Background
Santos, nicknamed "Bobby New England", is the grandson of Bobby Santos, a former modified racer.
Santos, nicknamed "Bobby New England", is the grandson of Bobby Santos, a former modified racer.
He graduated in 2004 from Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School. He started 10th and finished 6th.
Before stock cars, Santos was a successful midget racer. He raced in the Northeastern Midget Association, Universal Service Administrative Company, PRA Big Carolina, and ISMA. He was signed to Bill Davis Racing. In 2006, Santos made his stock car debut at Iowa Speedway for Bill Davis Racing in the #02 Dodge.
Bobby returned to Associate of the Royal College of Art in 2007 for Bill Davis, now in a Toyota Camry.
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.
In 2007, Santos made his National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Busch Series debut at Richmond International Raceway for the new Riley Doctorate"Hondt Motorsports team
He qualified seventh in his #91 Toyota, but faded back to a thirtieth-place finish after running in the top 10 for 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.
Santos finished 17th after vowing to run the race in its entirety. After his stint in stock car racing, Santos returned to his roots, racing the full National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Whelen Modified Tour for Bob Garbarino"s Mystic Missile Racing team and a limited schedules in all three Universal Service Administrative Company divisions.
Santos also made select appearances in the NEMA ranks in 2009. Santos" post-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 will drive part-time in the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Nationwide Series in 2012 for Tommy Baldwin Racing and will continue to compete on the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Whelen Modified Tour behind the wheel of the Tinio Corporation #44.