Sheldon Creed

Sheldon Creed

Nationality  American
Born (1997-09-30) September 30, 1997
Alpine, California
Speed Energy Formula Off-Road career
Debut season 2013
Current team Traxxas
Car no. 1
Engine Chevrolet LS V8[1]
Starts 48
Championships 2
Wins 14
Poles 11
Best finish 1st in 2015, 2016
Finished last season 1st (2016)
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
Car no., team No. 01 (JD Motorsports)
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career
2 races run over 2 years
Truck no., team No. 20 (Young's Motorsports)
2016 position 58th
Best finish 58th (2016)
First race 2016 Aspen Dental Eldora Dirt Derby (Eldora)
Last race 2017 Eldora Dirt Derby (Eldora)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
K&N Pro Series East career
Debut season 2017
Current team MDM Motorsports
Car no. 40
Engine Toyota
Starts 2
Wins 0
Poles 0
ARCA Racing Series career
Debut season 2016
Current team MDM Motorsports
Mason Mitchell Motorsports
Car no. 12/28
78
Engine Toyota
Chevrolet
Starts 11
Wins 0
Poles 0
Best finish 27th in 2016
Finished last season 27th (2016)
Previous series
2017
2016–2017		 Trans-Am Series
ARCA Racing Series
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
Last updated on: July 19, 2017.
Medal record
Representing  United States
Summer X Games
2015 Austin Stadium Super Trucks
2014 Austin Stadium Super Trucks

Sheldon Creed (born September 30, 1997) is an American professional off-road racing driver. Nicknamed "The Showstopper",[2] he currently competes in the Speed Energy Formula Off-Road series, driving the No. 1 Traxxas truck; he is a two-time series champion, having won in 2015 and 2016.

Creed also competes in stock car racing, running full-time in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, driving the No. 40 Toyota Camry for MDM Motorsports, and part-time in the ARCA Racing Series with MDM.

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.[3]

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.[3] The following year, he won the Pro Lite championship.[4] Creed also joined the Stadium Super Trucks, making his debut at Qualcomm Stadium, where he recorded the fastest lap time in qualifying[5] before finishing second in the final event to Robby Gordon.[6] 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.[7]

In 2014, Creed ran all 16 races of the SST schedule[8] (now known as Speed Energy Formula Off-Road),[9] finishing second in points with three wins and nine podiums.[8] He also recorded a second-place finish at X Games Austin 2014 behind Apdaly Lopez.[10]

Creed began the 2015 Formula Off-Road season in Adelaide, winning the second race.[11] In the third round, Creed finished in third while landing sideways and flipping across the finish line before landing back on his wheels.[12] Later in the year, he won the gold medal at X Games Austin 2015, taking advantage of the holeshot to win.[13] Creed battled with Gordon throughout the season, capitalizing on Gordon's misfortunes at Surfers Paradise and MGM Grand Las Vegas to win the championship.[14] He ended the season with nine wins and 13 podiums.[15]

In early 2016, Creed made his Dakar Rally debut, and at the age of 18, became the youngest driver to compete in the event.[16] 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.[17] In Formula Off-Road, he switched to No. 1 for the year and won the season opener at Adelaide.[18] 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.[19]

Sports car racing

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]

Stock car racing

Creed (No. 55) prior to the 2017 Carneros 200 at Sonoma Raceway

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.[21]

In March 2016, Creed tested an ARCA Racing Series stock car for Lira Motorsports at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds in Nashville.[22] On April 6, the team announced Creed would compete full-time in the series for the 2016 season, driving the No. 38 Ford.[23] Creed finished seventh in his debut at Nashville.[24] In July, Creed made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at Eldora Speedway, driving the No. 07 for SS-Green Light Racing. After finishing fifth in his heat race,[25] he started 25th in the feature and finished 16th, two laps behind race winner Kyle Larson.[26]

In 2017, Creed joined MDM Motorsports to contest a partial NASCAR K&N Pro Series East schedule in the No. 40 Camry.[27] He made his series debut in the season opener at New Smyrna, where he started fourth and finished 19th.[28] He also run a nine-race schedule in the ARCA Racing Series with MDM. In April, he made his ARCA return at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, where he drove a tribute scheme to Davey Allison's 1987 Winston 500 win;[29] he finished sixth in the event.[30] 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.[31]

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.[32] While Harvick won the race, Creed finished ninth.[33] A month later, he returned to the Eldora Truck race, driving the No. 20 Chevrolet Silverado for Young's Motorsports.[34] 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.[35]

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.[36]

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 [37]
2014 STP
9		 STP
5		 LBH
3		 IMS
8		 IMS
3		 DET DET DET AUS
2		 TOR
1		 TOR
1		 OCF OCF CSS
2		 MGM
4		 MGM
1		 2nd 417 [8]
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*		 MGM
10		 MGM
1*		 1st 617 [15]
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 [19]

Dakar Rally

Year Class Vehicle Position Stages won Ref
2016 Car Gordini DSQ 0 [16][17]

