Sam Mayer
Sam A. Mayer (born June 26, 2003) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He is a development driver for GMS Racing and JR Motorsports through Drivers Edge Development. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, part-time in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, and part-time in the ARCA Menards Series driving the No. 21 Chevrolet SS for GMS Racing, part-time in the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, driving the No. 24 Chevrolet Silverado for GMS Racing, and part-time in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series for JR Motorsports. Mayer has also driven for Jefferson Pitts Racing and MDM Motorsports.
Sam Mayer | |||||||
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![]() Mayer in 2019 | |||||||
Nationality | ![]() | ||||||
Born | Sam A. Mayer[1] June 26, 2003 Franklin, Wisconsin | ||||||
Related to | Scott Mayer (father) | ||||||
ARCA Menards Series East career | |||||||
Debut season | 2018 | ||||||
Current team | GMS Racing | ||||||
Engine | Chevrolet | ||||||
Former teams | Jefferson Pitts Racing MDM Motorsports | ||||||
Starts | 21 | ||||||
Championships | 2 | ||||||
Wins | 4 | ||||||
Poles | 4 | ||||||
Best finish | 1st in 2019 | ||||||
Finished last season | 1st | ||||||
Previous series | |||||||
2018 | CARS Late Model Stock Tour | ||||||
Championship titles | |||||||
2019 2017 | NASCAR K&N Pro Series East INEX Legends Young Lions National Champion | ||||||
ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
Debut season | 2018 | ||||||
Current team | GMS Racing | ||||||
Engine | Chevrolet | ||||||
Former teams | MDM Motorsports | ||||||
Starts | 17 | ||||||
Championships | 0 | ||||||
Wins | 2 | ||||||
Poles | 0 | ||||||
Finished last season | 14th | ||||||
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series career | |||||||
3 races run over 1 year | |||||||
Truck no., team | No. 24 (GMS Racing) | ||||||
2019 position | 50th | ||||||
First race | 2019 UNOH 200 (Bristol) | ||||||
Last race | 2019 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of August 14, 2020. |
Racing career
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Mayer got off to an early start in racing, competing in go-kart events at the age of four.[2] Although his father, Scott Mayer, was an open-wheel racer, Sam chose in his preteen years to focus on stock car racing.[3] Over the course of the 2017 summer, during which Mayer turned fourteen, he spent the summer in Charlotte to race Legends cars; he won the Young Lions division of the Charlotte Motor Speedway Summer Shootout.[4] He also raced in a Limited Late Model and won at Greenville-Pickens Speedway to become the track's youngest winner.[5] He came back to Wisconsin and won a September Midwest Truck Series race at Dells Raceway Park in his first series start.[5]
Over the middle of 2017, he came in touch with industry veteran Lorin Ranier, who eventually landed Mayer a late model ride with JR Motorsports in the CARS Tour for 2018. Mayer's late model racing also brought him to the World Series of Asphalt, where he finished second to Stephen Nasse.[3] Ranier also led Mayer to MDM Motorsports for a limited slate in the ARCA Racing Series and NASCAR K&N Pro Series East in the back half of 2018, with age restrictions being a factor in which races Mayer could run, as both series only let 15-year-old competitors race on certain tracks.[3] In his first ARCA race, Mayer ran as high as third and finished inside the top-ten.[6] After the CARS Tour season was over, Mayer was voted the series' Most Popular Driver for 2018. The CARS Tour season included one victory, at Wake County Speedway.[7]
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On December 5, 2018, it was announced that Mayer would run a full NASCAR K&N Pro Series East schedule with GMS Racing as part of a 2019 schedule that would also include seven ARCA races and four NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series races with the team. All four of the Truck races will come after Mayer turns sixteen; his debut is slated to be at Bristol Motor Speedway in August. That race would be followed by appearances at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, Martinsville Speedway and ISM Raceway.[2]
Mayer scored his first K&N East win at Bristol on April 6, 2019, leading every lap.[8] He nearly scored his first ARCA Menards Series win at Gateway in June after a late pit gamble, but was moved up the track by Ty Gibbs in the final set of corners and was relegated to third.[9] In October, he won the 2019 K&N East championship to become the youngest NASCAR champion at 16 years, 3 months, and 8 days; the previous record was 16 years and 5 months by Todd Gilliland in 2016. Mayer ended the 2019 season with four wins and top tens in all but one race.[10]
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. ** – All laps led.)
Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | NGTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||
2019 | GMS Racing | 21 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | MAR | TEX | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | IOW | GTW | CHI | KEN | POC | ELD | MCH | BRI 21 |
MSP | LVS | TAL | MAR 28 |
PHO 19 |
HOM | 50th | 54 | [11] | |||||||||||||||
2020 | 24 | DAY | LVS | ATL | HOM | TEX | RCH | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | IOW | CHI | POC | KEN | ELD | MCH | GTW | MSP | BRI | LVS | TAL | MAR | PHO |
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
ARCA Menards Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Menards Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | AMSC | Pts | Ref |
2018 | MDM Motorsports | 40 | Toyota | DAY | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL | CLT | POC | MCH | MAD | GTW | CHI | IOW 10 |
ELK | POC | ISF | BLN | DSF | SLM | IRP 7 |
KAN | 52nd | 400 | [12] |
2019 | GMS Racing | 21 | Chevy | DAY | FIF 15 |
SLM 2 |
TAL | NSH | TOL 5 |
CLT | POC | MCH | MAD 3 |
GTW 3 |
CHI | ELK 3 |
IOW | POC | ISF | DSF | SLM 5 |
IRP 3 |
KAN | 14th | 1650 | [13] |
2020 | DAY | PHO 20 |
TAL | POC 3 |
IRP 2 |
KEN 4 |
IOW 2 |
KAN | TOL 1 |
TOL 1 |
MCH | DAY 3 |
GTW | DSF | BRI | MEM | KAN | SLM | MAD | ISF | 7th* | 285* | [14] |
ARCA Menards Series East
ARCA Menards Series East results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | AMSEC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||
2018 | Jefferson Pitts Racing | 27 | Ford | NSM | BRI | LGY | SBO | SBO | MEM | NJM | THO | NHA 17 |
IOW 17 |
18th | 200 | [15] | ||||||||||||||
MDM Motorsports | 41 | Toyota | GLN 5 |
DOV 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | GTW 11 |
NHA 10 |
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2019 | GMS Racing | 21 | Chevy | NSM 4 |
BRI 1** |
SBO 2 |
SBO 11 |
MEM 4 |
NHA 2 |
IOW 1* |
GLN 3 |
BRI 1 |
GTW 4 |
NHA 5 |
DOV 1* |
1st | 511 | [16] | ||||||||||||
2020 | NSM 1 |
TOL 2 |
BLN | DOV | NHA | FIF | NSH | BRI | 1st* | 92* | [17] |
ARCA Menards Series West
ARCA Menards Series West results | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | AMSWC | Pts | Ref | ||
2018 | Jefferson Pitts Racing | 27 | Ford | KCR | TUS | TUS | OSS | CNS | SON | DCS | IOW 17 |
EVG | GTW | LVS | MER | AAS | KCR | 52nd | 27 | [18] | ||
2019 | GMS Racing | 21 | Chevy | LVS | IRW | TUS | TUS | CNS | SON | DCS | IOW | EVG | GTW | MER | AAS | KCR | PHO 2* |
37th | 42 | [19] | ||
2020 | LVS 1* |
IRW | DCS | UMC | CNS | SON | EVG | MER | AAS | KCR | PHO | 1st* | 48* | [20] |
References
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- "Team Event Rosters – Bristol Motor Speedway – Thursday, August 15, 2019" (PDF). NASCAR. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
- Kallman, Dave. "Sam Mayer of Franklin to make NASCAR Truck debut in August". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- Kallman, Dave. "15-year-old Sam Mayer of Franklin on a rapid rise toward NASCAR". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- "Sam Mayer -- Legends Champion". Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- Kallmann, Dave (July 2, 2018). "If you're 15 and looking to make it in the stock-car world, it's great to be Sam Mayer". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
- Eberly, Brian. "Sam Mayer Brings Home Top-Ten at Iowa in ARCA Debut". Motorsports Tribune. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- Lemasters, Ron. "JRM's Sam Mayer Voted CARS Tour LMSC Most Popular Driver". JR Motorsports. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- Segal, Davey (April 6, 2019). "Sam Mayer dominates at Bristol for his first NASCAR K&N Pro Series win". Autoweek. Crain Communications. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
- "Ty Gibbs, 16, grabs first ARCA Menards Series win with last-lap pass". NASCAR.com. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- Segal, Davey (October 4, 2019). "Sam Mayer Dominates Dover To Close Championship Season". NASCAR Home Tracks. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
- "Sam Mayer – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
- "Sam Mayer – 2018 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
- "Sam Mayer – 2019 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
- "Sam Mayer – 2020 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing Reference. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- "Sam Mayer – 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
- "Sam Mayer – 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
- "Sam Mayer – 2020 ARCA Menards Series East results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
- "Sam Mayer – 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
- "Sam Mayer – 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
- "Sam Mayer – 2020 ARCA Menards Series West results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
External links
- Sam Mayer driver statistics at Racing-Reference
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Preceded by Tyler Ankrum |
K&N Pro Series East Champion 2019 |
Succeeded by Current |