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_(cropped).jpg) Creed atRichmond Raceway in 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Born | Sheldon Michael Creed[1] (1997-09-30)September 30, 1997 (age 27) Alpine, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements | 2020NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series champion 2018ARCA Racing Series champion 2015,2016Stadium Super Trucks champion 2014LOORRS Pro Lite Unlimited champion 2012 LOORRS SuperLite champion 2010 LOORRS Junior 2 Karts champion 2009 LOORRS Junior 1 Karts champion 2009 LOORRS Modified Karts champion | ||||||||||||||
| NASCARCup Series career | |||||||||||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||||||||||
| 2023 position | 60th | ||||||||||||||
| Best finish | 60th (2023) | ||||||||||||||
| First race | 2023Hollywood Casino 400 (Kansas) | ||||||||||||||
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| NASCARXfinity Series career | |||||||||||||||
| 106 races run over 7 years | |||||||||||||||
| Car no., team | No. 00 (Haas Factory Team) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024 position | 6th | ||||||||||||||
| Best finish | 2nd (2024) | ||||||||||||||
| First race | 2017Mid-Ohio Challenge (Mid-Ohio) | ||||||||||||||
| Last race | 2025Hard Rock Bet 300 (Homestead) | ||||||||||||||
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| NASCARCraftsman Truck Series career | |||||||||||||||
| 76 races run over 7 years | |||||||||||||||
| 2022 position | 106th | ||||||||||||||
| Best finish | 1st (2020) | ||||||||||||||
| First race | 2016Aspen Dental Eldora Dirt Derby (Eldora) | ||||||||||||||
| Last race | 2022XPEL 225 (COTA) | ||||||||||||||
| First win | 2020Buckle Up in Your Truck 225 (Kentucky) | ||||||||||||||
| Last win | 2021In It To Win It 200 (Darlington) | ||||||||||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||||||||||
| 39 races run over 4 years | |||||||||||||||
| Best finish | 1st (2018) | ||||||||||||||
| First race | 2016Music City 200 (Nashville Fairgrounds) | ||||||||||||||
| Last race | 2019Kansas ARCA 150 (Kansas) | ||||||||||||||
| First win | 2018Zomongo 200 (Michigan) | ||||||||||||||
| Last win | 2018Kansas ARCA 150 (Kansas) | ||||||||||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series East career | |||||||||||||||
| 4 races run over 1 year | |||||||||||||||
| Best finish | 17th (2017) | ||||||||||||||
| First race | 2017Jet Tools 150 (New Smyrna) | ||||||||||||||
| Last race | 2017National Fallen Firefighters Association 125 (Dover) | ||||||||||||||
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| ARCA Menards Series West career | |||||||||||||||
| 3 races run over 2 years | |||||||||||||||
| Best finish | 27th (2017) | ||||||||||||||
| First race | 2017 Sunrise Ford 150 (Orange Show) | ||||||||||||||
| Last race | 2018Star Nursery 100 (Las Vegas Dirt) | ||||||||||||||
| First win | 2018Star Nursery 100 (Las Vegas Dirt) | ||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Sheldon Michael Creed (born September 30, 1997) is an American professionalstock car racing driver. He competes full-time in theNASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 00Ford Mustang Dark Horse forHaas Factory Team.
Born inAlpine, California, Creed grew up competing inshort course off-road racing, winning championships in theLucas Oil Off Road Racing Series (LOORRS) andStadium Super Trucks (SST). A two-time SST champion, he also has the most race wins in series history with 39. Creed moved to stock cars in 2016 with theARCA Racing Series, and he would win its title in2018. After making sporadic starts in variousNASCAR series in 2017 and 2018, he became a full-timeNASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver in 2019. He won the2020 NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Championship in his second full season.
Creed has also raced inAussie Racing Cars,NASCAR Camping World Truck Series,NASCAR K&N Pro Series East andWest, andTrans-Am Series, and has participated inrally raid events like theBaja 1000 andDakar Rally. He is a two-timeX Games medalist, winning a silver medal in2014 and gold in2015. Creed was nicknamed “Silver Creed” by commentatorRick Allen due to his multiple second place finishes; as of the2024 Food City 300, Sheldon Creed has a record 13 runner-up finishes in the Xfinity Series, the most of any driver without a win.
