Gold Country Motorsports was founded by Dave Standridge and his wife Tasha.  Dave has been racing for over 20 years in various types of cars including Porsches, BMWs, Factory Five Cobras, Corvettes, Mustangs, Dodge Vipers, and now Thunder Roadsters.   He raced in Porsche Club of America for a number of years before moving on to professional racing in the American Le Mans Series and the Grand Am Rolex Series.  He founded the Rennwerks Motorsports team which would later become the highly successful Flying Lizard Motorsports team. Some of Dave's accomplishments include:

• Third Overall in the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona
• Third in GT in the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona
• First in the Six Hours of the Glen, Watkins Glen
• NASA National Championship
• NASA West Coast Championship
• Cannonball One Lap of America Winner
• 100+ podium finishes