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Sean Rayhall

{{Short description|American racing driver (born 1995)}}

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Sean Rayhall

| image = United Autosports 2017 - Sean Rayhall.jpg

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| caption = United Autosports 2017 - Sean Rayhall

| nationality = {{flagicon|USA}} American

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|03|10}}

| birth_place = Winston, Georgia

| racing licence = 12px FIA Gold

| module =

| current series = FAST on Dirt

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| current team = Sean Rayhall Motorsports

| car number = 14

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| crew chief = Darl Lyons

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| prev series = WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
European Le Mans Series
American Le Mans Series
IMSA Lites L1
UARA Stars
CARS X-1R Pro Cup Series
SCCA Pro Formula Enterprises
Skip Barber National Championship
Karting

| prev series years =

| titles = ELMS LMP3
IMSA Lites L1
SCCA Pro Formula Enterprises

| title years = 2017
2013
2010

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Sean Rayhall (born March 10, 1995) is a racing driver. He competed in the LMP3 class of the European Le Mans Series, winning the championship in 2017. He has also previously raced in the GT Daytona class of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, in addition to stock cars and formula cars, where in the latter, he earned a test opportunity with Chip Ganassi Racing.

Rayhall announced his retirement from professional racing at the age of 23 in a post on Twitter.{{cite news|url=https://racer.com/2018/12/17/rayhall-announces-retirement/|title=Rayhall announces retirement|last=Pruett|first=Marshall|work=racer.com|publisher=Racer Media & Marketing, Inc.|date=December 17, 2018|access-date=December 18, 2018}} Three months later, he announced that he would compete in "15-20 races" in a winged sprint car with Michael Racing Group as a hobby.{{cite news|url=https://racer.com/2019/03/11/rayhall-to-make-racing-return-in-sprint-cars/|last=Pruett|first=Marshall|title=Rayhall to make racing return – in sprint cars |work=racer.com|publisher=Racer Media & Marketing, Inc.|date=March 11, 2019|access-date=March 11, 2019}}

Early life

Rayhall was born in 1995 in Winston, Georgia.{{Cite web |title=Sean Rayhall Results {{!}} Motorsport Stats |url=https://motorsportstats.com/driver/sean-rayhall/results |access-date=2025-01-30 |website=motorsportstats.com}}

Career history

= Karting =

Sean Rayhall started kart racing at the age of 7. He joined the Georgia Sprint Kart Championship in the Yamaha Junior class in 2004. In the following seasons, he would also 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.{{cite web|title=Sean Rayhall|url=http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/sean-rayhall/|website=DriverDB.com|access-date=13 August 2014}}

= Auto racing =

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.{{cite web|title=Sean Rayhall|url=http://www.procupdigest.com/driver/driver-detail.php?did=591|website=Pro Cup Digest.com|access-date=13 August 2014}} 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.{{cite web|title=Sean Rayhall wins UARA Stars race at Caraway Speedway|url=http://seanrayhall.com/2012/08/01/sean-rayhall-wins-uara-stars-race-at-caraway-speedway/|website=Sean Rayhall|access-date=13 August 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814024050/http://seanrayhall.com/2012/08/01/sean-rayhall-wins-uara-stars-race-at-caraway-speedway/|archive-date=14 August 2014}} Rayhall ended up fourth in the standings of the 16-round championship while Travis Swaim won the championship.{{cite web|title=Sean Rayhall|url=http://www.thethirdturn.com/wiki/Sean_Rayhall|website=51's Third Turn|access-date=13 August 2014}}

In 2013 he switched to sports cars. Racing for Comprent Motorsports the driver from Georgia won six races and scored twelve podium finishes out of fourteen races. Ryan Booth followed closely every race bringing the title chase to the last round. Rayhall eventually won the championship by four points. Rayhall graduated to the PC class of the American Le Mans Series for the 2013 Petit Le Mans. Partnered with Oswaldo Negri the duo finished second in class. For 2014 Sean Rayhall raced full-time in the United SportsCar Championship PC class for BAR1 Motorsport and 8 Star Motorsports. He finished sixth in the PC class championship. He will make his Indy Lights debut with 8 Star at Barber Motorsports Park in 2015.DiZinno, Tony. [http://motorsportstalk.nbcsports.com/2015/04/22/sean-rayhall-finally-gets-his-indy-lights-shot-with-8star/ Sean Rayhall finally gets his Indy Lights shot with 8Star], NBC Sports, April 22, 2015, Retrieved 2015-04-22 He won the second of two Indy Lights races in the Indy GP, leading all 35 laps. He scored his second win in the second race at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.

