Sheldon Creed Thought His Career Was Over
Stacking Pennies with Corey LaJoie
NASCAR
4.8 • 850 Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2026
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
After 137 starts and 15 runner-up finishes, the breakthrough win hits different. On this episode of Stacking Pennies, Corey and Skip sit down with Sheldon to talk about the mental grind of almost winning, the pressure of being on the Cup radar, and what it feels like when you start to wonder if your career is slipping away.
Plus:
- How he won Atlanta
- Dirt racing vs pavement mentality
- USA Hockey’s Olympic statement
- Active aero and the future of NASCAR
- Pit Boss of the Week
- COTA predictions
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| 0:00.0 | Hey friends, happy Monday here, Corley Joy alongside Ryan Flores. |
| 0:03.7 | Joined in studio in the Nonsense Garage by none other than Sheldon Creed, |
| 0:09.8 | big dub from Atlanta, getting that monkey off of his back at Atlanta. |
| 0:14.1 | It's cool to see one of the good guys after 15 runner-up finishes, he punches his ticket and gets a dub. |
| 0:20.3 | So we're going to sit down and talk to him for a bit and break down the electric race. |
| 0:23.6 | That was Atlanta. |
| 0:25.2 | Probably the most exciting racetrack on the schedule. |
| 0:27.2 | All that and more this week on stacking pennies. |
| 0:32.9 | Stacking them deep., selling them cheap. |
| 0:39.6 | I taste like gasoline, rubber, and victory. |
| 0:42.7 | Where's that here? Stagging, Patty. |
| 0:50.0 | All right, let's roll, guys. |
| 0:52.4 | Hope you're having a fantastic day. |
| 0:54.0 | Hope your weekend was awesome. |
| 0:57.3 | Quarter of the Joy here alongside Ryan Flores. |
| 0:59.8 | We were talking yesterday morning for the cup race, right? |
| 1:03.2 | And you pitted Rajas car. |
| 1:04.8 | We'll talk about that in a minute. |
| 1:06.5 | That thing was a rocket ship. |
| 1:07.9 | But you were like, dude, this Sunday off is amazing yeah that was the first |
| 1:11.8 | time that I was telling Maycroft on the way in here uh that's the first time I haven't |
| 1:16.9 | been on a cup team in like 19 years at least a part of one yeah and I was like man this is pretty sweet |
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