Partners

• Mazda

  Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., Mazda North American Operations oversees the sales, marketing, parts and customer service support of Mazda vehicles in the United States, Canada and Mexico through nearly 900 dealers. Skip Barber teaches its world-renowned Driving School students using the Mazda 3, RX-8 and MX-5 Miata sedans and sports cars. Mazda's MAZDASPEED Motorsports Development program is rooted in the Skip Barber Racing ladder system. MAZDASPEED began in 1967 as a grass-roots racing team dedicated to turning Mazda production vehicles into racing cars. Today, MAZDASPEED Motorsports Development still concentrates its focus on grass-roots racing, while amateur and professional drivers throughout the racing scene select Mazdas as their best chance at victory. From SCCA Solo events and Speed World Challenge Touring Cars to the BFGoodrich/Skip Barber National Presented by Mazda, the Star Mazda series and Grand-Am and ALMS prototypes, Mazda is the most committed automaker in the world when it comes to supporting motorsports at the amateur and development levels. More information on the company is available at www.MazdaUSA.com or on MAZDASPEED Motorsports Development at Mazda Motor Sports
  
  

• Michelin

  Michelin is the exclusive supplier of the high performance tires used in the Skip Barber High Performance Driving School. The same passion for excellence that goes into the tires that Michelin makes for championship winning race cars also goes into the tires made for street cars. Michelin tires provide the confidence to enjoy the road, while helping to keep drivers safe behind the wheel. Michelin® Pilot® Sport PS2 tires meet or exceed the discriminating standards of the world’s top sports car manufacturers. A Variable Contact Patch breaks traditional compromises by putting more rubber on the road during a variety of maneuvers, resulting in class-leading cornering and consistent straight-line performance. With two distinct tread patterns and two specialized tread compounds, Michelin Pilot Sport PS2 tires deliver the highest combined wet and dry performance in its class. Dedicated to the improvement of sustainable mobility, Michelin designs, manufactures and sells tires for every type of vehicle, including airplanes, automobiles, bicycles, earthmovers, farm equipment, heavy-duty trucks, motorcycles and the space shuttle. Headquartered in Greenville, S.C., Michelin North America www.michelinman.com employs more than 22,300 and operates 19 major manufacturing plants in 17 locations.
  
  
  

• K1 RaceGear

  
  K1 RaceGear, which is the official safety gear supplier for the Playboy Mazda MX-5 cup / Skip Barber MAZDASPEED Pro Challenge series, was born in 2003 with the philosophy of offering products to our customers that we ourselves would be proud to use. We are racers ourselves, and we understand the value of buying quality racing products at a reasonable price. To meet the needs of our customers, we strive to provide quality racing equipment - including racing shoes, suits, driving gloves, helmets, and more - to racers of all ages at a great value. Whether your son or daughter is just starting out in the sport or you have a life-long passion for racing, we have the products for you in our full line of products.

  You will find our products on professional drivers in NASCAR, NHRA, ADRL, Formula D, SCCA and NASA regional events, along with multiple Skip Barber alumni across the country. Top karting events such as the Florida Winter Tour series, SKUSA series, Redline Oil Kart series along with multiple I.K.F and WKA events. K1 RaceGear is a company that is ran by racers, for racers, with the quality you can expect to find in an American based company.

  www.K1RaceGear.com
  
  
  

• iRacing.com

  iRacing.com is a subscription-based racing simulation service designed as a driver training tool for people who race in the physical world and for those who aspire to do so. iRacing is also a platform for the newest form of global motorsport - real-time, online competition, known as internet racing. iRacing membership includes access to extremely accurate racing simulation software, and to seat-time to build and hone the skills necessary to win on track. In addition, the integrated service features professionally sanctioned racing for drivers of all skill levels. iRacing subscribers are part of a global community of racers and enthusiasts that includes drivers of all types (amateur to pro), interests (oval and road racing), and nationalities. Members can develop friendships - and racing rivalries - with drivers from all over the world, and do so in an environment that emphasizes respect and civility towards fellow racers.
  www.iracing.com

• BFGoodrich

  Skip Barber recommends BFGoodrich® tires. As the exclusive supplier of tires for Skip Barber Racing School, Skip Barber Mazda Driving Schools, Skip Barber MAZDASPEED Challenge and Skip Barber Race Series, and is the title sponsor of the BFGoodrich®/Skip Barber National Presented by Mazda. BFGoodrich® Tires combines technological expertise with vast motorsports experience, delivering a high-performance tire for every type of vehicle from ultra-high performance tuner vehicles, sports cars and SUVs to the hottest sport trucks, pickups and rock-crawling rigs in the world. For more than 30 years, BFGoodrich Tires has used motorsports as a proving ground. Success on the street begins with winning on the track and BFGoodrich® Tires is involved in every type of racing, including oval, road, drag, rally, desert and extreme rock-crawling. With 18 consecutive Baja 1000 wins, the winningest tire in rock-crawling history and an unmatched record on pavement, BFGoodrich Tires has proven the only records it breaks are its own.
  www.bfgoodrichtires.com

