Creed competes full-time in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, driving the No. 00 Chevrolet Camaro SS for Haas Factory Team. He also holds the record for the most runner-up finishes in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series before scoring a first win, having finished second 15 times before claiming his first series win at Atlanta Motor Speedway in 2026. He was nicknamed "Silver Creed" by commentator Rick Allen due to his many second-place finishes.
Creed began riding BMX bikes at three years old and won a state championship two years later. He later switched to motocross, winning two Barona MX Park championships in 2005 and finishing second at KTM's Jr Supercross Challenge that year. Due to his mother's concerns about injury, he moved away from motocross. At eight, he competed in Quarter Midget racing in the Orange Show Quarter Midget Racing Association, setting various track records. His dirt track experience also included sprint cars beginning in 2011.
At nine, Creed began racing Trophy Karts in Championship Off-Road Racing (CORR), finishing fourth in his first year. In 2008 he won the M4SX and JR 1 Kart championships, followed by the SXS Stadium Series' Stadium Kart JR 1 title the next year.
From 2009 to 2011, Creed won a LOORRS championship in every year of kart competition. In 2009, he won the Junior 1 Kart and Modified Kart titles, becoming the series' third driver to win multiple class championships in the same year. In 2012, he won seven SuperLite races to clinch that series' championship and also won the season-ending Lucas Oil Challenge Cup at Firebird International Raceway.
In 2013, his first full Pro Lite season, Creed finished third in points — 29 points behind champion Brian Deegan — with wins at Lake Elsinore, Miller Motorsports Park, and Wild West Motorsports Park. In 2014, he held a fourteen-point advantage over Deegan entering the final weekend at Lake Elsinore and won the Pro Lite championship by four points; at sixteen, he was the youngest Pro Lite champion.
On May 4, 2013, Creed joined the Stadium Super Trucks at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego. He won his first SST race at Honda Indy Toronto in July after taking the lead from P. J. Jones on lap three, leading the final six laps to win at age fifteen — the series' youngest race winner. A second victory came at the Sand Sports Super Show in September. Creed ended the 2013 season with two wins and five podiums in nine races.
In 2014, Creed scored three wins and nine podiums and claimed silver at X Games Austin behind Apdaly Lopez, becoming the youngest auto racer to win an X Games medal. He finished second in the championship behind SST founder Robby Gordon by 75 points. Gordon would become Creed's mentor as he moved into stock cars.
In 2015, Creed won the gold medal at X Games Austin after taking the holeshot and leading every lap. He won the SST championship with nine wins and thirteen podiums, capitalizing on Gordon's misfortunes in the Australian races and Las Vegas Village. In 2016, Creed dominated the season by winning all but eight of the twenty races en route to his second consecutive SST title, with wins at St. Petersburg, the Grand Prix of Long Beach, the Charlotte Motor Speedway Dirt Track, the series' inaugural race at Townsville Street Circuit, and others. As of June 7, 2021, his 39 career SST wins are the most of any driver in the series' history, and his two championships are second-most, tied with Gordon and trailing Matthew Brabham by one.
In 2016, Creed competed in the Dakar Rally in a Robby Gordon-owned Gordini with motorcyclist Jonah Street as navigator. At eighteen, he was the youngest driver to compete in the event. Clutch issues and an impending time limit in the eighth stage led him to skip waypoints, resulting in disqualification. He also entered the 2016 SCORE International Baja 1000 in a UTV alongside Todd Romano and Gordon; both cars failed to finish. A 2017 Baja 1000 attempt with the same teammates plus Gordon's son Max ended with Max completing the distance but being ineligible under SCORE's minimum-age rules.
Creed tested an ARCA Racing Series car for Lira Motorsports at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway in March 2016 and competed for the team that year, finishing seventh on debut at Nashville. In 2017, he ran two races each in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and West, recording five top-five finishes and eight top-tens across eleven ARCA starts.
Creed competed full-time in ARCA in 2018 with MDM Motorsports driving the No. 28. He scored his first series win at Michigan International Speedway, followed by victories at Gateway Motorsports Park and Iowa Speedway, then clinched the ARCA championship in the season finale at Kansas with 16 top-fives in 20 races. He won by 460 points over runner-up Zane Smith and also claimed the Sioux Chief Short Track Challenge. On April 25, 2019, Creed was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame's ARCA Wall of Champions. In September 2018, Creed won the K&N Pro Series West's Star Nursery 100 on Las Vegas Motor Speedway's dirt track — the series' first dirt race since 1979.
