Gary Sheehan (racing driver)

Gary Sheehan (born December 23, 1968) is an American racing driver currently competing in the TCR International Series. Having previously competed in the Speed World Challenge, Global Time Attack & US Touring Car Championship amongst others.

Gary Sheehan
NationalityAmerican
Born (1968-12-23) December 23, 1968
New York City, New York, U.S.
TCR International Series career
Debut season2016
Current teamLiqui Moly Team Engstler
Car number47
Starts2
Previous series
2007-12
2007-10
2006
2004-05
2000-03, 14-16
1995-98
1992-94		25 Hours of Thunderhill
Global Time Attack
Speed World Challenge
Grand-Am Road Racing
US Touring Car Championship
Bridgestone Racing School
Jim Russell Racing School
Championship titles
2000, 14US Touring Car Championship

Racing career

Sheehan began his career in 1992 in the Jim Russell Racing School Formula 2000 Series, he raced there for many seasons up until 1994. In 1995 he switched to the Bridgestone Racing School Formula 2000 Championship, he raced there for four seasons and finished 2nd in the championship in 1997. He switched to the US Touring Car Championship for 2000, winning the championship title in his first season in the championship. He went on to finish 2nd in the standings in 2001, 2002 & 2003. In 2004 he switched to the Grand-Am Road Racing series, racing in both the GS and ST Classes. In 2005 he only raced in the ST Class. For 2006 he switched to the Speed World Challenge, only racing a single weekend in the championship. Between 2007 & 2012 he raced in the Global Time Attack series and the 25 Hours of Thunderhill. In 2014 he returned to the US Touring Car Championship, winning the championship that year. He finished 2nd in the standings in 2015 and is currently 2nd in the 2016 standings.[1]

In June 2016 it was announced that he would race in the TCR International Series, driving a Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR for Liqui Moly Team Engstler.[2][3]

Racing record

Complete TCR International Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2016 Liqui Moly Team Engstler Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR BHR
1		 BHR
2		 POR
1		 POR
2		 BEL
1		 BEL
2		 ITA
1		 ITA
2		 AUT
1		 AUT
2		 GER
1
11†		 GER
2
11		 RUS
1		 RUS
2		 THA
1		 THA
2		 SIN
1		 SIN
2		 MYS
1		 MYS
2		 MAC
1		 MAC
2		 NC 0

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

References
  1. "Gary Sheehan career statistics". Driver Database. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  2. "Double USTCC champion joins Liqui Moly Team Engstler". tcr-series.com. June 17, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  3. "Gary Sheehan to drive third Volkswagen for Team Engstler". TouringCarTimes.com. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. June 17, 2016. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
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