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Ken Fukuda, a 36-year-old Skip Barber Racing School instructor, has been awarded the IMSA Diverse Driver Development Scholarship. The scholarship covers the cost of a 2024 entry list in either the …
36-year-old Ken Fukuda, an instructor at the Skip Barber Racing School, has been awarded the IMSA Diverse Driver Development Scholarship, which covers the cost of an entry in either the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge, or IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge for 2024, as well as 50% of an entry for 2025. Fukuda’s journey to this position has been unconventional, as he joined the Peace Corps after graduating from the University of California, Los Angeles and became a teacher and principal in Liberia. Despite this, he continued to pursue racing and eventually found a home at the Skip Barber Racing School, where he serves as an instructor and director. Fukuda is grateful for this opportunity and believes in the importance of hard work and perseverance in achieving success in racing, regardless of background or ethnicity. His professional racing experience includes a podium finish at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway last season with the Skip Barber Race Team in TC America. He believes that with passion, persistence, and a never-give-up attitude, anyone can make it in racing.
Source: Racer