Creed made his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut at the 2016 Eldora Dirt Derby, finishing sixteenth for SS-Green Light Racing. In September 2018, GMS Racing announced Creed would run the remaining four Truck Series races, and elevated him to a full-time 2019 campaign. GMS and JR Motorsports formed Drivers Edge Development before the 2019 season, a Chevrolet-led driver development program.
In 2019, Creed ended with a tenth-place points finish but missed the playoffs, requiring a win to qualify. He recorded two second-place finishes at Eldora and Michigan. In 2020, racing the GMS No. 2, Creed scored his first Truck victory in a lightning-shortened race at Kentucky. Two more wins followed — at the Daytona road course, where he held off GMS teammate Brett Moffitt on the final restart, and at Gateway after passing Sam Mayer on a late restart. He entered the playoffs as the top seed with three wins and five stage wins. A victory at Texas in the penultimate round clinched his spot in the championship round. At Phoenix Raceway, Creed pitted prior to overtime and fell from third to ninth, but a strong restart propelled him to the lead and ultimately the 2020 championship. His five wins led the series.
In 2021, Creed won his first race of the season at Darlington after crashes in the final stage eliminated leaders. He won the first two playoff races at Gateway and Darlington but a crash at Las Vegas dropped him outside the top four advancing to the Championship Round; he was four points short of the final round. At the inaugural Corn Belt 150 at Knoxville Raceway, Creed was critical of NASCAR's dirt track preparation and suggested the trucks should instead race at Iowa Speedway.
Creed ran two Xfinity road course races at Mid-Ohio and Road America for JD Motorsports in 2017. He returned in 2019, driving the No. 8 for JR Motorsports at the July Daytona race, finishing 34th after a crash on lap 71.
On September 14, 2021, Richard Childress Racing announced Creed would move up to the Xfinity Series full-time in 2022. At the September 2021 Darlington race, Creed scored a career-best second place in a three-car battle with race winner Noah Gragson and Kyle Larson.
Creed did not win a race in 2022 but stayed consistent enough to make the playoffs. In 2023, he won his first Xfinity pole at Portland, where he also led the most laps. At Martinsville in the 2023 playoffs, Creed was battling his teammate Austin Hill for the win on the final lap, moved Hill in turns 1 and 2, then overdrove turn 3 in a way that led to Hill wrecking in turn 4; the win went to Justin Allgaier, knocking both Creed and Hill out of championship contention. Creed was criticized by Hill and team owner Richard Childress. On October 11, 2023, Creed announced he would not return to RCR in 2024.
On August 17, 2024, Creed signed with Haas Factory Team to drive the No. 00 Ford in 2025. The same day, he finished second to Justin Allgaier at Michigan — his eleventh runner-up finish in the series, breaking the record for the most second-place finishes in the series without a win. Creed finished sixth in the 2024 final points standings with 16 top-fives and 23 top-tens. In 2025, he recorded 16 top-tens, eight top-fives, and finished ninth in points, making 15 times he had finished runner-up before scoring his first win. Creed then claimed his first O'Reilly Series win at Atlanta Motor Speedway in 2026.
Creed competed in the Trans-Am Series in 2017 for Stevens-Miller Racing in the TA2 class, scoring his first TA2 win at Road America in wet conditions by passing race leader Tony Buffomante with five laps remaining. He prepared for Road Atlanta using iRacing.com, in-car video, and a virtual track system from Ross Bentley. In May 2017, while at Barbagallo Raceway for SST, he also raced in the Aussie Racing Cars support event, finishing ninth sharing the car with Robby Gordon. Creed made his USAC National Midget Series debut in the BC39 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in August 2022 with Abacus Racing.
Creed's father Scott was a dirt bike rider and his grandfather was a late model racer at Cajon Speedway. His grandfather Maurice Ortega runs the underground utility construction company A.M. Ortega and has sponsored Creed's off-road and NASCAR trucks. Ortega's grandson and Creed's cousin Bronsen Chiaramonte, also an off-road racer, was the LOORRS Mod Kart Rookie of the Year in 2018.
Among Creed's idols growing up were motocross stars Travis Pastrana and Jeremy McGrath. Seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Jimmie Johnson is a family friend; like Creed, Johnson was from San Diego County and began his racing career on dirt bikes at Barona before moving into off-road and stadium trucks. In 2020, Creed ran a tribute paint scheme based on Johnson's trophy truck at Darlington Raceway. Creed is married to Cami Parsons, the twin sister of Stefan Parsons. Their son Axel was born on June 11, 2022. He is nicknamed "the Showstopper" — a name given by SST announcer Sean Sermini. During his early off-road career he also carried the moniker "Prodigy of Short Course".
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