Jack Sellers Explained

Jack Sellers
Birth Date:	27 July 1944
Birth Place:	Sacramento, California
Death Place:	Sacramento, California
Total Cup Races:	2
Years In Cup:	2
Best Cup Pos:	93rd (1992)
First Cup Race:	1990 Banquet Frozen Foods 300 (Sonoma)
Last Cup Race:	1992 Save Mart 300K (Sonoma)
Cup Wins:	0
Cup Top Tens:	0
Cup Poles:	0
Updated:	October 26, 2016

Jack Sellers (July 27, 1944 – October 24, 2016) was an American professional stock car racing 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.^[1]

Racing career

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.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4]

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.^[5] 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.

After 1994 Sellers continued to race in the West Series on a part-time basis. Scoring several top-ten finishes in 1995 and 1996. He cut down on his schedule after the 1996 season. Only running eight races between 1997 and 1999. In 2000 made a full-time return to the West Series. Mostly running midpack. In 2002 at Kansas Speedway Sellers scored his first top-ten finish in over five years. He continued to race full-time till the 2006 season. After that Sellers ran most races every season but did not race full-time again until the 2014 season. That season Sellers finished ninth in the points standings. He also scored his final career top-ten finish at Iowa Speedway. After the 2014 season Sellers reduced his schedule. He ran four races in the 2015, as well as the 2016 season. The final race of the 2016 season at All American Speedway would turn out to be the last start of Sellers' career. During his career Sellers entered over 300 West Series races and started a record 282 of them. He scored a total of 32 top-ten finishes. His best finish was seventh, a feat he accomplished six times.

In an interview in 2011 Sellers talked about his longevity in the West Series. “I never would have dreamed that I would go this far,” Sellers said with his familiar chuckle. “When you’ve been doing it so long, it’s not something that you can just quit.”

Death

Sellers died at his ranch in Sacramento, California on October 24, 2016, aged 72. He had finished 14th at All American Speedway in the 2016 K&N Pro Series West finale just a little over a week before.

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.)

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston 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		Pts	Ref
1987		41		DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	NWS	BRI	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	POC	RSD DNQ	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	RSD DNQ	ATL			NA	-	^[6]
1988		41W		DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	RSD DNQ	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	NWS	CAR	PHO DNQ	ATL			NA	-	^[7]
1989	Adele Emerson	44	Buick	DAY	CAR	ATL	RCH	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	SON DNQ	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	NWS	CAR	PHO DNQ	ATL			NA	-	^[8]
1990				DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	SON 40	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO DNQ	ATL			106th	-	^[9]
1991				DAY	RCH	CAR	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	SON DNQ	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO DNQ	ATL			NA	-	^[10]
1992				DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	CLT	DOV	SON 40	POC	MCH	DAY	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL			93rd	43	^[11]
1993		48		DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON DNQ	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR				NA	-	^[12]
																																PHO DNQ	ATL
1994		48W		DAY	CAR	RCH	ATL	DAR	BRI	NWS	MAR	TAL	SON DNQ	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	DAY	NHA	POC	TAL	IND DNQ	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	NWS	CLT	CAR	PHO	ATL	NA	-	^[13]

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	15	16	17		Pts	Ref
2003	Sellers Racing	75	Chevy	LEE	STA	ERI	BEE	STA	HOL	TMP	NHA 25	WFD	SEE	GLN 24	ADI	BEE	THU	NHA 39	STA	LRP	49th	225	^[15]
2004				LEE	TMP	LRP	SEE	STA	HOL	ERI	WFD	NHA 26	ADI	GLN	NHA	DOV					60th	85	^[16]
2005				STA	HOL	ERI	NHA 34	WFD	ADI	STA	DUB	OXF	NHA	DOV 29	LRP	TMP					52nd	137	^[17]
2007	Sellers Racing	15	Chevy	GRE	ELK DNQ	IOW DNQ	SBO	STA	NHA	TMP	MCM	ADI	LRP	MFD	NHA	DOV					NA	-	^[18]
2011	Sellers Racing	1	Chevy	GRE	SBO	RCH	IOW DNQ	BGS	JFC	LGY	NHA	COL	GRE	NHA	DOV						NA	-	^[19]
2012		15		BRI	GRE	RCH	IOW DNQ	BGS	JFC	LGY	CNB	COL	IOW	NHA	DOV	GRE	CAR				NA	-	^[20]

