Ted Christopher

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Ted Christopher
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Christopher in 2001
Born(1958-06-05)June 5, 1958
Plainville, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedSeptember 16, 2017(2017-09-16) (aged 59)
North Branford, Connecticut, U.S.
Achievements2008 Whelen Modified Tour Champion
48 victories in NASCAR modified competition (42 in Whelen Modified; 6 in Southern Modified)
NASCAR Cup Series career
6 races run over 4 years
2009 position75th
Best finish64th (1999)
First race 1999 Frontier @ the Glen (Watkins Glen)
Last race 2006 Sylvania 300 (Loudon)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
21 races run over 6 years
2001 position102nd
Best finish61st (1997)
First race 1996 Meridian Advantage 200 (Nazareth)
Last race 2001 Nazareth 200 (Nazareth)
WinsTop tens Poles
020
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
2 races run over 2 years
1999 position88th
Best finish88th (1999)
First race 1997 Parts America 150 (Watkins Glen)
Last race 1999 Bully Hill Vineyards 150 (Watkins Glen)
WinsTop tens Poles
010
Statistics current as of September 3, 2014.

Theodore Christopher (June 5, 1958 – September 16, 2017) was an American professional racing driver and business owner who raced and won in many different types of race cars, including Modifieds, SK Modifieds, ISMA, Camping World East Series, Late Models, Pro Stocks, and Midgets. He also raced in NASCAR's now named Monster Energy Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and Camping World Truck Series. He is best known for competing in NASCAR's Whelen Modified Tour, where he has over 40 victories and a championship in 2008. He was also well known for his success on the 1.058 mile New Hampshire Motor Speedway where Christopher has won five Camping World East Series events and 5 Whelen Modified Tour events.

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Christopher was an aggressive driver, known for his infamous "Three Tap Rule" when passing cars in front of him, though his driving style changed in his later career and brought more success to his racing career. [1]

Racing career

2001 NASCAR Weekly Series national champion, winning 15 of the 18 races that he entered, clinching it at Thompson International Speedway in Connecticut. [2]

2008 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion. [3] Christopher, who is known as one of the most accomplished drivers in the Northeast, won both the championship and the final race of the season at Thompson International Speedway. Christopher came into the race leading the championship standings over Matt Hirschman by 31 points. Late in the race, Hirschman suffered an electrical problem, which put him a handful of laps off the pace. Christopher drove on to win the event, with Hirschman finishing 21 laps down in 25th position. It was his 31st career win in his 12th full-time year of competition.

Ironically, three years prior in 2005, Christopher went to the season finale at Thompson holding a 36-point lead over Hirschman's father, five-time tour champion Tony Hirschman, only to lose the championship due to a crash on lap 11. [3]

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour: . . . 48 Victories (third all-time). Three times voted Most Popular Driver (2008,09,10)

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East: . . . 10 victories.

Stafford (CT) Speedway . . . 131 Feature Race victories (all-time track record). 9 time SK Modified Champion. Only active driver to ever have a Stafford grandstand named for him.

Thompson (CT) Int'l Speedway . . . 99 Feature Race victories (all-time track record). 4 time SK Modified Champion.

Waterford (CT) Speedbowl . . . 47 Feature Race victories (17th all-time). 1992 SK Modified Champion [4]

In addition to his racing in the Modifieds and Busch North/K&N East, he also attempted numerous Winston/Nextel Cup, Busch Series, and Craftsman Truck Series races in the 2000s. He attempted and qualified for his first Cup race at Watkins Glen in 1999. His last Cup race came in the 2006 Sylvania 300 and last attempt in the 2009 Lenox Industrial Tools 301 for Kirk Shelmerdine.

In the NASCAR Busch Series, Christopher competed part-time in 1998 with Marsh Racing, competing in three races for the team. Driving the No. 13 Whelen Engineering Chevrolet, Christopher posted the best finish of 10th at Nazareth. In 1999, the team attempted 12 races, again with Christopher driving the car. The team would make five races and posted the best finish of 8th at Nazareth.