Creed began ridingBMX bikes when he was three years old, winning a state championship two years later. He later switched tomotocross and won two Barona MX Park championships in 2005. That year, he was also invited toKTM's Jr Supercross Challenge, in which he finished second.[2] Due to his mother's concerns about potential injury, Creed moved away from motocross.[3]
When he was eight, he competed inQuarter Midget racing in the Orange Show Quarter Midget Racing Association and set various track records.[2] Hisdirt track racing experience also includedsprint cars beginning in 2011.[4]
At the age of nine, Creed began racing Trophy Karts inChampionship Off-Road Racing (CORR), where he finished fourth in his first year.[2] In 2008, he won the M4SX and JR 1 Kart championships,[5] followed by the SXS Stadium Series' Stadium Kart JR 1 title a year later.[6] His 2009 season also included a third-place points finish in the SXS Stadium Kart Modified standings.[7]
From 2009 to 2011, Creed won a championship in every year ofLucas Oil Off Road Racing Series (LOORRS) kart competition. In 2009, he won the Junior 1 Kart and Modified Kart titles to become the series' third driver to win multiple class championships in the same year.[8] The following year, he won the Junior 2 Karts.[5] In 2011, Creed won a pair of Lucas Oil Regional championships in the Modified Karts and SuperLite Southern California divisions.[9][10] In September, he made his SuperLite national debut at Speedworld Offroad Park, where he recorded a runner-up finish in the weekend's second race.[4][11] Three months later, he won his first national race atLas Vegas Motor Speedway.[4]
In 2012, he ran the full SuperLite and Modified Kart national schedules.[4] While he finished fifth in the latter's standings with no wins,[12] he won seven SuperLite races to clinch that series' championship. Creed also won the season-ending Lucas Oil Challenge Cup atFirebird International Raceway.[5] In addition to running its regional counterpart, he competed in eight races in the Pro Lite national class.[4][13] At the regional level, he won the Modified Kart title and finished runner-up in the Adult Kart standings.[14][15]
Creed ran his first full Pro Lite season in 2013 with support from former LOORRS race director Tony Vanilo.[16] Despite being second in the standings entering the final stop at Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park, he started at the back after crashing in qualifying.[17] During the race, he was hit from behind after stopping his truck for a red flag, forcing his team to make repairs; after rejoining the race, he finished sixth.[18] Creed ended the season with a third-place points finish, 29 points behind championBrian Deegan,[19] with wins at Lake Elsinore,[20]Miller Motorsports Park,[21] and Wild West Motorsports Park.[22] He also joined theTraxxas TORC Series in September at Primm Off Road Raceway, where he finished first and fifth in the two Pro Light races.[23]
The 2014 Pro Lite season began with six consecutive podium finishes,[24] including a win atWild Horse Pass Motorsports Park after holding off Justin Smith, while the second victory came at Miller in June.[25][26] Despite the strong start, Creed did not win again for the rest of the year as he "had some rough races in the middle (of the season)",[27] while main championship rival Deegan won twice.[24] Entering the final weekend at Lake Elsinore, Creed held a 14-point advantage over Deegan. Although Creed finished behind Deegan in the Friday event to narrow the margin to six points, a podium finish in the Saturday event enabled him to win the championship by four points.[27][24] At 16 years of age, he was the youngest Pro Lite champion.[28]
Creed continued to race Pro Lites in 2015, running ten races with four second-place finishes.[29] In August, he substituted for the injured Brad DeBerti in the No. 70 at Wild West Motorsports Park; Creed went on to win the first race after taking the lead early, and DeBerti was credited with the victory in the standings.[30] Creed also debuted in the Pro 2 division, finishing third at Miller and Wild West as he finished 11th in points.[31][32]
On May 4, 2013, Creed joined theStadium Super Trucks atQualcomm Stadium in San Diego. After being the third-fastest driver in qualifying and finishing second in theLast Chance Qualifier race,[33][34] Creed exited the final race after completing seven of 20 laps and finished tenth.[35] When the series returned to Qualcomm Stadium two weeks later, he set the fastest lap time in qualifying before finishing second in the final to Robby Gordon.[36][37] Gordon, the SST founder and a former NASCAR driver, would become Creed's mentor as he moved into stock cars.[38] AtHonda Indy Toronto in July, Creed took the lead fromP. J. Jones on lap three after the two collided and spun out, though they were far enough from the other drivers to keep their positions; while the damage forced Jones to make apit stop for repairs, Creed remained on the track and led the final six laps to win his first SST race.[39] At the age of 15, he was the series' youngest race winner.[40] A second victory came at theSand Sports Super Show in September; after skipping the weekend's first two races to race in the LOORRS Pro Lites, Creed dominated the third and final round.[41] Creed ended the2013 season with two wins and five podium finishes in nine races.[42]
