"I want to be a professional race car driver"

The Skip Barber system of equal, professionally prepared and maintained cars, the world's best school instruction and race coaching, held at all of North America's finest, best-known race tracks.

Don't simply take our word for it. Do you think it's a coincidence that drivers such as Andretti, Donohue, Gurney, Hill, Posey, Sharp, Unser, Jones, Daly, Bachelart, Dyson, Fangio, Luyendyk, Bell, Moran, Bucknum and Scheckter – to name a few – have all sent their sons or daughters to Skip Barber? Take a look at the following list of names of drivers who have used part or all of the Skip Barber school, series and pro series ladder system (all in place since 1976) to become successful, professional race car drivers.

Current Stars:

Marco Andretti, Jeff Gordon, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Scott Speed, A.J. Allmendinger, Danica Patrick, Jon Fogarty, Alex Gurney, Justin Bell

Tony Kanaan, Nick Ham, Kelly Collins, Kasey Kahne, Scott Sharp, Ian James, E.J. Viso, David Donohue, Burt Frisselle, Bryan Herta

Chris Dyson, Butch Leitzinger, Bobby Labonte, Joey Hand, Salvador Duran, Michael Valiante, Sam Hornish, Jr., Bryan Sellers, Oswaldo Negri, Matt Plumb

Rising Stars:

Joel Miller, Raphael Matos, Jonathan Goring, John Edwards, Gerardo Bonilla, Alan Sciuto, Charlie Kimball, Gabby Chaves

Marco Di Leo, Ricky Taylor, Josef Newgarden, Jonathan Summerton, Jordan Taylor, Conor Daly, Alexander Rossi

Joey Lagano, Connor De Phillippi, A.J. Riley, Jonathan Bomarito, Court Vernon, Sage Karam

Marco Andretti. 2005 Skip Barber National Champion.

BFGoodrich/Skip Barber National
The BFGoodrich/Skip Barber National Presented by Mazda is the first of the four-step ladder system that includes USF2000 Powered by Mazda, Star Mazda and the Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda. Each year's champion is awarded a fully paid season in the following year's USF2000 Championship, a sponsorship package valued at more than $200,000.