Don Harple

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About Don Harple

Focusing on business development and sales providing targeted expertise as performance drive manager with over 30 years experience in race & driving instruction as well as program design & development, media & press events, TV commercial drive production, dealer training and classroom facilitation. Spending 18 years behind the wheel winning races in several classes of cars and captured two IMSA manufacture championships as a professional racing driver. Have instructed at the Skip Barber Racing School for more than two decades and has coached drivers such as Marco Andretti, Ryan Hunter-Raey, AJ Allmendinger, and Rafael Matos. While at Skip Barber held the position of OEM Chief Instructor as well as the Director of Schools. Provides excellent public speaking and product spokesman attributes that compliment the ability to deliver a strong customer message. Also, have made appearances on Good Day Atlanta, Good Morning America and the Mercedes AMG Academy Videos. Specializing in OEM drive programs has occupied a good portion of my attention. Safety, customer satisfaction and team building are cornerstones in my style of program activation. Integral in the creation of curriculum, drive teams and course design for drive programs such as the Cadillac V-Lab, AMG Driving Academy, SRT Track Experience, Volvo Winter Driving School, VW Touareg Sundance Winter Drive Experience, BMW Ultimate Driving Experience and many others. Conducted dealer training for Cadillac, Dodge, Ford, Infinity, BMW, Lexus and Toyota, and professional facilitator for Lexus College. Capable of bringing a wealth of drive knowledge, contagious passion for performance, and exceptional event results.