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Andrew T. Seuss (born March 15, 1987) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. As a driver, he won two consecutive championships in 2014 and 2015 in the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour, and also competed in the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Truck Series, Whelen Modified Tour, ARCA Menards Series and what is now the ARCA Menards Series East. As an owner, he owns KLAS Motorsports, which fields the No. 73 car part-time in the ARCA Menards Series for Andy Jankowiak.^[1]

Racing career

Early years

Seuss started in go-kart racing, running at Sugar Hill Speedway in Weare, New Hampshire. He later moved up to late model racing.^[2]

Whelen Southern Modified Tour

Early years

Seuss started competing in 2006, at the age of 19. He ran four races in that season, finishing half of them and recording the best finish of fourth in his final start of the season at Motor Mile Speedway.^[3] In 2007, Seuss ran four more races, leading 116 of 157 laps and recording his first win at Music City Motorplex. However, he recorded two last place finishes, one because of withdrawal and one because of shock problems.^[4]

Full-time

In 2008, Seuss went full-time, grabbing his first pole in the second race of the season. However, he crashed out of that race en route to the last place finish. He won the final race of the season to cap off his first season with longtime team owner David Riggs, and his first season with Advance Auto Parts as a sponsor.^[5] In 2009, Seuss stayed with Riggs, scoring wins from the pole at Myrtle Beach Speedway and Caraway Speedway, as well as non-pole wins at South Boston Speedway and Lanier Speedway. He finished second in the series' point standings.^[6] In 2010, Advance Auto Parts departed as a sponsor, but Seuss and Riggs picked up Q Racing Oil as a primary sponsor. Seuss scored two wins, both at Caraway Speedway, but a last-race crash sent him from second to fourth in the point standings.^[7] In 2011, Seuss did not return to Riggs' team, instead of running the first four races with Brian Fishel and the final ten races with Eddie Harvey. Those final ten races included three poles and four wins, and Seuss once again finished as the series' runner-up in the point standings.^[8] For 2012, Seuss stayed with Harvey's team, but was plagued by inconsistency, scoring only one win and finishing fifth in points.^[9] With no full-season sponsor in 2013, Seuss soldiered on, not scoring his first win until the ninth race but then winning that one and the two after it to rally to third in the point standings.^[10]

Championship seasons

Ideal Finance signed on to sponsor Seuss in 2014, and Seuss responded with a first-race win, and not holding the top spot in the standings for only one race. He won his first championship that season on the back of a season in which he never finished a race outside of the top ten.^[11] In 2015, Seuss started with an opening-race crash, but rebounded by winning the race after that. He moved into the lead in the point standings after a win in the penultimate race at South Boston. A sixth-place finish in the final race of the season secured another championship for Seuss.^[12]

After the championships

Coming off back-to-back championships was no easy task, as new sponsors signed on for the beginning of the season. Seuss led over 40 laps in that opening race but finished fifth. The 2016 season included a pole and a win, as well as finishing in the top ten in every race and completing every lap of the season save for one at South Boston. However, a third consecutive title was not in the cards, as Seuss finished the season third in points, losing by about twenty to winner Burt Myers.^[13][14]

When the series folded after 2016, Seuss pursued a part-time Whelen Modified schedule and select races in other series.

Whelen Modified Tour

Seuss has been a part-time competitor in the series since 2006, never running more than six races a season. His first top five in the series came at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in 2013 driving for Eddie Harvey.^[15] In 2017, when the Southern Modified Tour disbanded, Seuss ran a partial schedule with Harvey and others while also running some ARCA Racing Series events.^[16]

ARCA Menards Series

Seuss debuted in the ARCA Racing Series in 2015, driving the No. 76 for Bryan Dauzat at Talladega Superspeedway. Seuss finished 21st, two laps down. His second start came five races later, driving the No. 40 for Roger Carter, and he finished two positions higher than in his debut, recording a 19th at Chicagoland Speedway.^[17] In 2016, Seuss returned to Talladega, this time driving for Chris Our. However, brake issues hampered his efforts and he finished 31st.^[18] Seuss continued his superspeedway efforts with Our in 2017, running Daytona and Talladega, finishing second at Talladega just behind Justin Haley.^[19] The car Seuss ran at Daytona was originally from Diamond Ridge Motorsports and the 1997 NASCAR Busch Series.^[20]

