Donny Lia

Domenick “Donny” Anthony Lia (born November 8, 1978) is an American stock car racing driver. He won the 2007 and 2009 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour championships. He also won the Race of Champions Modified Tour races in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007. He has raced on the national level in the ARCA Re/Max Series (now ARCA Racing Series), Camping World Truck Series, and the Nationwide Series.

Early and personal life Lia owns several car dealerships in the Long Island area. He had his first top-ten finish at Martinsville Speedway when he finished ninth. He scored his first Craftsman Truck Series win at Mansfield in the Ohio 250 on May 24, 2008 by nudging race leader David Starr out of the way on the final lap. He was the first rookie to win a Truck Series event since Carl Edwards in the 2003 season. He was the also the first driver from Riverhead, New York to win a NASCAR national series race since Steve Park's final Cup Series win in 2001. Late in the season, Lia resigned from TRG, and signed to drive for Randy Moss Motorsports for seven of the final eight races of the season.

Lia returned to the Mystic Missile in the Whelen Modified Tour in 2009, winning four times and winning his second championship. He then ran three truck races for Stringer Motorsports near the end of the season.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Nationwide Series NASCAR Nationwide Series results 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 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Pts Ref 2009 SK Motorsports 07 Toyota DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DARCLT43 DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 150th 34

Camping World Truck Series NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results 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 23 24 25 Pts Ref 2007 Bill Davis Racing 36 Toyota DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI GTW NHA20 LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO 75th 191 HT Motorsports 59 Toyota HOM25 2008 TRG Motorsports 71 Chevy DAY CAL26 ATL20 MAR9 KAN12 CLT34 MFD1 DOV17 TEX19 MCH12 MLW22 MEM26 KEN20 IRP9 NSH16 BRI12 GTW 18th 2466 Randy Moss Motorsports 81 Chevy NHA29 LVS10 TAL MAR28 ATL17 TEX14 PHO16 HOM16 2010 SS-Green Light Racing 21 Dodge DAY30 21st 1500 07 Chevy ATL16 MAR NSH22 KAN DOV19 CLT26 TEX IOW26 GTY IRP DAR25 Dodge MCH13 21 Chevy POC22 NSH12 07 Toyota BRI30 CHI Stringer Motorsports 90 Toyota KEN18 NHA12 LVS28 MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM

Busch North Series NASCAR Busch North Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts Ref 2005 Solhem Racing 00 Chevy STA HOL ERI NHA WFD ADI STA DUB OXF NHA28 DOV LRP TMP 59th 79

Whelen Southern Modified Tour NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour results Year Car owner No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts Ref 2011 John Lukosavage 01 Chevy CRW HCY SBO CRW CRW BGS BRI CRW LGY THO8 TRI CRW CLT CRW 31st 147

ARCA Racing Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Racing Series results 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 23 Pts Ref 2006 Hagans Racing 9 Dodge DAY NSH37 SLM WIN KEN41 TOL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW NSH MCH ISF MIL TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL IOW 155th 75 2010 Venturini Motorsports 55 Toyota DAY PBE SLM TEX TAL TOL POC MCH IOW MFD POC39 BLN NJE ISF CHI DSF TOL SLM KAN CAR 138th 35