Bryan Sellers
Bryan Sellers is an American racing driver. Sellers won the title in the U.S. F2000 in 2002 and later competed in the Atlantic Championship and in racing sports cars.
Racing career
Sellers first competed in the World Karting Association Manufacturer's Cup and the Gold Cup in 1994, racing other young drivers such as Danica Patrick. In 1998, Sellers won the Spec 100 Open class in the Manufacturer's Cup, beating future Atlantic Championship rival Jonathan Macri.Sellers made his first auto racing start in a Star Mazda in 1998, before competing in the Midwestern Skip Barber Formula Dodge. Sellers won the championship, beating other young hopefuls such as Caio Travaglini and Jason LaPoint. Sellers won his first two races at the Indianapolis Raceway Park road course, and ran races in the other Formula Dodge regions. At Lime Rock Park, Sellers beat Marc Breuers to win two races. In 2000, Sellers competed in the second edition of the Skip Barber National Championship; he won races at Grattan Raceway at the start of the season but lost the title to Canadian Anthony Simone. Due to his strong results in the Skip Barber ranks, Sellers advanced to the Barber Dodge Pro Series at Road America, supporting the Champ Car Grand Prix of Road America, and placed twelfth in his debut race.
For 2001, Sellers signed with DSTP Motorsports for a partial schedule in the U.S. F2000. After one race, the team switched from the Mygale chassis to the more favorable Van Diemen chassis. The best result for Sellers was a seventh place at Sebring International Raceway. Supported by Team USA Scholarship, Sellers and teammate A. J. Allmendinger competed for a number of races in the Ford Championship">Ford Motor Company">Ford Championship. Sellers and Allmendinger finished second and third in the prestigious New Zealand Grand Prix which was won by Fabian Coulthard. For the 2002 season, Sellers returned to the United States to race in the USF2000, joining the highly successful Cape Motorsports outfit. Sellers won the first race at Sebring and won another seven races to claim the championship. The following year, 2003, Sellers joined the Atlantic Championship with Lynx Racing. Running a partial schedule, Sellers scored three top-ten finishes out of four races. In 2004, Sellers competed in all races of the championship; he claimed three podium finishes: at Long Beach, Cleveland and Denver.
Unable to continue in single seaters, Sellers shifted his focus to the American Le Mans Series and Grand-Am. Panoz Motorsports signed Sellers to drive their Panoz Esperante GTLM. The team had a tough season with a number of retirements. The best result for Sellers was a fifth place at the 2005 Portland Grand Prix with teammate Robin Liddell. For 2006 [American Le Mans Series season|2006] Sellers joined BMW Team PTG in of their BMW M3 GTR entries. Sellers and teammate Justin Marks finished 24th in the season standings. After running various races in 2007, Sellers joined the Rolex Sports Car Series for their 2008 [Rolex Sports Car Series season|2008] season. Joining The Racer's Group, Sellers scored a third place in class at the 24 Hours of Daytona. Sellers was placed sixteenth in the series championship. After running three races in 2009 for Team Falken Tire, Sellers joined the team full-time in 2010 [American Le Mans Series season|2010] and scored numerous top-ten finishes in the American Le Mans Series. In 2011 American [Le Mans Series season|2011], Sellers scored two class wins in the GT class with teammate Wolf Henzler at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge|Mid-Ohio] and 2011 [Baltimore Grand Prix (ALMS)|Baltimore]. For 2012, Sellers remained at Team Falken Tire, run by Walker Racing. Sellers and Henzler again won their class at Baltimore Sports Car Challenge|Baltimore]. Sellers also ran in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge for Fall-Line Motorsports, placing tenth in the championship standings. In 2013, Sellers won Petit Le Mans in the GT class, the final ALMS event before being merged into the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. Sellers repeated this performance in 2014. In 2015, Sellers won the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen.
In 2016, Sellers joined Paul Miller Racing, and teamed up with Madison Snow. In their sixth race as a duo, they earned their first joint podium. They went on to finish third in the championship that year, including a win at Virginia International Raceway. Year 2 was the only one to see them not get a win, and after a penalty resulting in loss of championship points, they finished ninth. Everything went right in 2018, with Bryan and Madison winning the GTD Championship, as well as the 2018 12 Hours of Sebring and the NorthEast Grand Prix at Lime Rock Park. The duo took nine podium finishes out of 12 races. They narrowly beat Katherine Legge in what remains the hardest fought GTD championship to date, requiring an average finish of third place. Sellers had two different co-drivers in 2019, sharing the Paul Miller Racing Lamborghini with Ryan Hardwick for the first half of the season before endurance driver Corey Lewis stepped in to contest the final five races of the season. Together with Lewis, Sellers won the Laguna Seca round. Madison came back into the picture for the 2020 season, and it kicked off with a bang! Together with Lewis and Andrea Caldarelli, Madison and Bryan claimed first place in GTD at the 2020 24 Hours of Daytona. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however, they were unable to complete the full season and instead participated in only select races. They did still win a championship. Lewis, Snow, and Sellers took the 2020 Michelin Endurance Cup, setting a record for points accrued that still hasn't been broken. In 2021, Sellers once again teamed up with Snow in the Lamborghini, and they had much success, taking their first win at the Long Beach Grand Prix. They stood on the podium seven out of 12 races, and came just short of winning their second full season championship.
