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.

For the American baseball player, see Sam Mayer (baseball).
Sam Mayer
Mayer in 2019
Nationality American
BornSam A. Mayer[1]
(2003-06-26) June 26, 2003
Franklin, Wisconsin
Related toScott Mayer (father)
ARCA Menards Series East career
Debut season2018
Current teamGMS Racing
EngineChevrolet
Former teamsJefferson Pitts Racing
MDM Motorsports
Starts21
Championships2
Wins4
Poles4
Best finish1st in 2019
Finished last season1st
Previous series
2018CARS 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 season2018
Current teamGMS Racing
EngineChevrolet
Former teamsMDM Motorsports
Starts17
Championships0
Wins2
Poles0
Finished last season14th
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series career
3 races run over 1 year
Truck no., teamNo. 24 (GMS Racing)
2019 position50th
First race2019 UNOH 200 (Bristol)
Last race2019 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of August 14, 2020.

Racing career
Mayer in victory lane at his first Midwest Truck Series start

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]

Mayer's K&N East car on pit road at Dover International Speedway in 2018

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
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
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
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
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
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]
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References
  1. "Team Event Rosters – Bristol Motor Speedway – Thursday, August 15, 2019" (PDF). NASCAR. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  2. Kallman, Dave. "Sam Mayer of Franklin to make NASCAR Truck debut in August". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  3. Kallman, Dave. "15-year-old Sam Mayer of Franklin on a rapid rise toward NASCAR". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  4. "Sam Mayer -- Legends Champion". Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  5. 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.
  6. Eberly, Brian. "Sam Mayer Brings Home Top-Ten at Iowa in ARCA Debut". Motorsports Tribune. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  7. Lemasters, Ron. "JRM's Sam Mayer Voted CARS Tour LMSC Most Popular Driver". JR Motorsports. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  8. 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.
  9. "Ty Gibbs, 16, grabs first ARCA Menards Series win with last-lap pass". NASCAR.com. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  10. Segal, Davey (October 4, 2019). "Sam Mayer Dominates Dover To Close Championship Season". NASCAR Home Tracks. Retrieved October 5, 2019.
  11. "Sam Mayer – 2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  12. "Sam Mayer – 2018 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
  13. "Sam Mayer – 2019 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  14. "Sam Mayer – 2020 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing Reference. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  15. "Sam Mayer – 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
  16. "Sam Mayer – 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 6, 2019.
  17. "Sam Mayer – 2020 ARCA Menards Series East results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  18. "Sam Mayer – 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
  19. "Sam Mayer – 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  20. "Sam Mayer – 2020 ARCA Menards Series West results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  • Sam Mayer driver statistics at Racing-Reference
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Tyler Ankrum		 K&N Pro Series East Champion
2019		 Succeeded by
Current
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