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John Shoffner is an American racing driver, investor, and pilot. In May 2021, he paid for a seat on the Axiom Mission 2 in the SpaceX Dragon 2.[1]

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Biography

Shoffner was born in Fairbanks, Alaska. He spent most of his career in Knoxville, Tennessee.^{[citation needed]} Before creating his own motorsports team J2-Racing[2] in 2012, Shoffner was a businessman. He had a 21-year career with Kentucky-based telecommunications manufacturer Dura-Line.[3] He retired as president in 1997.

Shoffner, an air show pilot, has over 8,500 flight hours in fixed-wing aircraft, decommissioned military aircraft, and helicopters. Shoffner owns a Republic P-47D Thunderbolt named "Wicked Wabbit".[4]

Shoffner has competed in multiple sports including water skiing, cycling (crossing the U.S. in 18 days without support), white water kayaking, hang gliding, and making over 3,000 skydives and base jumps.^{[citation needed]}

Motorsports career

Shoffner has competed several times in the Nürburgring 24 Hours.[5] In 2016 he finished 19th overall and second in his class (SP7) with a Porsche 991 GT3 Cup.[6] In 2017 he finished 32nd overall and third in his class (SP7) with a Porsche 991 GT3 Cup.[7]

Shoffner has competed with Team GetSpeed since the 2019 VLN Series, driving a Mercedes-AMG GT.[8] He finished in 13th place in 2019 and 10th in 2020.

Shoffner was second in the 2019 Nürburgring Endurance Series Carrera Cup Class Championship. He holds a total of three in-class victories in the Carrera Cup Class.[9]

Nürburgring 24 Hours	Team	Car	Category	Result	Result in category
2015	Fricadelli Racing Team	Renault Clio	SP3	93	8
2016	Fricadelli Racing Team	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	SP7	19	2
2017	Gigaspeed Team GetSpeed Performance	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	SP7	32	3
2018	Gigaspeed Team GetSpeed Performance	Porsche 991 GT3 Cup	SP7	31	4
2019	GetSpeed Performance	Mercedes-AMG GT3	SP9	13	12
2020	GetSpeed Performance	Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo	SP 9 Pro-Am	17	3

Space mission

Shoffner paid for a SpaceX Dragon 2 seat on Axiom Mission 2 commanded by Peggy Whitson, as announced on 25 May 2021.[1][10][11] The mission is planned to take place between fall 2022 and spring 2023.[12] He was also the back-up pilot of Axiom Mission 1.[13]

During their week-long mission, Shoffner and Whitson will conduct single-cell genome sequencing demonstrations on the International Space Station for 10x Genomics.[11]

References

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John Shoffner est un homme d'affaires, pilote automobile et futur astronaute commercial[1].

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