Driver - Adam Bates

Driver:     Adam Bates
Born:       February 14, 1988
Freshman at NHTI  Concord, NH

Started racing Go Karts at Sugar Hill Speedway were he was track champion 4 times between 1999 and 2003.

   2000 Tiger Sprint Champion
   2001 Tiger Sprint and
             Jr Champ Champion
   2002 Jr Champ Champion

Started racing cars in August of 2003.

In 2004, his first full season racing cars, Adam finished 3rd in points and took home rookie of the year honors in the Super Street Division at Canaan Speedway.
 
In 2005 Adam ran a full season in the Late Model division at Twin State Speedway where he had 1 win, 6 top 5, and 16 top ten finishes. This landed him rookie of the year honors and gave him a 5th place points position.

Last season Adam was dominant in the late model division winning 7 races.  In only his second season in the division he was in the race for the points championship all season long until late in the season when bad luck and mechanical failures dropped him out of the running.  He finished the season 3rd in points with more wins than any other driver in the division.

Favorite Fan: His Grandfather

 

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