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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
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(m. 2022)​
MotherReba McEntire
Websitewww.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.

Racing career

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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 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

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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

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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

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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

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  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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