Bobby Santos III

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Bobby Santos III
BornRobert Santos III
(1985-10-03) October 3, 1985 (age 38)
Franklin, Massachusetts, U.S.
Achievements2006 Night Before the 500 winner
2008 Turkey Night Grand Prix winner
2010 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion
2020 Little 500 winner
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
6 races run over 3 years
2012 position92nd
Best finish70th (2011)
First race 2007 Circuit City 250 (Richmond)
Last race 2012 Subway Jalapeño 250 (Daytona)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2011 position110th
Best finish110th (2011)
First race 2011 F.W. Webb 175 (Loudon)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
Statistics current as of February 25, 2013.

Robert Santos III (born October 3, 1985) is an American professional racing 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.

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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.

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.

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 at 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]

Santos ran the 2011 Nationwide Series opener for Jimmy Means in what was a back-up JR Motorsports car after wrecking the 52 in practice; the Earnhardt family has a long friendship with the independent owner and former driver. Santos finished 17th after vowing to run the race in its entirety.

Current career

Santos' 2018 USAC Silvercrown car at Madison USACSilverCrown22BobbySantos2018Madison.jpg
Santos' 2018 USAC Silvercrown car at Madison

After his stint in stock car racing, Santos returned to his roots, racing the full NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour for Bob Garbarino's Mystic Missile Racing team and a limited schedule in all three USAC divisions. 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 also won the 2020 Little 500 USAC Sprint car race at Anderson Speedway. [2]

He will drive part-time in the NASCAR Nationwide Series in 2012 for Tommy Baldwin Racing [3] and will continue to compete on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour behind the wheel of the Tinio Corporation No. 44.

Santos registered back-to-back Musket 250 wins in 2019 and 2020. [4]

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.)

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435NNSCPtsRef
2007 Riley-D'Hondt Motorsports 91 Toyota DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH
30
DAR CLT DOV NHA
33
DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN 98th235 [5]
92 NSH
37
KEN MLW CLT
39
MEM TEX PHO HOM
2010 MacDonald Motorsports 81 Dodge DAY CAL LVS BRI NSH PHO TEX TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT NSH KEN ROA NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT GTY
QL
TEX PHO HOM NA- [6]
2011 Jimmy Means Racing 52 Chevy DAY
17
PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX TAL NSH RCH DAR DOV IOW CLT CHI MCH ROA DAY KEN NHA NSH IRP IOW GLN CGV BRI ATL RCH CHI DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM 70th27 [7]
2012 Tommy Baldwin Racing 36 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA KEN DAY
33
NHA CHI IND IOW GLN CGV BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 91st11 [8]
- Qualified for Michael McDowell

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425NCWTCPtsRef
2011 Norm Benning Racing 75 Chevy DAY PHO DAR MAR NSH DOV CLT KAN TEX KEN IOW NSH IRP POC MCH BRI ATL CHI NHA
34
KEN LVS TAL MAR TEX HOM 110th01 [9]

