Staff
Our Fearless Leaders
| Shaun Pechin | Mike Whitesell |
| Editor In Chief, Podcast Host | Web Master, Podcast Co-Host |
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| A passionate rally and Formula 1 fan, Shaun has branched his interests out into IndyCar and Le Mans series racing. Shaun covers the mad circius that is Formula 1 providing both news and commentary. Shaun is also the host of the OpenPaddock podcast and is currently looking into ways OpenPaddock.net can be improved for fan interaction and ways to bring the cars and drivers to a personal level for the fans of these great series. | His contributions can be seen everytime you visit the page. Mike has worked as the code manager and website design specialist since OpenPaddock was created in early 2009. Mike specializes in IndyCar and Formula 1, and has re-taken to rally racing. Mike is also the usual co-host on the weekly podcast and does a great job keeping Shaun in line when he pulls a Bernie and strays from the plot. Without Mike’s contributions to the site, OpenPaddock.net would probably still be a pipe dream. |
| Email: wfp@openpaddock.net Twitter: @ShaunPaddock |
Email: mike@openpaddock.net Twitter: @MikeOpenPaddock |
Our Writers
| Kevin Neely | Mike Shaw | Jeremy Salenius |
| IndyCar Reporter | Rally Reporter | SCCA Reporter |
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| Growing up in the racing rich environment of Central Alabama, two of Kevin’s earliest memories are seeing Danny Sullivan’s Spin-and-Win at Indy on TV and watching Davey and Clifford Allison cut their racing teeth at Heart of Dixie Speedway in Sayre, AL. Kevin follows all series from Southern All-Stars to Formula One, but has a special place in his heart for Indycar and Grand-Am. Living not far from Barber Motorsports Park puts Kevin right in the middle of racing action and testing, perfect for bringing the latest and hottest info to the readers of OpenPaddock. | Mike’s been a long time follower of IndyCar dating back to the 1980′s. Unfortunately for him, the northwest has been neglected by IndyCar in recent years and so Mike turned his motorsports attention to the sport of Rally. Formerly a contributing Open Paddock author for GRC and Rally America, Mike has now become an official member of the Open Paddock team to provide regular rally coverage. Mike has attended multiple Rally America events and plans on becoming a marshall in 2013. Mike’s day job is as a Sr. Network Administrator for a dot com in Beaverton, Oregon and is also a private pilot. | Growing up around cars since he was young, Jeremy has always loved auto racing. His first exposure to auto racing was watching Midget Car racing at a local dirt track in Wisconsin. Jeremy’s first racing experience was racing in an autocross league with the Madison Sports Car Club in Wisconsin. In June of 2010, Jeremy came to the Kansas City area and began racing with the Sports Car Club of America in their autocross series, also known as solo series. Over the last 3 years, Jeremy has participated in about 50 races in the Regional, Divisional and National SCCA solo series. He is happy to be on board and bringing us all the SCCA news that you can handle! |
| Email: kevin@openpaddock.net Twitter: @KevinNeely |
Email: mike.shaw@openpaddock.net Twitter: @OregonWings |
Email: jeremy@openpaddock.net Web: Dare2Dream Motorsports |
Our Photographers
| Doug Patterson Associate Editor, Chief Photographer  |
Doug was the first addition to the OpenPaddock staff, joining Shaun and Mike a couple of months after OpenPaddock’s creation as a contributing writer and photographer. He continues to aid Mike in the maintinence of the website and maintains the OpenPaddock Facebook page while providing coverage of the Mazda Road to Indy program, Kansas City Region SCCA grassroots racing, and photography of as many race events as he can through out the year. When not at the track, Doug teaches astronomy and physics at JCCC, does space physics research at Fundamental Technologies, and helps his wife, Tabatha, run their photography business, Patterson Prints.
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| Tom and Brenda Turk Photographer and Photo Editor  |
Tom and his wife Brenda are professional photographers and owners of Piratical Photography. Tom is an avid sports fan supporting the Washington Capitals, New Orleans Saints, and has been an Olympic and College Official for Track and Field, and a Football Official for 25 Years. Raised on the Gulf Coast, he and Brenda now capture images for major pro sports as well as weddings, events, portraits, and engagements in the Washington DC area. Tom serves as a credentialed Photographer for OpenPaddock and other outlets imaging NCAA, NHL, HBO Boxing, NASCAR, the IZOD IndyCar Series, and Rally America.
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| Brian McKay Photographer  |
Brian is a long-time fan of Formula One, IndyCar, and sports car racing. He F&C at SCCA Trans-Am, I.M.S.A. and Champ Car races before trying his hand at photographing races. Brian is an Army veteran who hails from Florida and occasionally visits third-world countries for aid work. Brian does writing, editing, and graphic design and recently earned an M.S. in Corporate and Public Communication.
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