Peyton Sellers
Sellers in 2009
Born	(1983-10-20)October 20, 1983 (age 42) Danville, Virginia, U.S.
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Achievements	2005, 2021NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series National Champion 2005 NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series Division I Champion 2013, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2024Virginia Late Model Triple Crown Series Champion 2005, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2024South Boston Speedway Track Champion 2021Dominion Raceway Champion 2022ValleyStar Credit Union 300 Winner 2018, 2019Thunder Road 200 Winner 2013Hampton Heat 200 Winner
NASCARO'Reilly Auto Parts Series career
28 races run over 4 years
2015 position	27th
Best finish	27th (2015)
First race	2006New England 200 (Loudon)
Last race	2015Zippo 200 at The Glen (Watkins Glen)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career
8 races run over 6 years
2014 position	67th
Best finish	59th (2009)
First race	2007Silverado 350K (Texas)
Last race	2014Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics up to date as of August 8, 2015.

Peyton Sellers (born October 20, 1983) is an American professionalstock car racing driver. He won the 2005 and 2021 national championship ofNASCAR's Weekly Racing Series.^[1] He competed for several seasons in both theNASCARXfinity Series andCamping World Truck Series.

Sellers started his racing career inkarting, beginning at age 7. By age 13, Sellers was drivingopen wheelsprint cars, collecting 11 feature wins in his first 20 races. After competing for several years in Sprints, Sellers decided to try his hand instock 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 atSouth 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]

In 2006 Sellers raced in the NASCAR West Division, where he drove the No. 16NAPA Auto PartsChevrolet, his only win coming at Douglas County Speedway on July 1, 2006. He was a member of theRichard Childress Racingdriver development program during that season. Sellers also competed in his firstNASCARBusch Series race atNew Hampshire International Speedway, driving the No. 31Chevrolet forMarsh Racing.

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 theNASCARBusch East Series.^[2] He would go on to finish 2nd in theToyota All-Star Showdown.^[3]

In 2008, Sellers signed on withAndy Santerre Motorsports in the No. 44 Chevrolet. Sellers took the pole and the win at the season opener atGreenville-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] AtIowa, in the closing laps, Sellers took second fromAustin 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 challengeBrian Ickler for the lead. In the season finale, atStafford 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 atSouth Boston Speedway until March 1, 2012.^[5]

For 2015, Sellers planned to race in theNASCARXfinity Series full-time, taking over the No. 97 forObaika Racing afterJosh 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-ownedNASCAR 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 toSam Hunt Racing and moved to Xfinity Series.

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

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

Sellers grew up inDanville, 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]

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

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

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

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

(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	60DNF	29DNF

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

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

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

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