LOUDON, N.H. – The Tinio Motorsports Tour Type Modified team sat dormant for the 2019 and 2020 race seasons.
But it didn’t mean team owner Sully Tinio wasn’t thinking regularly about getting back to competition, most especially when Modifieds were racing at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Bobby Santos III won three NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour points races for Tinio Motorsports at NHMS between 2017 and 2018 and also won an exhibition All-Star Modified event at the track for the team in 2016.
“This place was so special to him,” Santos said. “He really wanted to come here. Even when he wasn’t racing the last two years or so, when it came time for New Hampshire he was like ‘Come on, come drive my race car there.’”
On March 13 Salvatore “Sully” Tinio passed unexpectedly at 72 years old.
Sunday – with his sons Lawney and Damon continuing the legacy of his race team and Santos back behind the wheel – Sully Tinio got back to victory lane once again in spirit and memory.
Santos, of Franklin, Mass., came out on top of a lead swapping showdown to win the 50-lap Tour Type Modified feature at the inaugural Northeast Classic Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
“I’m sure that this is special for his family,” said Santos, who scored a $5,000 payday for the Tinio Motorsports team. “It’s so awesome.”
A photo of Santos and Sully Tinio celebrating on the roof of a car in victory lane at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in 2017 now adorns the back door of the Tinio Motorsports hauler.
“This is great.” Lawney Tinio said. “It’s great to win here. To win here this weekend is huge for us. For my brother and I and our entire family. Dad is up there watching us right now and I know he’s having a good time.”
Chase Dowling of Roxbury was second and Ronnie Williams third.
The race featured 25 lead changes total (official and unofficial), with 23 of those coming after the halfway competition caution.
Mike Christopher Jr. led early in the event with Matt Swanson going to the lead on lap 10. Santos moved past Williams for fourth on lap 13 and got by Christopher for second on lap 18.
A competition caution flew on lap 25 with Swanson leading, Santos in second and Christopher in third.
On the restart Santos got the jump with Swanson getting shuffled back to eighth. Christopher moved to second and immediately set his sights on Santos.
Christopher took the lead from Santos into turn one on lap 27 with Santos grabbing the lead back in turn three. They repeated that sequence on laps 28, 29, 33 and 34. On lap 34 Dowling got by Christopher for second and then took the lead in turn three from Santos on lap 35.
On lap 36 Santos regained the top spot in turn one only to have Dowling grab it back in turn three. Santos went back to the lead on lap 37, but a lap later Dowling took the lead from Santos once again in turn three.
On lap 39 Santos went by Dowling for the lead in turn one with Christopher moving to second in turn three. Dowling took second place back from Christopher on lap 40 with Williams moving to second.
On lap 42 Dowling got by Santos for the lead going into turn three with Santos taking the lead back on the next lap into turn one.
Dowling went back to the front past Santos with a turn one pass on lap 46, but Santos fought back to take control once again in turn three.
On lap 47 Dowling went by Santos for the lead in turn one but it was Santos making his winning move through turn three to take the lead for the final time. Williams was able to overtake Dowling for second on lap 47, but Dowling fought back in the closing laps to get back to second.
“The first 25 laps was just to get a good read on your race car for adjustments at halfway,” Santos said. “That’s what it comes down to. We through some stuff at the halfway and it was good enough to get it done.”
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