Gary Sheehan's Racing Resume

 

2005 Season

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1996 Season

 

 

 

 

 

1995 Season

 

 

 

 

 

 

1994 Season

EXPERIENCE

NASA 25 Hours of Thunderhill

Selected as lead driver for the ART/ESX/Car and Driver Subaru STi entry

  • Qualified 4th overall and 3rd in class out of 58 entries
  • Set team fastest race lap
  • Finished 3rd place overall
  • First podium for Subaru in a 24 hour endurance race in North America
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    Road & Track SPEED Magazine

    Selected as test driver for Road & Track SPEED magazine cover story

  • Set benchmark laptimes and provided performance feedback for 3 vehicles from different continents;  2006 Corvette Z06, 2005 Infiniti G35 twin-turbo and 2004 Noble M12 GTO twin turbo.
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    Grand-Am Cup GS Championship

    Raced Istook/Aines Audi S4 in two races

  • Qualified 2nd at Mont Tremblant
  • Set fastest race lap and new track record at Mont-Tremblant
  • Held lead in both races at Mont-Tremblant and Watkins Glen
     
  • Grand-Am Cup ST Championship
  • Raced Team Lexus IS300 in one race

  • Qualified 14th and finished 8th at California Speedway

    European Car Magazine
  • Selected as European Car Magazine’s pro driver for the 1.8T Challenge event

  • Set benchmark laptimes and provided performance feedback for 13 different tuner prepared cars

  • NASA U.S. Touring Car Championship

    Raced Subaru of America sponsored Subaru WRX for full USTCC season.

  • Finished 2nd in USTCC championship
  • Two pole positions
  • Three race wins
  • Three 2nd place finishes
  • One 3rd place finish
  • Finished every race on podium

    OPEN TRACK CHALLENGE
    Co-drove the Flyin’ Miata 340hp turbocharged Mazda Miata entry for first three days of competition in Unlimited 3 class.
  • One class win
  • One 2nd place finish
  • One 3rd place finish
  • Finished 3rd in class

    NASA U.S. Touring Car Championship
    Raced Subaru of America sponsored Subaru WRX for full USTCC season.
  • Finished 2nd in USTCC Championship
  • Three pole positions
  • Three race wins
  • Three 2nd place finishes
  • One 3rd place finish
  • Finished every race on podium

    OPEN TRACK CHALLENGE
    Drove OTC spec Subaru WRX in Unlimited 3 class
  • Dominated class by winning each of the seven events.
  • Won Unlimited 3 class
  • Finished in 5th position overall

    NASA U.S. Touring Car Championship
    Raced Subaru of America sponsored Subaru WRX for full USTCC season.
  • Finished 2nd in USTCC championship
  • One race win
  • Two 2nd place finishes
  • Three 3rd place finishes
  • First to professionally road race Subaru WRX in U.S.

    NASA U.S. Touring Car Championship
    Co-driver to Richard Holdener in Motorola Cup prepared Honda Del Sol.
  • Won USTCC Championship
  • 1st  place in Laguna Seca USTCC Qualification Race
  • Pole position qualification in Laguna Seca USTCC
  • 1st place in Sears Point PCTCC Race
  • Pole position in Sears Point PCTCC

    BARBER DODGE PRO SERIES
    Four testing days in the Barber Dodge Pro Series formula racing cars.

    BRIDGESTONE RACING ACADEMY - F2000 Championship
    Competed in partial season (9 of 12 races) of the BRS F2000 racing championship.
  • Three 1st place finishes
  • Three 2nd place finishes
  • One 3rd place finish

    BRIDGESTONE RACING ACADEMY PRO-DRIVE SEARCH
    Competed in the Bridgestone Pro-Drive Search against 11 drivers invited to the test.
  • Finished in 2nd place overall with a total elapsed time of just 0.4 seconds behind the 1998 American Pro F2000 Series Rookie of the Year, Marc Camirand.

    TOURING CAR CLUB - Class 9 - Mazda MX3
    Competed in 3 hour endurance race with two additional drivers. Driver changes, tire changes and fuel stops were required.
  • Finished 1st in class.
  • Finished 4th overall.

    BRIDGESTONE RACING SCHOOL - F2000 Championship
    Competed in full season (12 races) of the BRS F2000 racing championship. Finished 2nd in season championship, just 3 points behind season champion (247pts vs. 250pts). Due to the random draw of race heat participants in this series, did not have the opportunity to race the eventual series champion during the racing series.
  • Nine 1st place finishes
  • One 2nd place finish
  • One 3rd place finish
  • One 6th place finish (mechanical difficulty)
  • Awarded the Annual David Preston Memorial Sportsmanship Award as voted by fellow drivers.
  • Won free entry into season end runoffs competing for a seat in the Bridgestone Racing School Pro Drive Search.

    BRIDGESTONE RACING SCHOOL - F2000 Season End Runoffs
    Competed in the season end runoffs with the top 6 drivers from the 1997 BRS F2000 season.
  • Finished in 1st place overall with a total elapsed time of 5.6 seconds faster than       the champion of the 1997 championship.
  • 2 seconds quicker per lap than fastest competitor in the rain.
     
    SCCA - SPEC RACER FORD Regional/National Championship
    Competed in several SRF races at the Regional and National level .
  • One 2nd place finish.  Only 0.6 second behind race winner in first SRF race (rain).
  • One 5th place finish.
  • One 6th place finish.

    BRIDGESTONE RACING SCHOOL - F2000 Championship
    Competed in full season (12 races) of the BRS F2000 racing championship.
  • Finished 4th overall in championship in rookie year of racing
  • One 1st place finish.
  • Two 2nd place finishes.
  • Two 3rd place finishes.
     
    HORIZON MOTORSPORTS DRIVER SEARCH - F2000
    Competed in the Horizon Motorsport Driver Search against 98 other drivers
  • Won entry as a finalist in the BRS F2000 Championship.
  • Was 1 of only 3 drivers out of 98 tested that was awarded a finalist seat.

    EDUCATION
  • University of Massachusetts  Lowell, MA
    BS Electrical Engineering, June, 1991

    REFERENCES (contact information available on request)

    Marshall Pruett

    Don Istook

    Ali Arsham
    Bernie Van Hammond
     

     

    Brett Goodman
    Ugo Provincher
    Jamie Fitzmaurice
    David Empringham

     


     

    Richard Holdener

    ART Team Owner, Champ Car & IRL Engineer
    Co-Owner of Istook/Aines Motorsports
    U.S. Touring Car Championship Series coordinator
    Crew Chief - Bell Motorsports, 2003 Grand Am Rolex Sports Car DP Champions and Grand Am Cup GS2 second place in championship
    President - Bridgestone Racing Academy
    Chief Instructor - Bridgestone Racing Academy
    Chief Engineer - Bridgestone Racing Academy
    Series Champion - 1993 & 1994 Toyota Atlantic Series
    Series Champion - 1996 Indy Lights Series
    Head Coach - 1998 & 1999 Players/Forsythe Indy Lights Team
    Driver - 1995 World Challenge Series, 1999 Motorola Cup Series, 2000 NASA USTCC & PCTCC Series, 2000 World Challenge Series