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Frank Douglas Coby III (born August 18, 1979) is an American professional racing driver who competes part-time in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour and the SMART Modified Tour, driving the No. 7 Chevrolet for Tommy Baldwin Racing, he has also competed part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 24 Chevrolet Silverado for GMS Racing. He is a six-time champion of the Whelen Modified Tour, winning titles in 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2019.

Racing career

Coby started racing in quarter midgets before moving up to pro stocks, late models and SK modifieds.[1] He won two Whelen All-American Series championships at his home track, Stafford Motor Speedway.[2] He has also dabbled in open-wheel midget racing.[3]

In 2002, Coby debuted in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour at Stafford and ran part-time in the series for a number of years.[2] He won his first NWMT race at Stafford in 2006 and continued to run part-time on the tour for the next half-decade, earning his second career win at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park in 2011.[4] He also ran in the Valenti Modified Racing Series during that time.[5] The win at Thompson came with car owner Wayne Darling; Coby won his first NWMT championship with Darling in 2012 on the strength of five race wins.[6]

The following year, Coby was second in points and decided to switch teams to Mike Smeriglio Racing for the 2014 season. He won his first race with the team, the Battle at the Beach, and claimed the 2014 NWMT championship.[7]

In 2015, Coby entered the NWMT season finale at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park tied with Ryan Preece atop the point standings after Coby had controversially spun Preece for a race win at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in the later stages of the season.[8] Coby won the race and the championship after a mid-race pass on Justin Bonsignore for the lead.[9] Also that year, he made his debut in the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour, driving a No. 21 car for Smeriglio in the season-opener at Caraway Speedway, finishing 15th.

For the 2016 season, Coby claimed nine NWMT pole awards[10] and claimed his third consecutive tour championship, becoming the first driver in tour history to accomplish such a feat.[11]

Following the first two races of the 2017 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season, Coby was 16th in the point standings but rallied to claim the championship by the end of the season.[12] Also that year, he made his debut in the K&N Pro Series East race, driving the No. 43 for Calabrese Motorsports at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park,[13] finishing 4th.

In 2018, Coby finished third in the NWMT point standings while rival Justin Bonsignore won the championship. Coby won two races the following year and claimed his sixth title by nine points over Bonsignore.[2] He also ran a limited stock car schedule, winning a feature at the World Series of Asphalt.[6]

Coby won another NWMT championship in 2019, using a large accumulated points lead to withstand a flat tire suffered in the season finale. [2] After the championship, Coby's car owner, Mike Smeriglio, decided to sell his team, leaving Coby without a ride.[14] In the following offseason, Coby bought one of Smerigilio's three cars and started his own team, Doug Coby Racing with his crew chief, Phil Moran.[15]

In 2021, it was announced Coby would compete in the inaugural Superstar Racing Experience race at Stafford Motor Speedway. (As a result, he skipped the Whelen Modified Tour race at Oswego Speedway, which was on the same day.) Driving a No. 10 car (the same number he uses in the Modified Tour), he won the second heat and the main event in front of the hometown crowd. This led to him getting a ride with GMS Racing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at the Bristol night race in September. It will be his debut in NASCAR's top 3 series. The deal came together through GMS Team President Mike Beam, who served as Coby's crew chief in the SRX race at Stafford.[16]

Personal life

Outside of racing, Coby worked in financial services before founding Rescue Dog Realty, a real estate company that donates commission earnings to rescue shelters.[17]

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.)

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 NCWTC Pts Ref
2021 GMS Racing 24 Chevy DAY DAY LVS ATL BRI RCH KAN DAR COA CLT TEX NAS POC KNX GLN GTW DAR BRI
12 		LVS TAL MAR PHO 62nd 25 [18]

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2017 Calabrese Motorsports 43 Toyota NSM GRE BRI SBO SBO MEM BLN TMP
4 		NHA IOW GLN LGY NJM DOV 42nd 40 [19]

