Gary Sheehan | |
Birth Date: | 23 December 1968 |
Birth Place: | New York City, New York, U.S. |
Current Series: | TCR International Series |
First Year: | 2016 |
Current Team: | Liqui Moly Team Engstler |
Car Number: | 47 |
Starts: | 2 |
Prev Series: | 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 |
Prev Series Years: | 2007-12 2007-10 2006 2004-05 2000-03, 14-21 1995-98 1992-94 |
Titles: | US Touring Car Championship |
Title Years: | 2000, 14, 18-20 |
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, Grand-Am Cup, Global Time Attack & US Touring Car Championship, amongst others.
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 in a Hyundai Genesis Coupe 3.8L, winning the championship that year, as well as 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021.[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]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points | |
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2021 | GoGoGear.com | Hyundai Genesis Coupe 3.8L | Las VegasMotor Speedway | AutoClub Speedway | SonomaRaceway
| WeatherTechRaceway Laguna Seca | WeatherTechRaceway Laguna Seca | WeatherTechRaceway Laguna Seca | ButtonwillowRaceway Park TBD | ThunderhillRaceway Park TBD | 1 | 605 | |
2020 | GoGoGear.com | Hyundai Genesis Coupe 3.8L | ButtonwillowRaceway Park 1 | ThunderhillRaceway Park 1 | SonomaRaceway
| ButtonwillowRaceway Park 4 | ButtonwillowRaceway Park 5 | Sonoma Raceway
| 1 | 600 | |||
2019 | GoGoGear.com | Hyundai Genesis Coupe 3.8L | Las Vegas Motor Speedway | Auto Club Speedway | SonomaRaceway
| WeatherTechRaceway Laguna Seca | ThunderhillRaceway Park 1 | SonomaRaceway
| SonomaRaceway
| 1 | 795 | ||
2018 | GoGoGear.com | Hyundai Genesis Coupe 3.8L | ThunderhillRaceway Park 2 | AutoClub Speedway | SonomaRaceway
| WeatherTechRaceway Laguna Seca | SonomaRaceway
| ThunderhillRaceway Park 1 | ThunderhillRaceway Park 3 | 1 | 680 | ||
2017 | GoGoGear.com | Hyundai Genesis Coupe 3.8L | MazdaRaceway Laguna Seca 5 | AutoClub Speedway | SonomaRaceway
| ThunderhillRaceway Park 5 | MazdaRaceway Laguna Seca 1 | SonomaRaceway
| ThunderhillRaceway Park 3 | ThunderhillRaceway Park 2 | 2 | 735 |