Joel was on a path to the Indy 500 when he switched to sports cars. A former Skip Barber National Champion, Joel was one of the first racers to earn a Mazda scholarship. After several years in Star Mazda and Indy Lights, Joel made the move to sports cars and was the 2013 Grand-Am Rookie of the Year scoring five wins in the SpeedSource #00 Mazda6. A recent graduate of UC Riverside in Mechanical Engineering, Joel is also an engineer at SpeedSource during the week.