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Gordon Shedden
Shedden at the 2009 BTCC Festival in Edinburgh.
Nationality	British
Date of birth	February 15, 1979 (1979-02-15) (age 30)
Place of birth	Edinburgh (Scotland)
2010 British Touring Car Championship
Debut season	2001
Current team	Club SEAT
Car no.	52
Former teams	Cartridge World Carbon Zero Racing Team Dynamics GR Motorsport
Starts	101
Wins	10
Poles	5
Fastest laps	15
Best finish	3rd in 2007
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 Cup

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

Early years

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 [1]. He also did a one-off in the Production Class of the BTCC at Knockhill in 2001, and at the same circuit in the Porsche Carrera Cup in 2005[2]. 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[3], alongside his wife Jillian. He has raced at Macau several times.

BTCC

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 he team switched to the Honda Civic, and again took four wins. He was third overall ahead of Neal.

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 [4], but crashed heavily in race 3 [5]. He didn't take a podium finish at Donington Park [6]. At Thruxton he led races 1 and 3, but suffered punctures on lap 8 of both races.[7]

2009 saw Gordon 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 [8] 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 penultemate round with the same bio-ethanol SEAT León that he raced for CVR, under the Club SEAT banner.

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

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

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

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