Peyton Sellers

Peyton Sellers
Sellers in 2009
Born	(1983-10-20) October 20, 1983 (age 40) Danville, Virginia
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Achievements	2005, 2021 NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series National Champion 2005 NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series Division I Champion 2005, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 South Boston Speedway Track Champion 2021 Dominion Raceway Champion
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
28 races run over 4 years
2015 position	27th
Best finish	27th (2015)
First race	2006 New England 200 (Loudon)
Last race	2015 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 position	67th
Best finish	59th (2009)
First race	2007 Silverado 350K (Texas)
Last race	2014 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics current as of August 8, 2015.

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.

Racing career

Local racing

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

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

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

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

NASCAR

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

Xfinity Series

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

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

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 8
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

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

(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

(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

(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

(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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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.
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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.
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8. Nebbia, Michael (April 2, 2022). "SRX Signs Former NASCAR Weekly Series Champ Peyton Sellers". www.frontstretch.com. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
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11. "Peyton Sellers – 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
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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.
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18. "Peyton Sellers – 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
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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.
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24. "Peyton Sellers – 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
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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.

External links

• Official website
• Peyton Sellers driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• East Series Driver Card
• West Series Driver Card