Chaz Cleland Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

2024 - IMSA GTDPro Champions (Porsche 911 GT3R R23)- 3x wins, 3x poles. Laurin Heinrich, Seb Priaulx, Michael Christensen, Julien Andlauer, Klaus Bachler.- Le Mans 24hr LMP2 P/A - P3. Louis Deletraz, Alex Quinn, PJ Hyett.

Gt3, Elms, Gt4, Btcc, Tcr, Lamborghini Super Trofeo

Services include;- Race Engineer- Strategy Engineer- Performance Engineer- Data Engineer▪ Advanced use of data acquisition systems (AiM, Pi, MoTec, Wintax) to analyse vehicle and driver performance. Includes maintenance of sensors, math channels and external analysis/reports (Excel, Matlab etc.).▪ Vehicle dynamics background with experience in Touring Cars, LM Prototypes and GT cars.▪ Strategy and car management during both sprint and endurance events, including in-depth run plans (team & driver facing), tyre and race strategy whilst managing drivers and delegating roles. In-depth use of Excel and VB to create live spreadsheets computing fuel burn and strategy simulation alongside use of HH Timing software.▪ Driver coaching both trackside and in driver-in-the-loop simulators with career and gentlemen drivers through knowledge and background in driver technique and influence on vehicle dynamics. Pre and post event reports (team & driver facing) spawned from data, sector and video analysis.

2023;Inception Racing McLaren 720S GT3 Evo- IMSA Weathertech Sportscar Championship (GTD); 3x podiums +Akin Trophy Winners.- Spa 24hr (Bronze Cup).Optimum Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 Evo- British GT (GT3); 3x podiums.2022;Inception Racing McLaren 720S GT3- ALMS; GT Champions.- IMSA Endurance Cup; GTD Champions.- GTWC Endurance; Gold Cup Champions.Project 1 with Inception Racing Porsche RSR GTE- WEC (GTE-AM); 2x Podiums.2021;Inception Racing Mclaren 720S GT3- GTWC Endurance- IGTC- GTWC America (part-season)- GT Open Pro-Am Champions- IMSA (Petit Le Mans)- British GT (Silverstone 500)Kessel Racing by Optimum Motorsport Ferrari 488 GTE- WEC (GTE-AM); Monza 6hr & Le Mans 24hr.Optimum Motorsport McLaren 570S GT4- Gulf 12hr Bahrain

Silverstone, England, United Kingdom

Lead Race Engineer managing trackside and workshop activities of 1 customer McLaren 720S GT3 and 6 customer McLaren 570S GT4 cars. Work includes creating all customer performance and car report templates, logging mileage, creating workshop and trackside based servicing routines and documentation alongside ensuring the cars are delivered to the high visual and performance standards of the Greystone brand.

United Kingdom

2020 BTCCLead Race Engineer - Trade Price Cars Racing Audi S3's of James Gornall & Bobby Thompson. 2019 BTCCRace Engineer - #8 HP Intel Trade Price Cars Racing Audi S3 of ex-F1 driver and Le Mans & Indycar race winner Mark Blundell.

2020• Nurburgring round of LAMBORGHINI ST EUROPE [2/2 Podiums]#33 Lamborghini Hurucan ST Evo PRO-AM Class - Mikko Eskelinen, Elias Niskanen.2019• LAMBORGHINI ST EUROPE [5/6 Poles – 3 Wins]#33 Lamborghini Hurucan ST Evo AM Class - Mikko Eskelinen, Jake Rattenbury.• LAMBORGHINI World Final [P3]#33 Lamborghini Hurucan ST Evo AM Class - Mikko Eskelinen, Jake Rattenbury.• ZOLDER 24 HOUR [Pole + Win]#999 Lamborghini Hurucan ST Evo - Danny Kroes, Niels Lagrange, Yannick Hoogars, Stephané Kox, Jimmy De Breukers.• BELCAR ENDURANCE SERIES [Class 3 Champions, 3 Poles + 3 Wins]#999 Lamborghini Hurucan ST Evo - Yannick Hoogars, Jimmy De Breukers.• PORTIMAO 24 HOUR [Pole + Win]#710 HWA Development Mercedes AMG GT4 Evo - Dominik Baumann, Marcus Pavurud, Ilmari Korpivaara, Yury Wagner, Harald Schlotter.2018• LAMBORGHINI ST ASIA [Champions, 5 wins]#33 Lamborghini Hurucan ST Evo PROAM Class - Juuso Puhakka, Mikko Eskelinen.• LAMBORGHINI World Final [P4]#33 Lamborghini Hurucan ST Evo PROAM Class - Juuso Puhakka, Mikko Eskelinen.

