Andy Seuss

Andy Seuss
Born (1987-03-15) March 15, 1987
Hampstead, New Hampshire
Whelen Southern Modified Tour career
Debut season 2006
Current team Eddie Harvey
Car no. 11
Engine Chevrolet
Crew Chief Eddie Harvey Racing
Former teams Steve Seuss, David Riggs Racing
Starts 108
Championships 2 (2014–2015)
Wins 21
Poles 12
Best finish 1st in 2014, 2015
Finished last season 1st
Previous series
2015–2016
2006–2015		 ARCA Racing Series
Whelen Modified Tour
Championship titles
2014–2015 Whelen Southern Modified Tour
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Truck no., team No. 1 (FDNY Racing)
2016 position 78th
Best finish 78th (2016)
First race 2016 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Charlotte)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of May 21, 2016.

Andy Seuss (born March 15, 1987) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour, driving the No. 11 Chevrolet for Eddie Harvey Racing, and part-time in the Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 1 Chevrolet Silverado for FDNY Racing. He won the 2014 and 2015 Southern Modified Tour championships.

Racing career

Open-wheel series

Whelen Southern Modified Tour

Seuss started competing in 2006, at the age of 19. He ran four races in that season, finishing half of them and recording a best finish of fourth in his final start of the season at Motor Mile Speedway.[1] In 2007, Seuss ran four more races, leading 116 of 157 laps and recording his first win at Music City Motorplex. However, he recorded two last place finishes, one because of a withdrawal and one because of shock problems.[2] In 2008, Seuss went full time, grabbing his first pole in the second race of the season. However, he crashed out of that race en route to a last place finish. He won the final race of the season to cap off his first season with longtime team owner David Riggs, and his first season with Advance Auto Parts as a sponsor.[3] In 2009, Seuss stayed with Riggs, scoring wins from the pole at Myrtle Beach Speedway and Caraway Speedway, as well as non-pole wins at South Boston Speedway and Lanier Speedway. He finished second in the series' point standings.[4] In 2010, Advance Auto Parts departed as a sponsor, but Seuss and Riggs picked up Q Racing Oil as a primary sponsor. Seuss scored two wins, both at Caraway Speedway, but a last-race crash sent him from second to fourth in the point standings.[5] In 2011, Seuss did not return to Riggs' team, instead running the first four races with Brian Fishel and the final ten races with Eddie Harvey. Those final ten races included three poles and four wins, and Seuss once again finished as the series' runner-up in the point standings.[6] For 2012, Seuss stayed with Harvey's team, but was plagued by inconsistency, scoring only one win and finishing fifth in points.[7] With no full-season sponsor in 2013, Seuss soldiered on, not scoring his first win until the ninth race but then winning that one and the two after it to rally to third in the point standings.[8] Ideal Finance signed on to sponsor Seuss in 2014, and Seuss responded with a first-race win, and not holding the top spot in the standings for only one race. He won his first championship that season on the back of a season in which he never finished a race outside of the top ten.[9] In 2015, Seuss started with an opening-race crash, but rebounded by winning the race after that. He moved into the lead in the point standings after a win in the penultimate race at South Boston. A sixth place finish in the final race of the season secured another championship for Seuss.[10]

Whelen Modified Tour

Seuss has been a part-time competitor in the series since 2006, never running more than six races a season. His first top five in the series came at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in 2013 driving for Eddie Harvey.[11]

Stock car racing

ARCA Racing Series

Seuss debuted in the ARCA Racing Series in 2015, driving the No. 76 for Bryan Dauzat at Talladega Superspeedway. Seuss finished 21th, two laps down. His second start came five races later, driving the No. 40 for Roger Carter, and he finished two positions higher than in his debut, recording a 19th at Chicagoland Speedway.[12] In 2016, Seuss returned to Talladega, this time driving for Chris Our. However, radio issues hampered his efforts and he finished 31st.[13]

Camping World Truck Series

In 2013, Seuss attempted to make his Camping World Truck Series debut at Rockingham Speedway[14] for FDNY Racing, but failed to qualify. Two years later, he failed to qualify at Talladega Superspeedway.[15] Seuss broke through in 2016, failing to qualify at Charlotte Motor Speedway with FDNY Racing's No. 28, but then got into the race when MAKE Motorsports sold the ride in their No. 1 entry to Seuss and FDNY Racing. Seuss completed only 20 laps until a crash sent him home in last place.[16]

Personal life

In 2014, shortly after finishing fifth in the season-ender at Charlotte Motor Speedway to clinch the Southern Modified Tour championship, Seuss proposed to his girlfriend Jen.[17] The two married in June 2015.[18]

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.)

Camping World Truck Series

Whelen Modified Tour

ARCA Racing Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References

  1. ↑ "Andy Seuss 2006 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  2. ↑ "Andy Seuss 2007 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  3. ↑ "Andy Seuss 2008 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  4. ↑ "Andy Seuss 2009 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  5. ↑ "Andy Seuss 2010 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  6. ↑ "Andy Seuss 2011 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  7. ↑ "Andy Seuss 2012 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  8. ↑ "Andy Seuss 2013 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  9. ↑ "Andy Seuss 2014 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  10. ↑ "Andy Seuss 2015 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  11. ↑ "Andy Seuss 2013 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  12. ↑ "Andy Seuss 2015 ARCA Racing Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  13. ↑ "Andy Seuss 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  14. ↑ "#NASCAR: Year's First Night Race Gen-6's Next Challenge". Pendleton-Gazette. April 9, 2013. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
  15. ↑ Beard, Brock (October 25, 2015). "TRUCKS: Jennifer Jo Cobb Fastest In Practice, But First Out At Talladega". LASTCAR. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Andy Seuss 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  17. ↑ Pennell, Jay (October 10, 2014). "Modified title followed by marriage proposal in Victory Lane". Foxsports.com. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  18. ↑ Southers, Tim (December 7, 2015). "2015 CHAMPION PROFILE: Andy Seuss". NASCAR Home Tracks. Retrieved May 18, 2016.

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