Dan Shaver was an American racecar driver. He drove in two NASCAR

NASCAR

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 Busch Series

Busch Series

The NASCAR Nationwide Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing. It is promoted as NASCAR's "minor league" circuit, and is a proving ground for drivers who wish to step up to the organization's "big leagues"; the Sprint Cup circuit...

 races in 2002, and was a frequent ARCA

Automobile Racing Club of America

Automobile Racing Club of America is an auto racing sanctioning body in the United States, founded in 1953 by John Marcum. The current president of ARCA is Ron Drager. The ARCA RE/MAX Series races stock cars similar to those seen in past years in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, and indeed most cars...

 driver and (Sports Car Club of America) (SCCA).

Background

Shaver graduated from South Mecklenburg High School

South Mecklenburg High School

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, attended Central Piedmont Community College

Central Piedmont Community College

Central Piedmont Community College is a large community college in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. The school was founded in 1963; it is the result of a merger between Mecklenburg College and the Central Industrial Education Center....

, and served in the United States Army Reserve

United States Army Reserve

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Business leader

In 1979 he started a wholesale petroleum distribution company called Carolina Petroleum Distributors. The company grew from a statewide distributor to regional. He also owned a chain of convenience stores called Petro Express.

Racing career

He began racing in 1992, and he founded Shaver Motorsports. He competed in ARCA, SCCA, and the NASCAR Busch Series. He retired from racing in 2006 but continued to be an owner in ARCA, developing new drivers for bigger teams such as Joe Gibbs Racing

Joe Gibbs Racing

Joe Gibbs Racing is a group of NASCAR racing teams owned and operated by former Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs, who first started racing on the NASCAR circuit in 1991, and J. D. Gibbs, his son...

 developmental driver

Driver development program

A Driver development program is a program used by racing teams to develop younger drivers. It is widely used in both Formula One and NASCAR, usually consisting of a team signing a driver to a multi-year contract in which they run in minor-league racing divisions A Driver development program is a...

 Aric Almirola

Aric Almirola

Aric A. Almirola is a Cuban-American stock car driver in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. He currently drives the #88 Unilever/Grand Touring Vodka Chevrolet Impala for JR Motorsports. Almirola attended the University of Central Florida working on a degree in mechanical engineering before leaving to...

. He usually drove the 49 car and owned the #2 ride in ARCA.

Death

Less than one year before his death (on January 30, 2006) he was quoted saying "I’m in the best shape I’ve been in 15 years, and I’m ready to go." He died of cancer on January 2, 2007, aged 56.