Shelby Steven McEntire Blackstock (born February 23, 1990) is an American race car driver. He is the son of country music singer Reba McEntire and her ex-husband Narvel Blackstock.
Early life Blackstock was born on February 23, 1990, in Nashville, Tennessee to Reba McEntire and Narvel Blackstock. His older half-brother, Brandon Blackstock, was formerly married to singer Kelly Clarkson. He also has two older half-sisters, Shawna and Chassidy. He moved to Los Angeles in 2001 when his mom began starring in the sitcom Reba. Blackstock attended the University of Arizona but dropped out after his freshman year to focus on racing.
Racing career Blackstock began his racing career in college when he went to a Bob Bondurant race school. He dropped out of college and decided to pursue a racing career full-time.About , Shelby Blackstock, Retrieved 2014-12-19 His first significant appearances were in Skip Barber competition in 2010 and 2011. In 2011, he made his professional debut driving a Ford Mustang in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge. He also finished fifth in the 2011 Skip Barber National Championship. In 2012, he moved to the U.S. F2000 National Championship with Andretti Autosport. He finished eighth in points with a best finish of fourth at Road America. He moved up with Andretti Autosport to the Pro Mazda Championship in 2013, finishing third in points and capturing a win at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park among six podium finishes in 16 races. In 2014 he continued in Pro Mazda with Andretti, but fell to fourth in points, but still captured six podium finishes, but not a race victory.
In 2015, Blackstock signed to race for Andretti Autosport in the Indy Lights series.DiZinno, Tony. Andretti confirms first Indy Lights entry with Shelby Blackstock moving up, NBC Sports, December 2, 2014, retrieved 2014-12-19 Blackstock made 50 Indy Lights starts for Andretti Autosport and Belardi Auto Racing over the next three seasons, finishing on the podium twice, both at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, and had a best points finish of eighth in 2016. While he may have only had two podiums over that time, he was also consistent, registering only two DNF's. Blackstock participated in the season-opening weekend of the 2018 Indy Lights season with Team Pelfrey and finished second in the second race, his career best Indy Lights finish. However, that would be his last Indy Lights race.
In 2019, Blackstock moved to touring car racing participating in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge where he finished fourth in points in the TCR class in a Honda Civic. In 2020, he competed in the GT World Challenge America in an Acura NSX. He and co-driver Trent Hindman won the series' Silver Cup for professional drivers by default as they were the only class entry to compete in every race.
Personal life In February 2022, Blackstock married his girlfriend of eight years, Marissa Branch, at Walt Disney World, and on April 14, 2026, the couple announced on Instagram that they were expecting a baby boy in October of 2026, with a Disney photoshoot.
American open-wheel racing results (key)
U.S. F2000 National Championship Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points Ref 2012 Andretti Autosport SEB7 SEB32 STP6 STP8 LOR18 MOH6 MOH5 ROA21 ROA8 ROA4 BAL21 BAL8 VIR6 VIR7 8th 153
Pro Mazda Championship Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points Ref 2013 Andretti Autosport AUS9 AUS3 STP2 STP3 IND3 IOW7 TOR6 TOR7 MOS2 MOS1 MOH2 MOH4 TRO6 TRO11 HOU4 HOU6 3rd 297 2014 Andretti Autosport STP10 STP4 BAR5 BAR3 IMS2 IMS17 LOR7 HOU5 HOU3 MOH3 MOH19 MIL3 SON5 SON3 4th 235
Indy Lights Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points Ref 2015 Andretti Autosport STP10 STP11 LBH9 ALA9 ALA10 IMS8 IMS8 INDY8 TOR4 TOR6 MIL11 IOW9 MOH3 MOH6 LAG8 LAG5 10th 218 2016 Andretti Autosport STP14 STP11 PHX14 ALA4 ALA5 IMS10 IMS7 INDY4 RDA13 RDA5 IOW12 TOR10 TOR9 MOH8 MOH5 WGL6 LAG10 LAG11 8th 227 2017 Belardi Auto Racing STP4 STP6 ALA7 ALA8 IMS9 IMS14 INDY11 ROA8 ROA6 IOW13 TOR11 TOR13 MOH4 MOH3 GMP9 WGL12 10th 207 2018 Team Pelfrey STP5 STP2 ALA ALA IMS IMS INDY ROA ROA IOW TOR TOR MOH MOH GTW POR POR 8th 42 * Season still in progress
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