Donny Lia

Domenick “Donny” Anthony Lia (born November 8, 1978)[1] is an American stock car racing driver.

He is also an 18-Time National and International Champion in the Radio-Controlled Model Racing Industry, and owns the largest RC On-Road Indoor Racetrack in the United States which he enjoys with his two sons, Michael and Domenick Jr. [2] After retiring in 2017, Lia took a five year hiatus from racing until he returned to the NASCAR Whelen Modified Series in 2022.

[2] He won several times including the track's biggest event, the prestigious Turkey Derby.

In 2000, Lia continued racing his Legends car with success all over the eastern United States, scoring over 20 wins.

The 2002 season was spent gaining experience for a full-time move to the NASCAR Modified Tour in 2003.

He also competed on the Race of Champions Modified Tour, taking a big victory in the second-annual North-South Shootout at Concord Motorsport Park in North Carolina.

They went on to have one of the most dominant seasons in NASCAR’s modern era (to that point)- winning 6 Whelen Modified Tour races including the events at Martinsville, 2 at Stafford, Thompson, New Hampshire, and Riverhead.

However, sponsorship did not pan out, and instead joined The Racer's Group (TRG) for the 2008 season, driving Kevin Buckler's No.

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.