The Team:The Life's Good Racing! ^TM team members Karl, Dave and Charles at Willow Springs Raceway in Rosamond, CA, after a convincing win in Camaro-Mustang Challenge 2 and already mid-season in their second year of competition. With sites set on improving last years performance in NASA's CMC2 Nationals competition where they took a respectable second place, they have already amassed a number of wins in both Northern California and Southern California regions. This year they have also focused on competing in a second series, Peformance Touring "B" Class ("PTB"), and are intent on a competitive showing in that class at the Nationals as well.

Dave Brown: Team Manager and co-driver, Dave Brown is an accomplished professional with 16 series championships and over 200 wins in his 16 years of competition. These successes were achieved under multiple sanctioning bodies (SCCA, NASA, NASCAR, FIA/Trans-AM) and across a number of classes. His most recent championship in the Northern California Camaro-Mustang Challenge 2 series comes on the heels of back-to-back national championships in the United States Touring Car Championship Series in 2005 and 2006, which included winning the event held at the inaugural San Jose Grand Prix. He also earned back-to-back championships in NASA's American Stock Car Series in 2001 and 2002, in addition to a marathon of championships from 1995 through 2000 in the NASA Super Unlimited Endurance Series. Other championships have been scored in Pro Sedan 1 and Handicapped Pro Series. He holds multiple track records at Infineon, Laguna Seca, Thunderhill, Buttonwillow, Pomona, Phoenix, San Jose, and Auto Club Speedway; has been a test development driver for Tesla Motors and professional race-driver instructor and coach.
In NASCAR's Southwest Tour Dave has battled with such renowned professionals as Kevin Harvick and Boris Said, finishing third in a race at Infineon behind these two NASCAR Sprint Cup regulars while beating others in that race. Dave also does performance marketing events, including this entertaining event for Mitsubishi.

Charles Roberts recently joined the Life's Good Racing! ^TM   team as car chief and has already proven a valuable asset.  With many years under his belt as a technician specializing in performance and race car fabrication and service, Charles has extensive at-track support experience as well.  He has held support roles on many race teams, including enduro teams competing in the 25 Hours of Thunderhill.  His race car knowledge is further supplemented by his own racing experience gleaned from years of auto-cross competition.

Mark DeShetler is the Chief Fabricator for the Life's Good Racing! ^TM team. His vast experience with multi-material fabrication techniques have been invaluable during the development and fine-tuning of the race car program. Mark’s years of experience has included complete race car fabrication including chassis, cage, component and body work. His fabrication skills are complemented by his professional electrical experience, and as such, is a key contributor to the successes that Life's Good Racing! ^TM has achieved. He has combined his depth and breadth of knowledge in fabrication with his own successful racing careers in high speed (160mph average speed target) open road racing and dirt track racing to be a valued, multi-faceted contributor.

Chris Carstens joined us in support of the Auto Club Speedway weekend in Fontana and has become a permanent member of the Life's Good Racing! ^TM team.  With high performance driving experience and professional coaching from the professionals at the Bondurant School, Chris understands what is required to hustle a car around the track.  He combines his many years of automotive experience with his expertise in V8 power plants to offer the team invaluable technical knowledge and hands-on support both in the garage and track-side.  We are grateful to have Chris at our side.