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What's your best quality as a racing driver?
 
Ronan McKenzie:
– I learn from every race which makes me more confident.
 
James Peace:
– Focus
 
Simon Sikes:
– Focus
 
Cyrus Engineer:
– Adapting to a circuit within a session
 
Raed Raffii:
– can adapt to a car quickly
 
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Most buzz

1.Carlos Sainz Jr.
2.Jose Manuel De Los Milagros
3.Oscar Wilkens
4.Richie Stanaway
5.Joe Ghanem
6.Joel Miller
7.Andre Heimgartner
8.Kevin Korjus
9.James Peace
10.Nick Percat
11.Roberto Merhi
12.Stefan Rzadzinski
13.Nicolaj Møller Madsen
14.Lewis Hamilton
15.Sami Luka
16.Rio Haryanto
17.Jody Fannin
18.James Thorp
19.Jenson Button
20.Shahaan Engineer
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Michael “Sheppo” Shepherd

Date of birth:September 6, 1979 (32 y/o)
Place of birth:Hastings, New Zealand
Races entered:302
Wins:89
Podiums:192
Pole positions:35
Fastest laps:65
Race win percentage:29.47%
(the above statistics are a summary of the data currently available on the Career details page.)

The racing career of Michael Shepherd — in detail

2010-11
Weldwell NZ Formula First Championship
Position: 1 (1528 points)
21 races. 16 wins. 5 pole positions. 21 podiums. 13 fastest laps.
Team: Team Go Rentals
Car: Challegen BG7 (VW)
   
2009-10
Weldwell New Zealand Formula First Championship
Position: 1 (1554 points)
24 races. 7 wins. 3 pole positions. 20 podiums. 6 fastest laps.
Team: Team Go Rentals
Car: Challenge BG7
   
2008-09
Formula First New Zealand
Position: 3 (1413 points)
23 races. 3 wins. 4 pole positions. 17 podiums. 5 fastest laps.
Team: Team Go Rentals
Car: Challenge BG7
   
2007-08
OEM Supply NZ Formula First Championship
Position: 5 (1170 points)
24 races. 2 wins. 1 pole position. 6 podiums. 2 fastest laps.
Team: Go Rentals Racing
Car: Challenge BG7
   
2008
OEM Supply NZ Formula First 40th Anniversary - One Hour Endurance
Race position: 11.
   
2006-07
NZ Formula First Championship
Position: 3 (1288 points)
24 races. 1 win. ? pole positions. 9 podiums. ? fastest laps.
Car: Challenge BG7
Complete results needed.
   
2007
Formula First Manfeild Winter Series
Position: 16 (159 points)
6 races. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 0 podiums. 0 fastest laps.
Team: Go Rentals Racing
Car: Challenge BG7
   
2005-06
NZ Formula First Championship
Position: 1 (1626 points)
24 races. 9 wins. 2 pole positions. 22 podiums. ? fastest laps.
Team: Oreti Racing Team
Car: Challenge BG7
Complete results needed.
   
2004-05
NZ Formula First Championship
Position: 2 (1358 points)
24 races. 7 wins. 3 pole positions. 17 podiums. 5 fastest laps.
Team: Oreti Racing Team
Car: Challenge BG7
   
2003-04
Parker ENZED New Zealand V8 Touring Car Championship
Position: 13 (163 points)
21 races. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 1 podium. 0 fastest laps.
Team: Tracer Motorsport, Caltex
Car: BA Falcon
   
2002-03
Talley's Formula Ford Championship
Position: 4 (243 points)
14 races. 0 wins. 0 pole positions. 2 podiums. 0 fastest laps.
Team: Tracer Motorsport
Car: Stealth Formula Ford
   
2002-03
Formula First New Zealand
Position: 14 (204 points)
6 races. 2 wins. 1 pole position. 5 podiums. 2 fastest laps.
Team: Allison Autos Racing
Car: AllVEE
   
2001-02
Formula First New Zealand
Position: 1 (881 points)
30 races. 24 wins. 8 pole positions. 29 podiums. 14 fastest laps.
Team: Shepherd Racing
Car: Challenge BG7
   
2000-01
Formula First New Zealand
Position: 1 (519 points)
30 races. 12 wins. 6 pole positions. 29 podiums. 18 fastest laps.
Team: Shepherd Racing
Car: Challenge BG7
   
1999-00
NZ Formula First Championship
Position: 2 (296 points)
30 races. 6 wins. 2 pole positions. 14 podiums. ? fastest laps.
Team: Shepherd Racing
Car: Challenge BG7
Complete results needed.




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This profile page was last modified 2011-06-03 21:21:16 by Ross Karlsson
Modification: Formula First New Zealand - One Hour Endurance 2008

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Small but important fix to the biographies
Written by Andreas, Friday, December 2 2011
As some of you have noticed there were parts of the site that startedbehaving a bit strange when we moved to the new server. I’ve hunted down and fixed a lot of issues as I’ve come across them and I have now fixed an issue with the Premier Profiles where some entries sent into the Biography section

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