Edward Kirk Shelmerdine V was born on March 8,1958 and is an American stock car racing driver and former championship-winning crew chief for Dale Earnhardt.
18 Facts About Kirk Shelmerdine
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Kirk Shelmerdine's accomplishments include being the youngest crew chief to win a NASCAR race, and the youngest crew chief to win a Winston Cup championship.
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Kirk Shelmerdine started running in the ARCA series in 1993 where he has three career wins.
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Kirk Shelmerdine has since run in all the top levels in NASCAR.
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Kirk Shelmerdine has run a total of two Craftsman Truck Series races with a best finish of 17th at Bristol in 1995.
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Kirk Shelmerdine has run 12 Busch Series races with a best finish of 17th in 1994 at Daytona for Levin Racing.
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Kirk Shelmerdine's next start would come at Talladega Superspeedway in 1994 for Jimmy Means.
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Kirk Shelmerdine started his own Cup team in 2002 and ran races at Talladega, Loudon and Pocono, but he was primarily a "field filler" driver.
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Kirk Shelmerdine finished 42nd in the Pocono race with heating conditions ending his day 192 laps short of the finish.
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Kirk Shelmerdine was rolling his car on to his hauler after failing to qualify high enough in his qualifying race for the Daytona 500.
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Kirk Shelmerdine finished in 20th place on the lead lap, the best finish of his Cup career.
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Kirk Shelmerdine's performance gained media attention as he said if he did not qualify, he'd sell his race team because he was extremely low on money.
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Kirk Shelmerdine was using a motor from Richard Childress.
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Kirk Shelmerdine's tires had been donated by a family of Dale Earnhardt fans.
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Kirk Shelmerdine drove the Richard Childress Racing No 33 in the 2008 Daytona testing sessions and was to be entered in the 2008 Daytona 500.
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Kirk Shelmerdine attempted a number of races during the 2009 season after buying Toyotas from Bill Davis Racing.
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Kirk Shelmerdine used Tom Hubert for road courses and New England staple Ted Christopher for Loudon.
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Kirk Shelmerdine stated the reason for the closure is lack of sponsorship and technology provided for independent teams.