1. Peyton Sellers was born on October 20,1983 and is an American professional stock car racing driver.
23 Facts About Peyton Sellers
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Peyton Sellers won the 2005 and 2021 national championship of NASCAR's Weekly Racing Series.
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Peyton Sellers competed for several seasons in both the NASCAR Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series.
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Peyton Sellers ran the 2001 season in the Limited Sportsman division at Orange County Speedway in Rougemont, North Carolina.
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Peyton Sellers 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.
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In 2005, Peyton Sellers won 14 of his 16 starts at South Boston, winning the Dodge Weekly Series National championship.
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In 2006 Peyton 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.
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Peyton Sellers was a member of the Richard Childress Racing driver development program during that season.
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Peyton Sellers competed in his first NASCAR Busch Series race at New Hampshire International Speedway, driving the No 31 Chevrolet for Marsh Racing.
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Peyton Sellers headed back east for the 2007 season and raced out of his home shop with brother, HC Peyton Sellers, as crew chief.
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Peyton Sellers finished 3rd overall in the NASCAR Busch East Series.
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Peyton Sellers would go on to finish 2nd in the Toyota All-Star Showdown.
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In 2008, Peyton Sellers signed on with Andy Santerre Motorsports in the No 44 Chevrolet.
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Peyton Sellers took the pole and the win at the season opener at Greenville-Pickens Speedway, in Greenville, SC.
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Peyton Sellers was stripped of his win and given a 30th-place finish.
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At Iowa, in the closing laps, Peyton Sellers took second from Austin Dillon before a caution but he was placed back into fourth place on the restart because the NASCAR officials determined that a full lap had not been run since Peyton Sellers was in fourth and he never had the chance to challenge Brian Ickler for the lead.
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Peyton Sellers finished the season 8th overall points standings, with a series high 3 poles.
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Peyton Sellers 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.
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The announcement came in December 2008 that Peyton Sellers would run a limited Nationwide Series schedule in 2009 with Cardinal Motorsports.
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Peyton Sellers is part owner of Cardinal motorsports, alongside Will Spencer of JKS Motorsports and Ed Berrier.
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Peyton 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.
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For 2015, Peyton 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.
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In 2021, Peyton Sellers won the track championships at Dominion Speedway and South Boston Speedway to win his second NASCAR Weekly Series championships by 34 points.