Creed ran the full2014 schedule, scoring three wins and nine podium finishes.[43] He claimed the silver medal atX Games Austin behindApdaly Lopez to become the youngest auto racer to win an X Games medal.[28] In July, he swept the Toronto weekend.[44] Creed won again in the final race of the year atMGM Resorts Village, but finished second in the championship behind Gordon by 75 points.[43][45]
The2015 season began inAdelaide, where Creed won the second race after holding off four other drivers.[46] In the weekend's final race, he finished in third while landing sideways and rolling across the finish line before flipping back on his wheels.[47] His second win of the year came in theGrand Prix of St. Petersburg after battling withE. J. Viso on the final lap.[48] In June, he won the gold medal atX Games Austin 2015 after being the holeshot and led every lap.[49] Creed battled with Gordon in the standings throughout the season, and he capitalized on Gordon's misfortunes in the Australian races andLas Vegas Village to win the championship.[50] He ended the season with nine wins and 13 podiums,[51] the former of which also included victories at the Sand Sports Super Show (twice),[52]Surfers Paradise Street Circuit (twice),[53][54]Valvoline Raceway,[55] and Las Vegas.[50] After the season, Creed won two exhibition races atHomebush Street Circuit.[56]
Creed opened2016 with two wins at Adelaide.[57] He went on to dominate the season as he won all but eight of the 20 races en route to his second consecutive title.[58] Besides his Adelaide wins, other victories included St. Petersburg,[59] weekend sweeps at theGrand Prix of Long Beach and theCharlotte Motor Speedway Dirt Track,[60][61] the series' inaugural race atTownsville Street Circuit,[62] the Sand Sports Super Show,[63] and two of three races at Surfers Paradise.[64][65] In October, he joined Gordon at the Mike's Peak Hill Climb Challenge inBaja California, ahillclimbing event that did not count for the championship. Creed finished with the second-fastest times on both days, trailing Gordon.[66]
In2017, he competed in 14 races and recorded a series-best seven wins.[67] Three of the wins came in Australia beginning with the second Adelaide race.[68] Creed also won two of three races atBarbagallo Raceway, winning the first after passing leaderBill Hynes and the second upon beating Gordon to the finish by .023 seconds.[69][70] Additional victories came with a sweep of theChevrolet Detroit Grand Prix and winning the second race atTexas Motor Speedway.[71] In the two-day Race & Rock World Championships atLake Elsinore Diamond to end the season, Creed won hisheat race on both days, followed by finishing second in the Friday feature and winning Saturday's.[72]
Upon switching to stock cars, Creed continued to race in SST whenever the opportunity is available.[73] In2018, he ran the Lake Elsinore season opener, during which he won his heat and finished sixth in the feature after being spun on lap two,[74] and the year's final two races atGlen Helen Raceway, where he was marred by engine problems.[75] Thenext season featured a six-race slate for Creed as he swept theTexas Motor Speedway weekend and won the Saturday race atPortland International Raceway.[76][77][78] He participated in the2020 weekend at Road America alongside Truck Series teammateZane Smith, where he finished second and third.[79][80] The2021 Stadium Super Trucks Series-opening weekend at St. Petersburg saw him win both races.[81]
As of June 7, 2021, he has 39 career wins, the most of any driver in SST history. His two championships are the second most, tied with Gordon and trailingMatthew Brabham by one.[82]
In2016, Creed competed in theDakar Rally in aRobby Gordon-ownedGordini with Dakar motorcyclistJonah Street as his navigator. At the age of 18, he was the youngest driver to compete in the event.[83] Across the first seven stages, his best finish was 26th in the fourth.[84] However, in the eighth,clutch issues and the impending time limit prompted him to skipwaypoints due to the time limit and resulted in his disqualification.[85]
Creed entered the 2016SCORE InternationalBaja 1000 as the driver of the No. 2974Arctic CatUTV alongsideTodd 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.[86] However, both cars failed to finish.[87] He returned to the race a year later with the same teammates in addition to Gordon's nine-year-old sonMax, who was not listed on the entry list and not allowed to compete under SCORE's rules that mandate a minimum age of 18. Mechanical troubles plagued Creed's stint before Max took over and completed the distance, though the younger Gordon's ineligibility meant the entry was officially classified as a retirement.[88][89]
After enjoying success in SST and off-road racing, Creed began running stock cars. In 2014 and 2015, he competed in theWorld Series of Asphalt Pro Late Model championship atNew Smyrna Speedway for TRI Driver Development, finishing third in the latter year's standings and recording four top-five finishes in 13 total starts.[90] He 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.[3]
