Freddie Spencer School Instructors

Nick's Career Highlights:

-- Won three WERA Grand National Championships in 1989
-- Won AMA 250GP national at Willow Springs in '90 Finished third overall in 1991
-- AMA 250GP points while Senior Editor at Motorcyclist
-- Launched Sport Rider magazine in 1991 as editor. Published The Pace, a guide to enjoying your high performance motorcycle on the street
-- Finished third overall in 1993 AMA 250GP points
-- Won 1993 SuperTeams championship with Erion Racing, teamed with Tommy Lynch
-- Finished third overall in 1994 AMA 250GP points
-- Won 1994 AMA SuperTeams championship with Erion Racing, teamed with Larry Pegram
-- Finished second overall in 1995 AMA 250GP points and 1995 AMA SuperTeams points with Dutchman Racing teamed with Fritz Kling
-- Hired by Cycle World as a contributing editor in 1996, began instructing at Freddie Spencer's High Performance Riding School in 1997
-- Has raced everything from a Britten to a Bimota Tesi to production bikes to 125s, and ridden almost every bike made since 1984!

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Jeff's Career Highlights:

-- At age 17, was signed as the youngest factory sponsored dirt track racer for American Honda Motor Company. Jeff successfully raced a 500cc Honda single against 750cc twins.
-- Went on to win for the third year in a row the number one plate by winning the Western Regional Championship.
-- At age 18, met up with previous sponsor Kenny Roberts at the Houston Astrodome, where Haney took the pole position ahead of Roberts.
-- Jeff won every 500cc Honda Challenge Invitational entered except one where he placed second.
-- He raced internationally for the Honda Team, including the Suzuka 8-hour race in Japan.
-- Jeff signed his third-year contract and continued to develop Honda's race winning future at age 19.
-- He became the first ever Honda factory rider to qualify for a half-mile national on the new Honda 750 dirt tracker. Jeff and teammate Freddie Spencer went 1-2 qualifying at the Houston Astrodome. At the Ascot half-mile opener Haney and Spencer took first and second place.
-- Jeff competed in selected races in 1984, including the first time on a new Honda superbike with a 6th place finish behind '84 Superbike champ Fred Merkel and competing on an RS500 Honda Grand Prix based machine with a 7th place finish at Laguna Seca behind previous sponsor Kenny Roberts and other stars such as Randy Mamola and Mike Baldwin.
-- Jeff competed in the "Superbikers," an event that was half pavement and half dirt and televised by ABC's Wide World of Sports. Jeff's racing at this event was then used as part of the well-known lead-in segment for the weekly telecast for the next couple of years.
-- In 1985 Jeff raced for the first time at Daytona on an RS500 Honda Grand Prix machine in the Formula One class placing 7th. Jeff's former teammate Freddie Spencer won that event. The 1985 Daytona 200 was the first time Jeff entered the 200 mile race, where he placed third. Freddie Spencer also won that event.
-- In 1986 Jeff competed in selected races in Japan including the Suzuka 8-hour race, where while qualifying in wet conditions, he was one of the fastest on the track in a group with Kevin Schwantz and others. Suzuka '86 was where Jeff and Kevin started to talk about training and race strategy. In 1987 Jeff teamed up with Kevin Schwantz full-time as his trainer/instructor and they were together for Kevin's first AMA National Superbike win among many others. Jeff and Kevin started off the 1988 Grand Prix season with the Daytona 200 win, the Suzuka Grand Prix win and many others.
-- Also, in 1988 Jeff worked with Bubba Shobert in training and nutrition leading to many national wins. In 1989 Jeff continued consulting with Schwantz and Shobert, preparing Shobert for his Grand Prix debut.
-- During 1990 and 1991 Jeff was also a consultant for the Camel/Smokin' Joe's Honda Team. In 1992 Jeff added another person to the list of people he is training and consulting, Scott Russell, who went on to win the AMA Superbike Championship.
-- In 1993 Jeff continued to work with Scott Russell and also while in Europe he was able to consult with Schwantz and watch both of them win Grand Prix and World Superbike Races in the same year along with the World Championships.
-- During 1994 Jeff continued relationships with past clients while concentrating on business at home, which include a Gold's Gym and a nutritional company established in 1985.
-- Riders Jeff has trained and rode with in addition to those above include the late Ricky Graham, Kenny Roberts, Kenny Roberts Jr., Kurtis Roberts, Wayne Rainey, Randy Mamola and Doug Chandler just to name a few. Jeff is currently working with Team Honda rider Miguel Duhamel preparing Duhamel for Daytona. He also just recently completed a Cycle News 600cc Shootout (Dated January 27, 1999, Issue Number 3) where, with thanks to three-time World Champion Freddie Spencer's instruction, Jeff was nicknamed by Cycle News Editor "Fast Man Haney".

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	Nick Ienatsch
	Nick Ienatsch began his career in the motorcycle industry at Motorcyclist magazine in 1984. He began racing just for fun at Willow Springs International Raceway in 1986. He went on to win the Willow Springs Motorcycle Club Overall #1 plate in 1989 and 1990. Nick went on to head up Sportrider magazine, and left Petersen Publishing to pursue an independent career in the industry. He contributes frequently to Cycle World magazine, and recently was the Editor of motogp.quokka.com, the previously official site of FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing.. Click here to see Nick's other career highlights:

	Jeff Haney
	At age 15, Jeff was a first year expert and caught the eye of King Kenny Roberts. Jeff helped Roberts develop motorcycles for Kenny's company "Kenny Roberts Racing Frames", the first Roberts company, which led to a new sponsor for Jeff with great success. Jeff went on to become the youngest rider to win the Number One black plate and also the number one gold plate in the same year as the AMA District 36 best overall rider. The following year the Kenny Roberts sponsored Jeff Haney turned professional novice and won the Western Regional Championship. He went undefeated in every race entered at Ascot Park in Los Angeles, the only rider ever to accomplish this. Click here to see Jeff''s other career highlights:

	Dale Kieffer
	Dale Kieffer is a nationally-ranked AMA roadracer with many years of experience racing and tuning sportbikes. He was one of the top contenders in the AMA 750 Supersport class, and currently owns and operates a motorcycle performance shop in the Las Vegas area. He's responsible for preparing all of the school's bikes as well as instructing the students.

	Andre Castanos
	Andre Castanos, currently a professional road racer and owner of a general contracting firm, always had a love for motorcycles but didn't have one until he was 18...and didn't race until he was 21. Since then he has competed in various nationals on various race bikes, including two stroke 125s and 250s. Since joining the Freddie Spencer Riding School in 1997 as an assistant with telemetry and instructing, Andre obtained the Number Two plate in '99 for the Aprilia Cup Challenge and has become a consistent front-runner, winning West Coast club road races and Super TT Motard events. Using the tools Freddie provides has given Andrew a new perspective and understanding of how to ride and race a motorcycle. Andre grew up admiring Freddie's talent and his hard-fought races against the likes of Kenny Roberts, Eddie Lawson and Tony Mang. To be a part of a new chapter in Freddie's quest has been an honor for the Californian.