Shelby Blackstock

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Shelby Blackstock
Born
Shelby Steven McEntire Blackstock

(1990-02-23) February 23, 1990 (age 34)
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
OccupationRace car driver
Years active2012–present
Spouse
Marissa Branch
​
(m. 2022)​
Mother Reba McEntire
Website www.shelbyblackstock.com

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.

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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. [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 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.

American open-wheel racing results

(key)

U.S. F2000 National Championship

YearTeam1234567891011121314RankPointsRef
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		8th153 [3]

Pro Mazda Championship

YearTeam12345678910111213141516RankPointsRef
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		3rd297 [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		4th235 [5]

Indy Lights

YearTeam123456789101112131415161718RankPointsRef
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		10th218 [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		8th227 [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		10th207 [8]
2018 Team Pelfrey STP
5		 STP
2		 ALA
ALA
IMS IMS INDY ROA ROA IOW TOR TOR MDO MDO GTW POR POR 8th42 [9]

* Season still in progress

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References

  1. ↑ About Archived 2014-12-19 at the Wayback Machine , Shelby Blackstock, Retrieved 2014-12-19
  2. ↑ DiZinno, Tony. Andretti confirms first Indy Lights entry with Shelby Blackstock moving up, NBC Sports, December 2, 2014, retrieved 2014-12-19
  3. ↑ "Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship Presented by Mazda – Final 2012 Points Standings" (PDF). USF2000 Championship. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Pro Mazda Championship - Season 2013: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Pro Mazda Championship - Season 2014: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Shelby Blackstock – 2015 Indy Lights Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Shelby Blackstock – 2016 Indy Lights Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Shelby Blackstock – 2017 Indy Lights Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Shelby Blackstock – 2018 Indy Lights Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
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