| Mike Daino |
- Owner - |
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Mike has been a motor-head from a very
young age. After experiencing his initial addictions
to Go-Karts and motorcycles, Mike learned to drive
a manual transmission car in a field behind his home.
He was only 7 years old and the car was a 1957 Corvette!
Growing up with many sports cars in his family, from
his father's Corvettes and Jaguars to his mother's
Triumph Spitfire, caused Mike to begin a life long
passion for the best of the best, the Porsche®.
Today Mike has owned over a dozen different types
of Porsche's®
and campaigned a 996® Carrera in past PCA events. |
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| Keith Peare |
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Keith started with VW's in 1971 and
began drag racing at Englishtown. He bought his first
Porsche®,
a 1972 914®
1.7 in 1978. In 1983 he began working as a Porsche®
mechanic in a Porsche®/Volkswagen
shop. That same year, Keith started to participate
in track events with PCA. Then in 1987, he began to
work in a different Porsche®
shop with Mike Daino called, Promotion Motorsports
in Morristown. By 1988, Keith built an E Production
914®
to participate in the SCCA. He ran it in the SCCA
till 1992, and within those 4 years, he went to the
SCCA Runoffs 4 times. |
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In the
year of '92, Keith finally won the Northeast National
Division. In 1991, Keith and Mike Daino opened the
doors to Powertech in Rockaway while starting to race
in the PCA racing events. Keith is now currently converting
his 914®
back to the SCCA F Production specs to try to win
the Runoffs at Mid Ohio in 2005. |
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| Shawn Cudnik |
- Director of
Pre-Owned Sales - POWERTECH SELECT MOTORCARS |
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Shawn’s fascination with cars
started a very young age. He took interest in his
father’s hobby of buying and selling cars including
Corvettes, SuperBees, GTOs, and even a 1973 Chevy
Luv Pickup with a 350 engine crammed in it! This resulted
in Shawn spending much of his childhood at the DMV.
In fact, his earliest memory as a child was when he
burned his leg on the sidepipe of his father’s
1969 Corvette Convertible. |
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His passion for sports
cars (particularly European ones) grew with each car
magazine he read. In the summer before his sophomore
year in college, Shawn worked at a pre-owned exotic
dealership in Port Jefferson, NY called MotorSport.
It was there that Shawn drove his first Porsche®, a
Black on Black 1987 911® coupe. That was when he realized
that he needed to have a 911®. About 10 years later
his dream came true when he bought his first Porsche,
a 1989 911® Turbo. He has since sold it and now drives
a 1991 911® turbo and has recently begun to experience
the addiction of PCA Driver Ed events. |
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| Mike Carr |
- Senior Technician - |
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Mike Carr bought his first Porsche®,
a 914-4®,
in 1977 and joined the PCA. He also owned a 924-S®
in 2001 and 2002 and has an original 914-6®.
He has been an instructor since 1981 and now remains
a chief instructor since 1993. In 1986 Mike had won
the division of the Porsche®
Parade Concours in Portland and was a Firehawk crew
member. He then became a Firehawk crew chief in 1987.
Mike has a mechanic history with Autohaus and Performance
Plus. |
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| Bob Tonczos |
- Senior Technician - |
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Bob's first Porsche®
was in the summer of 1996 as a 1975 914®.
Then in August of 1999, he owned a 1985 944®.
Bob had won 3 autocross's in 1997, then joined PCA
in June of 1998. He then became an autocross season
champ in '98 as a Rookie with his 914®
1.8, then a veteran in '99, a veteran in 2000 with
his 944®,
and a veteran in '01 with a 914®
2.0L. |
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His first
Driver's Ed experience was at Lime Rock in 1997, and
then became a Driver's Ed Tech Chairman for 2001 and
2002. Then in April of 2004 he became a PCA Instructor.
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| Jim Roca |
- Manager - |
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Jim started his career
in driving in 1984. He was doing Autocross with the
Hudson Valley Region of SCCA.. At that time Jim was
autocrossing almost every weekend with 2 Toyota Supra's.
In 1987 he was asked to join EMRA and run in their
Autocross and track events. Jim also took a 2 day
Skip Barber Course at Bridgehampton that year. |
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He then
continued to run with SCCA and EMRA and in 1988 started
to run Metro NY Region Porsche®
Autocross Events in a Mustang GT. In 1990 Jim earned
his Time Trial and Racing License (#423) and continued
to run tracks in the Northeast and Autocross with
all 3 clubs in different locations with his Mustang.
Jim purchased his current 944®
that year and in 1994 moved from NY to NJ and joined
the NNJR to Autocross with them. Jim stopped running
track events that year as his career had him traveling
more and more. Jim still runs as many Autocrosses
as he can with NNJR, and hopefully will do a few M
Club and SCCA events this year. |
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| Jake Priber |
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Jake graduated from Lincoln Tech with a degree in Automotive Technology. He has been a member of the Powertech staff for the past 6 years. Jake has been active in the Porsche club for the past 5 years. Over the past 2 years. He has made a number of Improvements to his 944 including a complete engine rebuild and Suspension for the up coming Autocross and track Season .
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In his
free time you will find Jake working on his 944®
in preparation of track and autocross events. |
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| Patty Hess |
- Administrative Manager - |
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Patty grew up in a family
that loved cars; it was Corvettes for her parents
and brothers in the 50's and 60's. A '57 Aqua with
silver panels, '59 Cherry Red, '59 Metallic Blue with
silver panels, and a '63 Fastback split window. In
the late 60's she was part of the British Sports Car
craze and participated in the SOP Rallies in the Princeton
area with a Triumph MK3. |
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In the
70's it was Volkswagen bugs and dashers. She has always
loved cars. Mike Daino says she drives all cars like
a sports car, but did not own her own Porsche®;
a 924s®;
until June 2002. That was when she discovered for
herself what the true meaning of the word "performance"
really meant. "I bought it for my husband as
a gift," she says, "not for myself."
Yeah Patty, right! |
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| Penny |
- Shop Dog - |
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* * SNIFF * * SNIFF * * SNIFF * * SNIFF
* * Penny is Powertech's shop dog. She arrives most
mornings with her owner Mike Daino. Penny likes to
eat, sleep, play, sniff, sleep, play, eat, sniff,
eat, sleep, play, sniff, sleep, play, eat, sniff,
eat, sleep, play, sniff, sleep, play, eat, sniff,
eat, sleep, play, sniff, sleep, play, eat, and sniff.
But mostly she sleeps all day, and snores really loud. |
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A
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