Aubrey Wood

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

Wood has spent most of her career racing stock cars in the United States. As of 2019, she races an Inglesby-branded car numbered 31 for Shamrock Enterprises in the FARC Larry Lemon Super Series.

Career
Wood began karting in 2005, at the relatively late age of 13. The original plan for her and her family was to attempt to work up the ladder of American open-wheel racing, but after several years of karting and a quick foray into Formula 500 racing, she began racing late models at Auto City Speedway in Clio, Michigan. She quickly took a liking to the stock cars and became a regular competitor at the speedway, occasionally running races at Owosso Speedway and Birch Run Speedway, as well.

In 2013, she was hired by Focus Autosports to be the team's late model racer, and she began competing primarily at Berlin Raceway in Marne. That same year, the team also entered a truck for her in the ARLA Tornado Alley Truck Series race at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut, marking her first start in a national touring series.

Wood was retained by the team for 2014 and entered into the Smash Beer 500 at Texas World Speedway. Her first attempt at starting a FARC Elite Series race ended in a crash during her C-Main qualifier that was sparked by two other cars.

HQS Racing brought aboard Wood to the team for the endurance race at Circuit of the Americas later that season to serve as the relief driver for Caitlin Richler. Richler failed to qualify for the race, but the two drivers have since become close friends.

HQS, now doing business as Desert Star Motorsports, re-hired Wood the following year, placing her in the team's #93 car for the first season of the Super Series, the new secondary championship of FARC. Wood and teammate Sarah Carlisle both ran well throughout the season, in spite of being involved in multiple accidents and failing to score any victories.

With the team's Super Series operations shutting down for 2016, Wood was given a partial schedule in the team's Elite Series car, racing the #83 Saar for four of the short track races plus the finale at Texas World. The highlight of Wood's season would be her lone top 10 result; a 7th-place finish at Nashville Fairgrounds.

An unexpected career move saw Wood hired by Shamrock Enterprises to compete in the revived Formula Overdrive championship in 2018, six years after having left the American open wheel development categories of racing. In spite of her lack of experience, she was one of the most consistent drivers of the season and scored a podium finish in both of the races at Road America.

She and her new team would both leave the series at season's end for a quick return to stock cars. Together they attempted the 2017 Rockford 200 in car #13, and surprised many by setting a lap time fast enough to rank 22nd in Pole Qualifying in a field of 197 entries. After an easy transfer through her qualifier, however, she would be taken out of the race after getting caught up in a crash during Stage 2. Wood had overtaken both Kenny George III and Chuck Johnson in a three-wide move for the lead of the race not ten seconds earlier.

Wood and Shamrock enterprises have been competing regularly in late models since the beginning of 2018, and continue to enter occasional FARC Lowe Dollar Series races, as well.

Personal
Wood was born in Ireland, in the town of Dundalk. Having moved to the United States shortly before her fifth birthday, Wood and her family have made many visits to Ireland. She typically races under the flag of the United States, although she has raced under the flag of Ireland at times in the past.

Wood often displays an energetic and happy-go-lucky personality.

Trivia

 * Wood's preferred number is 13.
 * Recently, Shamrock Enterprises has begun to paint Wood's FARC cars to resemble the late model that she first drove early in her career; a black base without a paint scheme and with decals that are only green.