| Jonathan Shafer | |
| Birth Date: | 17 June 2005 |
| Birth Place: | Ashland, Ohio |
| Total Arca Races: | 1 |
| Years In Arca: | 1 |
| Best Arca Pos: | 75th (2022) |
| First Arca Race: | 2022 Calypso Lemonade 150 (Iowa) |
| Arca Wins: | 0 |
| Arca Top Tens: | 1 |
| Arca Poles: | 0 |
| Total Arca East Races: | 2 |
| Years In Arca East: | 1 |
| Best Arca East Pos: | 20th (2022) |
| First Arca East Race: | 2022 General Tire 125 (Dover) |
| Last Arca East Race: | 2022 Calypso Lemonade 150 (Iowa) |
| Arca East Wins: | 0 |
| Arca East Top Tens: | 2 |
| Arca East Poles: | 0 |
| Updated: | April 10, 2023 |
| Truck Car Team: | No. 30 (On Point Motorsports) |
| Total Truck Races: | 1 |
| Years In Truck: | 1 |
| First Truck Race: | 2023 Long John Silver's 200 (Martinsville) |
| Truck Wins: | 0 |
| Truck Top Tens: | 0 |
| Truck Poles: | 0 |
Jonathan Shafer (born June 17, 2005) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 30 Toyota Tundra for On Point Motorsports. He is the son of former driver Todd Shafer.
Shafer would start driving at five years old, racing in quarter midgets. He would race in them for several years, getting wins and championships. In 2017, at the age of twelve, he would drive in the Champion Racing Association for two years. When he turned fourteen, he would drive micro sprints in the POWRi Midget Racing for Keith Kunz Motorsports, and continue to run late model races.[1]
He joined the CARS Late Model Stock Tour in 2020 for Nelson Motorsports, running all but one race that season, earning four top tens and one top-five, ranking ninth in the final standings. He would sign with Lee Pulliam Motorsports to run a full-time schedule in 2021, getting six top tens and four top fives, finishing seventh in points.[2] [3]
On January 4, 2022, Shafer would sign with Venturini Motorsports to drive a part-time schedule in the 2022 ARCA Menards Series season.[4] He made his first start in the East Series race at Dover Motor Speedway, starting 8th and finishing 7th. He made his second and final start of the season at Iowa Speedway, for the combination race with the main and East Series. He started 7th and finished 4th.
On April 10, 2023, On Point Motorsports announced that Shafer will make his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut at Martinsville Speedway, along with running seven more races for the team throughout the season.[5]
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Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)Jonathan is the son of former NASCAR and ARCA driver, Todd Shafer, who primarily raced in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and NASCAR Busch Series (now NASCAR Xfinity Series). He is currently a senior in high school.[9]