Mike Senica

Mike Senica
Nationality	American
Born	(1966-04-26) April 26, 1966 Newark, New Jersey, United States
K&N Pro Series East career
Debut season	2010
Current team	Team Stange Racing
Car no.	47
Starts	16
Wins	0
Poles	0
Best finish	10th in 2013/14
Previous series
2010-2014	ARCA Racing Series

Mike Senica (born April 26, 1966 in Newark, New Jersey), aka Mike Flyte, is a American stock car racing driver and professional wrestler. He currently competes in the ARCA Racing Series and the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Camping World Truck Series.

Racing career

Senica competed in Formula Ford racing in the mid 1990s; he was mentored by former Indy 500 Dennis Vitolo to acquire sponsors to support his racing efforts. He attended the Fast-Track Racing School in 2005 at Charlotte Motor Speedway and earned his ARCA license; he made his debut in the ARCA Racing Series in 2010, driving for Peterson Motorsports at Mansfield Motorsports Speedway, finishing 30th in his debut.^[1] He competed in five additional races between 2010 and 2012, posting a best finish of 30th in his debut at Mansfield,^[2] and finishing tied for 87th in points in 2012 for his best points finish.^[3]

In 2013, Senica moved to the ARCA Truck Series, driving for Team Wilson Driver Development as a teammate to Devin Moran, and Bobby Dale Earnhardt.^[4] In August, he joined Mike Harmon Racing as a development driver, planning to make his NASCAR debut in the Camping World Truck Series later that season.^[5] Mike's best finish was 10th place at Lake County Speedway on October 13 driving for Spear Motorsports.

On December 2014 Team Stange Racing announced that Mike Senica would be joining their team in 2015 and will compete in the NASCAR K&N Series starting at New Smyrna Speedway during NASCAR's Speedweeks in Daytona Beach, Florida.^[6] In 2014 Senica has signed on with LaCross Motorsports. Mike will run in the Super Cup Stock Car Series with LaCross Motorsports along with the NASCAR K&N Series.Senica finished 15th in the points in the Super Cup Series. On July 25, Mike raced in the ARCA RACING SERIES event at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis and he finished in 27th place. He ran in the ARCA TRUCK SERIES at Jennerstown Speedway on September 13 and finished in 10th place for SPEAR Motorsports. On December 18, 2014 Team Stange Racing announced that Mike Senica would be joining their team in 2015 and will compete in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East starting at New Smyrna Speedway in February 2015 during Speedweeks in Daytona Beach, Florida.^[6] Senica's #47 Bell Plantation Chevrolet suffered damage during practice at New Smyrna so the team was forced to post a DNS.^[7] On April 4, Mike started 25th at Greenville Pickens Speedway and finished in 24th with handling issues.

Wrestling

Senica participates in professional wrestling under the stage name Mike Flyte,^[4] and was trained by WWE Hall of Famer Afa, the Wild Samoan. He has also worked under the names Padrone, Masked Superstar and The Machine.{{citation needed^[8]|date=August 2013}} Currently, he works as the manager for D-Ray 3000 in the International Wrestling Network. Mike Flyte debuted at WXW Sportsfest as the manager for Jeff "the future" Coleman back in 2004. The pair went on to feud with notable superstars such as The Great Samu, Rikishi and Don Muraco.^[9] After two years in WXW, both Flyte and Coleman moved onto RPWF where they worked with former WWE Superstars Ivory and Dustin Runnels and the New Age Outlaws. Flyte then went on his own and he worked for various independent companies such as RPWF,ACPW and LCW. Mike also tagged with WWE/TNA star Jason Static where they were known as the "Flyte-Crew" and they also worked at VPW and CCW and were un-defeated in their matches in 2009/10. Mike also worked with Melissa Coates, who was his valet in 2007-2008 and she was known as "Mile High" Melissa. In November, 2013 Mike Flyte and Rick Baker made their Lancaster Championship Wrestling debut and their opponent was Ring of Honor Superstar Jay Diesel.^[10] Baker lost to Diesel and Mike Flyte vowed his revenge. The pair also introduced their International Wrestling Network Heavyweight Title to the United States. The pair have worked all over the United States and have been on demand from various promoters. On 10/25/2014, Rick Baker faced Total Non Stop Action Superstar SharkBoy at LCW. When Mike Flyte tried to interject, Baker slugged Flyte,which cost them the match.

Personal life

A resident of Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Senica is a graduate of Central Bucks High School West. Senica started Motorsport Concepts, a sports marketing company that allows him to obtain corporate sponsors and run marketing programs for his clients. He holds an Airline Transport Pilot License and is a certified flight instructor. He also operates Paws to the Pedal, an animal rescue program.

References

External links

• Official website
• Official wrestling website
• Mike Senica driver statistics at Racing-Reference