Seuss returned to ARCA in 2023, this time as a team owner. He and Kevin Lapierre purchased driver Andy Jankowiak's team, Jankowiak Motorsports, on January 19, 2023, allowing Jankowiak to focus on the driver role. The team was renamed KLAS Motorsports (the initials of the two new owners).^[1]

K&N Pro Series East

Seuss made his debut K&N Pro Series East at New Hampshire Motor Speedway^[21] in 2017 behind the wheel of No. 31 Chevrolet SS for Marsh Racing. He started 15th and finished 13th.

Truck Series

In 2013, Seuss attempted to make his Camping World Truck Series debut at Rockingham Speedway^[22] for FDNY Racing, but failed to qualify. Two years later, he failed to qualify at Talladega Superspeedway.^[23] Seuss broke through in 2016, failing to qualify at Charlotte Motor Speedway with FDNY Racing's No. 28, but then got into the race when MAKE Motorsports sold the ride in their No. 1 entry to Seuss and FDNY Racing. Seuss completed only 20 laps until a crash sent him home in last place.^[24]

Cup Series

On June 28, 2019, it was announced that Seuss would make his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in July, driving the team's No. 51 entry.^[25]

Xfinity Series

In October 2019, Seuss and Our Motorsports partnered to run the full 2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series schedule in the No. 02, with Seuss also working as the team's director of operations.^[26] However, after 16 races with Brett Moffitt primarily driving the car, Seuss left the team on July 22, 2020.^[27]

Personal life

Seuss attended Pinkerton Academy and New Hampshire Technical Institute.^[28] In 2014, shortly after finishing fifth in the season finale at Charlotte Motor Speedway to clinch the Southern Modified Tour championship, Seuss proposed to his girlfriend Jen.^[29] The two married in June 2015.^[30] Their first son Lyle was born in fall 2016.^[20] Seuss owns a boat repair business in Lake Norman when he is not racing.^[20]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)

Monster Energy Cup Series

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	MENCC	Pts	Ref
2019	Rick Ware Racing	51	Ford	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	MAR	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	KAN	CLT	POC	MCH	SON	CHI	DAY	KEN	NHA 28	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	IND	LVS	RCH	CLT	DOV	TAL	KAN	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	36th	9	[31]

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	NCWTC	Pts	Ref
2013	FDNY Racing	28	Chevy	DAY	MAR	CAR DNQ	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	KEN	IOW	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	IOW	CHI	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM		NA	-	[32]
2015	FDNY Racing	28	Chevy	DAY	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	GTW	IOW	KEN	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL DNQ	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	NA	-	[33]
2016		1		DAY	ATL	MAR	KAN	DOV	CLT 32	TEX	IOW	GTW	KEN	ELD	POC	BRI	MCH	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	78th	1	[24]

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	NKNPSEC	Pts	Ref
2017	Marsh Racing	31	Chevy	NSM	GRE	BRI	SBO	SBO	MEM	BLN	TMP	NHA 13	IOW	GLN	LGY	NJM	DOV	57th	31	[34]

