Patrick Sheltra Explained

Patrick Sheltra (born May 14, 1986) is an American professional stock car racing driver and owner. He is the 2010 ARCA Racing Series champion. He also previously competed part-time in what is now the NASCAR Xfinity Series and the NASCAR Truck Series.

Racing career

Starting to race at local tracks in 2001,^[1] Sheltra moved up to the ARCA Re/MAX Series in 2005, starting his first race at Chicagoland Speedway.^[1] Running his first full season in the series in 2007,^[1] he ran the next three seasons of the series as well; a wreck in the season-opening event at Daytona International Speedway in 2009 resulted in him being briefly hospitalized. His car spun and backed into the outside wall and stopped on top of the track when he was t-boned by Larry Hollenbeck at about 165 miles per hour. The crash also injured Hollenbeck. Both were released from the hospital 3 days later and continued racing.^[2]

Competing for the family-owned Sheltra Motorsports team, Sheltra ran his final full season of ARCA Racing Series competition in 2010, scoring two victories and 17 top-10 finishes on his way to winning the season title, his first national championship in the series.^{[3] [4]} Driving the No. 60 Toyota, Sheltra won the championship by a 20-point margin over Craig Goess, becoming the first owner-driver to win the ARCA championship since Benny Parsons achieved the feat in 1969.^[5]

In addition to his career in ARCA, Sheltra ran a single NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series event in 2007, and made his debut in the NASCAR Nationwide Series in 2008, running five races in the series over the next three years.^[1] In 2011, Sheltra drove the No. 41 Ford for Rick Ware Racing in the season-opening DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway.^{[6] [7] [8]} In addition, he assumed responsibility for the operation of the family race team, Sheltra Motorsports, which ran Venezuelan driver Milka Duno for the majority of the 2011 ARCA Racing Series season.^[9]

Sheltra has not driven in NASCAR and ARCA since 2011.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide 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
2008	Sheltra Motorsports	4	Dodge	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	MXC	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO 29	HOM 24	103rd	167	[10]
2009	MacDonald Motorsports	81	Dodge	DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI	TEX	NSH	PHO	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY 41	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN 37	CAL	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	135th	92	[11]
2010	RAB Racing	09	Ford	DAY	CAL	LVS	BRI	NSH	PHO	TEX	TAL 18	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	NSH	KEN	ROA	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	GTY	TEX	PHO	HOM	108th	114	[12]
2011	Rick Ware Racing	41	Ford	DAY 24	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	TAL	NSH	RCH	DAR	DOV	IOW	CLT	CHI	MCH	ROA	DAY	KEN	NHA	NSH	IRP	IOW	GLN	CGV	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM		72nd	20	[13]

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World 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
2007	Andy Belmont Motorsports	12		DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN	IRP	NSH	BRI	GTW	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	ATL 32	TEX	PHO	HOM	103rd	67	[14]
2011	Chase Mattioli Racing	99	Ford	DAY	PHO	DAR	MAR	NSH	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	KEN	IOW	NSH	IRP	POC	MCH	BRI	ATL	CHI	NHA	KEN	LVS	TAL 35	MAR	TEX	HOM	113th	01	[15]

