Llinyn Coby, Santos marchogaeth diogel ar gyfer Daytona

Coby, Santos Rides Diogel Ar gyfer Diwrnodau
Tîm Gyrwyr Pencampwyr i Fyny Gyda Chwedlau wedi'u Haddasu
BEACH DAYTONA, Fla. – Gan nad yw eu timau eu hunain yn gallu gwneud y daith, mae pâr o hyrwyddwyr NASCAR Whelen wedi addasu Gyrwyr teithiau ar berthnasoedd a ddatblygwyd drwy'r blynyddoedd i sicrhau marchogaeth ar gyfer Brwydr agoriadol UNOH yn The Beach, Chwefror. 18-19 yn Diwrnod Rhyngwladol Speedway.
Ailgydio NASCAR Whelen Hyrwyddwr Taith wedi'i Addasu Doug Coby a bydd y rhestr o deithiau 2010 Bobby Santos yn mynd i'r "World Center of Racing" diolch i'r trefniadau a sicrhawyd yn ddiweddar i'w galluogi i gystadlu yn y digwyddiad arbennig newydd ar y ffwrn .4 milltir ar y stryd gefn yn Diwrnod.
Bydd y trefniadau hynny hefyd yn eu gweld yn cydweithio â phâr arall o hyrwyddwyr, a chwedlau yn y rhengoedd Addasedig. Mae Coby wedi'i lechi i gystadlu mewn car tîm i Ted Christopher – pencampwr cenedlaethol Cyfres Gyfan NASCAR Whelen 2001 a'r titr Taith wedi'i Addasu whelen 2008 – tra bydd car Santos yn dod allan o'r un siop â'r pencampwr NASCAR naw-tro Mike Stefanik.
Trodd Coby, o Aberdaugleddau, Conn., mewn perfformiad tra-arglwyddiaethu – a amlygwyd gan bum buddugoliaeth – yn ystod tymor 2013 i gyflwyno rhif 52 perchennog car Chevrolet Wayne Darling ei deitl Taith Addasedig Whelen gyntaf. Dyfarnwyd man cychwyn wedi'i gloi i yrwyr a enillodd ras neu a gipiodd y bencampwriaeth yn ystod y tymor ar gyfer nodwedd Addasedig Whelen yn y Battle UNOH yn The Beach, felly roedd gan Coby ei sylfeini wedi'u gorchuddio pan ddaeth i ras Diwrnodau.
Fodd bynnag, nid oedd Darling yn gallu anfon ei dîm Rhif 52 i Florida, a adawodd Coby yn chwilio am gyfle arall. Dyna lle y bu Boehler Racing Enterprises – tîm o Massachusetts fel Darling Racing – yn cymryd rhan.
"Rwy'n dyfalu bod Michael Boehler wedi cael gair nad oedd gennyf daith," meddai Coby. "Roedden nhw'n edrych i ddod ag ail gar, ac yn amlwg yn gwybod bod gen i fan cychwyn gwarantedig wedi helpu, felly siaradodd â Wayne ac fe wnaethon nhw weithio allan bargen noddi."
Felly bydd Coby nawr yn mynd i Diwrnod fel teammate i Christopher. Bydd Christopher yn treialu enwog Rhif 3 "Ole Blue" Chevrolet tra bydd Coby yn dod â'i bydredd Rhif 52 traddodiadol i'w roi ar yr ail gar BRE.
"Mae'n mynd i fod yn ras cŵl i fod yn rhan ohoni, ac mae bod yn rhan ohoni gyda char Boehler yn union fel y ceirios ar ben y heulwen," meddai Coby. "Yn amlwg, byddwn wedi hoffi bod yno gyda'm tîm Rhif 52 – yn bennaf oll hoffwn pe gallwn fod wedi mynd gyda nhw – ond mae mynd gydag ail gar i dîm Boehler yn eithaf taclus."
Fel Coby, roedd Santos yn edrych ymlaen yn gryf at gystadlu yn yr UNOH Battle Yn The Beach.
"Pan gyhoeddodd NASCAR ddigwyddiad Diwrnodau, rwy'n credu bod hynny'n lle y mae pob gyrrwr am fynd i rasio," meddai Santos. "Mae'n rhywbeth roeddwn i'n bendant eisiau ei wneud."
A hefyd fel Coby, roedd heb reid am y ras fawr.
