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| Buddy Shepherd | |||||||
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 Shepherd at All American Speedway in 2023 | |||||||
| Born | October 9, 1999 Bakersfield, California | ||||||
| ARCA Menards Series West career | |||||||
| 11 races run over 7 years | |||||||
| ARCA West no., team | No. 17 (Cook Racing Technologies) | ||||||
| Best finish | 28th (2022) | ||||||
| First race | 2015 Bill Schmitt Memorial 150 (Shasta) | ||||||
| Last race | 2024 NAPA Auto Parts 150 (Kern County) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of October 2, 2023. | |||||||
Buddy Shepherd (born October 9, 1999) is an American professional stock car racing driver who competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 17 Chevrolet for Cook Racing Technologies.
Racing career
[edit]In 2015, Shepherd would make his NASCAR K&N Pro Series West debut at Shasta Raceway Park, driving the No. 55 Ford for Jefferson Pitts Racing at the age of fifteen, where he would finish in fifth place.[1] He would make another start with the team at Meridian Speedway, where he would finish third. For the following year, Shepherd would run one race at Kern County Raceway Park, where he would finish nineteenth after starting twelfth. He would then run at Douglas County Speedway in 2017, this time driving the No. 27, where he would finish sixth, before moving back to the No. 55 for the season finale at Kern County, where he would finish seventh. In 2018, Shepherd would make one start at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway dirt-track in the No. 27, where he would finish 23rd due to a crash eight laps into the race, and would run at Roseville the following year, where he would finish seventh.
From 2020 to early 2022, Shepherd would compete in various series such as the SRL Spears Southwest Tour Series, where he would finish third in the points in 2021 with six top-fives and eight top-ten finishes, the CRA Super Series, the and Southern Super Series.[2]
In October 2022, Shepherd would make his return to the now ARCA Menards Series West at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring, driving the No. 17 Toyota for McGowan Motorsports, where he would start twelfth and finish in fifth place.[3][4] He would then compete in the next race with the team at Phoenix Raceway, where he would start tenth and go on to finish eleventh. In 2023, he would run with Jerry Pitts Racing at Roseville, where he would drive the No. 5 Toyota, where he would start fifth and finish in sixth place.[5][6]
Motorsports results
[edit]ARCA Menards Series West
[edit]| ARCA Menards Series West results | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | AMSWC | Pts | Ref |
| 2015 | Jefferson Pitts Racing | 55 | Ford | KCR | IRW | TUS | IOW | SHA 5 | SON | SLS | IOW | EVG | CNS | MER 3 | AAS | PHO | 29th | 80 | [7] | |
| 2016 | IRW | KCR 19 | TUS | OSS | CNS | SON | SLS | IOW | EVG | DCS | MMP | MMP | MER | AAS | 52nd | 25 | [8] | |||
| 2017 | 27 | TUS | KCR | IRW | IRW | SPO | OSS | CNS | SON | IOW | EVG | DCS 6 | MER | AAS | 29th | 75 | [9] | |||
| 55 | KCR 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 27 | KCR | TUS | TUS | OSS | CNS | SON | DCS | IOW | EVG | GTW | LVS 23 | MER | AAS | KCR | 60th | 21 | [10] | ||
| 2019 | LVS | IRW | TUS | TUS | CNS | SON | DCS | IOW | EVG | GTW | MER | AAS 7 | KCR | PHO | 44th | 37 | [11] | |||
| 2022 | McGowan Motorsports | 17 | Toyota | PHO | IRW | KCR | PIR | SON | IRW | EVG | PIR | AAS | LVS 5 | PHO 11 | 28th | 122 | [12] | |||
| 2023 | Jerry Pitts Racing | 5 | Toyota | PHO | IRW | KCR | PIR | SON | IRW | SHA | EVG | AAS 6 | LVS | MAD | PHO | 42nd | 38 | [13] | ||
| 2024 | Cook Racing Technologies | 17 | Chevy | PHO | KER | PIR | SON | IRW | IRW | SHA | TRI | MAD | AAS | KER 20 | PHO | 67th | 24 | [14] | ||
References
[edit]- ^ "Late Model driver Buddy Shepherd set for K&N Pro Series debut". Bakersfield.com. 27 May 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
- ^ "Buddy Shepherd". The Third Turn. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
- ^ "Milestone Starts To Be Made At Las Vegas Bullring During ARCA West Race". Flo Racing. 13 October 2022. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
- ^ "ARCA Menards West Series: Las Vegas Bullring Race Review". Kickin' the Tires. 17 October 2022. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
- ^ "NOTEBOOK: Joey Iest returns to ARCA Menards Series West at All American Speedway". ARCARacing.com. September 28, 2023. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
- ^ "Race results: NAPA Auto Parts 150 at All American Speedway". ARCARacing.com. September 30, 2023. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
- ^ "Buddy Shepherd – 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
- ^ "Buddy Shepherd – 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
- ^ "Buddy Shepherd – 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
- ^ "Buddy Shepherd – 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
- ^ "Buddy Shepherd – 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
- ^ "Buddy Shepherd – 2022 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
- ^ "Buddy Shepherd – 2023 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
- ^ "Buddy Shepherd – 2024 ARCA Menards Series West Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Buddy Shepherd driver statistics at Racing-Reference