ARCA Racing Series

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

ARCA Racing 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
2005	Sheltra Motorsports	2	Chevy	DAY	NSH	SLM	KEN DNQ	TOL	LAN	MIL	POC	MCH	KAN	KEN	BLN	POC	GTW	LER	NSH	MCH	ISF	TOL	DSF				158th	80	[16]
	Darrell Basham Racing	94	Chevy																					CHI 35	SLM	TAL
2006	Ken Schrader Racing	99	Dodge	DAY	NSH	SLM	WIN	KEN	TOL	POC 22	MCH 33	KAN						MCH DNQ	ISF	MIL	TOL	DSF	CHI	SLM	TAL	IOW	97th	235	[17]
	Bobby Jones Racing	50	Dodge										KEN DNQ	BLN	POC	GTW	NSH
2007	Sheltra Motorsports	60	Chevy	DAY DNQ	USA 11	NSH 25	SLM 11	KAN 12	WIN 19	KEN 9	TOL 28	IOW 20	POC 24	MCH 14	BLN 4	KEN 18	POC 11	NSH 13	ISF 3	MIL 36	GTW 29	DSF 6	CHI 13	SLM 14	TAL 16	TOL 8	7th	4615	[18]
2008				DAY 15	SLM 11	IOW 9		CAR 34	KEN 7	TOL 2			CAY 18		BLN 26						SLM 11	NJE 11	TAL 5	TOL 4			6th	4580	[19]
			Dodge				KAN 8				POC 33	MCH 6		KEN 31		POC DNQ	NSH 10	ISF 12	DSF 2	CHI 31
2009				DAY 14	SLM 1	CAR 2	TAL 33	KEN 26		POC 13		MFD 21	IOW 14	KEN 9		POC 14	ISF 3	CHI 13		DSF 31		SLM 16	KAN 11				9th	4485	[20]
			Chevy						TOL 29						BLN 14				TOL 17		NJE 7
			Toyota								MCH 33													CAR 38
2010			Dodge	DAY 5		SLM 4		TAL 2	TOL 8				MFD 21		BLN 2		ISF 1		DSF 4	TOL 3	SLM 6						1st	4965	[21]
			Chevy		PBE 10											NJE 13
			Toyota				TEX 7			POC 4	MCH 3	IOW 29		POC 6				CHI 1				KAN 5	CAR 4
2011	Tony Marks Racing	12	Dodge	DAY	TAL	SLM	TOL	NJE	CHI	POC	MCH	WIN	BLN 4	IOW	IRP	POC	ISF	MAD	DSF	SLM	KAN	TOL					90th	210	[22]

External links

• • • Patrick Sheltra at The Crittenden Automotive Library

Notes and References

1. Web site: Patrick Sheltra Driver Profile. Official site. 2011-02-16. dead. https://archive.today/20130131013324/http://www.patricksheltra.com/profile.html. 2013-01-31.
2. Web site: Injured ARCA Drivers Released. February 9, 2009. ESPN. 2011-02-16.
3. Web site: Patrick Sheltra wins ARCA series title. October 9, 2010. ESPN. 2011-02-16.
4. Web site: ARCA: Dillon Wins The Rock; Sheltra Takes Title. October 20, 2010. SPEED Channel. 2011-02-16. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101213003301/http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/arca-dillon-wins-the-rock-sheltra-takes-title/. December 13, 2010.
5. ARCA: Patrick Sheltra claims title as Childress's grandson wins race. Pearce. Al. October 12, 2010. AutoWeek. 2011-02-16. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101018003555/http://www.autoweek.com/article/20101012/NASCAR/101019970. October 18, 2010.
6. Web site: Patrick Sheltra pairs with Rick Ware Racing. February 15, 2011. NBC Sports. 2011-02-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20121010171714/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/41611154/sports/player_news. October 10, 2012. dead.
7. Web site: 2010 Champ Sheltra Lands Nationwide Role for Daytona with Rick Ware Racing, No. 41 Ford. February 16, 2011. ARCA. 2011-02-16.
8. News: Patrick Sheltra. Yahoo! Sports. 2011-02-16.
9. Web site: Sheltra driving toward new NASCAR deal. Whitehead. Bill. January 25, 2011. The Sebastian Sun via TCPalm. 2011-02-16.
10. Web site: Patrick Sheltra - 2008 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. 2014-03-04.
11. Web site: Patrick Sheltra - 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. 2014-03-04.
12. Web site: Patrick Sheltra - 2010 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. 2014-03-04.
13. Web site: Patrick Sheltra - 2011 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. 2014-03-04.
14. Web site: Patrick Sheltra - 2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. 2014-03-05.
15. Web site: Patrick Sheltra - 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. 2014-03-05.
16. Web site: Patrick Sheltra – 2005 ARCA Re/Max Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 9, 2023.
17. Web site: Patrick Sheltra – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 9, 2023.
18. Web site: Patrick Sheltra – 2007 ARCA Re/Max Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 9, 2023.
19. Web site: Patrick Sheltra – 2008 ARCA Re/Max Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 9, 2023.
20. Web site: Patrick Sheltra – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 9, 2023.
21. Web site: Patrick Sheltra – 2010 ARCA Racing Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 9, 2023.
22. Web site: Patrick Sheltra – 2011 ARCA Racing Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 9, 2023.