Sergio Peña (racing driver)

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.

Sergio Peña
Nationality American
Born (1993-02-13) February 13, 1993
Winchester, Virginia
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East career
Debut season2010
Former teamsRev Racing
Hattori Racing Enterprises
Bill McAnally Racing
Spraker Racing Enterprises
DRIVE Technology / Sam Hunt Racing
Starts60
Wins5
Poles0
Best finish5th in 2011
Finished last season52nd (2016)
Previous series
2013NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
Last updated on: May 10, 2020.

Racing career

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

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

NASCAR

(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
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 15 16 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2010 Revolution Racing 4 Chevy GRE
27		 SBO
14		 IOW
14		 MAR
14		 NHA
15		 LRP
10		 LEE
15		 GRE
6		 NHA
16		 DOV
8		 12th 1222 [4]
2011 Toyota GRE
7		 SBO
1		 RCH
9		 IOW
21		 BGS
26		 GRE
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		 GRE
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 FFS
8		 RIC BOW IOW LFS CMS IOW VIR GRE NHA 32nd 90 [7]
Spraker Racing Enterprises 37 Chevy DOV
20
DRIVE Technology 18 Toyota RAT
14
2014 Rev Racing 4 Toyota NSS
22		 DAY
13		 BRI
24		 GRE
9		 RIC
30		 IOW
10		 BOW
20		 FFS
8		 LFS
14		 NHA
30		 CMS
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 DOV
31
2016 Sam Hunt 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
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
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 SRP MMP SMP AAS KCR PHO 24th 116 [11]

References
  1. Lazo, Larry (October 22, 2012). "Hispanic racer Sergio Peña hopes to be NASCAR's next big thing". CNN. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  2. Sigala Jr., Sal (February 5, 2010). "Sergio Pena Makes Headlines During His First Showdown Appearance". Bleacher Report. Turner Broadcasting System. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  3. Marquis, Andy (June 16, 2019). "Sergio Pena Reflects on Past, Relishes in the Present". Race22. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  4. "Sergio Peña – 2010 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  5. "Sergio Peña – 2011 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  6. "Sergio Peña – 2012 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  7. "Sergio Peña – 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  8. "Sergio Peña – 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  9. "Sergio Peña – 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  10. "Sergio Peña – 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  11. "Sergio Peña – 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 10, 2020.


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