
Driver: Todd Hestor
Hometown: Middleburg, PA
Car #: 4
Car Owner: Les and Nathan Lyons
Sponsors: L. R. Lyons & Son Transportation,
Lyons Auto and Truck Service Center, Geiswite Moving Services, Cenn Penn Construction
DOB: October 29, 1969
Occupation: Service Technician for Silvertip Contracting of Lewisburg
Hobbies: Golfing, Carpentry
Favorite Track: Williams Grove Speedway
Favorite Drink: Coca Cola
Favorite Food: Steak
Married: Katrina
Children: Katie (9/5/98), Taylor (9/5/02)
Chassis: J & J
Engine: Kriner
Crew Members: Jeremiah Underhill, Nick Weikel, Chris Aucker,
Frank Benfer, Dwayne Walter
Years Racing: Go-Karts (1979-93); Micro Sprints (1994); 410 Sprints (1995 -
Present)
Racing mentor: Bobby Allen
How did Todd get started in racing: Todd was only 10 years old when his parents,
Peanut and Kay Hestor, helped Todd to get started racing in a family owned
go-kart.
Racing
Accomplishments:
- 1979-1993 - Go-Karts - Over
125 feature wins
- 1989 Winner of the Eastern U.S.
Burris Dirt Series Karting Championship
- 1990 Winner of the Eastern U.S.
Burris Dirt Series Karting Championship
- 1994 - Micro Sprints - 4 feature
wins
- 1995 Rookie of the Year - Selinsgrove
Speedway
- 1995 Selinsgrove Driver Points
Challenge - 8th
- 1996 Selinsgrove Driver Points
Challenge - 9th
- 1997 Selinsgrove Driver Points
Challenge - 7th
- 1997 Most Improved Driver -
Selinsgrove Speedway
- 1998 Keystone Race Chasers Sportsmanship
Award - Selinsgrove Speedway
- 1999 - 21 top ten finishes and
11 top five finishes. Best finish was 2nd at Selinsgrove
- 1999 Selinsgrove Driver Points
Challenge - 11th
- 1999 Williams Grove Driver Points
Challenge - 20th
- 1999 Port Royal Driver Points
Challenge - 11th
- 2000 - 32 top ten finishes and
14 top five finishes.
- 2000 Feature win - Williams
Grove Speedway 4/28/00
- 2000 Feature win - Selinsgrove
Speedway 5/28/00
- 2000 Selinsgrove 8-lap record
holder - 2:17.50
- 2000 Selinsgrove 6-lap record
holder - 1:45.91
- 2000 Selinsgrove Driver Points
Challenge - 5th
- 2000 Port Royal Driver Points
Challenge - 7th
- 2000 Williams Grove Driver Points
Challenge - 9th
- 2001 Feature win – Port
Royal Speedway 8/4/01
- 2001 Feature win – Port
Royal Speedway 8/11/01
- 2001 Port Royal Driver Points
Challenge – 3rd
- 2001Williams Grove Driver Points
Challenge – 8th
- 2001
Auto Racing Club of Hagerstown Sportsmanship Award for Port Royal
Speedway
- 2001 – 22 top 5 finishes
- 2001 – 39 top 10 finishes
- 2002 Port Royal – Set
new track record for 10 laps – 2:50.535
- 2002 Port Royal feature wins
5/11, 6/1, 7/20
- 2002 Selinsgrove feature win
– Jan Opperman Memorial 6/2/02
- 2002 Williams Grove feature
win – 6/28/02
- 2002
Port Royal Driver Points Challenge – 2nd
- 2002
Williams Grove Driver Points Challenge – 7th
- 2002
Selinsgrove Series Points Challenge – 5th
- 2002
– 37 top 10 finishes
- 2002
– 15 top 5 finishes
- 2002
– Port Royal points leader for over 10 weeks during May,
June, July, August.
- 2002
– Set Quick time over World of Outlaws on 5/18/02 at Hagerstown
Speedway and on 9/29/02 at Port Royal
- 2002
Fifth place finish in Williams Grove National Open
- 2003
14 Top five finishes and 33 Top ten finishes
- 2003
Williams Grove driver points challenge - 10th
- 2003
Port Royal driver points challenge - 4th
- 2003
Selinsgrove series driver points challenge - 6th
- 2003
Pennsylvania Speedweek driver points challenge - 6th
- 2003
Set quick time over All Star Circuit of Champions at Williams
Grove on 7/11/03
- 2003
Clinton County Speedway feature win - Pennsylvania Sprint Shoot
Out 10/12/03
- 2003 Sportsman
of the Year - Williams Grove Speedway
- 2004 Clinton County Speedway– Set new track record for 10 laps – 2:13.09
- 2004 Port Royal feature win 4/10/04
- 2004 Williams Grove feature win – 3 / 21/04
- 2004 Port Royal Driver Points Challenge – 10 th
- 2004 Williams Grove Driver Points Challenge – 13th
- 2004 – 29 top 10 finishes
- 2004 – 9 top 5 finishes
- 2004 – Set six quick times in 13 attempts inlcuding three over the World of Outlaws at Williams Grove on 7/23, 10/1 & 10/2/04. Timed outside the top ten only twice and outside the top five only three times.
- 2005 - 4 top 5 finishes, 8 top 10 finishes
- 98 Career top five finishes through 2005
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