Johnny Shelton Jr., proprietor of Shelton Motorsports, makes his living managing the family's Quality Assurance Company based in Prescott Az. Johnny's racing career with the help of his father started in BMX as a youngster and graduated to Quater midgets by age 8. During his teen years, thru highschool and then college, motocross and off- road racing captured most of his time when not working or attending classses. After a 10yr break from racing, while growing his family and business, Johnny started Shelton Motorsports in 2009 with the goal of developing a competative Sprint Car racing team. His Rookie 2010 season resulted with a 6th place finish in points in the Challenge Cup Division at PVR and a Top Dog Award at the July 4th Open Comp Sprint car event at PVR. In 2011 Johnny captured 2 more Top Dog awads in open Competitions 360's and a feature win at the HOFC Challeneg Cup division Canyon Speedway Park. 2012 finished 2nd in points for Challeneg Cup season competition with 6 podium finishes and 2 heat race wins.
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Tom Champlin is co-owner of Edge Creative, a Graphic Arts company based in Arizona. As a member of Shelton Motorsports, Tom has helped grow the team from inception, providing crew support, graphic design work and PR assistance. Champlin and Shelton raced BMX together on the same support team across the states in the early 8o's. Some 30 years later reuniting by chance at a youth soccer game in Prescott Az, Champlin and Shelton teamed up to race Sprint Cars in Arizona.
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