He also competed for the then new team of Michael Waltrip Racing, competing in three races with the team at Loudon, Watkins Glen, and the inaugural race at Memphis. The last race he competed in was at Nazareth in 2001 with Richard Childress Racing in the All-Star car 21 Rockwell Automation Chevy. He finished 19th two laps down from the winner Greg Biffle.

The "Three Tap Rule"

The three NASCAR-sanctioned tracks in Connecticut use a handicap lineup system that starts the fastest cars deep in the field. A 30 green flag lap feature gives drivers little time to be courteous if they want to win. Throughout his career, Christopher employed an aggressive driving style he referred to as the "Three Tap Rule." A combination of intimidation techniques most famously used by Dale Earnhardt in the NASCAR Cup Series as well as the "chrome horn" and "bump-and-run" techniques commonly employed in short track racing, Christopher uses a trio of taps to coerce a slower competitor into moving over or ultimately moving them himself. The initial tap informs his competitor that he is there, while the second bump is a warning to commit to a lane to let him by. If needed, the third and final tap is the classic bump and run, with Christopher moving the car in front out of his racing groove to move on by. [5]

Death

Christopher was killed in a plane crash in North Branford near the Guilford, Connecticut, town line on September 16, 2017, while en route from Robertson Field in Plainville, Connecticut, to Francis S. Gabreski Airport in Westhampton Beach, New York, to compete in a Whelen Modified Tour race that evening at the Riverhead Raceway, in Calverton, New York, on Long Island. Christopher and Charles "Pat" Dundas, the pilot and family friend from Hauppauge, New York, who also died, were the only occupants of the Mooney M20C that went down in a wooded area. [6] An NTSB report released in 2019 attributed the crash to fuel starvation due to pieces of towel cloth obstructing a fuel line. The aircraft impacted pine trees 1,500 feet away from an open field where investigators believed the aircraft may have been attempting an emergency landing. [7]

Personal life

He was born to William Christopher and Lucy Graziano. He had a wife, Quinn Wazorko Christopher, and had no children with her. Christopher also had a twin brother, Mike, who also raced Modifieds, and Mike's son Mike Jr., has also begun racing Modifieds. Christopher was a 1976 graduate of Plainville High School and was a captain of the school's wrestling team. In 2013, he was inducted into the Plainville Sports Hall of Fame. He also owned and operated M&T Enterprises, which rebuilds transmissions for heavy trucks. [8]

Honors

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536NSCCPtsRef
1999 Ted Christopher Racing 13 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX BRI MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV MCH POC SON DAY NHA POC IND GLN
31		 MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV MAR CLT TAL CAR PHO HOM ATL 64th70 [10]
2004 Kirk Shelmerdine Racing 72 Ford DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA
36		 POC IND GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH 79th89 [11]
Hover Motorsports 80 Ford NHA
43		 DOV TAL KAN CLT MAR ATL PHO DAR HOM
2005 Kirk Shelmerdine Racing 27 Ford DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL DAR RCH CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA
42		 POC IND GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH 76th74 [12]
Mach 1 Motorsports 34 Chevy NHA
42		 DOV TAL KAN CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM
2006 Front Row Motorsports 61 Chevy DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA
DNQ		 POC IND GLN MCH BRI CAL 73rd40 [13]
Kirk Shelmerdine Racing 27 Chevy RCH
DNQ		 NHA
41		 DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR
DNQ		 ATL TEX PHO HOM
2009 Kirk Shelmerdine Racing 27 Toyota DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON NHA
DNQ		 DAY CHI IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH NHA DOV KAN CAL CLT MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 75th– [14]

