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2550: Ron Stricker Jul 03, 2025

Ron Stricker, is one of the most well-known auctioneers in the country with a very successful family business located in Gardner, Kansas. Stricker was a former pit crew member in NASCAR from 2002-2010 for Penske Racing with drivers Dave Blaney, Brendan Gaughan, Travis Kvapil, and Kurt Busch. He has dedicated a lifetime to his love of motorsports, car collecting, and airplanes. He flies his Cessna Centurion 210 to auctions and to his favorite motorsports events across the country. Ron has some amazing stories to tell about his days with Penske, his family’s car collection, Coleman, and ultimate barn finds. Stricker is the owner of Ron Stricker Auctions whom with his parents, Jerry and Carol, has been in the auction business for over 55 years and seen it all.

2549: Drake Troutman Jun 26, 2025

Drake Troutman, driver for the Team 22 race team owned by G.R. Smith (known as the equivalent of Hendrick Motorsports in dirt racing), is one of the hottest shoes in dirt racing running over 140 races in the 2025 season including the Real American Beer World of Outlaws Late Model Series and numerous other dirt series around the country. Drake comes off a winner this past weekend landing in victory lane winning the Real American Beer World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at I-55 Speedway in Pevely, MO, and currently sits 4th in points. In 2024, Drake had 21 wins in 9 different states in over 120 events all across the country. At 20 years old, Drake knows that it takes a certain kind of person in this game of dirt racing. He knows that his life consists of working on the car and racing the car – that’s it. It is endless hours to make sure your race car is as good as it can be, traveling up and down the road, having family and friends that support you, and to have a group of amazing sponsors and a team owner who is dedicated to providing an opportunity of a lifetime.

2548: Alexander Soultanis Jun 12, 2025

Alexander Soultanis, is a very well-known concours judge and automotive photographer who recently had the grand privilege of one his prized possessions, a 1944 KDF Wagon, featured on the cover of the legendary “Crankshaft” which relegated into receiving numerous phone calls from Jay Leno (which I had the privilege of just receiving a personally signed copy). Alexander is a Concours Judge and former automotive history radio show host from the New York City area. Most recently he has served as an AACA judge for 19 years and a Concours Judge for 5 years including The Amelia Island Concours, Radnor Hunt Concours, Greenwich Concours, Palisades Concours, Keeneland Concours, and many others. Alexander is a retired sign painter for the city of New York and artist, who if you've watched the Macy's Day Parade, Alexander created and painted the Macy’s Day Parade Star logo you see painted on the street every year. He's been a certified car geek since the age and a member of many car clubs.

2547: Jordan Missig Jun 06, 2025

Jordan Missig, from simulator to track, Jordan’s journey has been an interesting one. After making a few guest appearances in the 2024 INDY NXT by Firestone Series, Jordan returned for his first full-time season with ABEL Motorsports in 2025. Jordan won the 2024 Radical Cup North American Series Championship where he earned 9 wins and 16 podiums with Graham Rahal Performance and the Radical Indianapolis team. He also finished third in the Radical World Finals in Abu Dhabi. Jordan has climbed to INDY NXT after racing in USF Pro 2000, Lamborghini Super Trofeo, Formula Regional Americas and Karting. He is also an FIA IT-B Silver licensed driver and SCCA Pro racer. Jordan has relentlessly chased his dream of making it the top of motorsports. Whether he is perfecting his technique on his simulator or practicing on the track, Jordan’s commitment to his craft is evident. He is driven by one goal – to compete in IndyCar, Formula 1, NASCAR or IMSA’s Prototype/GTP Series.

2546: Dan Crocker May 29, 2025

Dan Crocker, known throughout the motorsports scene as “Showman Dan,” is a very famous chef throughout the global motorsports scene. Most people do not know that race teams like NASCAR, IndyCar, and in most of the professional racing circuits around the world have their own team chef that travels to each race with their traveling kitchen on wheels. “Showman” has created some of the most famous recipes and shared his chef skills serving race teams, drivers, the crew, numerous celebrities, government officials, and VIP’s, to the tune of feeding over 300+ people per day, 3 meals a day, sourcing local foods from farmers and the surrounding area of each track, all cooked on outdoor grills in every type of weather condition. Yes, even baking homemade cookies, breads, and desserts in the outdoors. Now, this takes some serious skills.

2545: Johnny D May 22, 2025

Johnny D., known as “The Motivational Cowboy,” is a nationally recognized speaker, author, and host of the popular OUTSTANDING Life Podcast, where he shares powerful stories and interviews with inspiring guests. For nearly 25 years, Johnny has been a trusted voice for General Motors, interviewing NASCAR drivers, IndyCar drivers, and celebrities at major events across the country. With his signature energy, humor, and authenticity, Johnny D. delivers a compelling message that inspires audiences to live the “Outstanding Life” every day. He has authored multiple motivational books that encourage readers to live with purpose, passion, and positivity.

2544: Rick Blaha May 15, 2025

Rick Blaha, is well known in the tight circles of car collectors. He started drag racing in his teens and is now a landspeed racer. In 2018, Rick got “Salt Fever” after attending a landspeed event at the Bonneville Salt Flats and began landspeed racing acquiring his “A” license on the salt. Rick, was born in Milwaukee, WI, and attended the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Rick was a commercial banker for 26 years before starting a very successful custom packaging company, Pak-Rite, which he sold to a Fortune 500 company in 2018.

2543: Mark Boudreau May 08, 2025

Whoever heard of a motorsports lawyer? A graduate of Western University’s Faculty of Law, Mark Boudreau has always been more interested in the business side of motorsports than harboring any interest in racing himself. This interest led to his founding of Motorsport Prospects, a global online resource providing racers of all type access to information to help them go faster on the track and succeed off it. Mark applies the same concept of due diligence used in the legal field to the research he conducts both for the Motorsport Prospects directory and for individual clients. He is passionate in ensuring that all racers, their family and advisors have the information they need to make an informed motorsport-related decision.

2542: Abby Froehlich Apr 24, 2025

Abigail Froehlich is a 17-year-old SCCA Pro Formula racer from Maryland who owns her own race team known as Passenger Princess Racing, who is preparing to move up the ladder to Formula 1600 and the F4 Series. She doesn’t come from the typical racing lineage or from a wealthy family. Abby has paved her own way coming from a single-parent household and hustling to support her racing career while overcoming some exceptional challenges. Abby, transitioned to CKNA competition Senior Light levels at the LO206 and KA100 karts within her first year and tested in her first open-wheel car in mid-2024. She wants to prove that with unwavering focus, commitment, and perseverance, anyone can compete and win in the fast-paced world of motorsports.

2541: Bob Kerner Apr 17, 2025

Bob Kerner’s passion for collector cars is evident through his thirteen-year involvement as a Board Member and now Co-Chairman, along with Michael Dorvillier, of the La Jolla Concours d’ Elegance. He is a longstanding member in the Classic Car Club of America. His contributions to the Petersen Automotive Museum and his four appearances on the Cars Yeah podcast underscore his dedication to the automotive hobby. Bob shares a common vision with Michael Dorvillier and the organizing committee to continuously improve on the mantra of “World Class Car and World Class Experience” for the sponsors, entrants, and patrons. Bob is a seasoned 24-year insurance producer specializing in private client risk management and has served 16 billionaire families. His expertise lies in catering to clients with family offices, utilizing best-in-class practices, and a dedicated team. He extends his services to emerging affluent clients with a minimum of $5 million investible and up to ultra-wealthy families.

2540: Nigel Matthews Apr 10, 2025

Nigel Matthews is the Global Brand Ambassador for Hagerty. He has spent the last 20 years judging at more than 149 Concours events including Pebble Beach, Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in Italy, and events worldwide in 12 other countries Matthews worked as a Red Seal-licensed automotive technician, repairing and restoring Rolls-Royce and Ferrari vehicles, and from 2002 to 2014 wrote a weekly column for a Canadian newspaper focused on classic cars. In addition, he spent ten years as an administrator for the British Columbia provincial government’s licensing and insurance program that recognizes collector and vintage vehicles. Nigel was recently awarded the 2024 “UNSUNG HERO OF THE YEAR” by the Hot House Media, Concours yearbook. This year marks his 50 years in the classic car world and his 9th year as the Chief Judge of the La Jolla Concours. Originally from Oxfordshire, England, Matthews has lived in and loved every minute of residing in Vancouver, British Columbia, for the past 50-years of his automotive career.

2539: Chris Peterson Apr 03, 2025

Christopher Peterson has been passionate about cars for as long as he can remember—probably even longer. A La Jolla native, he grew up surrounded by classic and exotic automobiles, dreaming of one day becoming a race car driver. This passion eventually led to a career spanning over 25 years in the collector car world. Straight out of high school, Chris joined Symbolic Motor Car Company, one of the leading dealerships for classic, exotic and competition cars. Over the years, he worked his way up from the parts department to Director of Sales and Marketing, developing a deep expertise in post-war European sports and competition cars, along with a talent for uncovering rare and historically significant automobiles. Today, Chris serves as a consultant for Sotheby’s Motorsport and chairs the Motor Car Classic at the La Jolla Concours d’Elegance. His time is spent sourcing exceptional cars, helping collectors navigate the auction world, and ensuring automotive history is properly appreciated— or at the very least, not left to collect dust in a forgotten garage. A fourth-generation San Diegan, Chris comes from a family with deep ties to the region’s business and automotive culture. His grandfather, Robert O. Peterson, founded Jack in the Box and pioneered the modern drive-thru restaurant. When he’s not hunting for automotive treasures, Chris enjoys cooking, sailing, and occasionally restoring cars that he swears he’ll finish one day.

2538: Ida Zetterström Mar 27, 2025

Ida Zetterström is a two-time Super Street Bike Champion winning the 2019 and 2020 championship. In addition, she was the 2023 European Champion in FIA Top Fuel Drag Racing while setting the European ET record of 3.77 and the speed record of 321.1mph along with winning all but one race in the 2023 season. Before finding her way to compete in the U.S. in 2024 at the top level of drag racing as an NHRA Top Fuel dragster pilot mastering an 11,000 horsepower dragster at 330+mph in only 1,000 feet, she grew up at the race tracks in Europe starting out in junior dragsters at the age of 8. Ida’s journey to the NHRA Top Fuel ranks has been marked by relentless work, dedication, and an unyielding passion for the sport. Ida quickly let the world know that she lived up to the hype as she made her NHRA Top Fuel debut with JCM Racing in 2024.

2537: Angela Savage Mar 20, 2025

Angela Savage was in her mother’s womb during the tragic running of the 1973 Indianapolis 500. Her mother watched from the grandstand, in horror, as her husband, racecar driver Swede Savage, crashed in turn four after leading the race. The vicious impact and catastrophic explosion left him with critical injuries that would ultimately claim his life 33 days later. Angel was born just a few weeks after his tragic death. Angela’s tumultuous life, as well as the life of her famous father, is chronicled in her book, SAVAGE ANGEL. Angela credits the racing community for saving her life as she began exploring the history of her iconic father that led to finding herself. She is now a special part of the entire racing family and works as a program manager for Racing For Mental Health, a nonprofit organization that promotes mental health awareness and destigmatizes the topic of mental health through conversation, education, advocacy and outreach via the racing community.

2536: Nitro Allie Mar 06, 2025

Nitro Allie, also known as Allie D, is a motorsports enthusiast who started in the world of drag racing and enjoys sharing her love of car culture with those who have never been exposed to it. She shares her story and enthusiasm with others in hopes that they, too, will fall in love with our world of car culture. Like myself, Nitro wants to keep racing alive and thriving. Racing is life! When Nitro is not at the track or recording her inspirational interviews, she is a public servant in the law enforcement community who classifies herself as a “last responder” also known as a “death investigator” and a county deputy.

2535: Matt Dibenedetto Feb 27, 2025

Matt Dibenedetto, or Matt D, as many fans call him, is a long-time veteran of NASCAR, coming onto the scene in 2009. Matt has nearly 250 starts in NASCAR's top series and is currently racing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for Viking Motorsports, driving the #99 Chevrolet Camaro. A native of Grass Valley, CA, Matt began the journey to a professional racing career at the age of 7 by competing in outlaw kart racing. Matt is a man of great faith, a huge car enthusiast, animal lover of their adopted dog “Brian”, and married to his high school sweetheart, his better half, Taylor or Tay, as most everyone calls her.

