82 Facts About Sheldon Creed

Sheldon Michael Creed was born on September 30,1997 and is an American professional stock car racing driver.

Sheldon Creed competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No 00 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Haas Factory Team.

Sheldon Creed moved to stock cars in 2016 with the ARCA Racing Series, and he would win its title in 2018.

Sheldon Creed is a two-time X Games medalist, winning a silver medal in 2014 and gold in 2015.

Sheldon Creed began riding BMX bikes when he was three years old, winning a state championship two years later.

Sheldon Creed later switched to motocross and won two Barona MX Park championships in 2005.

At the age of nine, Sheldon Creed began racing Trophy Karts in Championship Off-Road Racing, where he finished fourth in his first year.

From 2009 to 2011, Sheldon Creed won a championship in every year of Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series kart competition.

In 2011, Sheldon Creed won a pair of Lucas Oil Regional championships in the Modified Karts and SuperLite Southern California divisions.

Sheldon Creed won the season-ending Lucas Oil Challenge Cup at Firebird International Raceway.

Sheldon Creed ran his first full Pro Lite season in 2013 with support from former LOORRS race director Tony Vanilo.

Sheldon Creed ended the season with a third-place points finish, 29 points behind champion Brian Deegan, with wins at Lake Elsinore, Miller Motorsports Park, and Wild West Motorsports Park.

Sheldon Creed continued to race Pro Lites in 2015, running ten races with four second-place finishes.

Sheldon Creed debuted in the Pro 2 division, finishing third at Miller and Wild West as he finished 11th in points.

On May 4,2013, Sheldon Creed joined the Stadium Super Trucks at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego.

Sheldon Creed ended the 2013 season with two wins and five podium finishes in nine races.

Sheldon Creed ran the full 2014 schedule, scoring three wins and nine podium finishes.

Sheldon Creed claimed the silver medal at X Games Austin behind Apdaly Lopez to become the youngest auto racer to win an X Games medal.

Sheldon Creed won again in the final race of the year at MGM Resorts Village, but finished second in the championship behind Gordon by 75 points.

The 2015 season began in Adelaide, where Sheldon Creed won the second race after holding off four other drivers.

Sheldon Creed battled with Gordon in the standings throughout the season, and he capitalized on Gordon's misfortunes in the Australian races and Las Vegas Village to win the championship.

Sheldon Creed ended the season with nine wins and 13 podiums, the former of which included victories at the Sand Sports Super Show, Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Valvoline Raceway, and Las Vegas.

Sheldon Creed went on to dominate the season as he won all but eight of the 20 races en route to his second consecutive title.

Sheldon Creed finished with the second-fastest times on both days, trailing Gordon.

Sheldon Creed won two of three races at Barbagallo Raceway, winning the first after passing leader Bill Hynes and the second upon beating Gordon to the finish by.

Sheldon Creed participated in the 2020 weekend at Road America alongside Truck Series teammate Zane Smith, where he finished second and third.

In 2016, Sheldon Creed competed in the Dakar Rally in a Robby Gordon-owned Gordini with Dakar motorcyclist Jonah Street as his navigator.

Sheldon Creed entered the 2016 SCORE International Baja 1000 as the driver of the No 2974 Arctic Cat UTV alongside Todd Romano and Gordon, which competed in the UTV Pro Forced Induction class, as well as the co-driver of the No 2933 UTV with Romano and Gordon.

Sheldon Creed returned to the race a year later with the same teammates in addition to Gordon's nine-year-old son Max, who was not listed on the entry list and not allowed to compete under SCORE's rules that mandate a minimum age of 18.

Sheldon Creed initially disliked the transition from the frenetic off-road racing to requiring more patience in stock cars, prompting a dormancy in competitive asphalt racing from 2016 to 2018.

Sheldon Creed finished seventh in his debut at Nashville, his only top-ten finish in a six-race slate for the team that year.

Sheldon Creed raced for Jefferson Pitts Racing in the Pro Series West at Orange Show Speedway, where he qualified sixth after being the fastest car in practice and finished second to Chris Eggleston, and Sonoma Raceway, where he finished ninth in a two-car effort for JPR alongside NASCAR Cup Series driver Kevin Harvick.

Sheldon Creed partnered with Mason Mitchell Motorsports for the dirt races at the Illinois and DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetracks, driving the No 78 Chevrolet.

At Kentucky Speedway, Sheldon Creed won the pole position and finished third after hitting the wall on the last lap while attempting to pass Theriault for the lead.

Sheldon Creed led a race-high 52 laps in the season finale at Kansas Speedway, but tire damage resulted in a 19th-place finish.

Sheldon Creed competed full time in ARCA in 2018 with MDM, driving the No 28.

Sheldon Creed began the season with Top 5 finishes in all but one of the first seven races.

Sheldon Creed won the Sioux Chief Short Track Challenge, a championship for ARCA races on tracks shorter than one mile, by 35 points over Smith.

Sheldon Creed returned to ARCA in 2019 at Charlotte Motor Speedway with GMS Racing, finishing second after rebounding from a late speeding penalty.

Sheldon Creed ran the final race of the season at Kansas for KBR Development and finished 11th.

