Allen "A. J." Moyer
(born October 6, 1987) is an American professional
stock car racing
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driver who competes part-time in the
ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 88
Chevrolet SS for his own team,
Moyer-Petroniro Racing.
Racing career
Early racing career
ARCA Menards Series
On April 11, 2021, Moyer would announce on
Twitter
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that he would be making his debut with
Wayne Peterson Racing at the
2021 Herr's Potato Chips 200. He would finish 9th, garnering his first top 10. He would make one more start at the
2021 Sioux Chief PowerPEX 200, finishing 15th.
In 2022, it was announced that Moyer would run three races with Peterson, with those races being at
Talladega Superspeedway
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,
Salem Speedway, and the season finale at
Toledo Speedway
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.
Although he would not compete at Salem, he would compete at Talladega, where he would finish 23rd,
Bristol Motor Speedway, where he would finish 23rd due to a crash, and Toledo, where he would finish sixteenth.
Moyer ran nearly the full season in the
main ARCA Series in 2023 driving for Wayne Peterson Racing, mostly in their No. 06 car. (He ran every race until the race at Kansas in September, which he missed along with the races at Salem and Toledo at the end of the season.) He finished 7th in the final points standings.
On January 9, 2024, Moyer announced that he would be starting his own ARCA team in 2024, Moyer-Petroniro Racing, with co-owner Randy Petroniro, who was a previous sponsor of his. The team will field the No. 88 car part-time with Moyer running all six races of the
General Tire
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Superspeedway Challenge (Daytona, Talladega, both Kansas races, Charlotte and Michigan) and Randy Jr, the son of the co-owner, making his ARCA debut running some short track races.
Personal life
A. J. is the son of the
1981 ARCA Racing Series champion
Larry Moyer
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He is not related to
Stephanie Moyer
Stephanie Moyer (born September 24, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. She currently competes full-time in the ARCA Menards Series East and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 01 for Fast Track Racing.
Ra ...
, who like A. J. also made her ARCA debut in 2021 and has competed in the series since then. A. J. is from Florida and Stephanie is from Pennsylvania.
Motorsports career results
ARCA Menards Series
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Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Menards Series East
ARCA Menards Series West
References
External links
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1987 births
Living people
ARCA Menards Series drivers
NASCAR drivers
Racing drivers from Tampa, Florida