2534: Jackie Heinricher Feb 20, 2025

Jackie Heinricher served as a medic in the U.S. Air Force and earned her Masters of Science degree from Tennessee Tech University. After a decade of working in the science and management industry, she launched a successful biotechnology firm from her garage eventually growing the firm into a multimillion-dollar biotechnology company. She has developed visionary and unique intellectual properties and holds several technology patents. Jackie has always had a love for racing and began racing later in her life. She is a race car driver who has competed in the Red Bull Rally Cross Series, the World FIA Rally Series, and has competed for several years in the Ferrari FIA Series-North America, and has competed domestically in Formula 3. She is the first woman to compete in the North America Lamborghini Series entering her first race at Road America in 2016. “Racer Jackie” has achieved eight (8) podium finishes, with two (2) at the World Finals in Valencia, Spain. Heinricher brought the first female co-driver duo in 2017 to the Lamborghini Series. Jackie is the founder of Heinricher Racing’s all-female race team and the first to field a team of women who competed in the 2019 IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car Series where they finished 5th in the championship. Her team also competed in the most grueling race in the world, the 24 Hours of Daytona. Unfortunately, the 2020 season got derailed by Covid, but she is still striving to rebuild a new team in the near future.

2533: Collete Davis Feb 13, 2025

Collete Davis, is one of the most diversified female drivers in the world. At the age of 16, she attended Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to obtain a mechanical engineering degree. Her combination of behind-the-wheel talent and on-screen personality makes her a stand-out in the automotive and racing industries. She mixes social influence with her barrier-breaking roles in car culture and media. Collete is a diverse and very successful racecar driver in Drift, Track, RallyX, and Monster Trucks. She will be competing in Formula Drift in 2025. She is a stunt/test driver for Netflix and several automotive OEMs around the world. Along with being a TV-series host for multi-million dollar productions, Collete is a content creator on YouTube and a social media sensation with over 2-Million followers as a car builder who builds her own cars with a talented team at a 30-acre Florida compound for her competition races, personal vehicles, and for SEMA. She is an international brand ambassador for Hot Wheels. Collete has her own race team and clothing brand she calls House of Prix.

2532: Boston Be A Man Feb 06, 2025

Harmon “Boston” Cap is the social media sensation known as “Boston The Be A Man Guy” with over 9 million followers globally, published a very successful book with the fitting title, “Be A Man: The Ultimate Guide,” where he shares funny and insightful stories and pearls of wisdom about what it takes to be a man. “Be a Man” celebrates and pokes fun at the strengths and flaws of men today in an entirely satirical (sometimes controversial) way when he offers timeless advice on how to be a man, including:

— Never ask for directions, or use a GPS, just drive around forever

— Fall asleep watching TV, then get mad when somebody changes the channel

— If you can’t fix something, chuck a wrench

— If you can’t find what you’re looking for in a store, don’t ask for help. Walk out.

“The Be a Man Guy” takes his followers and readers into his early years, from learning math from his Uncle, the bookie, to discovering deep truths about life from the patrons who drank and gambled at his family’s bar in East Boston. Whether in stories or one-liners, “The Be a Man Guy” will make you laugh and shake your head in recognition. “Be a Man: The Ultimate Guide” lets men of the world (and the women that might love them) know that they are not alone. Boston, has a love for racing and is a fellow automotive enthusiast.

2531: Danny Drinan Jan 30, 2025

Danny Drinan, is one of the most innovative race car designers and builders in the motorsports industry with a background as a very successful USAC Midget and Sprint Car driver. Danny attempted to make the Indy 500 three times, but had his Indy Car career cut short due to a life-changing crash that nearly took his life. He was a mechanical engineer and lead fabricator for Mario Andretti, part of the Bonneville Salt Flats land speed team, Speed Demon, that set a world record in 2021 of 481+ mph as the fastest piston powered car on the planet, and the inventor of the patented “Dri-Bar” cockpit adjustable anti-roll system that has been used in numerous racing series with and has achieved over 500 victories. Danny is reintroducing the racing world to an updated educational series of his “Pyramid of Grip.” He owns Drinan Racing Industries in Indianapolis, IN, where he designs and fabricates specialized parts for the racing, aviation, military, and aerospace industries around the world.

2530: Miranda Seymour Jan 23, 2025

Miranda Seymour, celebrated as a biographer, novelist, memoir writer and critic, has been a visiting professor at Nottingham Trent University. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts as well as a Royal Literary Fund Fellow, and the author of the award-winning memoir, In My Father’s House. Her many acclaimed biographies include: A Ring of Conspirators, an innovative study of Henry James and his literary circle; Ottoline Morrell: Life on a Grand Scale; Robert Graves: Life on the Edge; Mary Shelley; In Byron’s Wake, The Bugatti Queen and I Used to Live Here Once: The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys. Today is a very exciting show for me as I have the opportunity to speak with, Miranda Seymour, the author of my favorite book, the “Bugatti Queen,” who writes the story of one of my favorite racers, Helle Nice. I have asked Mark Greene, the founder of Cars Yeah to co-host with me today.

2529: Kat DeLorean Part 2 Jan 16, 2025

If you missed the first half of our talk with Kat you will find it here on the website or any mobile podcast app.

Kat DeLorean is a proud mother of 3, a wife, a mentor, and the daughter of automotive magnate, John Z DeLorean. January 6th, 2025 marked his 100th birthday. Kat has an extensive background in cybersecurity (Purple Hat level which is considered the highest level in cybersecurity), in leadership, and mentorship roles for international corporations and major financial institutions for the past 20 years. In this new chapter of life, Kat is dedicated to restoring the legacy of her father and is eager to return excellence to design, engineering, and manufacturing in the automotive industry.

2528: Kat DeLorean Jan 09, 2025

A Message from Ginger Baker Rust -

Today is a very special show for me in many ways. This is my first show as the new owner and driver of Cars Yeah and I have asked Mark Greene, the Founder of Cars Yeah to co-host with me today. This show will be the first of a two-part series with my good friend and someone who is extremely special to me who has a tremendous story to share that I believe everyone needs to hear.

Kat DeLorean is a proud mother of 3, a wife, a mentor, and the daughter of automotive magnate, John Z DeLorean. January 6th, 2025 marked his 100th birthday. Kat has an extensive background in cybersecurity (Purple Hat level which is considered the highest level in cybersecurity), in leadership, and mentorship roles for international corporations and major financial institutions for the past 20 years. In this new chapter of life, Kat is dedicated to restoring the legacy of her father and is eager to return excellence to design, engineering, and manufacturing in the automotive industry. Today, we will talk about Kat’s journey to today and give a little teaser to the future which we will talk about in the second part of this podcast next week.

2527: Matt Stone Jan 02, 2025

Since 1990 Matt Stone is a Freelance Journalist, author, radio and television broadcaster, photographer, former Editor, Motor Trend Classic magazine, international Concours Judge, and automotive event Emcee. His specialties are history, design, interview features, and cars in culture, and he has written, photographed, and published 18 automotive book titles. Matt enjoys just about anything with four wheels, though demonstrates a particular passion for Post WWII sports, performance, and sports racing cars and old pickup trucks. He’s a Chief Class Judge at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, a judge at the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, and officiates and emcees at other first tier shows and events. He serves his profession as a past Officer and Board of Director member, and past-President of the Motor Press Guild (MPG) trade association. Today Matt’s here to share with Ginger and me his newest book titled DeLorean: The Rise, Fall and Second Acts of the DeLorean Motor Company. This is particularly timely since Ginger will have her friend Kat DeLorean, John DeLorean’s daughter on Cars Yeah very soon.

2526: In Memoriam 2024 Dec 31, 2024

Hello Inspiring Automotive Enthusiasts and welcome to Cars Yeah. As the year ends, I would like to take the time to look back at and celebrate the life of those past Cars Yeah guests we lost in 2024.

It was Abraham Lincoln who said “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”

These inspiring people all lived their lives surrounding themselves with their passions for people and automobiles. All were guests on Cars Yeah and I am honored to say had become my friends. Their impact on the car world and the people they encountered created lives very well lived. Something we should all aspire to do each day.

RICH MACDONALD – “Treat everyone with respect and dignity.”

MIKE MULLAN – “Be creative and think outside the box and then put your ideas in motion.”

ROB PITTS – “Do what you love and the rest will come.”

CHAD McQUEEN – “Don’t hit anything”

2525: John Wright Dec 26, 2024

John Wright is an author and past racer who started driving in 1970 and after a self-described, undistinguished record, and running out of racing funds, switched from racing to writing about the drivers, mechanics, and builders in the sport. Initially, John’s stories of Canadian drivers and cars were published in the Canadian publication ‘Old Autos’ in Bothwell, Ontario followed by the California-based magazine ‘Victory Lane’. From there, other publications published interviews John was doing at vintage events and things took off from there. John goes to vintage events around the country, including Mosport, Road America, Watkins Glen and the Laguna Seca tracks. He and his racing friends meet and talk about how fast we were… or not. Today he is here to share his newest book titled Fast Faster Fastest: The Bill Sadler Story from Dalton Watson Fine Books.

2524: CJ Oliveres Dec 19, 2024

CJ Olivares is the president of MAVTV and a decorated media executive with decades of experience building and operating digital and linear media companies. He joined MAVTV in 2022 and immediately began transforming the network by implementing a strategy focused on diversifying programming, expanding distribution, and launching new digital platforms. He has prioritized bringing more live racing programming from around the world, while also developing new, compelling content designed to bring audiences closer to the athletes. The show “On the Rise” features unique stories about the next generation of motorsports athletes and “The Life” gives viewers a glimpse into the lives of established drivers. Most recently, CJ was instrumental in the production of “Racers Roundtable” -- a series featuring an all-star lineup of motorsports icons who share the moments and stories that helped shape their careers. Today, MAVTV is the largest dedicated motorsports media platform in the world.

2523: Danny Sullivan Dec 12, 2024

Danny Sullivan is a legendary race car driver who is best known for his 360-degree spin on lap 120 of the 1985 Indianapolis 500. He was attempting to pass Mario Andretti and after recovering from the spin, he led the last 61 laps to become the 69th winner of the Indy 500 and the moniker “Spin to Win.” Danny is also known for being one of the first “big” personalities in motorsports by using his fame to help promote his sponsors and his likeness through appearances on late-night talk shows, in movies and other forms of media. Danny’s promotional prowess was good and NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Jeff Gordon says he emulated him throughout his racing career. Danny was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2012 and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame in 2022. He remains active as a TV personality, producer, and entrepreneur, staying involved in many forms of racing and business. Danny is here to share his latest venture, Racers Roundtable with Danny Sullivan and Tony Stewart.

2522: Ginger Baker Rust Dec 05, 2024

Ginger Baker Rust comes to you from Mooresville, North Carolina, aka “Race City U.S.A.”. She’s a motorsports sports agent with decades of corporate marketing and experience, accolades, and achievements. Ginger was the Chief Marketing Officer for Ryan Newman, ddriver of the #6 Ford in the Nascar Cup Series. She’s the one behind the scenes who works corporate partnerships, contracts, and the business side of various global motorsports. If you have seen the movie Jerry Maguire, her day-to-day operations are pretty much what Tom Cruise’s character does. She is a well-respected, behind-the-scenes powerhouse in the world of motorsports and had earned the nickname “Lady Mavrik” as she is well-respected and has built a solid reputation with everyone from the series owners, drivers, team owners, pit crews, hauler drivers, and the media outlets. Ginger is an amateur racer who earned an NHRA Dragster Pilot’s license in 2021, and in 2020, earned an ECTA land speed record in a 2020 Yenko Camero street car in the Modern Street/Blown 8-Cylinder category with a 199.557 mph pass on the 1.25 mile course, which made her the second-fastest woman in the history of the class and the third fastest in the history of the national ECTA event.

2521: Whit Montross Dec 02, 2024

Whit Montross is responsible for running the day-to-day operations for Hagerty Marketplace. He and his team review thousands of submissions each year to ensure they are bringing the best ones to market with fair reserves. They work with sellers to make sure their listings are accurate and highlight their vehicles properly. Whit has been with Hagerty for over 10 years, much of that time was in their service center underwriting insurance and talking with Hagerty members. At Hagerty their goal is to ensure and preserve Save Driving and Fuel Car Culture for future generations. Whit built his first race car in the back of Hagerty’s Colorado office. He currently races a 1967 BMW 1600 with Rocky Mountain Vintage Racing. Whit and Hagerty’s love for connecting with fellow enthusiasts combine with helping to make the collector car world more fun for all involved.