• Hawk Performance

  Hawk Performance is a brand of Wellman Products Group. Wellman Products Group utilizes world class technology to develop and manufacture superior disc brake and clutch materials for the Automotive and Racing industry. The Hawk Performance brand of products include Ferro-Carbon, Carbotic, Carbon-Carbon and full and semi-metallic disc brakes. Wellman Products Group persistent development of friction materials will not only set new standards, but will also greatly enhance the quality, performance and integrity of your braking system. They provide an undeniable performance advantage for race cars, passenger cars, street rods, and commercial vehicles.
  www.hawkperformance.com

• Rock Island Grand Prix

  The Rock Island Grand Prix, presented by AT&T and Casey's General Stores, is the world's largest karting street race, run through the city streets of Rock Island, Illinois, each Labor Day Weekend. Rock Island is part of the Quad-Cities, located on the Mississippi River and equally divided between Illinois and Iowa with a metropolitan population of 380,000. It is one of the few places in kart racing where 4-cycle, 2-cycle and gearbox karts all race at the same venue and where thousands of spectators line the streets to cheer on the racers. It is a free family-oriented event and offers one of the largest purses in karting. Each year the Grand Prix welcomes racers from coast to coast and has had competitors from 8 foreign countries.
  www.rockislandgrandprix.com
  
  
  

• Parathyroid.com

  Parathyroid.com is a multi-media educational website recognized as the leading authority on diseases of the parathyroid glands. Parathyroid tumors are small tumors located in the neck which affect one in 1000 people causing high blood calcium, osteoporosis, chronic fatigue, depression, and kidney stones, among other conditions.
  www.parathyroid.com

• Derek Daly Academy

  DDA sees a great fit with Skip Barber, as they take young racing athletes from karts into the world of car racing. DDA looks to guide racing drivers through the Champions Pyramid and work with many of today’s top rising motorsports athletes to become the best they can be in their sport and career. Not a traditional Academy, DDA looks to break mould and works directly with drivers where they race and when they race. Derek Daly, Formula 1 and Indy car Driver, Best-Selling Author and Professional Speaker founded DDA in 1996. The focus for DDA is developing new driver talent and guiding prospective athletes through the transition from kart racing to car racing and beyond. The current focus for DDA is junior formula car racing in North America.
  www.derekdalyacademy.com

• California Scents

  California Scents is a manufacturer of high quality air freshening products and has provided consumers with over 17 years of long-lasting fresh scents from exciting and eco-friendly products. California Scents products are available at major retailers throughout North America and are also available in over 65 countries around the world through authorized distributors. Some of the company’s popular brands include; California Scents, Pet Scents, Cool Scents, California Car Scents and Cool Gel. From gels, non-aerosol sprays and fiber pads to car vent clips and odor eliminators, California Scents provides a variety of products to meet any air freshening need.
  www.californiascents.com

• Bryan Herta Autosport

  Founded by veteran driver Bryan Herta and noted race engineer Steve Newey, Bryan Herta Autosport (BHA) debuted in Firestone Indy Lights competition in 2009. Herta, an accomplished racer, garnered Skip Barber Formula Ford, Barber Saab and Firestone Indy Lights championship titles prior to graduating to IndyCar competition in 1994. Amongst his career highlights is a third-place finish in the 2005 Indianapolis 500. Newey’s racing career spans over 20 years and includes design and race engineering positions in Formula One and winning the 1992 Champ Car World Series title as the race engineer for Bobby Rahal. He was also instrumental in assembling both the Patrick Racing and Mo Nunn Racing teams.
  www.bryanhertaautosport.com

• SimCraft

  SimCraft creates professional vehicle simulators with Real Kinetics. Real Kinetics is a technology unique to SimCraft that accurately recreates real vehicle dynamics. It enables drivers to enhance their skills, and teams to optimize car set-ups, efficiently and effectively – any track, any car, any day all day.
  www.simcraft.com

• Florida Winter Tour

  The Formula Kart Productions Florida Winter Tour is one of the longest running, largest and most geographically diverse kart racing series in the world. The 2011 FWT featured 428 unique competitors representing 30 countries, 25 U.S. states and six Canadian provinces, and for the fourth straight year was the world’s largest official Rotax Max Challenge series.
  www.floridawintertour.com

• The World Karting Association

  The World Karting Association (WKA) is a membership- owned, non-profit corporation formed in 1971 to regulate and promote the sport of competitive kart racing. We establish the rules and procedures to set standards by which to sanction tracks and to conduct annual championships for various types of karting. WKA has grown to over 10,000 active members and 120 sanctioned tracks nationwide to make it the largest sanctioning body for kart racing in the United States and one of the largest in the world.
  www.worldkarting.com

• Helix

  Helix In-Car Camera is the exclusive provider of in-car video and photography services for Skip Barber Racing School and operate at all Skip Barber tracks. Helix have worked with Skip Barber for a decade. Helix also provide in-car videography to Rolex Series and Star Mazda Pro-Series competitors. Helix offer photography and in-car video for all Skip Barber on track programs, and photography for all other Skip Barber programs. Please contact Helix in advance of your program for any questions, or to sign up for services. Helix uses Nikon cameras for photography, and GoPro and AIM Smartycams for in-car videography. The AIM Smartycams are unique in offering lap times, speeds and GForces, which are overlayed in real-time on the video. At the end of your school, Helix will send you home with a USB drive with your photos and/or video.
  www.helixus.com