Bryan Sellers | |
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Nationality | American |
Born |
Dayton, Ohio |
August 19, 1982
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship career | |
Debut season | 2014 |
Current team | Paul Miller Racing |
Car no. | 48 |
Engine | Lamborghini |
Former teams | Team Falken Tire |
Previous series | |
2005-2013 2005-2013 2010-2013 2003-2004 2000-2002 1999-2000 |
American Le Mans Series Rolex Sports Car Series Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Atlantic Championship USF2000 Skip Barber Formula Dodge |
Championship titles | |
2002 | USF2000 |
Bryan Sellers (Born August 19, 1982 in Dayton, Ohio) is an American racing driver. Sellers won the titel in the USF2000 in 2002 and later competed in the Atlantic Championship and sports cars.
Sellers first appeared in the WKA Manufacturer's Cup as well as the Gold Cup in 1994 racing other young drivers such as Danica Patrick. In 1998 Sellers won the Spec 100 Open class in the Manufacturer's Cup beating future Atlantic Championship rival Jonathan Macri.
The driver from Ohio made his first auto racing start in a Star Mazda in 1998 before competing in the Midwestern Skip Barber Formula Dodge. Sellers won the championship beating other young hopefuls such as Caio Travaglini and Jason LaPoint. The young talent won his first two races at the Indianapolis Raceway Park road course. He also ran races in the other Formula Dodge regions. At Lime Rock Park Sellers beat Marc Breuers to win two races. In 2000 Sellers competed in the second edition of the Skip Barber National Championship. The Ohio driver won races at Grattan Raceway at the start of the season but lost out on the titel to Canadian driver Anthony Simone. Due to his strong results in the Skip Barber ranks Sellers was awarded to compete in the Barber Dodge Pro Series at Road America supporting the Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America. Sellers placed twelfth in his debut race.
For 2001 Sellers signed with DSTP Motorsports for a partial schedule in the USF2000. After one race the team switched from the Mygale chassis to the more favorable Van Diemen chassis. The best result for Sellers was a seventh place at Sebring International Raceway. Supported by Team USA Scholarship Sellers and teammate A.J. Allmendinger competed for a number of races in the New Zealand Formula Ford Championship. Sellers and Allmendinger finished second and third in the prestigious New Zealand Grand Prix which was won by Fabian Coulthard. For the 2002 season Sellers returned to the United States to race in the USF2000 joining the highly successful Cape Motorsports outfit. Sellers won the first race at Sebring and won another seven races to claim the championship. The following year, 2003, Sellers climbed the autosports ladder joining the Atlantic Championship with Lynx Racing. Running a partial schedule Sellers scored three top ten finishes out of four races. In 2004 Sellers raced all races of the championship. Sellers claimed three podium finishes, at Long Beach, Cleveland and Denver.