In March 2016, he tested anARCA Racing Series stock car forLira Motorsports at theNashville Fairgrounds Speedway.[91] The team later announced he would compete in the series for the2016 season, driving the No. 38 Ford.[92] Creed finished seventh in his debut at Nashville,[93] his only top-ten finish in a six-race slate for the team that year.[94]
In 2017, Creed ran two races apiece in theNASCAR K&N Pro Series East andWest.[95][96] In the former, driving forMDM Motorsports,[97] he debuted in the first race ofthe season at New Smyrna, where he started fourth and finished 19th,[98] followed by starting second and finishing 11th atBristol Motor Speedway.[99] He raced forJefferson Pitts Racing in thePro Series West atOrange Show Speedway, where he qualified sixth after being the fastest car in practice and finished second toChris Eggleston, andSonoma Raceway, where he finished ninth in a two-car effort for JPR alongsideNASCAR Cup Series driverKevin Harvick.[100][96]
Creed's 2017 stock car schedule also includedARCA, which began with the Nashville race in April with MDM, where he finished sixth.[101][102] He partnered withMason Mitchell Motorsports for the dirt races at theIllinois andDuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetracks, driving the No. 78 Chevrolet.[103] In the former, he fell to eighth after being on the disadvantageous outside line but regained his lost momentum to finish fourth.[104] At DuQuoin, he fought withShane Lee for the win before contact between the two on the final restart led toAustin Theriault winning and Creed taking second.[105]AtKentucky Speedway, Creed won thepole position and finished third after hitting the wall on the last lap while attempting to pass Theriault for the lead.[106] Creed led a race-high 52 laps in the season finale atKansas Speedway, but tire damage resulted in a 19th-place finish.[107] In 11 races in 2017, nine of which were with MDM, he recorded five Top 5 finishes and eight Top 10's.[108]
Creed competed full time in ARCA in2018 with MDM, driving the No. 28.[107] He began the season with Top 5 finishes in all but one of the first seven races.[109] In June, Creed scored his first series win atMichigan International Speedway after outlastingRiley Herbst andQuin Houff.[110] Further victories were claimed atGateway Motorsports Park, where he started from the pole, andIowa Speedway, where he held offChandler Smith.[111][112] A fourth win came in the season finale at Kansas as he clinched the ARCA championship with 16 Top 5's in 20 races.[113] While his four wins were tied with championship runner-up Zane Smith for the most in 2018, Creed led the series in Top 5's and Top 10's (18), and he won the title by 460 points.[114] He also won the Sioux Chief Short Track Challenge, a championship for ARCA races on tracks shorter than one mile, by 35 points over Smith.[115][116] On April 25, 2019, Creed was inducted into theInternational Motorsports Hall of Fame's ARCA Wall of Champions.[73]
In September 2018, Creed won theK&N Pro Series West'sStar Nursery 100 onLas Vegas Motor Speedway's dirt track; it was the series' first dirt race since 1979.[117] After starting sixth, Creed claimed the lead following a penalty to leaderChristopher Bell, and he held off fellow off-road racerHailie Deegan for the win.[118][117]
Creed returned to ARCA in2019 atCharlotte Motor Speedway withGMS Racing, finishing second after rebounding from a late speeding penalty.[119] He also ran the final race of the season at Kansas forKBR Development and finished 11th.[120][121]
In2016, Creed made hisNASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut in theEldora Dirt Derby atEldora Speedway, driving the No. 07Chevrolet Silverado forSS-Green Light Racing. After finishing fifth in his heat race,[122] he started 25th in the feature and finished 16th, two laps behind race winnerKyle Larson.[123] He returned to the Dirt Derby in2017 in the No. 20 Silverado forYoung's Motorsports.[124] A fourth-place finish in his heat placed him in 19th to begin the main race,[125][126] but he finished 27th after contact with another truck led to a wreck and overheating issues.[127]
Creed raced at Eldora for the third consecutive year in2018, running the No. 99 for MDM;[128] he finished second in the heat to start sixth in the Derby, which he finished in 15th.[129][130] On September 25, GMS Racing announced Creed would run the season's remaining four Truck Series races.[131] After his first two races atMartinsville Speedway and Texas, the team elevated him to a full-time campaign for 2019.[132]
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Before the2019 NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series season, GMS andJR Motorsports formedDrivers Edge Development, aChevrolet-leddriver development program with Creed as one of its members.[133] In the season-openingNextEra Energy 250 at Daytona, Creed won the opening stage but was collected in amulti-driver wreck on lap 99.[134][135] In late July, Creed's crew chiefDoug Randolph was replaced byJeff Stankiewicz, who worked with Creed during his 2018 ARCA championship season.[136] Although Creed recorded two second-place finishes atEldora andMichigan, he missed theTruck Series playoffs as he required a win to qualify.[137][138] Creed ended the 2019 season with a tenth-place points finish with four top fives and eleven top tens.[139] Despite showing competitive race paces during his rookie campaign, he struggled with consistency and controlling his aggressive driving style, the latter of which Creed noted was effective in ARCA but unsustainable in NASCAR.[140]
