The professional instructors at Miller Motorsports Park Ford Racing High Performance Driving School take you through a comprehensive series of on-track progressions before turning you loose to enjoy your final session on your own.

Browse this gallery and get to know your Ford Racing instructors.

Instructor Highlights

Our instructors are winners.

They have knowledge of many driving schools.

Many are factory supported team drivers.

They're all-around nice folks too.

Dan McKeever
Director of the Miller Motorsports Park Schools since 2006, Dan has been racing since childhood. From his involvement with virtually every auto manufacturer and his major roles at several other schools, Dan has crafted a curriculum that effectively incorporates the best elements of instructional technique, ultimately making the time you invest in any of our programs more rewarding.

Though busy with his management of Miller Motorsports Park Schools, Dan also manages to find time for the track, winning the 2000 Legends Car National Championship, competing in Grand-Am KONI Sports Car Challenge events and leading the 2008 25 Hours of Thunderhill by a two-lap margin.

Instructor Q & A

First race car:
1982 Toyota Celica

Most embarrassing moment on a race track:
Put a race car on the top of a tire wall a 12 hour race at Summit Point WV. Trying to go too fast in the wet.

Hometown:
Mission Viejo, CA

When not at the track you can find me:
My daughter's recital or my sons basketball game

Favorite street car:
Porsche GT3

Cindi Lux
As a factory-supported Dodge Viper team driver in the SPEED World Challenge GT Championship, and as a regular competitor in American Le Mans, Grand-Am, IMSA and other top-tier national series, this 1999 Women's Global GT Series champion has the accumulated experience you'd wish for in a professional driving instructor. Her wealth of racing knowledge and notably pleasant demeanor mean you're guaranteed to enjoy everything you learn from her.

Instructor Facts

Cindi Lux

James Burke
At 27 years old, English transplant James Burke is one of our youngest instructors—but certainly not the least experienced. As a past instructor at Silverstone with corporate Ford events, this English transplant has managed to amass 10 years of teaching. And he still races, managing to fit it competition in the 25 Hours of Thunderhill and the Grand-Am KONI Sports Car Challenge in 2006, 2007 and 2008.

Instructor Q & A

First race car:
Formula Vauxhall Junior

Most embarrassing moment on a race track:
Sitting on the pole at Snetterton for a restart while they were cleaning the first lap crash, I needed to use the bathroom. So I jump out of the car over the pit wall and ran to the bathroom. In the meantime the commentator is telling everyone what I was doing. Needless to say I finished second.

Favorite movie:
Days of Thunder/ Top Gun/ Karate Kid

Favorite street car:
Lamborghini Countach

Kenny Johnson
From racing Formula 3000 in Europe to competing in IndyCars here in the U.S., Kenny has maintained a long and busy career in motorsports. A consummate professional whose expertise is often tapped as a private coach to up-and-coming young drivers in the Formula Atlantic series, Kenny is a master of distilling the complex and technical side of racing into easily understood terms.

Instructor Q & A

My street car currently is a:
Infiniti G35 Coupe

Most embarrassing moment on a race track:
Crashing HARD after putting the car on the pole at St. Petersburg street race. Crew had to stay up ALL night to fix the car, then in the race, I crashed with a big lead and basically wrote the car off.

Favorite movie:
Live and Let Die. Jane Seymour is a hottie and she's short.

Favorite street car:
Ferrari F430

Melanie Snow
As an equal partner in the only husband-wife team ever to share a class victory in the prestigious 12 Hours of Sebring, Melanie is both an incredible driving and teaching talent. She's excelled in sanctioned series such as American Le Mans Women's Global GT, SCCA Pro World Challenge and IMSA and is the 2009 co-champion in the American Le Mans Series Challenge class and the 2009 Gold Class champion in the Patron GT3 Challenge.

Instructor Facts

Melanie Snow

Charles Putman
This gentleman racer didn't begin his driving career until age 41, but he made a fast start. Over the last seven years, Charles has competed strongly in the SPEED World Challenge, Grand-Am KONI Sports Car Challenge and Panoz Pro GT championships, as well as SCCA and NASA. He's also one of those naturally gifted, athletic people who excel at absolutely all things they attempt. Performance driving instruction is no exception.

