Aaron Quine SCCA Trans Am, IGT Porsche Driver, and a Good Guy

01/29/22 • 48 min

We catch up with Aaron Quine at his race shop and learn more about his racing and motorsports career. Aaron's story is another great example of how networking, being a professional, and looking for opportunities can pay off.
Like many of our guests, Aaron got the racing bug from his father who raced Corvettes and Aaron grew up at Mid-Ohio and Nelson Ledges. In fact, his dad gave him some great advice, "Meet as many people as you can. You help them and they'll help you."
Last year he won the Great Lakes series championship in TA2, started racing in the IGT series and won at Daytona. It was his first time in a Porsche and went from 7th to 1st in the rain.
Aaron will be racing in SCCA's GT2 series, the IGT series, and SRO in 2022.
Aaron instructs and coaches at the Mid-Ohio School and the Ford Performance Racing School at the Charolette Motor Speedway.
Aaron's Corvette was featured in DEI's PRI Road Show - Here's the burnout!
Looking for race tires? Check out Stupid Fast Tires. His shop in Wadsworth can get your tires ready to go, but he also offers trackside services. 44 foot, gooseneck trailer, with four tire machines and four tire balancers. They can handle it! Also, he can help with your car's handling. Aaron helps his clients better understand how tires can help their vehicle's on-track handling and performance.
Aaron shares news that there might be a Camping World NASCAR Truck race in his future. This is another awesome example of networking. Good luck Aaron!!
We learn about a scary coaching moment where a student didn't listen and they ended up on the roof. Yikes!
Plus, check this out, Aaron's so cool that Summit Racing has a special Aaron Quine paint kit you can purchase.
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Call: (330) 573-4338
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Andrew Rains from APEX Pro & Former Pirelli World Challenge Driver

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If there's a lesson to be learned here it's, Say yes to any opportunity.
As you'll listen Andrew Rains has had a busy career in motorsports and he's still a young man. From working at a performance auto shop to flying on a private jet with a Grand Am team as a pit crew member, Andrew has built a foundation for solid career in our sport.
While at Auburn University he was on the Formula SAE team and handled driving duties and was responsible for sponsorships. This program connected with him his business partner and they realized the need for better and simpler data systems.
He's also a tenured professional coach and racer with wheel to wheel experience in the Pirelli World Challenge series (2015 -2017) and he raced a stock car for a year. Andrew has taken the APEX Pro technology beyond motorsports to offer custom engineering and technology development services for entrepreneurs and companies with needs in the connected device space (Internet of Things) - see Moxieint link below.
Andrew also has worked at the Porsche Track Experience at Barber Motorsports Park and still offers coaching to drivers looking to get better.
The APRX Pro offers a free app for your iPhone and there's the APEX Pro Unit that provides better GPS data and gives real time, visual feedback. There's an OBDII unit as well.
Andrew talks about getting stuck at the Canadian border while having his truck and trailer searched, selling a bunch of assets to buy the remains of the Grand Am team only to sell the cars a year later and then build a Honda Accord. We also talk about coaching and how using a coach can save you money in the long run.
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Michael Ribas, Professional Development Coach & Indy 500 Winning Mechanic

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Can you believe that we have an Indy 500 winning race mechanic on the show? Not only that though - he has an awesome background in motorsports which includes Penske's Indycar and IMSA programs, worked with Mario Andretti and Paul Newman, and graduated from the Jim Russell Racing School.
Michael Ribas gives us some great advice, "Show up, work hard, and have a good attitude." He applied that advice each and every day and he went from graduating from racing mechanic school to an exciting career in professional motorsports.
In case you didn't know, I'm a huge Roger Penske fan and Michael shares some insights about Roger's work ethic.
It's not all about hard work though - you have to have the opportunity as well. Make the most of the opportunity!
We transition from Michael's motorsports background and talk about his coaching program.
More and more people are engaging with coaches whether it's for personal fitness, career growth, personal development, or getting better on the track.
I love this quote he gives, "It's for first time through for all of us." Think about that. This is where a coach can help.
Coaching isn't about giving you the answer, it's about helping you find it.
Michael shares a few ideas on steps you can take to set your goals. What's the goal? What do you want? It's OK to think big, but be realistic.
We've all heard that writing down goals is important. Michael wrote down that he wanted to win the Indianapolis 500. 17 years later he did!
Michael also shares a funny story about the Indycar movie, Driven.
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