The 2026 season marks the first time that all three NASCAR series will compete on an active military base, and Sheldon Creed wants to get in on all of the action.
The Haas Factory Team driver, who hails from San Diego County, wants to take on every street race on Naval Base Coronado.
“My whole family still lives right there 25 minutes east of downtown and in East County, so I’m excited to come race at home in front of all my friends and family and just to be in my hometown racing,” Creed told media members during Playoff Media Day.
“I never would have dreamed or thought that NASCAR would go to San Diego, so I’m really excited for that and to answer the second part of your question, yes, definitely gonna try.”
Creed will already take on one of the three San Diego races. Haas Factory team previously announced that he will return to the No. 00 in 2026 as the team moves from Ford Racing to Team Chevy.
Changing manufacturers opens up more opportunities for Creed to secure rides for the Craftsman Truck Series and Cup Series races. Chevy fields the most entries in each series, so the California native should have an easier time finding an open seat.
Of course, he has two main hurdles to overcome. The first of these is sponsorship. He needs partners who will want to support him in the other national series races on the military base.
The second hurdle is out of Creed’s control. He needs NASCAR to allow drivers from other series to compete in each race, something they have allowed at certain venues and banned at others.
“I’m waiting to hear what NASCAR’s rules are going to be,” Creed added. “The first year we went to Chicago they didn’t allow other drivers to run Xfinity or Cup or swap back and forth, so I’m waiting on the ruling from that, but, yes, the goal is to try to run all three.”
Creed has extensive experience in both the Truck Series and Xfinity Series, which includes winning the 2020 Truck Series championship. He also made his Cup Series debut at Kansas Speedway back in 2023 while driving for Live Fast Motorsports.
Creed is not the only California native who will try to lock up a start in at least one of the San Diego races. Hall of Famer Jimmie Johnson, an El Cajon native, previously said that he will “aggressively” try to put together a deal to run in the Cup Series. This event headlines the San Diego weekend.