Courtesy Josh Kive
Jan. 19, 2006 - Jamie Holtom will drive the Georgian Bay Motorsports SCADAPack Chevrolet Cobalt SS Supercharged in a bid for the 2006 Grand-Am Cup Sport Tuner class Driver Championship, and help Chevrolet earn the series Manufacturer Championship.
Partnering Jamie will be two-time Grand-Am Cup veteran Eric Curran of Chicopee, Mass.
Their 10-event season of 2 1/2 –hour races will be held on America’s finest road racing circuits. The season opens Jan. 26-27 at Daytona International Speedway.
“After taking two wins, a pole, and some fastest race laps last year, I think we have to be looking at the championship”, said Jamie. “A few mistakes took us out of the hunt in our rookie year, but we’ve got the cars completely sorted out and I have the best team and car in the paddock.”
Last season, the Georgian Bay Motorsports team won three ST class races, most notably a perfect weekend at Ontario’s Mosport International Raceway, which saw Jamie, who that weekend shared the driving with his father, pass Mazda driver Sylvain Tremblay on the last lap to take his first win.
Simultaneously, Jamie, then a 17-year old, became the youngest race winner in the history of the Grand American Road Racing Assn. The duo also became Grand Am’s first father-son race winners.
Jim Holtom had teamed with two-time Rolex Series champion Andy Lally at Watkins Glen in June, where Jamie was not allowed to drive because of his age. Three races after the Mosport win, Jamie and Lally paired in the Cobalt to win at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
Jamie spent a lot of time in the gym this off-season, starting as soon as he got home from the final race of 2005.
“My regular regimen of running, biking and rowing, each three times a week, along with lots of balance and hand-eye work has me in my best shape ever. I wanted to be sure I could perform in any condition,” he said.
Jamie is backed by longtime sponsor Control Microsystems, SCADAPack and BK Designs Speedpaint.
Jamie Holtom Fast Facts:
Jamie is an 18-year old racer from Ottawa, Canada. He is the youngest winner in Grand Am history. In his rookie season sedan racing Jamie won two Grand-Am Cup ST class races. In 2004, Jamie was third in the Bridgestone FF2000 series with two wins, two seconds and two thirds. He was also inducted into Sunoco’s Ultra 94 Driver Development team by Ron Fellows and won the Gordon Michael Dewar Memorial Trophy for up-and-coming drivers. In 2003, Jamie raced go karts and became Champion of the SKUSA Florida Winter Tour (RotaxMax), Champion of the OKRA Canadian Grand Nationals (RotaxMax), and finished 4th in the Sunoco Ron Fellows Karting Championship (RotaxMax). Previously, Jamie was Champion of the NCKC Junior Heavy championship, and finished second three times in RotaxMax Jr., Junior Heavy, and Junior Light.
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