Ryan Shehan

Ryan Shehan
NationalityUnited States American
Born (2005-02-11) February 11, 2005 (age 19)
Cedar Park, Texas, United States
Formula Regional Americas Championship career
Debut season2023
Current teamCrosslink Kiwi Motorsports
Car number66
Starts9 (9 entries)
Wins2
Podiums9
Poles1
Fastest laps2
Best finishTBD in 2023
Previous series
2023

2022
2021-22		Formula Regional Oceania Championship
USF Juniors
Formula 4 United States Championship

Ryan Shehan (born February 11, 2005) is an American racing driver currently competing in the Formula Regional Americas Championship with Crosslink Kiwi Motorsports.[1] He previously competed in the Formula Regional Oceania Championship with Giles Motorsport.[2][3]

Career

Lower formulae

Shehan made his car racing debut in 2021, competing for Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport in the F4 United States Championship.[4] He finished 24th in his first season achieving three points finishes.

The following year Shehan returned to the F4 United States series, once again teaming up with Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport.[5][6] His campaign started out in a positive manner, as the American scored his first podium in car racing at the NOLA Motorsports Park. After scoring more points at Road America, Shehan took a pair of podiums at the third round in Mid-Ohio. This proved to be the start of a title challenge, with a maiden win coming at New Jersey following a penalty to original winner Lochie Hughes owing to a false start, during a weekend that also included two further podiums.[7][8] Shehan won again in Race 1 in Virginia and took third place in the following race, which gave him a fighting chance for the championship going into the season finale.[9][10] However, two points-scoring results proved to be insufficient, with Shehan finishing fourth in the standings. Nevertheless, he had scored sufficient points to help Crosslink secure the teams' championship.[11]

Formula Regional Oceania Championship

At the start of 2023 Shehan competed in the Formula Regional Oceania Championship with Giles Motorsport.[12][13] At the season opener held at the Highlands Motorsport Park, Shehan was forced to retire with three laps to go in Race 1, crashing at the Southern Loop during a battle with Jacob Abel.[14] The American went on to score points in the subsequent pair of races, before taking an eighth place during the first race at Teretonga, allowing him to start Race 2 from pole position.[15] In a race with wet weather conditions, Shehan was overtaken by Callum Hedge, but managed to hold off the other competitors to finish on the podium for the first time in the category.[16] Another appearance on the rostrum followed at Manfield with a third place in the second race, where the American benefited from a collision between Louis Foster and Charlie Wurz ahead of him.[17] Shehan's results tailed off in the final part of the campaign, with him scoring just one more top-ten finish at Taupo to end up tenth in the drivers' standings.[18][19]

Racing record

Racing career summary

Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position
2021 Formula 4 United States Championship Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport 17 0 0 1 0 4 24th
2022 Formula 4 United States Championship Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport 18 2 0 1 8 169.5 4th
USF Juniors 6 0 0 0 0 72 16th
2023 Formula Regional Oceania Championship Giles Motorsport 15 0 0 0 2 173 10th
Formula Regional Americas Championship Crosslink Kiwi Motorsports 18 2 1 2 13 279 2nd
2024 Formula Regional Americas Championship Crosslink Kiwi Motorsports 11 4 0 1 8 188 2nd
Ligier European Series - JS2 R Les Deux Arbres 2 0 0 0 0 6 21st

* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula 4 United States Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points
2021 Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport ATL
1
22 		ATL
2
14 		ATL
3
21 		ROA
1
7 		ROA
2
9 		ROA
3
14 		MOH
1
13 		MOH
2
13 		MOH
3
23 		BRA
1
11 		BRA
2
9 		BRA
3
10 		VIR
1
Ret 		VIR
2
12 		VIR
3
19† 		COA
1
13 		COA
2
13 		24th 4
2022 Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsport NOL
1
3 		NOL
2
4 		NOL
3
8 		ROA
1
8 		ROA
2
8 		ROA
3
11 		MOH
1
2 		MOH
2
19 		MOH
3
3 		NJM
1
1 		NJM
2
3 		NJM
3
2 		VIR
1
1 		VIR
2
3 		VIR
3
Ret 		COA
1
9 		COA
2
11 		COA
3
5 		4th 169.5

Complete Formula Regional Oceania Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 DC Points
2023 Giles Motorsport HIG
1
Ret 		HIG
2
8 		HIG
3
7 		TER
1
8 		TER
2
2 		TER
3
6 		MAN
1
8 		MAN
2
3 		MAN
3
10 		HMP
1
12 		HMP
2
12 		HMP
3
11 		TAU
1
10 		TAU
2
16 		TAU
3
11 		10th 173

Complete Formula Regional Americas Championship results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 DC Points
2023 Crosslink Kiwi Motorsports NOL
1
1 		NOL
2
1 		NOL
3
3 		ROA
1
2 		ROA
2
2 		ROA
3
2 		MOH
1
2 		MOH
2
2 		MOH
3
2 		NJM
1
4 		NJM
2
2 		NJM
3
6 		VIR
1
2 		VIR
2
2 		VIR
3
2 		COA
1
10 		COA
2
4 		COA
3
10 		2nd 279
2024 Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport NOL
1
5 		NOL
2
4 		NOL
3
1 		LAG
1
DNS 		LAG
2
2 		ROA
1
4 		ROA
2
2 		ROA
3
2 		IMS
1
2 		IMS
2
1 		IMS
3
2 		MOH
1
1 		MOH
2
1 		NJM
1 		NJM
2 		NJM
3 		MOS
1 		MOS
2 		MOS
3 		COT
1 		COT
2 		2nd 188

References

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