# Jonathan Shafer

Jonathan Shafer (born June 17, 2005) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 30 Toyota Tundra for On Point Motorsports. He is the son of former driver Todd Shafer.

## Racing career
### Early career

Shafer would start driving at five years old, racing in quarter midgets. He would race in them for several years, getting wins and championships. In 2017, at the age of twelve, he would drive in the Champion Racing Association for two years. When he turned fourteen, he would drive micro sprints in the POWRi Midget Racing for Keith Kunz Motorsports, and continue to run late model races.

### CARS Late Model Stock Tour

He joined the CARS Late Model Stock Tour in 2020 for Nelson Motorsports, running all but one race that season, earning four top tens and one top-five, ranking ninth in the final standings. He would sign with Lee Pulliam Motorsports to run a full-time schedule in 2021, getting six top tens and four top fives, finishing seventh in points.

### ARCA Menards Series

On January 4, 2022, Shafer would sign with Venturini Motorsports to drive a part-time schedule in the 2022 ARCA Menards Series season. He made his first start in the East Series race at Dover Motor Speedway, starting 8th and finishing 7th. He made his second and final start of the season at Iowa Speedway, for the combination race with the main and East Series. He started 7th and finished 4th.

### Craftsman Truck Series

On April 10, 2023, On Point Motorsports announced that Shafer will make his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut at Martinsville Speedway, along with running seven more races for the team throughout the season.

## Motorsports career results
### NASCAR

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

#### Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck 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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | NCTC | Pts | Ref |
| 2023 | On Point Motorsports | 30 | Toyota | DAY | LVS | ATL | COA | TEX | BRI | MAR 29 | KAN | DAR | NWS | CLT | GTW | NSH 24 | MOH | POC | RCH | IRP | MLW | KAN | BRI | TAL | HOM 26 | PHO | 44th | 32 | |

### ARCA Menards 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.)
ARCA Menards 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 | AMSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2022 | Venturini Motorsports | 55 | Toyota | DAY | PHO | TAL | KAN | CLT | IOW 4 | BLN | ELK | MOH | POC | IRP | MCH | GLN | ISF | MLW | DSF | KAN | BRI | SLM | TOL | 75th | 40 | |

### ARCA Menards Series East

ARCA Menards Series East results :
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | AMSEC | Pts | Ref |
| 2022 | Venturini Motorsports | 55 | Toyota | NSM | FIF | DOV 7 | NSV | IOW 4 | MLW | BRI | 20th | 77 | |

## Personal life

Jonathan is the son of former NASCAR and ARCA driver, Todd Shafer, who primarily raced in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series and NASCAR Busch Series (now NASCAR Xfinity Series). He is currently a senior in high school.