Shawn Szep

{{Infobox NASCAR driver

|name=Shawn Szep

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1971|06|01}}

|birth_place=Marysville, Ohio, U.S.

|Years_In_ARCA=1

| Total_ARCA_Races = 1

|Best_ARCA_Pos=128th (2015)

|First_ARCA_Race=2015 Menards 200 Presented by Federated Car Care (Toledo)

|ARCA_Wins=0

|ARCA_Top_Tens=0

|ARCA_Poles=0

|updated=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

Szep began racing at age 11, racing go-karts and motocross from 1982 to 2001.{{Cite web |title=SZEP Motorsports |url=http://www.szepmotorsports.com/team.html |access-date=April 22, 2025 |website=SZEP Motorsports}} Szep raced legends cars staring in 2001, scoring multiple class and heat race wins. 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.{{Cite web |title=Shawn Szep – 2009 ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series results |url=https://thethirdturn.com/wiki/Shawn_Szep/Results/ARCA_Lincoln_Welders_Truck_Series/2009 |access-date=April 22, 2025 |website=The Third Turn |language=en}} He returned in 2011, running full time and finishing 6th in the final points standings.{{Cite web |title=Shawn Szep – Driver Statistics |url=https://thethirdturn.com/wiki/Shawn_Szep |access-date=April 22, 2025 |website=The Third Turn |language=en}} 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{{Cite web |last=Leer |first=Katlynn |date=August 22, 2015 |title=ARCA Truck Racing: A Year Of Firsts: Shawn Szep Wins First Rocco Kirsch Pole Award At Angola! |url=https://10016.dev.myracepass.com/drivers/27902/news/2015/article/33854/arca-truck-racing-a-year-of-firsts-shawn-szep-wins-first-rocco-kirsch-pole-award-at-angola |access-date=April 22, 2025 |website=My Race Pass}} and winning two more by season's end.{{Cite web |title=Shawn Szep – 2015 ARCA Truck Series results |url=https://thethirdturn.com/wiki/Shawn_Szep/Results/ARCA_Truck_Series/2015 |access-date=April 22, 2025 |website=The Third Turn |language=en}} 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.{{Cite web |title=2015 Menards 200 Presented by Federated Car Care results |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/2015_Menards_200_Presented_by_Federated_Car_Care/A |access-date=April 22, 2025 |website=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. |language=en-US}} He competed in the series' final season, winning 7 of 10 races{{Cite web |title=Shawn Szep – 2016 ARCA Truck Series results |url=https://thethirdturn.com/wiki/Shawn_Szep/Results/ARCA_Truck_Series/2016 |access-date=April 22, 2025 |website=The Third Turn |language=en}} and the championship. He ran in the Coyote Racing Series in 2017, winning three races.{{Cite web |title=Shawn Szep – 2017 Coyote Racing Series results |url=https://thethirdturn.com/wiki/Shawn_Szep/Results/Coyote_Racing_Series/2017 |access-date=April 22, 2025 |website=The Third Turn |language=en}} 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. He ran all four races in the 2021 Ohio 300 Series.{{Cite web |title=Shawn Szep – 2021 Ohio 300 Series results |url=https://thethirdturn.com/wiki/Shawn_Szep/Results/Ohio_300_Series/2021 |access-date=April 22, 2025 |website=The Third Turn |language=en}}

Motorsport career results

= ARCA Racing Series =

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led. ** – All laps led.)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%" ! colspan="27" \|ARCA Racing Series results
Year !Team !No. !Make !1 !2 !3 !4 !5 !6 !7 !8 !9 !10 !11 !12 !13 !14 !15 !16 !17 !18 !19 !20 !{{Tooltip\|ARSC\|ARCA Racing Series classification}} !Pts !Ref
2015 !Finney Racing Enterprises !80 !Chevy \|DAY \|MOB \|NSH \|SLM \|TAL \|style="background:#EFCFFF;"\|TOL 27 \|NJE \|POC \|MCH \|CHI \|WIN \|IOW \|IRP \|POC \|BLN \|ISF \|DSF \|SLM \|KEN \|KAN !128th !95 !{{cite web \|title=Shawn Szep – 2015 ARCA Racing Series Results \|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/szepsh01/2015/A \|access-date=April 22, 2025 \|work=Racing-Reference \|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"

! colspan="27" |ARCA Racing Series results

Year

!Team

!No.

!Make

!10

!11

!12

!13

!14

!15

!16

!17

!18

!19

!20

!{{Tooltip|ARSC|ARCA Racing Series classification}}

!Pts

!Ref

2015

!Finney Racing Enterprises

!80

!Chevy

|DAY

|MOB

|NSH

|SLM

|TAL

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"|TOL
27

|NJE

|POC

|MCH

|CHI

|WIN

|IOW

|IRP

|POC

|BLN

|ISF

|DSF

|SLM

|KEN

|KAN

!128th

!95

!{{cite web |title=Shawn Szep – 2015 ARCA Racing Series Results |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/driver-season-stats/szepsh01/2015/A |access-date=April 22, 2025 |work=Racing-Reference |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC}}

References

External links

[https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Shawn_Szep/ Shawn Szep] driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Category:1971 births

Category:People from Marysville, Ohio

Category:Racing drivers from Ohio

Category:Sportspeople from Ohio

Category:ARCA Menards Series drivers

Category:Living people