Aubrey Wood

Aubrey Rose Wood (born June 29, 1992 in Dundalk, Ireland) is an Irish-born, American race car driver from Flint, Michigan.

Early Career
Wood had never really developed an interest for racing until after her family moved from Ireland to the United States when she was 4 years old. She became interested in car racing after watching the Indianapolis 500 on TV, but never pursued it until she acquired a kart in 2005, at the age of 13.

After several years of karting, Wood moved up to Formula 500 cars in 2010, but failed to find success racing them, rarely showing decent speed.

In 2012, she was able to enter a car in the late model class at Michigan's Auto City Speedway for s number of weekends. Vincenzo Fochesato (son of the owner of Focus Autosports, a smaller ARLA racing team) was often in the grandstands watching his father race modifieds, and after watching Wood win multiple races, he made her an offer to race his late model after his departure for the ARLA Tornado Alley Truck Series for the 2013 season.

2013
Before Wood could even race the Focus Autosports late model, it was announced on short notice that the ARLA Tornado Alley Truck Series would be hosting an over-capacity event in memory of the drivers lost in the 2012 Hanmore World Championships. Fochesato and his team were able to salvage enough money to fund a one-off entry for Wood, and she is currently scheduled to make her ARLA debut in a #4 Lycoia identical to Vincenzo's in the Inaugural Memorial @ Lime Rock.

Trivia

 * The 4-cylinder car that Wood won her only race at Owosso with was painted with her favorite colors (green and purple) and number (13).
 * She is rather happy-go-lucky, and is very proud of her Irish heritage, preferring to race under the flag of Ireland.
 * She is a fairly aggressive racer, and is also prone to making over-ambitious maneuvers.