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Shea Holbrook is the Co-Owner and race car driver at Team SR in Groveland, FL. She has spent over ten years on the track and is a nationally recognized race car driver running in SCCA Club Racing, NASCAR Late Models, INDYCAR’s Developmental Ladder Series at Skip Barber Racing to Professional Sports Car Racing in the Pirelli World Challenge and the IHRA Nitro Jam Drag Racing Series. Shea grew up as a nationally ranked competitive water skier so competition is part of her DNA. She became a part of the TrueCar’s Women Empowered Initiative and she was recognized by the Women’s Sports Foundation, earning the “Women in the Winners Circle” Project Podium Grant. Currently, she is driving in the Touring Car Division in a Lamborghini. Shea lives by her quote, “Fear is a state of mind. Will is an action taken.”
SHOW SPONSORS
Covercraft • MetronGarage • Christopher Kimball Financial Services
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE
Fear is a state of mind and will is an action taken.
CAREER & LIFE CHALLENGES
I had a grandiose plan to own race team and to be the race car driver. I got a good sponsor, and I really wanted to elevate the people on the team. When I found out that some of the team members weren’t the right ones, it was very difficult. Things weren’t going as they should right before my eyes, and I completely missed it. It was hard. I was hard on myself, even though I was having a good season. I had self-doubt but realized I had to be ok when I was failing. I had to pull the plug and start over. I am finally positioned like I want to be and looking forward to seeing what the future holds.
FIRST SPECIAL VEHICLE
The first special car I had was in 2013. It was the tail-end of my first corporate sponsorship. I stayed connected with them, and they wanted to stay connected to me, as well. They ended up giving me a Pro-Mazda, which was about a $55,000.00 race car.
BEST AUTOMOTIVE ADVICE
The best advice I received is to change the word “bad” to good. For example, if you have a bad qualifying run, it’s “good” because you can see where you went wrong, and improve on it.
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RECOMMENDED BOOK
Making Sense of Squiggly Lines, by Christopher Brown
PARTING WORDS OF ADVICE
Godspeed!
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