1 Ineligible for series points

Whelen Modified Tour

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour results
YearCar ownerNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920NWMTCPtsRef
2001 Info not available SBO TMP STA WFD NZH STA RIV SEE RCH NHA HOL RIV CHE TMP STA WFD TMP STA
DNQ
MAR
DNQ
N/A0 [10]
Info not available97 TMP
DNQ
2004 Joe Brady00 Chevy TMP
30
STA
32
WFD
22
NZH STA RIV LER BLL BEE
28
NHA SEE
9
RIV STA
14
TMP
28
WFD TMP NHA STA 37th804 [11]
34 TMP
6
2005 Info not available14 TMP STA RIV WFD STA JEN NHA BEE SEE RIV STA TMP WFD MAR TMP NHA STA
DNQ
TMP N/A0 [12]
2006 Jeffrey Preece40 Chevy TMP STA JEN TMP STA NHA
29
HOL RIV STA TMP MAR TMP NHA WFD TMP STA 66th76 [13]
2007 Jan Boehler3 Chevy TMP
32
STA
32
WTO STA TMP
3
NHA
7
TSA RIV STA
32
TMP
35
MAN MAR
20
NHA
4
TMP
4
STA
9
TMP
1*
25th1311 [14]
2008 Joe Brady00 Chevy TMP
35
STA STA 31st781 [15]
Bobby Santos98 Chevy TMP
8
NHA
6
SPE RIV STA TMP
3
MAN TMP
6
NHA
38
MAR CHE STA TMP
32
2009 96 TMP STA STA NHA SPE RIV STA BRI TMP NHA
37
MAR STA TMP
27
50th134 [16]
2010 Robert Garbarino4 Dodge TMP
1*
STA
2
STA
1
MAR
1
NHA
4
LIM
17
MND
5
RIV
9
STA
23
TMP
3
BRI
3
NHA
19
STA
1
TMP
6
1st2180 [17]
2011 TMP
33
STA
1*
STA
3
MND
15
TMP
4
NHA
12
RIV
9
STA
3
NHA
6*
BRI
18
DEL
11
TMP
13
LRP
17
NHA
18
STA
27
TMP
2
8th2133 [18]
2012 Sully Tinio44 Chevy TMP
17
STA MND STA
2*
WFD NHA
11
STA
27
TMP
8
BRI TMP
2
RIV NHA
28
STA
1
TMP
1
20th310 [19]
2013 TMP
18
13th421 [20]
Mike Curb Chevy STA
1*
STA
5
WFD
5
RIV NHA
24
MND STA
4
TMP
1*
BRI
21
RIV
25
NHA
4
STA
9
TMP
4*
2014 TMP
18
STA
1*
STA
3
WFD
1
RIV
10
NHA
1
MND
11
STA
12
TMP
25
BRI
2*
NHA
8
STA
12
TMP
28
6th458 [21]
2015 TMP
3
STA
11
WFD
6
STA
5
TMP
6
RIV
20
NHA
3
MND
22
STA
9
TMP
23
BRI
5
RIV NHA
3
STA
20
TMP
16
11th467 [22]
2016 TMP
13
STA
7
WFD
26
STA
8
TMP
1
RIV
12
NHA
27
MND
20
STA
17
TMP
3
BRI
7
RIV
28
OSW
13
SEE
5
NHA
26
STA
18
TMP
15
12th507 [23]
2017 Sully Tinio Chevy MYR THO
4
STA LGY THO
3
RIV NHA
1
STA
11
THO
5
NHA
1
STA
8
THO
29
16th334 [24]
Mike Curb 77 Chevy BRI
9
SEE OSW RIV
2018 Sully Tinio44 Chevy MYR THO
9
STA
12
SEE THO
Wth
LGY RIV NHA
1
STA
22
THO
5
BRI OSW RIV NHA
22
STA
23
THO
8
25th256 [25]
2019 Judy Thilberg36 Dodge MYR SBO TMP STA WAL SEE TMP RIV NHA
24
NHA
1
STA
7
TMP
4
24th241 [26]
Chevy STA
8
TMP
23
OSW
5
RIV
2020 63 JEN WMM WMM JEN MND TMP NHA
1
STA TMP 35th47 [27]
2021 44 MAR STA RIV JEN OSW RIV NHA
8
NRP STA BEE OSW
6
RCH
23
RIV STA
24
29th115 [28]
2022 Lawney Tinio NSM RCH
17
RIV LEE JEN MND RIV WAL NHA
13
CLM TMP LGY OSW
8
RIV TMP
10
MAR
4
26th168 [29]
2023 NSM RCH MON RIV LEE SEE RIV WAL NHA
27
LMP THO
6
LGY OSW
3
MON RIV NWS
9
THO
5
MAR
28
26th186 [30]

ARCA Re/Max Series

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

ARCA Re/Max Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223ARSCPts
2006 Bill Davis Racing 02 Dodge DAY NSH SLM WIN KEN TOL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW NSH MCH ISF MIL TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL IOW
6
108th200
2007 Toyota DAY USA
33*
NSH
18
SLM KAN
32
WIN KEN
3
TOL IOW POC MCH BLN KEN
3
POC
34
NSH ISF MIL GTW DSF CHI SLM 40th835
20 TAL
41
TOL

Superstar Racing Experience

(key) * – Most laps led. 1 – Heat 1 winner. 2 – Heat 2 winner.

Superstar Racing Experience results
YearNo.123456SRXCPts
2021 22 STA KNX ELD IRP
5
SLG NSV 17th28

* Season still in progress

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Sporting positions
Preceded by NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Champion
2010
Succeeded by