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Coaching

I coach drivers and teams. I race GT and endurance cars, so I coach from the driver’s seat. I also work race weekends as an engineer, so I coach from the pit wall.

Who do I coach?

Drivers who want to get faster and repeat it. Teams that want a Bronze or Am driver ready for a race weekend. Lineups that share one car. See team driver coaching and lineup coaching.

How does a coaching plan start?

With your goal, your car and your next event. We use the simulator before the weekend, the track during it and a debrief after. Every session ends with one change to try next.

Where do Laguna Seca and Sonoma days go?

Corkscrew Coaching runs my driving days at Laguna Seca and Sonoma. It also runs remote data review. Book those at Corkscrew Coaching.

What about the simulator?

The simulator is where a driver learns a track and rehearses a plan before a weekend. Remote simulator coaching is booked through Corkscrew Coaching. If you want an endurance program with me as your teammate, see the endurance sim program.

What is the next step?

Use the form below. Tell me your car, your series and your next event. Each season is a separate agreement. No seat, result, license or rating is promised.

Quantify EVERYTHING.

Feel something. Measure it. Change it. Verify it.

Coaching connects preparation in the simulator with the work at the track. Start with the driver's experience, the car and the next event. Use the sim to learn references and rehearse a plan before the weekend.

At the track, combine driver feedback with telemetry, onboard video and session notes. Identify a specific change, try it in the next run, and review whether the result is repeatable. A fast lap is useful. Knowing how to reproduce it is the goal.

My work includes run planning, setup feedback, strategy and post-session analysis. My Machine Nerve tools support telemetry, live timing, simulator data and biometrics. The tools inform the conversation. They do not replace the driver's feedback.

View the evidence and supporting material →

Coached-driver wins.

Drivers I coached have won at VIR, Apex Motor Club, Laguna Seca, Sonoma Raceway, Road America, Road Atlanta, Thunderhill, Daytona and Mid-Ohio.

These are results earned by the drivers. They are separate from my own race wins.

Laguna Seca and Sonoma days.

Driving days at Laguna Seca and Sonoma, with remote sim and data coaching.

Go to Corkscrew Coaching →

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Doors

Pick your way in.

  1. Race with me Team principals and managers A Bronze who wins in shared cars.
  2. Co-drive with me Drivers who want endurance racing From your first enduro to IMSA, in the same car.
  3. Partner with me Brands and partnership leads Hosted weekends, content and technical partners.
  4. Get coached Drivers and teams Laguna Seca and Sonoma days at Corkscrew Coaching.
  5. Read the races Fans, media and series staff Every win, told as a story.
  6. Cheater Bronze The community The doctrine, the receipts and the drop.