Sean Woodside may be one of the youngest stars in NASCAR racing who can claim to have cut his teeth at the former Saugus Speedway, but don’t let that fool you.  Woodside has amassed an impressive list of accomplishments at Saugus and numerous other racetracks in the western states throughout his NASCAR racing career.

Woodside earned two championships, numerous wins (ten during the 1995 season alone) and many other awards, including Most Popular Driver and Rookie of the Year awards, during a five-season run in Saturday night racing at Saugus and, later, Mesa Marin Raceway. Then, in 1997, Woodside set his sights on the NASCAR Winston West Series.

There, he finished his first season with record-breaking total prize money, three wins, a second-place finish in the championship hunt and awards for leading the most laps and winning the most Busch Pole Awards.

Woodside’s second NASCAR Winston West season resulted in another second-place finish in the point standings, two wins and the Gatorade Front Runner Award. Amazingly, Woodside completed 99.6% of the season’s total laps.

In 1999, Woodside led the charge for Bill McAnally Racing, culminating the year by clinching the NASCAR Winston West Series championship at Twin Ring Motegi in Japan.

After a one-year hitch in the Featherlite Southwest Series, NASCAR Touring with REF Motorsports. Woodside joined Team Walker Motorsports and ran the Southwest Series and the Winston West series in 2001. In 2002 Woodside made a solo attempted at the Southwest Series and was a top contender until an injury halted the season.

Where does the talent come from?  Racing was truly a family affair in the Woodside home.  Along with supporting Woodside’s early years in go-cart racing, his parents both competed at Saugus Speedway and Mesa Marin Raceway in NASCAR’s Winston Racing Series.

 Woodside grew up at racetracks, spent some time honing his mechanical abilities at prominent Southern California race shops and, eventually, became crew chief for both of his parents.  Somehow, between all the peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, homework and keeping a household running, Woodside’s mom and dad accomplished raising one of the West’s best drivers.