Jim Shepard is a racing driver who last raced in NASA for Chevrolet Camaro. Shepard has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 4 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 841 ranks Shepard 35439th of 40,700 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 2017-03-11 | MSR Cresson American Iron | P5 | +24 |
| 2017-03-11 | MSR Cresson American Iron | P6 | −92 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +25 | MSR Cresson 2017 | NASA | P5 |
| +3 | MSR Houston 2015 | NASA | P4 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | ▸NASA | Chevrolet Camaro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P29 | −67 | 841 |
| 2015 | ▸NASA | Chevrolet Camaro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P24 | −441 | 909 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🏳️ Michael Patterson | 1,766 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🏳️ Casey Holdway | 1,332 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
| 🏳️ Bill AghaHigher-rated | 1,604 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| 🏳️ Craig MccormickHigher-rated | 1,181 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35,429 | 🏳️ Paulo Salvatore | SCCA Majors | 842 |
| 35,430 | 🇺🇸 Ross Meyer | NASA | 842 |
| 35,431 | 🏳️ S. Mammano | PCA Club Racing | 842 |
| 35,432 | 🏳️ Stryder Haynes | SCCA Regionals | 842 |
| 35,433 | 🏳️ Andrew Waldorf | SCCA Regionals | 841 |
| 35,434 | 🏳️ Del Harris | NASA | 841 |
| 35,435 | 🏳️ Dick Clark | NASA | 841 |
| 35,436 | 🏳️ Grant Ellis | SVRA | 841 |
| 35,437 | 🏳️ Gregory Papazian | NASA | 841 |
| 35,438 | 🏳️ Jason Swenk | NASA | 841 |
| 35,439 | 🏳️ Jim Shepard | NASA | 841 |
| 35,440 | 🏳️ Joe Mansfield | PCA Club Racing | 841 |
| 35,441 | 🏳️ Kenneth Hyman | NASA | 841 |
| 35,442 | 🏳️ Kevin C Ladnier | PCA Club Racing | 841 |
| 35,443 | 🏳️ Kevin Rogers | NASA | 841 |
| 35,444 | 🏳️ M. Newcomer | NASA | 841 |
| 35,445 | 🏳️ Marc Wink | NASA | 841 |
| 35,446 | 🏳️ Mike Mazzola | NASA | 841 |
| 35,447 | 🏳️ Mike Rodden | NASA | 841 |
| 35,448 | 🇦🇺 Nathan Aust | SCCA Majors | 841 |
| 35,449 | 🏳️ Nicholas Johnson | SCCA Regionals | 841 |
Jim Shepard is a developing-level driver competing in NASA, a national multiclass sprint championship where amateur and semi-professional drivers share the track across fifteen classes. He races a Chevrolet Camaro in the American Iron class, which runs V8 pony cars. Over two seasons from 2015 to 2017, he made four starts.[1]
Shepard finished 29th in the NASA championship standings in his most recent season of 2017. Against the regular opponents he met most often, he typically finished behind both Michael Patterson and Casey Holdway, who have substantially more experience in the series; Patterson carries 63 NASA starts and Holdway 56. Shepard did finish ahead of Patterson once, and beat Bill Agha, a club-level driver with 112 NASA starts across his career.[2]