A.J. Moyer Bio
Allen “A.J.” Moyer (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. Moyer made his ARCA debut in 2021 and steadily built his résumé through the series, earning his best points finish of seventh overall in 2023. He is the son of 1981 ARCA Racing Series champion Larry Moyer, making him part of a multi-generation racing family. Moyer launched Moyer-Petroniro Racing in 2024 and returned to the superspeedway circuit with the team in 2025.
Born and raised in Tampa, Florida, A.J. Moyer grew up immersed in a racing environment shaped by his father’s championship career. Larry Moyer’s 1981 ARCA title provided both inspiration and a direct connection to the sport from an early age. That lineage gave A.J. a unique entry point into competitive motorsports, grounding his ambitions in a family tradition of speed and perseverance. He carried that foundation into his own racing pursuits, ultimately choosing stock car racing as his professional path.
Early Life and Background
Allen Moyer was born on October 6, 1987, in Tampa, Florida, to Larry Moyer and his family. Growing up in Florida’s active motorsports scene, young A.J. was exposed to the sport through his father’s ongoing involvement in ARCA competition. Larry Moyer’s championship legacy in the ARCA Racing Series created a household atmosphere centered on racing strategy, vehicle preparation, and the discipline required at high speeds. That environment shaped A.J.’s early interests and gave him practical knowledge of how a racing program operates from the inside.
Unlike many drivers who enter the sport through purely personal ambition, A.J. Moyer’s introduction to racing came with a built-in mentor and a clear model of success. The Moyer family’s racing heritage connected him to a network of competitors, crew members, and sponsors familiar with the name. He spent years absorbing the sport before making his own competitive debut, building a base of knowledge that would serve him well once he entered the driver’s seat himself.
Path to NASCAR
A.J. Moyer’s path to national-level stock car racing ran through the ARCA Menards Series, which serves as a key proving ground for drivers aspiring to NASCAR’s national divisions. Rather than climbing through regional late model ranks, Moyer leveraged his father’s connections and his own determination to enter ARCA directly. His debut came at age 33 with Wayne Peterson Racing, a team with a long history of giving new drivers their first opportunity in the series. That choice reflected both patience and pragmatism, waiting until he felt ready to compete at the highest developmental level available.
Moyer’s first ARCA start, announced on April 11, 2021, came at the Herr’s Potato Chips 200. He finished ninth in that debut race, earning his first top-ten finish immediately and signaling that his preparation had paid off. He followed that with a second start later in the 2021 season at the Sioux Chief PowerPEX 200, finishing fifteenth. Those two races gave him a foundation of experience and established him as a credible competitor in the series, setting the stage for the more ambitious schedules that would follow in the years ahead.
A.J. Moyer Career
Early Career (2021)
A.J. Moyer made his ARCA Menards Series debut in April 2021 at the Herr’s Potato Chips 200, driving for Wayne Peterson Racing. He finished ninth in that first start, immediately earning his first career top-ten finish. He ran one additional race in 2021 at the Sioux Chief PowerPEX 200, finishing fifteenth. The two-race schedule allowed him to gain valuable seat time and learn the demands of ARCA competition without overextending a newly established program.
Moyer’s early results with Wayne Peterson Racing demonstrated that he could compete consistently at the ARCA level. Finishing ninth in a debut race is a significant accomplishment, particularly in a series with a wide range of experience levels among competitors. That performance gave both Moyer and the team confidence to pursue a fuller schedule in the seasons ahead, laying the groundwork for what would become a multi-year working relationship.
ARCA Menards Series Breakthrough (2022–2023)
In 2022, Moyer expanded his ARCA schedule with Wayne Peterson Racing to three races, targeting superspeedway events at Talladega Superspeedway, Salem Speedway, and the season finale at Toledo Speedway. He ultimately competed at Talladega, finishing twenty-third, and at Bristol Motor Speedway, where a crash ended his race in twenty-third place. He also ran the Toledo finale, finishing sixteenth. Though the 2022 schedule was still modest, the mix of superspeedway and short-track events gave Moyer exposure to different disciplines within stock car racing and helped him develop versatility as a driver.
Moyer’s career breakthrough came in 2023 when he ran nearly the full ARCA Menards Series season for Wayne Peterson Racing, primarily in the team’s No. 06 car. He competed in every event until Kansas Speedway in September, also missing the final two short-track races at Salem and Toledo. Despite those absences, he logged enough consistent finishes to secure seventh place in the final ARCA Menards Series points standings, his best career championship result to date. That top-ten points finish established Moyer as a reliable, full-season competitor and gave him the platform to pursue his own team starting in 2024.
Moyer-Petroniro Racing Era (2024–Present)
On January 9, 2024, Moyer announced the formation of his own ARCA team, Moyer-Petroniro Racing, in partnership with co-owner Randy Petroniro, who had previously served as one of his sponsors. The team fielded the No. 88 Chevrolet SS on a part-time basis, with Moyer targeting all six races on the General Tire Superspeedway Challenge schedule, which included Daytona International Speedway, Talladega Superspeedway, both Kansas Speedway races, Charlotte Motor Speedway, and Michigan International Speedway. Co-owner Randy Petroniro’s son, Randy Jr., made his ARCA debut running short-track races for the team in a separate car.