2520: Randy Leffingwell Nov 28, 2024

Randy Leffingwell is an author, writer, and photographer who has spent over five decades in the automotive sector. He worked for the Kansas City Star and then in Chicago with the Sun-Times. His passion for automobiles led him to AutoWeek magazine and the L.A. Times. He’s written many articles for Pete Stout’s 000 magazine due to his vast knowledge of the Porsche marque and Randy has authored 65 books. Photography is a significant part of his life to this day. Today he is here to share his book Against All the Others: Porsche’s Racing History, Volume 1-1968, from David Bull Publishers. The book meticulously details technical developments, the nuances of each racing venue, and offers race-by-race commentary. At 432 pages it is an intensive and keen insight into the personalities and their approaches taken in the cockpit for Porsche.

2519: Bill KIrk Nov 21, 2024

Bill Kirk is the CEO and Co-Founder of Weathertrends360, a company that helps any business become proactive vs reactive in any weather, anywhere in the world. Weathertrends360 has been a leading expert in long-range weather forecasting for 22 years. It is the world’s only accurate year-ahead weather forecasting model, powered by 124 years of climate data, with an 85% accuracy rate. Fluctuating temperatures can significantly affect how much range an EV can get on a single charge, making it essential for drivers and companies with fleets to plan around weather conditions. Captain Bill Kirk is a U.S. Air Force Gulf War Veteran. His contagious passion is building the most accurate YEAR-AHEAD weather forecasting technology company on Earth, with predictive sales analytics for Fortune 500 companies.

2518: Jim & Chris Nov 14, 2024

Jim and Chris Ochs are brothers and the Founders of Car Corral, an online automotive auction company that provides the perfect blend of excitement, variety, and community surrounding the world of automobiles. Jim and Chris grew up in Colorado in a family with eight kids, Chris being the oldest of the clan. Chris is a third-generation union carpenter, a licensed aircraft mechanic, a car builder and die-hard enthusiast. He helped his dad restore a 1930 Chevrolet Sedan back in 1977 when he was only 13 years old and the car bug bit him hard. Jim has always been fascinated with all things mechanical and got the car but from his older brothers, aka the ‘Duke Boys’, and brings his passion to the Car Corral auction site.

2517: Stacey Mayfield Nov 07, 2024

Stacey Mayfield is the Director for the Haas Moto Museum. The Texas-based motorcycle museum is named after its founder, Bobby Haas. Bobby and Stacey, working side-by-side, curated one of the world’s most thoughtfully assembled collection of motorcycles, including an unparalleled custom collection including acquisitions and commissioned bikes from around the globe. Following the death of Bobby Haas, she worked to keep this treasure trove of motorcycle history together and is proud to be reopening the Haas Moto Museum in a new, larger location in North Dallas. She and her team proudly share not only these beautiful bikes but the impactful story each one tells. Stacey is also the executive producer on two documentary films documenting the life and accomplishments of Bobby Haas, including Leaving Tracks (2021) and the soon to be released Racing Mister Fahrenheit. She recently released a beautiful photographic book entitled “The Motorcycle,” which chronicles the 13 decades of motorcycle history housed at the Haas Moto Museum.

2506: Isaac Bunick Oct 31, 2024

Isaac Bunick is the founder and CEO (Chief Enthusiast Officer) of MOTORMIA, a new automotive enthusiast platform aimed at revolutionizing the automotive aftermarket industry through AI. MOTORMIA is a company that’s all about creating deeper connections between car lovers and the brands they care about. At the heart of the company is Mia – an AI-driven modding partner, build advisor, and performance analyst all rolled into one. Mia can help car lovers customize their rides, plan upgrades, and optimize performance completely from their devices using AI technology. By entering some basic vehicle info, and desired plans and modifications for your build, Mia can ensure each modification is perfectly suited to meet your unique needs and preferences.

2515: Art Garner Oct 24, 2024

Art Garner is an award-winning author and finalist for the prestigious PEN/ESPN award for literary sports writing for his bestselling book, Black Noon, The Year They Stopped the Indy 500. For over 40 years he worked for Ford, Toyota, Lexus, and Honda, before retiring in 2014 to finish that first book. That book is about the tragic 1964 race that was stopped by a fiery accident on the second lap resulting in the deaths of drivers Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald. He also co-wrote a book titled Indy 500 Memories and another, Hood to Coast Memories, about the relay running race from Mt. Hood to the coast of Oregon. Art is the author of the new biography, A.J. Foyt, Survivor, Champion, Legend, that has just been released by Octane Press. He's been working on the Foyt bio for the past five years and this is just volume one, which covers A.J.’s career through 1977. Volume Two is expected in May of 2026.

2514: Joey Benjamini Oct 17, 2024

Joey Benjamini is the founder and CEO of Collectible Classics, North America's largest volume seller of classic sports cars on platforms including Bring a Trailer, Cars & Bids, and PCarMarket. Joey is a 2021 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in economics and he launched Collectible Classics the same year, with the goal to transform the classic car auction industry. Today, the company conducts over 2,000 auctions annually and boasts more than 100,000 square feet of indoor classic car storage and retail space. Collectible Classics has set itself apart from traditional auction houses like Mecum and Barrett Jackson by leveraging modern online platforms with a focus on customer service and care. The company holds a 4.9-star Google rating thanks to his innovative strategies for seamless transactions and commitment to transparency. Collectible Classics as a trusted leader in the industry.

2513: Kenneth Boyer Oct 10, 2024

Kenneth K. Boyer combines a lifelong love of cars and engineering with a career focused on management and supply chain. He's the Fisher designated professor of operations and business analytics at Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University. He was coeditor-in-chief of the Journal of Operations Management, and served on the faculty at Michigan State and DePaul universities. Boyer is a member of the Academy of Management, Production and Operations Management Society, and the Decision Sciences Institute. Recently, he visited Vietnam to study Vinfast's rise. He's published numerous academic articles and two books. His latest is The Electric Vehicle Revolution: Five Visionaries Leading the Charge. The book takes a deep dive into the worldwide transition from ICE vehicles to EVs.

2512: Michael Alan Ross Oct 03, 2024

Michael Alan Ross is a photographer who is best known for his automotive work. Years ago. he merged his two passions, cars and photography and since then he’s shot everything from exotics to barn finds from rock stars to junk yard dogs. If you love cars no doubt you’ve seen his work in which he constantly creates inspiring images. Michael’s goal is to consistently create images that inspire the viewer, that make then pause, breathe, and take in the images. He provides us a way to see an object in ways we’ve never focused on. And he’s collaborated with some of the most talented designers and builders in the business creating friendships around the world. Today he’s here to share his first authored book titled Porsche Outlaws: Stuttgart Hot Rods, published by our friends at Quarto/Motorbooks.

2411: Stephen Deperte Sep 26, 2024

Steve Deperte is a Sales Representative at Richtech Robotics, a public robotics solutions company. Richtech provides complete robotics solutions for a variety of businesses across the country for restaurants, hotels, casinos, senior living homes, factories, and the automotive sector including service centers. Steve has worked for years in the automotive business focusing on customer engagement and relationship building. He leverages technology and innovation to provide success in the automotive space while transforming the ways business get things done. With cutting edge robotic solutions, Steve and the Richtech team are able to bring people together by automating the tasks that keep them apart.

2510: Chad Schnitz Sep 19, 2024

Chad Schnitz is the Vice President at TopDon, a leader in diagnostics for the auto repair industry. They recently launched several new pieces of diagnostic equipment, thermal imaging units and EV charging products chargers. Chad and his team have grown the business exponentially. Working with some of the largest distributors in the US, they have earned TOPDON USA multiple vendor awards, Motor Top 20 Awards, Design awards and more. Chad has a diverse background in the automotive industry having worked as a tech, sales, training, and a unique blend of automotive hands-on knowledge in the tool and equipment industry.

2509: Burt Levy Sep 12, 2024

Burt “BS” Levy is known as the world’s fastest novelist. He’s been racing and writing about racing for more than a half a century. He’s won something like 100 amateur and vintage races and 8 season championships in a truly incredible variety of cars. Burt’s served as a track-driving instructor for clubs and race-sanctioned bodies and has been a special event and banquet speaker numerous times. No doubt, if you are a true automotive enthusiast your library shelf has at least one of Burt’s books on it but more likely, like mine, it has many. Burt’s best known for his historically accurate and utterly hilarious The Last Open Road series of motorsports novels plus a radio-play, period correct version featuring many famous voices, including yours truly. Today Burt will share his lates book titled A Lifelong Lotus Love Affair.

2508: Jeff Nowak Sep 05, 2024

Jeff Nowak is the founder of Classic Car Jobs, a platform of dedicated marketers that help shops, private collectors, museums, and storage facilities to fins specialty mechanics to employ. They are connecting mechanics with opportunities in the niche world of classic and exotic cars. With a deep passion for classic cars, particularly 50s and 60s European sports cars, Jeff has turned his love for these timeless vehicles into a mission to support the industry by helping skilled professionals find their place in this specialized field. His expertise and enthusiasm for classic cars drive the vision behind Classic Car Jobs, making it a go-to resource for both those wanting to work and those who need employees.

2507: David Boice Aug 29, 2024

Self-made and innovative, David Boice is a pioneer in auto industry technology. Throughout his impressive career, he has owned numerous companies in the automotive, tech, RV, marine, and real estate sectors. David co-founded two of the largest tech and consulting companies (AutoMark and CyberCar) in the automotive trade, with an enterprise value of $200 million. He co-founded his first technology company, AutoMark, with his father at 22, selling in 2000 as part of one of the largest technology transactions in the automotive industry. In 2008, he broke through a challenging economy and co-founded Team Velocity, a leading marketing technology provider serving the automotive industry.

2506: George Levy Aug 22, 2024

George Levy is the President of the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America, the former editor of Autoweek magazine, and an author. He has written multiple books on motorsports, including 2016’s Can-Am 50th Anniversary, a project on which he worked with the late and deeply missed photographer Pete Biro, who is a past Cars Yeah guest. His last book, F1 Mavericks: The Men and Machines that Revolutionized Formula 1 Racing is a sweeping account of the most innovative and glamorous period in Formula One racing history, 1958 through 1982. Today he’s here to share his book titled Texas Legend: Jim Hall and his Chaparrals, published by EVRO, and the official biography of legendary Jim Hall.

2505: Philipp Henke Aug 15, 2024

Philipp Henke is a Founder and Owner of RPM Depot, the one-stop-shop for Mercedes 190E parts based in Germany. He has been a Mercedes enthusiast from an early age, developing a special interest in the W201 chassis with its 190E 16 valve models which were the base of Mercedes iconic DTM entries in the 80s and 90s. After getting in touch with old Mercedes as a child through his granddad, he later took up the classic car hobby himself which through the years evolved into launching a store focused on helping others with their classic Mercedes projects. At rpmdepot.de he offers parts for restorations, performance builds and all outrace cars which have found their way into enthusiast vehicles from 50+ countries.

2504: Andy & Mercedes Aug 08, 2024

Mercedes and Andy Lilienthal are a wife and husband team who competed with the Superlative Adventure Club in the 2024 Baltic Sea Circle driving the new Volkswagen ID Buzz. They drove the sixteen-day, 7,500 kilometer, 4,771 miles journey as the first team to compete in an EV that was outside of the EU and they were the only EV team this year. The event is the northernmost rally in the world covering nine countries around the Baltic Sea. Their journey included wild camping and daily rally challenges without the use of GPS using only paper maps. They raised money for the Jessi Combs Foundation as their charity of choice You’ll remember these two from show #2462 last January when they competed in the 2024 Alcan 5000 Rally driving the new INEOS Grenadier.

2503: Jodi Ellis Aug 01, 2024

Jodi Ellis is an innovative graphic designer specializing in automotive fine coffee table books. With a deep passion for design and automobiles, Jodi has built a career focused on crafting visually striking and distinctive publications in that genre. She carefully tailors each book to capture the essence of its subject and the author's vision, focusing on detail and delivering exceptional quality. Collaborating closely with authors to bring their ideas to fruition, fostering meaningful connections with clients and enthusiasts. Teaming up with respected publishers such as Dalton Watson Fine Books and Bull Publishing, and independent authors exploring self-publishing, Jodi has had the opportunity to contribute to a diverse range of publications celebrating automotive history, design, and culture.

