Jonathan Shafer

Jonathan Shafer (born June 17, 2005) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 69 Ford F150/Ram 1500 for MBM Motorsports. He is the son of former driver Todd Shafer.

Racing career

Early career Shafer would start driving at five years old, racing in quarter midgets. He would race in them for several years, getting wins and championships. In 2017, at the age of twelve, he would drive in the Champion Racing Association for two years. When he turned fourteen, he would drive micro sprints in the POWRi Midget Racing for Keith Kunz Motorsports, and continue to run late model races.

CARS Late Model Stock Tour Shafer joined the CARS Late Model Stock Tour in 2020 for Nelson Motorsports, running all but one race that season, earning four top-tens and one top-five, ranking ninth in the final standings. He would sign with Lee Pulliam Motorsports to run a full-time schedule in 2021, getting six top-tens and four top-fives, finishing seventh in points.

ARCA Menards Series On January 4, 2022, Shafer would sign with Venturini Motorsports to drive a part-time schedule in the 2022 ARCA Menards Series season. He made his first start in the East Series race at Dover Motor Speedway, starting eighth and finishing seventh. He made his second and final start of the season at Iowa Speedway, for the combination race with the main and East Series. He started seventh and finished fourth.

Craftsman Truck Series On April 10, 2023, On Point Motorsports announced that Shafer would make his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut at Martinsville Speedway, along with running seven more races for the team throughout the season. Shafer only ran two more races with the team, getting a best finish of 24th at Nashville Superspeedway.

In 2026, it was announced that Shafer will drive the No. 69 Ford for MBM Motorsports at Rockingham Speedway. He failed to qualify at Indianapolis; furthermore, the team was docked 25 driver and owner points and fined 5,000 for a safety violation regarding the shift boot of the truck.

Personal life Shafer is the son of former NASCAR and ARCA driver, Todd Shafer, who primarily raced in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and NASCAR Busch Series (now NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series).

Motorsports career results

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

Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results 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 Pts Ref 2023 On Point Motorsports 30 Toyota DAY LVS ATL COA TEX BRD MAR29 KAN DAR NWS CLT GTW NSH24 MOH POC RCH IRP MLW KAN BRI TAL HOM26 PHO 44th 32 2026 MBM Motorsports 69 Ford DAY ATL STP DAR CARDNQ BRI TEX GLN DOV CLT NSHDNQ MCH COR LRP NWS -* * Ram IRPDNQ RCH NHA BRI KAN CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM

ARCA Menards Series (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 results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts Ref 2022 Venturini Motorsports 55 Toyota DAY PHO TAL KAN CLT IOW BLN ELK MOH POC IRP MCH GLN ISF MLW DSF KAN BRI SLM TOL 75th 40

ARCA Menards Series East ARCA Menards Series East results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pts Ref 2022 Venturini Motorsports 55 Toyota NSM FIF DOV NSV IOW MLW BRI 22nd 77

CARS Late Model Stock Car 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.)

CARS Pro Late Model Tour (key) CARS Pro Late Model Tour results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts Ref 2024 Walker Motorsports 15 Chevy SNM HCY OCS ACE TCM6 CRW9 NWS16 ACE FLC SBO TCM NWS 20th 98 46 HCY3