Driver of the Week: Roy Roberts

This week Tri-State’s Driver of the week is Roy Roberts.

Roy met his wife Sandy on a blind date at the races. He has one daughter, Tiffany Burris and three step sons. As a young boy, he talked his Mom to take him to the races at Thunderbird and he told her that was what he wanted to do. He began racing in 1980 in a late model and also drove the modified class. He settled on the super stock class, which he still drives in now.

In 1982, he started his own business, Roberts Racing Chassis, and built his first modified and then his super stock. Although he works at Fort Smith Schools, he still has a shop and Roberts Racing Chassis is still represented on the track.

Roy’s sponsors are Bruce Terri Catering and Shamrock Bolt and Screw. He wants to thank his pit crew, Tommy Denne and Steve Adams. Steve is the one with the baby oil soaked cloth rubbing the mud off the #116 super stock that parks in the middle of the infield between turn three and four. He also sends a special thanks to his fans for the many years of support he has received.

We thank Roy and his racing family for their continued support of Tri-State Speedway and hope to be seeing a lot of them on victory lane in the coming seasons.