Mae Santos, o Franklin, Mass., wedi'i gloi i mewn i'r nodwedd UNOH Battle At The Beach Modified yn rhinwedd ei adenydd yn y ddwy ras olaf yn nhymor Taith Wedi'i Addasu whelen 2012 yn Stafford Motor Speedway a Thompson International Speedway gyda thîm Chwaraeon Moduro Tinio Rhif 44. Ond gyda Tinio yn bwriadu ymgymryd â'r amserlen Taith Wedi'i Haddasu Whelen lawn am y tro cyntaf yn 2013, roedd angen i'r tîm ganolbwyntio ar baratoi ar gyfer yr ymgyrch sydd i ddod ac ni allai wneud y daith i Diwrnod gyda Santos. Dyna lle'r oedd perthynas Santos yn pontio'r bwlch i'w gael yn gyfle i'r UNOH Battle Yn The Beach.
Mae tad Santos, Bob, yn ffrindiau gyda phrif griw Mike Stefanik gyda thîm Rhif 22, Brad Lafontaine. Dechreuodd hynny'r bêl yn rholio i Santos ddod i gytundeb gyda Pherchennog y tîm Rhif 22 Chris Our i yrru eu car wrth gefn yn Diwrnodau, gyda chefnogaeth ei berchennog car rhif 44 rheolaidd Sili Tinio.
"Roedd pawb eisoes yn ffrindiau, felly roedd yn gweithio allan i fod yn fargen dda," meddai Santos. "Mae'n rhaid i mi ddiolch i fy nhad, Sili, Chris a Brad am wneud i hyn ddigwydd."
Bydd Santos yn treialu car tîm Rhif 44 i Stefanik's Rhif 22 yn Diwrnodau.
Felly daeth dau dîm yn bedwar, gyda'r pedwar gyrrwr yn chwaraeon pedigri pencampwriaeth. Ac yn ôl Coby, ni fydd unrhyw ddechrau a pharciau ymhlith y grŵp – bydd y pedwar pencampwyr yn cael eu llwytho i fyny i redeg am faner gwirio Diwrnodau.
NODIADAU BRWYDR:
BRE i Groesawu Aelod Criw Etifeddol: Nid yn unig y bydd gan Fentrau Rasio Boehler bâr o yrwyr pencampwyr yn eu gwersyll gyda Ted Christopher a Doug Coby, ond bydd ganddynt hefyd fab hyrwyddwr blaenorol yn eu pwll. Gary DeSarro, mab 1970 NASCAR Mae'r hyrwyddwr cenedlaethol wedi'i addasu Fred DeSarro, yn mynd i ymuno â chriw pwll BRE ar gyfer y digwyddiad arbennig hwn. Fred yn gyrru "Ole Blue" Lenny Boehler Rhif 3 yn y 1970au. Er mwyn dod â phethau'n llawn, gwahoddodd mab Lenny a'r Arlywydd BRE presennol Michael Boehler fab Fred Gary – preswylydd o Florida – i griw "Ole Blue" ar gyfer Brwydr UNOH yn The Beach.
Floridiaid Cael Shot i Modau Hil yn Diwrnod: Er bod Smyrna Speedway newydd gerllaw wedi bod yn hafan amser hir ar gyfer rasio wedi'i addasu, nid yw gyrwyr olwyn agored modern o Wladwriaeth Sunshine wedi cael cyfle i brofi Speedway Rhyngwladol Diwrnod y tu ôl i'r olwyn. Bydd hynny i gyd yn newid pan fydd trio o Floridiaid yn cael esgid i redeg eu Haddasu eu hunain yn y "Ganolfan Byd Rasio". Rhagwelir y bydd Gary Fountain Sr. (Clercod) a thoeon Dalton Baldwin (Oldsmar) a Jeremy Gerstner (Tampa) i gyd yn rhoi cynnig arni yn y Battle UNOH agoriadol yn The Beach. Mae'r tri yn bwriadu cystadlu ar Daith Addasedig De NASCAR Whelen yn 2013.

Coby, Santos Secure Rides For Daytona
Champion Drivers Team Up With Modified Legends
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – With their own teams not able to make the trip, a pair of champion NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour drivers leaned on relationships developed through the years to secure rides for the inaugural UNOH Battle At The Beach, Feb. 18-19 at Daytona International Speedway.
Reigning NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Champion Doug Coby and 2010 tour titlist Bobby Santos will head to the “World Center of Racing” thanks to arrangements secured just recently to allow them to compete in the new special event on the .4-mile oval on the backstretch at Daytona.