He returned to the GMS No. 2 for2020.[141] Creed enjoyed a strong start to the season by finishing ninth in the opener at Daytona and battling with eventual winnerKyle Busch for the lead at Las Vegas before finishing tenth.[142] In July, he scored his first Truck victory in the lightning-shortened race at Kentucky.[143] Two more wins came in August on the Daytona road course, where he held off GMS teammateBrett Moffitt on the final restart with two laps remaining,[144] and at Gateway after passing fellow GMS driverSam Mayer on a late restart and leading the final 13 laps.[145] He entered the playoffs as the top-seeded driver with three wins, five stage wins, and a fifth-place regular season points finish.[146] A victory at Texas in the penultimate round clinched him spot in the championship round.[147] The final race atPhoenix Raceway saw him pit prior to overtime and fall from third to ninth, but a strong restart propelled him to the lead and ultimately the championship.[148] His five wins led the series in 2020.[140]
Creed remained in the No. 2 for the2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.[149] In the second race at the Daytona road course, he led a race-high 17 laps but committed errors throughout the night such as colliding with the lappedBobby Reuse while leading and falling from first to fifth in the final stage after trying to conserve fuel; Creed also collided withBen Rhodes, who made the race-winning overtake with seven laps remaining.[150] AtDarlington Raceway, crashes in the last stage eliminated the leaders and Creed took the lead on the final restart, preventing Rhodes from passing him as he won his first race of the season.[151] The inauguralCorn Belt 150 atKnoxville Raceway saw Creed struggle midway before climbing to sixth with ten laps remaining before he was collected in a multi-driver accident. He was critical of the race in his media interview, arguing NASCAR improperly prepared the dirt track, which resulted in a singleracing line along the bottom that provided for poor racing, and that the Truck Series should instead be racing atIowa Speedway; he also suggested modifications to the trucks to resemble off-road vehicles such as removing the windshield and moving the radiator to the rear.[152] Creed entered the playoffs as the fifth seed and won the first two races at Gateway and Darlington.[153][154] A crash at Las Vegas dropped Creed outside of the top four in points that would advance to the Championship Round.[155] Although he finished ninth in the Round of 8's elimination race at Martinsville, he was four points short of making the final round.[156]
Although Creed moved up to the Xfinity Series in 2022, he returned to the Trucks atCircuit of the Americas in the No. 20 for Young's.[157] He won the pole, his first in the series, despite afuel pump issue that caused it to sputter during practice.[158] Creed started the race at the rear after changing the pump but retired with a drivetrain problem upon completing a lap. He was the third driver in Truck Series history to win a pole but finish last afterRich Bickle atColorado National Speedway in 1996 andDavid Reutimann atHomestead–Miami Speedway in 2005.[159]
In2017, Creed ran theNASCAR Xfinity Series races atMid-Ohio Sports Car Course andRoad America, driving the No. 01 Chevrolet forJD Motorsports.[160][161] He chose tocompete in the road course events as he felt he needed more experience on such tracks in cars, and that when one received an "opportunity with a big-time ride, you want to be ready."[162]
Mechanical issues plagued Creed's Xfinity debut at Mid-Ohio, with a jammed gearbox in practice causing him to qualify 32nd and visit the garage for repairs during the race; when he returned to the track, he was 16 laps behind the leaders. Although the car's performance improved, further problems later in the event resulted in him finishing 34th and 19 laps down.[163] At Road America, 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. Although he ran in the top 15 for much of the second stage, a transmission problem forced him to retire from the race after 18 laps and finish 38th.[162][107]
He returned to the series in2019, driving the No. 8 for JR Motorsports at theJuly Daytona race.[164] He qualified ninth but finished 34th after being involved in a lap 71 crash that took out multiple drivers.[165]
On September 14, 2021,Richard Childress Racing announced Creed would move up to the Xfinity Series on a full-time schedule in 2022.[166] In preparation for his rookie season, Creed entered the 2021 season finale at Phoenix forB. J. McLeod Motorsports.[167] At theSeptember Darlington race, Creed scored a career-best second place after engaging in a three-car battle with race winnerNoah Gragson andKyle Larson on the closing laps.[168] AtMartinsville, Creed scored his second career runner up finish. Creed scored four top fives and 13 top tens with an average finish of 17.5 and finished 14th in points with 9 DNFs.
