2001 Track Champions
Class Car No. Driver Points
Late Model
43
Aaron Bapst
1140
Modified
4C
Bo Cox
1180
Street Stocks
555
Mike Steele
1440
Bombers
47
Donald Sensabaugh
825


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PRP 2001 Champions
#47 Donald Sensabaugh, Bomber ** #555 Mike Steele, Street Stock
#4c Bo Cox, Modified ** #43 Aaron Bapst, Late Model

LATE MODEL

Aaron Bapst of Jackson, Ohio breezed to his first ever Portsmouth Raceway Park Track Championship in 2001. In 17 A-Main starts, Bapst posted four feature wins, a dozen top five finishes and 13 top 10's. The 25 year-old Bapst became the youngest Late Model driver to ever win a PRP title, as the 2001 points race saw him fend off such veteran competitors as Bill Bocook, Delmas Conley, Barry Bragdon and Kenny Christy.

Car# Driver Points A Main
Starts		 Wins Top 5
Finishes		 Top 10
Finishes
43
Aaron Bapst
1140
17
4
12
13

MODIFIED

Bo Cox of Portsmouth, Ohio picked up five feature wins in 2001 in route to his first ever PRP Modified Track Championship. In only his second year of competition in the Modified ranks, Cox posted nine top five finishes and 11 top 10's in 14 A-Main starts. The former PRP Bomber Track Champ held off Ben Adkins, Doug Adkins, Rick Walker and Rick Hensley for the top prize in the Modified Class.

Car# Driver Points A Main
Starts		 Wins Top 5
Finishes		 Top 10
Finishes
4C
Bo Cox
1180
14
5
9
11

STREET STOCK

Mike Steele of Catlettsburg, KY proved that persuverance pays off as 2001 brought him his very first PRP Street Stock Championship - an honor which had eluded him for nine straight seasons. Steele, who had posted several runner-up finishes in the Portsmouth Raceway Park points races down through the years, had a season in which everything went his way. His six feature wins, 13 top fives and 14 top 10's were all PRP bests regardless of division.

Car# Driver Points A Main
Starts		 Wins Top 5
Finishes		 Top 10
Finishes
555
Mike Steele
1440
14
6
13
14

BOMBERS

Donald Sensabaugh of South Portsmouth, KY mounted one solid finish after the other on his way to the 2001 PRP Bomber Track Championship. While Sensabaugh never actually won a race, his consistency more than compensated for it from a points standpoint. In 10 A-Main starts, Sensabaugh recorded eight top 10's and six top five's as he narrowly skated past runner-up Jeff Stevens by 25 points - the closest margin of victory in any of Portsmouth Raceway Park's four primary divisions in 2001.

Car# Driver Points A Main
Starts		 Wins Top 5
Finishes		 Top 10
Finishes
47
Donald Sensabaugh
825
10
0
6
8

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