Patrick Sheltra (born May 14, 1986) is an American former 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 O'Reilly Auto Parts Series and the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.
Racing career Starting to race at local tracks in 2001, Sheltra moved up to the ARCA Re/MAX Series in 2005, starting his first race at Chicagoland Speedway. Running his first full season in the series in 2007, 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 three days later and continued racing.
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-ten finishes on his way to winning the season title, his first national championship in the series. 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.
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. In 2011, Sheltra drove the No. 41 Ford for Rick Ware Racing in the season-opening DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway. 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.
Sheltra has not driven in NASCAR and ARCA since 2011.
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.)
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 PHO29 HOM24 103rd 167 2009 MacDonald Motorsports 81 Dodge DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY41 CHI GTY IRP IOW GLN MCH BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN37 CAL CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 135th 92 2010 RAB Racing 09 Ford DAY CAL LVS BRI NSH PHO TEX TAL18 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 2011 Rick Ware Racing 41 Ford DAY24 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
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 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI GTW NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL32 TEX PHO HOM 103rd 67 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 TAL35 MAR TEX HOM 113th 01
ARCA Racing Series (key) (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 KENDNQ TOL LAN MIL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW LER NSH MCH ISF TOL DSF 158th 80 Darrell Basham Racing 94 Chevy CHI35 SLM TAL 2006 Ken Schrader Racing 99 Dodge DAY NSH SLM WIN KEN TOL POC22 MCH33 KAN MCHDNQ ISF MIL TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL IOW 97th 235 Bobby Jones Racing 50 Dodge KENDNQ BLN POC GTW NSH 2007 Sheltra Motorsports 60 Chevy DAYDNQ USA11 NSH25 SLM11 KAN12 WIN19 KEN9 TOL28 IOW20 POC24 MCH14 BLN4 KEN18 POC11 NSH13 ISF3 MIL36 GTW29 DSF6 CHI13 SLM14 TAL16 TOL8 7th 4615 2008 DAY15 SLM11 IOW9 CAR34 KEN7 TOL2 CAY18 BLN26 SLM11 NJE11 TAL5 TOL4 6th 4580 Dodge KAN8 POC33 MCH6 KEN31 POCDNQ NSH10 ISF12 DSF2 CHI31 2009 DAY14 SLM1 CAR2 TAL33 KEN26 POC13 MFD21 IOW14 KEN9 POC14 ISF3 CHI13 DSF31 SLM16 KAN11 9th 4485 Chevy TOL29 BLN14 TOL17 NJE7 Toyota MCH33 CAR38 2010 Dodge DAY5 SLM4 TAL2 TOL8 MFD21 BLN2 ISF1 DSF4 TOL3 SLM6 1st 4965 Chevy PBE10 NJE13 Toyota TEX7 POC4 MCH3 IOW29 POC6 CHI1 KAN5 CAR4 2011 Tony Marks Racing 12 Dodge DAY TAL SLM TOL NJE CHI POC MCH WIN BLN4 IOW IRP POC ISF MAD DSF SLM KAN TOL 90th 210
References
External links
Patrick Sheltra at The Crittenden Automotive Library