Creed started the2023 season with a 34th place DNF atDaytona. He won his first career pole in the Xfinity series atPortland, where he also led the most laps and ended up finishing 7th. not winning a race, he stayed consistent enough to make the playoffs. On September 12, crew chief Jeff Stankiewicz was suspended for theBristol playoff race and finedUS$10,000 after the car was found to have two loose lug nuts following theKansas race.[169] On October 11, Creed announced he will not return to RCR in 2024.[170] AtMartinsville, Creed was in position for his first career win and a shot at competing for the championship as he was battling his teammateAustin Hill, who was also in position for the championship. On the final lap, Creed moved Hill in turns 1 and 2 and was side by side with him. 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 toJustin Allgaier with Creed finishing 2nd. It would knock both Creed and Hill out of competing for the championship. Creed was criticized by both Hill and his owner Richard Childress with Hill saying about Creed moving on from RCR that he's "pretty excited."[171] Overall, Creed scored 7 top fives and 15 top tens along with five runner up finishes, had an average finish of 13.5 and finished 7th in points.
On December 13, 2023, it was announced that Creed would run the No. 18Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota full-time.[172] It marked the first time he had driven a Toyota in more than five years.
On August 17, 2024, Creed signed withHaas Factory Team to drive the No. 00 Ford in2025.[173] The same day, Creed would finish 2nd toJustin Allgaier atMichigan, his 11th in the series, breaking the record for the most 2nd place finishes in the series without a win.[174]
Creed finished in the top ten 23 times and scored 16 top five finishes, including six runner-up finishes. Creed also scored two poles during the season and finished 6th in the final points standings.
On July 12, 2023, it was announced Creed would make hisNASCAR Cup Series debut atKansas in September in the No. 78 forLive Fast Motorsports. He started 34th in the 36-car field and finished the race two laps down in 29th.[175]
In May 2017, while racing with the Stadium Super Trucks at Barbagallo Raceway in Perth, Creed participated in theAussie Racing Cars support event. He raced the No. 57 car usually driven by fellow SST driver Bill Hynes as Hynes wished to focus on the trucks.[176] Sharing the car with Robby Gordon, Creed finished ninth after starting last.[177]
Creed began runningsports cars in2017 when he joined theTrans-Am Series atRoad Atlanta in May. He droveStevens-Miller Racing'sDodge Challenger in the TA2 class as part of a four-race schedule, which included racing at Detroit, Mid-Ohio, 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 usingiRacing.com, in-car video from Stevens-Miller, and a virtual track system fromRoss Bentley.[160] At Road Atlanta, he finished tenth in his class, which he improved upon in Detroit with a fourth-place run.[178][179] He recorded another top ten at Mid-Ohio (sixth) before scoring his first TA2 win at Road America;[180] in rainy conditions, he passed race leaderTony Buffomante with five laps remaining. Creed attributed his success in such weather to his experience in off-road racing as both require heavy throttle control.[181]
In 2018, Creed returned to sprint cars when he finished third in the Tulsa Shootout's 1200cc Winged Mini Sprint division.[182] The following year, he joined thePOWRi Lucas Oil California Lightning Sprint Car Series at Barona and finished third.[183] Creed purchased amicro sprint car in 2020 to race at Millbridge Speedway.[182]
After Creed andStewart Friesen finished second and first in the2019 Eldora Dirt Derby, the two held a ten-lap one-on-one exhibition race atOrange County Fair Speedway in August as part of the track's centennial anniversary. Both drivers used their NASCAR trucks for the event, which was approved by NASCAR as the Truck Series calendar did not feature other dirt races, ensuring neither would have an advantage over other drivers for later races on such surfaces.[184] Creed also entered the track's Big-Block Modified races during the weekend, but he was involved in a crash in his heat race on Friday,[185] while he failed to qualify for the Saturday feature.[186]When the 2020 NASCAR season was paused due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, Creed participated in the NASCAR-sanctionedeNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series' Saturday Night Thunder events for lower series drivers.[187] After the season ended, he returned to the California Lightning Sprints for the final races of the year atBakersfield Speedway andPlacerville Speedway.[188] Creed also raced in the Tulsa Shootout's Winged and Non-Wing Outlaw classes in December.[189]
In August 2022, Creed made hisUSAC National Midget Series debut in the BC39 atIndianapolis Motor Speedway with Abacus Racing.[190]
He is nicknamed "the Showstopper", which he received from SST announcer Sean Sermini.[3] During his early off-road career, he possessed the moniker "Prodigy of Short Course".[191] Creed's fans have also dubbed him with their own nicknames, such as "Shelgoat", due to his car control and ability to recover from seemingly unavoidable spins.[192] During qualifying atAtlanta Motor Speedway in 2024,Rick Allen gave Sheldon the nickname "Silver" to represent the amount of times he has finished second in the Xfinity series.[193]
Creed was born inAlpine, California, with his family being heavily involved in racing. His father Scott, who supported him throughout his early career,[5] was a dirt bike rider while his grandfather was alate model racer atCajon Speedway.[3] Grandfather Maurice Ortega runs the underground utility construction company A.M. Ortega and has sponsored Creed's off-road and NASCAR trucks.[194][195] Ortega's grandson and Creed's cousin Bronsen Chiaramonte, also an off-road racer, was the LOORRS Mod Kart Rookie of the Year in 2018.[196]
Among Creed's idols growing up were motocross starsTravis Pastrana andJeremy McGrath. Seven-time NASCAR Cup championJimmie Johnson is a family friend of the Creeds;[38] like Creed, Johnson was from San Diego County and began his racing career on dirt bikes at Barona, followed by success in off-road and stadium trucks as a teenager before moving to stock cars.[197] In 2020, Johnson's final year as a full-time NASCAR driver, Creed ran a tribute paint scheme based on Johnson'strophy truck atDarlington Raceway.[198]
Creed is married to Cami Parsons, the twin sister ofStefan Parsons.[199] They are the parents of a son named Axel, who was born on June 11, 2022.[200] He enjoys watchingextreme sports and listening tocountry music such asFlorida Georgia Line.[3][201]
