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Gerardo 'BoBo' Bonilla

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Senior Instructor Skip Barber Racing School

Racing / Driving Experience

2006 Pro Star Mazda Series - Sebring Winner
2004-2005 Formula Dodge National Championship - 2005 Champion, 2004 Second Place
2004-2005 Pro Formula Mazda Testing
2000-2003 Formula Dodge National and Regional competition
2002-2004 SKUSA and RotaxMax kart competition
2002-2004 Barber Dodge Pro Series testing
2001-2002 Formula SAE testing
1998-2006 Autocross competition
1998-2006 Special driving assignments

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-Number of years racing: 17
-Number of years racing with career intent: 5

-Number of years with Skip Barber: 8

-What you did before racing and instructing? School (studied mechanical engineering, computers, public speaking, theatre, writing, etc, not following any particular degree program). Jobs held include Malibu Grand Prix and Disney, where I played trombone in the Easter parades for a few years, drove the Monorails, and did production work for Entertainment shows.

-Favorite tracks? Sebring, Cirquit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Milwaukee Mile, Road America, and many others.

-Favorite track moments and/or achievements as a racer? Winning the 2006 Star Mazda season opener at Sebring and winning the Skip Barber National Championship in 2005. Actually, just driving Sebring Turn 1 at 119 MPH at the apex is pretty special.

-What series and or types of cars have you raced and when? A variety of karts over the years, then Skip Barber from 2000 to present, Star Mazda in 2006.

-Of the cars you’ve raced, what’s your favorite and why? I love them all, but the Pro Formula Mazda is pretty special. Downforce is an amazing characteristic you must experience to understand.

-Racers who inspired you when you were coming up and racers who inspire you now? Ayrton Senna was a big inspiration for his passion. Also, Rick Mears, Randy Pobst, Mark Chiles, Marc Dana.

-Students who have impressed you most as you watched them grow as drivers? John Edwards, Susan Addison, Richard Heistand, Daniel Herrington, Logan Gomez, John Pew, Mark Patterson, Peter Ludwig, Phil Saville.

-The best thing about being a Skip Barber instructor? The PEOPLE, all of them, customers, staff, mechanics, track, flaggers, all. Well, flogging cars is kinda cool too. Teaching.

-The funniest and/or dumbest thing you’ve seen a student do? A guy who farted in his car so loud, the whole pit lane heard it.

-If you hadn’t become a racer and instructor what would you have done? I'd probably be in show business, working as an actor, director, producer, or all of the above. The stage is not unlike the track.

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