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FARAUSA was established in the State of Florida, has been very active in the community especially in the Spanish segment and proved to be very important to the auto industry and its products.

We are a group of drivers, organizer of the most important, serious and attractive category dedicated to the world of auto racing, connecting a vast and growing niche of racers along with advertisers to the general public in Florida and South East United States.

Our full dedication will feature high quality racing for all, especially for those with low or limited budget in our Region.

FARAUSA is predominantly for amateur drivers or beginners that will be competing with the most experienced pilots in every class, all under affordable and equal level playing field and technical specifications.

Our name and logo is universally recognized and in knowing this, FARA will become instantly familiar and the class of choice for every driver to join..

 
 President
 Reinaldo "Tico" Almeida
 almeida@farausa.com
 

Organizer of the first association of Latin American drivers in Miami (ACALAM). Promoter of the first road racing event in the Miami area at the Miami Hollywood Speedway in the 70s. Professional driver in the IMSA circuit in the 70s. and 80s. with T&R Racing and HiTech Racing. Finished 2nd. In GTO Class in 1982 IMSA Series, has been involved in Financing and Real Estate for many years. Has always been involved in racing development and competition engineering.

 

 Race Director
 Bob Van Epps
 Email Not Available
 

  • National competiton licenses in SCCA, NASA, and BMW.
  • National instructor licenses with PCA and NASA.
  • Ride & Drive Events: Nissan, Lexus, Cadillac, Mercedes, AMG, Mazda, Ford, BMW, Ferrari.
  • Guest instructor at Federal Law Enforcement Training Center.
  • Trainer of instructors of the Royal Barbados Police, BWI.
  • Organized and put on numerous NASA & BMW Competition Schools.
  • Organized and put on numerous BMW High Performance Driving Schools.
  • Trained new instructors at many Marque Club instructor schools.
  • Instructor with racing adventures, Track Time, and AutoControl Driving Schools.
  • NASA chief steward & SCCA divisional steward.
  • Provide support services to Homestead Miami Speedway.
 
 Reinaldo Santos
 rsantos@farausa.com
 

Is a racing driver and engineer. Team member for various teams in the 70s. and 80s. in IMSA, ACALAM and SCCA. Have raced a variety of classes of automobiles, offshore boats and military pilot involved in various organizations. Reinaldo holds multiples licenses and ratings and was member of the Board of Directors of both ACALAM and FARA.

 
 Elier J. Rodriguez
 erodriguez@farausa.com
 

Served with the US Army, with the 82nd Airborne Infantry for six years as a squad leader, after getting out the services, started a business sold it, and is President of RPG Pro Parts, in Ft Lauderdale, FL where he founded the company, distributes automotive crash parts to all the body shops and mechanic shops in Broward, and Palm Beach counties.
He started racing cars in 1997, when he bought a go kart, and fell in love with racing, soon after that he received his SCCA license, also attended Panoz Racing School at Road Atlanta.

 
 Alberto "Tito"
 alberto@farausa.com
 

Originally from Lima-Peru, Alberto “Tito” de las Casas has been involved in Auto Racing throughout his entire life. Coming from a Racing Family, he is a Third Generation Race Car Driver. Became involved in Road Racing in Florida during 1994, when he started the “ Peru Racing Team” in order to race in SCCA. He is now actively racing and promoting FARA since January 2007.

 
 
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REINALDO "TICO" ALMEIDA

   

BOB VAN EPPS

   

REINALDO SANTOS

   

ELIER J. RODRIGUEZ

   

ALBERTO "TITO"