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Peyton Sellers

Peyton Sellers (born October 20, 1983) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He won the 2005 and 2021 national championship of NASCAR's Weekly Racing Series.[1] He competed for several seasons in both the NASCAR Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series.

Peyton Sellers
Sellers in 2009
Born (1983-10-20) October 20, 1983 (age 41)
Danville, Virginia
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Achievements2005, 2021 NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series National Champion
2005 NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series Division I Champion
2005, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2024 South Boston Speedway Track Champion
2021 Dominion Raceway Champion
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
28 races run over 4 years
2015 position27th
Best finish27th (2015)
First race2006 New England 200 (Loudon)
Last race2015 Zippo 200 at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
8 races run over 6 years
2014 position67th
Best finish59th (2009)
First race2007 Silverado 350K (Texas)
Last race2014 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of August 8, 2015.

Racing career

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Local racing

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Sellers started his racing career in karting, beginning at age 7. By age 13, Sellers was driving open wheel sprint cars, collecting 11 feature wins in his first 20 races. After competing for several years in Sprints, Sellers decided to try his hand in stock car racing on asphalt ovals. He ran the 2001 season in the Limited Sportsman division at Orange County Speedway in Rougemont, North Carolina.[1] He competed at South Boston Speedway in Virginia as a rookie in 2002, winning Rookie of the Year honors in the Late Model Stock Car division.

In 2005, Sellers won 14 of his 16 starts at South Boston, winning the Dodge Weekly Series National championship.[1]

National NASCAR racing

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In 2006 Sellers raced in the NASCAR West Division, where he drove the No. 16 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet, his only win coming at Douglas County Speedway on July 1, 2006. He was a member of the Richard Childress Racing driver development program during that season. Sellers also competed in his first NASCAR Busch Series race at New Hampshire International Speedway, driving the No. 31 Chevrolet for Marsh Racing.

 
Seller's 2009 No. 77 Nationwide car (orange)

Sellers headed back east for the 2007 season and raced out of his home shop with brother, HC Sellers, as crew chief. Sellers finished 3rd overall in the NASCAR Busch East Series.[2] He would go on to finish 2nd in the Toyota All-Star Showdown.[3]

In 2008, Sellers signed on with Andy Santerre Motorsports in the No. 44 Chevrolet. Sellers took the pole and the win at the season opener at Greenville-Pickens Speedway, in Greenville, SC. The victory was short-lived due to a rules infraction. Sellers was stripped of his win and given a 30th-place finish.[4] At Iowa, in the closing laps, Sellers took second from Austin Dillon before a caution but he was placed back into fourth place on the restart (the position he was in on the restart after the previous yellow) because the NASCAR officials determined that a full lap had not been run since Sellers was in fourth and he never had the chance to challenge Brian Ickler for the lead. In the season finale, at Stafford Sellers finally win his first race. He finished the season 8th overall points standings, with a series high 3 poles. Peyton again came close to taking the win at the Toyota All-Star Showdown, with Jig-A-Loo as his sponsor, when a last lap spin out, while in the lead, made him finish 14th. The announcement came in December 2008 that Sellers would run a limited Nationwide Series schedule in 2009 with Cardinal Motorsports. Sellers is part owner of Cardinal motorsports, alongside Will Spencer of JKS Motorsports and Ed Berrier. In January Cardinal Motorsports announced a ten race NASCAR Nationwide sponsorship with SFP.

Sellers was suspended from NASCAR competition on October 25, 2011, as a result of an altercation following a race at South Boston Speedway until March 1, 2012.[5]

For 2015, Sellers planned to race in the NASCAR Xfinity Series full-time, taking over the No. 97 for Obaika Racing after Josh Reaume was released from the team after three race weekends, but was released from the team after Watkins Glen due to mediocre results.

After leaving NASCAR competition as a driver, Sellers he co-owned NASCAR K&N Pro Series East team Hunt-Sellers Racing with former KNPSE competitor Sam Hunt.[6] However the partnership ended in 2018. Sam Hunt renamed his team to Sam Hunt Racing and moved to Xfinity Series.

