John Church - Began racing FF in 1988 at the regional and national SCCA levels. Graduated with a Liberal Arts Degree in Management and Finance in 1992. Attended the SCCA Runoffs in FF in 1993 and started professional racing career in the SCCA Pro Racing F2000 Championship in 1994. Formed JDC MotorSports in 1994 to serve the F2000 community with at track service and F2000 lease programs. Managed the Team KOOL Green Champcar Hospitality program for Brown & Williamson Tobacco from 1996-2002. Moved to the Zetec powered F2000 cars in 2002 and started the Star Mazda program in 2005.  JDC MotorSports captured the 2007 Star Mazda Championship with Dane Cameron.  In 2008, JDC was runner-up with Joel Miller.

engineering team

Rick Cameron - Rick Cameron returns to JDC Motorsport in 2009 bringing over 25years of motor racing experience with him. He has been responsible for engineering 3 of the last 4 Star Mazda Championship winning programs. Michael Mc Dowell, Rafael Matos and 2007 Champion Dane Cameron have all walked away with the Lion’s share of race wins and prize money from Championship winning seasons under Rick’s guidance.
Rick was also responsible for engineering the last four years of the Lynx Racing Atlantic program from 2000 until 2004. Working with Drivers Dave Rutledge, Michael Valiante and Brian Sellers. Finishing in the top 3 in 4 of those championships as well as 2 prior championships in 1996 and 1997 as assistant engineer to Jim Griffith. He also received 2 engineer of the year awards while in the Formula Atlantic Series making him a sure pick winner for JDC Motorsports.

Pete Mercier - Pete Mercier has been involved in professional racing for about fourteen years.  His involvement includes being everything from driver to team manager to engineer.  Pete's love of racing started at an early age going to races with his father and then starting to compete himself in go karts and made his way all the way to Formula Atlantic.  Throughout his driving career he was educating himself on the technical side of racing.  When he decided to hang up his helmet, Pete found himself engineering Team Bucknum Racing's LMP2 program and competing in the 24 Hours of LeMans.  Over the next few years Pete's engineering and coaching efforts produced wins, poles and fastest laps in LMP2, Pro Formula Mazda, and Formula Renault.  At the end of 2008, Pete was approached by JDC MotorSports to compliment their already strong engineering effort.  With their drive for success, it was a perfect fit. 

barry Mumm - A racing veteran -- starting with oval track midgets in the 60's -- Mumm has had success in auto racing for over 40 years.  Mumm is recognized as the leading technical expert on the Sports Car Club of America's Spec Racer Ford (SRF) race car, with accomplishments including the SCCA Showcase Series championship, Central Division SCCA Championship, as well as finishing in the top 3 in the 1995, 1996 and 1997 SRF Pro Series. 

Having campaigned cars in SCCA's World Challenge and IMSA's "Lites" Series, Mumm's cars hold the qualifying or race records at: Watkins Glen, St. Petersburg, Mid-Ohio, Heartland Park, Pikes Peak, Reno, Minneapolis, and Gradn Rapids.  During his career, Mumm has achieved over 25 racing wins in SCCA and IMSA competition and was 2006 IMSA Lites Champion. 

Mumm, a graduate from the University of Wisconsin with graduate work at the University of Southern California, is the holder os 3 U.S. patents and the proprietor of Autostuff Inc., a manufacturer of custom products for road racing cars and publisher of car specific software. 

crew

Scott Church - Scott comes to JDC MotorSports after a long and storied career in auto racing. He has over 20 years experience in the sport, from SCCA racing through the CART series. The knowledge and work ethic he brings to the team is second to none. In addition to his job at JDC MotorSports, Scott also has a successful business, The Gear Daddies, which specializes in transaxles for the auto racing industry. Scott, wife Melinda and their three children Alex, Parker and Avery live in the Minneapolis area.

Dave Hopple - Dave started going to the races at Brainerd International Raceway with his father at the age of seven and was instantly hooked on racing. They began their own racing program in 1980 with his father driving a SCCA production car. Dave began his own racing career in the mid-eighties racing karts and from there he moved up to the SCCA Formula Ford class winning various regional championships, national wins and qualifying for the SCCA championship Runoff’s in 2000.
Dave has been working with JDC Motorsports since 1994 and was lead mechanic on Jason Bowles 2004 Cooper Zetec Rookie of the Year effort.

Troy Benner - Troy started his career in racing at the age of eighteen. He received his Automotive Technology degree in 1992. Among his many accomplishments, Troy was chief mechanic for Donnybrooke Motorsports, crew chief for Richie Hearn Motorsports, and has had many sprint and endurance wins. Troy continues his racing passion through involvement in club racing with Elder Benner Motorsports.