Sergio Peña (racing driver)

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.

Sergio Peña
Peña at Richmond International Raceway in 2011
Born	(1993-02-13) February 13, 1993 (age 32) Winchester, Virginia, U.S.
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
Statistics up to date as of 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	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
	DRIVE Technology	18	Toyota														RAL 14
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

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	SPO	MMP	SMP	AAS	KCR	PHO	24th	116	[11]