2022 brought big change to the Paul Miller Racing organization, with the introduction of a new manufacturer. The team moved to BMW, becoming one of four M4 GT3s on the grid. Unfortunately, they did not receive their car until after the first race of the season, eliminating them from contention for the full season honors before their first race. They debuted the car at Sebring International Raceway and ran well until contact from a faster class car put them behind the wall for several hours. The defending race winners at Long Beach took pole and victory once again at the southern California event. Sellers and Snow would win a meaningful Lime Rock Park race once again as well, finishing out the season with top-five finishes at every race except Sebring and Watkins Glen, where they were disqualified. Their average finish in 2022 was the best of the field. 2023 saw Sellers once again sharing the car with Snow, tying Wolf Henzler for Sellers' longest driving partnership. The duo clinched the championship in record setting fashion, sealing it with still a race to go. They achieved victories at the 2023 12 Hours of Sebring, a third consecutive win at the Long Beach Grand Prix, their first wins at both Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and Road America, as well as win at the site of their first success in 2016, Virginia International Raceway. They also took home their second consecutive Sprint Cup.
Personal life
Sellers is married to pit lane reporter Jamie Howe, and the couple have two children.Racing record
Career Summary
American Open-Wheel racing results
Barber Dodge Pro Series
USF2000 National Championship
Atlantic Championship
American Le Mans Series results
| Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Points | Ref | |
| 2005 | Panoz Motor Sports | GT2 | Panoz Esperante GT-LM | Ford 5.0L V8 | SEB 7 | ATL 9 | MID 8 | LIM 6 | SON DNF | POR 4 | 2005 [Road America 500|AME] 7 | MOS 7 | PET 7 | MON 7 | 19th | 36 | |||
| 2006 | BMW Team PTG | GT2 | BMW M3 | BMW 3.4L I6 | SEB DNF | HOU | MOH 5 | LRP 4 | UTA 9 | POR 8 | ELK 6 | MOS DNF | PET 9† | LAG DNF | 24th | 37 | |||
| 2007 | Panoz Team PTG | GT2 | Panoz Esperante GT-LM | Ford 5.0L V8 | SEB 12 | STP | 2007 [Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach (American Le Mans Series race)|LBH] | HOU | UTA DNF | LRP | MOH | ELK | MOS | DET | PET | LAG | NC | 0 | |
| 2009 | Team Falken Tire | GT2 | Porsche 911 GT3 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SEB | STP | LBH DNF | UTA | LRP | MOH | ELK | MOS | PET 11 | LAG 8 | 46th | 8 | |||
| 2010 | Team Falken Tire | GT | Porsche 911 GT3 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SEB 12 | LBH 6 | LAG 7 | UTA 9 | LRP 8 | MOH 8 | ELK 10 | MOS 7 | PET 10 | 17th | 40 | ||||
| 2011 | Team Falken Tire | GT | Porsche 911 GT3 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SEB DNF | LBH 4 | LRP 5 | MOS 5 | MOH 1 | ELK 6 | BAL 1 | LAG DNF | PET 5 | 5th | 97 | ||||
| 2012 | Team Falken Tire | GT | Porsche 911 GT3 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SEB 8 | LBH 6 | LAG 7 | LRP 7 | MOS 4 | MOH 4 | ELK 12† | BAL 1 | VIR 240|VIR] 7 | PET 6 | 8th | 81 | |||
| 2013 | Team Falken Tire | GT | Porsche 911 GT3 RSR | Porsche 4.0 L Flat-6 | SEB 3 | LBH 10 | LAG 2† | LRP 8 | MOS 10 | ELK 9 | BAL DNF | COA 7 | VIR 8 | PET 1 | 10th | 55 |
† Did not finish the race but was classified as his car completed more than 70% of the overall winner's race distance.
† Sellers car failed post-race technical inspection, forfeiting all championship points but still maintaining its finishing position in the race.