Jack Sellers
| Jack Sellers | |||||||
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| Born |
July 27, 1944 Sacramento, California |
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| Died | October 24, 2016 (aged 72) Sacramento, California |
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| Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
| 2 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 93rd (1992) | ||||||
| First race | 1990 Banquet Frozen Foods 300 (Sonoma) | ||||||
| Last race | 1992 Save Mart 300K (Sonoma) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of October 26, 2016. | |||||||
Jack Sellers (July 27, 1944 – October 24, 2016) was an American professional driver and team owner. Sellers was a long-time competitor in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, formerly known as the Winston West Series.
Sellers made his K&N Pro Series West debut in 1985 when the series was still known as NASCAR Winston West Grand National Division. He made his first start at Sonoma, driving a self-owned Oldsmobile. During his Rookie year Sellers raced part-time in the West Series. Sellers was sponsored by Coca-Cola as his family owned the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Sacramento. Sellers started racing full-time in 1987, qualifying for 6 of the 8 races that season. He also scored his first top-ten finish, when he finished seventh at the Spokane Grand Prix Course. Sellers finished tenth in the point standings that season. In 1989 Sellers scored three top-ten finishes and finished seventh in the point standings. In 1990 Sellers led eight laps at Tri-City Raceway. It would be first and the only time in his career that he was the race leader. 1993 would turn out to be the best season of Sellers' career. He finished in the top-ten six times and finished fifth in the point standings.
During the late eighties and the early nineties Sellers attempted 15 Winston Cup Series races. This was the era of “companion races,” where the two Winston Cup races at Sonoma and Phoenix invited drivers from the Winston West Series. After failing to qualify for the first six races he attempted, Sellers finally qualified for his first Winston Cup race at the 1990 Banquet Frozen Foods 300. Sellers drove a bright green Buick, a former Quaker State car that was driven by Ricky Rudd in his King Racing days. Sellers had a troubled debut as he had to put the car behind the wall due to an oil leak. After the car was repaired Sellers returned to the track but only a few laps later the car lost an engine in the Esses, spun 180 degrees, and backed hard into the tire barriers. Sellers repaired his car again and finished the race in 40th place, albeit 33 laps behind the leaders. Two years later Sellers qualified for his second Winston Cup race, again at Sonoma. He qualified in the 43rd and final position. He retired from the race on lap 48 with transmission problems. Sellers also tried to qualify for the inaugural Brickyard 400 in 1994, but failed to make the race.
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