Allen "A. J." Moyer (born October 6, 1987) is an American professional

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driver who competes part-time in the

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, driving the No. 88

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for his own team, Moyer-Petroniro Racing.

Racing career

Early racing career

ARCA Menards Series

On April 11, 2021, Moyer would announce on

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that he would be making his debut with

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at the 2021 Herr's Potato Chips 200. He would finish 9th, garnering his first top 10. 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

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, and the season finale at

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. Although he would not compete at Salem, he would compete at Talladega, where he would finish 23rd,

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, 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

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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. He would only end up running Daytona (which he failed to qualify), Talladega, and Charlotte. In 2025, Moyer returned to Moyer-Petroniro Racing at Daytona and finished in seventh, his second top-10.

Personal life

A. J. is the son of the

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Larry Moyer Larry E. Moyer (born April 10, 1951 – August 2, 2011) was an American professional stock car racing driver who has previously competed in the ARCA Racing Series from 1981 to 1982, where he won the championship in his first year in the series. He ...

. He is not related to

Stephanie Moyer Stephanie Moyer (born September 24, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. She last competed in the ARCA Menards Series East and the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 01 for Fast Track Racing. Racing career Early years ...

, 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

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 East

ARCA Menards Series West

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moyer, A. J. 1987 births Living people ARCA Menards Series drivers NASCAR drivers Racing drivers from Tampa, Florida