Born in Mansfield, Ohio on  Thanksgiving Day Started racing go karts at age 8 Married w/ Two Children  Wife: Angie,  Son: Jonathan,  Daughter: Abigail Hobbies include: boating, water-  skiing, fishing, flying, motorcycles,  and the beach Teaming up with Al Richmond  (father to the late Tim Richmond)  they started building a team shop  in Ashland. The team shop is a new  state of the art racing facility. After  Al passed away in Nov 2002, Todd  has been determined to continue  his dream.   2004 - Present:   Competed in  NASCAR Busch Series   1999 - 2002:   Competed in  ARCA Series   1998 - 1999:   Runner-up Late  Model Champion   1997:   Season Championship  Sealmaster Super Trucks   1995 - 1996:   Winner of several  “A” Main 410 Sprint Car Series   (Competed in several  World of Outlaw races)   1994:   Runner-up Champion  Mini-Sprint Car Series   1993:   Season Championship  Mini-Sprint Car Series   1992:   Youth winner of several  asphalt & dirt go-kart races        Todd Shafer was born in Ashland, Ohio and grew up surrounded by racing. His father John was a professional auto racing champion himself. At the age of 8, Todd started racing Go-Karts and by age 16 was strapped into mini-sprints. At 20 he raced sprint cars in the World of Outlaws and by 24 started to climb the ladder as a winning race car driver. He competed in and won several Late Model, Truck, ARCA and NASCAR Sanctioned races. During those years, Todd has attended several NASCAR racing schools to learn from the best and improve his racing skills. Todd has faced fear closer than most of us ever will. With an almost fatal accident in 2001, he has proven that raw guts and determination will get you farther in life. To know he almost didn't make it out of that burning car alive, and still wanting to race, shows he has more passion and determination to race than ever before. Todd was born with racing fuel in his veins and learned from a very young age to never give up on your dreams.