Sergio Peña (born February 13, 1993) is an American professional

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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

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program.

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, which included competing in the

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series. In 2010, Peña started racing stock cars, and joined

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for his rookie season in the

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. He was also named as one of eleven drivers to be part of the

program for that year. At the start of the season, Peña impressed people with his second-place finish in the

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, where he started on the pole and finished second in the race behind NASCAR Cup Series driver

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. 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

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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

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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

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) (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

K&N Pro Series West

References

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