Andy Seuss

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

External links

• Official website
• Andy Seuss driver statistics at Racing-Reference