Instructor Q & A

Current car:
2009 F-150 pickup truck /and a 2000 Steed GT Supercharged Mustang

First race:
First race was a Bondurant School race 1999. (Next "real" race was SCCA club in a Spec Racer Ford, at Second Creek Raceway, Denver Colo. 2000)

Hometown:
Golden, CO

If not at the track, I'm:
at the recording studio working on a CD of racing songs or on the gun range target shooting with pistols and shotguns.

Mitch Wright
The Director of Racing for Miller Motorsports Park, Mitch started racing karts in 1966 at age 10 and moved on to sports cars in 1975, winning a number of west coast regional and divisional championships. He turned pro in 1980, driving late model stock cars on dirt and asphalt tracks in Northern California and sports cars in west coast IMSA and SCCA races. He won the 1983 Renault Cup National Championship and competed in the European Renault Cup in 1983-84. He spent a number of years in American production-based sports car racing, including the SCCA Escort Endurance Championship (1988 Super Sports champion), IMSA Firestone Firehawk Endurance Championship, SCCA Corvette Challenge, SCCA World Challenge Championship (1990 Super Production Champion) and the SCCA Trans-Am Championship. His professional sports car racing career ended in 1994, but he continued professional stock car racing through 1997. He has been a team manager and owned his own race-prep business, and served as the Vice President of Pro Racing for SCCA prior to coming to Miller Motorsporst park. He enjoys sharing his knowledge of and love for racing with others and still enjoys an occasional race in either karts or cars.

Instructor Q & A

First race car:
Dart kart powered by a Mac 91 1st car 1960 Bug eye Sprite

First street car:
1956 Mercedes Benz 220a

Most embarrassing moment on a race track:
Club Race at Sears Point 1976 I didn't have my head in the race and FORGOT to brake for T7 and did a pile driver on my rival Bernie Stork.

Hometown:
Castro Valley California

Favorite street car:
I have many, 1960 Alfa spider, 1969 Z28, 1970 Euro spec Alfa GTV

Instructor Q & A

First race car:
1958 Porsche Speedster / SCCA E/P

First street car:
1956 Chevy Bel Air with 348 ci, tri power / ran B/G at the local drag strip

First race:
Motorcycle desert race in Las Vegas on a 250 cc Zundapp. I raced that event with Steve McQueen in 1962

Most embarrassing moment on a race track:
I spun my Porsche in the middle of a corner, because I looked over at the corner work, who was female, and she had no top on.

When not at the track you can find me:
Teaching Kenpo Karate or enjoying the grand kids.

Instructor Q & A

First race car:
Mazda Miata

My street car currently is a:
Ford F-250 Powerstroke Diesel

Most embarrassing moment on a race track:
Spinning on the front straight at Mazda Raceway after passing 7 or 8 cars on the first lap... during a qualifying race, then spinning again trying to turn around.....geez

Hometown:
Lutz, Florida

Favorite movie:
Fight Club

Bob Read
A former motorcycle racer and owner of an independent track-day company that specializes in focused driver education, Bob competes mostly on four wheels these days in his Spec Boxter in NASA and club events. An excellent source of performance driving instruction and a quick driver in his own right, Bob can help any student rapidly expand his or her potential.

Instructor Q & A

First street car:
Ouch... 1963 VW Bus (does this even count?)

First race:
Sears Point, 900 cc Kawasaki, 1984

Hometown:
Salt Lake City!

When not at the track you can find me:
Trail Running in Park City, or working in LA

Favorite movie:
The Truth in 24... LeMans 2008!

Instructor Q & A

First race car:
1st Generation Mazda RX7

First race:
1998, Portland International Raceway

Most embarrassing moment on a race track:
Sailing off a very expensive prototype Lexus at Laguna Seca during the filming of a TV Commercial.

Hometown:
Portland, OR

Favorite street car:
Porsche 911 GT3