Ted Christopher    3

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Ted Christopher
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Sponsor Cape Cod Copper/Silver Dollar Construction/M&T Enterprises
Manufacturer Chevrolet
Owner Jan Boehler
Crewchief Scott Richards
Birthdate June 5, 1958
Hometown Plainville, Conn.
Wife Quinn
Occupation Runs an Allison Transmission business

Career Highlights

  • Captured his first NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championship in 2008
  • Ranks third on the Tour's all-time wins list and seventh in career poles
  • The 2001 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series national champion and 2000 New England Region titlist

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Statistics

Year Rank Races Wins Poles Top 5s Top 10s
1987   2 0 0 0 0
1988   3 0 0 0 1
1989 38 4 0 0 0 1
1990   1 0 0 0 0
1993   3 0 0 0 0
1994 15 19 0 3 2 8
1995 27 14 0 1 0 3
1996 27 14 0 0 0 1
1997 21 19 0 1 3 6
1998 30 11 0 0 1 2
1999 15 18 2 0 5 8
2000 5 17 2 2 7 11
2001 6 19 2 3 10 13
2002 2 19 5 1 10 13
2003 4 18 2 0 8 12
2004 4 19 3 4 7 11
2005 2 18 7 0 12 14
2006 3 16 3 1 7 11
2007 5 16 1 2 8 10
2008 1 16 4 0 10 13
2009 3 13 3 3 8 10
2010 3 14 4 1 8 9
2011 9 14 4 1 8 11
2012 9 14 0 1 5 7
2013 4 2 0 0 2 2
TOTALS   323 42 24 121 177

WINS:  42 – Richmond (5/14/99), Watkins Glen (8/14/99), Watkins Glen (8/11/00), Thompson (8/17/00), Stafford (9/30/01), Thompson (10/21/01), Stafford (5/5/02), Stafford (7/3/02), Riverhead (6/8/02), Stafford (8/23/02), Waterford (8/31/02), Stafford (4/27/03), Nazareth (5/18/03), Thompson (4/17/04), New Hampshire (7/23/04), New Hampshire (9/20/04), Thompson (4/10/05), Riverhead (6/4/05), Stafford (7/3/05), New Hampshire (7/17/05), Martinsville (9/3/05), Thompson (9/11/05), New Hampshire (9/16/05), Jennerstown (6/13/06), Riverhead (8/5/06), Thompson (8/17/06), Stafford (8/11/07), Stafford (4/27/08), Mansfield (8/23/08), New Hampshire (9/13/08), Thompson (10/19/08), Thompson (4/5/09), Stafford (4/26/09), Thompson (10/25/09), Stafford (5/1/10), Monadnock (7/17/10), Thompson (8/12/10), Thompson (10/17/10), Thompson (4/10/11), Thompson (6/30/11), Stafford (8/5/11), Stafford (10/2/11)

POLES:  24 – Stafford (5/27/94), New Hampshire (8/21/94), New Hampshire (9/25/94), Nazareth (5/21/95), Thompson (7/30/97), Watkins Glen (8/11/00), Thompson (8/17/00), Nazareth (5/20/01), Waterford (9/1/01), Thompson (10/21/01), Thompson (10/27/02), Nazareth (5/23/04), Stafford (5/28/04), New Hampshire (7/23/04), New Hampshire (9/20/04), Riverhead (8/5/06), New Hampshire (6/30/07), Riverhead (8/8/07), Thompson (4/5/09), Stafford (4/26/09), Stafford (5/22/09), Thompson (8/12/10), Thompson (6/30/11), Waterford (6/23/12)

Year-by-year Whelen Modified Tour Recap

2012: Ranked ninth in points after recorded seven top 10s in 14 starts ... Best result was second in the Thompson Icebreaker ... Won the exhibition Thompson UNOH Showdown ... Competed in five different cars for four different owners ... Didn't record a points race win for the first time since 1998.  2011: Competed in 14 of 16 events and finished ninth in the standings on the strenght of 11 top-10 finishes ... Earned a tour-high four wins including the first two Thompson races and the last two Stafford dates. 2010: Finished third in points with nine top 10s … Tied champion Bobby Santos for the most wins with four … Wins came at the Stafford Spring Sizzler, Monadnock, the August Thompson race and the Thompson World Series … Led a Tour-high 401 laps … Earned the pole at Thompson in August.  2009: Finished third in the standings with three wins and 10 top 10s in 13 starts … Led the Tour with three Coors Light Pole Awards … Named the season Featherlite Most Improved Driver Award winner … Moved his streak to 11-consecutive years with a win. 2008: Earned the Tour title on the strength of 10 top fives and 13 top 10s in 16 starts … Won at Stafford, Mansfield, New Hampshire and Thompson. 2007: Finished fifth in the season standings with eight top-fives and 10 top-10s … Named the season Featherlite Most Improved Driver Award winner.  2006: Finished third in series points.  2005: Finished second in points, just 18 markers back of first … Notched seven wins for the year.  2004: Finished fourth in points while collecting three wins.  2003: Finished fourth in points with two wins.  2002: Finished second in points … Scored five victories.  2001: Finished sixth in points with two wins.  2000: Finished fifth in points with two wins.  1999: Finished 15th in points with two victories.  1998: Finished 30th in points.  1997: Finished 21st in points.  1996: Finished 27th in points.  1995: Finished 27th in points.  1994: Finished 15th in points.  1987-1993: Competed in 13 events as a part-time driver.

Noteworthy

Was named one of the All-Time Top 25 drivers in NASCAR Whelen All-American Series history in 2006 … Voted by the fans as the 2008, `09 and `10 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Most Popular Driver … 1987, `96, 2000, `01, `04, `07 and `09 champion at Stafford (Conn.) Motor Speedway, where he has 114 overall career wins through 2011 … 1988, `89, 2002 and `10 Thompson (Conn.) Speedway champion, where he has unofficially notched 92 overall career wins through 2011 … A 36-time career feature winner at Waterford (Conn.) Speedbowl, where he earned the 1992 track title … Has competed in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (6), NASCAR Nationwide Series (21), NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (2) and NASCAR K&N Pro Series East (92) … Has 10 wins, 30 top 10s and four poles in K&N East action … Has six wins in 15 career NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour starts through 2011, including that Tour’s inaugural event on March 26, 2005 at Caraway Speedway … Drove in the Rolex 24 at Daytona in 2006 and 2008 … Has earned nine Modified points championships at the New Smyrna (Fla.) Speedway World Series (1998, `99, 2000, `01, `03, `05, `09, `10, `11) … Is a five-time winner of the Richie Evans Memorial 100 at New Smyrna … Won the 2009, `10 and `11 Gambler’s Classic TQ Midget races in Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall as well as the 2009 and `11 TQ Midget races at the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, R.I.