Career Highlights
2011 – Ran a full season in the Pirelli World Challenge Grand Touring series in the #12 Hawk Performance Corvette fielded by CRP. Helped team owner and crew chief Nick Short develop the #12 which was a brand new car at the beginning of the season. Finished a high of 2nd among several top five finishes. Became a strong contender in the second half of the season as the development of the Hawk Corvette started to pay dividends on the track. Helped fellow SCCA Pro drivers with race craft and setup. Attended various vintage events and helped fellow drivers with setup and driver coaching. Also made first start in the Grand Am Rolex GT series with the Traxxas Porsche GT3 fielded by Horton Autosport with co-driver Eric Foss. Qualified the car in 11th place and recorded a 13th place finish. Received excellent feedback from sponsors and fellow competitors for our great results despite a lack of testing prior to the event.
2010 - Made 9 starts in the World Challenge Grand Touring series in the Truspeed/Horton Autosport/ Sloan Securities Porsche GT3 Cup Car. Standing on the podium twice and finishing in the top five 7 times. Worked with Horton Autosport to develop the Porsche GT3 to better work with the Toyo tires on which we have to run in the World Challenge series. Attended various club events and helped amatuer drivers fine tune their skills. Helped fellow Porsche drivers at PCA events at Mid Ohio and VIR.
2009 – Ran 7 races in NASA’s American Iron series resulting in 2 wins and four podiums. Ran a Mustang in the American Iron National Championship race, pacing the field during qualifying and leading by a substantial margin before a wiring gremlin resulted in a 7th place finish. Made 4 starts in the Speed World Challenge Touring Car series, resulting in two top five finishes (highest of 3rd), two top ten’s and additionally received the “Autoweek move of the race” at the season finale. Helped fellow NASA competitors progress with setup and driver coaching.
2008 – Ran a full season in the Speed World Challenge Touring Car series resulting in one top ten finish, a highest qualifying result of 2nd and earning two hole shot awards and one hard charger award.
2007 – Raced a Mustang in NASA’s American Iron Series, scoring 5 wins and 1 second place in 8 races. Ran various time trial events. Made professional racing debut in the Speed World Challenge Touring Car series, driving the Horton Motorsport Mazda6 qualifying 18th and finishing 12th.
2006 – Raced a Mustang in NASA’s American Iron series, scoring one win in five races. Set several track records in Time Trial. Drove a Pro7 MAZDA RX7 in two races, finishing 3rd and 2nd. Won a Time Trial “A” and Performance Touring “A” National Championship in the Audi S4 as well as finishing 2nd in the American Iron Extreme Championship (in a lesser-prepared American Iron car). Drove the Audi S4 in the Superstreet/Eurotuner time attack, resulting in a top ten finish overall.
2005 – Obtained first competition license. Campaigned a 2001 Audi S4 for a full season in NASA’s Time Trial series, scoring many wins and track records. Despite changing classes after the season had already started, the result was a 3rd place finish in the ’05 championship. Drove the Audi S4 in the Superstreet/Eurotuner time attack, finishing 11th overall and 4th in the unlimited AWD class; was the highest placing Audi, over the factory team.
2003 – Developed a Penske damper package for the Audi (B5) S4 platform; later partnering with Startup Racing to bring the kit to market in a street and track form. Also developed various other suspension pieces for the same platform. Participated in the 2003 Open Track Challenge.
1998-2003 – Ran various cars in NASA’s HPDE program, developing car control skills and driving craft that would build a foundation for a racing career. Also formed the Pepperdine car club in 2001 and coached members in the classroom and on the track.
1998 – Participated in Skip Barber’s racing school (three months after receiving a driver’s license) at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and was immediately bitten by the racing bug.
