Josh Sirota
Josh has been involved with motorsports since his college days in the '80s, when he drove in gimmick rallyes. He discovered autocross in 1987 after attending a Skip Barber driving school. After participating his first SCCA autocross in 1988 in an Acura Integra, he quickly became hooked. He began competing at the National level, and attended his first National Championship event in 1990, driving a Fiat X1/9 in D Street Prepared. Altogether, at 12 National Championship events, driving X1/9s, MR2s, Miatas, M Coupes, Boxsters, and Formula Fords, Josh won 6 trophies and one Championship (1996, C Modified, Citation Formula Ford). At his last Nationals in 2003, he finished 4th of 50+ cars in a Porsche Boxster. He started club racing with the SCCA in 2004. Running Nationals in 2005 in a Mazda3, Josh finished 2nd in the Northern Pacific Division in Showroom Stock C, with one race win and four podium finishes. He attended his first Runoffs in 2005, where he finished 13th of 38 cars. Josh can be reached at josh@godoggoracing.org.
Derek Butts
Derek started racing in 1998 after stumbling into an autocross taking place at a local sports stadium. A lifelong automotive enthusiast he quickly immersed himself in the sport by heading to Kansas for Nationals. He attended the next 6 consecutive Nationals with 5 top five finishes and one National championship. In those trips to Kansas Derek drove a VW Scirocco, Toyota MR2, Lexus IS300 and a Honda S2000. After winning his National Championship in 2004 Derek took the SCCA Road Racing school in March of 2005. Working towards his National license he finished in the top 10 in all his regional races in the highly competitive and expensive ITE class. For 2006 Derek has joined with Josh Sirota at Go Dog Go Racing to take on Touring 2 in highly competitive Subaru STI's. In his first National race he started on the Pole and led flag to flag to capture his first National win at California Speedway in Fontana. Derek can be reached at derek@godoggoracing.org.