Driving Instruction at Autobahn
 

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Tom utilizes his experience as a physicist, a college teaching assistant, personal race driver coach, engineer and team building facilitator. His extensive professional road racing background includes racing in Indy cars, Cam-Am, IMSA GT and IMSA GTU, with wins in SCCA Trans-Am, Formula Atlantic, IMSA Firehawk and Dodge Neons and two time champion of the Formula Super Vee Gold Cup Series. Tom competed in three full seasons of Indy Car Racing (1978 – 1980) where he was named Rookie of the Year in 1978, had a 9th place finish in the 1979 Indy 500 and finished 11th or better in the season point standings all three years, He has also been a member of the prestigious Road Racing Drivers Club since 1976. The RRDC was founded by Mark Donahue, and is now headed by Autobahn Country Club member Bobby Rahal. The Autobahn Country Club provides a perfect opportunity for Tom to share his experiences and pass on knowledge gained in the process.
 

Tony Kester
Tony's impressive resume includes driving IMSA Prototypes in the Rolex Daytona 24, Sebring 12 Hour and Petit LeMans.  He also competed in a Porsche at 24 Hours of LeMans and honored as one of the top Porsche drivers in the world at the Porsche Cup banquet in Weissach, Germany. In 1992, Tony was inducted into the RRDC  Throughout his career, Tony has been an innovator in on-board data acquisition and utilization in driver development.  
 
Francesco D'Avola
Francesco D’Avola began his high-speed career at the early age of 8 when he stepped into his first kart, and hasn’t looked back. Over the past 20 years he has gained a wealth of racing knowledge and experience as he has competed on every major track in the US and Europe. From his early years as a Skip Barber student, Francesco has assembled an
impressive resume of victories in a short time, winning multiple championships as well as being a Top 5 driver in the Superkarts USA Pro circuit over a period of seven years. Francesco’s passion for racing is equal to his passion for education; he holds a Bachelors of Science and Masters degree in Education from Northern Illinois University, and has
extensive experience in the classroom as well as on the track.
 
Kevin Krauss
In addition to his track management duties, he is a senior instructor at the Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving, located in Phoenix, Arizona. He is also a licensed Firestone Indy Lights driver, Grand‐Am series competitor and veteran SCCA racer. Kevin is also a weekly guest host on “The Race Report” on
KGKIradio.com
 
Cole Bosanoz

Cole is a two time karting champion. He has spent eight years racing in the World Karting Association, United States Rotax National Championship, Superkarts! USA and Florida Winter Tour. Cole has hundreds of race starts in karting with over 30 feature wins, numerous National podiums and track records. He has also been ranked in the top-10 shifter kart drivers in the country. He has benefited from his time as a data acquisitionist and driver coach for many drivers, young to old. Cole is currently a nationally licensed driver racing Formula Enterprises and Spec Miata in the SCCA.