Mike Senica

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Mike Senica
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Senica at Greenville-Pickens Speedway
BornMichael Senica
(1966-04-26) April 26, 1966 (age 58)
Doylestown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
12 races run over 2 years
2018 position79th
Best finish35th (2017)
First race 2017 M&M's 200 (Iowa)
Last race 2018 Alpha Energy Solutions 250 (Martinsville)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
Statistics current as of November 25, 2018.

Michael Senica (born April 26, 1966), also known by his ring name Mike Flyte, is an American professional stock car racing driver and professional wrestler. Spouse: Shital (m. 7/2024)

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Racing career

Senica competed in Formula Ford racing in the mid 1990s; he was mentored by former Indy 500 Dennis Vitolo to acquire sponsors to support his racing efforts.[ citation needed ] He attended the Fast-Track Racing School in 2005 at Charlotte Motor Speedway and earned his ARCA license;[ citation needed ] he made his debut in the ARCA Racing Series in 2010, driving for Peterson Motorsports at Mansfield Motorsports Speedway, finishing 30th in his debut. [1] He competed in five additional races between 2010 and 2012, posting a best finish of 30th in his debut at Mansfield, [2] and finishing tied for 87th in points in 2012 for his best points finish. [3]

In 2013, Senica moved to the ARCA Truck Series, driving for Team Wilson Driver Development as a teammate to Devin Moran, and Bobby Dale Earnhardt. [4] In August, he joined Mike Harmon Racing as a development driver, planning to make his NASCAR debut in the Camping World Truck Series later that season. [5] Senica's best finish was 10th place at Lake County Speedway on October 13 driving for Spear Motorsports.

In December 2014, Team Stange Racing announced that Senica joined their team in 2015 and competed in the NASCAR K&N Series in select races starting at New Smyrna Speedway during NASCAR's Speedweeks in Daytona Beach. [6] The New Symrna start never happened but Senica did make three starts with the team. [7] Later in the year, he made a start with Spraker Racing, at Richmond. Senica later signed on with LaCross Motorsports. Senica ran in the Super Cup Stock Car Series with LaCross Motorsports.Senica finished 15th in the points in the Super Cup Series. He ran in the ARCA Truck Series at Jennerstown Speedway on September 13 and finished in 10th place for SPEAR Motorsports.[ citation needed ]

On January 17, 2016, Senica tested for Wayne Peterson Racing at the Daytona International Speedway in the ARCA Series. It was announced on March 8 that Senica has a return set to the ARCA Racing Series at Nashville Speedway with Wayne Peterson Racing. After the Nashville race, he signed with Hixson Motorsports. In ten races, Senica crashed out of one, was parked for being too slow in two others, start and parked in six and ran one full race at Kentucky. [8] He finished 20th in points having competed in 11 of the season's 20 races. [9]

In 2017, Senica continued his part-time ARCA schedule for Hixson Motorsports. Senica announced on May 24 that he would be driving the No. 83 Chevrolet Silverado for Copp Motorsports in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series at Iowa on June 23. He started last and went on to finish in 21st; however, he was parked for being too slow in the race. [10] Senica then moved over to Norm Benning Racing where he attempted eleven races, failing to qualify for two and start and parking in the other nine, never making it more than eight laps. [11] He attempted six ARCA races for Hixson, finishing 23rd at Daytona, four laps down. He then start and parked for three races and was parked during the Chicagoland race for being too slow, similar to the Truck Series. [12] After failing to qualify for the Winchester race due to ARCA's minimum speed rule, Senica posted on Twitter to criticize the rule change. [13]

In March 2018, Senica was running for TJL Motorsports at Martinsville Speedway in the Truck Series when after eight laps, Truck Series competition director David Hoots radioed for Senica to be parked for going too slow. Senica disregarded the order and stayed on the track, drawing a black flag, indicating that NASCAR would no longer be scoring his truck. A few laps later, he stalled the truck at the backstretch entrance to the garage, causing a caution (that eventually turned into a red flag because of weather conditions that were incoming). The incident led to him, team owner Tracy Lowe and crew chief William Guinade being called to the NASCAR hauler after the race was postponed for weather. The next morning, Senica called out journalist Chris Knight (who had previously posted tweets critical of Senica because of a concern for the other drivers) on Twitter by alleging that Knight was trying to "boost his ratings" and "abusing" free speech while also asking if Knight had ever driven a stock car. [14] [15] Although absent from the NASCAR scene in summer 2018, Senica ran the occasional late model race at Mahoning Speedway, finishing near the rear of the field. [16]

