Carol Hollfelder

Determined Race Car Driver

Carol Hollfelder is full of determination. She began competing as an equestrian, riding hunter and jumper horses from age nine until she was injured in a motorcycle accident at eighteen. As a paraplegic, Carol could no longer compete on horseback, so she turned her competitive drive toward sports cars.

Carol worked her way up in the racing world, under the Tiger Racing banner, and now campaigns a Ford Mustang at the professional level. She competes on the SCCA Pro Racing SPEED World Challenge GT Championship circuit.

Specially engineered hand controls enable Carol to race competitively at the professional level, while Ford Motor Company supplies the team with Cobra 4.6 DOHC engines and Tremec six-speed electrohydraulic gearboxes. The gearboxes employ fingertip control Formula 1 style paddles that enable completion of almost imperceptible gear changes in under 250 milliseconds - less than the blink of an eye. Carol says that she’s thrilled with the opportunity to partner with Ford, which also provides technical support for the program.

“Ford has an extensive history of applying racing technology to their road cars,” she says, “and we believe our development of adaptive devices will support Ford's 'No Boundaries' approach.”

“We’re excited to have a powerful race car with Ford's legendary reliability and customer commitment.” Carol adds, “And we’ll do our best to be successful on the track and in providing quality feedback to Ford.”

Find out more about Carol Hollfelder and Tiger Racing at http://www.tiger-racing.com.

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