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Shaun Hollamby

Shaun Hollamby, English race car driver and businessman

Born
December 4, 1965
Age in 2026
61
Zodiac sign
Sagittarius
Birth year
1965

About Shaun Hollamby

Shaun Scott Hollamby (born 4 December 1965 in Pembury, Kent) is a British TV Director/Producer and former racing driver and race team owner. He was the managing director of AmD Tuning, a performance tuning company and motor racing team based in West Thurrock, Essex. He also previously competed in a part-time effort in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series and Historic F3 and FFord. In 2010–2013, Hollamby has run and driven a Volkswagen Golf in the British Touring Car Championship 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 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. The team ran Sam Tordoff and Rory Butcher in Honda FK2 Civic Type R's and Jake Hill and Mark Blundell in the Audi S3's. The team also 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. Hollamby continued to work within the paddock as the presenter for the PITCH BTCC TV programme on the SKY channel, SportyStuff and commentated on the Porsche SuperCup world feed. Hollamby is now TV Producer/Director for F2/F3/F1 Academy/F1 Kids/Porsche Supercup working full time for Formula One Management Ltd.

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Career and life highlights

Shaun Hollamby timeline

  1. In 2010–2013, Hollamby has run and driven a Volkswagen Golf in the British Touring Car Championship with various drivers for his own team AmD Tuning.
  2. In 2010–2013, Hollamby has run and driven a Volkswagen Golf in the British Touring Car Championship with various drivers.

The world when Shaun Hollamby was born

Shaun Hollamby was born in 1965. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1965

  • #1 song"(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" – The Rolling Stones
  • Top movieThe Sound of Music
  • Top TV showBonanza
  • Best-selling bookDune – Frank Herbert

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentMuhammad Ali knocks out Sonny Liston with "phantom punch"
  • Top headlineUS sends combat troops to Vietnam
  • Technology milestoneFirst spacewalk (Alexei Leonov) and Gemini missions
  • Defining fadGo-go boots and miniskirts
  • Notable inventionAstroturf
  • World population3.34 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderLyndon B. Johnson
  • Sports championLos Angeles Dodgers (World Series)
  • Also wonBoston Celtics (NBA)
  • U.S. population194.3M

1965 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Shaun Hollamby's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19652026
Gas$0.31$3.45/gal
Average home$13,600$435,000
Average income$8,900$67,500
Minimum wage$1.25$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$1.01$11.95
Postage stamp$0.05$0.73
Population194.3M341 million

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