Sheldon Creed

Sheldon Creed
Creed being interviewed at Madison International Speedway in 2018
Nationality  American
Born (1997-09-30) September 30, 1997
Alpine, California
ARCA Racing Series career
Debut season 2016
Current team MDM Motorsports
Car no. 28
Engine Toyota
Starts 36
Wins 3
Poles 5
Best finish 15th in 2017
Finished last season 15th (2017)
Previous series
2017
2017
2017
2013–2017		 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
Trans-Am Series
Speed Energy Formula Off-Road
Championship titles
2015–2016
2014
2012
2010
2009
2009		 Formula Off-Road
LOORRS Pro Lite Unlimited
LOORRS Super Lite
LOORRS Junior 2 Karts
LOORRS Junior 1 Karts
LOORRS Modified Karts
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
2 races run over 1 year
2017 position 77th
Best finish 77th (2017)
First race 2017 Mid-Ohio Challenge (Mid-Ohio)
Last race 2017 Johnsonville 180 (Road America)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
3 races run over 3 years
Truck no., team No. 99 (MDM Motorsports)
No. 28 (GMS Racing)
2017 position 102nd
Best finish 58th (2016)
First race 2016 Aspen Dental Eldora Dirt Derby (Eldora)
Last race 2018 Eldora Dirt Derby (Eldora)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of July 18, 2018.
Medal record
Representing  United States
Summer X Games
2015 AustinStadium Super Trucks
2014 AustinStadium Super Trucks

Sheldon Creed (born September 30, 1997) is an American professional stock car racing driver. Nicknamed "The Showstopper",[1] he currently competes full-time in the ARCA Racing Series, driving the No. 28 Toyota Camry for MDM Motorsports, and part-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, driving the No. 99 Chevrolet Silverado for MDM Motorsports and the No. 28 Silverado for GMS Racing. He grew up competing in off-road racing, and drove in the Speed Energy Formula Off-Road (Stadium Super Trucks) series from 2013 to 2017; he is a two-time series champion, having won in 2015 and 2016.

Creed began transitioning to stock car racing in 2017; that year, he ran in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, ARCA Racing Series, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series, and a TA2 sports car.

Racing career

Creed's Stadium Super Truck at Crandon in 2013

Creed first started racing when he was three, riding BMX bikes and winning a state championship two years later. The next year, he started racing motocross, winning two Barona MX Park championships in 2005. Afterwards, he was invited to KTM's Jr Supercross Challenge, finishing second. At the age of eight, Creed began competing in Quarter Midget racing, eventually moving to Championship Off-Road Racing's Trophy Karts. Creed won a championship in each year of Trophy Kart competition, and also won the 2012 Superlite championship.[2]

Short course off-road racing

The 2013 season saw Creed competing in the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series (LOORRS), finishing in the top three in points.[2] The following year, he won the Pro Lite championship.[3] Creed also joined the Stadium Super Trucks, making his debut at Qualcomm Stadium, where he recorded the fastest lap time in qualifying[4] before finishing second in the final event to Robby Gordon.[5] He eventually recorded his first SST win at Honda Indy Toronto, becoming the youngest driver to win an SST event after doing so at the age of 15.[6]

In 2014, Creed ran all 16 races of the SST schedule[7] (now known as Speed Energy Formula Off-Road),[8] finishing second in points with three wins and nine podiums.[7] He also recorded a second-place finish at X Games Austin 2014 behind Apdaly Lopez.[9]

Creed began the 2015 Formula Off-Road season in Adelaide, winning the second race.[10] In the third round, Creed finished in third while landing sideways and flipping across the finish line before landing back on his wheels.[11] Later in the year, he won the gold medal at X Games Austin 2015, taking advantage of the holeshot to win.[12] Creed battled with Gordon throughout the season, capitalizing on Gordon's misfortunes at Surfers Paradise and MGM Grand Las Vegas to win the championship.[13] He ended the season with nine wins and 13 podiums.[14]

In early 2016, Creed made his Dakar Rally debut, and at the age of 18, became the youngest driver to compete in the event.[15] However, on Stage 8, Creed suffered from clutch issues and elected to skip waypoints due to the time limit, resulting in his disqualification from the event.[16] In Formula Off-Road, he switched to No. 1 for the year and won the season opener at Adelaide.[17] He ended the year with 12 wins and 15 podium finishes in 20 races, winning the series championship with a 75-point advantage over runner-up Matthew Brabham.[18]

