Ross Bentley

Ross Bentley with DirtFish Rally School in July 2011.

Ross Bentley (born November 4, 1956) is a performance coach, race car driver, author, and speaker. His performance coaching spans executive/business coaching to sports (athletes and teams in a variety of sports, with a specialty in motorsports).

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Bentley grew up in a racing household (father was a race mechanic, brother a mechanic and driver). He became one of only seven Canadian drivers to race in the CART Indy Car series in the 1990s; he continued his professional career in endurance racing. Bentley won the 1998 GT3 United States Road Racing Championship and the 2003 SRPII Class Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona.

Bentley currently owns a consulting business, Bentley Performance Systems, which focuses on improving the performance of individuals, teams and organizations through coaching, workshops and the development of custom-designed programs. Bentley’s perspective for business performance is based on his background as a high performance athlete and the founder of four successful companies.

In the sporting world, Bentley’s coaching specialty is in the mental game. In addition to coaching race car drivers from the amateur ranks up to Indy cars and NASCAR, he’s worked with athletes and teams from lacrosse to racquetball, and motorcycle racing to tennis.

Bentley founded Speed Secrets Driver Development Services in 2002, whose coaches work with race car drivers and motorcycle riders worldwide. In 2004, he co-founded The Driver Training Group in Redmond WA, focusing on training for new drivers through its SWERVE Driver Training.

In 1998, Bentley published the first in a series of racing technique and strategy books called Speed Secrets. To date, he has seven Speed Secrets books in the series, including Inner Speed Secrets with Ronn Langford, and The Complete Driver with Bruce Cleland. He also co-wrote Bob Bondurant on Race Kart Driving.

Basic Ideas

Bentley promotes the concept of high performance, regardless of the setting, being the key to success.

Biography

Ross Bentley currently lives with his wife and daughter in Issaquah, Washington, USA.

American open–wheel racing results

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PPG Indycar Series

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Bibliography

• Ultimate Speed Secrets: The Racer's Bible, Ross Bentley (2011)
• Speed Secrets 7: Winning Autocross Techniques, Ross Bentley (2009)
• Speed Secrets 6: The Perfect Driver, Ross Bentley (2007)
• Speed Secrets 5: The Complete Driver, Ross Bentley and Bruce Cleland (2006)
• Speed Secrets 4: Engineering the Driver, Ross Bentley (2005)
• Speed Secrets 3: More Professional Driving Techniques, Ross Bentley (2003)
• Bob Bondurant on Race Kart Driving, Bob Bondurant and Ross Bentley (2002)
• Speed Secrets 2: Inner Speed Secrets: Strategies to Maximize Your Racing Performance, Ross Bentley and Ronn Langford (2000)
• Speed Secrets: Professional Race Driving Techniques, Ross Bentley (1998)

See also

• List of Canadians in Champ Car

External links

• Bentley’s business website, Bentley Performance Systems: http://www.Performance-Rules.com
• Speed Secrets Weekly (Magazine) website: http://speedsecretsweekly.com/
• DriverCoach website: http://www.drivercoach.net
• Speed Secrets website: http://www.speedsecrets.com