Pat O’Keefe, President and CEO of Safecraft Safety Equipment, is a veteran racer with an impressive career, both in on-track and off-road racing as well as in and outside the boardroom.

Pat’s successful corporate career as President and CEO of NeXgen Fuel, Vice President of Golden Gate Petroleum and CEO and President of CLP Motorsports had its humble beginning as a successful racer in his youth.  His passion for automobiles and motorsports lead to an impressive racing career starting at the age of 12 where he has since raced anything with an engine including jet skis, boats, motorcycles, karts and cars with NASCAR, SCCA, NASA, IMCA and others.  Pat started CLP Motorsports after realizing the need for a world-class customer focused motorsports shop. He started NeXgen Fuel by recognizing the need to meet customer’s demands for a high quality, clean-burning, high performance premium renewable diesel.  Pat is continually driven to find innovative ways to champion alternative fuels like NEXDIESEL Renewable Diesel for use in the automotive industry.