On January 8, 2019, Senica announced a partial Truck slate with Copp Motorsports in 2019, though this was later denied by team owner DJ Copp. It was later revealed that Senica was only eligible to compete at Eldora Speedway. [17]

In 2022 Senica has been running in the Super Cup Stock Car Series, racing for Ashton Motorsports and teaming up with Rob Jones. The pair operates RAM Racing. [18]

Senica finished 7th in the Super Cup Stock Car Series driver points for the 2022 season.

Mike raced in the Super Cup Series in 2023 where he collected a 9th place in the final driver points.

Senica participated in a few races during the 2024 Super Cup Series and collected a 4th place in overall driver standings. His best finish was 3rd place at Shenandoah and Lonesome Pine Speedways.

Wrestling

Senica participates in professional wrestling under the stage name Mike Flyte, [4] and was trained by WWE Hall of Famer Afa, the Wild Samoan. He has also worked under the names Padrone, Masked Superstar and The Machine.[ citation needed ] Currently, he works as the manager for D-Ray 3000 in the International Wrestling Network.[ citation needed ]

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.)

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223NCWTCPtsRef
2017 Copp Motorsports 83 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW
21		 KEN ELD 35th83 [19]
Norm Benning Racing 57 Chevy POC
30		 MCH
27		 BRI
DNQ		 MSP
30		 CHI
32		 NHA
28		 LVS
27		 TAL MAR
DNQ		 TEX
30		 PHO
32		 HOM
30
2018 Jennifer Jo Cobb Racing 0 Chevy DAY ATL LVS
30		79th12 [20]
TJL Motorsports 1 Chevy MAR
32		 DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN ELD POC MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314NKNPSECPtsRef
2015 Team Stange Racing 47 Chevy NSM GRE
24		 BRI IOW BGS LGY COL
20		 NHA 33rd79 [21]
45 IOW
21		 GLN MOT VIR
37 Toyota RCH
32		 DOV

ARCA Racing Series

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

ARCA Racing Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920ARSCPtsRef
2010 Wayne Peterson Racing 06 Ford DAY PBE SLM TEX TAL TOL POC MCH IOW MFD
30		 POC BLN NJE
33		 ISF CHI DSF TOL 95th170 [22]
0 Chevy SLM
31		 KAN CAR
2011 Carter 2 Motorsports 04 Dodge DAY TAL SLM TOL NJE CHI POC MCH WIN BLN IOW IRP POC ISF MAD
32		 DSF SLM KAN 145th95 [23]
Hixson Motorsports 29 Chevy TOL
DNQ
2012 28 DAY MOB
DNQ		 SLM
32		 TAL TOL ELK POC MCH WIN 88th220 [24]
95 NJE
32		 IOW CHI
Fast Track Racing 10 Ford IRP
35		 POC BLN ISF MAD SLM DSF KAN
2014 Carter 2 Motorsports 40 Dodge DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH ELK WIN CHI IRP
27		 POC BLN ISF MAD DSF SLM KEN KAN 134th95 [25]
2016 Wayne Peterson Racing 0 Ford DAY NSH
32		 SLM TAL TOL 20th1330 [26]
Hixson Motorsports 2 Chevy NJE
22		 POC MCH
64 MAD
19		 WIN
18		 IOW
23		 IRP
29		 POC BLN
17		 ISF
22		 DSF
24		 SLM
20		 CHI KEN
20		 KAN
23
2017 3 DAY
23		 NSH
29		 SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH MAD IOW IRP
20		 WIN
DNQ		 ISF ROA DSF SLM CHI
23		 KEN KAN 38th555 [27]
31 POC
29

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

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