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233NBSCPtsRef
1996 James Lestorti 13 Chevy DAY CAR RCH ATL NSV DAR BRI HCY NZH
41		 CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN MLW NHA TAL IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR 94th67 [15]
31 HOM
32
1997 13 DAY CAR RCH
18		 ATL LVS DAR HCY TEX BRI NSV TAL NHA
18		 NZH
13		 CLT DOV SBO GLN
35		 MLW MYB GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH
37		 DOV CLT CAL CAR HOM
34		61st392 [16]
1998 Marsh Racing DAY CAR LVS NSV DAR BRI TEX HCY TAL NHA
43		 NZH
10		 CLT DOV RCH
DNQ		 PPR GLN
13		 MLW MYB CAL SBO IRP RCH
DNQ		 DOV CLT GTY CAR
DNQ		 ATL HOM
DNQ		104th86 [17]
Lockamy Racing 28 Chevy MCH
38		 BRI DAR
1999 Marsh Racing 13 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV BRI
DNQ		 TAL CAL NHA
12		 RCH
DNQ		 NZH
8		 CLT DOV
30		 SBO GLN
DNQ		 MLW
40		 MYB PPR GTY
29		 IRP MCH
DNQ		 BRI DAR RCH
DNQ		 DOV
DNQ		 CLT CAR MEM PHO 66th461 [18]
Lockamy Racing 28 Chevy HOM
DNQ
2000 Michael Waltrip Racing 7 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSV TAL CAL RCH NHA
29		 CLT DOV SBO MYB GLN
30		 MLW NZH PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR 81st228 [19]
99 MEM
28		 PHO HOM
2001 Richard Childress Racing 21 Chevy DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX NSH TAL CAL RCH NHA NZH
19		 CLT DOV KEN MLW GLN CHI GTY PPR IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM PHO CAR HOM 102nd106 [20]

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526NCTCPtsRef
1997 Roehrig Motorsports 18 Dodge WDW TUS HOM PHO POR EVG I70 NHA TEX BRI NZH MLW LVL CNS HPT IRP FLM NSV GLN
7		 RCH MAR SON MMR CAL PHO LVS 94th146 [21]
1999 CJ Racing 17 Ford HOM PHO EVG MMR MAR MEM PPR I70 BRI TEX PIR GLN
18		 MLW NSV NZH MCH NHA IRP GTY HPT RCH LVS LVL TEX CAL 88th109 [22]