Whelen Modified Tour

NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour results
Year	Car owner	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	NWMTC	Pts	Ref
2006	Steve Seuss	70	Chevy	TMP	STA	JEN	TMP	STA	NHA DNQ	HOL	RIV	STA	TMP	MAR	TMP	NHA 39	WFD	TMP	STA			64th	80	[35]
2007				TMP	STA	WTO	STA	TMP	NHA 19	TSA	RIV	STA	TMP 9	MAN 24	MAR	NHA 8	TMP	STA	TMP			42nd	477	[36]
2008				TMP	STA	STA	TMP 33	NHA 18	SPE	RIV	STA	TMP 21	MAN 14	TMP	NHA	MAR	CHE	STA	TMP 21			40th	494	[37]
2009				TMP 17	STA DNQ	STA 16	NHA 21	SPE	RIV	STA 21	BRI	TMP 15	NHA	MAR	STA	TMP						32nd	606	[38]
2010				TMP 36	STA 26	STA 10	MAR 20	NHA 23	LIM	MON	RIV	STA	TMP	BRI	NHA 34	STA	TMP					36th	532	[39]
2011				TMP	STA	STA	MND 17	TMP	NHA 19	RIV	STA	NHA 20	BRI	DEL	TMP	LRP	NHA	STA	TMP			35th	321	[40]
2012				TMP	STA	MND 14	STA	WFD	NHA 7	STA	TMP	BRI	TMP	RIV	NHA 24	STA						29th	99	[41]
	John Lukosavage	11	Chevy														TMP 32
2013	Eddie Harvey Racing	11	Chevy	TMP	STA	STA	WFD	RIV	NHA 4													32nd	77	[15]
	Steve Seuss	70	Chevy							MND 7	STA	TMP	BRI	RIV	NHA	STA	TMP
2014				TMP	STA	STA	WFD	RIV	NHA 8	MND 17	STA	TMP	BRI	NHA	STA	TMP						32nd	63	[42]
2015				TMP	STA	WFD	STA	TMP	RIV	NHA 27						NHA 15	STA	TMP				36th	113	[43]
	Robert Katon Jr.	13	Chevy								MND 8	STA	TMP 13	BRI	RIV
2016	Steve Seuss	70	Chevy	TMP	STA	WFD	STA	TMP	RIV	NHA 16	MND	STA	TMP	BRI	RIV	OSW	SEE	NHA	STA	TMP		46th	28	[44]
2017	Eddie Harvey Racing	11	Chevy	MYR 3	TMP 17	STA	LGY 22	TMP 28	RIV													26th	213	[16]
	Steve Seuss	70	Chevy							NHA 6	STA	TMP	BRI 6	SEE	OSW	RIV	NHA 25	STA
	Brady Bunch Racing	00	Chevy																TMP 33
2018	Brother-In-Law Racing	97	Chevy	MYR 13																		35th	138	[45]
		57			TMP 26	STA	SEE	TMP	LGY	RIV	NHA 27	STA	TMP	BRI 13	OSW	RIV	NHA 4	STA	TMP
2019		97		MYR 8	SBO	TMP	STA	WAL	SEE	TMP	RIV											37th	98	[46]
	Steve Seuss	70	Chevy									NHA 12	STA	TMP	OSW	RIV
	Danny Watts Jr.	82	Chevy														NHA 14	STA	TMP
2020	Steve Seuss	70	Chevy	JEN	WMM	WMM	JEN	MND	TMP	NHA 6	STA	TMP										40th	39	[47]
2021				MAR 17	STA	RIV	JEN	OSW	RIV	NHA 6	NRP	STA	BEE	OSW	RCH	RIV	STA					39th	65	[48]
2022				NSM	RCH	RIV	LEE	JEN	MND	RIV	WAL	NHA 22	CLM	TMP	LGY	OSW	RIV	TMP	MAR			64th	22	[49]
2023				NSM	RCH	MON	RIV	LEE	SEE	RIV	WAL	NHA 9	LMP	THO	LGY	OSW	MON	RIV	NWS 22	THO	MAR 27	43rd	74	[50]

