Dale Shearer (racing driver)
Dale Shearer | |||||||
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![]() Shearer at Daytona International Speedway in 2016 | |||||||
Born | Chillicothe, Missouri | August 26, 1959||||||
ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
41 races run over 13 years | |||||||
ARCA no., team | No. 98 (Shearer Speed Racing) | ||||||
Best finish | 36th (2014) | ||||||
First race | 2008 Allen Crowe 100 (Springfield) | ||||||
Last race | 2024 Atlas 150 (Iowa) | ||||||
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ARCA Menards Series East career | |||||||
9 races run over 2 years | |||||||
ARCA East no., team | No. 98 (Shearer Speed Racing) | ||||||
Best finish | 6th (2023) | ||||||
First race | 2023 Pensacola 200 (Pensacola) | ||||||
Last race | 2024 Atlas 150 (Iowa) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of June 16, 2024. |
Dale J. Shearer (born August 26, 1959) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series and the ARCA Menards Series East, driving the No. 98 Toyota Camry for Shearer Speed Racing.
Racing career
[edit]Shearer first gained an interest in racing after his father worked as a pit steward for Kline's Speedway, but would not compete in a race until the age of twenty-one, when he would compete at various dirt-tracks driving street cars that were converted into racing cars.[1]
Shearer made his ARCA Re/Max Series debut in 2008, driving his self-owned No. 73 Ford at the Illinois State Fairgrounds, where he would finish 28th due to handling issues. He would make two more starts at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds and Salem Speedway. He would make two more starts the following year with a best finish of 27th at Berlin Raceway. After not competing in the series the following year, Shearer would return in 2011, making starts at Springfield and DuQuoin. He would enter in five more races in 2012, and would earn a best finish of seventeenth at Winchester Speedway.
![Dale Shearer, Ford Fusion, 2018](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Dale_Shearer%2C_Ford_Fusion.jpg/220px-Dale_Shearer%2C_Ford_Fusion.jpg)
In 2014, Shearer would run five races during the season, and in the last race of the year at Kansas Speedway, he was involved in a multi-car crash involving Galen Hassler and Tom Berte, finishing 26th. He would run a majority of his races from 2015 to 2018 with his own team.
In 2019, Shearer would run the No. 69 Ford in collaboration with Kimmel Racing at Madison International Speedway, where he would finish eighteenth and last due to clutch issues.[2] He would run in two more races at Elko Speedway and Springfield.
![Dale Shearer, Toyota Camry, Iowa Speedway 2023](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Iowa2023.jpg/220px-Iowa2023.jpg)
After not running in ARCA competition from 2020 to 2022, Shearer announced that he would return to the series with his own team, now Shearer Speed Racing, in the No. 98 Toyota for select events in 2023.[3] He later announced that he would run the full ARCA Menards Series East season that year as well.[4] Although he would not enter the race at Talladega, he would run the full East Series schedule. Josh’s Eggs, a longtime racing sponsor, would adorn the side of the car for the full 2023 ARCA East Series schedule. After finishing fourteenth at the first two races at Five Flags Speedway and Dover Motor Speedway,[5][6] he would go on to finish tenth at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, his first top-ten finish of his career,[7] and would later finish eleventh at the next race at Flat Rock Speedway.[8] At Iowa Speedway, he would finish eighteenth due to a transmission issue after thirty laps,[9] and at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, he would finish nineteenth due to handling issues.[10] At the Milwaukee Mile, he would start 22nd and once again finish nineteenth after suffering mechanical issues that stalled his car down the backstretch which necessitated a caution.[11] At Bristol Motor Speedway, he would start 25th, but would retire the car a quarter of the way through the race due to mechanical issues and be classified in 24th.[12] He would go on to finish sixth in the final points standings for the East Series.
In 2024, Shearer announced that he would once again run the full schedule in the East Series, as well as attempting the races at Daytona International Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway.[13]
Personal life
[edit]Shearer currently resides in Alhambra, Illinois, where he is employed as a computer programmer with the Madison County, Illinois, government.[1]
Shearer and his wife, Dianna, have two children and four grandchildren.[1]
Motorsports career results
[edit]ARCA Menards Series
[edit]ARCA Menards Series East
[edit]ARCA Menards Series East results | ||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | AMSEC | Pts | Ref |
2023 | Shearer Speed Racing | 98 | Toyota | FIF 14 | DOV 14 | NSV 10 | FRS 11 | IOW 18 | IRP 19 | MLW 19 | BRI 24 | 6th | 273 | [27] |
2024 | FIF Wth | DOV Wth | NSV | FRS | IOW 19 | IRP 30 | MLW | BRI | -* | -* | [28] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Driver's racing passion in Chillicothe". Rockford Register Star. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
- ^ "ARCA: Dale Shearer finishes last in 2019 debut". LASTCAR.info. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ "(No title)". ShearerSpeed.com. September 12, 2022. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- ^ Kristl, Mark (March 9, 2023). "Dale Shearer Running Full-Time ARCA East". Frontstretch. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
- ^ "ARCA EAST: Moeller sidelined with brake issues in East Series opener". LASTCAR.info. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
- ^ "Dover Race Results: April 29, 2023 (ARCA Menards Series)". Racing News. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
- ^ "Race results: Music City 200 at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway". ARCARacing.com. May 13, 2023. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
- ^ "Race results: Dutch Boy 150 at Flat Rock Speedway". ARCARacing.com. May 20, 2023. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
- ^ "ARCA / ARCA EAST: Driveshaft vibration forces 'Pizza Man' Laster out at Iowa". LASTCAR.info. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
- ^ "Race results: Reese's 200 at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park". ARCARacing.com. August 11, 2023. Retrieved September 12, 2023.
- ^ "ARCA: Alex Clubb scores second-consecutive Milwaukee last-place finish". LASTCAR.info. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
- ^ "Race results: Bristol 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway". ARCARacing.com. September 14, 2023. Retrieved September 20, 2023.
- ^ Leffew, Steve (January 26, 2024). "Dale Shearer Running ARCA East, Superspeedway Races". Frontstretch.
- ^ "Dale Shearer – 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ "Dale Shearer – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ "Dale Shearer – 2011 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ "Dale Shearer – 2012 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ "Dale Shearer – 2013 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ "Dale Shearer – 2014 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ "Dale Shearer – 2015 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ "Dale Shearer – 2016 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ "Dale Shearer – 2017 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ "Dale Shearer – 2018 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ "Dale Shearer – 2019 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ "Dale Shearer – 2023 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
- ^ "Dale Shearer – 2024 ARCA Menards Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
- ^ "Dale Shearer – 2023 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ "Dale Shearer – 2024 ARCA Menards Series East Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Dale Shearer driver statistics at Racing-Reference