The Story Behind David Seffens Racing
Hey everyone! My name is Amber, and I wanted to introduce our little race team and share a bit of our story.
I'm the wife of IMCA Modified driver David Seffens, and together we've been rebuilding our lives one step at a time.
David has raced since he was four years old, starting in BMX before moving into go-karts, Stinger cars, and eventually IMCA Modifieds. Racing has always been a huge part of his life, and over the years he's been fortunate enough to win several championships, including the 2025 Southern Raceway IMCA Modified Track Championship.
Our biggest victory, though, didn't happen on a racetrack.
In April 2023, David survived a suicide attempt. It was the hardest day of our lives, but it also became the turning point. Since then we've both remained sober, started our own mobile mechanic business, and focused on building a life we're proud of. Racing became part of that healing process and gave us something positive to fight for together.
This season has been another challenge. We suffered a catastrophic engine failure in our first race of 2026, and we've been sidelined ever since. Instead of giving up, we've spent the year rebuilding our engine, improving our race program, and getting everything ready for our return.
I recently built DavidSeffensRacing.com as a place to document our journey, preserve our memories, and share race updates, photos, and the story of our comeback. I thought some of you might enjoy following along, especially if you appreciate grassroots racing and the work that goes into it behind the scenes.
Thanks for letting me introduce ourselves. I'm looking forward to learning from everyone here, seeing your builds, and sharing our progress as we work toward getting the #7 IMCA Modified back where it belongs—on the racetrack.