Salvatore Iovino (born July 15, 1983) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He is also a team owner for Holleran-Iovino Racing (HIR) in the K&N Pro Series East, competing under the Patriot Motorsports Group banner.[2] Prior to competing in stock car racing, he competed as a NHRA drag racing driver.[3] Iovino is a first-generation driver.[4]
| Salvatore Iovino | |
|---|---|
 Iovino at New Smyrna Speedway in 2018 | |
| Nationality | American |
| Born | July 15, 1983 Phoenix, Arizona |
| NASCAR K&N Pro Series West career | |
| Debut season | 2016 |
| Starts | 0 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Previous series | |
| 2017-2018 2018 2016-2018 2016 | NASCAR K&N Pro Series East ARCA Racing Series All-Whelen Modified Series NAPA BIG 5 Latemodels NAPA Super Late Model Series |
| Awards | |
| 2016[1] | Most Popular Driver K&N Pro Series West |
Early life and career
editIovino was born in Phoenix, Arizona and raised in Southern California.[5] In 2008, he moved to Georgia,[6] where he owns the Atlanta-based telecommunications company, Integrated Tower Services LLC. The company performs cell tower maintenance, repair and installation.[7]
Racing career
editIn 2012, Iovino began his racing career competing in the NHRA,[4] driving Pro Stock, Pro Dial, and Super Pro Street Class drag cars.[3] In early 2016, Iovino began stock car racing, starting with the NASCAR All-Whelen Modified’s, NAPA Latemodel Series.[8] In July 2016, he moved into the NASCAR K&N Pro Series starting his first race at the Stateline Speedway in Idaho.[3] After moving to the K&N series, Iovino completed the 7 races that were left on the schedule. Despite only completing half the season, Iovino won the honors of Most Popular Driver for the NASCAR K&N Pro West Series in November 2016.[9] On February 19, 2017, Iovino finished 17th in his first NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race at New Smyrna.[10]
On March 15, 2017, it was announced that Iovino would drive full-time for Copp Motorsports in the Camping World Truck Series during the 2018 season.[11] The partnership did not work out as family issues derailed him from gaining the permits necessary to compete. Plans on running the full 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East season, with some K&N West and ARCA races being a part of the schedule in 2018,[12][13] also only resulted in a part-time schedule as he only ran three K&N East races.[14]
Motorsports career results
editNASCAR
edit(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
K&N Pro Series East
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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 | Patriot Motorsports Group | 38 | Chevy | NSM 17 |
GRE 18 |
BRI | SBO | SBO | MEM | BLN | TMP | NHA | IOW | GLN | LGY | NJM | DOV | 36th | 53 | [15] |
| 2018 | 32 | NSM 28 |
BRI 17 |
LGY 14 |
SBO | SBO | MEM | NJM | TMP | NHA | IOW | GLN | GTW | NHA | DOV | 29th | 73 | [14] | ||
K&N Pro Series West
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | NKNPSWC | Pts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Nick Sommer Racing | 39 | Toyota | IRW | KCR | TUS | OSS | CNS | SON | SLS 17 |
IOW | DCS 16 |
MMP 16 |
MMP 16 |
MER 21 |
18th | 179 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 38 | EVG 21 |
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| 39 | Chevy | AAS 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Patriot Motorsports Group | 38 | TUS 21 |
KCR 20 |
IRW Wth |
IRW Wth |
SPO 21 |
OSS | CNS | SON | IOW | EVG | DCS | MER | AAS | KCR | 25th | 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 32 | Ford | KCR 17 |
TUS | TUS | OSS | CNS | SON | DCS | IOW | EVG | GTW | LVS | MER | AAS | KCR | 53rd | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
ARCA Racing Series
edit(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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ARSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2018 | Patriot Motorsports Group | 38 | Chevy | DAY | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | CLT Wth |
POC | MCH | MAD | GTW | CHI | IOW | ELK | POC | ISF | BLN | DSF | SLM | IRP | KAN | 106th | 0 | [16] |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
Legal issues
editOn November 7, 2019, Iovino and his wife Melissa were arrested in Kennesaw, Georgia. Charges included two felony counts of unlawfully entering a car with intent to commit a crime, felony cocaine possession, felony possession of hydrocodone to distribute, felony possession of amphetamine to distribute, three counts of felony forgery in the third degree, felony card theft, and felony identity theft. Salvatore was released, on bond, on December 28, 2019. He is currently awaiting trial.[17] The storage facility, the site of many of the crimes, has since sold at auction the storage locker containing most of the Iovino's belongings, which have been sold by the buyer.
References
edit- ^ Jensen, Tom (December 14, 2016). "Six Champions Honored at Nascar Touring Series Banquet". Fox Sports. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
- ^ "Salvatore Iovino Emerges in Three Way Deal!". Incline Magazine. December 20, 2016. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
- ^ a b c "K&N West Race Preview: Stateline". Seacoastonline.com. July 6, 2016. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
- ^ a b Lauren Houston (9 March 2017). "NASCAR Opinion Leader Kicks Off in Atlanta". NASCAR Home Tracks.
- ^ Paglia, Brian (September 3, 2016). "Forsyth County Resident Hoping to Climb NASCAR Ranks". Forsyth County News. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
- ^ Starss, Chris (August 9, 2016). "Infinite Wireless Services Help Keep Iovino's Dream Alive". Newton Citizen. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
- ^ Martinez, Lauren (November 11, 2016). "Driver Salvatore Iovino hopes to be the future of NASCAR". RollingOut. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
- ^ "Salvatore Iovino Racing". Modern Street Hemi Shootout. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
- ^ Utter, Jim (November 23, 2016). "Meet (most of) NASCAR's Most Popular Drivers in 2016". Motorsport.com. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
- ^ "K&N Pro Series East: Additional Drivers". Nascar Hometracks. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
- ^ "Iovino to drive for Copp in 2018". Jayski. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ^ Soquet, William (March 20, 2018). "K&N WEST: Iwuji takes first damage DNF of career". LASTCAR. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
- ^ Gilstrap, Adrian (9 March 2018). "Kayton Travel to sponsor K&N Pro Series driver Salvatore Iovino". onpitroad. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Driver Salvatore Iovino 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing Reference. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ "Driver Salvatore Iovino 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing Reference. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ "Driver Salvatore Iovino 2018 ARCA Racing Series results". Racing Reference. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
- ^ "Police claim married couple responsible in rash of crimes in Kennesaw". Marietta Dailu Journal. November 14, 2019. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
External links
edit- Salvatore Iovino driver statistics at Racing-Reference