The team.
Racing is never a solo sport. The driver, the coach, and the crew building the program around him.
Ian Wells
Ian Wells is an 18-year-old American kart racer pursuing a professional career in endurance racing. After tying for #5 nationally in U21 USA Archery for the 2025 USAT season, he made a deliberate transition into motorsport — bringing the focus, mental discipline, and physical conditioning of an elite-level athlete to the kart. He's currently leading the 2026 SMK Race Series championship (P1 after 4 of 8 rounds) under coach Zach Woodsford and a full wellness team, with the long-term goal of competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship.
Zach Woodsford
Leading Ian's on-track development, race-craft, and data review.
Zach leads Ian's on-track development, race-craft, and post-session data review. He's the through-line on every race weekend.
Off-track support
Doctor of Physical Therapy at Optimize Physical Therapy and Performance, specializing in outpatient orthopedics, sports rehab, and elite-athlete return-to-play. Leads Ian's off-track physical preparation, mobility, and injury prevention — and structures his race-weekend fueling, hydration, and recovery protocols into a repeatable routine that holds up across long, hot race days.
Ian's daily training and recovery base — a state-of-the-art Las Vegas performance facility offering DEXA, VO2, bloodwork, hyperbaric oxygen, advanced bodywork, and 1:1 strength training. The data-driven foundation behind every race weekend.
Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC), Brainspotting-certified, LCSW, and CSCS. Ben's roster spans elite athletes in FIA WEC, IMSA, NASCAR, FIA WRC, NFL, MLB, and PGA. With Ian he runs focus, visualization, and pre-race routine work — translating the mental game Ian built in elite archery directly into the cockpit. Builds on the Lanny Bassham Mental Management foundation Ian developed 1:1 with certified MM coach Mel Nichols during his archery career.
benfoodman.com →Physical therapy via Optimize Physical Therapy & Performance · Training & recovery at Project Wellbeing (Las Vegas) · Mental performance with Ben Foodman (Charlotte, NC).