Allen "A. J." Moyer[1] (born October 6, 1987) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 88 Chevrolet SS for his own team, Moyer-Petroniro Racing.

A. J. Moyer
BornAllen Moyer
(1987-10-06) October 6, 1987 (age 37)
Tampa, Florida
ARCA Menards Series career
24 races run over 4 years
ARCA no., teamNo. 88 (Moyer-Petroniro Racing)
Best finish7th (2023)
First race2021 Herr's Potato Chips 200 (Toledo)
Last race2024 General Tire 150 (Charlotte)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 1 0
ARCA Menards Series East career
5 races run over 1 year
Best finish20th (2023)
First race2022 Bush's Beans 200 (Bristol)
Last race2023 Bush's Beans 200 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
ARCA Menards Series West career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish63rd (2023)
First race2023 General Tire 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of May 26, 2024.

Racing career

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Early racing career

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ARCA Menards Series

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On April 11, 2021, Moyer would announce on Twitter that he would be making his debut with Wayne Peterson Racing at the 2021 Herr's Potato Chips 200.[2] He would finish 9th, garnering his first top 10.[3] He would make one more start at the 2021 Sioux Chief PowerPEX 200, finishing 15th.

In 2022, it was announced that Moyer would run three races with Peterson, with those races being at Talladega Superspeedway, Salem Speedway, and the season finale at Toledo Speedway.[4] Although he would not compete at Salem, he would compete at Talladega, where he would finish 23rd, Bristol Motor Speedway, where he would finish 23rd due to a crash, and Toledo, where he would finish sixteenth.

Moyer ran nearly the full season in the main ARCA Series in 2023 driving for Wayne Peterson Racing, mostly in their No. 06 car. (He ran every race until the race at Kansas in September, which he missed along with the races at Salem and Toledo at the end of the season.) He finished 7th in the final points standings.

On January 9, 2024, Moyer announced that he would be starting his own ARCA team in 2024, Moyer-Petroniro Racing, with co-owner Randy Petroniro, who was a previous sponsor of his. The team will field the No. 88 car part-time with Moyer running all six races of the General Tire Superspeedway Challenge (Daytona, Talladega, both Kansas races, Charlotte and Michigan) and Randy Jr, the son of the co-owner, making his ARCA debut running some short track races.[5]

Personal life

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A. J. is the son of the 1981 ARCA Racing Series champion Larry Moyer.[1] He is not related to Stephanie Moyer, who like A. J. also made her ARCA debut in 2021 and has competed in the series since then. A. J. is from Florida and Stephanie is from Pennsylvania.

Motorsports career results

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ARCA Menards Series

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(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
2021 Wayne Peterson Racing 40 Ford DAY PHO TAL KAN TOL
9
CLT MOH POC ELK BLN IOW WIN GLN MCH ISF MLW DSF BRI 58th 64 [6]
06 SLM
15
KAN
2022 0 DAY PHO TAL
23
KAN CLT IOW BLN ELK MOH POC IRP MCH GLN ISF MLW DSF KAN 50th 70 [7]
06 BRI
23
SLM TOL
16
2023 Chevy DAY
29
TAL
20
KAN
20
7th 570 [8]
Toyota PHO
21
BLN
14
ELK
15
IOW
14
POC
16
IRP
17
ISF
15
MLW
16
DSF
18
KAN
Ford CLT
27
MCH
20
BRI
27
SLM TOL
0 Toyota MOH
17
Clubb Racing Inc. 03 Ford GLN
21
2024 Moyer-Petroniro Racing 88 Chevy DAY
DNQ
PHO TAL
19
DOV KAN CLT
19
IOW MOH BLN IRP SLM ELK MCH ISF MLW DSF GLN BRI KAN TOL 71st 50 [9]

ARCA Menards Series East

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ARCA Menards Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 AMSWC Pts Ref
2022 Wayne Peterson Racing 06 Ford NSM FIF DOV NSV IOW MLW BRI
23
55th 21 [10]
2023 Toyota FIF DOV NSV FRS IOW
14
IRP
17
MLW
16
20th 102 [11]
Ford BRI
27

ARCA Menards Series West

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ARCA Menards Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 AMSWC Pts Ref
2023 Wayne Peterson Racing 06 Toyota PHO
21
IRW KCR PIR SON IRW SHA EVG AAS LVS MAD PHO 63rd 23 [12]

References

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  1. ^ a b "A.J. Moyer". ARCA. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  2. ^ Moyer, A. J. (April 11, 2021). "My dad Won his first ARCA Racing Series Race on May 17th 1981 In Dayton, OH and to tribute my father I will be making my first @ARCA_Racing Series Presented By Menards Start at Toledo, OH on May 22 2021 40 years later to honor his 1981 ARCA National Championship, RIP Champ!". Twitter. Archived from the original on 2021-04-11. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  3. ^ "Ty Gibbs Dominates ARCA Race at Toledo". Frontstretch. 23 May 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
  4. ^ "AJ Moyer Running 3 ARCA Races in 2022". Frontstretch. 20 April 2022. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  5. ^ Tolito, Lyle (January 9, 2024). "Seriously Fast Exclusive: AJ Moyer forming Moyer Petroniro Racing". Seriously Fast Motorsports. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  6. ^ "A. J. Moyer – 2021 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Archived from the original on 2021-10-29. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  7. ^ "A. J. Moyer – 2022 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  8. ^ "A. J. Moyer – 2023 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  9. ^ "A. J. Moyer – 2024 ARCA Menards Series results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
  10. ^ "A. J. Moyer – 2022 ARCA Menards Series East results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  11. ^ "A. J. Moyer – 2023 ARCA Menards Series East results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  12. ^ "A. J. Moyer – 2023 ARCA Menards Series West results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
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