{"id":102514,"date":"2025-11-07T13:44:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T13:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/josh-hart-crewmembers-david-gaterell-alex-barrett-head-to-burnyzz-speed-shop-to-lead-expansion-program\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T13:44:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T13:44:28","slug":"josh-hart-crewmembers-david-gaterell-alex-barrett-head-to-burnyzz-speed-shop-to-lead-expansion-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/josh-hart-crewmembers-david-gaterell-alex-barrett-head-to-burnyzz-speed-shop-to-lead-expansion-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Hart Crewmembers David Gaterell, Alex Barrett Head to Burnyzz Speed Shop to Lead Expansion Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two members of Josh Hart\u2019s Top Fuel operation will be taking leadership roles with Burnyzz Speed Shop in Ocala, Florida, at the conclusion of the season. David Gaterell, the team\u2019s logistics manager and Alex Barrett, who oversees the team\u2019s car care and bottom end, will both head to the Ocala-based company and lead the restoration department and quick service department, respectively.<\/p>\n

The move is the latest announcement from Hart who is delivering on his promise to make sure all his current Top Fuel crew members make positive moves and opportunities for the future. Hart will be the driver of the John Force Racing Top Fuel dragster in 2026 and announced in October that he sold his Top Fuel operation to Elite Motorsports.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my mission to make sure that everybody lands where they want to land, we discovered that David was very interested in relocating to Florida,\u201d said Hart. \u201cHe\u2019s very versatile. He\u2019s capable of almost anything on the race car. He\u2019s going to run our restoration department. He\u2019ll oversee implementing new systems and procedures to get our restoration production and restoration department scaled up. We\u2019re very excited to have him. He\u2019s an organizational guy and he\u2019s going to be another pillar in the foundation to growing Burnyzz Speed Shop.\u201d<\/p>\n

Burnyzz Speed Shop has a robust restoration business currently, but Gaterell will be charged with expanding the operation as well as building a program that can be expanded to new locations. His organizational skills will be put into service as the restoration department expands.<\/p>\n

\u201cHaving worked on building his racing operation and racing with Josh for several years now, I feel we have goals and processes that align with each other,\u201d said Gaterell. \u201cWhen Josh approached me with the idea of trying to apply some of the concepts from racing into Burnyzz I really liked the idea and challenge of how we could improve and grow the operation into something that could be replicated in other areas.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barrett will lead the soon to be overhauled quick service department that will have a classic vibe and feature a truly white glove service. Clients will be able to pull up to a 50s-60s style gas station with uniformed attendants. They will be able to get anything from window cleaning to new wiper blades, superchargers, brakes, and exhaust, all geared towards iconic cars.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlex is also very versatile. I didn\u2019t know that he had a background in quick service before he was with our race team,\u201d said Hart. I asked him to come check out Burnyzz Speed Shop after we made the announcement. We shared with him our plans to scale the quick service department, and he fell in love with the idea. He will be the guy that oversees that project and he will start working to help us scale that into different states.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI was really impressed with Burnyzz Speed Shop every time that I visited,\u201d said Barrett. \u201cI knew Josh was looking to expand and I\u2019m super proud to be involved. When he laid out the opportunity I felt like I\u2019d be stupid not to take it. The entire Burnyzz team is topnotch, and the working environment was very welcoming.<\/p>\n

Barrett has a wide array of experiences beyond his work on Hart\u2019s race team. The 37-year-old Californian has worked for Don Schumacher Racing, Carvana and has also raced his own nostalgia Alcohol Funny Car. He grew up racing Junior Dragsters in Southern California and Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Additional announcements will be made in the coming weeks about future plans for crew members and support personnel. Hart\u2019s goal is to have everyone who is interested in a new role, job or opportunity by the end of the year. Burnyzz Speed Shop is also looking for additional employees with excellent pay and benefit options. Contact: Britt@burnyzz.com<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally published on November 7, 2025. \"Drag<\/p>\n

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Two members of Josh Hart\u2019s Top Fuel operation will be taking leadership roles with Burnyzz Speed Shop in Ocala, Florida, at the conclusion of the season. David Gaterell, the team\u2019s logistics manager and Alex Barrett, who oversees the team\u2019s car care and bottom end, will both head to the Ocala-based company and lead the restoration […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102514\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}