Pala Raceway

Ryan Ouellette (Founder & President)
Ryan was a born entrepreneur, while attending Framingham State College outside of Boston MA he started his first business at the age of nineteen years old. Upon completion of school Ryan sold his business and returned to Southern California to open a realestate development company. His first development project would be completed just a few miles away from what will be his dream project of Pala Raceway. During the development he started Coastal Empire Mortgage which he still owns and operates to this day.

During the past seventeen years Ryan has been involved with numerous businesses and holds one US Patent which was completed as a hobby while living in Washington DC area as part of a health care company he founded. While he never left his roots of California he did return full time to southern California in 1996. Upon his return Ryan was spending a larger portion of time riding and it was then that he was introduced to Comp Park Motocross which he invested in with two other partners. He would later sell Comp Park Motocross due to the heavy work load of his mortgage company so he could spend more time with his wife Amy of fifteen years and their first of two children, Courtney. From the day he sold Comp Park Ryan knew he wanted to be involved again in another track and focused his efforts on San Diego County. He first met Chairman Smith over nine years ago, prior to the construction of what is today Pala Casino Resort Spa. With the help of Chairman Smith and the approval of the general council he was able to build what is today Pala Raceway. During the years of work Ryan was able to assemble a team that has been able to see the vision of the knowledge he gained during his years of ownership and training on earth moving from Comp Park.

When Ryan isn't in the office or on a bulldozer, he is with his wife Amy and his two children, Courtney and Austin. As a family they spend a large portion of their time at their second home in Big Bear, skiing, water skiing and riding.

Kirk Chandler (Vice President and General Manager)
A local entrepreneur, business owner, and resident of San Diego, California, Kirk Chandler is a graduate from Woodbury University School of Architecture and is a specialist in motor sports facility design. Utilizing Kirk's twenty years of experience in the motor sports community where his involvement has ranged from racer, track designer, race promoter, race sponsor, journalist and professional photographer, he has positioned himself as an expert in the motor sports community and is proactive in the expansion of motor sports into the mainstream.

Kirk began working on Pala Raceway in April of 2006 and has designed all of the site plans, architectural elements and track layouts of the facility. The Pala Raceway site offers a distinct advantage of location and infrastructure that will catapult the facility to the level of other National motocross facilities and hopefully will eventually revolutionize the motocross community.

Kirk currently operates two other business ventures simultaneously with his activity at Pala Raceway. Amagyn Incorporated residential design firm focuses on custom home design; both brand new custom homes, and remodel additions. MxColor is a publishing company that focuses on action sports coloring books and action sports based novels that are helping children to learn by linking knowledge with their passion for action sports.

Jack Cox (Vice President Operations)
Jack is a local entrepreneur, business owner, family man, and resident of Oceanside, California. Jack has been with his wife Tamra for the past thirteen years and currently has a two year old son and newborn daughter. With the help of Tamra, he has owned and operated Jaxon Hauling Inc, a demolition and construction recycling company, for the past six years.

As the Vice President of Operations, Jack will manage the track preparations and heavy equipment operators for the facility. It has been one of his life long dreams to open and operate a motocross track and he has been involved in numerous attempts at opening a new motocross facility in Southern California. His passion for motorcycles came at a young age; he began trail riding with his Dad aboard a KDX80 and quickly advanced to a KX80 and raced his way through the amateur ranks, racing at Ponca City and Loretta Lynn's with the some of the sports legendary racers. Jack continues to race, competing in local amateur races, the Baja 500, and the Mammoth Mountain Motocross.