Doug Coby, a 44-year-old driver from Milford, Connecticut, is a six-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion. After many years of racing for other car owners, he built and opened his own team, Doug Coby Racing in 2020. Coby picked up three victories between the 2020 and 2021 seasons driving for the team. In 2022, he competed on a part-time basis, spending time between his own No. 10 Mayhew Tools machine and the 7NY for Tommy Baldwin Racing. He won three races with Baldwin - helping Baldwin clinch the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour owners title after a dominant season.
For 2023, Coby drove the historic car number for Baldwin to chase his seventh NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship, with sponsorship from longtime Coby supporter Mayhew Tools. The team ended up part-time in the middle of the season due to an illness with Baldwin, but did win early in the season at Monadnock Speedway.
Back in September of 2021, Coby made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut for GMS Racing at Bristol Motor Speedway, driving the Mayhew Tools truck to a strong 12th-place finish.
Coby is the only driver in Whelen Modified Tour history to win four straight championships -- scoring them between 2014 and 2017 -- on top of his first title in 2012, and most recent in 2019. Outside of racing, the driver of the Mayhew Tools Modified is a a full-time house flipper and real estate broker.
Before becoming a champion at NASCAR's highest grassroots level, Coby's career started in quarter midgets, then moved to his home track, Stafford Motor Speedway.
Coby scored championships and wins at Stafford in their NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series Late Model division (1998) and Pro Stock division (2000), and also won races in the track's premiere SK Modified class -- one of the most competitive and well-known divisions in all of the country. From there, Coby took his career to the next level, entering the tour for the first time in 2002.
During his debut race, Coby, competing for the late Don King, finished 19th at Stafford. Since then, business has picked up. Coby ran full-time in 2003 and 2004 driving for King, before making his debut with Curt Chase Racing in the finale of the 2004 season, and then drove full-time for Chase in 2005. A year later, Coby earned his first of 35 career Whelen Modified Tour wins (as of September '23) at Stafford -- taking his first of four NAPA Spring Sizzler victories in the prestigious event.
After a few more years of part-time action, Coby's career took off lightning fast in 2011 -- when he competed in his first full-time year driving for Wayne Darling, winning his second career race at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park that year. One year later, in 2012, Coby carried the championship trophy for the first time on the strength of five victories in 14 races, before winning two races a year later, and coming up just short of another title.
In 2014, Coby elected to switch to Mike Smeriglio Racing -- where his real winning success happened. Coby won just once in 2014, but sealed his second career title, then went on a roll between 2015 and 2017 -- scoring three more championships and 13 victories across the span. Coby was nearly unbeatable for that period, scoring 37 top-10 finishes in the 48-race span. After coming up short in 2018, Coby won his most recent title in 2019 -- winning four races en route to what would be his final title with Smeriglio, when the historic car owner decided to retire.
It was then that Coby decided to create his own team -- Doug Coby Racing -- keeping most of the group from Smeriglio's operation together, and operating smoothly en route to a win at White Mountain in a COVID-19 shortened year where he finished third in the championship battle. Through June of 2021, Coby had two victories on the Whelen Modified Tour in five starts, with top-five finishes in three of five events.
Coby received the honor of competing with the Superstar Racing Experience (SRX) Series in their inaugural race at Stafford on June 12, 2021, and he went to Victory Lane. Coby bested the likes of NASCAR Hall of Fame members Tony Stewart, Bill Elliott and Bobby Labonte, along with most recent Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves -- all on national television.
Current Career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Stats (As of End of 2023 season)
Doug Coby's full NASCAR stats can be found on RacingReference.com.
Some Major Career Accomplishments:
For 2023, Coby drove the historic car number for Baldwin to chase his seventh NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship, with sponsorship from longtime Coby supporter Mayhew Tools. The team ended up part-time in the middle of the season due to an illness with Baldwin, but did win early in the season at Monadnock Speedway.
Back in September of 2021, Coby made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut for GMS Racing at Bristol Motor Speedway, driving the Mayhew Tools truck to a strong 12th-place finish.
