Buddy Shepherd

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

Racing career In 2015, Shepherd would make his NASCAR K&N Pro Series West debut at Shasta Speedway, driving the No. 55 Ford for Jefferson Pitts Racing at the age of fifteen, where he would finish in fifth place. 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.

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. 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.

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 Pts Ref 2015 Jefferson Pitts Racing 55 Ford KCR IRW TUS IOW SHA SON SLS IOW EVG CNS MER AAS PHO 29th 80 2016 IRW KCR TUS OSS CNS SON SLS IOW EVG DCS MMP MMP MER AAS 52nd 25 2017 27 TUS KCR IRW IRW SPO OSS CNS SON IOW EVG DCS MER AAS 29th 75 55 KCR 2018 27 KCR TUS TUS OSS CNS SON DCS IOW EVG GTW LVS MER AAS KCR 60th 21 2019 LVS IRW TUS TUS CNS SON DCS IOW EVG GTW MER AAS KCR PHO 44th 37 2022 McGowan Motorsports 17 Toyota PHO IRW KCR PIR SON IRW EVG PIR AAS LVS PHO 28th 122 2023 Jerry Pitts Racing 5 Toyota PHO IRW KCR PIR SON IRW SHA EVG AAS LVS MAD PHO 42nd 38 2024 Cook Racing Technologies 17 Chevy PHO KER PIR SON IRW IRW SHA TRI MAD AAS KER PHO 67th 24 2025 Jerry Pitts Racing 6 Toyota KER PHO TUC CNS KER SON TRI PIR AAS MAD LVS PHO 66th 29

ASA STARS National Tour (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.) ASA STARS National Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts Ref 2025 Richard Shepherd 22S N/A NSM FIF25 DOM HCY NPS MAD SLG AND OWO TOL WIN NSV 69th 27