Ian 'Fred' Causer is a qualified Aircraft Engineer with over 27 years in the aviation and motor racing arenas and has a vast mechanical knowledge in both fields, which has been finely developed by his work on military, civil and experimental aircraft, along with futuristic weapons and imaging systems for the British Government. His abilities and reputation are recognised on both sides of the Atlantic.

His interest in motor racing developed as a young boy whilst watching Grand Prix Racing in the UK, and whilst serving in the Royal Air Force he took this one step further and started competing in Kart racing. He became a regular competitor in both National and Royal Air Force competitions and won four Championships during his racing career, as well as racing at international level for the Welsh national squad.

In 1994 Fred became the founder and President of St Athan Kart Club which later became Llandow Kart Club which is still active as a Motor Sports Association (MSA) Kart club to this day. Around this time Fred also worked as a factory test driver for Jade Karts developing their two stroke chassis, and it was on the Jade chassis that he won three of his four titles.

Also in the early Nineties he was invited by the UK MSA to become one of the first kart racing instructors trained and licensed in the UK to instruct and examine new kart racers under the new national licence system known as A.R.K.S. (Association of Race Kart Schools). During this time he was still competing and spent every weekend at kart tracks racing, instructing, examining or evaluating new drivers. Along side this he was also Chief Mechanic for Cardiff Motor Sports Centre working on the schools fleet of Formula Renault 1700 single seat race cars and Formula XR3i´s

A sizeable accident in the 1998 Inter-nations race all but finished his racing career and it was at this time that Fred decided to give back to the sport and underwent 3 years training to qualify as a UK licensed MSA Clerk of The Course (Race Director) and also took on the task as Deputy Team Manager and Judicial representative for the Welsh National Kart Team.

Now living in Calgary Alberta Canada Fred is the Calgary Kart Racing Clubs circuit and Club Manager as well as their Clerk of The Course (Race Director) and in 2006 was selected by the ASN Canada FIA to act as Deputy Clerk of The Course for the National Karting Championships.

In 2008 and 2009 as an ASN Canada FIA Licensed official he will act as the Western Canadian Championships Clerk of the Course and series Steward. This is a National series that determines the Team Canada places for the Rotax Max World Finals.

Up until recently he has also acted as Technical Manager for Allen Berg Racing Schools providing technical support for the schools 5 Formula Renault 1600 Fran Am cars along with the schools 8 CRG/TKM4S race karts and he also provided teaching support for the school.