Camping World East Series

NASCAR Camping World East Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324NCWESCPtsRef
1990 Marsh Racing 13 Buick DAY RCH CAR MAR OXF NZH OXF DOV JEN EPP MND OXF NHA HOL OXF IRP OXF TMP
11		 RPS NHA
19		 TMP
14		 DOV EPP NHA 36th357 [23]
1991 Chevy DAY RCH CAR NHA OXF NZH MND OXF TMP HOL JEN EPP STA
9		 OXF NHA FLE OXF TMP
28		 NHA RPS TMP
33		 DOV EPP NHA 51st217 [24]
1992 Olds DAY CAR RCH NHA NZH MND OXF DOV LEE JEN OXF NHA OXF HOL EPP NHA RPS OXF NHA
24		 EPP 69th91 [25]
1993 LEE NHA
17		 MND NZH HOL GLN
5		 JEN STA
4		 GLN 37th479 [26]
1 NHA
37		 WIS NHA NHA RPS TMP WMM LEE EPP LRP
1994 13 NHA NHA MND NZH SPE HOL GLN
36		 JEN EPP GLN NHA
22		 WIS STA
20		 TMP MND WMM RPS LEE NHA
36		 LRP 47th310 [27]
1995 James Lestorti DAY NHA
38		 LEE
DNQ		 JEN NHA NZH HOL BEE TMP GLN NHA
38		 TIO MND GLN
29		 EPP RPS
22		 LEE
2		 STA
9		28th1041 [28]
Chevy BEE
13		 NHA
35		 TMP
26		 LRP
32
1996 DAY LEE
7		 JEN NZH
41		 HOL NHA
36		 TIO BEE TMP NZH
20		 NHA
38		 STA
22		 GLN
16		 EPP RPS LEE
28		 NHA
37		 NHA
1*		 BEE TMP
34		 LRP
8		28th1171 [29]
1997 DAY LEE JEN NHA
32		 NZH
13		 HOL NHA
22		 STA
15		 BEE TMP NZH TIO NHA
20		 STA
3		 THU GLN
1*		 EPP RPS BEE
13		 TMP NHA
1*		 LRP
1		26th1338 [30]
1998 Marsh Racing LEE RPS NHA
13		 NZH
10		 HOL GLN
13		 STA
25*		 NHA
16		 DOV STA
27		 NHA
40		 GLN
19		 EPP JEN NHA
1*		 THU TMP BEE LRP 31st1027 [31]
1999 James Lestorti LEE RPS NHA
40		 TMP NZH HOL BEE JEN GLN
DNQ		 STA NHA
2		 NZH STA NHA GLN
2		 EPP THU BEE NHA
2		 LRP
8		37th695 [32]
2000 LEE NHA
42		 SEE HOL BEE JEN GLN STA
1*		 NHA
11		 NZH STA
26		 WFD GLN
34		 EPP NHA
43		 LRP
5		34th737 [33]
Delcrest Sign Co. 68 Chevy TMP
36		 THU BEE
2001 James Lestorti 13 Chevy LEE NHA
1*		 SEE HOL BEE EPP STA
22		 WFD BEE STA
29		 SEE GLN
34		 NZH
28		 THU BEE DOV STA
10		 LRP 32nd865 [34]
Pontiac TMP
9		 NHA
21
2002 Chevy LEE NHA NZH
1		 SEE BEE STA HOL WFD TMP NHA STA GLN
30		 ADI THU BEE 38th408 [35]
Pontiac NHA
26		 DOV
Jennifer Wilkinson 28 Chevy STA
DNQ		 LRP
2003 Marsh Racing 13 Chevy LEE STA ERI BEE STA HOL TMP NHA
33		 WFD SEE GLN
1		 ADI BEE THU NHA
17		 STA
24		 LRP 34th447 [36]
2005 NDS Motorsports 35 Chevy STA
4		 HOL ERI STA
3		 DUB OXF TMP
9		22nd865 [37]
Ford NHA
32		 WFD ADI NHA
1		 DOV
6		 LRP
2006 GRE STA
23		 HOL TMP ERI NHA ADI WFD NHA DOV LRP 58th94 [38]
2008 Marsh Racing 31 Chevy GRE IOW SBO GLN NHA TMP NSH ADI LRP MFD NHA DOV STA
20		67th108 [39]

Autozone West Series

NASCAR Autozone West Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112NAWSCPtsRef
2005 NDS Motorsports 35 Ford PHO MMR PHO
23		 S99 IRW EVG S99 PPR CAL DCS CTS MMR 60th94 [40]
2006 PHO PHO
21		 S99 IRW SON DCS IRW EVG S99 CAL CTS AMP 67th105 [41]