2502: Phillip Kane Jul 25, 2024

Phillip Kane is the Chief Executive Officer at Turbo Wholesale Tires which also owns RBP Tire, Lexani Tire, and Lionhart Tire. Phillip grew up in his family’s car and truck dealerships, and having survived bracket racing a 1965 Pontiac GTO, he went on to spend more than 25 years in some of the best-known automotive, industrial, consumer durables, distribution, and banking businesses in the world. Phillip also acts as a Senior Advisor to Stout Risius Ross and Rothschild & Co, where he brings operational expertise to their investment banking businesses. Previously he was the Chief Commercial Officer in Key Markets at Pirelli in Milan, Italy working in their commercial truck tire business. Phillip spent 11 years working for the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. Before that, he held executive roles with Genuine Parts Company (NAPA) and Snap-On, Inc. Phillip is the author of the book, The Not So Subtle Art of Caring: Letters on Leadership from John Hunt Publishing, London, a finalist for the 2022 Eric Hoffer Book Award. He is a contributor to such as Inc. Magazine and Tire Review writing on leadership issues and topics relevant to young workers.

2501: Kevin McCauley Jul 18, 2024

Kevin McCauley is a photographer and videographer based in Houston, Texas. His photography has been featured in over a dozen publications, and he’s shot for automakers, auction houses, retailers, and collectors. Kevin spent the early part of his career in advertising as a graphic designer. He picked up the camera to shoot portfolio images of design work, but almost immediately began pointing the lens towards his lifelong passion, automotive subjects. He has spent more than a decade capturing the machines that move us. His short-form documentary The Gray Fox: An Original 1967 Porsche 912 was chosen as the Video of the Year 2021 by Bring-a-Trailer and was nominated for the 2022 International Motor Film Awards. Kevin has now created his first book titled Waiting for the Sun to Come Down, published by Carrara Media. His book is filled with more than 75 different cars and over 100 photographs, captured in dramatic light and shadows, all in a hardcover 10 x 10 format.

2500: Collin Hungate Jul 11, 2024

Collin Hungate started Sport Driving Motors in 2023. He rents Porsches for drivers to use at HPDE events and for recreational lapping programs. Collin, his father, and brother have enjoyed driving at race tracks for years, in all kinds of different Porsche models including base 911s to GT3s and everything in between. Today, Collin has a fleet of 5 Porsches to rent at his home track, Pacific Raceways, in the Pacific Northwest. He has his sights set on expanding to other tracks starting next year. Growing up in the Tacoma, Washington area, volunteering in the community and supporting local businesses are important and he plans to stay put here and focus on family, faith, and growing his business.

2499: Neil Smith Jul 04, 2024

Neil Smith, like many kids, got his love of motorsport from his father. His passion for the sport was fueled by weekends spectating at English race tracks and watching the Formula 1 on the TV. But it was sports car racing that really caught his imagination, initially with Group C and later, after a move to the USA, with IMSA. Trips to the Le Mans 24 Hours added to the experience, and in the 2000s his hobby of writing a blog about racing turned into actual reporting on the American Le Mans Series and Grand Am for the predecessor of SportsCar365.com. After building a career in the tech industry, Neil returned to writing in 2018, beginning work on his debut book titled On The Prowl: The Definitive History of the Walkinshaw Jaguar Sports Car Team uncovering the fascinating stories, anecdotes, and intrigue from those who were there. His book is published by our friends at David Bull Publishing.

2498: Hartmut Feyhl Jun 27, 2024

Hartmut Feyhl is the Founder of RENNtech that is the premier Mercedes-Benz specialist and leading tuning authority for luxury European vehicles including Porsche, Audi, Bentley, Aston Martin and others. With a background of 12 plus years at AMG Germany, followed by serving as the Technical Director of AMG North America, Hartmut is regarding as the foremost authority on Mercedes Tuning in the USA. RENNTech’s principle is “Performance without Compromise”, a philosophy evident in their extensive line of high-performance products and customizations that include tuning solutions for AMG vehicles. Their comprehensive approach to tuning solutions with in-house design, engineering, and manufacturing capabilities their state-of-the-art engineering and equipment allows for proprietary tuning products of the highest standards.

2497: Chanterria McGilbra Jun 20, 2024

Chanterria McGilbra is the Executive Director of the Prancing Ponies Foundation whose mission is ‘Creating Women Leaders One Girl at a Time’. This premier women’s car show was established in 2017 and is the only show that exclusively focuses on women and their automobiles. The show is a fundraiser to fund opportunities for low-income women to attend leadership conferences to advance their careers and better their family’s lives. The women’s car show theme is Rhinestone Cowgirls and will honor Women in Automotive. This premier experience takes place during Car Week, with the Prancing Ponies Mixer on Wednesday, Aug 14th at Carmel Plaza and the car show on Thursday, August 15 on Ocean Avenue in Carmel by the Sea.

2496: Mike Dale Jun 13, 2024

Michael Dale was the President of Jaguar North America from 1990 until 2000. He was responsible for British Leyland’s and Jaguar North America’s racing activities, which involved joining forces with Group 44 to achieve numerous SCCA National Championships and bringing Jaguar back to its racing roots at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Mike will be part of a panel on this year’s Philadelphia Concours d’Elegance event discussing the racing and production history of Jaguar, the featured marque, on Sunday June 23 at the concours. The concours and discussion will take place at the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum in Philadelphia.

2495: Torsten Gross Jun 06, 2024

Torsten Gross is a maverick in every sense of the word. Not happy with the status quo, mixed with his entrepreneurial drive, he enjoys the challenge of the word “no.” As a C6 Quadriplegic since the age of 15, he has heard that word often, yet still finds his way to “yes.” This drive has led him to become the world's only Quadriplegic who is a Rescue Scuba Diver, completing 12 marathons in 12 months and into his latest adventure as a race car driver. In 2023, Torsten competed in the International GT, HSR and World Racing League races in his hand-controlled Porsche 981 Cayman. Alongside his adrenaline-seeking events, Torsten has had a successful marketing career as a strategist. He currently works as the Chief Marketing Officer of MateriaMX. He is also the co-founder of Just Hands Foundation, a charity that helps hand-control drivers enter the world of performance driving.

2494: Sani Ronen May 30, 2024

Sani Ronen is the Director of Product Marketing at Arbe, where they are driving a zero-road-fatality reality by enabling truly safe driver-assist systems while paving the way to full autonomous driving. Sani’s defined and executed hardware and software roadmaps in a comprehensive 3-5 year plan for Arbe. As the automotive industry moves towards hands free driving, the sensors in the sensor suite become more and more critical since they are responsible for the safety of the vehicle. To meet the expectations of the hands-free driving experience, radar must offer diversity and redundancy to the other sensors (cameras and lidar) and provide perception at a long range and at all speeds.

2493: Ron Carlsten May 23, 2024

Hot Rod Ron Carlsten is a long-time fixture in the traditional hot rod world who promoted some of the first nostalgia hot rod shows in Southern Arizona. His Checkered Strip Productions in Phoenix, Arizona, and formerly in Tucson, Arizona, are well known. He is a custom car builder and hot rod culture broker who has been building cars since 1984 and has built multiple vehicles that have been featured in numerous magazines, ranging from Volkswagen to Hot Rods. Ron’s an experienced car appraiser who has worked for numerous commercial and community stations, managed bands, worked as a booking agent, content creator and as a moderator for online communities. He has curated art shows at major galleries featuring hot rod art and hosted major annual car shows.

2492: Ed Fallon May 16, 2024

Ed Fallon has been immersed in the world of collector cars for over four decades and lives on his own private island off the state of Minnesota. Operating Cave Creek Classics, a high-end boutique dealership from Arizona, his transactions with buyers and sellers are of the highest caliber, sourcing and selling French marques such as Voisin, Hispano Suiza, and Delahaye, as well as great American classics including Duesenberg that appeal to blue chip collectors and connoisseurs.

2491: David Lichter May 09, 2024

David Lichter is the Founder and Owner of Lock Horns, whose locking system patent is the foundation of their first product to market, Wheel Locks… that Actually Lock!™ While standard wheel ‘locks’ don’t actually lock, the Lock Horns brand employs a double-lock technology for enhanced layers of protection, including a personalized coded lock and key needed for installation and removal. In 2009 David woke up to his new car on cinder blocks, wheels nearly stolen. After searching the market unsuccessfully for a higher quality wheel locking system, he finally decided to ‘reinvent the wheel’ lock, and created his brand to help millions of car owners protect themselves and their families. David's goal is to ‘lock horns’ with thieves and provide a superior wheel theft deterrent for customers!

2490: Rick Schad May 02, 2024

Rick Schad is a seasoned professional artist and visionary based in Rhode Island with over three decades of experience shaping various industries. From designing iconic t-shirts for clients like The Grateful Dead and the White House to innovating in the golf industry with the world's first fashion belt equipped with a divot tool, Rick's creativity knows no bounds. His journey led him through packaging design, toy innovation at Hasbro, and even representing exclusive cars like Ayrton Senna's rookie car. Rick's passion culminated in co-creating the acclaimed Audrain's Newport Concours and Motor Week, earning global praise. Now known as the "Pope of Plastic," Rick captivates audiences worldwide on TikTok, where he holds the title of top modeler, routinely commissioned to build intricate and unique models for collectors and enthusiasts located all over the world.

2489: Mark Hotchkis Apr 18, 2024

Mark Hotchkis is a lifelong car and racing enthusiast whose family are legends in those industries. His father John was a partner in a SoCal Porsche/Audi dealership in the 80s and his brother John Jr. launched a performance suspicion company in the 90s. The family raced Porsches from the late 60s through the early 90s including at Le Mans, Daytona, Sebring and more. Mark developed the H-Sport brand with Hotchkis, created enthusiast forums, sales and advertising including Rennlist, 6 Speedlonline, Audiworld, and LS1 Tech. Mark raced in Formula Ford to Indy Lights and won a SCCA National Championship in a ’73 Porsche 914-4 at Mid-Ohio. He’s worked with Pelican Parts and for the past 7 years works with Porsche at their Porsche Experience Center in Los Angeles. He’s been a member of the Luftgekühlt production team since Luft 4 and along with Patrick Long and the team brings us Air | Water on April 27, 2024, in southern California at the Orange County Fair Grounds.

2488: Chaya Milchstein Apr 11, 2024

Chaya Milchstein is an automotive educator, influencer, and author of Mechanic Shop Femme's Guide to Car Ownership: Uncomplicating Cars for All of Us. She unapologetically stands out in a crowd, flaunting her fashion sense while teaching about cars, traveling the world, and breaking all kinds of norms. Chaya made it her life’s mission to educate women and queer people about their cars. She's dedicated her career to educating the average car owner, not the automotive enthusiasts, about their cars - a career she found and built after aging out of the foster care system. She's taught her popular car classes at libraries, universities, non-profits, and businesses. Chaya has worked with national and international automotive brands, including CarMax, TireRack, iFixit, and Jerry. She has been featured in AARP, NPR's Lifekit, Oprah Magazine, Car Talk, and The Chicago Tribune. She's written for AAA's Via Magazine, Parents Magazine, Shondaland, and PBS's Next Avenue.

2487: Joshua Minson Apr 04, 2024

Joshua Minson is the President and Owner of Redtide Canopies where they specialize in creating high-quality, custom-designed canopies for outdoor events and activities. After attending many events and realizing most canopies were not up to par, he saw an opportunity to do better. Along with better design, quality, and color options the focus at Redtide is sustainability. They use environmentally friendly materials that help reduce their environmental impact. Joshua and his team are dedicated to providing the best customer service, experience and products possible.

2486: Jake Wolf Mar 28, 2024

Jake Wolf is the visionary CEO and Co-Founder of Warehouse, a premier private car and social club located in Park City, Utah. His career has evolved from collector-grade clothing sales to exotic vehicle brokerage in Miami, specializing investment grade automobiles. Jake conceptualized Warehouse after securing funding and spearheading the development of Warehouse Motorclub, overseeing design, construction, and financing. The facility has become a premier destination for automotive and social enthusiasts alike. As the flagship Park City location, Warehouse sets the standard for what is slated to be a series of clubs across the country. Did I tell you Jake’s only 28 years old?

2485: Genevieve Armendariz Mar 21, 2024

Genevieve Armendariz is a woman on a mission to change the world. As the Founder and Executive Director of The Limitless Mentorship and Scholarship Program, she provides resources and educational opportunities to empower girls and women, increase diversity, and support underserved communities. She is also the reigning Miss Monterey County and is competing to be Miss California. Genevieve is pursuing a career in Astrophysics.

2484: Richard de Cabrol Mar 14, 2024

Richard de Cabrol is the General Director of Grand Prix ACF AutoTech, a new French-based accelerator that helps select companies grow promoting efficiency, and sustainability. Each year they hold a contest to choose the top automotive startup that will be nurtured by the accelerator. Based in Paris, France, they leverage the expertise of local companies including Renault, Forvia, Plastic Omnium, Crédit Agricole, FIDAL, and MOTUL. These companies are part of the mentorship and growth of promising young companies. Grand Prix ACF AutoTech winners receive 35,000€ in prize money, investment assessment, business coaching, potential POCs with French partners, legal support, and tremendous networking connections through corporate affiliates.

