Ross Bentley

Ross Bentley with DirtFish Rally School in July 2011.

Ross Bentley (born November 4, 1956) is a performance coach, race car driver, author and speaker. His performance coaching spans executive / business coaching to sports (athletes and teams in a variety of sports, with a speciality in motorsports).

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Bentley grew up in a racing household (father was a race mechanic, brother a mechanic and driver). He became one of only seven Canadian drivers to race in the CART Indy Car series in the 1990s; he continued his professional career in endurance racing. Bentley won the 1998 GT3 United States Road Racing Championship and the 2003 SRPII Class Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona.

Bentley currently owns a consulting business, Bentley Performance Systems, which focuses on improving the performance of individuals, teams and organizations through coaching, workshops and the development of custom-designed programs. Bentley’s perspective for business performance is based on his background as a high performance athlete and the founder of four successful companies.

In the sporting world, Bentley’s coaching speciality is in the mental game. In addition to coaching race car drivers from the amateur ranks up to Indy cars and NASCAR, he’s worked with athletes and teams from lacrosse, racquetball, motorcycle racing and tennis.

Bentley founded Speed Secrets Driver Development Services in 2002, whose coaches work with race car drivers and motorcycle riders worldwide. In 2004 he co-founded The Driver Training Group in Redmond WA, focusing on training for new drivers through its SWERVE Driver Training.

In 1998 Bentley published the first in a series of racing technique and strategy books called Speed Secrets. To date he has nine books published under the Speed Secrets banner, including Inner Speed Secrets with Ronn Langford and The Complete Driver with Bruce Cleland. He also co-wrote with Bob Bondurant on Race Kart Driving.

In 2017, Ross released a new title, "Performance Pilot", (written with professional aviator, Phil Wilkes) detailing aviation-specific procedures, techniques and strategies to help pilots improve their flying performance.

Basic ideas

Bentley promotes the concept of high performance, regardless of the setting, being the key to success.

Biography

Ross Bentley currently lives with his wife and daughter in Issaquah, Washington, USA.

American open–wheel racing results

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PPG Indycar Series

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
1990	Spirit of Vancouver	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MCH	DEN	VAN 18	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG		40th	0
1991	Dale Coyne Racing	SRF	LBH	PHX	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	MEA	TOR	MCH	DEN	VAN 13	MDO	ROA	NAZ	LAG	34th	0
1992	Dale Coyne Racing	SRF 11	PHX	LBH	INDY	DET 20	POR 17	MIL	NHA	TOR 14	MCH 23	CLE 18	ROA DNQ	VAN 14	MDO	NAZ	LAG		30th	2
1993	Dale Coyne Racing	SRF 17	PHX 12	LBH 15	INDY DNQ	MIL 14	DET DNQ	POR 15	CLE 16	TOR 25	MCH 16	NHA	ROA 17	VAN 17	MDO DNQ	NAZ 22	LAG DNQ		32nd	1
1994	Payton Coyne Racing	SRF	PHX	LBH	INDY DNQ	MIL DNQ	DET DNQ	POR 22	CLE 29	TOR 19	MCH 19	MDO DNQ	NHA 22	VAN DNQ	ROA DNS	NAZ DNQ	LAG DNQ		46th	0
1995	Payton Coyne Racing	MIA	SRF	PHX	LBH	NAZ	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	ROA	TOR	CLE	MCH	MDO	NHA	VAN DNQ	LAG	NC	-

Bibliography

• Performance Pilot: Skills, techniques, and strategies to maximize your flying performance, Ross Bentley and Phil Wilkes (2017)
• The Lost Art of High-Performance Driving, Ross Bentley (2017)
• Ultimate Speed Secrets: The Racer's Bible, Ross Bentley (2011)
• Speed Secrets 7: Winning Autocross Techniques, Ross Bentley (2009)
• Speed Secrets 6: The Perfect Driver, Ross Bentley (2007)
• Speed Secrets 5: The Complete Driver, Ross Bentley and Bruce Cleland (2006)
• Speed Secrets 4: Engineering the Driver, Ross Bentley (2005)
• Speed Secrets 3: More Professional Driving Techniques, Ross Bentley (2003)
• Bob Bondurant on Race Kart Driving, Bob Bondurant and Ross Bentley (2002)
• Speed Secrets 2: Inner Speed Secrets: Strategies to Maximize Your Racing Performance, Ross Bentley and Ronn Langford (2000)
• Speed Secrets: Professional Race Driving Techniques, Ross Bentley (1998)

See also

• List of Canadians in Champ Car

External links

• Bentley’s business website, Bentley Performance Systems: http://www.Performance-Rules.com
• Speed Secrets Weekly (Magazine) website: http://speedsecretsweekly.com/
• DriverCoach website: http://www.drivercoach.net
• Speed Secrets website: http://www.speedsecrets.com
• Performance Pilot website: http://www.performancepilot.net