|
STAFF DESCRIPTIONS AND CUSTOMER COMMENTS
The Barber Family of Dealerships is the Home of the Driving Enthusiast. Some of our customers share a passion for cars and want to enjoy their performance abilities in a fun and safe environment. We firmly believe that skillful and enthusiastic driving is a part of this experience. To increase the value of the vehicle purchase, we offer “The Barber Driving Experience”. It's part performance driver training, part open track testing, but mostly a very entertaining time that is not offered by any of our competitors.
___________________________________________________________________________
Allan Crocket "Slidemaster" - Founder and Chief Instructor
“…in a sea of newer and faster cars, but by the end of the session, Allan Crocket, one of the event instructors, proved that horsepower isn’t everything by lapping the rest of the field” - Muscle Mustangs and Fast Fords - March 2005
"...The event went mostly trouble free for the Marcy Motorsport Focus. The cars test and competition driver, Allan Crocket, put in some testing laps running the cars best lap to date at The Streets of Willow Springs..." Marcy Motorsport - January 2007
Allan is a graduate of several road racing schools, including the 4-day Bob Bondurant Grand Prix School and the Jim Hall 2-day Kart racing school. He also assists several teams in testing sedans. A NASA and SCCA member, Allan is the SVT Commercial account manager at Barber Ford in Ventura. He is a three time podium finisher in the unlimited class with Redline Time Attack. He is also a director for SVTOA Southern California. He can generally be seen powersliding around in a gutted 1988 Mustang coupe.
allancrocket@barberdrivingexperience.com
Allan currently instructs for:
SVTOA (Special Vehicle Team Owners Association)
Redline Track Events
Speed Trial USA
Focus Challenge
As well as several private clients
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Dawn Ferguson - "Slidemistress" - Logistics Manager / Trackside Data Acquisition Tech
Dawn brings organization to our normally out of control world. With great computer skills and the ability to simplify several different agendas, she was an easy choice to become our Logistics Manager. Her computer skills also allowed her to absorb the Racepak Software and with her interest in performance driving she is learning to absorb the large potential of information that the Racepak system allows for. Feel free to contact her for bookings with the Barber Driving Experience, for information on the Racepak system or our tuner Mustang products. dawn@barberdrivingexperience.com
Chris Kaufmann - Instructor
Chris is a veteran of SCCA American Sedan class with both amateur and professional racing in Trans Am, and Speed World Challenge. Chris was a Bob Bondurant Instructor for several years; he still actively drives and tests for several professional teams including the Daytona prototype class. Chris is the Motorsports director for Borla performance based in Oxnard, Ca.
Paul Brown - Instructor
Occupation: Race Shop Manager/Test Driver
Driver Highlights:
• 2006 First ever NASA National Race Winner in American Iron Extreme
• AIX Track Record: Mid Ohio Sports Car Course (09/17/06)
• 2005 Monterey Historics Winner in a 1961 Chaparral 1
• 2005 Monterey Historics Group 5 Fastest Lap and Track Record
• 2004 Le Mans Historic 24hrs, 11th in a 1971 Ferrari 512 M
• 44 SCCA Pro World Challenge Races, 24 top 10, 11 top 5 finishes
• Aero Racing USA (Morgan) factory test driver
• Ford Motor Co. Tier 4 test driver
• Track Records held at Mid Ohio, Road Atlanta, Buttonwillow, Hallet, Mid America Motorplex, Heartland Park Topeka & St. Louis in American Sedan, ITE, Super Unlimited, American Iron and American Iron Extreme.
Craig "Mr. Consistancy" Dabbs - Lead Instructor - Advanced Techniuqes
"...Craig he is one of the best drivers I have ever seen. He was an instructor at Bob Bondurant's and he is extremely smooth and easy on the car. I feel very lucky to have someone with Craig's kind of talent driving my car." - Mike Crabtree - Owner of the Crawford Performance STI
Craig is a former Bob Bondurant instructor, and a veteran of motorsport competition since age 8. Craig has competed in AMA motorcycle competition in Pro 750cc and Formula Extreme. Craig brings an excellent ability to teach students the fundamentals of car control all the way up to advance racing techniques . He is always quick no matter the conditions, wet or dry, and has the knowledge to set cars up for varied conditions.
craigdabbs@barberdrivingexperience.com
Current:
BDX Advanced Driving Instructor
Focus Challenge Instructor
SVTOA Instructor
Professional Racer
Former Bondurant Instructor
___________________________________________________________________________
Alvin Tolosa "Smoothie"
With a background in competitive cycling, triathlons, and collegiate running, Alvin combines his sports background, Volkswagen sales knowledge, and over 14 years knowledge as a product designer to the Barber Driving Experience. Fastest R32 at the VW “Dub Wars” autocross, Alvin’s style is smooth and he does not overdrive the car. He also is very active in the VW Audi message boards and has produced some very nice track videos.
alvintolosa@barberdrivingexperience.com
Product Designer
Autocross Winner
Our #1 Tech Guy!
