Buddy Shepherd Explained

Buddy Shepherd
Nationality: American
Birth Date:9 October 1999
Birth Place:Bakersfield, California
Total Arca West Races:11
Years In Arca West:7
Arca West Car Team:No. 17 (Cook Racing Technologies)
Best Arca West Pos:28th (2022)
First Arca West Race:2015 Bill Schmitt Memorial 150 (Shasta)
Last Arca West Race:2024 NAPA Auto Parts 150 (Kern County)
Arca West Wins:0
Arca West Top Tens:7
Arca West Poles:0
Updated: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

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

ARCA Menards Series West

ARCA Menards Series West results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314PtsRef
2015Jefferson Pitts Racing55FordKCRIRWTUSIOWSHA
SONSLSIOWEVGCNSMER
AASPHO29th80[7]
2016IRWKCR
TUSOSSCNSSONSLSIOWEVGDCSMMPMMPMERAAS52nd25[8]
201727TUSKCRIRWIRWSPOOSSCNSSONIOWEVGDCS
MERAAS29th75[9]
55KCR
201827KCRTUSTUSOSSCNSSONDCSIOWEVGGTWLVS
MERAASKCR60th21[10]
2019LVSIRWTUSTUSCNSSONDCSIOWEVGGTWMERAAS
KCRPHO44th37[11]
2022McGowan Motorsports17ToyotaPHOIRWKCRPIRSONIRWEVGPIRAASLVS
PHO
28th122[12]
2023Jerry Pitts Racing5ToyotaPHOIRWKCRPIRSONIRWSHAEVGAAS
LVSMADPHO42nd38[13]
2024Cook Racing Technologies17ChevyPHOKERPIRSONIRWIRWSHATRIMADAASKER
PHO67th24[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Late Model driver Buddy Shepherd set for K&N Pro Series debut . Bakersfield.com. 27 May 2015 . October 2, 2023.
  2. Web site: Buddy Shepherd . The Third Turn. October 2, 2023.
  3. Web site: Milestone Starts To Be Made At Las Vegas Bullring During ARCA West Race . Flo Racing. 13 October 2022 . October 2, 2023.
  4. Web site: ARCA Menards West Series: Las Vegas Bullring Race Review . Kickin' the Tires. 17 October 2022 . October 2, 2023.
  5. Web site: NOTEBOOK: Joey Iest returns to ARCA Menards Series West at All American Speedway . ARCARacing.com . September 28, 2023 . October 2, 2023.
  6. Web site: Race results: NAPA Auto Parts 150 at All American Speedway . ARCARacing.com . September 30, 2023 . October 2, 2023.
  7. Web site: Buddy Shepherd – 2015 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. October 2, 2023.
  8. Web site: Buddy Shepherd – 2016 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. October 2, 2023.
  9. Web site: Buddy Shepherd – 2017 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. October 2, 2023.
  10. Web site: Buddy Shepherd – 2018 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. October 2, 2023.
  11. Web site: Buddy Shepherd – 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. October 2, 2023.
  12. Web site: Buddy Shepherd – 2022 ARCA Menards Series West Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. October 2, 2023.
  13. Web site: Buddy Shepherd – 2023 ARCA Menards Series West Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. October 2, 2023.
  14. Web site: Buddy Shepherd – 2024 ARCA Menards Series West Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. October 22, 2024.

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