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Driving Resume

  • 2010
    • Won debut race in the SCCA Pro Racing World Challenge GT series at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
      • Qualified 2nd, just .003s behind polesitter James Sofronas.
      • Set lap record at 1:27.296
      • Won Invisible Glass Clean Pass of the Race Award
      • Won MTM Special Ops Move of the Race Award
    • Qualified 2nd for the SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am event at Road America. DNF due to mechanical failure.
    • Set fastest lap (establishing Track Record) on the way to a 4th Place finish at the SCCA Pro Racing Trans-Am event at Miller Motorsports Park.
    • 1st Overall and 1st in Super Unlimited with NASA Mid-Atlantic at VIR. Started from the back driving the Bennett Racing Ferrari F430 (did not qualify).
    • 1st Overall and 1st in Super Unlimited at NASA Mid-Atlantic season-opener at VIR driving the Bennett Racing Ferrari F430
      • Set NASA Super Unlimited track record
  • 2009
    • 2nd Overall at the Hankook Ultimate Track Car Challenge presented by Grassroots Motorsports (Nov. 09 Issue).
    • Muscle Milk® Trans-Am Series
      • Earned Sunoco Hard Charger and Flowmaster Star of the Race Awards in Round 1 at Road Atlanta for driving last to 2nd place. Set a new lap record at 1:22.650 (previously set in 2002 by Boris Said at 1:24.276).
  • 2008
    • NASA SpecE30:
      • 2008 NASA SpecE30 National Champion
      • 2008 NASA Mid-Atlantic SpecE30 Champion
      • 2008 NASA Southeast SpecE30 Champion
      • 2008 Geno's Garage Cup Champion
      • Member of 2008 NASA Southeast E2 Enduro Championship Winning Team
      • 34 races
      • 22 wins
      • 21 poles
      • 11 Top 5s
      • 3 lap records
    • October – KONI Challenge ST at VIR; Freedom Autosport MX-5 #147: 8th place in qualifying and ran in 6th, mechanical DNF.
    • May – SCCA at Carolina Motorsports Park; ITR BMW 325i: First place overall in 90 minute ECR.
    • April – Skip Barber Mazdaspeed Challenge MX-5 Cup at Laguna Seca. Event coverage for SPEEDtv.com; Saturday: win from pole; Sunday: mechanical DNF.
    • January – KONI Challenge ST at Daytona International Speedway; qualified and started the #98 Team Cobalt California Chevrolet Cobalt in 19th position, handing the car over to my co-driver in 13th position.
  • 2007
    • November – Participant in Setup on the SPEED Channel. Highest average finish in the series with 4 wins and 3 podiums in 9 races.
    • NASA SpecE30 rookie season: 24 races, 9 wins, 7 pole positions, 6 podiums, Southeast Geno’s Garage Cup Champion, and 3rd Place at the NASA National Championships.
  • 2004
    • December – Competed in the ESPN Jim Russell Racing Scholarship Runoffs, qualifying for the finals in Sunday competition (Top 10).
    • July – Received SCCA Regional License.
    • March – Attended Bertil Roos 3-day Advanced Competition School.
  • Karting
    • 2004 – Acquired SKUSA A License and competed in ICC at a few races.
    • 2003 – Acquired SKUSA B License and began competing in ICC, finishing on the podium in every event.
    • 2002 – Acquired SKUSA C License and WKA Sprint Class 1 License. Competed at the Jacksonville round of SKUSA’s Florida Winter Tour with a Top 10 finish in Formula MX.
    • 2001 – Began racing 125cc shifter karts and had three wins.
      2000 – Raced a Yamaha KT-100 with four podiums.
    • 1999 – Began racing Yamaha KT-100 at age 12—normal minimum age is 16, but exception was made by Hampton Roads Kart Club board of Directors—with one win and a podium.
    • 1998 – Raced in Junior Sportsman 1 with a win and two podiums.
    • 1997 – Raced in the Novice Briggs & Stratton class with four podiums and three Top 5s.

Instructor Resume

  • March 2008 – Began instructing for the North Carolina Chapter of the Ferrari Club of America at Virginia International Raceway.
  • March 2008 – Began instructing for Tarheel Chapter BMW CCA at Virginia International Raceway.
  • August 2007 – Began instructing for TrackDaze High Performance Driving events.
  • September 2006 – Began instructing for Richard Petty Driving Experience Safe Driving Program.
  • September 2006 – Instructor for the 2006 Dunlop Driver’s Cup at Virginia International Raceway.
  • August 2006 – Began instructing for the Richard Petty Driving Experience on the Mercedes-Benz/AMG ride-and-drive programs.
  • July 2006 – Began instructing for the NASA Southeast Region driving schools.
  • June 2006 – Attended Tarheel Sports Car Club Instructor Clinic and instructed at Roebling Road Raceway.
  • October 2005 – Began instructing for the Peachtree Chapter BMW CCA at Road Atlanta.
  • July 2005 – Began instructing for the Phil Wicks Driving Academy at Carolina Motorsports Park.
  • June 2005 – Began instructing for the Carolina Regional Mustang Club driving schools.
  • September 2004 – Began instructing for the Xtreme Measures Teen Driving School in Charlotte, NC, and Atlanta, GA.

 

 
Skip Barber driver's meeting
 
SCCA ITR BMW 325i, CMP
 
C6 Corvette Z06, VIR
 
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup
 
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