Whelen Modified Tour

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour results
Year Car owner No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 NWMTC Pts Ref
2002 Don King 28 Chevy TMP STA WFD NZH RIV SEE RCH STA BEE NHA RIV TMP STA WFD TMP NHA STA
19 		MAR
35 		TMP
26 		59th 249 [20]
2003 TMP
18 		STA
DNQ 		WFD
28 		NZH
24 		STA
DNQ 		LER
19 		BLL
17 		BEE
12 		NHA
23 		ADI
9 		RIV
DNQ 		TMP
11 		STA
17 		WFD
9 		TMP
8 		NHA
12 		STA
18 		TMP
12 		14th 1903 [21]
2004 TMP
21 		STA
25 		WFD
14 		NZH
19 		STA
25 		RIV
9 		LER
23 		BLL
9 		BEE
16 		NHA
33 		SEE
17 		RIV
13 		STA
10 		TMP
16 		WFD
28 		TMP
19 		NHA
10 		STA
20 		12th 2108 [22]
Curt Chase 77 Chevy TMP
7
2005 TMP
9 		STA
24 		RIV
17 		STA
3* 		RIV
22 		7th 2327 [23]
Pontiac WFD
10 		JEN
12 		NHA
4 		BEE
14 		SEE
5 		STA
25 		TMP
14* 		WFD
2 		MAR
5 		TMP
19 		NHA
7 		STA
29 		TMP
3
2006 TMP
16 		STA
1* 		JEN
9 		TMP
17 		STA
21 		NHA
33 		HOL
24 		RIV
DNQ 		STA
20 		TMP
20 		MAR
5 		TMP
7 		NHA
33 		WFD
11 		TMP
23 		STA
13 		14th 1792 [24]
2007 TMP STA WTO STA TMP NHA TSA RIV STA
4 		TMP
19 		MAN
2 		MAR
17 		37th 706 [25]
Mike Smeriglio III 22 Ford NHA
36 		TMP STA
Don King 88 Chevy TMP
20
2008 Preece Racing 40 Chevy TMP STA STA TMP NHA
DNQ 		SPE RIV 35th 694 [26]
Don King 28 Chevy STA
3 		TMP MAN TMP
3 		NHA
34 		MAR CHE STA
21 		TMP
4
2009 George Bierce Jr. 19 Chevy TMP
8 		STA
28 		STA
9 		NHA
6 		SPE
25 		RIV
22 		STA
28 		BRI TMP
31 		NHA
11 		MAR STA
2 		TMP
3 		18th 1308 [27]
2010 Ralph Solhem 0 Chevy TMP
37 		STA
22* 		STA MAR NHA
8 		27th 1003 [28]
Robert Katon Jr. 46 Chevy LIM
20 		MND RIV
Bob Santos 92 Chevy STA
17 		TMP
8 		BRI
Ed Partridge 12 Chevy NHA
4 		STA
Wayne Darling 52 Chevy TMP
3
2011 TMP
7 		STA
29 		STA
8 		MND
11 		TMP
7 		NHA
4 		RIV
5 		STA
9* 		NHA
10 		BRI
17 		DEL
2 		TMP
1* 		LRP
18 		NHA
16 		STA
9 		TMP
15* 		5th 2214 [29]
2012 TMP
8 		STA
1 		MND
2 		STA
1 		WFD
1* 		NHA
3 		STA
1* 		TMP
3 		BRI
11 		TMP
13 		RIV
22 		NHA
1 		STA
9 		TMP
6 		1st 556 [30]
2013 TMP
7 		STA
6 		STA
6 		WFD
2 		RIV
28 		NHA
1 		MND
2 		STA
1* 		TMP
4 		BRI
15 		RIV
14 		NHA
13 		STA
2 		TMP
8 		2nd 517 [31]
2014 Mike Smeriglio III 2 Chevy TMP
3 		STA
2 		STA
1* 		WFD
10 		RIV
6 		NHA
2 		MND
5 		STA
4 		TMP
3 		NHA
3 		STA
8 		TMP
17 		1st 511 [32]
Ford BRI
4
2015 Chevy TMP
1* 		STA
6 		WFD
2 		STA
13 		TMP
1* 		RIV
3 		NHA
30 		MND
1* 		STA
2 		TMP
1* 		BRI
22 		RIV
2 		NHA
1* 		STA
1 		TMP
1* 		1st 613 [33]
2016 TMP
4 		STA
1* 		WFD
8 		STA
1* 		TMP
11 		RIV
10* 		NHA
1* 		MND
6 		STA
20* 		TMP
2 		BRI
5 		RIV
15 		OSW
1* 		SEE
3* 		NHA
3 		STA
1* 		TMP
6 		1st 684 [34]
2017 MYR
13 		TMP
31 		STA
2* 		LGY
15* 		TMP
4 		RIV
3 		NHA
11 		STA
2* 		TMP
2 		BRI
2 		SEE
1* 		OSW
4 		RIV
2 		NHA
14* 		STA
7 		TMP
5* 		1st 604 [35]
2018 MYR
14 		TMP
6 		STA
21 		SEE
12 		TMP
3* 		LGY
24 		RIV
3 		NHA
26 		STA
1 		TMP
3 		BRI
5 		OSW
3 		RIV
4 		NHA
7 		STA
3 		TMP
6 		3rd 575 [36]
2019 MYR
1 		SBO
8 		TMP
5* 		STA
1 		WAL
10* 		SEE
1* 		TMP
2 		RIV
8* 		NHA
2* 		STA
3* 		TMP
1* 		OSW
6 		RIV
15 		NHA
3 		STA
3 		TMP
7 		1st 661 [37]
2020 Doug Coby Racing 10 Chevy JEN
7 		WMM
3 		WMM
1 		JEN
4 		MND
3 		TMP
5* 		NHA
9 		STA
2 		TMP
22 		3rd 347 [38]
2021 Ford MAR
6 		STA
12 		JEN
2 		OSW RIV
1* 		NHA
27 		NRP
9 		STA
4 		BEE
5 		OSW
4 		RCH
5 		RIV
24 		STA
2 		5th 483 [39]
Chevy RIV
1
2022 Tommy Baldwin Racing 7 NSM RCH RIV
1* 		LEE
1 		JEN MND
5 		RIV
10 		WAL NHA
7 		CLM
9 		LGY
1* 		OSW
7 		RIV
4 		9th 460 [40]
Doug Coby Racing 10 TMP
3 		TMP
8* 		MAR
30
2023 Tommy Baldwin Racing 7 NSM
5 		RCH
13 		MON
1* 		RIV
19 		LEE
6 		SEE
2 		RIV
3 		WAL
6 		NHA
2 		LMP
7 		THO
8 		LGY OSW MON
5 		RIV NWS
10 		THO MAR 6th 496 [41]

Whelen Southern Modified Tour

NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour results
Year Car owner No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NWSMTC Pts Ref
2015 Mike Smeriglio III 21 Chevy CRW
15 		CRW SBO LGY CRW BGS BRI LGY SBO CLT 27th 29 [42]

* Season still in progress

Superstar Racing Experience

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

Superstar Racing Experience results
Year No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 SRXC Pts
2021 10 STA
1*2 		KNX ELD IRP SLG NSV 13th 44

* Season still in progress

References

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External links

  • Doug Coby driver statistics at Racing-Reference
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Coby