Donny Lia 4
Career Highlights
• The 2007 and 2009 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Champion.
• Earned series Rookie of the Year honors in 2003.
Driver Details
Sponsor: 'Mystic Missile'
Manufacturer: Dodge
Owner: Robert Garbarino
Crewchief: Bob Mueller
Birthdate: Nov. 8, 1980
Hometown: Jericho, N.Y.
Occupation: Director of Operations at Mobile Management Auto Group
Donny Lia
Nascar Whelen Modified Tour Statistics
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| Year | Rank | Races | Wins | Poles | Top 5s | Top 10s |
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| 2001 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2004 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| 2005 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 2006 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2007 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 13 |
| 2008 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| TOTALS | 110 | 15 | 15 | 37 | 54 |
WINS: 15 – Riverhead (8/2/03), Riverhead (8/7/04), Waterford (6/25/05), Riverhead (8/6/05), Waterford (10/8/06), Stafford (4/29/07), Stafford (5/25/07), Thompson (6/21/07), New Hampshire (6/30/07), Riverhead (8/8/07), Martinsville (9/1/07), New Hampshire (6/27/09), Bristol (8/19/09), Thompson (9/3/09), Stafford (10/4/09)
POLES: 15 – Lake Erie (6/14/03), Beech Ridge (7/17/04), Seekonk (7/31/04), Stafford (8/25/04), Stafford (9/26/04), Stafford (4/25/05), Stafford (7/3/05), Stafford (10/2/05), Stafford (4/30/06), Thompson (9/10/06), Mansfield (8/23/07), Thompson (9/23/07), Martinsville (9/1/07), Thompson (9/3/09), Stafford (10/4/09)
Year-by-year Whelen Modified Tour Recap
2008: Made starts at Riverhead (N.Y.) Raceway and the September New Hampshire Motor Speedway race while competing full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. 2007: Captured his first NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour title on the strength of six wins and 11 top-fives … Also captured the Coors Light Pole and Whelen Engineering Winner of the Race season awards. 2006: Finished eighth in series points with one win and two Coors Light Pole Awards. 2005: Finished sixth in points and notched two wins. 2004: Finished eighth in points with one win and earned the season Coors Light Pole Award. 2003: Finished 10th in points … Collected first career win at Riverhead in August. 2002: Finished 37th in points. 2001: Raced in two events.
Noteworthy
2000 Riverhead Rookie of the Year in the Legends division … 2001 Riverhead Modified Rookie of the Year … Won the 2004 North-South Shootout … Debuted in the ARCA RE/MAX Series in 2006 … Has 24 career starts in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and a win at Mansfield (Ohio) Motorsports Park in 2008.
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