Regional racing

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Sellers' team (Sellers Racing Inc.) then fielded cars in the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series. Sellers continued to racing at local tracks. In 2021, Sellers won the track championships at Dominion Speedway and South Boston Speedway to win his second NASCAR Weekly Series championships by 34 points.[7]

On April 2, 2022, the Superstar Racing Experience announced that Sellers would race in the series' June 25 race at South Boston.[8]

Family life

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Sellers grew up in Danville, Virginia.[7] His parents are Mary and Burt Sellers.[7] For his 2021 championship, his father was his spotter, his mother records the races, and his brother H.C. was his crew chief/team operator.[7] Sellers' wife Jennie attended his races.[7]

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series

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NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NXSC Pts Ref
2006 Marsh Racing 31 Chevy DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA
37 		MAR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM
33 		TEX PHO HOM 109th 116 [9]
2009 Cardinal Motorsports 77 Chevy DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX
26 		NSH PHO TAL RCH
19 		DAR CLT
31 		DOV
31 		NSH KEN MLW
15 		NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP
26 		IOW
DNQ 		GLN
DNQ 		MCH BRI
31 		CGV ATL
28 		RCH DOV KAN
33 		CAL CLT
DNQ 		MEM TEX PHO HOM 58th 747 [10]
2010 Sellers Racing Inc. 25 Chevy DAY CAL LVS BRI NSH PHO TEX TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT
Wth 		NSH KEN ROA NHA
DNQ 		DAY CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN CAL CLT 147th 3 [11]
R3 Motorsports 23 Chevy GTY
20 		TEX PHO HOM
2015 Obaika Racing 97 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO
36 		CAL
29 		TEX
30 		BRI
32 		RCH
32 		TAL
18 		IOW
28 		CLT
28 		DOV
25 		MCH
24 		CHI
27 		DAY
16 		KEN
31 		NHA
26 		IND
35 		IOW GLN
34 		MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 27th 238 [12]

Camping World Truck Series

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NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 NCWTC Pts Ref
2007 Jeff Milburn Racing 76 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI GTW NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX
31 		PHO HOM 100th 70 [13]
2009 DGM Racing 72 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX MCH MLW
32 		MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI CHI IOW GTW NHA LVS 76th 137 [14]
Premier Racing 17 Toyota MAR
31 		TAL TEX PHO HOM
2010 Turn One Racing 64 Chevy DAY ATL MAR NSH KAN DOV CLT TEX MCH IOW GTY IRP POC NSH DAR BRI CHI KEN NHA
21 		LVS MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 98th 100 [15]
2011 66 DAY PHO DAR MAR NSH DOV CLT KAN TEX KEN IOW NSH IRP POC
25 		MCH
28 		BRI ATL CHI NHA KEN LVS TAL MAR TEX HOM 59th 35 [16]
2012 60 DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW CHI POC MCH BRI ATL IOW KEN LVS TAL MAR
20 		TEX PHO HOM 65th 26 [17]
2014 Win-Tron Racing 35 Toyota DAY MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW KEN IOW ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR
17 		TEX PHO HOM 67th 27 [18]

K&N Pro Series East

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NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2006 Marsh Racing 31 Chevy GRE
12 		STA HOL TMP ERI NHA
33 		ADI WFD NHA
7 		DOV
DNQ 		LRP 34th 358 [19]
2007 Sellers Racing Inc. 83 Chevy GRE
4 		ELK
5 		IOW
21 		SBO
2* 		STA
14 		NHA
9 		TMP
12 		NSH
16 		ADI
4 		MFD
7 		NHA
4 		DOV
9 		3rd 1862 [20]
Ford LRP
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2008 Andy Santerre Motorsports 44 Chevy GRE
30 		IOW
11 		SBO
3 		GLN
18 		NHA
29 		TMP
18 		NSH
2* 		ADI
9* 		LRP
3 		MFD
3 		NHA
20 		DOV
18 		STA
1 		8th 1732 [21]
2013 Hattori Racing Enterprises 01 Toyota BRI GRE FIF RCH BGS IOW LGY COL IOW VIR
7 		GRE NHA DOV RAL 53rd 37 [22]
2015 DRIVE Technology 18 Toyota NSM GRE
10 		BRI IOW BGS LGY COL NHA IOW GLN MOT VIR RCH DOV
18 		38th 60 [23]
2017 Hunt-Sellers Racing 18 Toyota NSM GRE BRI SBO
9 		SBO
8 		MEM BLN TMP NHA IOW GLN LGY NJM DOV 27th 71 [24]

