Skip Barber Racing School, the world’s largest racing and driving school,will be exhibiting at the 20th Autosport International show, January 14-17 at the NEC (NationalExhibition Centre) Birmingham in Birmingham, England. The Skip Barber Racing School display willfeature:
• Appearances by 2009 Skip Barber National Champion and Walter Hayes Trophy winner ConnorDePhillippi and BFGoodrich/Skip Barber National Presented by Mazda driver and “Be a RacingDriver” scholarship winner Stevan McAleer. DePhillippi will also be racing for Team USAScholarship in Friday’s Celebrity Karting Challenge alongside 2008 Skip Barber National Champ and2008 Walter Hayes Trophy winner Conor Daly, 2008 Skip Barber National runner-up, Formula FordFestival winner and 2009 British Formula Ford “Rookie of the Year” Josef Newgarden and Grand Amdriver Patrick Barrett.
• Todd Snyder, Grand Am Continental Sports Car Challenge driver and Vice President ofCompetition at Skip Barber Racing School.
• Michael Culver, CEO of Skip Barber Racing School, will be in attendance and availablefor meetings on Thursday and Friday.
• Experience a simulation of the Formula Skip Barber race car with iRacing MotorsportSimulations and Bob Salisbury Engineering on many of the circuits to be raced during the2010 BFGoodrich/Skip Barber National Presented by Mazda season and the Skip Barber RaceSeries.
For 35 years, Skip Barber Racing School LLC has operated a fully integrated system of racing schools,driving schools, racing championships, corporate events and OEM events across North America. TheSkip Barber Racing School is offered at more than 20 of the most prestigious race tracks in NorthAmerica, while the Skip Barber Driving School, utilizing Mazda's performance sedans and sports cars,operates at five world-famous tracks in destination locations.
The Skip Barber Race Series is collectively six separate, arrive and drive equalized-car racingchampionships – the Skip Barber MAZDASPEED Challenge; two regional race series featuring raceprepared Mazda MX-5 Cup race cars, three regional open-wheel amateur series in Formula Skip Barbercars, and the first rung on the Mazda open-wheel ladder system; the BFGoodrich/Skip Barber NationalPresented by Mazda. All the series are part of Mazda's unique MAZDASPEED Motorsports Developmentladder system. For 35 years we have trained many of the best racing drivers in the world. Skip Barber isTHE WAY to FAST.
The Corporate Events unit creates custom racing, team building and driving programs for companies ofany size that desire special, exciting events to train, entertain, educate and reward.Skip Barber OEM Events unit provides unique, specialized automotive-related training, driving, analysis,evaluation, logistics and consultation to manufacturers and others in the industry.Skip Barber recently launched the Skip Barber Superbike School powered by KTM.