Tommy Corellis

Thomas A. Corellis (born August 18, 1941) is a retired American Dirt Modified racing driver. Corellis captured 8 track championships at the Lebanon Valley Speedway (New York) during his career, including five consecutive titles from 1971 to 1975.^[1]

Tommy Corellis
Born	Thomas A. Corellis (1941-08-18) August 18, 1941 (age 83)
Debut season	1955
Modified racing career
Car number	1, 28, 50, 57, 63, 72
Championships	8
Finished last season	1996

Racing career

Tommy Corellis started racing at age 14 at Lebanon Valley, but promptly got expelled. He returned a few years later and became a dominant racer, ultimately winning 83 feature events at the venue.^[2] Corellis also competed regularly at the Devil's Bowl Speedway in West Haven, Vermont, and the Albany-Saratoga and Orange County Fair Speedways in New York.^[3][4][5] He captured both the 1986 and 1987 Independence Day events at the Syracuse New York Mile.^[6]

After surgery to remove a brain aneurism in 1989, Corellis made multiple return visits to victory lane before permanently handing the keys to his son Donnie in 1996.^[7][8] He was inducted into the Northeast Dirt Modified and the New York State Stock Car Association Halls of Fame.^[9][10]