Whelen Southern Modified Tour

NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour results
Year	Car owner	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	NSWMTC	Pts	Ref
2006	Steve Seuss	70	Chevy	CRW 22	GRE	CRW	DUB 14	CRW	BGS	MAR	CRW	ACE	CRW 19	HCY	DUB 4	SNM		26th	484	[3]
2007				CRW	FAI 1*	GRE 4	CRW 19	CRW 19	BGS	MAR	ACE	CRW	SNM	CRW	CRW			22nd	552	[4]
2008	David Riggs	47	Dodge	CRW 10	ACE 21	CRW 2*	BGS 5	CRW 18	LAN 9	CRW 3	SNM 4	MAR 7	CRW 4	CRW 1*				4th	1617	[5]
2009				CON 20	SBO 1*	CRW 2	LAN 1*	CRW 3	BGS 14	BRI 3	CRW 3	MBS 1	CRW 14	CRW 1*	MAR 5	ACE 2	CRW 6	2nd	2205	[6]
2010				ATL 12	CRW 1**	SBO 3	CRW 6	BGS 5	BRI 6	CRW 1**	LGY 5	TRI 3	CLT 18					4th	1566	[7]
2011	Bryan Fishel	44	Chevy	CRW 8	HCY 6	SBO 15	CRW 13											2nd	2231	[8]
	Eddie Harvey Racing	11	Chevy					CRW 3	BGS 8	BRI 2		LGY 1	THO 4	TRI 2	CRW 1**	CLT 4	CRW 4
			Dodge								CRW 1*
2012			Chevy	CRW 17	CRW 10	SBO 2	CRW 22	CRW 18	BGS 5	BRI 10	LGY 3	THO 1*	CRW 8	CLT 5				5th	388	[9]
2013			Dodge	CRW 5		SBO 12												4th	464	[10]
			Chevy		SNM 5		CRW 8	CRW 3	BGS 10	BRI 9	LGY 14*	CRW 1*	CRW 1*	SNM 1**	CLT 12
2014				CRW 1**	SNM 4	SBO 1*	LGY 2	CRW 1**	BGS 4	BRI 9	LGY 3	CRW 2	SBO 2	SNM 8	CRW 5	CRW 4	CLT 5	1st	583	[11]
2015				CRW 19	CRW 1	SBO 16	LGY 4	CRW 7*	BGS 6	BRI 1	LGY 3	SBO 1*	CLT 6					1st	392	[12]
2016				CRW 5	CON 4	SBO 3	CRW 4	CRW 1	BGS 3	BRI 2	ECA 7	SBO 10	CRW 4	CLT 7				3rd	442	[13]

ARCA Menards Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Menards Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	AMSC	Pts	Ref
2015	Brother-In-Law Racing	76	Chevy	DAY DNQ	MOB	NSH	SLM	TAL 21	TOL	NJE	POC	MCH												81st	285	[17]
	Carter 2 Motorsports	40	Dodge										CHI 19	WIN	IOW	IRP	POC	BLN	ISF	DSF	SLM	KEN	KAN
2016	Our Motorsports	02	Chevy	DAY	NSH	SLM	TAL 31	TOL	NJE	POC	MCH	MAD	WIN	IOW	IRP	POC	BLN	ISF	DSF	SLM	CHI	KEN	KAN	130th	75	[18]
2017				DAY 20	NSH	SLM	TAL 2	TOL	ELK	POC	MCH	MAD	IOW	IRP	POC	WIN	ISF	ROA	DSF	SLM	CHI 24	KEN	KAN	44th	460	[51]
2018				DAY 19	NSH	SLM	TAL 10	TOL	CLT 16	POC	MCH	MAD	GTW	CHI	IOW	ELK	POC	ISF	BLN	DSF	SLM	IRP	KAN	44th	465	[52]
2019				DAY 9	FIF	SLM	TAL 8	NSH	TOL															30th	550	[53]
			Ford							CLT 11	POC	MCH	MAD	GTW	CHI	ELK	IOW	POC	ISF	DSF	SLM	IRP	KAN
2020			Chevy	DAY 28	PHO	TAL	POC	IRP	KEN	IOW	KAN	TOL	TOL	MCH	DAY	GTW	L44	TOL	BRI	WIN	MEM	ISF	KAN	88th	16	[54]

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

References

External links

• Official website
• Andy Seuss driver statistics at Racing-Reference