Coby is the only driver in Whelen Modified Tour history to win four straight championships -- scoring them between 2014 and 2017 -- on top of his first title in 2012, and most recent in 2019. Outside of racing, the driver of the Mayhew Tools Modified is a a full-time house flipper and real estate broker.
Before becoming a champion at NASCAR's highest grassroots level, Coby's career started in quarter midgets, then moved to his home track, Stafford Motor Speedway.
Coby scored championships and wins at Stafford in their NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series Late Model division (1998) and Pro Stock division (2000), and also won races in the track's premiere SK Modified class -- one of the most competitive and well-known divisions in all of the country. From there, Coby took his career to the next level, entering the tour for the first time in 2002.
During his debut race, Coby, competing for the late Don King, finished 19th at Stafford. Since then, business has picked up. Coby ran full-time in 2003 and 2004 driving for King, before making his debut with Curt Chase Racing in the finale of the 2004 season, and then drove full-time for Chase in 2005. A year later, Coby earned his first of 35 career Whelen Modified Tour wins (as of September '23) at Stafford -- taking his first of four NAPA Spring Sizzler victories in the prestigious event.
After a few more years of part-time action, Coby's career took off lightning fast in 2011 -- when he competed in his first full-time year driving for Wayne Darling, winning his second career race at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park that year. One year later, in 2012, Coby carried the championship trophy for the first time on the strength of five victories in 14 races, before winning two races a year later, and coming up just short of another title.
In 2014, Coby elected to switch to Mike Smeriglio Racing -- where his real winning success happened. Coby won just once in 2014, but sealed his second career title, then went on a roll between 2015 and 2017 -- scoring three more championships and 13 victories across the span. Coby was nearly unbeatable for that period, scoring 37 top-10 finishes in the 48-race span. After coming up short in 2018, Coby won his most recent title in 2019 -- winning four races en route to what would be his final title with Smeriglio, when the historic car owner decided to retire.
It was then that Coby decided to create his own team -- Doug Coby Racing -- keeping most of the group from Smeriglio's operation together, and operating smoothly en route to a win at White Mountain in a COVID-19 shortened year where he finished third in the championship battle. Through June of 2021, Coby had two victories on the Whelen Modified Tour in five starts, with top-five finishes in three of five events.
Coby received the honor of competing with the Superstar Racing Experience (SRX) Series in their inaugural race at Stafford on June 12, 2021, and he went to Victory Lane. Coby bested the likes of NASCAR Hall of Fame members Tony Stewart, Bill Elliott and Bobby Labonte, along with most recent Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves -- all on national television.
Current Career NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Stats (As of End of 2023 season)
- 283 career starts
- 35 career wins
- 119 career top-five finishes
- 181 career top-10 finishes
- 35 career Mayhew Tools Dominator Pole Awards
- Over 6,400 laps led
- Career average finish: 10.0
- Career average start: 8.4
Doug Coby's full NASCAR stats can be found on RacingReference.com.
Some Major Career Accomplishments:
- Six-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour champion (2012, '14, '15, '16, '17, '19)
- One of three drivers for Tommy Baldwin Racing during their championship effort on the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour in 2022
- Joins Richie Evans, Jerry Cook, Mike Stefanik and Tony Hirschman as the only drivers to have four or more NASCAR Modified titles
- Winner of the inaugural Superstar Racing Experience (SRX) Series race at Stafford Motor Speedway in 2021
- Three-time winner of Seekonk Speedway's $10,000 to win Open Wheel Wednesday Modified Madness
- Made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at Bristol Motor Speedway with GMS Racing in 2021
- Four-time NAPA Spring Sizzler wins at Stafford Motor Speedway
- Over 30 career wins at Stafford Motor Speedway across multiple different divisions (first in 1998, most recent in 2021)
- In 2017, a top-five finish in ARCA Menards Series East action at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park
- 2017 winner of the Southern Slam 150 race at Charlotte Motor Speedway
- Four-time NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour winner at New Hampshire Motor Speedway
- 2014 winner of the UNOH Battle at the Beach at Daytona International Speedway
- 2011 winner of the UNOH Showdown at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park
- 2000 Stafford Motor Speedway Pro Stock division champion
- 1998 Stafford Motor Speedway Late Model division champion
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