1 Ineligible for series points.
2 Standings were not awarded by the series for the 2020 season.
* Season in progress.
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| NASCAR Cup Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | NCSC | Pts | Ref | ||
| 2023 | Live Fast Motorsports | 78 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | LVS | PHO | ATL | COA | RCH | BRD | MAR | TAL | DOV | KAN | DAR | CLT | GTW | SON | NSH | CSC | ATL | NHA | POC | RCH | MCH | IRC | GLN | DAY | DAR | KAN 29 | BRI | TEX | TAL | ROV | LVS | HOM | MAR | PHO | 60th | 01 | [202] | ||
| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | NCWTC | Pts | Ref | |||||||||||||||
| 2016 | SS-Green Light Racing | 07 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | MAR | KAN | DOV | CLT | TEX | IOW | GTW | KEN | ELD 16 | POC | BRI | MCH | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 58th | 18 | [209] | |||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Young's Motorsports | 20 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | MAR | KAN | CLT | DOV | TEX | GTW | IOW | KEN | ELD 27 | POC | MCH | BRI | MSP | CHI | NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 102nd | 01 | [210] | |||||||||||||||
| 2018 | MDM Motorsports | 99 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | LVS | MAR | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | IOW | GTW | CHI | KEN | ELD 15 | POC | MCH | BRI | MSP | LVS | TAL | 33rd | 123 | [211] | |||||||||||||||||||
| GMS Racing | 2 | Chevy | MAR 19 | TEX 25 | PHO 10 | HOM 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | DAY 17 | ATL 12 | LVS 6 | MAR 17 | TEX 22 | DOV 27 | KAN 19 | CLT 12 | TEX 6 | IOW 6 | GTW 7 | CHI 11 | KEN 21 | POC 25 | ELD 2 | MCH 2 | BRI 6 | MSP 4 | LVS 4 | TAL 9 | MAR 11 | PHO 12 | HOM 9 | 10th | 726 | [139] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | DAY 9 | LVS 10 | CLT 5 | ATL 14 | HOM 20 | POC 3* | KEN 1 | TEX 16 | KAN 8 | KAN 26 | MCH 30 | DRC 1* | DOV 22 | GTW 1 | DAR 18* | RCH 13 | BRI 11 | LVS 2* | TAL 12 | KAN 2* | TEX 1* | MAR 8* | PHO 1 | 1st | 4040 | [212] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | DAY 6 | DRC 2* | LVS 18 | ATL 5 | BRD 16 | RCH 11 | KAN 32 | DAR 1 | COA 5* | CLT 35 | TEX 35 | NSH 14 | POC 3 | KNX 35 | GLN 3 | GTW 1* | DAR 1* | BRI 19* | LVS 36 | TAL 12 | MAR 9 | PHO 4 | 5th | 2325 | [213] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Young's Motorsports | 20 | Chevy | DAY | LVS | ATL | COA 36 | MAR | BRD | DAR | KAN | TEX | CLT | GTW | SON | KNX | NSH | MOH | POC | IRP | RCH | KAN | BRI | TAL | HOM | PHO | 106th | 01 | [214] | |||||||||||||||
* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
| ARCA Menards Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | AMSC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Lira Motorsports | 38 | Ford | DAY | NSH 7 | SLM 20 | TAL 14 | TOL 13 | NJE 11 | POC | MCH 18 | MAD | WIN | IOW | IRP | POC | BLN | ISF | DSF | SLM | CHI | KEN | KAN | 27th | 970 | [94] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | MDM Motorsports | 28 | Toyota | DAY | NSH 6 | SLM | TAL | TOL | ELK | MCH 17 | MAD | CHI 31 | KEN 3 | 15th | 2050 | [108] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | POC 8 | IOW 3 | IRP 5 | POC | WIN | KAN 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mason Mitchell Motorsports | 78 | Chevy | ISF 4 | ROA | DSF 2 | SLM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | MDM Motorsports | 28 | Toyota | DAY 3* | NSH 2 | SLM 3 | TAL 4* | TOL 18 | CLT 3 | POC 2 | MCH 1 | MAD 3 | GTW 1* | CHI 2 | IOW 1* | ELK 15 | POC 2 | ISF 2 | BLN 6* | DSF 10* | SLM 4 | IRP 2 | KAN 1 | 1st | 5140 | [109] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | GMS Racing | 21 | Chevy | DAY | FIF | SLM | TAL | NSH | TOL | CLT 2 | POC | MCH | MAD | GTW | CHI | ELK | IOW | POC | ISF | DSF | SLM | IRP | 43rd | 395 | [215] | |||||||||||||||||||