Creed scaled back his 2017 Formula Off-Road schedule as he began transitioning to stock car racing, but still competed in 14 races and won a series-high seven of them.[19]

Sports car racing

Creed in a 2017 TA2 race at Road America

Creed's first experience in sports car racing occurred in May 2017, when he raced in the Trans-Am Series at Road Atlanta, driving Stevens-Miller Racing's Dodge Challenger in the TA2 class as part of a four-race schedule, which included racing at Detroit, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and Road America. Although he had no prior experience at Road Atlanta and was unable to test the car due to other obligations, he prepared for the race using iRacing.com, in-car video from Stevens-Miller and a virtual track system from Ross Bentley.[20]

At Road Atlanta, Creed finished tenth in his class, which he improved upon in Detroit with a fourth-place run.[21][22] He recorded another top ten at Mid-Ohio (sixth) before scoring his first TA2 win at Road America;[23] in rainy conditions at the latter, he passed race leader Tony Buffomante with five laps remaining. Creed attributed his success in such weather to his experience in off-road racing as both require heavy throttle control.[24]

Stock car racing

Creed in his NASCAR Xfinity Series car at Road America

In 2014 and 2015, Creed competed in the World Series of Asphalt Pro Late Model championship at New Smyrna Speedway, finishing third in the standings during the latter.[25]

In March 2016, Creed tested an ARCA Racing Series stock car for Lira Motorsports at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville.[26] On April 6, the team announced Creed would compete full-time in the series for the 2016 season, driving the No. 38 Ford.[27] Creed finished seventh in his debut at Nashville.[28] In July, Creed made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut on the dirt at Eldora Speedway, driving the No. 07 for SS-Green Light Racing. After finishing fifth in his heat race,[29] he started 25th in the feature and finished 16th, two laps behind race winner Kyle Larson.[30]

In 2017, Creed joined MDM Motorsports to contest a partial NASCAR K&N Pro Series East schedule in the No. 40 Camry.[31] He made his series debut in the season opener at New Smyrna, where he started fourth and finished 19th.[32] He also ran a nine-race schedule in the ARCA Racing Series with MDM. In April, he made his ARCA return at the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, where he drove a tribute scheme to Davey Allison's 1987 Winston 500 win;[33] he finished sixth in the event.[34] He later joined Mason Mitchell Motorsports for the ARCA dirt races at the Illinois State Fairgrounds and DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, driving the No. 78 Chevrolet.[35]

In June, Creed joined Jefferson Pitts Racing's No. 27 Ford for the K&N Pro Series West race at Orange Show Speedway, in which he qualified sixth after being the fastest car in practice and finishing second to Chris Eggleston. He also competed in the K&N West race at Sonoma Raceway in June, partnering with Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion Kevin Harvick in the JPR effort.[36] While Harvick won the race, Creed finished ninth.[37] A month later, he returned to the Eldora Truck race, driving the No. 20 Chevrolet Silverado for Young's Motorsports.[38] He started 19th, but was involved in three accidents and retired from the race on lap 80 for overheating issues; he was classified in 27th.[39]

Upon announcing his Trans-Am schedule in May, Creed also stated his intention to compete in the Xfinity Series at Mid-Ohio and Road America.[20] He joined JD Motorsports' No. 01 car for the Mid-Ohio race,[40] in which he finished 34th after starting 32nd.[41] Creed returned to JD for the Road America race, but retired after 18 laps when his car began suffering from vibrations; he was classified in 38th.[42]

Creed began competing full-time in ARCA in 2018 with MDM,[43] and hopes to run full-time in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2019.[44] He scored his first ARCA win at Michigan International Speedway after outlasting Riley Herbst and Quin Houff.[45] He also won a NASCAR K&N Pro Series West race on Las Vegas Motor Speedway's dirt track.[46]

On September 25, 2018, it was announced that he would join GMS Racing's No. 28 entry for the remaining four Truck Series races of 2018.[47]

Motorsports career results

Speed Energy Formula Off-Road

(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)

