Contact

Regional Director

Tage Evanson
Tage@nasaaz.com
Tage is ultimately responsible for all officials and activities associated with the organization.

“The Missus” Regional Co-Director

Adina Evanson
Adina@nasaaz.com

Adina handles all accounting aspects of the club as well as keeps the Regional Director on his toes! Adina can typically be found in registration assisting throughout the day.
Checkout Tage and Adina’s Feature Interview

Race Director

Jeff Sussman
sussmans@cox.net
Jeff hosts all race group meetings and organizes all race logistics. Jeff is also responsible for resolving any race group disputes and protests and announces the results after each race.

Race Director (Small Bore)

Paul Bloomberg
pjbloom1@gmail.com
Paul does a little bit of everything when it comes to the race group. He classes all PT/ST cars and ensures ongoing classing rules compliance. He keeps track of all the race group season points. Paul typically is a “driver” in the “Big Bore” group but is the “Race Director” for the “Small Bore” race group and assist Jeff as-needed throughout the day.
Checkout Paul’s Featured Driver interview!

Time Trial Director

Jeremy Renshaw
JeremyRenshaw@cox.net
Jeremy is responsible for making sure the Time Trial group runs smoothly from start to finish. With two TT groups (Big Bore and Small Bore) he splits the TT responsibilities with Eric (see below).
Checkout Jeremy’s Featured Driver interview

Time Trial Director

Eric Jacobsen
eric.jacobsen@ieee.org
With the local success of the Time Trial group having consistently two groups it requires a second dedicated TT Director. Between Eric and Jeremy they handle all aspects of the TT group (licensing, classing, downloads, etc.). Eric also has the added responsibility of results updates and season points tracking.
Checkout Eric’s Featured Driver interview!

Chief Driving Instructor

John Dowling
602.464.3031
tntjobs@cox.net
John is primarily responsible for the staffing of HPDE1 but ultimately owes the entire HPDE program. If you are an expert level driver and feel you have exceptional teaching teaching ability and are interested in becoming a certified NASA instructor, John is the guy you need to contact.

Classroom Instructor

Dave Riddle
dave@microworks.net
Dave is the clubs primary HPDE1 classroom instructor on Saturday. Dave is a critical element to a successful HPDE1 program and we couldn’t do it without him.

Classroom Instructor

Bill Kirkham
bill.kirkham@honeywell.com
Due to Dave having other commitments on Sunday, he is not available. Bill perfectly fills this role on Sunday’s when the club hosts HPDE1 on both days.

Classroom Instructor

Steve Saparato
Steve.Sapareto@bannerhealth.com
On Sunday when Dave is not available, it is either Bill or Steve or both! These guys are great at filling in and we greatly appreciate their volunteer services. We couldn’t do it without you!

HPDE 2 Group Leader

Mervin Tan
MervinTan@cox.net
Mervin hosts all downloads for the group and provides ongoing High Performance Driving Education for fresh HPDE1 graduates. These drivers will need sign off from Mervin (or one of his assistants) before progressing to HPDE3.
Checkout Mervin’s Featured Driver interview!

HPDE 2 Group Leader

Chris Soehren
c-soehren@hotmail.com
Due to work committments on Sat, Chris runs the HPDE2 group on Sunday only.

HPDE3 Group Leader

Robert Rose
Robert@actualizemarketing.com
Robert will be the mentor and coach for all intermediate level drivers. He will provide education and real time feedback in the download meetings to get drivers more comfortable driving in a faster paced environment and prepare them for HPDE4.

HPDE 4 Group Leader

Gabe Ortega
bull_horns@hotmail.com
Gabe hosts all downloads for the advanced HPDE group. HPDE4 level drivers looking to move up to Time Trial will need sign off from Gabe (or one of the TT Directors) first.

Time Attack Director

Jon Via
jon@jon-via.com
Jon has full time duties as Chief of Tech in addition to being UMS Tuning Time Attack Director.

“944 Spec” Series Leader

Joe Paluch
joepaluch@qwest.net
Joe is responsible for representing this class from a race group logistics perspective as well as growing the series both locally and nationally. He also keeps track of the season points as well as many other interesting metrics. If you have any questions on the local “944 Spec” series, Joe is the guy you’ll want to talk to.

Honda Challenge Series Leader

Doug Evans
az.honda@yahoo.com
Doug is responsible for representing this class from a race group logistics perspective as well as growing the series both locally and nationally. He also keeps track of the season points and is available to help if you have any questions about the series and how to join.

