Brennen Mankin | Mankin Racing

The Driver

About Brennen

Brennen Mankin is a championship-winning racer from California's Central Valley. He came up through competitive karting, winning a WKA Grand National title in 2007 and an IKF Grand National title in 2009, before moving into full-size stock cars at Madera Speedway. Along the way he shared the track with future stars of American motorsport including Colton Herta, Zane Smith, and Riley Herbst.

When budget kept him off the track, he kept his skills sharp with years of serious sim racing. Today he races a Pro Sportsman stock car at Madera Speedway, competes in the CCKRA Briggs LO206 senior karting class, and coaches new and developing drivers using the same two tools that built his own career: a race kart and a sim rig.

Race Resume

Career Highlights

2007 WKA Grand National Champion World Karting Association national title
2009 IKF Grand Nationals Champion International Kart Federation national title and Duffy winner
2009 IKF Region 7 Champion Plus multiple top-3 championship finishes in the region
2012 Fresno Kart Club series: 5 race wins
2015 Mini Stocks at Madera Speedway: 4 wins First season in full-size cars
Since 2015 Competitive sim racing Thousands of laps of structured practice and online competition
Today Pro Sportsman Stock Car, Madera Speedway Plus CCKRA Briggs LO206 senior class karting

Also on the resume

SKUSA TaG Junior race wins
Madera Speedway Toyota Sedans class wins
Madera Speedway Pro Sportsman win

Current Programs

Now Racing

Pro Sportsman Stock Car

Racing in the Pro Sportsman division at Madera Speedway, one of the West Coast's premier short tracks.

CCKRA Karting

Competing in the Briggs LO206 senior class with the Central California Kart Racing Association on a Birel ART chassis, with rounds at Buttonwillow, Santa Maria, and KCRP.

Sim Racing

Years of competitive sim racing keep the reflexes sharp between race weekends, and power the coaching program below.

Driver Development

Coaching

Learn racecraft from a national champion. Brennen coaches new and developing drivers using his own race kart and professional sim rig: the fastest, most affordable path from zero experience to real pace on track.

Sim Session

$60 / hour

One-on-one instruction on a full sim rig
Racing line, braking, and throttle fundamentals
Telemetry and lap review
No equipment needed

Book a Session

Sim + Kart Program

$500 / program

Learn the fundamentals on the sim first
Then apply them in a real race kart at the track
Four sim sessions plus one kart track day
Personal progress plan

Start the Program

Kart Track Day

$350 / day

Seat time in a race-prepared Briggs LO206 kart
Trackside coaching and lap timing
Kart, safety gear guidance, and setup included

Book a Track Day

Pricing shown is introductory and subject to change. Contact us for current availability and details.

The Numbers Side

Race Analytics

Coaching at Mankin Racing is backed by real analysis, not seat-of-the-pants guesses. Lap times, sim telemetry, and race footage get turned into specific, prioritized changes: where to brake later, where the line is costing time, and what to work on next.

The analytics side is led by Michael Saldivar, who holds a B.S. in Mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and spent two years as an analytics engineer building statistical models and production data pipelines. It is the same discipline professional race teams apply to their data, brought to the club level.