scott "smitty" smith



City: San Jose, CA
Hometown: New Jersey
Favorite books: Racing in the Rain and The Princess
2015, 2016, 2017: Won SpeedSF’s "Pretty Fast" S4 class in his Mazda Miata
2014: Earned 2nd place in SpeedSF's "Pretty And Fast" S3 Time Attack class with entries in Nissan 350Zs and Mazda Miata
2013: Won NASA's Nissan SpecZ class
2012: Earned SCCA and NASA Competition Licenses. Competed and won the inaugural season of NASA's Nissan SpecZ class
2011 - present: Competed in various NorCal and SoCal 24 Hours of Lemons and ChumpCar Racing, with a best finish of 11th overall out of 181, 2nd in class, and top place in a car from the 70s in a Datsun 240Z
2007 - present: Instructed for ClubZ, Trackmasters, NorCal UFO, Speed SF, and privately
2002 - 2011: Won 8 autocross championships between NorCal UFO and LMSSC
2002-2007: Sought and received instruction by some of the best in the business in Craig Christy (Spec7), Jack Olsen (911), John Morton (240Z/510), as well Steve Millen from Stillen (300ZX) while attending 62 open track days. Steve Millen offered him an engineering job at his Costa Mesa location in 2004, which he painfully turned down (they are still in touch today)
2002: First track day at Thunderhill Raceway in Nissan 300ZX twin-turbo (Z32); began autocrossing
1980 - 1992: Rode and raced motorcycles
1980: Rode first motorcycle; fell in love with speed