Whelen Modified Tour

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour results
YearCar ownerNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728NWMTCPtsRef
1987 Info not available ROU MAR TMP STA CNB STA MND WFD JEN SPE RIV TMP RPS EPP RIV STA TMP
23		 RIV SEE NA0 [42]
7 STA
20		 POC TIO TMP OXF TMP ROU MAR STA
1988 71 ROU MAR TMP MAR JEN IRP MND OSW OSW RIV JEN RPS TMP RIV OSW TMP
31		 OXF OSW TMP
37		 POC TIO TMP
10		 ROU MAR NA0 [43]
1989 Enfield Motorsports 37 Chevy MAR TMP MAR JEN STA
19		 IRP OSW WFD
16		 MND RIV OSW JEN STA RPS RIV OSW TMP TMP RPS OSW TMP POC STA
15		 TIO MAR 38th434 [44]
Pontiac TMP
10
1990 MAR RCH TMP STA
24		 MAR TMP STA MND HOL STA RIV JEN EPP RPS RIV TMP RPS NHA TMP POC STA TMP MAR NA0 [45]
1993 30 Chevy RCH STA TMP NHA NZH STA RIV TMP RPS HOL LEE RIV STA TMP TMP
11		 STA
14		 TMP
23		NA0 [46]
1994 NHA
40		 STA
25		 TMP
21		 NZH STA
27		 LEE
24		 TMP
5		 RIV TIO
9		 NHA
9		 RPS
21		 HOL
8		 TMP
12		 RIV
9		 NHA
4		 STA
8		 SPE
15		 TMP
13		 NHA
11		 STA
13		 TMP
8		15th2383 [47]
1995 TMP
31		 NHA
36		 STA
7		 NZH
28		27th1399 [48]
Mystique Motorsports 82 Chevy STA
6		 LEE TMP
15		 RIV BEE NHA
17		 JEN RPS HOL RIV NHA
15		 STA
25
13 TMP
35		 NHA
17		 STA
28		 TMP
29		 TMP
9
1996 TMP STA
15		 NZH
39		 STA
29		 TMP
32		 RIV NHA
27		 GLN
22		 STA
28		 NHA
10		 NHA
27		 STA
16		 FLE
29		 TMP
19		27th1270 [49]
Bear Motorsports 14 Chevy NHA
34		 JEN RIV
27		 LEE RPS HOL
1997 Mystique Motorsports 13 Chevy TMP
26		 NZH
17		 NHA
5		 GLN
3		 NHA
17		 TMP
11		 RIV NHA
35		 GLN
32		 NHA
15		21st2092 [50]
Chevy MAR
32		 STA
8		 STA
7		 RIV
3		 RPS
20		 HOL STA
28
Bear Motorsports 1 Chevy FLE
14		 JEN FLE
34		 TMP
14 STA
33
Joe Brady00 Chevy RCH
8
1998 Bear Motorsports 14 Chevy RPS
18		 TMP
14		 MAR STA
30		 NZH
40		 STA
29		30th1032 [51]
Mystique Motorsports 13 Chevy GLN
32		 JEN RIV NHA NHA
38		 LEE HOL TMP NHA
5		 RIV STA NHA TMP STA
33
00 TMP
9		 FLE
13
1999 Chevy TMP
27		 RPS
10		 STA
16		 STA
6		 TMP
12		 STA
26		15th2285 [52]
Mystique Motorsports 00 Chevy RCH
1		 RIV
28		 JEN NHA
4		 NZH
7		 HOL NHA
2		 RIV RPS
11		 TMP
29		 MAR
20
13 GLN
1*		 NHA
3		 STA
30		 TMP
11
2000 Wynn's Mystic Motorsports 13 Chevy STA
26		 RCH
9		 STA
6		 RIV
5		 SEE
25		 NHA
30		 NZH
3		 TMP
3*		5th2326 [53]
00 RIV
10		 GLN
1**
25 Dodge TMP
1*		 STA
17*		 WFD
16		 NHA
6		 STA
3*		 MAR
19		 TMP
3
2001 SBO
3		 TMP
8		 STA
3*		 WFD
3		 NZH
39		 STA
23*		 RIV
7		 SEE
3		 RCH
7		 NHA
21*		 HOL
2*		 RIV
22		 CHE TMP
31		 STA
26		 TMP
3*		 STA
1*		 MAR
5		 TMP
1*		6th2606 [54]
Wynn's Mystic Motorsports 00 Chevy WFD
2*
2002 Mystique Motorsports 13 TMP
7		 STA
1*		 WFD
29		 NZH
36		 RIV
1		 SEE
8		 RCH
13		 STA
1**		 BEE
28		 NHA
30		 RIV
