GEICO Motorcycle Racing Team Driver Profile

Karen Stoffer has enjoyed High Speeds, High Performance and big interest in Motor Sports most of her life. She has been involved in Motorcycle Drag Racing since 1990 when she was selected as Rookie of the Year at Los Angles County Raceway. Karen's profession is the OS Global Programs Leader for a division of General Electric.

She holds a BSBA in Logistics Management and a minor in Computer Science from the University of Nevada , Reno . Enthusiastic about sports, Karen stays in shape through bicycling and going to the gym. When she is not racing, at work or working out, Karen attends the University of Nevada , were she will complete her MBA.

Karen is passionate about everything she does when she is at work she works hard and loves her job when she is racing she maintains a laser like focus. The key to Karen's racing success is her burning desire to win and the setting of achievable goals. Karen has displayed definite ability to compete in motorcycle Drag Racing's highest and most elite class - National Hot Rod Association's (NHRA) Pro-Stock.

The evidence is in her record of achievements Class Champion 1991, 1992, 1994, and 1997 with an overall NHRA Division 7 Championship in 1993 . Karen is among the first women to be licensed in Pro-Stock Motorcycle Racing. She has held the AHDRA National Record and has competition experience in, NHRA, AMA Pro-Star, and NMRA with multiple wins in the very quick Pro-Modified class. Karen finished 11 th in 2003 and 10 th in 2004.

Karen makes her home with husband Gary Stoffer in Minden, Nevada . Her dream to win a NHRA Pro-Stock Motorcycle World Championship fuels her Drag Racing enthusiasm. Karen understands the power of purpose with emphasis on personal development, her riding, and communication, viewing all of these skills as pertinent to a strong marketing partner relationship.

Karen believes 2006 is the year to deliver an NHRA Pro-Stock Motorcycle World Title to a World Class Sponsor.

In 1999, Doug Johnson of Immokalee, Florida, along with his wife Debbie, formed Jonco Motorsports, Inc. This venture was created for the purpose of assembling a race team for the National Hot Rod Association's (NHRA) Pro-stock Motorcycle Series.

The race team now features Karen Stoffer of Minden, Nevada, as the rider of their Pro-Stock Motorcycle, in 2002. Jonco Motorsports competes in the NHRA Drag Racing Series as the GEICO Motorcycle Pro-Stock Motorcycle Racing Team.

Jonco Motorsports has deliberately assembled the ideal combination for a winning team and a marketing property. This racing program brings together championship engine builder Greg Cope, with his track record in Pro-Stock Motorcycle and Karen Stoffer's proven ability as a female rider, coupled with Doug Johnson's business and organizational expertise.

The program is structured with the best components available in order to win on the track while providing an attractive marketing property. Everyone involved with this team is dedicated to the organization, and possess the drive to achieve a common goal: Winning an NHRA Pro-Stock Motorcycle Championship. "As our own critics, we constantly strive for the highest level of human performance, which is required to take this team to the top", says team owner Doug Johnson.