Our Team

Jaime Vasquez
29 Years At Kartek

Jaime Vasquez
Se Habla Español

I handle the race teams for Spain, Peru, Chile, Argentina and Mexico.

I've been in the off-road racing industry more than half my life. Many years ago I worked for ProAm Racing as a machinist. Now I'm a life long proud member of the Kartek team. I am fluent in Spanish and always happy to help you.

Rob Roy
20 Years At Kartek

Rob Roy
I've been in the off road/automotive industry my entire life. I was born into the industry. My father owned and operated a VW shop from 1972-1990 and built and raced Baja’s and buggies and VW drag cars. I work with and consult International off-road race teams for Global races such as the Dakar Rally and Finke Desert Race in Australia. My hobbies and interests are my kids and studying American History. I obtained a Bachelor's degree from Cal State San Bernardino in American Studies in 2004.

Dave Bonner
14 Years At Kartek

Dave Bonner
Over 36 years of working, building, and racing in the off-road industry. I worked for FAT performance for 18 years. Then as a team manager and crew chief for a championship winning team before starting my own race prep shop that ended 2004. As a driver I've been a part of many great teams with wins in all the major off-road race’s including the Baja 1000 and 500. Currently I am racing short course in a pro buggy.

Daniel Sylvester
8 Years At Kartek

Daniel Sylvester
Professionally in the off-road industry for 11 years now. I specialize in off-road trucks and UTV’s. But I grew up going the the desert and sand dunes, so I have worked on or been around off-road racing and sand cars all my life.

Beanie Boy
4 Years At Kartek

Jeff Alvarez from veedub parts unlimited and pierside parts unlimited
Se Habla Español

Jeff Alvarez aka "Beanie Boy". I have 28 years of experience in the VW industry. I was the manager of a VW shop for 23 years. Which includes engine building. I've been involved with Desert racing. Helping on several race teams. I own a Brian Coats awesome pre-runner called "big red".

Beanies Pre-Runner

I pre-run in Barstow, Lucerne Valley, Parker and many other places. I'm bilingual, dedicated to customer service and satisfaction.

Chris Doneza
2 Years At Kartek

Chris Doneza from Pacific Customs Unlimited
Favorite quote: "If you only do what you can do, you'll never be better than what you are."

I previously worked for Pacific Customs Unlimited for 14 years building Fox and King Shocks, selling parts, and building their website. Now I'm super proud to say I'm part of the Kartek team as their web developer. I built and launched their current website September 1, 2015. I'm very knowledgeable when it comes to dune buggies, baja bugs, Manx, and sand rails. I have no prior experience in the off-road race industry, but with the team at Kartek helping me out, I'm eager to learn more.

Jeff Black
1 Year At Kartek

Jeff Black
I was born into a VW family, taking long vacations in a VW Westfalia with my folks and brother and sister. That transferred easily into off-road racing, with my dad taking us to races in Mexico, Arizona, and the California desert when I was still in elementary school. Working in the garage with my dad on family automobiles gave me a love of cars and how they work.
My first official job was at Scalzo’s Auto Parts in San Clemente where I sold parts and helped the owners prep their Class 12 and Class 1 racecars. One of my duties was to work on electrical issues, which is where I initially learned how to wire racecars and how to fix the types of electrical issues that occur during and after a race. After Scalzo’s, I worked at McKenzie's Performance Products for 11 years where I continued to learn about the off-road industry, while continuing to wire off-road racecars from Class 9 cars to Class 1 cars. I specialize in VW beam racecars, wiring, plumbing, and suspension setups, which I learned about while building my Class 5 Unlimited pre-runner.

Here's a photo of my old Baja. Roll cage was fabricated by Jon at Castle Fabrication. 1962 Class 5 Street Legal Baja Bug prerunner
Jeff Blacks Baja Bug

Matt Beckwith
10 Months At Kartek Our Newest Member (truck dept.)

Matt Beckwith
I come from a desert racing family. I started going to the desert and to races as a young child, and started racing as a co-rider in a stock mini truck in the MDR series when I was 13 years old. I drove my 1st race at 15 and have been hooked ever since. I have an automotive background as well, being a diesel mechanic and a service writer. I was also involved in pit support for desert racing for many years with FAIR and was a board member for a number of years. My main background is Jeeps and desert racing as I ran Jeepspeed in their unlimited class for a few years. I look forward to growing with this sport and working with the amazing people in this sport of Off road racing.