Hagerman RacEngineering, Incorporated is located in a semi-rural area 45 minutes north of Baltimore, Maryland. Our shop is located at 1605 Dooley Road, in the town of Whiteford, Maryland, near the intersection of Route 165 and Route 136.
John Hagerman, owner of Hagerman RacEngineering, has been an SCCA member for over 33 years. Since earning his Club Racing License in 1975, he has competed in F Production Spitfires, a G Production Datsun, Lola and Tiga Sports 2000s, and of course Spec Racer Fords. This year he will also drive the HRacE Formula SCCA car when it is not being run as an L-3 Sports Racer in the IMSA Lites Series.
John received his Mechanical Engineering Degree from Virginia Tech in 1982. He served as a civilian vehicle test engineer for the U.S. Army at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, specializing in Vehicle Dynamics. Acting as the sole U.S. Military Technical Representative, he provided input to over 67 NATO International Vehicle Test Standard Procedures. He served on two Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) vehicle dynamics committees, where he authored an SAE Standard Test Procedure.
In 1997 John decided to leave Government Service and to combine his engineering career with his racing experience, creating Hagerman RacEngineering. Working as an independent contractor, he performed data acquisition and analysis services for the Brett Bodine, Larry Hedrick, Cale Yarborough, and Bud Moore Winston Cup teams. Simultaneously, he assembled a fleet of rental Spec Racer Fords, and in the year 2000 became the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic SCCA Customer Service Representative.
Bob Sinclair has been a professional mechanic for over five years, working for a Mazda dealership and for an independent repair shop for Mercedes and BMW. Upon joining HRacE in 2005, Bob assumed the primary shop mechanical work. Bob also drives our race transporters, and crews at events where we have a large number of racers. In 2006, Bob attended his first SCCA Driver’s School in an SRF. Soon thereafter, he bought a Datsun 510 Improved Touring sedan that he hopes to race in the future.
Jack Willes is a frequent addition to our larger race weekends, particularly the MARRS Series events. Jack is a former SRF Customer Service Representative for the Southeast Division (East Anglia Motorsports). Jack brings a tremendous wealth of expertise to our events, as he is a Pro Spec Racer Series Champion and a TransAm competitor, and currently a driver instructor at a number of venues around the country. Jack often helps our drivers with setup and driving advice, as well as testing of their cars.
Without Ken Hagerman, HRacE would not exist. In addition to fathering John (which was a key factor), Ken provided John with the love for things mechanical. A mechanical engineer himself, Ken made the crucial mistake of humoring John's passion for race cars, helping build his first FP Spitfire, along with the trailer, tools, and even a garage for its construction. Never one to learn from his mistakes, Ken provided key advice and inspiration for the establishment of HRacE in 1997. Sometimes it's amazing what a father will do…