Robert Tartaglia

Robert Tartaglia (born April 19, 1959) is an American former professional stock car racing driver who competed in the NASCAR Winston West Series from 1978 to 1981.

Racing career Tartaglia debuted in the NASCAR Winston West Series in 1978, driving for Harry Goularte at Stockton 99 Speedway, where he crashed out after just seven laps; in three further starts, he scored a best finish of eleventh at Orange Show Speedway. Tartaglia would run a majority of the schedule in 1979, driving the No. 57 for Don Guy Racing. In thirteen races, he scored three top-tens, including a fifth place finish in his final start of the year at Ascot Park. He ended the season seventh in the standings. In running a majority of the West Series schedule, Tartaglia made his NASCAR Winston Cup Series debut at Riverside International Raceway in the NAPA Riverside 400 after failing to qualify for the season opener at the track; he would finish twenty-fourth after a crash took him out of the event after forty-seven laps. In 1980, Tartaglia competed in eight races, again scoring three top tens. He finished eighth in the standings. Tartaglia's final year of NASCAR competition came in 1981, where he competed in six West Series races, scoring two top-ten results. This schedule included his second and final Winston Cup start, where he finished thirty-fifth at Riverside after valve issues took him out of the race after just four laps. Following his NASCAR career, Tartaglia began competing in the USAC Supermodified Series in 1985. While he failed to finish his first two starts, he would score a fifth place finish at the Spokane Super Oval. He competed in two races at Chaparral Speedway in 1986, finishing ninth and eleventh. Tartaglia expanded his schedule to fourteen races in 1987, scoring twelve top tens, including four third place finishes. His final season in the series came in 1988, where he competed in twelve of thirteen races, finishing top-ten in all of them and finishing third in the standings. From 1989 to 1992, Tartaglia competed in the Copper World Classic at Phoenix Raceway, scoring two top-tens.

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.)

Winston Cup Series

Winston West Series