Joe Bacal

RESUME: • Owner: JTGrey Unlimited LLC www.jtgrey.com • Owner: Arizona Stunt Drivers .com www.arizonastuntdrivers.com • 2018: Trophy Truck Driver (AXALTA Paint Coatings) Baja 1000 • 2017: Trophy Truck Spec Driver (Buss Sports Racing) Baja 1000 • 2008: Present: Product Development Test Consultant • 2009-14: Professional Race Car Driver Factory Lexus USA • 2000: Present: Vehicle Evaluation Expert (Vehicle Dynamics) • 1997-2007: Toyota Factory Test Driver (Arizona Proving Ground) • 2000: Present: Off-Road / On-Road Driver Instructor / Stunt Driver RACING: • Sponsored Axalta paint coatings Trophy Truck Driver • 21 races with 16 podiums / nothing less than a 2nd place finish in the Stock Full Class • 7 Baja 1000 finishes consecutively • * Drove almost every mile of every race even the peninsula runs without a relief driver • 3 Time Baja 1000 class wins (2010, 2012, 2013). • 2 Time Baja 500 class wins (2009, 2013) • 2 Time Stock-Full Champion • Toyota Milestone Award Winner • Motocross background VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND: • 20+ years of test driving and vehicle development experience • Off -Road chief driver instructor/specialist Toyota USA – high speed desert, low speed technical driving including precise evaluation test methods • On road performance driver, evaluation suspension and tire development expert • Development test driver and technician at Nissan Technical Center USA, brake devel-opment, Nissan Arizona Proving Ground 1993-1997 • Test driver and technician General Motors, brake development Arizona Desert Proving Ground 1989-1993 RECENT PROJECTS: YOKOHAMA TIRE- stunt driver for industrial video BUCKEYE FIRE- off-road recovery and driver training TOYO TIRE: development testing A/T LEXUS LC 500: video drifting, evaluation LEXUS GSF/RCF: stability control testing CONTINENTAL TIRE: evaluation training / off road course build Texas PG MAXXIS TIRE USA: development product testing CRAWL CONTROL: software tuning for TOYOTA USA LEXUS BAJA LX 570: Geiser Brothers build OVERLAND JOURNAL MAGAZINE: evaluation test expert GENERAL TIRE: lead off road development consultant/evaluator X3 Mud Terrain Tire MOTOR TREND: “Head 2 Head” Raptor vs Ram Runner test evaluator/coordinator SCION FR-S: Spring Mountain Ranch press event TOYOTA BAJA TX: pro suspension testing LEXUS IS F-SPORT: evaluation comparisons READY-LIFT: shock product tuning NITTO TIRE USA: development testing TOYOTA FJ CRUISER TRD: lead suspension and tire development tuner Toyota USA TRD OFF ROAD PACKAGES: Toyota Tacoma, Toyota Tundra models Toyota USA. EXPERIENCE: +Over 20 years of vehicle performance driving on and off road. Worked in Japan with top evaluation specialists at many proving ground locations. Toyota certified test evaluator. + SAG stunt driver +Press event coordinator for many vehicle launches +Driver for vehicle reveals- auto shows