- 2011 Sports Car Club of America C-Stock National Champion (’06 Solstice)

- 2009 Sports Car Club of America C-Stock National Champion (’07 Solstice)

1. -2008 Sports Car Club of America C-Stock National Chamption (’07 Miata)
   

2. -2008 SCCA Jetta TDI Cup driver
   

- 2007 Skip Barber Western Series Race Win - Laguna Seca

1. -2007 Sports Car Club of America C-Stock Solo National Champion
   

2. -2005 Sports Car Club of America National Solo Driver of the Year
   

- 2 time Sports Car Club of America E-Stock Solo National Champion

- 6 Sports Car Club of America National Solo Championship Trophies

- 6 Sports Car Club of America National Solo Tour Event Wins

1. -6 Sports Car Club of America National Pro-Solo Wins

After graduating from Pittsburg State University in December, 2004, I moved to Los Angeles to work for Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A.

I began competing in SCCA autocross and Pro Solo events when I turned 16 in 1999.  During the eight seasons I have competed in SCCA, I progressed from winning local and regional events to becoming competitive at the national level. Following a 7th place national finish in 2002, at age 19, I placed 2nd in 2003, and then became the SCCA E Stock National Champion in 2004 and again in 2005 and C Stock Champion in 2007. Along with my National Championship in 2005, I was selected the SCCA National Solo Driver of the year, and at the age of 22, the youngest to ever win the award.  In 2007 I won my 3rd SCCA Solo National Championship in a 1999 Miata in C-Stock.

2007 also was my first year of road racing. After a 3 day school at Infineon Raceway, I won my first race at Laguna Seca in the Skip Barber Western Series. I started 2008 with a good dose of autocross and a Skip Barber race at Sebring International Raceway.

Autocross, also referred to as “solo” is a form of motorsports that tends to emphasize car control and finesse over speed and power. An autocross is a timed competition where drivers navigate one at a time through a temporary course marked by pylons. Speeds are slower in absolute terms when compared to other forms of motorsports, usually not exceeding highway speeds. The activity level (measured in discrete turns per minute) can be higher than even Formula One due to the large number of elements packed into each course. Autocross courses are typically 50 to 70 seconds in length. In addition to being a national-level motorsport in its own right, autocrossing is a good way to learn skills that transfer to road racing, as drivers learn superior vehicle control. Autocross events are usually held in large paved areas like parking lots or airfields. Typically, new courses are created for each event so drivers must learn a new course each time they compete. Prior to driving, a competitor will walk the course, taking mental notes, and developing a strategy to be refined upon subsequent runs.

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Making it's North America debut in 2008, the Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup series is an innovative approach to motorsports. Thirty young, undiscovered drivers will be selected to compete against each other in identical, factory-prepared and maintained Jetta TDIs.

The Jetta TDI Cup car is powered by a 2.0-liter, four-cylinder TDI clean diesel engine. The car is only slightly modified from stock with race suspension and brakes, plus a six-speed, double-clutch, automatic DSG transmission. Volkswagen is working with Carbonfund.org to certify the entire series as carbon free.

The Jetta TDI Cup series, sanctioned by SCCA Pro Racing, will serve as a training ground for up-and-coming talent by providing driving, fitness and media coaching throughout the season. The series Champion will win $100,000, with an additional  $250,000 bonus for being signed by a professional motorsports team within six months.

The Jetta TDI Cup was a great opportunity to see first hand how difficult the world of professional motorsports is. My race results were significantly worst then I was capable of. Because the front runners were spending between $2,500 and $4,000 dollars EVERY race in crash damage from bumping, I was unwilling to attempt to qualify up front. My practice times and race lap times showed I was consistently in the Top 10. I could not afford the high crash damage each race, so I would qualify in the rear to reduce the risk of damage.  The SCCA did a VERY POOR job of reducing rough driving.  To complete a pass, several drivers, with unlimited budgets, would simply dive inside and bump others out of the way.