Gordon Shedden

Gordon Shedden
Shedden at the 2009 BTCC Festival in Edinburgh.
Nationality	British
Born	February 15, 1979 (1979-02-15) (age 32) Edinburgh (Scotland)
2011 British Touring Car Championship
Debut season	2001
Current team	Honda Racing Team
Car no.	52
Former teams	Club SEAT Clyde Valley Racing GR Motorsport
Starts	165
Wins	21
Poles	9
Fastest laps	23
Best finish	2nd in 2011
Previous series
2005 2003–04 2000 2000	Porsche Carrera Cup GB SEAT Cupra Championship Dutch Touring Cars Ford Fiesta Cup
Championship titles
2000	Ford Fiesta Championship

Gordon Shedden (born 15 February 1979 in Edinburgh) is a Scottish auto racing driver.

Early years

Shedden celebrates his first BTCC win at Oulton Park in 2006.

In 2000 Shedden won the Ford Fiesta championship, with 9 wins. He raced in the SEAT Cupra Championship, finishing as runner-up in 2003 and 4th in 2004. He also made a one-off appearance in the Production Class of the BTCC at Knockhill in 2001, and at the same circuit in the Porsche Carrera Cup in 2005.^[1] He was entered in the 2002 BTCC by GR Motorsport in an Alfa Romeo, but this never reached the track. He has worked as Business Development Manager for the Knockhill circuit,^[2] alongside his wife Jillian. He has raced at Macau several times.

BTCC

Shedden driving the Team Halfords-run Honda Civic at the Oulton Park round of the 2007 British Touring Car Championship season.

Shedden was chosen by Team Halfords for the 2006 BTCC, alongside reigning series champion Matt Neal, noting that "it’s brilliant to have a teammate that I can learn so much from". He took his first win in the series in race 7 at Oulton Park, and added another in round 10 at Thruxton, where he also took his first pole position. He finished 4th overall with five wins in 2006, finishing the season as rookie of the year. In 2007 his team switched to the Honda Civic, and again took four wins. He was third overall ahead of Neal.

Shedden's Civic leads two of the VX Racing Vauxhalls at the Croft round of the 2008 British Touring Car Championship season.

In 2008 he was the de facto team leader alongside Tom Chilton, with Neal joining Vauxhall. He took a 2nd place in the season opener,^[3] but crashed heavily in race 3.^[4] He did not achieve a podium finish at Donington Park,^[5] and at Thruxton he led races 1 and 3, but suffered punctures on lap 8 of both races.

2009 saw Shedden joined at Team Dynamics (previously Team Halfords) by former Luton Town F.C. Chairman, David Pinkney. He also takes on a new role as Team Ambassador for new racing team, YourRacingCar.com who contest their first year together in the BTCC support series, the Ginetta G50 Cup.

On 15 April 2009 it was announced that James Thompson would be replacing Shedden in the Team Dynamics car for the remainder of the 2009 season. The team said it was working on funds for a 3rd car for Gordon to run later in the season. However, before the round at Snetterton Shedden was signed by Clyde Valley Racing. After competing at two events for the team, they withdrew from the rest of the season. After missing the Silverstone round, Shedden rejoined the series at the penultimate round with the same bio-ethanol SEAT León that he raced for CVR, under the Club SEAT banner.

Shedden driving for Team Dynamics, now the works Honda team, at Brands Hatch in 2011.

After Team Dynamics became an official manufacturer Honda team ahead of the 2010 season, Shedden and Neal were re-signed by the team, and secured pole position for the first race of the season at Thruxton, Shedden lead the opening race but suffered a 125 mph shunt as a result of a puncture. Shedden won 2 races at Croft Circuit followed by wins at Snetterton, Knockhill and Donington and finished 3rd in the Drivers Championship.^[6]

Shedden remained with Honda for the 2011 season and finished the drivers championship in second place,8 points behind his team mate Matt Neal.

Top Gear

On episode S14E04 of Top Gear, Shedden drifted an articulated bus at Heathrow airport.

