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Sellers, a 22-year-old native of Danville, Va., claimed this year’s NDWS Division I championship racing primarily at South Boston (Va.) Speedway, where he also earned the track championship. His multi-championship season consisted of 15 wins, including 12 at South Boston Speedway, and 20 top-five finishes in 28 races. He is the youngest national champion in the 24-year history of the series and had the highest point total (1,114) among this season’s four NDWS divisional champions.

“This is hopefully the beginning of a long relationship I’ll have with Richard Childress Racing,” said Sellers. “I’ve been fairly successful so far in my racing career and this is another step on that path. The development program between Richard Childress Racing and Bill McAnally Racing has been pretty successful so far. To step into one of the top teams in the series right off the bat and shoot for the championship puts a little pressure on me but it’s something that will give me some momentum going into next season.

Getting his start in go-kart racing at age seven, Sellers moved up to open wheel mini sprints at 13 and Super Stocks two years later. He finished fifth in 2004 in his rookie season of Late Model stock car racing at South Boston Speedway and, that same season, also made his debut in the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) RE/MAX Series.

“Peyton has a history of winning and is already a national champion,” said Richard Childress, president and CEO of RCR. “We really liked what we saw when we tested him so being able to sign him to a multi-year contract is something we’re very excited about for the present and the future of RCR.” BMR’s No. 16 team finished second in the NASCAR Grand National Division, West Series point standings this season with driver Steve Portenga. In 12 starts, the team earned three victories, seven top-five and 11 top-10 finishes.

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