Jeff Shafer (Born February 20, 1975) is a former racing driver. Shafer competed in

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among other series.

Career

Shafer started his racing career in

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. Shafer won the IKF Sprint Grand National. At Iowa International Raceway in

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, Shafer won the Yamaha KT100S Heavy class. Shafers first experience in autosport came at the

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in France. A strong performance earned him a scholarship for the 1996 Skip Barber championship. At

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Shafer was one of two winners of the inaugural Team Green Academy Young American Driver Development Program, the other being

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. With Team KOOL Green Shafer competed in the

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. Racing the experimental Nemesis 97 chassis Shafer struggled in the opening rounds. His breakthrough came round five, at

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. On the road course configuration Shafer beat 35 other drivers winning the race. The championship rookie finished twelfth in the point championship. Teammate Sielsky finished second in the championship racing the dominant

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chassis. For 1998 Shafer joined

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. The team was also the importer of the Bowman BC5 F2000 chassis. Despite two top ten finishes, Shafer left the team after the second round. The American also ran a partial

schedule. After testing with

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and

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, Shafer made his race debut at the

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. Highlight of the season was his pole position at the

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, in support of the 1998 Molson Indy Vancouver. During the races he was sponsored by the Derek Daly Academy. The racing school also support the driver for his

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campaign in

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along with support from Jerry Forsythe. His best result was a fourth place at

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. Shafer placed 16th in the championship standings. After his active racing career Shafer was lead instructor and general manager of Derek Daly Academy. He also was the lead engineer at Team Bucknam Racing for Brian Selby in the 2000 Star Mazda Championship. In 2007 Shafer founded Radical Ventures, organizing American championships for

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One Motorsports

IMSA Lites

In 2013 Shafer founded One Motorsports out of

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. The team made its debut in the

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championship in

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. The team bought two

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DP02 chassis, numbers 49 and 50 built. The team made its debut with

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and

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. Bullock scored the first win for the team, at

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. Falb eventually finished highest in the standings, in fourth place. For 2015 the team finished third in the team standings as the team expanded to four cars. Gerhard Watzinger was the best performing One Motorsports driver in

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finishing eighth in the season standings. With the Élan DP02 being phased out after the

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season, One Motorsports scaled back to running two part-time entries in 2017, with drivers Dave House and Paul LaHaye. At Sebring in 2018, One Motorsports had its best results, with House finishing 1st in his Élan DP02, and LaHaye taking 2nd.

Radical Sportscars

As the west-coast based dealer for the British

brand, One Motorsports competed the cars at various championships. Shafer previously competed with both Radical Ventures and Factory48 Motorsports in the

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. Racing a Radical SR3 the team scored class wins in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013. For 2014 Shafer's team competed with both a Radical SR3 and a Radical SR8.

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and Shafer himself were among the drivers. The team finished second and third in the ESR class. Rayhall returned the following year, along with Shafer and John Falb. The team was disqualified after a breach of regulations during a pitstop. For 2016 the team finished third and fourth in the ESR class in the famous endurance race. In 2018 Shafer had two Radical SR3s entered under One Motorsports, the team finished first and third in the ESR class.

Motorsports results

American Open-Wheel racing results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest race lap)

USF2000 National Championship

Atlantic Championship

Formula Palmer Audi

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shafer, Jeff 1975 births Living people U.S. F2000 National Championship drivers Atlantic Championship drivers Formula Palmer Audi drivers International Kart Federation drivers Barber Pro Series drivers SCCA National Championship Runoffs winners