Buddy Shepherd

Buddy Shepherd (born October 9, 1999) is an American professional stock car racing driver who currently competes part-time in the ARCA Menards Series West, driving the No. 6 Toyota for Jerry Pitts Racing.

Buddy Shepherd
Shepherd at All American Speedway in 2023
Born	(1999-10-09) October 9, 1999 (age 25) Bakersfield, California, U.S.
ARCA Menards Series West career
11 races run over 7 years
ARCA West no., team	No. 6 (Jerry Pitts Racing)
Best finish	28th (2022)
First race	2015 Bill Schmitt Memorial 150 (Shasta)
Last race	2024 NAPA Auto Parts 150 (Kern County)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 7 0
Statistics up to date as of October 2, 2023.

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]

Shepherd's No. 5 ARCA car at All American Speedway in 2023

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

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

ARCA Menards Series West results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	AMSWC	Pts	Ref
2015	Jefferson Pitts Racing	55	Ford	KCR	IRW	TUS	IOW	SHA 5	SON	SLS	IOW	EVG	CNS	MER 3	AAS	PHO		29th	80	[7]
2016				IRW	KCR 19	TUS	OSS	CNS	SON	SLS	IOW	EVG	DCS	MMP	MMP	MER	AAS	52nd	25	[8]
2017		27		TUS	KCR	IRW	IRW	SPO	OSS	CNS	SON	IOW	EVG	DCS 6	MER	AAS		29th	75	[9]
		55															KCR 7
2018		27		KCR	TUS	TUS	OSS	CNS	SON	DCS	IOW	EVG	GTW	LVS 23	MER	AAS	KCR	60th	21	[10]
2019				LVS	IRW	TUS	TUS	CNS	SON	DCS	IOW	EVG	GTW	MER	AAS 7	KCR	PHO	44th	37	[11]
2022	McGowan Motorsports	17	Toyota	PHO	IRW	KCR	PIR	SON	IRW	EVG	PIR	AAS	LVS 5	PHO 11				28th	122	[12]
2023	Jerry Pitts Racing	5	Toyota	PHO	IRW	KCR	PIR	SON	IRW	SHA	EVG	AAS 6	LVS	MAD	PHO			42nd	38	[13]
2024	Cook Racing Technologies	17	Chevy	PHO	KER	PIR	SON	IRW	IRW	SHA	TRI	MAD	AAS	KER 20	PHO			67th	24	[14]
2025	Jerry Pitts Racing	6	Toyota	KER	PHO	TUC	CNS	KER 15	SON	TRI	PIR	AAS	MAD	LVS	PHO			-*	-*	[15]