Tommy Baldwin Racing | 7 | NSM | RCH | RIV 1* | LEE 1 | JEN | MND 5 | RIV 10 | WAL | NHA 7 | CLM 9 | LGY 1* | OSW 7 | RIV 4 | 9th | 460 | [40] | |||||||
Doug Coby Racing | 10 | TMP 3 | TMP 8* | MAR 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | Tommy Baldwin Racing | 7 | NSM 5 | RCH 13 | MON 1* | RIV 19 | LEE 6 | SEE 2 | RIV 3 | WAL 6 | NHA 2 | LMP 7 | THO 8 | LGY | OSW | MON 5 | RIV | NWS 10 | THO | MAR | 6th | 496 | [41] | ||
2024 | NSM 3 | RCH 6 | THO | MON | RIV 15 | NHA 28 | MON | LMP | THO 16 | OSW | RIV | MON | THO | NWS | MAR | -* | -* | [42] | |||||||
Lawney Tinio | 44 | Chevy | SEE 14 |
NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour results | ||||||||||||||||
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Year | Car owner | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | NWSMTC | Pts | Ref |
2015 | Mike Smeriglio III | 21 | Chevy | CRW 15 | CRW | SBO | LGY | CRW | BGS | BRI | LGY | SBO | CLT | 27th | 29 | [43] |
* Season still in progress
(key) * – Most laps led. 1 – Heat 1 winner. 2 – Heat 2 winner.
Superstar Racing Experience results | |||||||||
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Year | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | SRXC | Pts |
2021 | 10 | STA 1*2 | KNX | ELD | IRP | SLG | NSV | 13th | 44 |
* Season still in progress
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