Motorsports Group Level I - III Coaches

Jay Mauney
James "Jay" Mauney, Team Manager and Team Driver for The Motorsports Group, has been involved in racing for more than twenty years. He crewed The 24 Hours LeMans in 2000 with MCR running a Porsche. Mauney was Team Manager with Orbit for two Grand Am seasons, (2001 - 2002) where he was an acting team manager for the Daytona Rolex 24 hour Grand-Am and the ALMS Sebring 12 hour event in 2001 also running Porsches. He managed RTR Motorsports' racing and driver training programs from 2003 to 2005 guiding the team to more than 150 podium finishes in the three year period.  In 2006 he was acting Crew Chief for a non sponsored privateer two car Grand-Am Rolex Daytona Prototype Team running two Riley and Scotts where his team amassed 5 Trueman Awards in eight starts.

Mauney utilizes the years of experience he gained as a pro-level team manager to bring an exceptional level of professionalism to all of TMG's driver training and club level racing programs.  He also has a great deal of racing experience as a driver.  In 2003, his rookie year as a driver, Mauney had a string of twenty-two straight podium finishes, seven pole positions, with eight overall victories and twelve first in class finishes, collecting a total of 31 podiums and only one DNF. In his first Professional series appearance Mauney took a top ten finish in the highly competitive GT class of the Grand-Am Rolex Series at Daytona International Speedway in an RTR stock motored race car. He also took third over all and first in class in the Kumho Tropical 12 Hours at Homestead Miami Speedway and won the SCCA Florida Region Endurance Series Championship that same year. 

In 2004 he set down multiple fastest race laps at Homestead and Moroso Motorsports Park and won eleven pole positions. Mauney led the class points race in PBOC Series and ranked in the top ten Nationally in the BMWCCA Series. He again won the SCCA Florida Region Endurance Series Championship in 2004 taking pole position in all but one event.  With 18 entries he took away 16 podiums and 12 first in class finishes.  His team dominated the South East Region in SCCA’s FES and ECR series though out 2005 and he took the pole all but one race throughout the season.  Mauney again won for the second straight season the SCCA Florida Region Endurance Series Championship.  Mauney was elected to the SCCA Florida Region Board of Directors in early 2004. 

The 2005 season Mauney won his third straight SCCA FES Championship.  With a total of 12 entries, Mauney took home 10 podium finishes, again taking all but one pole position.  His team also won the SCCA Kumho Tropical 12 hour at Homestead where he put the team's car on the pole.  The team then earn a first in class and first overall.  He also took 5th overall in PBOC Winterfest 6 hour Enduro at Sebring. Mauney broke the SCCA class track records at Daytona, Sebring and Homestead during the season. 

During the 2006 season Mauney crewed and eventually stepped into the Crew Chief position for a privateer program where he managed two Riley and Scott Daytona Prototype Pontiac and BMW powered racecars in the prestigious Grand American Rolex series.  The season was a success with 5 of the teams 8 starts under Mauney guidance ending with a Trueman Award finish. With so much time invested in the DP program Mauney's driving entries during 2006 were limited, but included the PBOC Winterfest 6 hour with a 4th in class finish and the Kumho Tropical 12 Hour where Mauney place the Orpan Racing Porsche on the pole.

During the 2007 season Mauney concentrated his efforts' on  the further development of TMG.  He continued working with the newly formed SCCA Kumho Endurance Series Championship and remained on the Board of Directors for the Florida Region SCCA.  He is the editor and publisher of the Florida Region's Torque Express and the editor of the clubs monthly printed newsletter.  In 2007 Mauney was recognized at the SCCA National Convention for his efforts with the Florida Region as they received the coveted Region Achievement Award.  He will remain their publicity director for 2008.  The later half of 2007 he campaigned a single car entrant participating in the Kumho Series and the Florida Region Endurance Series were the team entered three events and took two 1st place finishes and one 2nd.  In 2007 his team won the SCCA Southeast Divisional Championship in the DP class.

He continues to hold a driving instructor rating with the SCCA and offers private instruction and driver training programs.  He has held driving instructor ratings with Porsche Club of America, Porsche Owners Club, Porsche BMW Owners Club, CHIN Motorsports, SAFE, NASA, Florida Region SCCA and Central Florida Region SCCA and was the lead instructor for RTR's Level I and II programs. He has held racing licenses with BMWCCA, NASA, PBOC, SCCA, Grand Am Cup, Grand Am Rolex and earned an FIA license in 2003.  He is currently licensed as a racer in BMWCCA, SCCA, Grand Am Rolex and retains a FIA license.  He also acts as a marketing consultant for with Impact Marketing where he works with a variety of South Florida businesses.

When at the track you will find Mauney working with each of the TMG crew members in their designated area of expertise to pull together the best engine set up, coaching plan, suspension set up and driver line ups to insure the continuity of the unbelievable win streak he has managed over the last five years.

Beyond racing Mauney has been a professional scuba instructor since 1989.  In 1993 he gained international recognition as he became one of the only 33 scuba instructors world wide to earn the position as an Instructor Trainer for Professional Association of Dive Instructors.  He earned his US Coast Guard Captain's license at the age of 20 and now holds a 200 ton Master - All Oceans Ticket.  He trained military scuba divers for the United States Government's Anti – Terrorist Team for the 1996 Olympics held in Savanna Georgia.  

In 2004 he sold his Palm Beach, Florida scuba operation, which at the time, was ranked in the top 12 scuba centers in the world and had earned a "Best in Florida" rating from Rondale's Scuba Diving Magazine.  He was also the private scuba instructor for musician Jimmy Buffet's and NASCAR legend Kyle Petty's children.  He is a private airplane pilot, still enjoys boating, holds a Class A CDL trucker's license and is a certified TIG welder. He is married to Varesha Mauney and has two daughters, Aliana and Jenevieve.

Jay Mauney - Motorsports Career Highlights

2000
Crew for MCR
Ferrari Challenge Crew Member - Ed Davies
Crew for 24 Hours of Lemans, France - MCR Porsche
ALMS Petite Lemans with top 10 finish -Orbit Porsche
 

2001-2002
Team Manager for Orbit racing
Team Manager Grand-Am Rolex GT Series - 2 car Porsche Team
  ALMS Petite Lemans - top 10 finish - Porsche
  Daytona 24hr - 4th place finish - Porsche
  ALMS Sebring 12 Hour - top 10 finish - Porsche

2003
Team Manager RTR Motorsports
Team Manager Grand-Am Rolex GT Series (partial season) - 2 car BMW Team
  2 top ten finishes in Grand-Am Rolex GT division - BMW
  SCCA Miami Homestead Tropical 12 Hour - 3rd place overall, 1st in class - Driver/Team Manager - BMW
  P1 Champion Florida Endurance Series - Driver/Team Manager - BMW
  2nd place in P1 - Florida Endurance Series - Team Manager - BMW
  PBOC 2nd place seasonal points  - BMW
81 team race starts with 67 podium finishes

2004
Team Manager RTR Motorsports
  P1 Champion South East Enduro - Driver/Team Manager - BMW
  Florida Region SCCA Board of Directors –Secretary
51 team race starts and 45 podium finishes

2005
Team Manager RTR MotorSports
  P1 Champion Florida Endurance Series - Driver
  P2 Champion Florida Endurance Series - Team Manager
  Pole position SCCA Miami Homestead Tropical 12 Hour Enduro - Driver
  Overall Winner SCCA Miami Homestead Tropical 12 Hour Enduro - Driver/Team Manager
  PBOC “Into the Night Enduro” - 1^st in class and 4th overall - Driver/Team Manager
  Florida Region SCCA Board of Directors –Publicity Director
61 team race starts and 55 podium finishes

2006
Crew Chief - Tuttle Team Racing - Grand American Rolex DP Series
  Riley and Scott Daytona Prototype - CRD Pontiac
  Riley and Scott Daytona Prototype - Dinan BMW
8 team starts 5 Truman Awards
Pole position with Orpon Racing SCCA Miami Homestead Tropical 12 Hour Enduro - Driver

2007
SCCA South East Divisional Champions in DP class
Lead Driver coach - TMG
Marketing Director - Impact Marketing
Region Achievement Award -SCCA National Convention

Motorsports Group Level I - III Coaches

John Jackson

John Jackson, Owner and Team Driver for The Motorsports Group, has been involved in racing intensively for the last six years. He is the Palm Beach County field supervisor managing a successful audio/video integration business.  He brings his years of managerial human resource and project management experience to TMG ensuring a high level of professionalism in all of TMG's endeavors.

Jackson just finished up an extremely successful season of racing that started with a 2nd in P1 and 2nd overall finish in the SCCA New Years Night Enduro at Moroso Motorsports Park in his 2.5 liter BMW which usually runs in P2/ITR .  He also won the D Prepared division at both the Sebring National event in January and the Daytona National again in May.  His weekend at that event proved doubly successful as he and his co-driver TMG/Bayles Tuning Team Driver James Bayles placed their ITR BMW on the pole for the scheduled 2 hour Enduro.  Jackson again saw the podium as he and TMG Team Driver James Jay Mauney took first in class in their ITA 2.7 liter E30 BMW in both the Saturday and Sunday 1.5 Hour Enduros in June at Homestead.  They finished an unbelievable 6th and 5th overall during the event.  Jackson teamed with Mauney for the Moroso Night Enduro in July and again upset the field.  Forced to start at the back of a 30 car field due to a failed rental transponder, TMG worked through the pack, with Mauney turning the second fastest lap of the race, to finishing second in ITA and 7th overall.  Jackson hold the class track record a Daytona Internation Speedway in the SCCA DPrepared class. Jackson was honored at the South East Division Awards banquet this year as has outstanding season long performance earned him the SE Division Championship in D Prepared.

Jackson holds racing licenses with the SCCA, NASA and BMWCCA and is a certified SCCA instructor.  Jackson will continue to offer private coaching for TMG's level I - III programs.  When at the track you will find Jackson managing the mechanical staff and maintaining all the engine management and data acquisition systems on TMG racecars insuring the continuum of TMG's unbelievable winning streak.  Jackson will certainly be a threat in 2008 in both the ITA and D Prepared divisions.

Beyond racing Jackson spent 15 years working throughout the United States and Europe as a DJ and Producer.  He parlayed that experience into a successful career as a Night club designer working extensively with lighting and sound reinforcement.