Meet the Staff at TRG

Management

Kevin Buckler - Owner & CEO

Kevin Buckler is the founder and CEO of TRG and Adobe Road Winery, and a professional race car driver and team owner.

Kevin began his love for speed by terrorizing his neighborhood in Southern California. He began his professional racing career at the California Grand Prix in 1995.  Kevin entered his brand new Racer's Group built 1970 911, and after months of meticulous preparation and testing, won the race!  He has over 100 professional starts with numerous pole positions and podium finishes.  Notable highlights include wins at the Rolex 24 hours at Daytona in both 2002 and 2003 (the Overall Win in 2003), as well as the 2002 24 hours of Le Mans, and a recipient of the coveted Porsche World Cup.  Most recently, Kevin has led TRG to back-to-back (2005 and 2006) Grand American Rolex GT Championships, including the Triple Crown in 2006 (Drivers, Team and Manufacturers Championships).

On a day to day basis, Kevin is involved in the growth and administrative functions of TRG as well as the tasks associated with running a multi-car professional race team and motorsports business. When not on the racetrack, Kevin enjoys spending time with his family (wife, Debra and 3 daughters) and friends. 

His interests include spending time with his three girls, water sports, snow skiing, tennis (Kevin is a 5.0 ranked USTA player), and winemaking/collecting as well as spending time with friends and family.

Debra Buckler - Owner & CFO

Working a little more than full time, Debra divides her time between TRG and Adobe Road Winery. She handles the accounting functions for both companies, and makes good use of her Corporate Finance degree she earned at Drake University. When not at the office, Debra enjoys volunteering at their children's school and spending time with their three daughters, Katie, Alysa, and Kelly. Her favorite activities include cooking, snow and water skiing, and shopping (not necessarily in that order!)

Sales & Marketing

Peter Thomas

Peter Thomas - Sales and Parts Manager

Peter Thomas is the friendly voice that you will talk to when you call the TRG parts department. Drawing on years of experience racing Volvo's with his father, Peter recently came to work at TRG after a successful career as an IT expert and Mercedes Benz service writer. Peter is a veritable walking encyclopedia of Porsche parts and racing.

Administration

Jeanine Curtis

Jeanine Curtis - Office Manager

As TRG's Office Manager, Jeanine maintains the systems that keeps TRG running as a business. A good deal of her responsibility is organizing travel and coordinating all the events that go on within a busy race team. She has spent most of her career managing offices for both the travel industry and in the offset printing field. Jeanine is a Sonoma County native and has been married to her husband Tim for 13 years. She enjoys a wide array of outside interests including hiking, camping, Harley-rides and kick-boxing.

Tara Larsen

Tara Larsen - Receptionist

Tara Larsen is our communication coordinator and apparel specialist while Sarah is out. Tara is a senior at San Francisco State University in pursuit of her bachelors in Business Marketing. When she’s not working or doing schoolwork, she likes to spend her time snowboarding, camping, rafting and taking Sunday cruises on her sportsbike.

Darrin Hocker

Darrin Hocker - Shipping & Receiving

Darrin Hocker is in charge of our shipping and receiving department. Darrin has six years experience in shipping and receiving. He has had a deep passion for racing since childhood. He is a life long resident of Sonoma County, having lived in both Rohnert Park and Santa Rosa. He currently calls Santa Rosa home. In his spare time Darrin enjoys cooking, car shows, and sky diving.

Full Time Shop & Race Staff

Matt Barbaree

Matt Barbaree

Car Chief

Gary Biehl

Gary Biehl

Mechanic/Race Crew

Robin Boling

Robin Boling

Truck Driver/Race Crew

Loren Burgess

Loren Burgess

Mechanic/Race Crew

Carole Carter

Carole Carter

Hospitality

Shannon Davis

Shannon Davis

Data Acquisition

Tim George

Tim George

Marketing

Kjell Kallman

Kjell Kallman

General Manager/Club Racing Manager

Jeff Kruger

Jeff Kruger

Mechanic/Race Crew

Mike Kuzela

Mike Kuzela

Shop Chief/Mechanic/Race Crew

Marc Manning

Marc Manning

Engineer

Tucker Merten

Tucker Merten

Mechanic/Race Crew

Bernard Mosbacher

Bernard Mosbacher

Equipment Manager

Jason Myers

Jason Myers

GS Team Manager/Web/Marketing

Larry Sauer

Larry Sauer

Logistics/Hopsitality

Brock Wagner

Brock Wagner

GT Team Manager/Crew Chief

Eric Wildt

Eric Wildt

Marketing Coordinator