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Bobby Santos NASCAR Whelen Modified Series Advance: Thompson International Speedway
Race: Icebreaker
NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour: 1 of 16
Track: Thompson International Speedway
Date: April 10, 2011
Bobby Santos looks to defend his 2010 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (NWMT) Championship in the 2011 season. As he returns to the track where he won his title, the Franklin, Mass., native will once again strap into the No. 4 Mystic Missile Dodge. The Heinke-Baldwin Racing (HBR) Development Driver will hit the track in the series season-opener at Thompson International Speedway.
THOMPSON INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY – Santos has 17 starts at the .625-mile track with an average finish of15.3. He has collected two wins, six top-fives, 10 top-10s and two poles. He also holds the qualifying record of 18.418 seconds (122.163 mph) at the Connecticut track. Santos won his first NWMT race at the TIS in 2007 and made his racing debut at the track at just four years of age.
LAST SEASON AT THOMPSON INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY – Santos was successful right off the bat at TIS last season. In the first event at TIS, Santos broke the qualifying record, won the pole, led 91 laps of the 150-lap event and took home the win. He also had a successful run at TIS in his second start. The Franklin, Mass., native paced the lone practice session and posted the fourth-fastest qualifying time. He started the Budweiser King of Beers 150 from the third spot, led 10 laps and finished third. Santos won the 2010 NWMT Championship with a sixth-place finish in the third and final race at TIS in 2010.
2010 CHAMPIONSHIP – Santos won the 2010 NWMT Championship in his first full-time season in the series by 27 points over NWMT veteran and seven-time champion Mike Stefanik. In the 14-race season, Santos collected four wins, four poles, nine top-fives and 11 top-10s. He sat atop the point standings for 13 of the 14 races.
WINNING WAYS – The 25-year-old racer is already back to his winning ways in 2011. Santos piloted his family-owned USAC sprint car in the USAC National Pavement Sprint Car Series season-opener at Anderson Speedway last weekend. He started from the pole in the No. 98 K&N/Santos Motorsports Beast Chevrolet and led every lap en route to his first victory of the season.
THE MORNING DRIVE – Santos will be on the Morning Drive with Mike Bagley and Pete Pistone on Sirius NASCAR radio Thursday, April 7 at 7:30 a.m. EST to talk about theNWMT season-opener. Tune into channel 128 on Sirius/XM Radio.
Bobby Santos III Quotes:
ON RACING AT THOMPSON INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY – "I love going to Thompson. I have a lot of confidence in racing at Thompson, so I think that helps. We won the Icebreaker and thechampionship there last year, so it will feel really good to be back there.Everything about Thompson is exciting."
ON DEFENDING THE CHAMPIONSHIP – "I'm just really excited to race with the Mystic Missile team again. We had a lot of fun last year. As far as our team goes, the expectations are the same as last year, and that's to win the championship and win races. Going into this year, we would like to win a couple more races than we did last year. We have all the same people back and the same cars and motors, so all I can see is that we will get better."
Bobby Santos III NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Thompson International Speedway History:
No. |
Date |
Start |
Finish |
Laps |
Notes |
4 |
10/17/10 |
1 |
6 |
150/150 |
Running |
4 |
8/12/10 |
3 |
2 |
156/156 |
Running |
4 |
4/11/10 |
1 |
1 |
150/150 |
Running |
96 |
10/25/09 |
29 |
27 |
101/150 |
Crash |
98 |
10/19/08 |
10 |
32 |
27/154 |
Radiator |
98 |
9/7/08 |
21 |
6 |
153/153 |
Running |
98 |
8/14/08 |
21 |
3 |
154/154 |
Running |
98 |
6/19/08 |
22 |
8 |
75/75 |
Running |
00 |
4/6/08 |
7 |
35 |
23/92 |
Crash |
3 |
10/14/07 |
7 |
1 |
150/150 |
Running |
3 |
9/23/07 |
13 |
4 |
150/150 |
Running |
3 |
8/16/07 |
14 |
35 |
53/107 |
Crash |
3 |
6/21/07 |
7 |
3 |
100/100 |
Running |
3 |
4/15/07 |
9 |
32 |
71/152 |
Crash |
34 |
10/17/04 |
27 |
6 |
125/125 |
Running |
00 |
8/29/04 |
2 |
28 |
10/152 |
Did Not Return |
00 |
4/17/04 |
29 |
30 |
118/150 |
Oil Line |
RACE INFORMATION:
Race length: 150 laps, 93.75 miles
Track layout: .625-mile
Shape: Oval
SCHEDULE: (All times in EST)
Saturday, April 9:
Practice 12-1 p.m.
Qualifying 3:30p.m.
Sunday, April 10:
Autograph Session at Turn 4 tent 12 p.m.
Icebreaker 3:15 p.m.
Live lap-by-lap updates from Thompson International Speedway will be available at hometracks.nascar.com.
Media Contact:
Heather Lumpp
heather@heinkebaldwinracing.com
o: 704.696.0036
c: 847.302.5509
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