Sergio Peña (racing driver)
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| Sergio Peña | |
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 Peña at Richmond International Raceway in 2011 | |
| Nationality |  American |
| Born | February 13, 1993 Winchester, Virginia |
| NASCAR K&N Pro Series East career | |
| Debut season | 2010 |
| Former teams | Rev Racing Hattori Racing Enterprises Bill McAnally Racing Spraker Racing Enterprises DRIVE Technology / Sam Hunt Racing |
| Starts | 60 |
| Wins | 5 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Best finish | 5th in 2011 |
| Finished last season | 52nd (2016) |
| Previous series | |
| 2013 | NASCAR K&N Pro Series West |
| Last updated on: May 10, 2020. | |
Sergio Peña (born February 13, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competed in what is now the ARCA Menards Series East for seven years from 2010 to 2016. In addition, he has made starts in the West Series and was a member of NASCAR's Drive for Diversity program.
Racing career
[edit]Peña's father bought him a dirt bike at age 4. He began racing at age 13, driving motocross, go-karts, and Formula cars,[1] which included competing in the Formula BMW series.
In 2010, Peña started racing stock cars, and joined Revolution Racing for his rookie season in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East. He was also named as one of eleven drivers to be part of the Drive for Diversity program for that year. At the start of the season, Peña impressed people with his second-place finish in the Toyota All-Star Showdown, where he started on the pole and finished second in the race behind NASCAR Cup Series driver Joey Logano.[2] He would finish twelfth in the standings with three top tens. He won three times in 2011 and finished fifth in the series.
Peña competed in his third K&N East season in 2012, moving to Hattori Racing Enterprises to driving the No. 1 car. Peña ran a limited NASCAR touring schedule in 2013, before returning full-time to the K&N East Series for 2014. He collected his fourth series win at Columbus.
In the late 2010s, Peña raced late model stock cars at Dominion Raceway.[3]
Personal life
[edit]Peña is a first generation Colombian-American and lives in Virginia with his family. His father Jai was instrumental in helping Peña reach NASCAR, spending over a million dollars to help fund his son's career.[1]
Motorsports career results
[edit]NASCAR
[edit](key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
K&N Pro Series East
[edit]| NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | NKNPSEC | Pts | Ref |
| 2010 | Revolution Racing | 4 | Chevy | GRE 27 |
SBO 14 |
IOW 14 |
MAR 14 |
NHA 15 |
LRP 10 |
LEE 15 |
JFC 6 |
NHA 16 |
DOV 8 |
12th | 1222 | [4] | ||||||
| 2011 | Toyota | GRE 7 |
SBO 1 |
RCH 9 |
IOW 21 |
BGS 26 |
JFC 20 |
LGY 1* |
NHA 8 |
COL 15 |
GRE 1* |
NHA 2 |
DOV 26 |
5th | 1657 | [5] | ||||||
| 2012 | Hattori Racing Enterprises | 1 | Toyota | BRI 20 |
GRE 29 |
RCH 9 |
IOW 7 |
BGS 19 |
JFC 6 |
LGY 5 |
CNB 17 |
COL 4 |
IOW 3 |
NHA 24 |
DOV 12 |
GRE 9 |
CAR 8 |
10th | 444 | [6] | ||
| 2013 | Bill McAnally Racing | 16 | Toyota | BRI | GRE | FIF 8 |
RCH | BGS | IOW | LGY | COL | IOW | VIR | GRE | NHA | 32nd | 90 | [7] | ||||
| Spraker Racing Enterprises | 37 | Chevy | DOV 20 |
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| DRIVE Technology | 18 | Toyota | RAL 14 |
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| 2014 | Rev Racing | 4 | Toyota | NSM 22 |
DAY 13 |
BRI 24 |
GRE 9 |
RCH 30 |
IOW 10 |
BGS 20 |
FIF 8 |
LGY 14 |
NHA 30 |
COL 1 |
IOW 4 |
GLN 20 |
VIR 14 |
GRE 18 |
DOV 6 |
12th | 466 | [8] |
| 2015 | Hattori Racing Enterprises | 1 | Toyota | NSM 9 |
GRE | BRI | IOW | BGS | LGY | COL | NHA | IOW | GLN | 25th | 129 | [9] | ||||||
| Rev Racing | 42 | Toyota | MOT 10 |
VIR 1 |
RCH 31 |
DOV | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Hunt-Sellers Racing | 18 | Toyota | NSM | MOB | GRE | BRI | VIR 12 |
DOM | STA | COL | NHA | IOW | GLN | GRE | NJM | DOV | 52nd | 32 | [10] | ||
K&N Pro Series West
[edit]| NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | NKNPSWC | Pts | Ref | |
| 2013 | Bill McAnally Racing | 16 | Toyota | PHO 5 |
S99 2 |
BIR 9 |
IOW | L44 | SON | CNS | IOW | EVG | SPO | MMP | SMP | AAS | KCR | PHO | 24th | 116 | [11] | |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Lazo, Larry (October 22, 2012). "Hispanic racer Sergio Peña hopes to be NASCAR's next big thing". CNN. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- ^ Sigala Jr., Sal (February 5, 2010). "Sergio Pena Makes Headlines During His First Showdown Appearance". Bleacher Report. Turner Broadcasting System. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- ^ Marquis, Andy (June 16, 2019). "Sergio Pena Reflects on Past, Relishes in the Present". Race22. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
- ^ "Sergio Peña – 2010 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- ^ "Sergio Peña – 2011 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- ^ "Sergio Peña – 2012 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- ^ "Sergio Peña – 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- ^ "Sergio Peña – 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- ^ "Sergio Peña – 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- ^ "Sergio Peña – 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- ^ "Sergio Peña – 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Sergio Peña driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- NASCAR Home Tracks Profile
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