2483: Ransom Mar 07, 2024

Robert Ransom is a Master Craftsman of Bespoke Motorcycles, revered for his unparalleled dedication and visionary creations. With over 25 years in the motorcycle industry, his journey began at the age of 19 in an entrepreneurial journey by establishing his own motorcycle service shop, a move that catalyzed his destiny. A deep dive into the intricacies of artistry, craft, mechanics, and an unwavering thirst for knowledge Ransom perfected his art beyond motorcycle service. This thirst opened a new chapter in pioneering the creation of an exclusive and opulent brand bending old-world craftsmanship with cutting-edge technology. Today, each motorcycle bearing W. Robert Ransom's signature is a testament to his unwavering pursuit of perfection.

2482: Karn McClaflin Feb 29, 2024

Karen McClaflin is the Executive Director of the California Automobile Museum in Sacramento, California. A California native she was the Executive Direcgro of the ALS Association and the California Automobile Museum from 2006 – 2015 before focusing on Development at Broadway Sacramento before returning for a second term. I had the pleasure of visiting the California Automobile Museum in 2018 when I filmed an episode of Cars Yeah TV that you can enjoy on the Cars Yeah YouTube channel.

2481: Ethan Gibson Feb 22, 2024

Ethan Gibson is the Director of the North American Communications Team at RM Sotheby’s. He’s been a lifelong automotive enthusiast with a unique career path. At 22 he became a Federal Agent with the Department of Homeland Security. After becoming a field agent, Ethan began assisting the agency in public relations at the local government level, progressing through state and eventually onto the national and international stages. After 13 years of service Ethan transitioned to his passion, the automotive industry, where he found RM Sotheby’s. In his role he oversees their social media, earned media, and public relations efforts and now for their new venues, Moda events including the inaugural ModaMiami event and RM auctions.

2480: Rich Kenney Feb 21, 2024

Rich Kenney is the Co-Founder of AeroED Group whose motto is Flight: Inspiration for Learning”. He has been the FlyBy Chair for the La Jolla Concours d’Elegance since 2013 when he got a ride over the event in a Stearman biplane, previously owned by Steve McQueen. Rich has enjoyed being a member of the Organizing Committee ever since. He was selected to the Board of Directors and is now the VP of the World Acrobatic Society and in 2023 received their prestigious “Golden Achievement Award.”

2479: Yuliia Lobodiuchenko Feb 20, 2024

Yuliia Lobodiuchenko is a transportation illustrator, an artist, and designer with experience in exterior automotive design, car design history, and cultural research. She has long held a fascination for the automotive industry and discovered that passion when, at 16, she joined the Faculty Industrial Design at the Kyiv State Academy of Decorative Arts and Design in Ukraine. In 2017 Yullia earned a scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in Car Design at the SPD Scuola Politecnica de Design in Milan, Italy. During her studies she collaborated with manufacturers including Lamborghini, Audi, and Volkswagen. After graduating she joined the exterior design team at JAC Italy Design Center. Today her focus is on illustration and research of various car production models. Yullia produced a 10-hour video course on the history of automotive design for Projector Institute, a Ukrainian educational institution. Today she runs a YouTube channel about the history of cars titled Transportii Istorii which translates to Transportation Stories.

2478: Mark Beatty Feb 19, 2024

Mark Beatty is Brand/Marketing Director for Red Line Synthetic Oil. His career includes time at V. Gaines in Denver Colorado as their Business Development Director for V’s family of racing companies including: Winberg Crankshafts, GRP Connection Rods, Gibtec Pistons, Fineline Graphics, and Black Diamond Media Productions. Mark has been a race car guy since high school when I worked at Bandimere Performance. They are the same Bandimere as the speedway and they used to own 3 speed shops in Denver as well. He was a counter guy at their big store on Alameda. Raced my first car which was a 63 1/2 Falcon Sprint, then shared a super comp dragster, and worked with Joe Shalkowski on his NHRA B-ED we ran in Comp. After that Mark announced at Bandimere Speedway for almost 9 years which lead to announcing opportunities at KRP and a few other tracks.

2477 Alan Taylor Feb 15, 2024

Alan Taylor is the Awards Co-Chair, designer, and maker of this year’s La Jolla Concours d’Elegance awards. He’s retired from a 55 plus year career and business he built, the Alan Taylor Company. It was a full serviced automotive restoration business specializing in European and American models from the prewar era through the 1960s. Alan and his team were known for their work on Alfas, Aston Martins, Avions Voisin, Bugatti, Delage, Delahaye, plus many other great marques. Their reputation for creating award winning automotive masterpieces with a focus on details and perfection is known worldwide. You’ve seen his work on concours lawns from Pebble Beach to Amelia Island. His motto: The impossible we do immediately. Miracles take a little longer. Alan is also a member of The Fédération International des Véhicules Anciens known as FIVA.

2476: Bob Kerner Feb 14, 2024

Bob Kerner is the Co-Chairman of the La Jolla Concours d’ Elegance, where he leads the Car Selection Committee. With a career in the insurance industry as a Sales Executive for Marsh & McLennan Agency, he brings over 25 years of expertise in insurance risk management for ultra-high net worth families. His work encompasses family offices, luxury homes, estates, museum-quality fine art, collectibles, umbrella liability, yachts, private aircraft, life insurance, daily driver autos, and collector automobiles. Bob's lifelong passion for cars started in childhood, leading to his involvement with the La Jolla Concours d’ Elegance in 2013. He is a past Docent at the Pebble Beach Concours d’ Elegance and Las Vegas Concours, and an active member of numerous automobile clubs, regularly attending automotive events nationwide.

2475: Nigel Mathews Feb 13, 2024

Nigel Matthews is the Chief Judge and on the Selection Committee for the annual La Jolla Concours d’Elegance. Originally from Oxfordshire, England, he has lived in Vancouver, British Columbia for 50 years where he worked as a red seal designated licensed automotive technician and member of the Guild of Master Craftsmen, repairing, and restoring Rolls-Royce and Ferrari automobiles. The past 29 years Nigel has been in the classic and exotic car insurance industry and currently serves as Global Brand Ambassador for Hagerty. Since 2005 Nigel has judged most of the major concours events around the globe and has written classic car columns in the Canadian press and numerous automotive magazines. In 2015 Nigel was one of the founding members of ICJAG (International Chief Judge Advisory Group) and took over from Ed Gilbertson, as the Chairman in 2020.

2474: Michael Dorvillier Feb 12, 2024

Michael Dorvillier is the Co-Chairman of the La Jolla Concours d’Elegance, a role he’s had for over a decade. This spectacular event takes place in La Jolla, California, just north of San Diego, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Michael is a Founding Partner of Symbio Financial Partners and a Registered Principal and Financial Advisor with LPL Financial. He has over 33 years of experience in the financial services industry. Michael is a passionate antique car collector who was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The La Jolla Concours d’Elegance takes place on April 19, 20, and 21 in beautiful La Jolla California, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. You can learn more about attending this event at La Jolla Concours.com

2473: Jeremy Jackson Feb 08, 2024

Jeremy Jackson-Sytner is the Founder and organizer of the Grand Tour, a luxury car tours experience with events and adventures around the world designed for owners of sports and GT cars. Known as Mr. Concours, Jeremy works at the top of the international historic automobile world. He is the creator of the world’s leading concours events, organizer of luxury car tours, and a consultant to a series of major car events around the globe. He is a consultant creating feasibility studies for new concours events including Hokkaido, Japan and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Jeremy has judged at numerous concours in India, Malta, Holland, the UK and numerous other events. He is a concours curator sourcing historic cars from around the world and is the Concours Curator for ModaMiami, a new event that include an RM Sotheby’s auction.

2472: Scott Bannister Feb 07, 2024

Scott Bannister is the founder and Managing Director of Regularity, an event company with the goal of opening the world of touring challenges to a wider audience of motorsport enthusiasts. Regularity is the evolution of an idea that participating in a classic motorsport challenge doesn’t need to be about large groups, stuffy rules, hard competition, or who posts the quickest time. It can be about the adventure, about discovering new countries and experiencing jaw-dropping scenery with a small group of likeminded enthusiasts.

2471: Michael May Feb 06, 2024

Michael May is a performer and filmmaker, and is best known for hosting, creating, and executive producing the docuseries AUTO/BIOGRAPHY and its spinoff AUTO/BIOGRAPHY: COLD CASES for Motor Trend TV. He previously ran the media company Fun Size Horror where he produced hundreds of hours of digital content, feature films, and tv shows. Michael recently started his own production company, Convergent Content, where he's been actively developing content for TV, film, and podcasts. Currently he's directing a feature film that will come out later this year, and hosts the automotive themed podcast, "Fuel for the Future" for America's Automotive Trust which you can find on every podcast platform.

2470: Tess Scaman Feb 05, 2024

Tess Scaman is a Client Account Manager at RM Sotheby’s where, since joining in June of 2021, she has already had the opportunity to experience a multitude of auctions from their earliest beginnings to the hammer for the final lot. At RM Tess helps guide clients along the path of acquiring their dream cars. Her work at RM allows her to feed the traveling bug that’s had its clamps in her since a young age, she always stays active and looks forward to the opportunity to take a break and go off somewhere new, on her own.

2469: Scott George Feb 01, 2024

Scott George is the Executive Vice President of CH Motorcars and Curator of Collections for Revs Institute in Naples, Florida. Widely regarded as one of the top automotive museums in the world, Revs Institute is dedicated to the study of the automobile and offers visitors an exceptional opportunity to view over 100 of the most influential automobiles of our time. Scott takes overall care of the automobiles, managing the in-house restoration workshop, and ensuring the vehicles participate at international events. Scott is a member of the National Advisory Board for the Automotive Restoration Program at McPherson College in Kansas, and he is on the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion Advisory Council.

2468: Daniel Green Jan 31, 2024

Daniel Green is a racer who four years ago sold everything he owned so that he can travel the country. His mission was simple: Inspire others to be more than ordinary and to be the best version of themselves. Since taking his leap he’s encouraged others to break out of their comfort zones and pursue their dreams. Danny travels the country living a ‘Drag & Drive’ lifestyle and in his second year of racing made over two hundred passes down the drag strip, earning “Rookie of the Year at the Rocky Mountain Race Week 2.0. He has been featured in and on a multitude of automotive media outlets and touches thousands of lives on his adventures.

2467: Thatcher Keast Jan 30, 2024

Thatcher Keast is the Consignment Department Manager and Auction Coordinator at RM Sotheby’s where he oversees consignments and the logistics of making an auction come to life. Today Thatcher shares a new event from RM Sotheby's titled ModaMiamia that takes place February 29 through March 2 in Coral Gables, Florida at the historic Biltmore Hotel. He's share a few of the collectible cars up for auction.

2466: Sam Smith Jan 29, 2024

Sam Smith is a writer and a former executive editor of Road & Track magazine. He’s been an automotive journalist for 20 years, he has contributed to a variety of publications, including The New York Times, Esquire, and Car and Driver. As TV and video presenter Sam’s talents have been tapped by clients as diverse as NBC Sports and classic-car insurance provider Hagerty. His career highlights include track-testing Fernando Alonso’s Formula 1 McLaren, flying to Japan for a deep dive into that land’s offbeat Dodge-van “Dajiban” culture, and driving to the Arctic Circle in a Jeep with no doors because it sounded like fun. Along with his co-hosts, motorsport legends Ross Bentley and Jeff Braun, Sam has just launched a podcast called It’s Not the Car.

2465: Lee Raskin Jan 25, 2024

Lee Raskin is an author and co-author of acclaimed motorsports biographies and has been involved in motorsports for over four decades. He is best known as an early Porsche historian and authority on James Dean’s brief but spectacular racing career driving Porsches. He often consults with authors, video producers, documentaries, webcasts, podcasts, interviews, and television shows regarding James Dean’s motorsports activities, and the mysterious disappearance of his “Little Bastard” Porsche 550 Spyder following his crash and death in 1955. Lee’s contributed to numerous magazines including Porsche 356 Registry, Panorama, 000 Magazine, Excellence and many others.