On December 16, 2018, Sean Rayhall announced his retirement from motor racing, via his Twitter social media account,{{Cite Twitter profile|seanrayhall}} effective immediately. In 2020, he raced in a 410 sprint car in the Upper Midwestern racing series Interstate Racing Association (IRA).{{cite web |title=Sean Rayhall - IRA Sprint Car Series {{!}} 410 Outlaw Winged Sprint Series of Wisconsin |url=http://www.irasprints.com/profile/?r=128652&rt=driver |website=www.irasprints.com |publisher=Interstate Racing Association |access-date=July 20, 2020}} He won his second semi-feature race by September.{{Cite episode |title=Sheboygan County Fair Park |episode-link= |url= |access-date= |series=IRA Racing |series-link= |first= |last= |network=FloRacing |station= |date=September 5, 2020 |season= |series-no= |number= |minutes= |time=20:24 |transcript= |transcript-url= |quote= |language=}} He was named the 2020 IRA Rookie of the Year.{{Cite episode |title=Wisconsin Championship |episode-link= |url= |access-date= |series=Interstate Racing Association |series-link= |first= |last= |network=FloRacing |station= |date=September 26, 2020 |season= |series-no= |number= |minutes= |time=21:03 |transcript= |transcript-url= |quote= |language=}}

Motorsports results

= American Open-Wheel racing results =

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

== Complete SCCA Pro Formula Enterprises results ==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! Entrant

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! Pos

! Points

2010

! Comprent Motorsports

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL
4

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
Ret

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NJMP
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| NJMP
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MIL
1

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MIL
1

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BIR
2

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| BIR
1

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| VIR
Ret

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| VIR
1

!style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st

!style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1203

== Indy Lights ==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! Team

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! Rank

! Points

2015

! 8 Star Motorsports

| STP

| STP

|style=| LBH

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ALA
12

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| ALA
6

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| IMS
2

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| IMS
1

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| INDY
6

|style=| TOR

|style=| TOR

|style=| MIL

|style=| IOW

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MDO
5

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| MDO
1

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LAG
4

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| LAG
2

|

|

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12th

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 188

2016

! Team Pelfrey

| STP

| STP

| PHX

| ALA

| ALA

| IMS

| IMS

| INDY

| RDA

| RDA

| IOW

| TOR

| TOR

| MDO

| MDO

| WGL

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LAG
4

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| LAG
8

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 19th

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 32

= Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results =

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! Entrant

! Class

! Make

! Engine

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! Rank

! Points

2016

! Panoz DeltaWing Racing

! P

! DeltaWing DWC13

! Élan (Mazda) 1.9 L I4 Turbo

|style="background:#EFCFFF;| DAY
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;| SEB
{{small|9}}

| LBH
{{small| }}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;| LGA
{{small|5}}

| DET
{{small| }}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;| WGL
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;| MOS
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;| ELK
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;| COA
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;| PET
{{small|8}}

! 11th

! 196

= Complete European Le Mans Series results =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! Entrant

! Class

! Chassis

! Engine

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! Rank

! Points

| 2017

! United Autosports

! LMP3

! Ligier JS P3

! Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| SIL
1

|style="background:#dfffdf;"| MNZ
9

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| RBR
2

|style="background:#FFFFBF;"| LEC
1

|style="background:#ffdf9f;"| SPA
3

|style="background:#dfdfdf;"| ALG
2

!style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1

!style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 103

| 2018

! United Autosports

! LMP3

! Ligier JS P3

! Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| LEC
5

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MNZ
5

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RBR
Ret

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SIL
7

| SPA{{refn|name=SpaRace|group=N|The 4 Hours of Spa was red-flagged after 40 laps. As less than 75% of the race had passed at the time of suspension, half points were awarded to all classified finishers.}}
Not
Entered

| ALG
Not
Entered

!style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 12

!style="background:#DFFFDF;"| 26

* Season still in progress.

= Complete 12 Hours of Sebring results =

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Year

! Result

! Team

! Car

! Class

2014

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"|37th

| 8 Star Motorsports

| Oreca FLM09

| PC

2016

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"|RET

| Panoz DeltaWing Racing

| DeltaWing DWC13

| P

2017

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"|2nd

| Starworks Motorsport

| Oreca FLM09

| PC

Notes

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References

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External links

  • [http://seanrayhall.com/ Official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814020026/http://seanrayhall.com/ |date=2014-08-14 }}
  • [http://www.imsa.com/drivers/sean-rayhall Sean Rayhall's profile on IMSA.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140817103412/http://www.imsa.com/drivers/sean-rayhall |date=2014-08-17 }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rayhall, Sean}}

Category:1995 births

Category:Living people

Category:Sportspeople from Douglas County, Georgia

Category:Racing drivers from Georgia (U.S. state)

Category:WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers

Category:American Le Mans Series drivers

Category:24 Hours of Daytona drivers

Category:Indy Lights drivers

Category:CARS Tour drivers

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