Former NASCAR Whelen All-American Series champion Peyton Sellers is going to fill the vacant seat at Andy Santerre Motorsports this season.
ASM announced on Wednesday that Casella Waste Systems would sponsor Sellers in the No. 44 Chevrolets that Sean Caisse drove in each of the last 2 seasons, the same cars Santerre drove to 4 straight Camping World East Series titles.
Curious that the press release making the announcement would champion Sellers as the "top returning" series driver, which he is, at least in theory. Joey Logano is out of work while he waits to make his Nationwide Series debut at Dover, Del., this spring, and Caisse, who finished 2nd, is still looking for work after a Germain Racing truck deal fell through over the winter.
Sellers spent the last 2 seasons in the East Series, though the Santerre seat is by far his best chance to showcase his talents after driving for a family-owned team last season. The 2005 national champion from Danville, Va., was winless with 4 top-5 finishes in 13 races last season.
ASM will also field the No. 3 for Richard Childress Racing development driver Austin Dillon, Childress' grandson.
3 comments:
The way I understand it is that the sponsorship is for about 1/2 the races. Rumor was that to do the whole season was about $850,000. Will Sellers & the 44 run all the races if additional sponsorship isn't found?
Andy B
Yes, they will
yes peyton and the 44 will race the whole season.....the first half with casella....and the second half with Grizco Racing a.k.a steve griswold
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