Moyer’s own superspeedway schedule in 2024 ultimately included Daytona, Talladega, and Charlotte, though he failed to qualify for the season-opening race at Daytona. The experience of running his own team brought new challenges, including car preparation, crew management, and sponsorship coordination, while still requiring him to perform at a competitive level behind the wheel. He returned to the team in 2025 at Daytona and finished seventh, delivering his second career top-ten ARCA finish and validating the continued operation of Moyer-Petroniro Racing.
Driving Style and Strengths
A.J. Moyer has built his ARCA résumé primarily through consistent superspeedway performances, with his best results coming at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway. His seventh-place finish in the 2023 ARCA Menards Series points standings reflects a driving style built on reliability and racecraft rather than all-out aggression, allowing him to complete races and accumulate points over a full season. Moyer’s ability to adapt to different track types, from high-speed superspeedways to shorter circuits, demonstrates the versatility needed to sustain a part-time ARCA program with his own team.
Notable Races and Milestones
Moyer’s career is highlighted by his seventh-place run at Daytona International Speedway in 2025, his second career top-ten ARCA finish and a strong start to the Moyer-Petroniro Racing program. His 2023 season-long seventh-place points finish stands as the most significant milestone of his racing career to date. The formation of his own team in 2024 represents a meaningful personal and professional achievement, as he moved from driver for established organizations to team owner and driver in his own right.
A.J. Moyer Career Wins
A.J. Moyer has not yet recorded a race victory in the ARCA Menards Series, but he has established himself as a consistent points competitor with multiple top-ten finishes across his career. His best championship result, a seventh-place finish in the 2023 ARCA Menards Series standings, reflects the cumulative strength of his race-by-race performances over a near-full season schedule. Moyer’s top-ten finishes include his debut race at the 2021 Herr’s Potato Chips 200 and his seventh-place effort at the 2025 season-opening ARCA race at Daytona International Speedway.
ARCA Menards Series Highlights
Moyer’s ARCA Menards Series career began with an immediate top-ten in his debut race at the 2021 Herr’s Potato Chips 200, where he finished ninth driving for Wayne Peterson Racing. He followed with a fifteenth-place finish later that season and steadily built his résumé over the next two years. In 2023, running nearly the full schedule for Wayne Peterson Racing, Moyer achieved his best championship result with a seventh-place finish in the final ARCA Menards Series points standings. He returned in 2025 with his own team, Moyer-Petroniro Racing, and finished seventh at Daytona International Speedway for his second career top-ten ARCA finish.
Other Wins and Performances
Beyond his ARCA Menards Series results, Moyer has competed in the General Tire Superspeedway Challenge events as part of his 2024 and 2025 schedules, targeting the six superspeedway races on the ARCA calendar. His consistent finishes and ability to complete races with established teams provided the performance foundation necessary to launch his own organization.
A.J. Moyer Family
Family Background and Racing Lineage
A.J. Moyer is the son of Larry Moyer, who won the ARCA Racing Series championship in 1981, establishing the Moyer family as part of stock car racing’s developmental-tier history. Larry Moyer’s championship in the ARCA series placed him among an elite group of drivers in the sport’s most prominent feeder series during that era. That achievement provided the Moyer family with deep roots in the racing community and created a natural pathway for A.J. to pursue his own career in the same discipline.
A.J. Moyer has publicly clarified that he is not related to Stephanie Moyer, another ARCA driver who made her series debut in the same year. While both drivers share the Moyer surname and entered ARCA in 2021, they come from different family backgrounds and geographic regions, with A.J. hailing from Florida and Stephanie from Pennsylvania. The distinction is relevant in a sport where family lineage often connects drivers across generations.
Personal Life
A.J. Moyer was born and raised in Tampa, Florida, and maintains his American nationality throughout his racing career. Details about his education, marital status, and personal interests outside of motorsports are not publicly documented in available sources. His primary public presence has been through his racing career and his social media presence on Facebook. He has kept his personal life separate from his professional motorsports identity, with the available public record focused primarily on his ARCA competition and the legacy established by his father’s racing career.
2025 Season Performance
Moyer began the 2025 ARCA Menards Series season driving for Moyer-Petroniro Racing at Daytona International Speedway, delivering a strong result with a seventh-place finish. That performance marked his second career top-ten ARCA finish and provided an immediate positive result for the team he founded just one year earlier. The Daytona result demonstrated that Moyer-Petroniro Racing could compete at a competitive level from the outset, giving the organization momentum heading into the remaining superspeedway events on the schedule.
The 2025 campaign continues Moyer’s established pattern of targeting superspeedway events, consistent with the General Tire Superspeedway Challenge format used in 2024. His seventh-place finish at Daytona follows the same formula that brought him success throughout his ARCA career, combining steady racecraft with strong preparation at high-speed tracks. With a team he owns and operates, Moyer enters 2025 with greater control over his program than at any previous point in his career, positioning him to build on the results that have defined his time in the ARCA Menards Series.