·         Born March 10, 1978, in Great Falls, Montana.

·         Graduated from Charles M. Russell High School in 1996.

·         Employed by James Talcott Construction for 14 years. Currently working as a Project QC.

·         Hobbies:

◦     Kart Racing

◦     Skiing

◦     Kite Boarding

◦     Kite Surfing

◦     Motorcycle Riding

◦     Wake Boarding

◦     Radio Controlled Car Racing

·         Started racing radio-controlled cars at 13 years of age, gaining an understanding of suspension dynamics and tuning.

·         Started working on cars at 16 years of age.

RACING BACKGROUND

Ÿ  Raced the JDR Motorsports Honda Civic at the NASA Championships at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, UT, qualifying 13^th and finishing 10^th. (September 2010)

Ÿ  Raced the JDR Motorsports Honda Civic with the Miller Motorsports Park Racing Association, winning the 3^nd place trophy. (August 2010)

Ÿ  Raced the JDR Motorsports Honda Civic at High Plains Raceway near Denver, CO in the 3 hour endurance race.  It’s the first Enduro I ran with the team and the Civic. I finished 1^st in my class and 8^th overall out of 19 cars. (May 2010)

Ÿ  Raced the JDR Motorsports Honda Civic at High Plains Raceway near Denver, CO in the NASA Pro Racing.  I dominated my class, winning every event. (May 2010) Watch a lap on YouTube: Fast Civic Passing Porsches

Ÿ  Worked with Wil Mar Racing and their #52 Ferrari 430 Challenge as a drivers assistant to Max Schmidt for the 24 Hours of Daytona (January 2010)

Ÿ  Raced the JDR Motorsports Honda Civic at the NASA Championships at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, UT, qualifying 9^th. The car had a mechanical failure and I was unable to finish the race. (September 2009)

Ÿ  Raced the JDR Motorsports Honda Civic with the Miller Motorsports Park Racing Association. I won the 2^nd place trophy and got to spray Champagne from the podium. (August 2009)

Ÿ  Raced JDR Motorsports Honda Civic at High Plains Raceway near Denver, CO, winning both races in my class. (April 2009)

Ÿ  Driver for the Compass 360 R #73 RSX in the Grand-Am Koni Sports Car Challenge at Miller Motorsports Park in Tooele, Utah.  I co-drove with Kevin York, a very accomplished professional driver, instructor for the Speed Secrets race driving school, and subject of the #1 selling book The Art of Racing in the Rain, the movie rights owned by Patrick Dempsey. I started the race and York finished. We qualified 32^nd and finished 23^rd. (September 2008)

Ÿ  Drove the JDR Motorsports CRX in the Red Line Time Attack, placing 3^rd in the street mod class, and pictured in the next Honda Tuning magazine, a popular international publication. (June 2008)

Ÿ  Driver for the Fountain Motorsports #128 BMW 330i in the Grand-Am Koni Sports Car Challenge Fresh From Florida 250 at Daytona International Speedway.  This was my first professional road race and I co-drove with Manni Matz, an accomplished professional driver that has won championships throughout the 90s including the Motorola Cup. We qualified in 33^rd and finished 18^th.  I started the race and he finished. I clocked the fastest lap time in the car. (January 2008)

·         SCCA Racing Events around Montana (2000-Present)

◦     Amassed numerous Fast Time of the Day and Class winner trophies over the years

◦     Won every Fast Time of Day and Class winner trophy for the events attended in 2010

◦     Regional Autocross Champion (2005, 2006)

·         Started JDR Motorsports (2008)

◦     The first event for JDR Motorsports was the Red Line Time Attack, where the cars placed in 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd in three different classes, and all cars brought trophies home (June 2008)

◦     Private driver coaching and instructing (2008, 2009, 2010)

◦     Built the JDR Motorsports Civic to race in the NASA Pro Racing series.  It is the first racecar that the JDR Motorsports team built from the ground up. (February-April 2009)

◦     Put the new car in several local car shows.  It’s the only thing like it locally. JDR Motorsports crew was nearby to answer questions and hand out promotional swag. (2009)

·         Big Sky Region Porsche Club of America

◦     High-Performance Driving Instructor (2005-Present)

◦     Two Days Instructor Training for Big Sky Porsche Club of America (2005)

◦     Attended Porsche Driver Education (2003, 2004)

·         Attended EVO Driving School (2003)

LINKS

2005

http://www.mtscca.com/index_files/Page1623.html

2004

http://www.mtscca.com/index_files/Page820.html

2003

http://www.mtscca.com/index_files/Page917.html

2002

http://www.mtscca.com/index_files/Page877.html