Eric Shelton - Owner/Driver

Birthday: 5/18/57 Hometown: Atlanta, GA, Hometrack: Atlanta Dragway

Having grown up in Washington, D.C., a mecca of hot-rodding and drag racing, Eric began wrenching at the age of 15. Summer jobs at Douglas Speed Sport Center, in Silver Spring Md., funded his first engine project at the age of 17. Eric completed the big block Mopar in his 1969 Roadrunner just in time to drive it to Atlanta to attend college and to begin his collegiate football career. After obtaining a degree in Business Administration Eric began employment with AT&T. Eric's love for drag racing was ignited.

Eric starting out in Pro/ET class and learned the ropes at the Atlanta Speedshop Dragway where he raced every weekend. Eric began totravel to other tracks and steadily honed his skills against different competition.
Eric worked consistently on his car, making sure every component was properly tuned while searching for more horsepower, always striving to try something to go faster. After getting the Duster to run 11.17 seconds in the quarter, Eric moved on to his first chassis car, a 1980 Plymouth Arrow. By 1991, Eric was running bracket points at two tracks running Saturday nights in Dallas, GA and Sunday afternoons in Covington, Ga. After 32 consecutive weekends and 248 passes that year, Eric finished 5th in Super Pro and on to the ET finals, where the Arrow made 9.70 passes with the Shelton-built 340 smallblock Chrysler.

After sitting in the stands at the Southern Nationals and watching Super Gas eliminations, Eric promised himself that he would no longer be a spectator. Eric sold the Arrow and began his Dodge Daytona project. Beginning with a TAKASH RaceCraft Chassis and VFN body, Eric completed the car himself. NHRA National and Divisional Competition was next on the menu.

"The sky is the limit. Hard work and determination can make your dreams and goals come true."