Santos Leads Every Lap to Win Neibel Classic at Anderson Speedway

MOORESVILLE, N.C. (April 4, 2011) – Heinke-Baldwin Racing (HBR) development driver Bobby Santos competed in the Gary Neibel Classic at Anderson Speedway this weekend in his family-owned sprint car. Santos started on the pole in the No. 98 K&N Santos Motorsports Beast Chevrolet and led every lap of the 50-lap feature. Santos, who plans to run the entire USAC National Pavement Sprint Car Series schedule in 2011, currentlysits second in the point standings.

The Franklin, Mass., native posted the sixth fastest qualifying time. "Anderson is a tough track to pass, so I think qualifying is the most important part," explained Santos. "We qualified sixth, which made our weekend much easier." Saving his tires for the feature event, Santos finished sixth in his heat race.

With the inversion, the 25-year-old racer started the Gary Neibel Classic 50-lapfeature from the pole. During the first 30 laps, Kody Swanson and Bobby East raced hard to take the lead from Santos, but the 2010 NASCAR Whelen Modified TourChampion held them off. A restart on lap 30 allowed Santos to get a good jump on the field, and he got an even bigger lead in another restart with 10 to go in the 50-lap feature. Santos, who finished third in last two events, took the checkers with a 1.13-second lead and currently sits second in the season point standings.

"We started on the pole and lead every lap," said Santos. "It was pretty uneventful, except there was a lot of lapped traffic, which made it exciting. I got through lapped traffic well. By the end of the race, we kind of got away from the other cars, so that made it better than just starting on the pole and hanging on. We've always been really fast at Anderson, but I always end up crashing every time," he continued. "It was good to get a win there because we are always fast there but never finish well. It felt good to actually get the win."

Santos will return to racing this weekend with the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour in the series season-opener at Thompson International Speedway. He will jump back into the No. 98 K&N Santos Motorsports Beast Chevrolet for the second USAC National Pavement Sprint Car Series event of the season at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis on Thursday, May 12th.

About Bobby Santos:
Bobby Santos is a third generation driver, who has been racing since he was four years old. After running part-time in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour since2004, Santos drove the No. 4 Mystic Missile Dodge and took home the 2010 Championship with four wins, four poles, 9 top-five and 11 top-10 finishes in the 14-race schedule.

The 25-year-old from Franklin, Mass. has driven 23 different styles of race cars, including USAC, ARCA, NASCAR Nationwide and Trucks, and the Modified car hecurrently races. Santos, a driver in the Heinke-Baldwin Racing driver development program, will run both the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and USACNational Pavement Sprint Car season full-time in 2011.

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