2464: Brendan Garst Jan 24, 2024

Brendan Garst is a Colorado car enthusiast, old-car apologist, and editor-in-chief of SHIFT Colorado magazine, a digital publication built as a volunteer effort by himself and other like-minded enthusiasts from the Colorado Cars and Coffee organization. The project started in 2022, and is now in its seventh quarterly issue, and he enjoys co-leading one of the best groups of amateur car journalists around. He’s a Brendan is a rabid Audi enthusiast, especially for their older five-cylinder cars. Brendan spends his time working on the magazine, cars, and his accounting skills at his day job. His favorite car event is the Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, Brought to you by Gran Turismo, which he volunteers as pit crew for his friends’ teams each year.

2463: Jason Wenig Jan 23, 2024

Jason Wenig is the Founder and Owner of The Creative Workshop, one of the top restorers of classic cars and builders of coach-built specials. His business is known for and is regularly entrusted with rare, exotic, and prototype vehicles. Jason is also the Executive Director of the Motorcar Cavalcade Concours d’Elegance that takes place on February 4 at the prestigious JW Marriott Turnberry Resort & Spa in Aventura, Miami, Florida. This event features their Miami Speed & Style Rally, and a world class concours d’elegance. The cars are the stars but the entrants, judges, guests, and media share the spotlight in a chic garden center setting that includes fashion, style, cuisine, and camaraderie.

2462: Mercedes & Andy Jan 22, 2024

Mercedes and Andy Lilienthal are a wife and husband team who are competing in the 2024 Alcan 5000 Rally driving the new INEOS Grenadier. They will tackle a ten-day, 5,000 miles journey of blisteringly cold temps, navigating their way through treacherous conditions, abundantly large wildlife, and fighting off sleep deprivation. Their INEOS Grenadier is from INEOS Automotive, a new automaker. This 4x4 workhorse is a powerhouse of new, innovation. It’s a recently developed vehicle designed to fulfill a marketplace gap after Jaguar Land Rover (now JLR) stopped production on its famed boxy Defender in 2016 and went after the luxury and technology segment.

2461 Colin Garrett Jan 18, 2024

Colin Garrett is a professional race car driver from South Boston, Virginia, and at just 23 he defies the conventional path to motorsports success. Starting at 15, Colin rapidly ascended, becoming a Track Champion at 17. His diverse racing career spans NASCAR's Xfinity and Truck Series, SRO TC America, and Pirelli GT4 America. Beyond accolades, Garrett is a trailblazer for social impact. Notably, he pioneered crowdfunded Xfinity Series cars for military nonprofits, financed stem cell treatments for a veteran, and unveiled the first Braille paint scheme with a blind-owned sponsor. In 2023, he secured the SRO TC America TCX class championship, further solidifying his disruptive legacy in motorsports. Most recently, Colin was named the 12th top driver globally for BMW.

2460: Lauren Goodman Jan 17, 2024

Lauren Goodman is the Supervising Producer of Media and Exhibitions at Revs Institute in Naples, Florida. Widely regarded as one of the top automotive museums in the world, Revs Institute is dedicated to the study of the automobile and offers visitors an exceptional opportunity to view over 100 of the most influential automobiles of our time. After earning her MFA in screenwriting from Florida State University's College of Motion Picture Arts, Lauren spent the next six years in Hollywood in creative development for film and television, as well as in production for TV and new media advertising. A chance visit to Revs Institute led to volunteering at the museum and researching the history of women in racing.

2459L Annette Bauer Jan 16, 2024

Annette Bauer is a seasoned photographer and marketing professional with a passion deeply rooted in the automotive and motorsports industry. With well over a decade of experience covering prestigious events such as: California’s Biggest Truck event, Truck Mania, the California Bay Area’s favorite grudge racer Team Boddie No Excuses, and Discovery Channel’s Street Outlaws No Prep Kings, Annette has honed her craft. She has spent over 20 years in marketing, is an active member of SEMA, SBN SEMA, and PRI.

2458: Alan O'Neill Jan 15, 2024

Alan O’Neill is the Founder and Owner of SEU Motorsports where their goal is to develop mechanics and engineers and not drivers. His seven-step process addresses the needs of the motorsport sector through bespoke qualifications, a 3D virtual learning environment, embracing inclusion, focusing on race series, specialty tools, race bay cabinet and race trailers. Alan as been a high-performance driving instructor and coach since 2012 and driven in numerous race series and rallies. He grew up in around motorsports, has a deep passion for engineering, and works every day as SEU Motorsports to fill the much-needed pool of mechanics and engineers in the racing community.

2457: Anita Lewis Jan 11, 2024

Anita Lewis is a fine artist whose art portrays the speed and motion of racecars on the track. She received her education in the arts studying abstract art, rendering illustrations, drafting, and interior design. In the early 80s she migrated to Germany, integrating into the European lifestyle and began rendering BMW car parts and painting racecars for German friends. She was also a narrow selection of artists rendering for Porsche in Zuffenhausen. Today you’ll find her paintings at a wide variety of automotive events including Barrett Jackson, Velocity International and at the Signature Galleries in Las Vegas.

2456: Chris Story Jan 10, 2024

Chris Story is a motorsports photographer who focuses on drag racing. He was born in Durango, Colorado and his family moved a lot when Chris was a kid. He joined the Army at 17 to pursue a career in IT and later worked on cars. Eventually Chris felt like there was more in life that he wanted to do and began chasing his passion in photography, something he's done for over 10 years. For the past 3 years it has been his profession. He shoots drag racing and more specifically Drag and Drive events. Chris’s enjoyment comes from covering and documenting history, capturing moments for the drivers and people so that their experiences can be captured for a lifetime.

2455: Barry Alt Jan 09, 2024

Barry Alt is a 25-year veteran in the digital marketing space and the proud owner of Motorhead Digital. His mission is centered around elevating auto restoration, performance, and race shops through the implementation of his innovative Site and Marketing Maximizer™ programs that are designed to supercharge his client's websites, social media, and entire online presence to attract more lucrative leads. A graduate of auto services and auto body trade school, Barry's industry expertise earned him a spot on the SEMA ARMO Select Committee. He is a dynamic speaker at events including the SEMA Show and he’s a featured contributor to THE SHOP Magazine and a respected aftermarket industry podcast guest. Barry is a driving force in both the digital and automotive worlds.

2454: Russ Mitchell Jan 08, 2024

Russ Mitchell is a Staff Writer at the Los Angeles Times. He covers the epic transition to electric vehicles and energy storage for the Los Angeles Times, blending technology, policy, and consumerism, with a particular focus on California. He’s worked on staff at publications including Business Week, Wired, and Condé Nast Portfolio. Russ is a graduate of the University of Illinois, he also studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Vannevar Bush fellow.

2453: Richard Jenkins Jan 04, 2024

Richard Jenkins has been involved in motor racing research for over 20 years. The first outlet for his work was the website oldracingcars.com, where his “Where Are They Now? Section presents several thousand profiles of racing drivers. His first book, Richie Ginther: Motor Racing’s Free Thinker, was published to universal praise in 2020. This book won the Royal Automobile Club Motoring Book of the Year Award. His second biography, Mike Spence: Out of the Shadows, he turned his attention to the history of the team rather than the man. His newest book is a comprehensive history of the Tyrrell team titled Tyrrell: The Story of the Tyrrell Racing Organisation. The foreword is by Sir Jackie Stewart who drove for Tyrrell for many years, and it is published by EVRO.

2452: Rita Campana Jan 03, 2024

Rita Campana is the owner at Campana Modena, one of the oldest body shops in the province of Modena, Italy. Founded in 1947 by her grandfather, handed down to her father their CEO, and now in Rita's hands, Campana has over 10,000 square meters in a variety of buildings where they restore, repair, and create modern, classic, and vintage racing cars. They are an authorized Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, and Maserati service center and the level of handmade services are the best in the world. You can see some of their most recent builds in the new Movie Ferrari featuring cars they built from scratch for the film.

2451: David Wachs Jan 02, 2024

David Wachs is the CEO of Handwrytten where they have brought back the lost art of letter writing through scalable, robot-based solutions that write your personal notes in pen. Developed as a platform, Handwrytten provides you a way to send notes from your CRM system including Salesforce, the web site, apps, or through custom integration. David is a frequent speaker on marketing technology and has presented for the Direct Marketing Association, South by Southwest, Advertising Research Foundation, and the national Restaurant Association. Both Handwrytten and Cellit were on Inc. Magazine’s Inc 500 list of fastest growing companies. David also writes for Inc. Magazine with his column “Stepping Away from the Day to Day.”

2450: Maria Bull Jan 01, 2024

Maria Bull is the owner and trustee of the award-winning international motorsports publisher David Bull Publishing, and she is the sister of David Bull, founder of the company. David founded the company with the goal of producing the highest quality motorsports books—well written, beautifully designed, and produced to the highest standards. The company most recently released the Publisher’s Edition of Luca Dal Monte’s book “Enzo Ferrari: Power, Politics and the Making of an Automotive Empire,” whom I recently had on Cars Yeah.

2449: In Memoriam 2023 Dec 28, 2023

This past year we lost 8 of the Inspiring Automotive Enthusiasts™ that appeared on Cars Yeah. All made their great impact on the automotive world and will be missed by family, friends, and anyone who had the honor of knowing them. Their voices will forever be recorded to enjoy here on Cars Yeah.

WORDS OF INSPIRATION

Bob Ingram – “Be Yourself”

Alex Finigan – “Buy the best car you can afford.”

Peter Vincent – “Find your passion and do it. Enjoy what you’re doing. Never stop learning.”

Reeves Callaway – “Always try and be grateful for the people you know and have been influenced by.”

Paul DaCruz – “If you are selling a car, buy a new set of floor mats. It will make a big difference to the buyer.”

Peter Mullin – “Think carefully before you restore a car. It’s only original once.”

2448: John Buck Dec 27, 2023

John Buck is the owner and producer of Rod Shows, which puts on the West Coast’s premier indoor hot rod and custom car shows, including the Grand National Roadster Show, the Sacramento Autorama and the Grand National Truck Show. Each year, the country’s top designers, builders and fabricators bring their newest and freshest hot rods, customs, motorcycles, and classics to show off to delighted guests and fellow car lovers. The Grand National Roadster Show, once known as the Oakland Roadster Show, will celebrate its 74th year this coming February 2nd through the 4th, and is the longest running indoor car show in the world. You’ll see over 500 vehicles compete for a variety of awards, including the illustrious America’s Most Beautiful Roadster and Slonaker Awards.

2447: John Hames Dec 26, 2023

John Hames is a television producer and actor who created the series titled American Car Prospector, a show he started in 2013, that aired on Discovery Channel. His early career was in the financial sector as a stockbroker. He was also a land developer however his passion and enthusiasm for cars and acting took him down a new road. John and his team are building a new TV series that will be available mid 2024. The show will feature episodes exploring unique and exciting land, sea, and air transportation. They will air on an all new social media channel and on YouTube. Updates and private channel strategy will be coming in 2024. Stay tuned!

2446: Jay Leno Dec 25, 2023

Today I spend Christmas morning with Jay Leno. Jay brings along Donald Osborne and we spend Christmas morning talking cars, and the upcoming New Year. Jay Leno and Donald Osborne need no introductions. Both are quintessential car guys with lifelong passions for classic cars. You’ll see them appearing together on Jay Leno’s Garage, Audrain’s Mansions and Motorcars, and at automotive events and concours across the country.

2445: Michael Cotsworth Dec 21, 2023

Michael Cotsworth is the Founder and President of Car Connections, the President of Automotive Consulting Network, and the Executive Producer at ACP Productions. He has been an automotive enthusiast for over 50 years working as a publisher, writer, speaker, radio personality, driving instructor and an automotive consultant. He’s been active as an automotive collector, restorer, and vintage racer since 1977. Michael is the Founder and past President of Rocky Mountain Automotive Press, past President and Director of Ferrari Owners Club and Classic Sports Racing Group and previous host of the weekly internet radio talk show Automotively Speaking. He was the Contributing Editor of Modern Gladiator Magazine and was a licensed Colorado Independent Automobile Dealer. Michael earned the Tom Senter Award, Glen Snyder Award at the Monterey Historics and the Bill Morton Spirit of the Hill award as well.

2444: Robert Nagle Dec 20, 2023

Robert Nagle is one of the most in-demand stunt coordinators and drivers in Hollywood, having worked on nearly 90 film and television productions over the past 21 years. This includes the much anticipated Michael Mann releases, on December 25, Ferrari, staring Adam Driver. Roberts movies include: Ford vs Ferrari, Baby Driver, Captain Marvel, John Wick, Mission Impossible to name just a few. He’s worked with and trained top actors and directors, driven numerous vehicles from street cars to race cars, new and vintage and on commercials and TV shows. If you’ve seen automotive stunts, Robert was probably involved.

