Bobby Santos III explained

Bobby Santos III
Birth Name:Robert Santos III
Birth Date:3 October 1985
Birth Place:Franklin, Massachusetts, U.S.
Achievements:2006 Night Before the 500 winner
2008 Turkey Night Grand Prix winner
2010 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion
2020 Little 500 winner
Total Busch Races:6
Years In Busch:3
Prev Busch Pos:92nd
Prev Busch Year:2012
Best Busch Pos:70th (2011)
First Busch Race:2007 Circuit City 250 (Richmond)
Last Busch Race:2012 Subway Jalapeño 250 (Daytona)
Busch Wins:0
Busch Top Tens:0
Busch Poles:0
Total Truck Races:1
Years In Truck:1
Prev Truck Pos:110th
Prev Truck Year:2011
Best Truck Pos:110th (2011)
First Truck Race:2011 F.W. Webb 175 (Loudon)
Truck Wins:0
Truck Top Tens:0
Truck Poles:0
Updated: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.

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

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.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435PtsRef
2007Riley-D'Hondt Motorsports91ToyotaDAYCALMXCLVSATLBRINSHTEXPHOTALRCH
30
DARCLTDOVNHA
33
DAYCHIGTYIRPCGVGLNMCHBRICALRCHDOVKAN98th235[5]
92NSH
37
KENMLWCLT
39
MEMTEXPHOHOM
2010MacDonald Motorsports81DodgeDAYCALLVSBRINSHPHOTEXTALRCHDARDOVCLTNSHKENROANHADAYCHIGTYIRPIOWGLNMCHBRICGVATLRCHDOVKANCALCLTGTY
QL
TEXPHOHOMNA-[6]
2011Jimmy Means Racing52ChevyDAY
17
PHOLVSBRICALTEXTALNSHRCHDARDOVIOWCLTCHIMCHROADAYKENNHANSHIRPIOWGLNCGVBRIATLRCHCHIDOVKANCLTTEXPHOHOM70th27[7]
2012Tommy Baldwin Racing36ChevyDAYPHOLVSBRICALTEXRCHTALDARIOWCLTDOVMCHROAKENDAY
33
NHACHIINDIOWGLNCGVBRIATLRCHCHIKENDOVCLTKANTEXPHOHOM91st11[8]
- Qualified for Michael McDowell

Camping World Truck Series

Ineligible for series points

Whelen Modified Tour

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour results
YearCar ownerNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920PtsRef
2001Info not availableSBOTMPSTAWFDNZHSTARIVSEERCHNHAHOLRIVCHETMPSTAWFDTMPSTA
DNQ
MAR
DNQ
N/A0[10]
Info not available97TMP
DNQ
2004Joe Brady00ChevyTMP
30
STA
32
WFD
22
NZHSTARIVLERBLLBEE
28
NHASEE
9
RIVSTA
14
TMP
28
WFDTMPNHASTA37th804[11]
34TMP
6
2005Info not available14TMPSTARIVWFDSTAJENNHABEESEERIVSTATMPWFDMARTMPNHASTA
DNQ
TMPN/A0[12]
2006Jeffrey Preece40ChevyTMPSTAJENTMPSTANHA
29
HOLRIVSTATMPMARTMPNHAWFDTMPSTA66th76[13]
2007Jan Boehler3ChevyTMP
32
STA
32
WTOSTATMP
3
NHA
7
TSARIVSTA
32
TMP
35
MANMAR
20
NHA
4
TMP
4
STA
9
TMP
1*
25th1311[14]
2008Joe Brady00ChevyTMP
35
STASTA31st781[15]
Bobby Santos98ChevyTMP
8
NHA
6
SPERIVSTATMP
3
MANTMP
6
NHA
38
MARCHESTATMP
32
200996TMPSTASTANHASPERIVSTABRITMPNHA
37
MARSTATMP
27
50th134[16]
2010Robert Garbarino4DodgeTMP
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]
2011TMP
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]
2012Sully Tinio44ChevyTMP
17
STAMNDSTA
2*
WFDNHA
11
STA
27
TMP
8
BRITMP
2
RIVNHA
28
STA
1
TMP
1
20th310[19]
2013TMP
18
13th421[20]
Mike CurbChevySTA
1*
STA
5
WFD
5
RIVNHA
24
MNDSTA
4
TMP
1*
BRI
21
RIV
25
NHA
4
STA
9
TMP
4*
2014TMP
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]
2015TMP
3
STA
11
WFD
6
STA
5
TMP
6
RIV
20
NHA
3
MND
22
STA
9
TMP
23
BRI
5
RIVNHA
3
STA
20
TMP
16
11th467[22]
2016TMP
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]
2017Sully TinioChevyMYRTHO
4
STALGYTHO
3
RIVNHA
1
STA
11
THO
5
NHA
1
STA
8
THO
29
16th334[24]
Mike Curb77ChevyBRI
9
SEEOSWRIV
2018Sully Tinio44ChevyMYRTHO
9
STA
12
SEETHO
Wth
LGYRIVNHA
1
STA
22
THO
5
BRIOSWRIVNHA
22
STA
23
THO
8
25th256[25]
2019Judy Thilberg36DodgeMYRSBOTMPSTAWALSEETMPRIVNHA
24
NHA
1
STA
7
TMP
4
24th241[26]
ChevySTA
8
TMP
23
OSW
5
RIV
202063JENWMMWMMJENMNDTMPNHA
1
STATMP35th47[27]
202144MARSTARIVJENOSWRIVNHA
8
NRPSTABEEOSW
6
RCH
23
RIVSTA
24
29th115[28]
2022Lawney TinioNSMRCH
17
RIVLEEJENMNDRIVWALNHA
13
CLMTMPLGYOSW
8
RIVTMP
10
MAR
4
26th168[29]
2023NSMRCHMONRIVLEESEERIVWALNHA
LMPTHO
LGYOSW
MONRIVNWS
THO
MAR
26th186[30]
2024Joe Stearns14ChevyNSMRCH
-*-*[31]
Lawney Tinio44ChevyTHO
MONRIVSEENHAMONLMPTHOOSWRIVMONNWSTHOMAR

