Name: Jason Shively
Occupation: Professional Driver & VP/GM - Retail Operations
Age: 28
Marital Status: Single
Hometown: Fort Wayne, Indiana
Education: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration,
                Associate Degrees (3): Human Resource Management,
                Quality  Management and Operations Management.

 

Biography & Racing Accomplishments

I'm Jason Shively a professional race car driver competing in CRA Super Late and Main Event Outlaw Late model traveling series, I have 7 full years and a few partial years experience as a driver and crew chief racing throughout the Midwest racing circuit.   I started driving like most young driver in the lower division and have steadily moved up in class to my current level of competition.  I also have a years experience working on a professional pit crew with the former IRL & USAC Midget team of Treadway-Hubbard Racing.  I'm very focused in my racing, I want to win every race but just as important is to learn and keep my race car under me and in contention to win.  The knowledge I gain from every lap I complete is incredibly valuable in my continued success and learning experience. 
       

I started driving in 1999 at the local level where I drove on a part time basis, when a substitute driver was needed on the Shively Motorsports team.   After a year I showed the team I could drive, so in 2000 I earned a full time ride but the team owner wanted me to gain additional experience so he arranged for me to become a volunteer member of an IRL pit crew.   I absolutely loved this experience and came away from it with my eyes open and hope high, I believe this experience showed me what real professional racing was all about. 

I returned to racing in 2001 and by 2003 I had accomplished just about everything you can at the local race tracks.  I had broken track records several time, was consistently the fast qualifier and won most races I competed in 2003 at the local late model division.  So in late in 2003 we started putting together a Superlate Model car for the 2004 season.  In 2004 I got to move up to a limited traveling series ride, which gave me competition and a lot of it.  In my first experience with big slick tires and a big motor I almost knock down turn 1 wall but I saved it at the last minute.  I remember my team  telling me later that the car builder said "Well maybe he can drive".  At the end of my first year I had only qualified for 2 races and I only finished one of them, that's when I realized I needed to finish races if I wanted to continue to drive.  

In 2005 I qualified for 9 events and my best finish was 8th we won't talk about the others as I was still learning and we had other issues.   Overall I learned a lot but it wasn't a bragging year for a rookie in the series.  My one highlight for the year happened on my last race of the season, I got to go to the Nashville All American race, well I didn't qualify but I did make the last chance race.  I kind of let it all hang out as this was the last race of the year so with 2 laps to go I passed 2 other competitors coming out of turn 2 on the outside to end up 2nd for the race.  The top 3 made the All American race, I started 35th and ended up 18th a couple laps down but I finished.  I guess the move I put on the cars in the last chance race got the attention of the series officials, in a good way.  The series came to us and wanted to make sure we were coming back next year as they really liked how I was developing as a clean driver and they told us it was unheard of that a rookie made the race the first time at the Nashville track.  This race draws from the best Super Late drivers from across the country and about 50% of them don't make the race and go home.  I've made the starting line up every year but now I qualify for the event and have only ran the last chance race my first year.
In 2006 and 2007 I continued to learn and get better finishing overall in the top 10 each year and actually winning the CRA Super Series Sportsman of the Year award in 2007.  My goal for 2008 was to be a top 5 car but due to funding and sponsorship issue we were not able to go to all the races, I did finish 9th overall.  My stats for the year were 6 top 10 finishing (2nd at Anderson and 3rd at Winchester), 5 top 10 qualifying effort (Fast time at Anderson) and no DNF for the year.  I did have one local win in the Outlaw car but later wrecked the car badly so we didn't get to run other Outlaw races in 2008.  In addition I actually got to be my own crew chief and I believe this really showed me that I could make the critical calls and that I did understand what the car was doing and what I had to do to make it better.

For 2009 we have our sponsorship all lined up and we're ready to start winning races that have alluded me in CRA so far.  I will continue to crew chief my ride and with this experience be able to help customers at our business make the right choices on parts and setups.  This should be a good year for us as we're better prepared this year than we ever have been.

Away from the tack I'm the VP-General Manager of Shively High Performance where I'm very focused on racing and in our racing parts business, I want to win every race but just as important is to learn and pass this knowledge on as I must stay customer focused.    I hold a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Indiana Institute of Technology where I graduated Cum Laude, National Honor Society and I'm listed in Biltmore's Who's Who for Education and Professionalism.  In addition I have earned Associate of Science degrees in Human Resource Management, Quality  Management and Operations Management.

My goal is to be successful in both my professional racing and in our racing parts business; to use my education and learning experiences both on and off the race track and to make both of these objectives come true simultaneously.   I plan on continuing racing, sell, inventing and modifying racing parts at my family owned High Performance parts business at all levels of racing including circle track, road racing, street high performance and drag racing.

 

   

Racing Training
 1998 - Track Attack Racing Experience
1999 - Brown Advanced Racing School
2004 - Finish Line Racing School