* 2020 - UK testing - New 2020 Ginetta LMP3 development & new Ligier JSP320.* 2019 - ELMS #5 & #6 Ligier JSP3 LMP3.* 2018 - ELMS #6 Ligier JSP3 LMP3.* 2018 - LMP3 Cup Ligier JSP3 LMP3.Performance Engineer for 360 Racing's Ligier JSP3 LMP3's across ELMS and LMP3 Cup weekends. Roles include maintaining the Magnetti Marrelli systems, monitoring and analysing performance of the drivetrain, chassis, and aerodynamic package alongside coaching drivers from Wintax data and with VBOX Circuit Tools.Race Engineer role during testing and development of new Ginetta G61-LT LMP3 car.

Race Engineer for the Mercedes AMG GT4 24H Series endurance programme for Ciceley Motorsport.* 2020 Dubai 24HR.Jake Giddings, Jack Butel, John Minshaw, Katarina Kyvalova, Adam Morgan.* 2019 Dubai 24HR; Pole Position GT4.Jordan Witt, Frank Bird, Derek Pierce, Ben Paliwoda.

Oxford, United Kingdom

Part-time role with motorsport race simulation business based in Oxford. Management of the sales and marketing campaign, development of car physics and track models, race controlling, event hosting.▪ Responsibility of the brands image through development of the social media platforms and website, alongside media creation also for press releases, email newsletters (Mailchimp) and physical advertising.▪ Managing all social media posts from the promotion of upcoming events to creating competitions and advertising campaigns, reporting on growth figures and exposure through analytics and analysis.▪ Use of sim management software to control events.▪ Development of car physics and track models including Balance of Performance in preparation for events. ▪ Hosting of corporate events from general race controlling to race briefings and hospitality.

Race winning, single car team, competing in the BTCC. Supporting race engineer with ensuring powertrain and vehicle performance is maximised whilst evaluating tools such as post session sector analysis and session/race strategy.▪ Responsibility of data acquisition on the car including the maintenance and preparation of sensors and software for on track activity (PI Toolset) and the recovery and storage of Cosworth data and AliveDrive onboard footage.▪ Liaison with TOCA (BTCC Technical), Cosworth (Electronics) and Swindon (Engines) engineers.▪ Analysis of driver and vehicle performance post session through sector analysis and driver inputs, powertrain analysis, chassis and vehicle dynamic evaluation supporting race engineer (PI Toolbox).

Worked throughout Europe trackside as well as being heavily involved in workshop and business based roles including communicating with clients and sponsors. Started as a tyre technician at an early age and worked through different roles in the team during my studies to gain invaluable experience and understanding of the industry.Experience in following series:- Creventic 24H Series- TCE 24H Series- SEAT Leon Eurocup- Time Attack UK- British, French, European and Spanish SEAT Leon Supercopa Championships- Britcar Endurance Championship- Various club racing championshipsRoles undertaken trackside:- Strategist: most notable achievements; 2nd Dubai 24hr 2016, 3rd Dubai 24hr 2017, 3rd Barcelona 24hr.- Data Engineer: monitoring and presenting car and driver performance (experience with AIM Race Studio, Motec and Bosch).- Driver Coaching: extensive experience with driver coaching both ex-karting career drivers to less experienced gentlemen drivers both trackside and simulator based.- No. 1 & No. 2 Race Mechanic: pre/post session car preparation, car setup/set down, pit stops, general trackside/garage maintenance.- Tyre technician: tyre analysis post-run, transportation and maintenance of tyres and rims.The role has evolved understanding for the basic maintenance of a company and also a gifted a deep understanding of how the motorsport industry functions: business decisions on employment, investment, budgeting, PR and HR work etc.

Coventry, United Kingdom

15 month industrial placement year as Student Design Engineer at AP Racing in the Race Clutch department. Working alongside race clutch design engineers on design projects ranging from WTCC and LMP1 to MotoGP and most notably Formula 1.- Responsibility of designing parts using CAD to customer specifications, producing professional standard engineering drawings for manufacturing, assembly and installation. - Planning and creating test procedures to evaluate new carbon materials tested on the in-house clutch dynamometer.- Data analysis of clutch dyno data and customer data and using various methods formulating reports and associated documents.- In-depth manufacturing experience from communicating and visiting suppliers and being involved with product design and development.

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng), Motorsport Engineering, 1:1 Degree Classification

Activities and Societies: Formula Student (FSAE), Formula Brookes

Education record

Activities and Societies: British Schools Karting Championship