Henry Gilbert, Owner, and John Paul, Jr., Driving Instructor
Henry has been racing since the 1980s. He holds many Championship titles, the most current of which is the 2008 SARRC CSR Championship and the 2008 NASA SU Championship. He is also the 2009 SVRA at Sebring Overall Winner. His driving instruction experience extends from the New Car/Product Introductory Tours for Chrysler, Saab and GMAC, to Track Event Supervisor for the 2007 Fireball Transcontinental Rally as well as Universal Pictures' driving instructor for the cast of 2 Fast 2 Furious. He is also a stunt driving performer appearing in, among others, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Transporter 2, Miami Vice, the Movie and Burn Notice.
John Paul began his career in 1979 when he won his first race at Sebring in SCCA Formula Ford. He was the youngest ever IMSA champion and has over twenty years of racing, in addition to extensive tire testing for Firestone, Bridgestone, Goodyear, Pirelli and Michelin. He held a 15-year CART record (youngest pole position winner) and has raced in NASCAR, SCCA Trans-Am, Sports Car, USRRC, IMSA GTP, American Le Mans, Grand American, Indy Racing League, and CART, including seven drives in the Indy 500. He finished second in class twice at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France and has two victories in the prestigious Rolex 24 at Daytona. Added to his career highlights are wins at the 12 Hours of Sebring, Michigan 500 and the Lone Star 500 at Texas Motor Speedway.
| Chris Hall, Driving Instructor
Chris, who currently resides in Port Orange, Florida, is known to be a very versatile racecar driver, stating that he'll "race anything with wheels". In his 24-year career, racing everything from open wheel formula cars, to NASCAR, to 800 hp Sprint cars, he has won four national championships, was victorious in over 70 feature races, and earned 150 podium finishes.
| Guy Cosmo, Driving Instructor
Guy has been hailed as one of the most successful and versatile young racing drivers of his day and is recognized as a first-class professional racer in the sports car road racing industry. He won the 2005 American Le Mans Series Rookie of the Year award and positioned himself as a proven front-runner in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype category. Guy has over 20 years of experience behind the wheel and over ten years instructing and coaching.
| Shane Lewis, Driving Instructor
Daytona Prototype driver, Shane Lewis, has been racing since 1989. He has won multiple races in Grand-Am, the IMSA Supercar and SCCA Pro series, has podium finishes at Silverstone and Nurburgring in the American Le Mans Series and is a Daytona Endurance Champion. He acted as lead test driver for Don Alexander's best selling book 'Performance Handling for the 90’s.' Shane has earned over 50 top-five finishes, over 30 total podiums and has won class and overall victories throughout the world. He has driven in twenty five 24-hour races including three 24 Hours of Le Mans, ten 24 Hours of Daytona, two 24 hours of Nurburgring and has two overall and one class-victory at the 24 Hours of Nelson Ledges. He has raced in seven 12 Hours of Sebring, five Petit Le Mans, four One Lap of Americas and was the 1998 Professional Sports Car Racing Rising Star award winner.
| Pete Argetsinger, Driving Instructor
Pete, a veteran of numerous GT3/Prototype races at Watkins Glen 6 Hours, Sebring 12 Hours, Nuerburgring 1000Ks, and Petit Le Mans 10 Hours, has over 30 years experience in racing, instructing and coaching. He boasts over 300 starts as Pro with over 200 starts in FF Europe. He has raced on tracks from Monaco to Daytona. He won the 2005 Rolex HSR Enduro Championship and also won at Sebring and Daytona in a Tiga Mazda. He won in the GT Cup race Road Atlanta and RT2000 Formula race Moroso, West Palm Beach. He set a new qualifying record pole position Grand Am Cup, Homestead and was pole position and race leader at the 12-Hour Race at Homestead in a BMW M3. In 1978, he was named British Driver of the Year (BRSCC) and in 1974 he was named the German Rookie of the Year for Formula Ford. He holds the European FF Title with Team Royale and the Lap Record holder FF Hockenheimring.
| Jeffrey, John, Henry, Pete, Guy, Nick, Adam, and Chip, Driving Instructors
Decades of combined racing experience, our team brings to the track the techniques, knowledge and self discipline of the true professionals they are. As instructors, they are in the car, sitting next to you, guiding you every step of the way through our helmet-to-helmet communication device and providing you with the most personalized and informative instruction in the industry.
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