Shawn Szep
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| Shawn Szep | |||||||
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| Born | June 1, 1971 Marysville, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||
| ARCA Menards Series career | |||||||
| 1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
| Best finish | 128th (2015) | ||||||
| First race | 2015 Menards 200 Presented by Federated Car Care (Toledo) | ||||||
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| Statistics up to date as of April 22, 2025. | |||||||
Shawn Szep (born June 1, 1971) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He competed in the ARCA Racing Series and ARCA Truck Series. He won the 2016 ARCA Truck Series championship.
Racing career
[edit]Szep began racing at age 11, racing go-karts and motocross from 1982 to 2001.[1] Szep raced legends cars staring in 2001, scoring multiple class and heat race wins.[1] He began racing in the NASCAR Whelen All-American Modified Series in 2008. Szep started racing in the ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series in 2009, debuting at Toledo Speedway. He scored a top five at Iowa Speedway in his third start.[2] He returned in 2011, running full time and finishing 6th in the final points standings.[3] He would improve to 5th in the standings in 2012, then finished 4th in points in 2013. He competed part-time in 2014, but returned full-time in 2015, scoring his first career win at Painesville Speedway[4] and winning two more by season's end.[5] He would also make his ARCA Racing Series debut at Toledo Speedway for Finney Racing Enterprises, finishing 27th after falling out with suspension problems after 5 laps.[6] He competed in the series' final season, winning 7 of 10 races[7] and the championship.[1] He ran in the Coyote Racing Series in 2017, winning three races.[8] Szep competed in the CRA JEGS All-Stars Tour in 2018 and 2019, also competing in the CRA Vore's Welding Late Model Sportsman Series Powered by JEGS in 2019.[3] He ran all four races in the 2021 Ohio 300 Series.[9]
Motorsport career results
[edit]ARCA Racing Series
[edit](key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)
| ARCA Racing Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | ARSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2015 | Finney Racing Enterprises | 80 | Chevy | DAY | MOB | NSH | SLM | TAL | TOL 27 |
NJE | POC | MCH | CHI | WIN | IOW | IRP | POC | BLN | ISF | DSF | SLM | KEN | KAN | 128th | 95 | [10] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "SZEP Motorsports". SZEP Motorsports. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
- ^ "Shawn Szep – 2009 ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series results". The Third Turn. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
- ^ a b "Shawn Szep – Driver Statistics". The Third Turn. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
- ^ Leer, Katlynn (August 22, 2015). "ARCA Truck Racing: A Year Of Firsts: Shawn Szep Wins First Rocco Kirsch Pole Award At Angola!". My Race Pass. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
- ^ "Shawn Szep – 2015 ARCA Truck Series results". The Third Turn. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
- ^ "2015 Menards 200 Presented by Federated Car Care results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
- ^ "Shawn Szep – 2016 ARCA Truck Series results". The Third Turn. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
- ^ "Shawn Szep – 2017 Coyote Racing Series results". The Third Turn. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
- ^ "Shawn Szep – 2021 Ohio 300 Series results". The Third Turn. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
- ^ "Shawn Szep – 2015 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
External links
[edit]- Shawn Szep driver statistics at Racing-Reference