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"The Usual Suspects"
Todd "El Jefe" Robinson
Co-Owner, Operations Manager
Hometown: Sagle, Idaho
Profession: Owner & GM, Cal-Sportbike
Hobbies: Competitive pistol shooting, period sword fighting with SCA, boating, skiing, coaching soccer.
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Jim Hoskins
Co-Owner, Event Manager
Hometown: Lafayette, CA
Hobbies: Mountain biking, snowboarding, guitar, dirt biking, camping, cooking, travel...oh, and TRACKDAYS
Occupation: Firefighter/Paramedic with Alameda County Fire Department
First Bike: Baby blue 1976? Yamaha IT175- high speed newspaper delivery @ 5am (the neighbors loved me)
Current Bikes: 2001 Aprilia Mille R, Suzuki SV 650, Honda XR650R, Honda XR100
Karen Hoskins
Operations
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Tom Davlantis
Co-Owner, Event Manager/Videographer
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois
Hometown: Los Gatos, CA
Profession: Sr. Program Manager
Current Bikes: ‘05 Suzuki GSXR 1000, ‘01 Suzuki GSXR 600, ‘00 Honda RC51, Yamaha WR426
Hobbies: Traditional Archery, Bow hunting, water skiing, videography, and anything to do with motorcycling.
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Gregg "Slash" Wutke
Operations / Grid Marshal
Hometown: Monterey, Ca.
Birthplace: Chicago, Il.
Real Profession: Professional photographer
Current Bikes: Honda CBR600F4i, Kawasaki 600r Ninja, Kawasaki KLX300R, Honda XR80R
Hobbies: Motorcycle riding, mountain biking, skiing, photography.
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Shelly "Smoothy" Campbell
Operations Staff/ Instructor
Age: 26 Hometown: Laguna Beach, Ca, baby
Birthplace: Fair Oaks, CA (aka Thunderhill)
Profession: Flight School Student
Current Bikes: My blue, frisky '04 Honda CBR 600RR and all the ones I dream about in my head when I sleep.
Hobbies: Land speed racing in a 4 wl. drive Roadster and streamliner at Bonneville, Salt Flats. Italian cooking, Track days (of course) and WILL eventually fly helicopters as a hobby AND a profession.
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Chris "MacGyver" Moore
Instructor/Crew Chief
Hometown: Laguna Beach, CA
Birthplace: Glendale, CA (Bottom of Angeles Crest Hwy)
Current Bikes: Honda CBR-F3, YZ400F, 03 XR50, 73 Yamaha RD 350/400 & anything that I can get my hands on
Hobbies: Surfing, Motocross, Mountain Biking, SCCA Solo ll, racing & fixing anything.
Profession: Industrial Designer/ Prototype Fabricator, Roadie and Chief. Mechanic for CSTX. Inventing little gadgets that some day will allow me to retire comfortably with the girl of my dreams.
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Carlos "Checa-Zola" Arzola
Instructor
Hometown: Lancaster, CA
Birthplace: Puerto Rico
Profession: Engineer for an aerospace defense company.
First bike: Yamaha Chappy.(scooter) ,
Previous bike: Honda 1993 VFR750
Current bikes: Honda 2002 RC51 and a Pocket bike
Hobbies: Anything that requires a Motorcycle, Working out, Water-skiing, camping, and addicted to Track days
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Bryan "Jiffy" Kovarick
Guest Instructor
Hometown: Santa Barbara, CA
First bike - Yamaha YSR 50 at age 13
Hobbies - Hockey, golf, drums, fast women.
Profession: Owns a Taxi Company
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Derek LaFontaine
Hometown: Pleasanton, Ca
Birthplace: Southbridge, Mass.
Occupation: Sales Rep
Hobbies: Mountain biking, snowboarding, motocross, travel, scuba diving and AFM road racing
Current bikes: '05 Kawasaki Zx-6r and '05 klx 125
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Tim "Pool Boy" Hurley
Operations Staff/ Backup Instructor
Hometown: Palmdale, CA
Birthplace: Glendale, CA
Profession: Own a pool cleaning business
Hobbies: Motorcycles/Assistant Director of the B.R.A.G. club of Harley Davidson Buell of Glendale (Buell Owners Club) WSMC club member #565
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Candice Hurley
Operations Staff
Hometown: Palmdale, CA
Birthplace: Van Nuys, CA
Hobbies: Motorcycles, Assistant Director/Secretary of the B.R.A.G. club of Harley Davidson Buell of Glendale (Buell owners club) Track day Junkie and cross country running with my dog.