Those arrangements will also see them team up with another pair of champions, and legends in the Modified ranks. Coby is slated to compete in a team car to Ted Christopher – the 2001 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series national champion and 2008 Whelen Modified Tour titlist – while Santos’ car will come out of the same shop as that of nine-time NASCAR champion Mike Stefanik.
Coby, from Milford, Conn., turned in a dominating performance – highlighted by five wins – during the 2013 season to deliver No. 52 Chevrolet car owner Wayne Darling his first Whelen Modified Tour title. Drivers who won a race or captured the championship during the season were awarded a locked-in starting position for the Whelen Modified feature at the UNOH Battle At The Beach, so Coby had his bases covered when it came to the Daytona race.
Darling was not able to send his No. 52 team to Florida, however, which left Coby looking for another opportunity. That’s where Boehler Racing Enterprises – a Massachusetts-based team like Darling Racing – got involved.
“I guess that Michael Boehler got word that I didn’t have a ride,” Coby said. “They were looking to bring a second car, and obviously knowing that I have a guaranteed starting spot helped, so he talked to Wayne and they worked out a sponsorship deal.”
So Coby will now head to Daytona as a teammate to Christopher. Christopher will pilot famous No. 3 “Ole Blue” Chevrolet while Coby will bring his traditional No. 52 decals to put on the second BRE car.
“It’s going to be a cool race to be a part of, and to be a part of it with a Boehler car is just like the cherry on top of the sundae,” Coby said. “Obviously I would have liked to be there with my No. 52 team – first and foremost I wish I could have gone with them – but to go with a second car for the Boehler team is pretty neat.”
Like Coby, Santos was strongly looking forward to competing in the UNOH Battle At The Beach.
“When NASCAR announced the Daytona event, I think that’s a place all drivers want to go and race,” Santos said. “It’s something that I definitely wanted to do.”
And also like Coby, he was without a ride for the big race.
Santos, from Franklin, Mass., is locked into the UNOH Battle At The Beach Modified feature by virtue of his wins in the last two races of the 2012 Whelen Modified Tour season at Stafford Motor Speedway and Thompson International Speedway with the No. 44 Tinio Motorsports team. But with Tinio planning to take on the full Whelen Modified Tour schedule for the first time in 2013, the team needed to focus on preparing for the coming campaign and could not make the trip to Daytona with Santos. That’s where Santos’ relationships bridged the gap to get him the UNOH Battle At The Beach opportunity.
Santos’ father, Bob, is friends with Mike Stefanik’s crew chief with the No. 22 team, Brad Lafontaine. That started the ball rolling for Santos to reach an agreement with No. 22 team owner Chris Our to drive their back-up car in Daytona, with the support of his regular No. 44 car owner Sully Tinio.
“Everybody was already friends, so it worked out to be a good deal,” Santos said. “I really have to thank my dad, Sully, Chris and Brad for making this happen.”
Santos will pilot a No. 44 team car to Stefanik’s No. 22 in Daytona.
So two teams became four, with all four drivers sporting a championship pedigree. And according to Coby, there won’t be any start-and-parks among the group – all four champions will be loaded up to run for a Daytona checkered flag.
BATTLE NOTES:
BRE to Welcome a Legacy Crew Member: Not only will Boehler Racing Enterprises have a pair of champion drivers in their camp with Ted Christopher and Doug Coby, but they’ll also have the son of a past champion in their pit. Gary DeSarro, son of 1970 NASCAR Modified national champion Fred DeSarro, is going to join the BRE pit crew for this special event. Fred drove Lenny Boehler’s “Ole Blue” No. 3 in the 1970s. To bring things full circle, Lenny’s son and current BRE President Michael Boehler invited Fred’s son Gary – a Florida resident – to crew “Ole Blue” for the UNOH Battle At The Beach.
Floridians Get a Shot to Race Mods at Daytona: While nearby New Smyrna Speedway has been a longtime haven for Modified racing, modern-day open wheel drivers from the Sunshine State haven’t had a chance to experience Daytona International Speedway behind the wheel. That’ll all change when a trio of Floridians will have a shot to run their own Modified at the “World Center of Racing.” Veteran Gary Fountain Sr. (Clermont) and rookies Dalton Baldwin (Oldsmar) and Jeremy Gerstner (Tampa) are all projected to give it a go in the inaugural UNOH Battle At The Beach. All three intend to compete on the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour in 2013.