4		 TMP
5		 STA
1		 WFD
1*		 TMP
21		 NHA
4		 STA
5		 MAR
9		 TMP
3		2nd2628 [55]
2003 TMP
32		 STA
1		 WFD
2		 NZH
1*		 STA
4		 LER
21		 WAL
3		 BEE
6		 NHA
8		 ADI
5		 RIV
2		 TMP
7		 STA
18		 WFD
17		 TMP
25		 NHA
2		 STA
9		 TMP
15		4th2520 [56]
2004 TMP
1		 STA
6		 WFD
15		 NZH
3		 STA
9*		 RIV
4		 LER
18		 WAL
23		 BEE
22		 NHA
1*		 SEE
8		 RIV
23		 STA
28		 TMP
4		 WFD
30		 TMP
3		 NHA
1*		 STA
10		 TMP
23		4th2512 [57]
2005 TMP
1*		 STA
5		 RIV
1*		 WFD
2		 STA
1		 JEN
23		 NHA
1*		 BEE
5		 SEE
17		 RIV
10		 STA
2		 TMP
20		 WFD
6		 MAR
1*		 TMP
1		 NHA
1*		 STA
5		 TMP
30		2nd2731 [58]
2006 TMP
4		 STA
6		3rd2247 [59]
Rudy Andrews, Jr. 86 Chevy JEN
1
Eddie Whelan 36 Chevy TMP
29		 STA
6		 NHA
7*		 HOL
2		 RIV
1		 STA
22		 TMP
1		 MAR
2		 TMP
28		 NHA
6		 WFD
3		 TMP
19*		 STA
25
2007 TMP
27		 STA
19*		 WAL
4		 STA
28*		 TMP
2		 NHA
2		 TSA
5		 RIV
15		 STA
1*		 TMP
8		 MAN
8		 MAR
2		 NHA
25		 TMP
21		 STA
3		 TMP
4		5th2187 [60]
2008 TMP
10		 STA
1*		 STA
3		 TMP
2*		 NHA
2*		 SPE
19		 RIV
4		 STA
28		 TMP
4		 MAN
1**		 TMP
14*		 NHA
1		 MAR
4		 CHE
7		 STA
6		 TMP
1		1st2441 [61]
2009 TMP
1*		 STA
1*		 STA
2		 NHA
5		 SPE
10		 RIV
20		 STA
2*		 BRI
2*		 TMP
2*		 NHA
7		 MAR
20		 STA
31		 TMP
1*		3rd1931 [62]
2010 TMP
4		 STA
1		 STA
12		 MAR
18		 NHA
2*		 LIM
5		 MND
1		 RIV
12		 STA
5		 TMP
1*		 NHA
30		 STA
8		 TMP
1		3rd2102 [63]
13 BRI
18*
2011 36 TMP
1*		 STA
7		 STA
4		 MND
6		 TMP
1		 NHA
10		 RIV
17		 STA
1		 NHA
28		 BRI DEL TMP
4		 LRP
5		 NHA
4		 STA
1		 TMP
22		9th2053 [64]
2012 TMP
2		 STA
22		 MND
12		 STA
7		 WFD
9		 NHA
29		9th452 [65]
Joe Brady00 Chevy STA
5
Jan Boehler 3 Chevy TMP
4		 BRI
17		 TMP
5		 RIV
5		 NHA
17		 STA
20
James Ksepka 82 Ford TMP
13
2013 Jan Boehler 3 Chevy TMP
5		 STA
3		 STA
14		 WFD
23		 RIV
18		 NHA
2*		 MND
11		 STA
3		 TMP
22		 BRI
11		 RIV
8		 NHA
24		 STA
7		 TMP
23		10th445 [66]
2014 Robert Katon Jr. 13 Chevy TMP
8		 STA
6		 STA
8		 WFD
3		 RIV
2		 NHA
3		 MND
8		 STA
7		 TMP
7		 BRI
16		 NHA
4		 STA
2		 TMP
20		5th480 [67]
2015 TMP
4		 STA
24		 WFD
3		 STA
6		 TMP
10		 RIV
11		 NHA
31		 MND STA
4		13th414 [68]
Christopher Our 22 Chevy TMP
9		 BRI
11		 RIV NHA
21		 STA
19		 TMP
8
2016 Brian Brady00 Chevy TMP STA
14		 WFD
14		 STA TMP RIV NHA MND STA TMP BRI RIV OSW SEE NHA STA TMP 34th61 [69]
2017 MYR TMP STA
5		 LGY 19th303 [70]
Danny Watts Racing 82 Chevy TMP
7		 RIV
11		 NHA
7		 STA
26		 TMP
3		 BRI
22		 SEE
15		 OSW
17		 RIV 1
24		 NHA STA TMP
1 Christopher was killed in a plane crash near the North Branford and Guilford, Connecticut, town line, while en route to Riverhead Raceway. [6] He was officially credited with a "did not start" status and a 24th-place finish. [71]

