| Doug Coby | |||||||
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.jpg) Coby's No. 2 car atBristol Motor Speedway in 2016 | |||||||
| Born | Frank Douglas Coby III (1979-08-18)August 18, 1979 (age 46) Milford, Connecticut, U.S. | ||||||
| NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour career | |||||||
| Debut season | 2002 | ||||||
| Current team | Tommy Baldwin Racing | ||||||
| Car number | 7 | ||||||
| Engine | Chevrolet | ||||||
| Crew chief | Tommy Baldwin Jr. | ||||||
| Former teams | Mike Smeriglio Racing, King Racing, Curt Chase Racing, Wayne Darling Racing, Major Motion Motorsports, Santos Racing, Solheim Racing, Berkeley Auto Racing, TS Haulers Motorsports | ||||||
| Starts | 290 | ||||||
| Championships | 6 | ||||||
| Wins | 35 | ||||||
| Poles | 35 | ||||||
| Best finish | 1st in 2012,2014,2015,2016,2017,2019 | ||||||
| Finished last season | 65th (2025) | ||||||
| Previous series | |||||||
| 2015 2017 | NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour NASCAR K&N Pro Series East | ||||||
NASCAR driver | |||||||
| NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| 2021 position | 62nd | ||||||
| Best finish | 62nd (2021) | ||||||
| First race | 2021UNOH 200 (Bristol) | ||||||
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| Statistics up to date as of October 24, 2025. | |||||||
Frank Douglas Coby III (born August 18, 1979) is an American professional racing driver who competes part-time in theNASCAR Whelen Modified Tour, driving the No. 7Chevrolet forTommy Baldwin Racing. He has also competed part-time in theNASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 24Chevrolet Silverado forGMS Racing. He is a six-time champion of the Whelen Modified Tour, winning titles in2012,2014,2015,2016,2017 and2019.
Coby started racing inquarter midgets before moving up to pro stocks,late models and SK modifieds.[1] He won twoWhelen All-American Series championships at his home track,Stafford Motor Speedway.[2] He has also dabbled in open-wheel midget racing.[3]
In 2002, Coby debuted in theNASCAR Whelen Modified Tour at Stafford and ran part-time in the series for a number of years.[2] He won his first NWMT race at Stafford in 2006 and continued to run part-time on the tour for the next half-decade, earning his second career win atThompson Speedway Motorsports Park in 2011.[4] He also ran in the Valenti Modified Racing Series during that time.[5] The win at Thompson came with car owner Wayne Darling; Coby won his first NWMT championship with Darling in 2012 on the strength of five race wins.[6]
The following year, Coby was second in points and decided to switch teams to Mike Smeriglio Racing for the 2014 season. He won his first race with the team, theBattle at the Beach, and claimed the 2014 NWMT championship.[7]
In 2015, Coby entered the NWMT season finale atThompson Speedway Motorsports Park tied withRyan Preece atop the point standings after Coby had controversially spun Preece for a race win atNew Hampshire Motor Speedway in the later stages of the season.[8] Coby won the race and the championship after a mid-race pass onJustin Bonsignore for the lead.[9] Also that year, he made his debut in theNASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour, driving a No. 21 car for Smeriglio in the season-opener atCaraway Speedway, finishing fifteenth.
For the 2016 season, Coby claimed nine NWMT pole awards[10] and claimed his third consecutive tour championship, becoming the first driver in tour history to accomplish such a feat.[11]
Following the first two races of the2017 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour season, Coby was 16th in the point standings but rallied to claim the championship by the end of the season.[12] Also that year, he made his debut in theK&N Pro Series East race, driving the No. 43 for Calabrese Motorsports atThompson Speedway Motorsports Park,[13] finishing fourth.
In 2018, Coby finished third in the NWMT point standings while rivalJustin Bonsignore won the championship. Coby won two races the following year and claimed his sixth title by nine points over Bonsignore.[2] He also ran a limited stock car schedule, winning a feature at theWorld Series of Asphalt.[6]
Coby won another NWMT championship in 2019, using a large accumulated points lead to withstand a flat tire suffered in the season finale.[2] After the championship, Coby's car owner, Mike Smeriglio, decided to sell his team, leaving Coby without a ride.[14] In the following offseason, Coby bought one of Smerigilio's three cars and started his own team, Doug Coby Racing with his crew chief, Phil Moran.[15]
In 2021, it was announced Coby would compete in the inauguralSuperstar Racing Experience race atStafford Motor Speedway. (As a result, he skipped the Whelen Modified Tour race atOswego Speedway, which was on the same day.) Driving a No. 10 car (the same number he uses in the Modified Tour), he won the second heat and the main event in front of the hometown crowd. This led to him getting a ride withGMS Racing in theNASCAR Camping World Truck Series at theBristol night race in September. It would be his debut in NASCAR's top-three series. The deal came together through GMS Team President Mike Beam, who served as Coby's crew chief in the SRX race at Stafford.[16]
Coby joinedTommy Baldwin Racing in 2022, winning in his first start with the team atRiverhead Raceway.[17] He ran a partial schedule in the team's No. 7 for the remainder of the season, helping TBR win the owners' championship along with fellow driversJimmy Blewett andMike Christopher Jr.[18]
In 2023, TBR signed Coby to run the full schedule,[19] but the team's season was interrupted when team ownerTommy Baldwin Jr. was diagnosed with cancer. Baldwin suspended the team's operations while undergoing treatment,[20] though the team later returned in September for the race atMonadnock Speedway.[21] Baldwin entered the 2024 season cancer-free, and Coby returned to the team for a part-time schedule.[22]
While Baldwin's son,Luke Baldwin, began the 2025 season driving TBR's No. 7 entry, Coby returned to the seat at New Hampshire as a fill-in driver while Luke was in Virginia for a SMART Modified Tour race.[23] Coby's engine failed six laps into the race, leaving him with a last-place finish in the 27-car field.[24]
Outside of racing, Coby worked in financial services before founding Rescue Dog Realty, a real estate company that donates commission earnings to rescue shelters.[25]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2021 | GMS Racing | 24 | Chevy | DAY | DAY | LVS | ATL | BRI | RCH | KAN | DAR | COA | CLT | TEX | NAS | POC | KNX | GLN | GTW | DAR | BRI 12 | LVS | TAL | MAR | PHO | 62nd | 25 | [26] |
| NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | NKNPSEC | Pts | Ref |
| 2017 | Calabrese Motorsports | 43 | Toyota | NSM | GRE | BRI | SBO | SBO | MEM | BLN | TMP 4 | NHA | IOW | GLN | LGY | NJM | DOV | 42nd | 40 | [27] |
| NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour results | ||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Car owner | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | NWSMTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2015 | Mike Smeriglio III | 21 | Chevy | CRW 15 | CRW | SBO | LGY | CRW | BGS | BRI | LGY | SBO | CLT | 27th | 29 | [52] |
* Season still in progress
(key) * – Most laps led.1 – Heat 1 winner.2 – Heat 2 winner.
| Superstar Racing Experience results | |||||||||
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| Year | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | SRXC | Pts |
| 2021 | 10 | STA 1*2 | KNX | ELD | IRP | SLG | NSV | 13th | 44 |
| SMART Modified Tour results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Car owner | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | SMTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Tommy Baldwin Racing | 7 | N/A | FLO | CRW | SBO 3 | TRI | ROU | HCY | FCS | CRW | JAC | CAR | CRW | DOM | SBO | NWS | 44th | 38 | [53] | |||||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress