Ryan Hampton

Ryan Hampton

Racing Instructor

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Performance Test Driver / Product Specialist

  • Education

    • Citrus College

      1990 - 1994
  • Experience

    • Willow Springs International Driving School

      Nov 1994 - Sept 1996
      Racing Instructor

      Racing Instructor - Road Racing and Car Control

    • Tatuus Cars Italy

      Jan 1998 - Nov 1998
      Professional Driver - USF2000, Formula Renault

      Factory Driver - 2nd In ProUSF2000 Championship - Testing and Development for both factory and customer cars.

    • Panoz Raing School

      Mar 1998 - Aug 1998
      Racing Instructor

      Racing Instructor - Road Racing and Car Control

    • Archangel Motorsports

      Jan 2000 - Jan 2001
      Professional Driver - Grand Am

      Professional Driver - Grand Am Champion SRPII - 6 victories - Phoenix, Homestead, Lime Rock, Three Rivers, Mid Ohio, Daytona

    • Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving

      Sept 2000 - Aug 2005
      Racing Instructor

      Road racing and advanced road racing instruction.

    • Team Spencer Motorsports

      Jan 2001 - Oct 2002
      Professional Driver - Grand Am / ALMS

      Professional Driver - Grand Am and ALMS in SRPII and LMP 675 - (2nd) Daytona 24 Hours - 2001, (3rd) Daytona 24 Hours - 2002, (1st) Watkins Glen 6 Hour - 2001

    • CGF Racing

      Feb 2002 - Nov 2002
      Professional Driver - Indy Racing League

      1 race win, 2 Indy Racing League Records, 1 3rd Place in 5 races.

    • Precision Dynamics International

      Oct 2003 - May 2009
      Professional Driver, Product Testing and Evaluation

      Professional Driver for both product launches and consumer events. Product testing and evaluation to provide data (both subjective and objective) to engineers for the purpose of calibration, benchmarking and instructional purposes.

    • Falken Tire Corporation

      Jan 2005 - Jan 2007
      Driver - Professional Drifting - Formula Drift and D1 Grand Prix
    • Cooper Tire & Rubber Company

      Oct 2010 - Oct 2022
      Sr. Tire Evaluator and Product Specialist

      Senior Product Evaluator - Responsible for carrying out testing of new designs and benchmarking, pioneering the implementation of data acquisition in a testing environment while interpreting data in an easily digestible manner, precision driving for Cooper Tire media and T.V. spots, and conducting ride and drives for distributors, dealers and media.

    • The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

      Jun 2022 - now
      Performance Test Driver

      Performance Test Driver - Objective and Subjective Testing

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Certified Examiner SAE J3300 DL4 & LM4

      Society of Automotive Analysts
      Apr 2021