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. His older half-brother, Brandon Blackstock, was formerly married to singer Kelly Clarkson. He also has two older half-sisters, Shawna and Chassidy.
Shelby Blackstock | |
|---|---|
| Born | Shelby Steven McEntire Blackstock February 23, 1990 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Occupation | Race car driver |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Spouse |
Marissa Branch (m. 2022) |
| Mother | Reba McEntire |
| Website | www |
Racing career
editBlackstock 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.[1] 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.[2] 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 8th 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 4th in points in the TCR class in a Honda Civic. In 2020 he is competing in the GT World Challenge America in a 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.
American open-wheel racing results
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U.S. F2000 National Championship
edit| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Andretti Autosport | SEB 7 |
SEB 32 |
STP 6 |
STP 8 |
LOR 18 |
MDO 6 |
MDO 5 |
ROA 21 |
ROA 8 |
ROA 4 |
BAL 21 |
BAL 8 |
VIR 6 |
VIR 7 |
8th | 153 | [3] |
Pro Mazda Championship
edit| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Rank | Points | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Andretti Autosport | AUS 9 |
AUS 3 |
STP 2 |
STP 3 |
IND 3 |
IOW 7 |
TOR 6 |
TOR 7 |
MOS 2 |
MOS 1 |
MOH 2 |
MOH 4 |
TRO 6 |
TRO 11 |
HOU 4 |
HOU 6 |
3rd | 297 | [4] |
| 2014 | Andretti Autosport | STP 10 |
STP 4 |
BAR 5 |
BAR 3 |
IMS 2 |
IMS 17 |
LOR 7 |
HOU 5 |
HOU 3 |
MOH 3 |
MOH 19 |
MIL 3 |
SON 5 |
SON 3 |
4th | 235 | [5] |
Indy Lights
edit| 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 | STP 10 |
STP 11 |
LBH 9 |
ALA 9 |
ALA 10 |
IMS 8 |
IMS 8 |
INDY 8 |
TOR 4 |
TOR 6 |
MIL 11 |
IOW 9 |
MDO 3 |
MDO 6 |
LAG 8 |
LAG 5 |
10th | 218 | [6] | ||
| 2016 | Andretti Autosport | STP 14 |
STP 11 |
PHX 14 |
ALA 4 |
ALA 5 |
IMS 10 |
IMS 7 |
INDY 4 |
RDA 13 |
RDA 5 |
IOW 12 |
TOR 10 |
TOR 9 |
MDO 8 |
MDO 5 |
WGL 6 |
LAG 10 |
LAG 11 |
8th | 227 | [7] |
| 2017 | Belardi Auto Racing | STP 4 |
STP 6 |
ALA 7 |
ALA 8 |
IMS 9 |
IMS 14 |
INDY 11 |
ROA 8 |
ROA 6 |
IOW 13 |
TOR 11 |
TOR 13 |
MDO 4 |
MDO 3 |
GMP 9 |
WGL 12 |
10th | 207 | [8] | ||
| 2018 | Team Pelfrey | STP 5 |
STP 2 |
ALA |
ALA |
IMS | IMS | INDY | ROA | ROA | IOW | TOR | TOR | MDO | MDO | GTW | POR | POR | 8th | 42 | [9] |
* Season still in progress
References
edit- ^ About Archived 2014-12-19 at the Wayback Machine, Shelby Blackstock, Retrieved 2014-12-19
- ^ DiZinno, Tony. Andretti confirms first Indy Lights entry with Shelby Blackstock moving up, NBC Sports, December 2, 2014, retrieved 2014-12-19
- ^ "Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Presented by Mazda – Final 2012 Points Standings" (PDF). USF2000 Championship. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
- ^ "Pro Mazda Championship - Season 2013: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
- ^ "Pro Mazda Championship - Season 2014: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
- ^ "Shelby Blackstock – 2015 Indy Lights Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
- ^ "Shelby Blackstock – 2016 Indy Lights Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
- ^ "Shelby Blackstock – 2017 Indy Lights Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
- ^ "Shelby Blackstock – 2018 Indy Lights Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
External links
edit- Shelby Blackstock career summary at DriverDB.com