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.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223Pts
2006Bill Davis Racing02DodgeDAYNSHSLMWINKENTOLPOCMCHKANKENBLNPOCGTWNSHMCHISFMILTOLDSFCHISLMTALIOW
6
108th200
2007ToyotaDAYUSA
33*
NSH
18
SLMKAN
32
WINKEN
3
TOLIOWPOCMCHBLNKEN
3
POC
34
NSHISFMILGTWDSFCHISLM40th 835
20TAL
41
TOL

Superstar Racing Experience

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

Season still in progress

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cunningham. Jason. Last-Second Ride Nets Santos First Title. NASCAR. November 16, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110116201029/http://hometracks.nascar.com/race_recap/Santos_Crowned_Christopher_Wins. January 16, 2011. dead.
  2. Payless Little 500 . USAC Sprint Car Racing . . September 5, 2020 . 22:21 .
  3. Web site: Tommy Baldwin Racing expands NNS program. January 25, 2012. NASCAR.com. Turner Sports. 2012-01-25.
  4. Web site: Courchesne . Shawn . Gun Show: Bobby Santos Outduels Justin Bonsignore For Whelen Mod Tour Musket 200 Win At NHMS . RaceDayCT . September 15, 2020 . September 12, 2020.
  5. Web site: Bobby Santos III – 2007 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. December 13, 2014.
  6. Web site: Bobby Santos III – 2010 5-Hour Energy 250 qualifying results. Racing-Reference. July 29, 2015.
  7. Web site: Bobby Santos III – 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. December 13, 2014.
  8. Web site: Bobby Santos III – 2012 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. December 13, 2014.
  9. Web site: Bobby Santos III – 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. December 6, 2014.
  10. Web site: Bobby Santos III – 2001 NASCAR Featherlite Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. June 23, 2020.
  11. Web site: Bobby Santos III – 2004 NASCAR Featherlite Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. June 23, 2020.
  12. Web site: Bobby Santos III – 2005 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. June 23, 2020.
  13. Web site: Bobby Santos III – 2006 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. June 23, 2020.
  14. Web site: Bobby Santos III – 2007 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. June 23, 2020.
  15. Web site: Bobby Santos III – 2008 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. June 23, 2020.
  16. Web site: Bobby Santos III – 2009 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. June 23, 2020.
  17. Web site: Bobby Santos III – 2010 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. June 23, 2020.
  18. Web site: Bobby Santos III – 2011 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. June 23, 2020.
  19. Web site: Bobby Santos III – 2012 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. June 23, 2020.
  20. Web site: Bobby Santos III – 2013 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. June 23, 2020.
  21. Web site: Bobby Santos III – 2014 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. June 23, 2020.
  22. Web site: Bobby Santos III – 2015 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. June 23, 2020.
  23. Web site: Bobby Santos III – 2016 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. June 23, 2020.
  24. Web site: Bobby Santos III – 2017 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. June 23, 2020.
  25. Web site: Bobby Santos III – 2018 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. June 23, 2020.
  26. Web site: Bobby Santos III – 2019 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. June 23, 2020.
  27. Web site: Bobby Santos III – 2020 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. September 17, 2021.
  28. Web site: Bobby Santos III – 2021 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. September 17, 2021.
  29. Web site: Bobby Santos III – 2022 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. March 25, 2024.
  30. Web site: Bobby Santos III – 2023 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. March 25, 2024.
  31. Web site: Bobby Santos III – 2024 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. July 5, 2024.