Shaun Hollamby

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Shaun Hollamby
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Hollamby at Brands Hatch during the 2010 British Touring Car Championship season
NationalityFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  British
Born (1965-12-04) 4 December 1965 (age 58)
Pembury, Kent (England)
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series career
Debut season 2019
Current teamDF1 Racing
Car number77
Former teamsMarko Stipp Motorsport AmD Tuning
Starts8
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Previous series
2016-17
2010–11, 13
2008
2007–2009
2003–05
1990
1989
1987–88
1986		 Britcar
BTCC
Dunlop Sport Maxx Cup
European Time Attack
VW Cup
Formula Forward
Multisports
Formula First
Formula Vee
Championship titles
1989, 2013Wurth Multisports, Battle of the Pros

Shaun Scott Hollamby (born 4 December 1965 in Pembury, Kent) is a British TV Director/Producer who was a racing driver and race team owner. He was the managing director of AmD Tuning, a performance tuning company and motor racing team based in West Thurrock, Essex. He also currently competes in a part-time effort in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series and Historic F3 and FFord. [1]

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In 2010–2013, he has run and driven a Volkswagen Golf in the British Touring Car Championship with various drivers for his own team AmD Tuning. AmD then switched to a Ford Focus in the BTCC in 2014–2015 with Dave Newsham and Mike Bushell and also an Audi S3 for Nicolas Hamilton in 2015. The following year would saw AmD ran Ollie Jackson in the Audi and Ant Whorton-Eales joined for 2017 in a second Audi. 2018 saw an expansion to also run 2x MG's alongside the Audis with Sam Smelt joining Ollie Jackson in the Audis and Rory Butcher and Tom Boardman driving the MG's. Currently, the team is running Sam Tordoff and Rory Butcher in Honda FK2 Civic Type R's and Jake Hill and Mark Blundell in the Audi S3's. The team ran Jake Hill and Sam Osborne in the Honda's in 2020 and Bobby Thompson and James Gornall in the Audi's under the Trade Price Cars banner. Hollamby completed a buyout/merger with Motorbase BTCC team for the 2021 season but the agreement for Hollamby to continue as Team Principal and joint owner was changed so Hollamby chose to step down from a full time role in the BTCC. He continues to work within the paddock as the presenter for the PITCH BTCC TV programme on the SKY channel, SportyStuff and also commentates on the F1 supporting Porsche SuperCup world feed. [2]

Motorsport history

Personal life

He currently lives in London and has two daughters, Josie, Lottie and grandson, Brodie. He is married to Angie and has three step children Jamie, Max and Tara. Shaun's father, Olly, was a successful racing driver, winning the 1977 and 1979 SuperVee Championships. [3]

Racing record

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded just in first race) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap – 1 point awarded all races) (* signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded all races)

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930DCPts
2010 AmD Milltek Essex.com Volkswagen Golf Mk5 THR
1
Ret		 THR
2
18		 THR
3
Ret		 ROC
1
14		 ROC
2
Ret		 ROC
3
14		 BRH
1
Ret		 BRH
2
Ret		 BRH
3
DNS		 OUL
1
NC		 OUL
2
Ret		 OUL
3
Ret		 CRO
1
Ret		 CRO
2
16		 CRO
3
14		 SNE
1
16		 SNE
2
15		 SNE
3
15		 SIL
1
DNS		 SIL
2
DNS		 SIL
3
DNS		 KNO
1
13		 KNO
2
16		 KNO
3
15		 DON
1
15		 DON
2
19		 DON
3
Ret		 BRH
1
21		 BRH
2
17		 BRH
3
Ret		28th0
2011 AmD Milltek Racing.com Volkswagen Golf BRH
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
3 		DON
1 		DON
2 		DON
3 		THR
1 		THR
2 		THR
3 		OUL
1 		OUL
2 		OUL
3 		CRO
1
17		 CRO
2
13		 CRO
3
15		 SNE
1 		SNE
2 		SNE
3 		KNO
1 		KNO
2 		KNO
3 		ROC
1 		ROC
2 		ROC
3 		BRH
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
3 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		SIL
3 		29th0
2013 AmD Tuning.com Volkswagen Golf BRH
1 		BRH
2 		BRH
3 		DON
1 		DON
2 		DON
3 		THR
1 		THR
2 		THR
3 		OUL
1 		OUL
2 		OUL
3 		CRO
1 		CRO
2 		CRO
3 		SNE
1 		SNE
2 		SNE
3 		KNO
1 		KNO
2 		KNO
3 		ROC
1 		ROC
2 		ROC
3 		SIL
1 		SIL
2 		SIL
3 		BRH
1
15		 BRH
2
17		 BRH
3
23		33rd1

Complete British GT Championship results

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

YearTeamCarClass123456789DCPoints
2015 AmDtuning.com Porsche 997 GT4 GT4 OUL
1
14		 OUL
2
Ret		 ROC
1 		SIL
1 		SPA
1 		BRH
1 		SNE
1
26		 SNE
2
25		 DON
1 		23rd12

Complete NASCAR results

Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR 2

(key) (Bold – Pole position. Italics – Fastest lap. * – Most laps led. ^ – Most positions gained)

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR 2 results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213NWESPts
2019 Racing-Total AmD Tuning 46 Ford VAL
18		 VAL
18		 FRA
16		 FRA
21		29th99
Marko Stipp Motorsport AmD Tuning BRH
25		 BRH
26		 MOS MOS VEN HOC HOC ZOL ZOL
2021 DF1 Racing77 Chevy ESP ESP GBR
15^		 GBR
6		 CZE CZE CRO CRO BEL BEL ITA ITA 27th57

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References

  1. ↑ "Racing-Total presents an international lineup". hometracks.nascar.com. NASCAR Media Group, LLC. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "BTCC official 2010 entry list". btcc.net. British Touring Car Championship. 23 March 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
  3. ↑ "Olly Hollamby 1944-2009 - TenTenths Motorsport Forum".
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