“This was by far the toughest race weekend I’ve ever encountered. The pressure was on and everything we had worked for was literally on the line. The outcome of the first race would determine the championship,” said Holbrook.
In the first race, Holbrook had her season’s best standing start but by Turn 2 she got caught up in Touring Car traffic causing separation between her and the TCA field to finish fifth in the race.
In the final race of the weekend, and of the Championship, Holbrook made a courageous yet difficult decision and opted out of the driver’s seat to answer questions the team and the manufacturer had. The team selected GT driver and friend, Mike Skeen, to pilot the No. 67 sponsored by the Center for Bone and Joint Disease.
Skeen ultimately drove the team to a fourth place finish and 2nd in the Manufacturer’s Championship.
In her fifth season and the 25th Anniversary of the series, Holbrook and team had accomplished their best ever team results with five wins, five top-3’s and four top-5’s.
Watch the Pirelli World Challenge races from Brainerd International Raceway on MAVTV, Friday, October 5th at 4PM and 7PM eastern and Miller Motorsports Park, Friday, October 19th at 4PM eastern. Also view the online broadcast on www.world-chalengetv.com and Holbrook’s 2014 Driver Promo video on YouTube.
Special thanks to TrueCar, Lucas Oil, Women’s Sports Foundation, Project Podium, Radium, Hendrick Honda, Vision X Custom Graphics, The Center for Bone and Joint Disease, Race-Keeper, HPD/Honda Racing, Koni Shock Absorbers, Honda Generators, Eibach Springs, Bell Helmets, K&N Filters, Penta Water, Cool Shirt, Stand 21.
You can follow Shea on Twitter (@SheaRacing) become a fan on Facebook (Shea Racing – Shea Holbrook) and watch her video’s on YouTube (shearacing67).
About Shea Holbrook:
Shea is the only 24-year old spokeswoman and professional female racecar driver with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications and Marketing that co-owns and operates her racing team in the Pirelli World Challenge. Although Shea grew up a national ranked competitive water skier, her passion for driving started when she was 16 with a “Richard Petty Experience.” Shea quickly began excelling in the motorsports world through high performance driving events all throughout Florida. She then went on to obtain her SCCA license and since then Shea has been road racing competitively all over the nation with many organizations, from sprint races to 25 hour endures and debuted her professional career with the SCCA World Challenge Pro Racing in 2010. Her first mark in history was when she won the Long Beach Grand Prix becoming the first female to win a major Touring Car race at the venue. She’s been a featured athlete on Yahoo.com, Teen Vogue, NBC Sports Motor Sports Talk, CNN Live, Racer.com, and many others. A recipient of the Lyn St. James Foundation Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Scholarship and the Women’s Sports Foundation ‘Women in the Winners Circle’ Project Podium Grant. Shea currently races in the TCA division in a 2013 Honda Civic Si. “Fear is a state of mind, will is an action taken.” Shea lives this quote and believes through commitment and determination anything is possible. Helping others is another love of Shea’s. Shea Racing partnered up with Frito Lay Corp., in 2008 to raise $12,500 for the Susan G. Komen “For the Cure.” She has also raised thousands of dollars and awareness for her charity of choice, Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy (PPMD.) PPMD benefits Duchenne muscular dystrophy which affects her own family.