| KBR Development | 28 | Chevy | KAN 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | NKNPSEC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | MDM Motorsports | 40 | Toyota | NSM 19 | GRE | BRI 11 | SBO | SBO | MEM | BLN | TMP | NHA 5 | IOW | GLN | LGY | NJM | DOV 4 | 17th | 138 | [95] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | NKNPSWC | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Jefferson Pitts Racing | 27 | Ford | TUS | KCR | IRW | IRW | SPO | OSS 2 | CNS | 27th | 78 | [96] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 55 | SON 9 | IOW | EVG | DCS | MER | AAS | KCR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Norman-Levin Racing | 40 | Chevy | KCR | TUS | TUS | OSS | CNS | SON | DCS | IOW | EVG | GTW | LVS 1 | MER | AAS | KCR | 29th | 47 | [216] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
(key) (Bold – Pole position.Italics – Fastest qualifier. * – Most laps led.)
| Stadium Super Trucks results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 8 | CRA 2 | OCF | OCF | OCF 1* | CPL 7 | 5th | 215 | [42] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | STP 9 | STP 5 | LBH 3 | IMS 8 | IMS 3 | DET 7† | DET 6† | DET 8† | AUS 2 | TOR 1 | TOR 1 | OCF Rpl† | OCF Rpl† | CSS 2 | LVV 4 | LVV 1 | 2nd | 417 | [43] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | ADE 5 | ADE 1* | ADE 3 | STP 1 | STP 4 | LBH 2 | DET Rpl‡ | DET Rpl‡ | DET Rpl‡ | AUS 1* | TOR 2 | TOR 2 | OCF 8 | OCF 1* | OCF 1* | SRF 9 | SRF 1* | SRF 1 | SRF 5 | SYD 1* | LVV 10 | LVV 1* | 1st | 617 | [51] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | ADE 1 | ADE 4 | ADE 1* | STP 1* | STP 2 | LBH 1 | LBH 1 | DET 7 | DET C1 | 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 | [58] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | ADE 7 | ADE 1 | ADE 5 | STP 2 | STP 2 | LBH | LBH | PER 1 | PER 5 | PER 1 | DET 1* | DET 1* | TEX 9 | TEX 1* | HID | HID | HID | BEI | GLN | GLN | ELS 2 | ELS 1* | 5th | 411 | [67] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | ELS 6 | ADE | ADE | ADE | LBH | LBH | BAR | BAR | DET | DET | TEX | TEX | ROA | ROA | SMP | SMP | HLN 6 | HLN 9 | MXC | MXC | 13th | 62 | [217] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | COA | COA | TEX 1* | TEX 1* | LBH 2* | LBH 4 | TOR | TOR | MOH | MOH | MOH | MOH | ROA | ROA | ROA | POR 1* | POR 6 | SRF | SRF | 7th | 179 | [76] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | ADE | ADE | ADE | ROA 2 | ROA 3 | N/A2 | – | [218] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | STP 1* | STP 1* | MOH 1* | MOH 7 | MOH | MOH | NSH | NSH | LBH | LBH | 5th | 116 | [219] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Replaced byKeegan Kincaid, points went to Creed ·‡ – Replaced byP. J. Jones, points went to Creed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 The race was abandoned afterMatt Mingay suffered serious injuries in a crash on lap three.
2 Standings were not recorded by the series for the 2020 season.
| Year | Class | Vehicle | Position | Stages won | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Car | Gordini | DSQ | 0 | [85] |
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Stadium Super Trucks Champion 2015–2016 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | ARCA Racing Series Champion 2018 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series Champion 2020 | Succeeded by |
