Gary Sheehan got a rare opportunity to drive ex-Formula 1 driver Jo Bonnier’s 1968 McLaren M6B Can-Am racecar at Infineon Raceway. SpeedTV.com was there to document the event. The full article, video and photos can be seen on SpeedTV.com. Here is a excerpt of the article from Sheehan’s experience:
I rolled out with a tiny bit of confidence that quickly grew once I started the clutchless upshifts. Now I could accelerate through the gears with very little effort and really feel how the car pulled. MAN! What a feeling! The McLaren just pulled and pulled.
Additional photos can be found here.
Gary Sheehan returns to World Challenge GT for the racing series’ second visit to the palm lined streets of the Long Beach Grand Prix. Sheehan will pilot the potent ESX Motorsports Subaru WRX STi again in an effort to show that Subaru technology and AWD is a match for the world’s premier high performance street machinery.
“I’m very confident heading into Long Beach this year,” Sheehan said about his return. “The team has had the time and resources required to prepare our Subaru STi appropriately for this level of competition. We had our issues last year, and those are behind us now. I think this little red 4-cylinder rocket is going to make people stand up and take notice!” Continue Reading »
GOTO:Racing announced today that Speed World Challenge and Grand-Am Cup driver Gary Sheehan will be joining the team to bolster the driver line-up starting at Barber Motorsports Park on July 29th, 2006.
Sheehan will co-drive with Brian Lock at both Barber Motorsports Park and Miller Motorsports Park. Sheehan is a well known figure in the touring car community for his extensive experience racing AWD turbo cars, and Subarus in particular. As GOTO’s Grand-Am Cup program gains traction, the addition of Sheehan’s vast AWD experience and technical expertise is hoped to accelerate the team’s growth and improve race results. Continue Reading »
When the gang at Easy Street Motorsports decided it was time to go professional road racing, they chose the SPEED World Challenge series. They also decided to take on the big boys of the GT class with their ‘giant killer’ machine, the Subaru Impreza WRX STI. The car and team made their debut on the streets of Long Beach. The entry into World Challenge signified the first ever foray into road racing for the WRX STI.
Trackbytes caught up with Team Manager Marshall Pruett and driver Gary Sheehan right after the Long Beach race. Both guys were wildly enthusiastic about their experience. And with that charge of energy was the business side of things that showed they have their feet firmly planted on the ground and sights set on building a respectable effort. Continue Reading »
Easy Street Motorsports (ESX) announces a new entry in the highly competitive SCCA SPEED World Challenge GT field, with the team making its debut at the famed Long Beach Grand Prix, held April 7-9. Coverage of the one-hour GT race will be shown on SPEED TV, Sun., April 16, at 2 p.m. EST.
ESX owner, Ali Afshar said, “We’ve seen much success with the Subaru Impreza WRX STI winning 10 NHRA Championship ‘Wally’s’, and we look forward to taking ESX and Subaru into battle against the world’s best in the SPEED GT series.” Continue Reading »
Gary Sheehan was invited to be the test driver for Road & Track SPEED magazine’s article titled “Track Monsters”. The focus of the article was to determine the which of the following make the best track vehicle: a kit car, a tuner car or a production car. The cars chosen to compete would make any enthusiast take notice. The kit car was a Noble M12 GTO 3R, the tuner car was an Infiniti G35 Coupe twin turbo and the production car was the brand new Corvette Z06. Potent machines that go fast in their own unique ways.
Sheehan was chosen to pilot these track monsters due to his proven ability to jump into very different cars and get them up to their limit quickly. Sheehan’s extensive professional racing experience in a multitude of platforms (FWD, RWD, AWD, turbo, SC, sedan, sports racers, formula cars, etc.) as well as his testing for other magazine shoot-outs and hired-gun outings for time attack events made him the perfect candidate to flog these cars to their limit. Continue Reading »
Grand-Am Cup and USTCC driver Gary Sheehan of Martinez, CA has helped earn Subaru its first-ever podium finish in a North American Endurance race, with a 3rd place overall finish in the #66 ART/ESX/Car & Driver/TC Design/JustRacing.com Subaru STi, at the 25hrs of Thunderhill. Racing in the highest car class (ES), against proven powerhouse GT cars such as Porsche 996 and BMW M3, Sheehan qualified the all-wheel-drive, turbocharged, four-cylinder car 4th on the grid, (with a lap of 1:58.447 on DOT street-legal Toyo tires). In his first-ever 25-hour endurance race, Sheehan drove the team’s first, middle and final stints, a total of 7 hours, on the way to helping the team secure their unprecedented high overall finish. Continue Reading »
Driver Gary Sheehan of Martinez, CA will join Team Lexus for the exciting Grand-Am Cup season finale this week at Fontana’s California Speedway. He will drive the #0 Team Lexus IS300 ST-class racecar, along with teammate Andy Brumbaugh. The #0 car will be in a team points-scoring role; currently Team Lexus is in the running for a top-three finish in the Manufacturer’s Championship. The hopeful pair of drivers will join the two other Team Lexus IS300 entries on-track, all sharing the goal of securing Team Lexus victory in this the final race of the 2004 Grand-Am Cup season. It should prove to be an exciting one to watch, as no less than five Grand-Am Cup Championship Titles have come down to the wire, and will be decided in this race. Continue Reading »
