Our Race Academy at K1 Circuit will teach you to become a better, faster driver. From the fundamentals and basics to advanced techniques and one-on-one training, Race Academy puts you on the fast track to better results.
WINCHESTER, CA
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Race Academy Classes
Learn Racecraft on our Pro Track Layout
SATURDAY, MARCH 29th, 2024
INSTRUCTOR: Phil Giebler
Layout: Pro Track
Includes:
- Track Walk
- 3 on-track sessions with instructors
- On-track and off-track instruction in a large group setting
Prerequisite: Bronze license or higher
Times:
- 7:00am Arrival Time
- 8:00am Track Walk
- Finishes by 12pm
You’ve raced both of our tracks, but do you think you have the K1 Circuit figured out? How about when we combine both tracks for the full experience? Putting it all together can be a challenge, and our Race Clinic not only helps you do that, but also prepares you for the ultimate goal: going racing. Starting with a track walk in the morning, our Race Clinic will give you an up-close look at all the twists, turns, and nuances of the 1-mile layout. With a group setting and up to 25 drivers on track at once, we’ll also cover elements like pack racing and help get you ready with a practice race start.
Meet Your Instructors
Gary Carlton
Date of Birth:
March 5th 1986 (38 years old)
Years of Karting Experience:
32 years
Years of International Karting Experience:
10 years with various factory teams (CRG, Chiesa Corse, Modena Engines, Intrepid, TB Kart, DR, and Formula K)
Accolades:
2x SKUSA Super Nationals Champion – KZ Category
3x North American Champion (Stars of Karting) – KZ Category
3x eKarting News – Driver of the Year
1x Granja 500 Brazil – Winner
SKUSA Hall of Fame Inductee
Dan Weldon Award Winner
Owner of the successful GFC Race Team
Manufactures his own GFC brand of chassis, made in Italy
Kyle Hayner
Born into a racing family, speed has always been in Kyle Hayner’s blood. Through his career as a performance driver on tracks all over the world, he discovered his passion for instructing. Since 2008, his experience at schools such as Redline Time Attack and the BMW Performance Driving School inspired him to build a driver development program to give racers, new and experienced, a clear step-by-step process to becoming a driver capable of competing and beating the best. Having worked for some of the biggest names in the United States karting industry, Hayner created HRT Driver Development to teach passionate racers how to become champions.
Since HRT Driver Development’s inaugural campaign in 2018 they have had 26 different winners, 15 first-time winners, and a whole lot of hardware.
Phil Giebler
Date of Birth:
03/05/1979 (46 years old)
Years of Karting Experience:
37 Years
Phil Giebler, has an outstanding list of achievements in international competition and it all began with karting, auto racing’s primary launching pad worldwide. Giebler progressed through the ranks to race formula cars all over the world against some of the top International Series & competition (F3, F3000 [F2], A1GP World Cup, IndyCar). He was the 2007 Indy 500 Rookie of the Year and the top scoring driver for A1 Team USA from 2005-2007.
In karting he was a threat at every event. Giebler won four U.S. Grand National Karting, five California State Karting and three IKF Series championships between 1990 and 1995. He was second in the North American Formula-A Karting Championship in 1996 and it led to a factory sponsorship deal with the prestigious Tony Kart team in Europe. In 1998 Giebler broke a 30 year drought for Americans in international karting when he won the CIK/FIA North American Championship events in Charlotte, NC. An event in which he was competing against the likes of F1 World Champion Fernando Alonso and other international stars. After a 6 year pause in karting to pursue Formula Car aspirations, Giebler returned to karting in 2005 to take the Stars of Karting National Championship (ICA) and backed it up in 2006 with claiming the ICC -Shifter Eastern Championship & National Vice Champion.
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