K&N Pro Series West

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15		Pts	Ref
1985	Sellers Racing	6	Olds	SON 20	SHA	RSD	MMR	SIR											17th	182	^[21]
	KC Racing	91	Olds						POR 11	STA 12	YAK	EVG 19	WSR	MMR 11	RSD
1986		41		SON	RSD	EVG 17	RCS 14	TAC 23	PIR 26	WSR	RSD DNQ								17th	150	^[22]
1987				SON 23	RSD DNQ	SGP 7	EVG 13	POR 21	TAC 12	MMR 15	RSD DNQ								10th	277	^[23]
1988		45		SON 28															12th	260	^[24]
		41			MMR 10	RSD DNQ	SGP 11	POR 12	EVG 19	MMR 25	PHO DNQ
1989	Adele Emerson	44	Buick	MAD 10	MMR 19		SON DNQ	POR 14	TCR 13	EVG 13	MMR 12	SGS 8		PHO DNQ					7th	1412	^[25]
						RAS 10							SON 11
1990			Buick	MMR 24	SON 40	SGS 16	POR 17	EVG 13	RAS 8	TCR 8	MMR 13	PHO DNQ							8th	1018	^[26]
1991				EVG 9	MMR 11	SON DNQ			EVG 14	SSS 13	MMR 12	PHO DNQ							10th	1106	^[27]
		8					SGS 14	POR 17
1992		44		MMR 9	SGS 8	SON 40	SHA 14	POR 12	EVG 11	SSS 8	CAJ 13								8th	1290	^[28]
												TWS 33	MMR 23	PHO
1993			Pontiac	TWS 42															5th	1833	^[29]
		48			MMR 15	SGS 10	SON DNQ	TUS 10	SHA 11	EVG 15	POR 10	CBS 8	SSS 8	CAJ 13	TCR 7	MMR 13	PHO DNQ
1994				MMR 21	TUS 22	SON DNQ	SGS 13	YAK 15	MMR 13	POR 12	IND DNQ	CAJ 9	TCR 7	LVS 16	MMR 9	PHO			8th	1611	^[30]
			Pontiac														TUS 11
1995				TUS 8	MMR 19	SON	CNS 9	MMR 20	POR	SGS	TUS	AMP 18	MAD 11	POR 13	LVS 19	SON 18	MMR 19	PHO	12th	1173	^[31]
1996				TUS 17	AMP 23	MMR	SON	MAD 9	POR 14	TUS 9	EVG 18	CNS 13	MAD 7	MMR 11	SON 17	MMR 18	PHO	LVS	12th	1333	^[32]
1997				TUS	AMP 14	SON	TUS	MMR	LVS	CAL	EVG	POR	PPR	AMP 8	SON 17	MMR	LVS		32nd	375	^[33]
1998		15		TUS	LVS	PHO	CAL	HPT	MMR	AMP DNQ	POR	CAL	PPR	EVG 22	SON	MMR 25	LVS		55th	185	^[34]
1999				TUS	LVS	PHO	CAL	PPR	MMR 23	IRW	EVG	POR	IRW 23	RMR	LVS 29	MMR	MOT		46th	264	^[35]
2000				PHO 15	MMR 25	LVS 15	CAL 30	LAG 19	IRW 16	POR 17	EVG 13	IRW 25	RMR 17	MMR 14	IRW 28				16th	1254	^[36]
2001				PHO 22	LVS DNQ	TUS 16	MMR 27	CAL 16	IRW 19	LAG 23	KAN 12	EVG 22	CNS 12	IRW DNQ	RMR 13	LVS 14	IRW 23		15th	1463	^[37]