Chris Stout - Instructor
Chris has worked with the Barber Driving Experience since April 2006 when he came onboard for a VW R32 club date at Willow Springs Raceway. Chris was chosen by Ford Racing Performance Parts to represent them in the Revolt Build Rise Ford Focus Development Program. Chris has continually shown speed and has a second place Redline TimeAttack to his credit.
Dennis Stroup - Performance Mechanic
28 years as a Ford Technician, all at Barber Ford, Dennis is in it for the long haul. He maintains a master Ford certification and when not fixing cars or building BDX prepped Mustangs, he prepares Sprint cars for circle track action. Dennis was my first choice to work with in building a very high grip pure sports car. He loves performance and that alone will get him a pass in the Barber Driving Experience. He has also brought lots of common sense to the projects when we are faced with problems in the installation compatibility issues of mixed supplier sources. He's not just a Mustang guy, which I like because if all we look at in performance cars are Mustangs, we are fooling ourselves. dennis@barberdrivingexperience.com
___________________________________________________________________________
WHAT THE CUSTOMERS SAY!
"Hi Allan,
I wanted to thank you for your time and instruction on Friday. I learned so much and had a blast! Your enthusiasm in helping me improve my skills was amazing. I still remember driving down the front straight and seeing you give me the thumbs up. Feedback like that let me know that I was progressing in the right direction. I will continue working on my driving skills by doing more track days and possibly having more sessions with you. I hope that I can continue to look to you for suggestions or with any questions I may have regarding setup/mods.
On a side note, I plan on going to the Time Attack and will be there to watch and support you!"
Thanks Again,
Phillip Bragasin
"I just did my very first track session with my Focus. It was through redlinetrackevents.com on this past Friday. I AM NOW HOOKED!! My instructor, Allan Crocket, was awesome. He was very patient, and extremely informative. He scared the hell out of me when he drove me around the track at speed. I had no idea my car would do so well. I am looking forward to hooking up with him, and the other awesome gentlemen whom helped this virgin to road racing. Thanks guys, see you soon".
-Waldo
(Focaljet.com member)
_______________________________________________________
“Focus Challenge thanks everyone that came out and supported the event, whether as instructors or spectators. Our instructors who teach us were great again, Allan Crocket and Craig Dabbs deserve major props!”
-Todd
(Focus challenge director)
__________________________________________________________________
"It was great seeing everybody and it was cool to meet some new faces. Lee, thank you for helping me change my tires Allan, the ride-along was insane, it was such a rush!"
-1st time track ride
__________________________________________________________________________________
“I had a major blast out there with these guys!!
__________________________________________________________________________________
"MeanSVT was kickin' some serious dust up by the end of the day! Incredible for a first-timer in my opinion".
"I can't believe how much more speed I picked-up in some places... I was totally miss-managing the tire pressure and heat too. Big-Mad-Props to Allan and crew helping me figure out my new setup as well".
-Arturo (1st time student)
___________________________________________________________________________________
About the "Time Attack" and Craig's abilities in the Suburu STI in Unlimited class (guest driver)
"We were out there competing with our 240 in rwd modified(placed 2nd). I had a great time watching crawford and mueller duke it out! you two were crazy"
-Nissan Competitor
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
"I own the black STI and I am really enjoying reading everyone's comments. I would like to address a few of those comments now. As far as the driver of the car Craig he is one of the best drivers I have ever seen. He was an instructor at Bob Bondurant's and he is extremely smooth and easy on the car. I feel very lucky to have someone with Craig's kind of talent driving my car. As far as Kent is concerned the driver of the evo he won 13 SCCA races in a row last year and would be tough to beat no matter how much money we spend."
-Mike Crabtree
___________________________________________________________________________________
About Craig's Coaching
Allan,
"I cannot overstate what a good time I had. I also learned more about driving in one day than I would have ever imagined. After watching Craig drive my car I also realized how far I have to go! Craig's advice to "slow down and go faster" really started to work for me toward the end of the day. Moreover, everyone I met was so welcoming! I felt a high level of comfort right away. I really felt I was with friends, not competitors".
"I have been telling everyone I know all about this and I'm sure some of them will join me next time out. I will definitely be back for more!
Still grinning!
-Dan Siefert
|
