Eric M

There is no doubt that this automotive "sickness" started at a really early age. My parents gave me a pedal powered VW Rabbit Cabrio when I was 2 years old and I believe it was all down hill from there. Alas, it only got worse, I was able to name Makes/Models of a lot of cars by 5 years old. But what really got me "hooked", was when my father took me to a go-kart track for the first time. I was about 6 years old and it was amazing! I still have a huge affinity for karting and I look back on it as the gateway to amateur Motorsport. My father was a long time AutoXer and DE instructor with PCA, SCCA and other clubs. We were definitely a "car household" - I grew up at the track and spent my spare time in the garage "holding the light" working on some crazy Franken-Car or another. Not until my father passed in 2010 did I finally get the motivation to retire from Karting/Auto-X and move into Road Racing. Little known fact but, I started with a heavily modified VW Jetta Turbo Diesel which lasted about a half season until it exploded. We found the TT the next year (2011) and have been going strong ever since!

Eric has over fifteen years experience in Information Technology specializing in Systems Engineering, Virtualization, Software Development and Cyber Security.
 
Eric started his racing career as a child Kart Racing as part of various Endurance Teams and Leagues, moving on to AutoCross then finally to Time Trials and HPDE Instructing. Look for him on track with his various Transformers themed cars.