Jonathan Goring

- 2001 First ever Go-Kart race: 4th/11

- 2002 Briggs Junior OVRP Title

- 2003 80cc Stars of Tomorrow Regional Championship Title - Winning every race

- 2003 OVRP 80cc Shifter Championship Title

- 2004 Skip Barber 3-Day Racing School - First time in a race car

- 2004 OVRP ICC shifter Championship Title

- 2005 ICC Stars of Tomorrow Regional Title

- 2005 Skip Barber National Championship - First National Race, First National Win

- 2006 Skip Barber National Championship Title

- 2007 Star Mazda Championship - 5th/30

- Currently participating in the IMSA-Lites-L1 Class

Racing Bio:
I began my racing career at the age of ten, racing a 4-cycle Briggs & Stratton kart at Lime Rock. I come from a racing family, as my father, mother, and cousin, have all been drivers in various venues. In my very first go-kart race, starting at mid-season, I placed fourth out of a full field of karts. Thus bitten by the racing bug, I went on to win the Series Championship in the following year and graduated to 80cc Shifter karts at the age of 12. Oakland Valley Race Park in New York became the scene for my innumerable victories including six year-end Championships and several track records.

In 2003, in the CART Stars of Tomorrow Regional Series (my first national quality series), I won the Regional Championship in my first year, winning every race I entered. In World Karting National events, at the year's end, I finished in the top ten nationwide in the hotly competitive 80cc Shifter class. During the summer of 2004, I got a job as a mechanic mainly, amongst other things, for the Skip Barber Racing School at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut. I drove the cars, worked on mechanical components, and helped the instructors in their school series. At the end of the year, I participated in the Three-Day Racing School at Lime Rock where my lap times rivaled the instructors. In the Advanced Two-Day Racing School at Laguna Seca California, I was very fast amongst a large group of more experienced drivers despite never having driven the track before, and only having driven a race car at speed once before.

In 2005, The stage was set to enter open wheel Formula Car racing. I ran in the Skip Barber Formula Dodge Regional and National Series. During my first Skip Barber Regional Series race at VIR (Virginia International Raceway), I placed 3rd in the pouring rain out of a full field of cars. In the National category, against world-class competition, and with limited resources, I won a National race at Road America in Wisconsin, and achieved many podium finishes at other tracks, such as Laguna Seca and Lime Rock. I also managed to become a semi-finalist in the Red Bull Driver Search and win two track championships in karts at Oakland Valley.

I then went on to the 2006 Skip Barber Karting Shootout in Sebring Florida where I won a $15,000 scholarship, barely being able to enter the event because of financial issues. My lap times at the shootout were very fast and consistent. Out of the whole twenty five minute session, I never had a lap more than one tenth off of the previous lap!

This took me to my first full season of the Skip Barber Formula Dodge National Championship presented by RACER. I had very consistent finishes throughout the whole entire year and won the 2006 championship, my first ever full Formula Car season.

After a ton of difficult thinking and decision making, signing with Andersen Racing for the 2007 racing season in Star Mazda put me in a very good direction for the rest of my career. 2007 was another learning experience for me. It was a season of ups and downs and I finished 5th overall in the points standings.

My passion for Racing and commitment to achieve success signal a bright future for me in not only in 2008, but for the rest of my career. I am currently signed with Comprent Motorsports for the 2008 IMSA-Lite season racing in the L1 class. I hope to bring back many race wins along with the championship at the end of the year.

Non Racing Related:
- I am a freshmen at Northwestern Connecticut Community College. I will be a transfer student to another college at some point in the future.

- I ride dirtbikes, snowmobiles, ATVs, and drive racing go-karts to stay in shape.

- I have been involving myself in an intense fitness routine with a trip to the gym 5/7 days of the week for the past two years.

- I have an unusual obsession for Super Mario Kart.

- I like photography and take pictures of everything I can.

- I listen to almost all types of music, but mostly rock and classic rock.

- My favorite TV show is CSI.

- I love to spend time with my family and close friends.

- I am a very good "out of the box" thinker. When I was young my parents handed me a Rubix cube and told me to solve it. I tore off all of the stickers and rearranged them so they all matched.

- When I was two years old, I picked up the keys on the seat of my father's car, got in, started the engine, and took the car out of park. I did this only to bump into another car of my father's.