Meet the Team at ATC

Come meet the ATC family! We're a wild bunch of professionals who are driven to help you get your dream race car on the track. From providing you with high-performance parts, to helping design and fabricate full race car builds, we'll make sure you have all the resources needed to take it for a spin!

 

Shawn Bassett

Owner | Lead Builder/Fabricator | Driver

Shawn at Gridlife Festival 2023


Shawn's passion for racing started at an early age, beginning with building bikes and then trucks and cars. Since the age of ten, he has raced a bit of everything including Sport Bikes, Flat Track, Superminis, Supermoto, and Time Attack. In 2004, Shawn began two-wheeled racing with sanctioning bodies as a hobbyist. 
Inspired by the physical, mental, and mechanical engineering challenges of running one of the most demanding courses in the world, Pikes Peak. Shawn began to build his purpose-built all-carbon 240Z in 2016. 
Shawn's Z has become among the most recognizable Z's out there today. Realizing his bucket list dream, Shawn successfully competed in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in 2020 & 2021.
 
ATC Racing was born in 2020 when Shawn and Jaime joined forces to turn their passion for racing into a business. Utilizing all of the skills and knowledge acquired over a lifetime of building and racing, ATC Racing has become the a premier provider of race car parts and build services.

Jaime Bassett

Owner | Finance | Operations

Jaime at Pikes Peak 2020

Jaime is new to the auto/racing industry but she is quickly mastering all the ins and outs! Jaime earned a Master of Business Administration from the University of Central Florida in 2016 and has over 10 years experience as CFO of her family's business.
You can usually find her working on this very website, assembling new products, building brake lines, and helping out at the racetrack whenever possible!

 


Derek Andre

 Technician/Fabricator 

 

Ken Cruz

Outside Sales & Business Development

 Ken Cruz

Ken’s love for cars started as a kid collecting and playing with Hot Wheels. As he grew older and reached the age of driving he started to surround himself with others who shared the same interest in cars. In the late 90’s and early 00’s in Southern California, the import car scene started to take off and he found himself at events like Hot Import Nights, LA Street Races and the good old drag race nights at the LA County Raceway (LACR). 

After years of working in the finance industry, he left his job in 2015 to pursue a career in the Aftermarket Automotive Industry. He’s worked with several notable organizations including CSF and Global Time Attack. Ken is very passionate about the industry and has years of sales and marketing experience to bring to the table which makes him a great asset for the ATC Racing Team. 

His hobbies include cars of course, traveling, spending time with family, houseplants, and watching/playing sports.