Larry Mason

Larry Mason is FastLane Racing School’s Lead Instructor, coaching drivers one-on-one across our SCCA race licensing, high-performance, and Formula 4 programs at Buttonwillow Raceway Park. He is also the host of the RaceSchool.com podcast and a regular writer for the FastLane blog. Larry pairs a champion’s race craft with a rare gift for teaching, meeting every driver where they are and building the day around their goals.

Larry is an accomplished racing driver with championships in both open and closed-wheel cars and multiple track records to his name, including the Formula Mazda Challenge West Championship and the SCCA Southern Pacific Division Championship. His career is also a story of resilience. After a suspension failure at the 1990 Dallas Grand Prix left him with broken legs and ankles, he returned to racing about eighteen months later and won his very next amateur race, then took his first professional win at the 1992 Del Mar Grand Prix. In 2001 he made his CART Indy Lights debut with a top-ten finish at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, and in an Indy Racing League rookie test at Phoenix he unofficially broke the track record his first time ever on a one-mile oval.

Off the track, Larry is a national award-winning broadcaster, journalist, and photographer, a member of the Motor Press Guild and the American Auto Racing Writers and Broadcasters Association, and a Cal State Long Beach engineering graduate. He brings that same discipline to fitness as an ACE-certified personal trainer and triathlete. That blend of championship experience, communication skill, and genuine patience is what makes him one of the most requested coaches at FastLane.