Sean Rayhall | |
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Nationality | American |
Born |
Winston, Georgia |
March 10, 1995
United SportsCar Championship career | |
Debut season | 2014 |
Current team | 8 Star Motorsports |
Previous series | |
2013 2012 2011 2010 2008 - 2009 2002 - 2007 |
IMSA Lites L1 UARA Stars CARS X-1R Pro Cup Series SCCA Pro Formula Enterprises Skip Barber National Championship Karting |
Championship titles | |
2013 2010 |
IMSA Lites L1 SCCA Pro Formula Enterprises |
Sean Rayhall (born March 10, 1995 in Winston, Georgia) is racing driver who currently competes in the LMP3 class of the European Le Mans Series. He has previously raced in and formula cars.
Sean Rayhall started kart racing at the age of 7. Rayhall joined the Georgia Sprint Kart Championship in the Yamaha Junior class in 2004. The following seasons he would als compete in the Florida State championship and in the WKA Manufacturer's Cup. Rayhall won two championships in the 2007 Georgia Sprint Kart Championship, in the HPV 2 and Rotax Junior classes.
Rayhall made his auto racing debut in late 2007 in the Skip Barber Southern Series. He won his first auto race in 2009. At Road Atlanta he finished first in his Reynard R/T 2000. In 2010 Sean Rayhall raced in the Formula Enterprises and he made his debut in Legends car racing. In the SCCA Pro Formula Enterprises Rayhall had a tough battle for the championship with Scott Rettich. The young driver from Georgia won six races. He was the fastest at New Jersey Motorsports Park, Miller Motorsports Park, Brainerd International Raceway and Virginia International Raceway. He eventually won the championship by 23 points. In Legends Rayhall had a very successful season at the small ovals of Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway. Rayhall won both track championships. Rayhall also won the prestigious Legends Million race in the Semi Pro/Young Lions class. In 2011 Sean Rayhall made his stock car racing debut in the USAR Pro Cup Series. A third place at New Smyrna Speedway was his best result out of eight races. The following year he continued in stock cars. This time he raced full-time in the southern based UARA Stars. His season was almost disrupted by a big pile up during a legends race. Rayhall injured his back racing in the Big Money 100. A week later he took his only stock car win of the season at Caraway Speedway after he switched marques from Chevrolet to Ford. Rayhall ended up fourth in the standings of the 16-round championship while Travis Swaim won the championship.