In 2016, Sheldon Creed made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut in the Eldora Dirt Derby at Eldora Speedway, driving the No 07 Chevrolet Silverado for SS-Green Light Racing.

Sheldon Creed returned to the Dirt Derby in 2017 in the No 20 Silverado for Young's Motorsports.

Sheldon Creed raced at Eldora for the third consecutive year in 2018, running the No 99 for MDM; he finished second in the heat to start sixth in the Derby, which he finished in 15th.

Sheldon Creed ended the 2019 season with a tenth-place points finish with four top fives and eleven top tens.

Sheldon Creed enjoyed a strong start to the season by finishing ninth in the opener at Daytona and battling with eventual winner Kyle Busch for the lead at Las Vegas before finishing tenth.

Sheldon Creed entered the playoffs as the top-seeded driver with three wins, five stage wins, and a fifth-place regular season points finish.

Sheldon Creed remained in the No 2 for the 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

At Darlington Raceway, crashes in the last stage eliminated the leaders and Sheldon Creed took the lead on the final restart, preventing Rhodes from passing him as he won his first race of the season.

Sheldon Creed entered the playoffs as the fifth seed and won the first two races at Gateway and Darlington.

Sheldon Creed won the pole, his first in the series, despite a fuel pump issue that caused it to sputter during practice.

Sheldon Creed started the race at the rear after changing the pump but retired with a drivetrain problem upon completing a lap.

In 2017, Sheldon Creed ran the NASCAR Xfinity Series races at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and Road America, driving the No 01 Chevrolet for JD Motorsports.

At Road America, Sheldon Creed started last after missing driver introductions but finished tenth in the first stage for the No 01 car's first stage points of the year.

Sheldon Creed returned to the series in 2019, driving the No 8 for JR Motorsports at the July Daytona race.

On September 14,2021, Richard Childress Racing announced Sheldon Creed would move up to the Xfinity Series on a full-time schedule in 2022.

At Martinsville, Sheldon Creed scored his second career runner up finish.

Sheldon Creed scored four top fives and 13 top tens with an average finish of 17.5 and finished 14th in points with 9 DNFs.

Sheldon Creed started the 2023 season with a 34th place DNF at Daytona.

Sheldon Creed won his first career pole in the Xfinity series at Portland, where he led the most laps and ended up finishing 7th.

On October 11, Sheldon Creed announced he will not return to RCR in 2024.

At Martinsville, Sheldon Creed was in position for his first career win and a shot at competing for the championship as he was battling his teammate Austin Hill, who was in position for the championship.

Sheldon Creed sent it in to turn 3 and overdrove the corner and ended up break checking Hill in the process that caused Hill to wreck in turn 4 and gave the win to Justin Allgaier with Sheldon Creed finishing 2nd.

On December 13,2023, it was announced that Sheldon Creed would run the No 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota full-time.

Sheldon Creed finished in the top ten 23 times and scored 16 top five finishes, including six runner-up finishes.

Sheldon Creed scored two poles during the season and finished 6th in the final points standings.

On July 12,2023, it was announced Sheldon Creed would make his NASCAR Cup Series debut at Kansas in September in the No 78 for Live Fast Motorsports.

Sheldon Creed started 34th in the 36-car field and finished the race two laps down in 29th.

In May 2017, while racing with the Stadium Super Trucks at Barbagallo Raceway in Perth, Sheldon Creed participated in the Aussie Racing Cars support event.

Sheldon Creed raced the No 57 car usually driven by fellow SST driver Bill Hynes as Hynes wished to focus on the trucks.

Sheldon Creed began running sports cars in 2017 when he joined the Trans-Am Series at Road Atlanta in May He drove Stevens-Miller Racing's Dodge Challenger in the TA2 class as part of a four-race schedule, which included racing at Detroit, Mid-Ohio, and Road America.

Sheldon Creed recorded another top ten at Mid-Ohio before scoring his first TA2 win at Road America; in rainy conditions, he passed race leader Tony Buffomante with five laps remaining.

Sheldon Creed attributed his success in such weather to his experience in off-road racing as both require heavy throttle control.

In 2018, Sheldon Creed returned to sprint cars when he finished third in the Tulsa Shootout's 1200cc Winged Mini Sprint division.

Sheldon Creed purchased a micro sprint car in 2020 to race at Millbridge Speedway.

Sheldon Creed entered the track's Big-Block Modified races during the weekend, but he was involved in a crash in his heat race on Friday, while he failed to qualify for the Saturday feature.

Sheldon Creed is nicknamed "the Showstopper", which he received from SST announcer Sean Sermini.

Sheldon Creed's fans have dubbed him with their own nicknames, such as "Shelgoat", due to his car control and ability to recover from seemingly unavoidable spins.

Sheldon Creed was born in Alpine, California, with his family being heavily involved in racing.

Sheldon Creed's father Scott, who supported him throughout his early career, was a dirt bike rider while his grandfather was a late model racer at Cajon Speedway.

In 2020, Johnson's final year as a full-time NASCAR driver, Sheldon Creed ran a tribute paint scheme based on Johnson's trophy truck at Darlington Raceway.

Sheldon Creed is married to Cami Parsons, the twin sister of Stefan Parsons.

Sheldon Creed enjoys watching extreme sports and listening to country music such as Florida Georgia Line.