Rob Summers

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Rob Summers
NationalityAmerican
Born (1972-02-19) February 19, 1972 (age 52)
Manchester, Connecticut
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour career
Debut season1998
Years active1998–2010, 2013, 2016–2021
Starts207
Championships0
Wins0
Poles9
Best finish6th in 2018
Last updated on: August 6, 2024.

Rob Summers (born February 19, 1972) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competed in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour from 1997 to 2021. Summers is the owner of Hoosier Tire East, the main racing tire distributor for New England. In 2005 he won the SK Modified track championship at the Waterford Speedbowl.

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Summers has also competed in series such as the Tri-Track Open Modified Series, the Modified Racing Series, the USAC Silver Crown Series, and the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing. [1]

Motorsports results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Whelen Modified Tour

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour results
YearCar ownerNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122NWMTCPtsRef
1998 Bear Motorsports14 Chevy RPS TMP MAR STA NZH STA GLN JEN RIV NHA NHA LEE HOL TMP NHA RIV STA
22
NHA TMP STA N/A0 [2]
N/A55 Chevy TMP
27
FLE
1999 14 Dodge TMP
DNQ
RPS
DNQ
STA
DNQ
RCH STA
12
RIV
24
JEN MAR
11
TMP
DNQ
28th1126 [3]
55 Dodge NHA
DNQ
NZH HOL TMP
17
Chevy NHA
38
RIV GLN
DNQ
STA
6
TMP
23
NHA
23
STA
32
42 Dodge RPS
23
2000 Gaydosh Family55 Chevy STA
23
RCH
35
STA
22
RIV
DNQ
SEE
27
NHA
31
NZH
24
TMP
20
RIV
16
GLN
34
TMP
DNQ
STA
5
WFD
3*
NHA
19
STA
12
MAR
13
TMP
14
18th1610 [4]
2001 Robert Garbarino4 Dodge SBO
28
TMP
17
STA
7
WFD
4
NZH
21
STA
29
RIV
15
SEE
18
RCH
38
NHA
3
HOL
7
RIV
10
CHE
4
TMP
7
STA
25
WFD
6
TMP
14
STA
18
MAR
11
TMP
27
12th2380 [5]
2002 Bear Motorsports14 Pontiac TMP
2
STA
17
WFD
4
NZH
4
RIV
20
SEE
5
RCH
36
STA
20
BEE
7
13th2222 [6]
N/A30 Chevy NHA
21
RIV
6
Bear Motorsports14 Chevy TMP
30
N/A10 Chevy STA
20
WFD
13
TMP
24
NHA
33
STA
14
MAR
6
TMP
27
2003 N/A11 Dodge TMP
17
STA
24
WFD
5
NZH
26
STA
11
LER
28
BLL
19
BEE
30
NHA TMP
DNQ
STA WFD TMP
DNQ
NHA
39
STA
DNQ
TMP 28th1291 [7]
Chevy ADI
12
N/A34N/A RIV
DNQ
2004 N/A16 Chevy TMP STA
DNQ
NZH
9
STA
12
RIV LER
6
WAL
DNQ
BEE
7
SEE
28
RIV STA TMP WFD TMP 32nd1040 [8]
14 Dodge WFD
10
11 Chevy NHA
19
NHA
35
STA TMP
DNQ
2005 N/A11 Chevy TMP STA RIV WFD STA JEN NHA
19
BEE SEE RIV STA TMP 61st194 [9]
16 Chevy WFD
25
MAR TMP
60 Ford NHA
35
STA TMP
2006 Guy Ronzoni1 Pontiac TMP
24
STA
5
JEN
21
TMP
35
STA
19
NHA
30
HOL
13
RIV
5
STA
26
TMP
25
NHA
32
WFD
26
TMP
11
STA
28
22nd1475 [10]
01 MAR
28
TMP
2007 1 TMP
24
STA
31
WTO
17
STA
DNQ
TMP NHA
31
TSA RIV STA TMP
31
STA TMP 40th544 [11]
Chevy TMP
32
MAN MAR NHA
2008 Bill Frasco TMP STA
33
STA
29
TMP NHA
15
SPE RIV STA
31
TMP MAN TMP NHA
4
MAR CHE STA
12
TMP
27
34th697 [12]
2009 TMP
34
STA
29
STA
17
NHA
12
SPE RIV STA BRI TMP
27
NHA
15
MAR STA
27
TMP
11
29th788 [13]
2010 TMP
28
STA
32
STA
5
MAR NHA
31
LIM MND RIV STA TMP NHA
33
STA
27
TMP
32
32nd690 [14]
71 BRI
19
2013 Kelly Iverson5 Chevy TMP STA STA WFD
27
RIV NHA MND STA TMP BRI RIV NHA STA TMP 45th17 [15]
2016 Mike Murphy64 Chevy TMP
18
STA
12
WFD
5
STA
24
TMP
22
RIV
20
NHA
19
MND
9
STA
14
TMP
17
BRI
20
RIV
26
OSW
4
SEE
17
NHA
15
STA
Wth
TMP
21
15th441 [16]
2017 MYR
2*
TMP
27
STA
13
LGY
6
TMP
15
RIV
16
NHA
21
STA
6
TMP
18
BRI
25
SEE
11
OSW
11
RIV
10
NHA
21
STA
19
TMP
12
9th474 [17]
2018 MYR
10
TMP
7
STA
11
SEE
11
TMP
8
LGY
13
RIV
22
NHA
12
STA
13
TMP
16
BRI
3
OSW
18
RIV
10
NHA
11
STA
6
TMP
18
6th515 [18]
2019 MYR
22
SBO
28
TMP
28
STA
31
WAL
3
SEE
28
TMP
16
RIV
26
NHA
8
STA
14
TMP
15
OSW
11
RIV
19
NHA
7
STA
16
TMP
9
13th425 [19]
2020 JEN
10
WMM
26
WMM
14
JEN
17
MND
22
TMP
15
NHA
26
STA
24
TMP
14
17th228 [20]
2021 Toyota MAR
19
46th47 [21]
Chevy STA
22
RIV JEN OSW RIV NHA NRP STA BEE OSW RCH RIV STA

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