Shaun Scott Hollamby (born 4 December 1965 in
Pembury
Pembury is a large village in Kent, in the south east of England, with a population of 6,128 at the 2011 census. It lies just to the north-east of Royal Tunbridge Wells.
The village centre, including the village green and High Street area is a ...
, Kent) is a British TV Director/Producer who was a
racing driver
Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. In North America, the term is commonly used to describe all forms of automobile sport including non ...
and race team owner. He was the managing director of
AmD Tuning, a performance tuning company and motor racing team based in
West Thurrock
West Thurrock is an area, former civil parish and traditional Church of England parish in Thurrock, Essex, England, located 18 miles (28.1 km) east south-east of Charing Cross, London.
History
West Thurrock was an ancient parish. In 1894 ...
, Essex. He also currently competes in a part-time effort in the
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
The NASCAR Euro Series (formerly known as Racecar Euro Series, Euro-Racecar NASCAR Touring Series, and NASCAR Whelen Euro Series) is an official NASCAR stock-car racing series based in Europe. It is one of NASCAR's four international-sanctioned s ...
and Historic F3 and FFord.
In 2010–2013, he has run and driven a
Volkswagen Golf
The Volkswagen Golf () is a compact car/ small family car ( C-segment) produced by the German automotive manufacturer Volkswagen since 1974, marketed worldwide across eight generations, in various body configurations and under various nameplate ...
in the
British Touring Car Championship
The British Touring Car Championship (BTCC), officially known as the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship for sponsorship reasons, is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom, currently organised and administered by ...
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
Mike Bushell (born 11 December 1965) is an English sports presenter for the BBC. He presents sport on ''BBC Breakfast''. Bushell has participated in many different sports on his Saturday morning slot on BBC One and on the BBC News Channel.
...
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
Mark Blundell (born 8 April 1966) is a British former racing driver and sports broadcasting, broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from to , and Championship Auto Racing Teams, IndyCar from 1996 PPG Indy Car World Series, 1996 to 2000 CAR ...
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.
Motorsport history
*1978–85, Karting
*1986, Formula Vee
*1987–88, Formula First
*1989, Multisport
*1990, Formula Forward
*1997–present, TV Director/Producer for Formula One Management (FOM)
*2003–2005, Volkswagen Racing Cup
*2008, Dunlop Sportmaxx Cup
*2008–2010, European Time Attack
*2010–2011, 2013 British Touring Car Championship (BTCC)
*2015, British GT
*2016, Britcar
*2017, VW Cup and Britcar
*2019-2020,
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series
The NASCAR Euro Series (formerly known as Racecar Euro Series, Euro-Racecar NASCAR Touring Series, and NASCAR Whelen Euro Series) is an official NASCAR stock-car racing series based in Europe. It is one of NASCAR's four international-sanctioned s ...
*2021 Historic F3 and FFord
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.
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)
Complete British GT Championship results
(
key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)
Complete NASCAR results
Whelen Euro Series – EuroNASCAR 2
(
key) (
Bold – Pole position. ''Italics'' – Fastest lap. * – Most laps led. ^ – Most positions gained)
References
External links
AmD Essex
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1965 births
Living people
English businesspeople
Sportspeople from Pembury
Formula One people
British Touring Car Championship drivers
British GT Championship drivers
NASCAR drivers
Britcar drivers
English racing drivers
20th-century English sportsmen