Sergio Peña (born February 13, 1993) is an American former 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 Peña's father bought him a dirt bike at the age of four. He began racing at the age of 13, driving motocross, go-karts, and Formula cars, 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. 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.
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.
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 Pts Ref 2010 Revolution Racing 4 Chevy GRE SBO IOW MAR NHA LRP LEE JFC NHA DOV 12th 1222 2011 Toyota GRE SBO RCH IOW BGS JFC LGY NHA COL GRE NHA DOV 5th 1657 2012 Hattori Racing Enterprises 1 Toyota BRI GRE RCH IOW BGS JFC LGY CNB COL IOW NHA DOV GRE CAR 10th 444 2013 Bill McAnally Racing 16 Toyota BRI GRE FIF RCH BGS IOW LGY COL IOW VIR GRE NHA 32nd 90 Spraker Racing Enterprises 37 Chevy DOV DRIVE Technology 18 Toyota RAL 2014 Rev Racing 4 Toyota NSM DAY BRI GRE RCH IOW BGS FIF LGY NHA COL IOW GLN VIR GRE DOV 12th 466 2015 Hattori Racing Enterprises 1 Toyota NSM GRE BRI IOW BGS LGY COL NHA IOW GLN 25th 129 Rev Racing 42 Toyota MOT VIR RCH DOV 2016 Hunt-Sellers Racing 18 Toyota NSM MOB GRE BRI VIR DOM STA COL NHA IOW GLN GRE NJM DOV 52nd 32
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 Pts Ref 2013 Bill McAnally Racing 16 Toyota PHO S99 BIR IOW L44 SON CNS IOW EVG SPO MMP SMP AAS KCR PHO 24th 116
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