Whelen Southern Modified Tour

NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour results
YearCar ownerNo.Make1234567891011121314NSWMTCPtsRef
2005 Roger Hill79 Pontiac CRW
1*		 CRW CRW
10		 CRW BGS MAR ACE
2		 ACE
15		 CRW CRW SNM ACE 17th602 [72]
2006 Joe Brady80 Chevy CRW
1*		 GRE CRW
4*		 DUB
6		 CRW BGS MAR CRW ACE CRW HCY DUB SNM 25th490 [73]
2007 00 CRW
18		 FAI GRE CRW CRW BGS MAR ACE CRW SNM CRW CRW 42nd109 [74]
2008 CRW
2		 ACE CRW BGS CRW LAN CRW SNM MAR CRW CRW 32nd170 [75]
2009 CON
1**		 SBO CRW
1		 LAN
7		 CRW BGS BRI CRW MBS CRW CRW MAR ACE CRW 19th506 [76]
2011 Joe Brady00 Chevy CRW
19		 HCY SBO
1		 CRW
1*		 CRW BGS BRI CRW LGY THO TRI CRW CLT CRW 24th481 [77]
2012 Roger Hill79 Pontiac CRW CRW SBO CRW CRW BGS BRI LGY THO CRW CLT
7		39th37 [78]
2013 Scott Anderson00 Chevy CRW
4		 SNM
6		 SBO CRW CRW BGS BRI LGY CRW CRW SNM CLT 23rd78 [79]
2016 Brian Brady00 Chevy CRW CON
2		 SBO CRW CRW BGS BRI ECA SBO CRW CLT 22nd43 [80]

Rolex Sports Car Series

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)

Rolex Sports Car Series results
YearTeamMakeEngineClass123456789101112131415RankPointsRef
2006 Brumos Racing Fabcar Porsche DP DAY
(54/18)		 MEX HOM LBH VIR LAG PHX LRP WAT
(40/23)		 MDO DAY BAR WAT SON MIL 126th13 [81]
2008 Southard Motorsports Riley Lexus DP DAY
(42/17)		 HOM MEX VIR LAG LRP WAT MDO DAY BAR CAN WAT SON MIL UTA 83rd14 [82]

24 Hours of Daytona

24 Hours of Daytona results
YearClassNoTeamCarCo-driversLapsPositionClass Pos.
2006 DP59 Flag of the United States.svg Brumos Racing Porsche DP Flag of Portugal.svg João Barbosa
Flag of the United States.svg J. C. France
Flag of the United States.svg Hurley Haywood 		5595418
2008 DP3 Flag of the United States.svg Southard Motorsports Lexus Riley DP Flag of the United States.svg Shane Lewis
Flag of the United States.svg Bill Lester
Flag of the United States.svg Alex Barron 		5274217

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