Duane Shields:
Driver and Team Owner

Career Highlights:
Duane began his racing in motorcycles. He then progressed to Sand Drag racing. He had a Ken Fuller front motor, injected on nitro, dragster that brought him "Christmas Tree" racing.

In 1996, Duane bought his first alcohol dragster from David Busby. He went to Frank Hawley's Drag Racing School and received his license. It took over a year learning for the team to win a single round. The team tries to learn from each lap down the track. The team's first national Event win came at the Autolite Nationals in Sonoma. CA in August, 1999.

2002 was the year Shields Racing achieved their best results. With a win in Houston, followed by a win in Englishtown, New Jersey where Duane made the quickest run ever by a blown alcohol dragster at 5.263 seconds at 269 mph, setting the National ET record. Duane won the two Car Craft All Star Award for Top Alcohol Dragster, and won the Division 7 Championship and finished #2 in the National Championship. 

In 2004 Duane won the NHRA CarQuest Nationals. And in 2006, he won the NHRA Winternationals and recently won Dallas. In addition Duane took the pole at the Mac Tools US Nationals. Most reciently, Shields on the Division 7 Top Alcohol Dragster Championship, back to back divisional events in Arizona and the Fram Autolite Nationals in Sonoma California. In 2008, Duane won the NHRA CarQuest Winternationals.