Speed Energy Formula Off-Road results
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 SSTC Pts Ref
2013 PHO LBH LAN SDG
10		 SDG
2		 STL
8		 TOR
3		 TOR
1		 CRA
6		 CRA
2		 OCF OCF OCF CPL 5th 215 [48]
2014 STP
9		 STP
5		 LBH
3		 IMS
8		 IMS
3		 DET DET DET AUS
2		 TOR
1		 TOR
1		 OCF OCF CSS
2		 LVV
4		 LVV
1		 2nd 417 [7]
2015 ADE
5		 ADE
1*		 ADE
3		 STP
1		 STP
4		 LBH
2		 DET DET DET AUS
1*		 TOR
2		 TOR
2		 OCF
8		 OCF
1*		 OCF
1*		 SRF
9		 SRF
1*		 SRF
1		 SRF
5		 SYD
1*		 LVV
10		 LVV
1*		 1st 617 [14]
2016 ADE
1		 ADE
4		 ADE
1		 STP
1		 STP
2		 LBH
1		 LBH
1		 DET
7		 DET
C		 DET TOW
1		 TOW
2		 TOW
4		 TOR
2		 TOR
1		 CLT
1		 CLT
1		 OCF
8		 OCF
1		 SRF
1		 SRF
6		 SRF
1		 1st 645 [18]
2017 ADE
7		 ADE
1		 ADE
5		 STP
2		 STP
2		 LBH LBH BAR
1		 BAR
5		 BAR
1		 DET
1*		 DET
1*		 TEX
9		 TEX
1*		 HID HID HID BEI GLN GLN ELS
2		 ELS
1		 5th 411 [19]

Dakar Rally

Year Class Vehicle Position Stages won Ref
2016 Car Gordini DSQ 0 [15][16]

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 NXSC Pts Ref
2017 JD Motorsports 01 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL CLT DOV POC MCH IOW DAY KEN NHA IND IOW GLN MOH
34		 BRI ROA
38		 DAR RCH CHI KEN DOV CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM 77th 5 [49]

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 NCWTC Pts Ref
2016 SS-Green Light Racing 07 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN DOV CLT TEX IOW GTW KEN ELD
16		 POC BRI MCH MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 58th 18 [50]
2017 Young's Motorsports 20 Chevy DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV TEX GTW IOW KEN ELD
27		 POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 102nd 01 [51]
2018 MDM Motorsports 99 Chevy DAY ATL LVS MAR DOV KAN CLT TEX IOW GTW CHI KEN ELD
15		 POC MCH BRI MSP LVS TAL -* -* [52]
GMS Racing 28 Chevy MAR TEX PHO HOM

K&N Pro Series East

NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NKNPSEC Pts Ref
2017 MDM Motorsports 40 Toyota NSM
19		 GRE BRI
11		 SBO SBO MEM BLN TMP NHA IOW GLN LGY NJE DOV 17th 138 [53]

K&N Pro Series West

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NKNPSWC Pts Ref
2017 Jefferson Pitts Racing 27 Ford TUS KCR IRW IRW SPO OSS
2		 CNS 27th 78 [54]
55 SON
9		 IOW EVG DCS MER AAS KCR
2018 Norman-Levin Racing 40 Chevy KCR TUS TUS OSS CNS SON DCS IOW EVG GTW LVS
1		 MER AAS KCR * * [55]

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Racing Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ARSC Pts Ref
2016 Lira Motorsports 38 Ford DAY NSH
7		 SLM
20		 TAL
14		 TOL
13		 NJE
11		 POC MCH
18		 MAD WIN IOW IRP POC BLN ISF DSF SLM CHI KEN KAN 27th 970 [56]
2017 MDM Motorsports 28 Toyota DAY NSH
6		 SLM TAL TOL ELK MCH
17		 MAD CHI
31		 KEN
3		 15th 2050 [57]
12 POC
8		 IOW
3		 IRP
5		 POC WIN KAN
19
Mason Mitchell Motorsports 78 Chevy ISF
4		 ROA DSF
2		 SLM
2018 MDM Motorsports 28 Toyota DAY
3*		 NSH
2		 SLM
3		 TAL
4*		 TOL
18		 CLT
3		 POC
2		 MCH
1		 MAD
3		 GTW
1*		 CHI
2		 IOW
1*		 ELK
15		 POC
2		 ISF
2		 BLN
6*		 DSF
10*		 SLM
4		 IRP
2		 KAN -* -* [58]

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Robby Gordon		 Speed Energy Formula Off-Road Champion
2015–2016		 Succeeded by
Paul Morris
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