Autozone West Series

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NASCAR Autozone West Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NAWC Pts Ref
2006 Bill McAnally Racing 16 Chevy PHO
5 		PHO
2 		S99
15 		IRW
23 		SON
3 		DCS
1* 		IRW
16 		EVG
5 		S99
3 		CAL
21 		CTS
16 		AMP
20 		5th 1675 [25]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Re/Max Series

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(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Re/Max Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ARSC Pts Ref
2004 Sellers Racing Inc. 04 Pontiac DAY NSH SLM KEN TOL CLT KAN POC MCH SBO
25 		BLN KEN GTW POC LER NSH ISF TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL 155th 105 [26]
2009 Sellers Racing Inc. 47 Chevy DAY
36 		SLM CAR TAL KEN TOL POC MCH MFD IOW KEN BLN POC ISF CHI TOL DSF NJE SLM KAN
13 		CAR 102nd 215 [27]

Rolex Sports Car Series

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(key) Bold – Pole Position. (Overall Finish/Class Finish).

Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series DP results
Year Team No. Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Pts Ref
2005 Synergy Racing 86 BMW-Picchio DAY
(60/29) 		HOM FON LS CMT WGL DAY ALA WGL MOH PHO WGL VIR MXC 147th 2 [28]

24 Hours of Daytona

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(key)

24 Hours of Daytona results
Year Class No Team Car Co-drivers Laps Position Class Pos.
2005 DP 86   Synergy Racing BMW-Picchio   Steve Marshall
  Jason Workman
  Archie Urciuoli 		134 60 DNF 29 DNF

Superstar Racing Experience

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(key) * – Most laps led. 1 – Heat 1 winner. 2 – Heat 2 winner.

Superstar Racing Experience results
Year No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 SRXC Pts
2022 26 FIF SBO
10 		STA NSV I55 SHA 20th 10

References

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  1. ^ a b c Schaefer, Paul. Where Stars Are Born: Celebrating 25 Years of NASCAR Weekly Racing. Coastal 181, Newburyport, Massachusetts, USA, 2006. ISBN 0-9789261-0-2. pp. 155-161.
  2. ^ EastSeries.com 2007 Points Standings Archived September 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ NASCAR Toyota All-Star Showdown Race Results Archived July 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Newton, David. Should postrace disqualification set precedence for NASCAR's top series?. ESPN.com, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA, April 24, 2008.
  5. ^ Sordelett, Damien (October 25, 2011). "NASCAR hands down fines, suspensions from SoBo post-race incidents". Danville Register. Danville, VA. Archived from the original on January 24, 2013. Retrieved October 26, 2011.
  6. ^ Soquet, William (May 15, 2018). "K&N EAST: Colin Garrett's Cinderella run ends halfway through at South Boston". LASTCAR. Blogger. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
  7. ^ a b c d e Cara, Cooper (December 6, 2021). "Peyton Sellers: 2021 NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series Division I champion profile". NASCAR. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  8. ^ Nebbia, Michael (April 2, 2022). "SRX Signs Former NASCAR Weekly Series Champ Peyton Sellers". www.frontstretch.com. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  9. ^ "Peyton Sellers – 2006 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  10. ^ "Peyton Sellers – 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  11. ^ "Peyton Sellers – 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  12. ^ "Peyton Sellers – 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  13. ^ "Peyton Sellers – 2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  14. ^ "Peyton Sellers – 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  15. ^ "Peyton Sellers – 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  16. ^ "Peyton Sellers – 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  17. ^ "Peyton Sellers – 2012 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  18. ^ "Peyton Sellers – 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  19. ^ "Peyton Sellers – 2006 NASCAR Busch East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  20. ^ "Peyton Sellers – 2007 NASCAR Busch East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  21. ^ "Peyton Sellers – 2008 NASCAR Camping World East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  22. ^ "Peyton Sellers – 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  23. ^ "Peyton Sellers – 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  24. ^ "Peyton Sellers – 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  25. ^ "Peyton Sellers – 2006 NASCAR Autozone West Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  26. ^ "Peyton Sellers – 2004 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  27. ^ "Peyton Sellers – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  28. ^ "Peyton Sellers – 2005 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
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