2002				PHO 21	LVS 13	CAL 13		EVG 18	IRW 20	S99 13	RMR 20	DCS 12	LVS 27						12th	1142	^[38]
			Pontiac				KAN 7
2003				PHO 16	LVS 12		MAD 13	TCR 16		IRW 18				PHO 21					11th	1323	^[39]
			Pontiac			CAL 18			EVG 20		S99 17	RMR 17	DCS 17
	KC Racing	91	Olds												MMR 26
2004		15		PHO 24															13th	1427	^[40]
		75	Pontiac		MMR 22			EVG 16	IRW 19				PHO 12		MMR 15
		15				CAL 25	S99 16			S99 10	RMR 16	DCS 17		CNS 18		IRW 21
		75		PHO 25	MMR 11	PHO 18						CAL 25			MMR 24				13th	1278	^[41]
		15					S99 16	IRW 29	EVG 15	S99 12	PPR 17		DCS 17	CTS 17
2006		75		PHO 19	PHO 17	S99 17	IRW 16	SON 19		IRW 20	EVG 16	S99 15		CTS 15					15th	1326	^[42]
									DCS 12				CAL 28
		15	Pontiac												AMP 16
2007				CTS 15	PHO 23	AMP 19	ELK DNQ	IOW DNQ	CNS	SON 37	DCS	IRW 26	MMP	EVG	CSR	AMP			27th	487	^[43]
2008				AAS 25	PHO 21	CTS 19	IOW	CNS 18	SON 24				MMP 19	IRW 22		AAS 20			16th	1113	^[44]
		75								IRW 22	DCS 10	EVG
		03													AMP 27
2009		15	Chevy	CTS 13	AAS 13	PHO 24	MAD 12	IOW	DCS 16	SON 22	IRW	PIR	MMP 18	CNS 12		AAS 18			12th	1114	^[45]
		5													IOW 24
2010		15		AAS 17	PHO 20	IOW 19	DCS 18	SON 18	IRW 19	PIR 21	MRP 19		MMP 27	AAS 16	PHO				14th	1154	^[46]
		5										CNS 19
2011		55		PHO 26															13th	1297	^[47]
		15	Chevy		AAS 19	MMP 15		LVS 18	SON 30	IRW 26	EVG 18	PIR 19	CNS 17	MRP 18	SPO 20	AAS 24	PHO
		1					IOW DNQ
2012		15		PHO 29	LHC 20	MMP 24		IOW DNQ	BIR 16	LVS 13	SON 27	EVG 18	CNS 23	IOW	PIR 29	SMP	AAS	PHO	17th	245	^[48]
		5					S99 21
2013				PHO 15	S99 DNQ														13th	328	^[49]
		15				BIR 19	IOW 13	L44 13	SON 26	CNS 19	IOW 8	EVG 7	SPO 16	MMP 15	SMP	AAS 19	KCR	PHO
2014				PHO 26	IRW 22	S99 16		KCR 19	SON 26	SLS 15				KCR 13	MMP 19	AAS 21	PHO 31		9th	363	^[50]
		5					IOW 10
		11									CNS 11	IOW 12	EVG 12
2015		5		KCR 15	IRW 21	TUS	IOW												25th	85	^[51]
		15						SHA 24	SON 31	SLS	IOW	EVG	CNS	MER	AAS	PHO
2016				IRW 15	KCR 21	TUS	OSS	CNS	SON 20	SLS	IOW	EVG	DCS	MMP	MMP	MER	AAS 14		23rd	106	^[52]

ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series

(key) (

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

ARCA Hooters SuperCar 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		Pts	Ref
1992	Adele Emerson	44W		DAY	FIF	TWS	TAL	TOL	KIL	POC	MCH	FRS	KIL	NSH	DEL	POC	HPT	FRS	ISF	TOL	DSF	TWS 33	SLM	ATL	NA	0	^[53]
1993		44W	Pontiac	DAY	FIF	TWS 42	TAL	KIL	CMS	FRS	TOL	POC	MCH	FRS	POC	KIL	ISF	DSF	TOL	SLM	WIN	ATL			NA	0	^[54]

External links

• • Jack Seller’s #NASCAR Cup Debut
• Rest In Peace 'Cowboy Jack' – Jack Sellers

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sellers Remembered For His Colorful Career. hometracks.nascar.com. October 26, 2016.
2. Web site: NASCAR Winston West Series standings for 1989. Racing-Reference. October 26, 2016.
3. Web site: 1990 Miller Genuine Draft 200. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2016.
4. Web site: Jack Sellers – 1993 NASCAR Winston West Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 26, 2016.
5. Web site: Jack Sellers (1944-2016). lastcar.info. October 26, 2016.
6. Web site: Jack Sellers – 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Results. Racing-Reference. October 26, 2016.
7. Web site: Jack Sellers – 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Results. Racing-Reference. October 26, 2016.
8. Web site: Jack Sellers – 1989 NASCAR Winston Cup Results. Racing-Reference. October 26, 2016.
9. Web site: Jack Sellers – 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup Results. Racing-Reference. October 26, 2016.
10. Web site: Jack Sellers – 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Results. Racing-Reference. October 26, 2016.
11. Web site: Jack Sellers – 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Results. Racing-Reference. October 26, 2016.
12. Web site: Jack Sellers – 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Results. Racing-Reference. October 26, 2016.
13. Web site: Jack Sellers – 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Results. Racing-Reference. October 26, 2016.
14. Web site: Jack Sellers – 2002 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 26, 2016.
15. Web site: Jack Sellers – 2003 NASCAR Busch North Series Results. Racing-Reference. November 17, 2017.
16. Web site: Jack Sellers – 2004 NASCAR Busch North Series Results. Racing-Reference. November 17, 2017.
17. Web site: Jack Sellers – 2005 NASCAR Busch North Series Results. Racing-Reference. November 17, 2017.
18. Web site: Jack Sellers – 2007 NASCAR Busch East Series Results. Racing-Reference. November 17, 2017.
19. Web site: Jack Sellers – 2011 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results. Racing-Reference. November 17, 2017.
20. Web site: Jack Sellers – 2012 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Results. Racing-Reference. November 17, 2017.
21. Web site: Jack Sellers – 1985 NASCAR Winston West Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2016.
22. Web site: Jack Sellers – 1986 NASCAR Winston West Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2016.
23. Web site: Jack Sellers – 1987 NASCAR Winston West Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2016.
24. Web site: Jack Sellers – 1988 NASCAR Winston West Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2016.
25. Web site: Jack Sellers – 1989 NASCAR Winston West Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2016.
26. Web site: Jack Sellers – 1990 NASCAR Winston West Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2016.
27. Web site: Jack Sellers – 1991 NASCAR Winston West Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2016.
28. Web site: Jack Sellers – 1992 NASCAR Winston West Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2016.
29. Web site: Jack Sellers – 1993 NASCAR Winston West Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2016.
30. Web site: Jack Sellers – 1994 NASCAR Winston West Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2016.
31. Web site: Jack Sellers – 1995 NASCAR Winston West Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2016.
32. Web site: Jack Sellers – 1996 NASCAR Winston West Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2016.
33. Web site: Jack Sellers – 1997 NASCAR Winston West Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2016.
34. Web site: Jack Sellers – 1998 NASCAR Winston West Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2016.
35. Web site: Jack Sellers – 1999 NASCAR Winston West Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2016.
36. Web site: Jack Sellers – 2000 NASCAR Winston West Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2016.
37. Web site: Jack Sellers – 2001 NASCAR Winston West Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2016.
38. Web site: Jack Sellers – 2002 NASCAR Winston West Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2016.
39. Web site: Jack Sellers – 2003 NASCAR Winston West Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2016.
40. Web site: Jack Sellers – 2004 NASCAR West Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2016.
41. Web site: Jack Sellers – 2005 NASCAR West Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2016.
42. Web site: Jack Sellers – 2006 NASCAR Autozone West Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2016.
43. Web site: Jack Sellers – 2007 NASCAR West Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2016.
44. Web site: Jack Sellers – 2008 NASCAR Camping World West Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2016.
45. Web site: Jack Sellers – 2009 NASCAR Camping World West Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2016.
46. Web site: Jack Sellers – 2010 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2016.
47. Web site: Jack Sellers – 2011 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2016.
48. Web site: Jack Sellers – 2012 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2016.
49. Web site: Jack Sellers – 2013 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2016.
50. Web site: Jack Sellers – 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2016.
51. Web site: Jack Sellers – 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2016.
52. Web site: Jack Sellers – 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results. Racing-Reference. October 27, 2016.
53. Web site: Jack Sellers – 1992 ARCA SuperCar Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 26, 2016.
54. Web site: Jack Sellers – 1993 ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series Results. Racing-Reference. October 26, 2016.