2443: Bob Gurr Dec 19, 2023

Imagineer Bob Gurr has always been a man on the move. And for nearly 40 years, he’s helped move many a happy Disney theme park guests aboard vehicles and ride conveyances of his own design. As he has often quipped, “If it moves on wheels at Disneyland, I probably designed it.” He developed more than 100 designs for Disneyland from Autopia to the Matterhorn Bobsleds. Bob’s authored books, raced cars, flown airplanes, and had a hand in a multitude of automotive designs including cars, trains, trams, monorail trains, the list goes on and on and on. In 1999, Bob was honored with the Themed Entertainment Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award (THEA). The Walt Disney Company honored him in 2004 as a Disney Legend, again honored in 2008 with a Disneyland Window on Main Street.

2442: Bob Hall Dec 18, 2023

Bob Hall is an automotive industry consultant who specializes in issues of corporate, product, and design strategy with major manufacturers. He’s worked at a variety of companies as Director, Product Planning, Acting Manager of Design, Vehicle Programs Integrator, and executed product concept studies for multiple new vehicles including Proton for 7 years. Bob’s worked as a Journalist as an Editor for automotive magazines from Wheels, Automotive News, for Crain Communications, Petersen Publishing, Motor Trend, Autoweek, and others. He was Assistant to the Manager in the Design Division at Mazda Motor Company responsible for vehicle styling, concept, engine, powertrain and other systems in new vehicles. Many call Bob the "Father of the Miata".

2441: Luca Dal Monte Dec 14, 2023

Luca Dal Monte is a Senior Public Relations executive for luxury brands in the automotive sector turned best-selling and award-winning author with top-level experience in Communication for Ferrari and Maserati. A key member and the Communication strategist of the team that brought Maserati back to the United States and later re-launching it worldwide in what was one of the most dramatic company turnarounds in recent automotive history. He is the author of thirteen non-fiction and three fiction books. Today Luca shares his book Enzo Ferrari: Power, Politics, and the making of an automotive empire, published by David Bull Publishing.

2440: Rodney Kemerer Dec 13, 2023

Rodney Kemerer is a lifelong, automotive enthusiast. His writing has appeared in Garage Style Magazine, Hemmings Classic Car, Rolls-Royce Flying Lady, BMW Roundel, The Petersen Museum Finishline Magazine, Vintage Road and Racecar, Bentley Drivers Club Review, Old Cars Weekly and the Los Angeles Times. His first book is titled Tales From The Garage and it’s a journey through the garages and the enthusiasts who want to share their passion, their cars, and time spent in the biggest room in the house, their garage. Beautifully designed with fun, illustrations, part memoir and part memories, and formatted like an owner’s manual.

2439: Tom Jensen Dec 12, 2023

Tom Jensen is the Curatorial Affairs Manager at the NASCAR Hall of Fame where they honor drivers, all-time great crew chiefs, team owners, broadcasters, and other major contributors to competition within the sanctioning body. He is a veteran of more than 25 years of writing about auto racing and cars. Tom formerly served at Motorsports and Automotive Industry Editor-in-Chief for FOXSports.com. He is the author of several books and his work has appeared on numerous newspapers and website in North America.

2438: Mark Davis Dec 11, 2023

Dr. Mark Davis is a retired Chiropractic Physician and Real Estate Developer who lives in South Carolina. His love for Corvettes began in 1960 when he was only 5 after spotted his first Corvette. Mark has gone on to own around 150 Corvettes over the past 51 years and is well known as a Corvette aficionado and collector of primarily low milage, all original Corvettes. On January 12, 2024, he will be auctioning 3 of the best all original Corvettes in the world to the famous Mecum Kissimmee auction. These 3 cars quite possibly represent the absolute best, all original examples of the first 3 generations of Corvette.

2437: Nigel Tunnacliffe Dec 07, 2023

Nigel Tunnacliffe is the Co-Founder and CEO of Coastline Academy, a next-generation driving school on a mission to end all car crashes. In just six years, Nigel bootstrapped the company from a small startup into the largest driving school in the country and the 6th fastest-growing education company in America according to Inc.com. Nigel studied as a Skoll Scholar at the Said Business School at the University of Oxford and has founded numerous successful tech companies. A proponent of combining modern technology with rigorous standards for instructors, Nigel has used his passionate commitment to driver safety to architect the company and change the way we think about driving education. To date, Coastline has provided top-quality education to over 100,000 driving students across 500+ cities, with its DMV-approved courses and lessons receiving 55,000 5-star reviews.

2436: Frank Loughridge Dec 06, 2023

Frank Loughridge has been a hot rod and custom car enthusiast since he was a small boy. His interest was cemented when his father took him to a Darryl Starbird Rod and Custom show in the 1980s. Upon Meeting his friend Chris the two began to revive the South Gate Gaters, a club in which Chris’ father and cousin had been involved in during the 1940s. Chris still has the “Pyle Special” which was one of the original Hot rods of the club. Today, Frank and the Gaters SCTA are dedicated to building and growing the hot rod spirit by producing period hot rods and hosting events including the “Bias Ply Drags” December 9, at the newly minted Street Legal Dragway in Perris Ca.

2435: Antonio Melegari Dec 05, 2023

Antonio Melegari is the Media Production Manager at Audrain Automobile Museum & Collections. In 2018 he started volunteering at the Audrain Automobile Museum and quickly became an intern and was hired full time in 2020. His first task was to start the Audrain Museum Network YouTube channel. He now runs the film department that creates 2 to 3 long form videos a week that get posted on the network inspiring 45,000 subscribers. Antonio was born in Brescia, Italy and moved to the US with his family at a young age.

2434: Peter Zaidan Dec 04, 2023

Peter Zaidan is a Scottsdale, Arizona based luxury Realtor who has blended his lifelong passion for automobiles with his Real Estate business. He owns Homes4CarGuys at Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International and specializes in finding and selling garage centric properties in Scottsdale and nationwide. Enjoying the amazing car scene in The Valley, Peter saw a need for specialized consulting. He created Homes4CarGuys and specializes in selling homes with large garage space that cater to car collectors and people who need a bit more space for their "toys". Most homes are not set up for these car collectors or track enthusiasts, and that’s where Peter comes in.

2433: Tony Principe Nov 30, 2023

Tony Principe is the President and CFO of Westcord Commercial Real Estate Services and Managing Partner of T.R. Funding and the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Finish Line Auto Club. He is an avid car collector and active in numerous automotive clubs and organizations in Southern California. Together they have 90+ years of commercial real estate experience that they apply to every Finish Line facility. Each property is set in an automotive country club environment that caters to a luxury car condo lifestyle providing safe locations for your prized vehicle collections. One of the unique aspects of the Finish Line Auto Club are the private events that are unique to each location. From Cars & Coffee gatherings to automotive unveilings, cocktail receptions, and distinguished speaker series, each event is a curated unique experience.

2432: Dean Case Nov 29, 2023

Dean Case progressed from race fan as a kid, to automotive engineer as an adult, before devoting the past 20 years of his professional career to automotive communications with an emphasis on motorsports and engineering PR. He has been a staff engineer with Mazda, Ford, and Nissan. After going freelance Dean has had contracts with SAE International, Mazda Motorsports, Aerovironment, Motivo, Grassroots Motorsports, Ferrari North America, and SRO Motorsports. On the electric vehicle front, he was a part of the Ford EV team of the 1990’s, and had a Nissan Altra EV as his company car from 1998-2006. He has also been a longtime volunteer with SAE and has given automotive career talks at over 50 universities.

2431: Ian Flux Nov 28, 2023

Ian Flux, better known as Fluxie, is one of the most charismatic drivers to have taken to the race track and his story is one of perseverance against the odds. His new book titled For Flux Sake is his story and also a story of a lot of beer. ‘Fluxie’ as his pals called him, was one of the fastest drivers at the Formula 3 level and he won so many races at the national level and his speed never diminished despite a wild lifestyle. The book is a colorful ride from the travails of an up-and-coming racing driver through the story of a man desperately trying to spin the plates to keep a professional career going.

2430: Geoff Weiner Nov 27, 2023

Geoff Weiner is a collector of Lalique mascots that were created by the great French glass designer and artisan René Lalique. During the inter-war period from 1925 until 1931 the Lalique factory catalogued 28 various depictions of animals, fish, birds, insects, and his female figures. Geoff has been interested in collecting since he was a boy and started with toy soldiers and then moving into militaria and other antiques and collectibles. He is the author of Unique Lalique Mascots Volumes 1 and 2 and has appeared on numerous TV and radio shows and is an adviser on the values of automobilia. He has the privilege of being the Honorable General Secretary of The Lalique Mascot Collector’s Club and he owns the Lalique Gallery located in The White Lion Garage in Brighton, Sussex, England.

2429: Carlos Segura Nov 23, 2023

Carlos Segura is the Founder of the Chicago based design firm Segura Inc. and the T26 Digital Type Foundry. He came to the United States from Cuba at the age of nine. Carlos worked for the big ad agencies including BBDO, Marsteller, Foote Cone & Belding, Young & Rubicam, Ketchum and DDB Needham. His work has earned him numerous awards from organizations around the world. Carlos ventured in to new territory when he launched Cartype.com – a creative archive of the automotive industry. His new book is titled The ABCs of the Automotive Industry and it introduces readers young and old to some of history’s most iconic and sometimes forgotten automobiles from Azzurra to Zagato.

2428: Glenn Stevens Nov 22, 2023

Glenn Stevens is the Executive Director of MICHauto and the Vice President of Automotive and Mobility Initiatives in the Detroit Regional Chamber. His mission is to promote, grow, and retain Michigan’s automotive and next-generation mobility industries. MICHauto is focused on developing the state’s automotive industry in the key areas of: Talent, Advocacy, Awareness, Start-up Innovation, and Next Gen Mobility along with the Digital Economy.

2427: Jesus Miranda Nov 21, 2023

Jesus Miranda is the Campus President at Universal Technical Institute in Dallas / Fort Worth, Texas. He has more than two decades of higher education experience. The focus at UTI is a solid employment outcomes for all of their graduates. Jesus leads campus staff and instructors to deliver UTI’s centrally developed technical education programs accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC). The curriculum is grounded in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) and aligned with the changing workforce, where demand for skilled technicians is expected to remain high.

2426: David Culshaw Nov 20, 2023

David Culshaw is an author who has been an A.O.C. member for over 67 years having joined back in 1955. He is a lifelong fan of the Alvis marque which led to his writing the book titled, Alvis Society – A Century of Drivers which chronicles every model and lists every chassis number ever produced along with owners. The Alvis car has always appealed to a buyer who wants to make his mark in the world and the list of owners ranges from politicians to stage and screen actors, sports figures, Kings, and even a serial killer. This book has been published by Veloce Press 100 years after the very first Alvis car emerged from the production line in Coventry.

2425: Mike Pennington Nov 16, 2023

Mike Pennington is the Global Director of Training and Consumer Relations for Meguiar’s, the world’ leading surface care company. He oversees the company’s technical training programs and Customer Care Center. He also works closely with their R&D department to help study and develop new car care products. He heads training for outside sales staff and conducts a wide variety of hands-on classes to teach and train users on the entire Meguiar’s surface care brand. Today he is here to share some of the new products that are available from Meguiar’s.

2424: Allan Rosenberg Nov 15, 2023

Allan Rosenberg is a San Francisco based photographer who has been shooting for well over five decades throughout the world. His rich volume of work includes commissions for Mercedes Benz, Ruf, Marriott, and Hilton Hotels, The Post Hotel and Spa, Heineken, McDonalds, and dozens of wineries and over one hundred cookbooks for William Sonoma, Time Life, and Octopus. Allan has covered Formula 1 for three years, IMSA, and IndyCar. In the past he’s contributed to Road & Track, Octane, Classic and Sportscar, and Rewind magazines.

2323: Clemens Schoenberger Nov 14, 2023

Clemens Schoenberger is the Director of Operations at Free2Move North America. Free2Move is a global mobility hub and part of the Stellantis Group. They are revolutionizing the way people access vehicles with their ingenious tailor-made solutions. Free2Move was named the Frost & Sullivan Mobility Service Company of the year. Stellantis is a constellation of 14 iconic automotive brands including Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Maserati, Fiat and many others.

2422: Jonathan Shaw Nov 13, 2023

Jonathan “Jono” Shaw is the President of Hemmings where he and his team are celebrating their 70th anniversary. He’s been the President of Hemmings since March of 2020, and like many automotive enthusiasts he grew up in a hot-rodding family with Hemmings in the house. Jonathan consulted with Hemmings in 2019 to build and launch the Hemmings Auction business and that ultimately led to being named President. Jonathan is excited to help lead the Hemmings Team as they take the brand into the future for enthusiasts like you and me.

