Fan favorite Paul Shafer Jr. is among the growing list of entries for the Joe Shear Classic presented by Toyota on Sunday May 4th.
Shafer, hailing from Portage, Indiana, is no stranger to success at Madison International Speedway. In 2017, he secured a victory in the Howie Lettow Classic at MIS, when the event was a part of the Triple Crown Series.
Shafer has found success at Grundy County Speedway as well. He’s a two time winner of the Wayne Carter Classic as well as a former winner of the Tony Bettenhausen Memorial. Other notable wins include the Gandrud Auto Group 250 at Wisconsin International Raceway and the Salute the Troops 100 at Jefferson Speedway.
The Joe Shear Classic presented by Toyota is set for Sunday May 4th. Spectator gates open at 10:30am while practice for the Midwest Tour and Midwest Trucks gets underway at 11:30am with qualifying at 12:45pm and the first race at 2pm. Arrive early as Mark Martin will be on hand signing autographs from 11-1. Discount tickets are available in advance online at misracing.com/tickets. Madison International Speedway is located at 1122 Sunrise Road in Oregon, WI.
Past Winners of the Joe Shear Classic
2024 – Ty Majeski
2023 – Ty Majeski
2022 – Casey Johnson
2021 – Rich Bickle
2020 – Johnny Sauter
2019 – Bubba Pollard
2018 – Austin Nason
2017 – Andrew Morrissey
2016 – Ty Majeski
2015 – Johnny Sauter
2014 – Nathan Haseleu
2013 – Travis Sauter
2012 – Andrew Morrissey
2011 – Ross Kenseth
2010 – Steve Carlson
2009 – Nathan Haseleu
2008 – Dan Fredrickson