• Private Advanced Instruction
• Lead Instructor, Individual and Corporate Group Events
• Lead Instructor - Defensive Driving Programs

tony.kester@AutobahnCC.com
(815) 823-8599
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Hourly Rate $125

Tony's impressive resume includes driving just about every racecar imaginable! Test driver for race teams and chassis, tire, and brake manufacturers since 1979. Professional driving coach since 1980.
Data acquisition specialist and race car engineer since 1988. Defensive driving instructor since 1992.
ChampCar (formerly CART) Race Steward during 2003 season.

• 1972-present Competed in amateur and professional races. Tested or raced over one hundred fifty different race car chassis types, from small sedans to 200 mph open cockpit prototypes.
• 1973-present 28 amateur and 9 professional race wins
• 1975-2002 Competed in Grand Am, ALMS, IMSA, and 24 Hours of LeMans in Prototype and GT classes, best finish second at 2002 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona.
• 1983 SCCA Formula Ford CenDiv National Champion.
• 1990 SCCA Runoffs Formula Ford National Champion, second largest margin of victory in history. Received Gwinnett County Sportsmanship Award.
• 1991 SCCA Olds Pro Series Champion.
• 1992 Inducted into the Invitational Road Racing Drivers Club (RRDC)
• 1992 Member of Oldsmobile Aerotech world speed record team.
• 2001 Won GrandAm Cup Daytona Finale in ST class (BMW 328) after starting last.
• 2002 Honored at Porsche Cup ceremonies at Weissach as one of the top Porsche racing
drivers worldwide.

• Track Safety Consultant
• Private Advanced Instruction
• Member Licensing
• Secondary Instructor - Corporate Group Events and Defensive Driving Programs

tom.bagley@AutobahnCC.com
(815) 823-8588
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Hourly Rate $125

Tom utilizes his experience as a physicist, a college teaching assistant, professional race car driver, race driver coach and engineer to provide personal instruction that includes: Assistance with data acquisition; Understanding the physics of driving and car control; Importance of psychological as well as physical elements of performance driving.

Auto Racing Background
• 1968-1974 – Organized and taught Autocrossing Schools at Penn State University
• 1971-1981 – Full time Professional Road Racing Driver in all types of cars
• 1972-1977 – Gold cup Formula SuperVee Pro Series (Series Champion in 1976, 2nd in 1975 and 3rd in 1974)
• 1975 – Head Instructor at Fred Opert Racing School at Pocono Raceway
• 1976 – Selected by Robert Bosch (Series Sponsor) as driver who best represents the Formula SuperVee Series
• 1976 – Inducted into the invitational Road Racing Drivers Club (RRDC)
• 1977 – USAC Mini Indy Formula SuperVee Champion
• 1978-1980 – Indy Car Driver, (1978 Series Rookie of the Year) End of Year Standings, 11th, 8th, 11th.
• 1978-1980 – Indianapolis 500 qualified and raced,(best finish 9th)
• 1981-1999 – Driver in select professional races--Daytona 24 Hr., Sebring 12 Hr., Firehawk Endurance, etc.
• 1996-1999 –Driver, Coach and Trainer for Kettering University Students with Formula Lightning race car
• 2002 – Inducted into the prestigious Indy 500 Old Timers Club
• 2003– Engineer & Coach for Masters Class Winner (and 4th overall) in the highly competitive Star Mazda Series
• 2005 - present – Instructor and Coach for Autobahn Members, including Zach Silver, Jamie Gleitsman, , Matt Alexander, Tom Collins, Dean Germeyer, Zubair Anwar, Vic Mategrano, Taro Kushida, along with many others
• 1971 - 2011 – Won road races in nine different classes of cars (six professional): Trans-Am, F/Atlantic, F/SuperVee, Mini-Indy, Firestone Firehawk, Neon Pro Challenge, F/Ford , Porsche 968 and Spec Miata.

• New Member & Guest Driver Orientation
• Private Advanced Instruction
• Secondary Instructor - Corporate Group Events and Defensive Driving Programs

francesco@AutobahnCC.com
(815) 823-8583
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Hourly Rate $125

Over the past 20 years Francesco has gained a wealth of racing knowledge and experience as he has competed on every major track in the US and Europe.

• 1985 Began karting career at age 8
• 1986 -1988 Jr. Karting Champion US 820
• 1997 RVKC Road Racing Champion
• 1997 – 1999 Top 5 Drivers Superkarts Pro Series (TonyKart)
• 1997 Skip Barber School and series driver
• 1999 FIA International Racing License Holder
• 1999 – 2001 Factory Driver and U.S. Program Director Formula Arcobaleno
• 1999 – 2001 Competed in European Cup (Holand, Italy, France and Belgium)
• 2000 US Distributor Formula Arcobaleno
• 2001 – Current Private Driving Coach
• 2001 – 2006 Special Education Teacher at Fremd High School
• 2007 – Present Owner and Head Instructor for Team Stradale at Autobahn
• 2009 – 2011 Professional Driving Coach (Star Mazda Formula Atlantic)
• 2009 – 2010 Private Coach and Track Specialist for Caio Lara (JDC) and Simona DiSilvestro (Stargate Worlds)
• 2010 Competed in HSR Cayman Interseries
• 2010 – 2011 Owner Speedwerks Inc.
• 2010 – 2011 Creator Google Earth Application "Geo Racetracking"