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Tige (Love Machine) Daane
Suspension Tuner/Instructor
Hometown: Irvine, CA
Occupation: Owner of Cyclemall.net, Cyclemall Suspension Works.
Hobbies: Camping, working on whatever project I have going at the time, and of course RIDING, dirt, Street and Super Motard.
Current Bikes: Kawasaki ZX10R, 03 Honda CRF450R, and don't forget the high horsepower XR50 :)
Keep it fun leave the ego's at home :)
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James Morse
Suspension Tuning/ Mechanic
Hometown: Irvine, CA
Birthplace: Irvine, CA
Current Bikes: 2001 CBR 600 F4i, 2004 YZF450, 2005 TTR 125
Hobbies: Racing anything, Fixing Everything, Motocross, Cooking, and my girlfriend.
Profession: Shop Foreman for Irvine BMW, Part owner and mechanic at Cyclemall.net.
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Adrian "Ado” Limon
Operations/Instructor
Hometown: Redondo Beach, CA
Profession: Product Development, Technical Support for AMA Race Teams
Passions: Do my part to make TrackXperience guests have an awesome
experience with us. Keep my track bike and gear looking clean and
professional. Live out a ministry calling to serve others through
motorcycling.
Personal Highlights: Meeting my hero Max Biaggi in person
Current Bike: 2001 "BTP" Suzuki GSXR 600
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Christine “QT” Limon
Tracstar Coordinator/Grid Enforcer
Hometown: Redondo Beach
Occupation: Realtor/ Ballroom Dance Instructor
Hobbies: Being crew chief/kick stand/massage therapist for Ado, teaching people with two left feet how to dance, horseback riding, modeling.
Personal Highlights: 1. 2003 US Pro/Am American Smooth Ballroom Dance Champion. 2. Getting out of Montana…
First Ride: Quarter Horse named “Roanie.” Current Ride: 2003 Hyundai Santa Fe (“the cage”-as Adrian lovingly calls it).
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Ian Drazin
Instructor
Hometown: North Las Vegas, NV
Profession: Electrical, Instrumentation and Process Controls
Current Bike: 04 GSX-R750
Hobbies: Mountain biking, shooting, computers, my family and taking calculated risks. Yes, this would include piloting motorcycles around a track at very enjoyable speeds!
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Jennifer Drazin
Operations
Hometown: Las Vegas ,Nevada
Birth Place: Small town Idaho
Profession: Skip Tracer
Current bike: 04 Suzuki GSXR-600
Hobbies: Beside being a mom to 4 kids I enjoy singing, playing my guitar, going flying, softball, volleyball, hiking, and swimming.
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Mike Murphy
Instructor
Hometown: Wrightwood CA
Current Bikes: '04 RC 51, '01 CBR 929 RR, '01 YZ 426
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Jason Curtis
Guest Instructor/ AMA Superbike #19 No Limits Motorsports Profession Racer
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Jay Louie
Promotions/Instructor
Hometown: Victorville, CA
Occupation: Auto Mechanic
Bikes: 07 GSXR750, 06 YZ250
Hobbies: Road Racing with WSMC (#689), Dirt biking, camping, working out at the gym and eating sushi!
Advice: Ride your own ride, take the time to learn the track your riding on. Set goals to accomplish for the day your riding on the track. If your struggling don't give up, ask for help from me or one of the other instructors!
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Ed Escobar
Guest Instructor
Hometown: Palo Alto, CA
Profession: Mechanical NPI Engineer
Current Bikes: '03 Kawasaki ZX6R, '00 Harley Davidson Electraglide, 1990 Suzuki RMX250
Hobbies: Boating/Fishing, Drag Racing, Building and tuning anything, Road Racing, and spending time with the kids
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Keagan & McKenzie Drazin
Water Distribution Enforcers
Job: To make sure YOU stay well hydrated...and don't try to say no thanks when they pass out chilled bottled water. These kids are mean...don't let the cute smiles fool you!
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Duck-Ati
Hometown: Sagle, Idaho (mooches off the Robinson kids)
Hobbies: Cruising for trophy girls on the Husky motard bike. Getting busted for sound violations at Laguna Seca, and of course sharing some sweet loving with Checazola....
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