GTS Series Leader

Marty Saltzman
martysaltzman@gmail.com
Marty’s Info Here.

Event/Race Control

Ramin Shute
RShute3pm@hotmail.com
Once the first car hits the track you don’t see this guy until the last car is off, but trust us when we say, he sees EVERYTHING and controls what happens on track. Fire/Safety, Ambo, Operations, pace car and all corner workers obey his every command.

Compliance Director

Gary Felton
gary.felton@keystowin.org
Gary is one of the clubs CC&R resident experts and acts as a consultant to ensures that the rules are followed. Gary is also the head of the Incident Review Board (IRB) and can be found in Impound after each race. He was previously the “Chief Driving Instructor” and continues to teach students that attend “Comp School”. Additionally, Gary arrives the day before most event weekends to help with setup and does tech for any cars that show up early as well.

Grid Marshall

Jerron Taylor
nerdj2@hotmail.com
Jerron does a once over all cars before heading out on track and ensures everyone gets as much track time as possible.

Grid Marshall

Mike Keelen
mkeelen@gmail.com
Mike assists drivers on grid with ensuring they are in the right group and prepared for their session on time.  He has also been doing “Event/Race Control” for the last few events to serve as a backup for Ramin.

Registration

Beverly Heady
bkheady@gmail.com
Bev handles all pre-registrations and is onsite in registration at each event. If you’ve got questions or changes, etc. specific to your registration, you’ll need to contact Bev. NOTE: Please CC “Tage@nasaaz.com” as well for the quickest response times.
Checkout Beverly’s Featured Interview

Chief of Tech (HPDE & TT)

Jon Via
jon@jon-via.com Jon is responsible for all HPDE/TT tech inspections and also manages 2-3 additional tech inspectors.

Tech Official & UMS Tuning Time Attack Sponsor

Tony Szirka
480-446-8863 info@umstuning.com
Tony is awesome and we appreciate all that he does for us.

Tech Offical (HPDE & TT)

Jeremy WardkineticAP1@gmail.com
Jeremy is responsible for HPDE/TT tech inspections, weighing TT/Race cars and serves double duty with club Operations and cleanup.

Tech Offical (HPDE & TT)

Justin McClanahan
jcmcclanahan@cox.net
Justin is also responsible for HPDE/TT tech inspections, weighing TT/Race cars and serves double duty with club Operations and cleanup.

Tech Offical (HPDE & TT)

Ravi Tomerlin
ray_tomerlin@hotmail.com
Ravi is also responsible for HPDE/TT tech inspections, weighing TT/Race cars and serves quadruple duty at times helping with waiver, club Operations/cleanup and many times Instructing and/or assisting in HPDE3!

Race Tech

Jim Fluckey
602-274-3747
jfluckey@cox.net
If you have a race car, Jim is the guy who will be performing the tech inspection on it (good for one year - i.e. annual race tech). Jim performs all tech inspections at German Auto Service. At track inspections is discouraged but can be arranged if coordinated with Jim ahead of time.
www.germanautoservice.com
5244 N. 7th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85014

Timing & Scoring

Nikki Dayton
tanyaj@gmail.com
Nikki is responsible for keeping track of all lap times for drivers in race, time trial, and time attack groups. In addition, she also assists race control by logging on track incidents when he is dealing with other duties.

Operations

Eric Dayton
eric.dayton@gmail.com
Eric does a little bit of everything when it comes to event weekends. Driving the pace car, staying stocked on event supplies and taking care of all backoffice logistics is what keeps Eric stressed out and busy all weekend long.

Licensing Director

Steve Marlow
(623) 826-3500
smarlow2@cox.net
If you don’t have a competition license (or TT license) and need details on how to get one, Steve is the man to talk to. Additionally, if you’ve registered for a race (or TT) and you don’t have a current license, you’ll be getting an email from Steve to ensure you’re compliant before the event.

Medical Director

Dr. Paul J. Lynch
lynchmd@gmail.com
Arizona Pain Specialists
If unexpected things do happen, we can all rest assured that any incident will be properly handled with Dr. Lynch on staff at the events. Additionally, if your NASA Medical Exam has expired, he can perform the exam onsite at the track!

Equipment Manager

Gary Wilson
gary@nasaaz.com
Gary is responsible for setup, teardown and continuous inventory and maintenance of all equipment to ensure our events run smoothly. Gary is also one awesome mountain biker too!