| Tommy Vigh Jr. | |||||||
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Vigh in 2019 | |||||||
| Born | Thomas Vigh Jr. (1964-11-27)November 27, 1964 (age 61) Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey, U.S. | ||||||
| ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
| 26 races run over 4 years | |||||||
| ARCA no., team | No. TBA (Fast Track Racing) | ||||||
| Best finish | 6th (2019) | ||||||
| First race | 2021Herr's Potato Chips 200 (Madison) | ||||||
| Last race | 2022General Tire 150 (Charlotte) | ||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series East career | |||||||
| 2 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 43rd (2020) | ||||||
| First race | 2020General Tire 125 (Dover) | ||||||
| Last race | 2022General Tire 125 (Dover) | ||||||
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Thomas Vigh Jr. (born November 27, 1964) is an American professionalstock car racing driver. He last competed in theARCA Menards Series, driving forFast Track Racing. He competed part-time for the team in2018 and full-time in2019, both in the team's No. 10 car. In 2019, he was the Rookie of the Year award winner.
Vigh began his racing career on local dirt tracks prior to racing in ARCA.[1] He started racing in 1996, competing instreet stock racing events, and soon after in pro stock and sportsman races as well, finishing fifth in the OCFS Sportsman Series standings in 2018.[2]
Vigh made his first three ARCA starts forAndy Hillenburg'sFast Track Racing team, driving their No. 10 car atMadison as well as the two dirt races atSpringfield andDuQuoin with sponsorship from Extreme Kleaner. He got top-15 finishes in each race, with a 15th-place finish at Madison and 13ths on both dirt tracks.
Vigh and his sponsor returned to Fast Track and the No. 10 to run the2019 season-opener atDaytona,[3] which later turned into a full-season run for rookie of the year by April.
Because rookieChristian Eckes won the championship, Vigh became ineligible to also win the rookie of the year award in addition to his title according to ARCA rules, so Vigh, who was second place behind Eckes in rookie points, was given the award at season's-end. He became the oldest rookie of the year winner in ARCA Series history, earning it at age 54.[4]
Vigh did not return to the No. 10 full-time in2020, and was replaced in that ride byRyan Huff. However, he did go back to running part-time for Fast Track, with his first start of the season coming atTalladega. After initially being on the entry list in the team's No. 11 car, the team moved him to the No. 01 (which was to be driven by Dick Doheny) before the race due to Willie Mullins securing a ride with the team in the days leading up to the race, where he was put in the No. 11. Vigh finished nineteenth in both of his ARCA starts in 2020, his second coming atPocono Raceway. He also made one start for Fast Track Racing in theARCA Menards Series East atDover.
Vigh stated prior to the 2020 season that he would be competing in dirt modified races atOrange County Fair Speedway as well as in street stock events again.[2]
Vigh is fromOtisville, New York, although he currently lives inParsippany, New Jersey.[citation needed]
Vigh and his wife Pamela Van Dunk own Big Momma Motorsports, which is Vigh's street stock and sportsman team.[2]
In addition to racing, Vigh works as a shop fabricator for Statewide Line Striping and has been a longtime ambassador for his sponsor, Extreme Energy Solutions, based inSparta, New Jersey.[5]
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| ARCA Menards 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 | AMSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2018 | Fast Track Racing | 10 | Toyota | DAY | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | CLT | POC | MCH | MAD 15 | GTW | CHI | IOW | ELK | POC | ISF 13 | BLN | DSF 13 | SLM | IRP | KAN | 40th | 495 | [6] |
| 2019 | Ford | DAY 23 | FIF 13 | SLM 11 | NSH 12 | TOL 9 | CLT 15 | POC 17 | MCH 17 | MAD 11 | GTW 19 | CHI 17 | ELK 15 | IOW 19 | POC 17 | ISF 19 | DSF 13 | SLM 19 | IRP 12 | KAN 19 | 6th | 3995 | [7] | |||
| Toyota | TAL 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | 01 | DAY | PHO | TAL 19 | 48th | 50 | [8] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Chevy | POC 19 | IRP | KEN | IOW | KAN | TOL | TOL | MCH | DAY | GTW | L44 | TOL | BRI | WIN | MEM | ISF | KAN | |||||||||
| 2022 | Fast Track Racing | 12 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | CLT 21 | IOW | BLN | ELK | MOH | POC | IRP | MCH | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | 107th | 23 | [9] |
| ARCA Menards Series East results | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | AMSEC | Pts | Ref | |
| 2020 | Fast Track Racing | 10 | Chevy | NSM | TOL | DOV 15 | TOL | BRI | FIF | 43rd | 29 | [10] | ||
| 2022 | Fast Track Racing | 12 | Chevy | NSM | FIF | DOV 13 | NSV | IOW | MLW | BRI | 49th | 31 | [11] | |
* Season still in progress
1 Driver ineligible for series points