Peter Shepherd

Peter Shepherd III (born August 13, 1986) is a Canadian professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Canada Series for Dave Jacombs Racing and in the APC Series in the No. 22 APC/Total car.

Racing career Shepherd started in go-karts and moved on to the Thunder Car division at Flamboro Speedway. He progressed from there to Late Model running in the ALSTAR Series and then into Super Late Models with OSCAAR. Shepherd eventually worked his way into Canada's top series, CASCAR, running a season and a half, winning races as well as Rookie of the year. His prowess drew the attention of NASCAR owner Jack Roush, who invited him to Roush Racing: Driver X, the audition that was held in 2005 and televised on the Discovery Channel.

Shepherd turned heads with a surprising performance, ending up as one of six finalists in the competition.

Roush then signed Shepherd to further development, first in the ARCA RE/MAX Series in the No. 39 car for the Daytona season opener, then in several races in the Craftsman Truck Series. Shepherd's series debut was at Memphis Motorsports Park on July 22, 2006, where he finished 23rd. Shepherd made two more starts that year, finishing 31st at Nashville Superspeedway and 18th at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

In the 2007 season, Shepherd shared the No. 50 ride in the Craftsman Truck Series with T. J. Bell. Shepherd was later released from his development contract due to a lack of sponsorship. He then returned to a part time schedule in the NASCAR Canada Series. He picked up his first win at Kawartha Speedway in September 2010. Shepherd would pick up his second win in 2011, and won three more between 2012 and 2013. He wouldn't return to the series until 2018, where he made six starts. He would run again in 2019 and 2021.

In 2018, Shepherd finally made his NASCAR Xfinity Series debut at Iowa Speedway driving the No. 55 for JP Motorsports. He finished 31st, 15 laps down.

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.)

Xfinity Series NASCAR Xfinity 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 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Pts Ref 2006 Roush Racing 60 Ford DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA MAR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEMQL† TEX PHO HOM NA - 2018 JP Motorsports 55 Toyota DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA IOW31 GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH CLT DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 75th 6 † - Qualified for Carl Edwards

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 2006 Roush Racing 50 Ford DAY CAL ATL MAR GTY CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW KAN KEN MEM23 IRP NSH31 BRI NHA 54th 273 6 LVS18 TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 2007 Roush Fenway Racing 50 DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW32 MEM15 KEN32 IRP21 NSH BRI GTW NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 55th 352

ARCA Re/Max Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Re/Max 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 Pts Ref 2006 Roulo Brothers Racing 39 Ford DAY NSH SLM WIN KEN TOL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW4 NSHDNQ MCH10 ISF MIL36 TOL DSF CHI10 SLM TAL24 IOW 51st 755 2007 DAY USA NSH SLM KAN WIN KEN TOL IOW POC MCH22 BLN GTW21 DSF CHI22 SLM TAL TOL 67th 390 Roush Fenway Racing 99 Ford KENDNQ POC NSH ISF MIL 2008 Roulo Brothers Racing 39 Ford DAY SLM IOW KAN CAR KEN TOL POC MCH CAY5 KEN BLN POC NSH ISF DSF CHI SLM NJE TAL TOL 93rd 205 2009 Venturini Motorsports 25 Chevy DAY SLM CAR TAL KEN TOL POC MCH MFD IOW KEN BLN4 POC ISF CHI TOL DSF NJE SLM KAN CAR 90th 250