The professional instructors at Miller Motorsports Park Highway Safety 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 Highway Safety instructors.

Instructor Highlights

Our instructors have proven, time-tested experience.

Many have knowledge of methods used at other driving schools.

Many are factory supported team drivers.

They're all-around nice folks.

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

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

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.

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!