Race Results

Complete BTCC results

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

Year	Team	Car																															Position	Points
2001	GR Motorsport	Ford Focus	BHI		THR		OUL		SIL		MON		DON		KNO		SNE		CRO		OUL		SIL		DON		BHI						15th‡	30‡
															3	5*
2006	Team Halfords	Honda Integra	BHI			MON			OUL			THR			CRO			DON			SNE			KNO			BHI			SIL			4th	204
			Ret	Ret	4	5	DSQ	6	1*	3	Ret	1*	2	11	12	4	17	1*	1*	3	Ret	6	5	6	Ret	2*	7	4	2	6	2	Ret
2007	Team Halfords	Honda Civic	BH			ROC			THR			CRO			OUL			DON			SNE			BH			KNO			THR			3rd	200
			8	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	6	Ret	8	2	2	Ret*	4	1*	Ret	4	1*	2*	5	1*	Ret*	5	Ret	3	2	Ret	4	1*	3	Ret	9
2008	Team Halfords	Honda Civic	BH			ROC			DON			THR			CRO			SNE			OUL			KNO			SIL			BH			7th	144
			6	2	Ret	1*	4	4	4	9	10	13*	8	17*	3*	Ret	6	4	8	Ret	7	8	1*	4	4	8	13	8	13	13	9	9
2009	Team Dynamics	Honda Civic	BH			THR			DON			OUL			CRO			SNE			KNO			SIL			ROC			BH			14th	34
			Ret	6	4
	Cartridge World	SEAT Leon																Ret	10	12	2	9*	Ret
	Club SEAT	SEAT Leon																									12	Ret	8	Ret	10	9
2010	Honda Team Racing	Honda Civic	THR			ROC			BHGP			OUL			CRO			SNE			SIL			KNO			DON			BHI			3rd	218
			Ret*	11	4	2	13	Ret	2	2*	9	2	Ret	10	1*	1*	9	4	8	1*	10	7	5	1*	2*	9	1*	2*	6	2	NC	8
2011	Honda Team Racing	Honda Civic	BHI			DON			THR			OUL			CRO			SNE			KNO			ROC			BHGP			SIL			2nd	249
			6	2	4	DSQ	6	Ret	1*	2*	6	1*	6*	2	5	4	6	3	1*	7	3	1*	5	6	1*	21	19	8	2*	2	1*	10

* Point gained for leading a lap
Bold Pole Position (Point only awarded in first race)
italics Fastest Lap
‡ Production/B-Class championship
Reference:^[7]

References

1. ^ "Round 8". Parr Motorsport. Parr. 2005-08-28. http://www.parr-uk.co.uk/motorsport/porsche_racing/_2005/carreracup/round08/round08.html. Retrieved 2010-08-10. 
2. ^ Morrison, Iain (2006-09-03). "Sheddon hits the home straight". The Scotsman (Johnston Press). http://sport.scotsman.com/touringcarseries/Sheddon-hits-the-home-straight.2807471.jp. Retrieved 2010-08-10. 
3. ^ Disdale, James (2008-03-31). "BTCC opening round". Auto Express (Dennis Publishing). http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/219696/btcc_opening_round.html. Retrieved 2010-08-10. 
4. ^ Collantine, Keith; Goodwin, Andrew (2008-03-31). "Giovanardi wins as team mate crashes". Auto Trader (Trader Publishing Ltd.). http://www.autotrader.co.uk/EDITORIAL/CARS/FEATURES/TRACKSIDE/41707.html. Retrieved 2010-08-10. 
5. ^ "Podium blank for race ace at Donington". Dunfermline Press (Forth Weekly Press). 2008-05-08. http://www.dunfermlinepress.com/articles/2/23859. Retrieved 2010-08-10. 
6. ^ "Shedden secures final victory". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 2010-08-08. http://www.crash.net/btcc/race+report/162289/1/shedden_secures_final_victory.html. Retrieved 2010-08-10. 
7. ^ "Results Archive". btcc.net. http://btcc.net/html/raceresults.php. Retrieved 2011-09-05. 

External links

• Official site
• Article on YRC Ambassador
• Profile at BTCCPages.com
• btcc:action profile
• Article on Gordon's BTCC entry
• Article on his Carrera entry

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Name	Shedden, Gordon
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Date of birth	15 February 1979
Place of birth	Edinburgh (Scotland)
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