Shane Mathew Golobic (born August 15, 1991) is an American professional

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driver. He competes in the

World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series, originally known as the World of Outlaws (often abbreviated WoO) is an American national touring dirt track racing series. It is owned and operated by World Racing Group, and was rebranded when the World of O ...

and

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(USAC) National Midget Series for Matt Wood Racing. Prior to racing nationally, much of his dirt racing participation came in his home state of California, which included winning track championships and the California Sprint Car Civil War Series in 2014. He also has experience in

stock car racing Stock car racing is a form of Auto racing, automobile racing run on oval track racing, oval tracks and road courses. It originally used Production vehicle, production-model cars, hence the name "stock car", but is now run using cars specifical ...

, competing in the

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and

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Racing career

Dirt track racing

At the age of five, Golobic began Quarter Midget racing at tracks in his native California and driving a car built by his grandfather. When he turned 15, he moved into

sprint car racing Sprint cars are Open-wheel car, open-wheel race cars, designed primarily for the purpose of running on short Oval track racing, oval, circular dirt track racing, dirt or paved tracks. Historically known simply as "big cars," distinguishing them fr ...

. While he continued racing in California, he expanded to include events in Indiana as a 16-year-old and won his first race in the state at Lawrenceburg Speedway. In 2009, he won the Calistoga Speedway 360 Winged Sprints championship by finishing in the top ten in every race. Additional track titles came at Ocean Speedway in 2012 and 2014, while the latter year also saw him win the California Civil War Series championship. In 2016 and 2017, Golobic won the Trophy Cup, a three-day charity race at Thunderbowl Raceway that has the largest sports-related prize money reward in the

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. At Huset's Speedway in 2020, Golobic won the Midwest Sprint Touring Series 360 Winged Sprint feature over 45 competitors. He won his first

race at Antioch Speedway in 2013. A second victory came at Placerville Speedway in 2019. In 2017, Golobic ran his first full season in the

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for Clauson-Marshall Racing and Matt Wood Racing. He won the Indiana Midget Week championship and finished second in the USAC national standings. The following year, he entered the King of the West series with Tarlton Motorsports. Golobic began competing in the

Chili Bowl Nationals The Chili Bowl Midget Nationals is an indoor midget car racing, midget car race that takes place in January on a dirt oval track at the Tulsa Expo Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. NASCAR calls it the "biggest Midget ra ...

in 2008, where he reached the B-Main. He qualified for his first feature A-Main in the 2010 Nationals; additional A-Main runs came in 2011, 2013, and 2016 to 2020. His best A-Main finish during the 2010s was seventh in 2013.

Stock car racing

During the 2013 racing season, Golobic entered the

and declared for

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honors, though he failed to qualify in his first attempt at Stockton 99 Speedway for Valerie Inglebright. In October, he joined Bill McAnally Racing for a three-race schedule beginning at

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. In 2021, Golobic joined

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for his

debut in

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's Food City Dirt Race. The effort was supported by Matt Wood Racing. After starting 35th, he finished 37th as the result of a lap 41 crash that saw him hit the spinning car of

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Personal life

Golobic is a third-generation driver as his father and grandfather competed on dirt tracks throughout California like San Jose Speedway before becoming chassis builders. Father John Golobic finished second in the 1996 California Sprint Car Civil War Series standings. Shane's younger brother, Dustin, often serves as his crew chief on his sprint car. He has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from

San Jose State University San José State University (San Jose State or SJSU) is a Public university, public research university in San Jose, California. Established in 1857, SJSU is the List of oldest schools in California, oldest public university on the West Coast of ...

. A native of

Fremont, California Fremont () is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. Located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, Bay Area, Fremont has a population of 230,504 as of 2020, making it the fourth List of cities and towns in the San F ...

, he is nicknamed the "Fremont Flyer". He also has the nickname "Sugar".

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.)

Cup Series

K&N Pro Series West

Season still in progress
Ineligible for series points

References

External links

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