Driving Ambition began in Portland, Oregon in the 1980’s as a division of Faspec British Cars, catering to the needs of the unique and exotic vehicle owner. Resurrected in 2006, Driving Ambition still maintains it’s motto of “Excellence in Automotive Products and Service” at our new, state-of-the-art facility near Sacramento. With a long history of preparing vehicles for amateur and professional racing we have the expertise to provide you with the ultimate in performance parts and service for your street machine.

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The Driving Ambition Team

Shad Huntley -- Shad's father, Stan, founded Driving Ambition/Faspec, and inspired the auto racing passion in his son at an early age. As a teen, with sponsorship from Driving Ambition, Shad won 4 IKF Karting Championships, becoming a registered "EXPERT" along with fellow drivers Scott Pruett, Mark Dismore, Jamie McMurray and the late Greg Moore. After graduating with honors from Wyoming Technical Institute Shad began his career as mechanic with long-time family friends Doug Peterson and Don Erb of Comptech Machine and their championship-winning IMSA Camel Lights Acura. After 3 seasons of domination the team headed to open-wheel racing in the CART series where Shad became the youngest Chief Mechanic ever and, in 1997 was named Chief Mechanic of the Year while heading the Carl Hogan team with rookie driver Dario Franchitti. Later that year, Shad decided to lend his technical expertise to Comptech as director of product development of their race-inspired performance parts for Acura and Honda.



Ryan Sears -- After establishing himself in the American muscle car community as one of the finest mechanics in the Sacramento area, Ryan took a position with Comptech in 1998. His extensive knowledge and attention to detail has earned the respect of NSX owners nationwide. He is often seen lending trackside support to the many Driving Ambition-maintained race teams. Ryan was also responsible for the construction of the supercharged S2000 that killed the competition in the Car & Driver Four-Cylinder Shootout. In his garage can be found a wide variety of cars from a 1964 Chevy Nova to an Acura Integra TypeR.



Peter Bloathner -- Pete has worked as a professional race mechanic since 1994 with teams such as Patrick Racing, Comptech Racing, Newman-Haas Racing and most recently Luczo-Dragon Racing with IndyCar driver Tomas Scheckter. Other drivers he has teamed with include Adrian Fernandez, Jan Magnussen, Jimmy Vasser and Scott Pruett. He brings a wealth of race knowledge with experience in IRL, ChampCar, Toyota Atlantic and SCCA Racing as well as being a karting champion with Emmick Racing. In his off-time Pete can be found touching up his 1970 Plymouth Cuda which was the highest scoring OE- judged vehicle at the 2006 "Mopars-at- the-Strip" event in Las Vegas.