NASCAR

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

Xfinity Series

Camping World Truck Series

K&N Pro Series East

K&N Pro Series West

ARCA Racing Series

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

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

References

  1. ↑ Thomas, Phillip (June 6, 2014). "2014 X Games: Motorsports Preview – GRC, GRC Lites, and Stadium SUPER Trucks". Hooniverse. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  2. ↑ Neylon, Chad (March 2, 2016). "The Clipsal Undercard". V8 Supercars. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Sheldon Creed". Traxxas. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
  4. ↑ "POINT STANDINGS – PRO LITE 2014". Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  5. ↑ "15-Year Old Off-Road Phenom Races to SST Round No. 5 Quick Time". Speed Energy Formula Off-Road. May 18, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Gordon Races to Second SPEED Energy Stadium SUPER Trucks Win of Season". Speed Energy Formula Off-Road. May 19, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  7. ↑ "15 year-old Sheldon Creed Dominates Round No. 8 for First SST Victory". Speed Energy Formula Off-Road. July 14, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  8. 1 2 3 "2014 STANDINGS". Speed Energy Formula Off-Road. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  9. ↑ "SST Trucks To Race In Rebranded SPEED Energy Formula Off-Road Presented By Traxxas". Stadium Super Trucks. March 4, 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Lopez takes win at X Games Formula Off-Road feature". Motorsport.com. June 9, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Sheldon Creed Wins Round Two of Stadium Super Trucks at Clipsal 500 in Adelaide, Australia". Speed Energy Formula Off-Road. February 28, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  12. ↑ Nunez, Alex (March 22, 2015). "Even the finishes in Stadium Super Trucks are wild". Road & Track. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  13. ↑ "Traxxas Athlete Sheldon Creed Wins X Games Gold!". Traxxas. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  14. ↑ Burns, Josh (November 9, 2015). "Sheldon Creed Wins 2015 Stadium Super Trucks Championship". Off-Road. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  15. 1 2 "2015 OFFICIAL POINT STANDINGS". Speed Energy Formula Off-Road. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  16. 1 2 "SST Champion Sheldon Creed To Race In The 2016 Dakar Rally". Speed Energy Formula Off-Road. December 9, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  17. 1 2 Bitting, John (January 12, 2016). "Sheldon Creed Disqualified From the Dakar Rally". Race-Dezert. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Sheldon Creed Wins Stadium Super Trucks 2016 Opener in Adelaide, Australia". Speed Energy Formula Off-Road. March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  19. 1 2 "2016 OVERALL POINT STANDINGS". Speed Energy Formula Off-Road. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
  20. 1 2 "Sheldon Creed to Make Trans Am Debut at Road Atlanta". PR Newswire. May 9, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  21. ↑ "From Smyrna Late Models to X Games Gold Goes Creed". Speed51. June 8, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Weatherman, Lynn, Swaim, several test with Lira Motorsports at Nashville". ARCA Racing Series. March 19, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2016.
  23. ↑ "Lira Motorsports announces new full-time partnership for 2016 ARCA season". ARCA Racing Series. April 6, 2016. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  24. ↑ "Williams gets career-first...wins Music City 200 at Nashville". ARCA Racing Series. April 10, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  25. ↑ "2016 Aspen Dental Eldora Dirt Derby Heat Race #5". Racing-Reference. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  26. ↑ "2016 Aspen Dental Eldora Dirt Derby". Racing-Reference. Retrieved July 21, 2016.
  27. ↑ "NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Preview: New Smyrna Speedway". MDM Motorsports. February 15, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  28. ↑ "NKNPS East New Smyrna 2/19/17 Results". NASCAR Home Tracks. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
  29. ↑ "Sheldon Creed: Sheldon Creed: Music City 200 advance". Rotoworld. April 4, 2017. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  30. ↑ Rohrbaugh, Don (April 9, 2017). "Chad Finley wins ARCA Music City 200 at Nashville Fairgrounds". Autoweek. Retrieved April 10, 2017.
  31. ↑ "Sheldon Creed Adds Both Dirt Races to his ARCA Schedule with Mason Mitchell Motorsports". Mason Mitchell Motorsports. July 27, 2017. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  32. ↑ "Sheldon "The Showstopper" Creed Invades Orange Show Speedway". Newswire. May 25, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  33. ↑ "2017 Carneros 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 26, 2017.
  34. ↑ Wilson, Steven B. (July 17, 2017). "Young's Motorsports to field two Truck Series entries at Eldora Speedway". Speedway Digest. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
  35. ↑ "2017 Eldora Dirt Derby". Racing-Reference. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  36. ↑ "5th Annual Mid-Ohio Challenge - NASCAR XFINITY Series - Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course - 8/12/2017" (PDF). Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
  37. ↑ "2013 SST POINT STANDINGS". Speed Energy Formula Off-Road. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Robby Gordon		 Speed Energy Formula Off-Road Champion
2015–2016 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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