2421: John Cassidy Nov 09, 2023

John Cassidy got his life’s calling five years ago. He decided to work in a car dealership and that changed the direction of his life. A chance conversation with a colleague who admired John’s poetry asked him to write something about the showroom. At his desk he wrote “Showroom Wonder”. Copies spread like wildfire across the midlands UK earning the label the Motor Trade Poem that was loved and recited by car sales and service staff. The video footage went viral across 200 sites of the motor group. That day his hidden talent as an actor and performer launched him as the Car Showroom Performance Poet.

2420: Colin Weatherwax Nov 08, 2023

Colin Weatherwax is the Chief Executive Officer at America Can! - Cars for Kids, a non-profit charity organization operating nationally in all 50 states. They have been changing lives and helping children graduate since 1992. All vehicle donations help kids build a better future by providing them with the tools necessary to succeed. With over ten years of experience in the non-profit and auto auction industry, he brings an understanding of the fundamental functions of both operating a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and navigating the used car world all while making a change in your lives.

2419: Neil Ferrier Nov 07, 2023

Neil Ferrier is the Founder and CEO of Discommon, an Industrial and Design manufacturing firm. Some say, he has gasoline in his veins. Discommon proudly pulls inspiration from the world of cars. In addition to analog vehicles, Neil is has a love for analog watches—particularly TAG Heuer — and so it was only natural that his entrepreneurial endeavors take the horological path at some point. In 2019, he co-founded Blok, a Swiss made watch company for kids.

2418: James Egozi Nov 06, 2023

James Egozi is a 15 year old Formula 4 racer who is backed by Giovanni Minardi of the Minardi racing family racing PHM. James is a mentally tough, rising star who is from Miami, Florida and currently living in Brescia, Italy competing in the F4 Italian Championship and driving for PHM Racing. He started in karting winning multiple U.S. National Championships prior to moving to Europe where he won two European Championships in the World Series of Karting. James is a first-generation, self-taught racer who has overcome many challenges including a broken femur at the age of 10 and he started training at SPMI back in 2014 when he was only six years old and today he has his eyes set on Formula 1.

2417: Paul Ehrmann Nov 02, 2023

Paul Ehrmann is an author whose book, Arc of Triumph, a novel about courage, cars, and love. It is emphatically a novel with automobiles at its beating heart. His book is the culmination of a passion for motorcars Paul has embraces throughout his life. This novel is about the French Grand Prix drivers and their involvement in the Resistance during World War II. Arc of Triumph is based on the true story of these brave and selfless efforts to defeat the Nazis during their occupation of France. This was Paul’s first novel and the publisher is Donald Toms at Dantes Press in Florida.

2416: Tom Nault Nov 01, 2023

Tom Nault’s passion for entrepreneurship, management, and turnarounds began when he was in college. Along with his fascination for companies that did great things, Tom also had a fascination with failures, how they happened and more importantly, and how they could be fixed. When COVID struck Tom wrote a book titled How To Not F*ck Up Your Own Company: Lessons I Learned by Screwing Up. Today we have a unique show to talk about the current state of EVs.

2415: Mike Narx Oct 31, 2023

Mike Narx is the creator of Drag-N-Drive Addiction, a source of news and entertainment from the drag and drive community. It’s a weekly Live Stream covering events, racers, and stats from events world-wide. He began selling cars at 19 years of age and in 2013 he hosted his first car event, something he’s done more than 40 times since, raising more than $60,000 for local Northwest Arkansas children’s charities. In 2016 he and his brother began wrenching for customers and opened Narxoleptic Customs. They created YouTube content, with over 400 videos, and a podcast. Today his brother has a full-time auto shop building a variety of vehicles from LS Swaps to 4 wd conversion.

2414: David Silberkleit Oct 30, 2023

David Silberkleit is the CFO (that’s Chief Frogeye Officer) of the Bugeyeguys, the world leader for Bugeye Sprite sales, restoration, and parts. In 2022 he purchased the first production Bugeye Sprite, a car he imported from Australia. David and his team have sold their 400th Bugeye Sprite this week, an amazing milestone when you consider that in 2007 he started this business from his tiny home garage. Today, Bugeyeguys is a team of seven people in an 11,000 square foot restored Quonset Hut full of classic British sports cars and lots and lots of Bugeye parts. David added the Bugeyeguys parts business in 2017, and has now shipped more than 15,000 boxes of Bugeye bits around the world. Every one of the 400 Bugeyes built by David and his team has been unique and different, from completely stock to fire breathing, plus a recent electric conversion with Tesla Batteries.

2413: Jay Pennell Oct 26, 2023

Jay W. Pennell has been a part of the NASCAR industry for over fifteen years. His career path has taken him from that of an independent journalist, to social and digital marketing, to team public relations, and to NASCAR gaming. Jay has written for outlets including FOX Sports, NASCAR.com, Playboy, and Athlon Sports, and was one of NASCAR’s first citizen journalists. He also worked with Richard Childress Racing (RCR), handling public relations, content creation, and partnership management. Jay also served as the General Manager of the eNASCAR Heat Pro League, later moving to Brand Manager, NASCAR and INDYCAR with Motorsport Games. His new book is titled Start Your Engines, from Sports Publishing, contains 34 chapters describing different inaugural accomplishments that have taken place throughout NASCAR history.

2412: Igor Polegkiy Oct 25, 2023

Igor Polegkiy is a Sales Executive at Classic Recreations located in Texas. They build licensed and authentic 60s Shelby Mustangs with modern technology, some with full-carbon fiber bodies. His career path has been in the automotive industry and ranged from photography to consulting services in the exotic and hypercar industry, connecting people with the cars they loved. Today at Classic Recreations he works in a family-owned company and with a team of dedicated professionals who are fulfilling enthusiast’s dreams.

2411: Jeff O'Neill Oct 24, 2023

Jeffrey O’Neill is the Founder of The Velocity Invitational, an auto racing event that showcases the evolution of motorsports technology and ingenuity. The event started in 2019 at the Sonoma Speed Festival and after the COVIC-forced pause in 2020 the vent came back with a vengeance and new name. The new event took place at Laguna Seca as a three-day weekend filled with hundreds of iconic race cars, historic racing, special exhibitions, food, wine, and more. This year’s event returns to Sonoma Speedway on November 10, 11, and 12 and expects to attract over 10,000 visitors. Jeffrey has always had a passion for race cars alongside his passion for wine and distilling. He is the Founder and CEO of O’Neill Vintners and Distillers located in California’s Central Valley.

2410: Jerry Cox Oct 23, 2023

Jerry Cox is a Washington-DC based lawyer and crisis communications advisor with 40 years of experience with airbags in automobiles. He played a substantial role in implementing the airbag requirement and has represented numerous auto industry organizations, including the used car dealers’ association, auto auctions, Carfax and state motor vehicle administrators. Takata Corporation hired him in 2014 to help explain a problem the company was having with its airbags. They were blowing up in driver’s faces, shooting shrapnel, killing and severely injuring people. Jerry wrote a book titled, Killer Airbags: The Deadly Secret Automakers Don’t Want You to Know, how that turned into the biggest recall of any consumer product in history. Today he returns for some potentially life-saving updates on this airbag disaster.

2409: Karen Brown Oct 19, 2023

Karen Brown is the Vice President of Events and Experiential Marketing for the Motor Trend Group, part of Warner Brothers Discovery. She is a powerhouse communicator, collaborator, innovator, and ideator. Karen continues to cultivate an expansive variety of events and initiatives while leading the internal team in development and execution of high-level events and sponsorship activations. She has had an extensive career in account management, experiential marketing, sponsorship activation, digital account management and program creation within such organizations as The Garage Team Mazda, Deutsch, David & Goliath as well as Disney ABC Television Group prior to joining the Motor Trend Group.

2408: David Whyley Oct 18, 2023

Dr. David Whyley is recognized as the world’s leading authority on Austin pedal cars. His previous book on Austin pedal cars has become much sought-after and his new book titled The Austin Pedal Car Story is a fascinating history of Austin’s J40 and Pathfinder from 1946 to present day. David has owned and restored several classic Austins and is an acknowledged expert and advisor for the rare Austin A40 Sports and Austin Atlantic Convertible. He has also written a number of books about the Austin Counties cars, such as the A40 Dorset, Devon and Somerset models, from 1945–54 and writes regularly for the Austin Counties Car Club magazine.

2407: Brian Jones Oct 17, 2023

Brian Jones is the Vice President of Engineering at Hennessey Special Vehicles and Hennessey Performance Engineering. He oversees all engineering and development applying his experience and expertise to advanced Powertrain development integration, testing, regulatory certification, and manufacturing of the Hennessey Venom F5 hypercar plus the range of high-performance vehicles modified by Hennessey Performance at the company’s Texas production facility.

2406: Colleen Sheehan Oct 16, 2023

Colleen Sheehan is the Sales Manager at Ferraris Online, a company her father Michael Sheehan founded in 1972, 49 years ago. They offer decades of experience as specialty brokers of exotic cars including Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Maserati. Colleen’s passion for cars started at the age of 8 when her father gave her a 1930 BMW 3/15 DA2 that they restored. In 2003, when she was 11, that car was accepted onto the lawn at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and she drove it across the podium to accept an award setting a record as the youngest to ever do so. Today she shares her passion for cars while helping clients achieve their dream car or selling to the next caregiver.

2405: Don & Eric Oct 12, 2023

Don Weberg and Eric Monterestelli have both been in the automobile industry for years. Don launched Garage Style Magazine in 2008 and Eric has been involved in motorsports and automobiles founding Gran Touring Motorsports in 2014 and his Break-Fix podcast. Both men have teamed up to create an affiliate network with five digital publications and are working toward creating a single company that will house all their business entities under one roof. The plans include publishing specialty books and cultivating new clients to help facilitate their marketing and PR needs providing a multitudes of services.

2404: Jasper Drengler Oct 11, 2023

Jasper Drengler is a racer who last spring became the first driver to race in all 50 states. Since he could crawl, Jasper has been infatuated with cars and the first 17 years of his life he attended the Indy 500. He spent most weekends at Wisconsin short tracks watching races and after finishing school he hopped into a race car and started racing himself, sometimes as much as 5 times a week. Over the last 23 years he’s earned some championships at local tracks, touring series, and an SCCA conference championship. Jasper also spent several years racing professionally.

2403: RJ De Vera Oct 10, 2023

RJ de Vera is the Vice President of Marketing for the Specialty Equipment Market Association, known as SEMA. It’s a nonprofit trade association founded in 1963 that represents the $51.8 billion specialty-automotive industry. RJ joined SEMA in 2022 after 12 years at 3M Company, a multi-national Fortune 100 organization, helping lead the Meguiar’s Car Care Brand under various roles, including Global Leader of Communications & Digital Marketing, Leader of Customer Engagement Group, Associate Director of Public Relations & Event Marketing, and Business Development & Product Marketing Manager.

2402: Luiz Veiga Oct 09, 2023

Luiz Veiga is an automotive designer, fine artist, and a musician. His long career includes working at General Motors Brazil, Volkswagen, Chrysler, and he worked as a professional marketer, illustrator, stylist, senior designer, director of design, and as a member of the Volkswagen Design Group in Germany. Luiz has worked in numerous design studios around the world including Sao Paulo, Wolfsburg and Berlin in Germany, Detroit, Italy, China, Mexico, and the United States. He was awarded with the IF Design Award in Germany and today, among other projects, Luiz is developing exotic electric vehicles for AQUAM, a United States startup.

2401: Nathan Hecht Oct 05, 2023

Nathan Hecht is the Founder and CEO of Cario, his latest venture that recently spun out of Rodo, another company he founded. Cario as a transformational platform to digitize and transfer the vehicle title in a matter of minutes on a blockchain infrastructure. Nathan founded Rodo after his first attempt to lease a car from a dealership. Nathan’s past projects and roles include Founder and CEO of Dstrux, acclaimed platform for self-destructing files on the web, as well as Kurrenci, the internet’s first virtual currency platform.

2400: Alex Qi Oct 04, 2023

Alex Qi is the Chief Executive Officer at Pontosense where they are at the forefront of driving innovation through cutting-edge sensor technologies that enhance your driving experience and can save lives. Pontosense was founded with a mission to fundamentally change everyday technology by expanding the relationship between humans and machines. Pontosense is the first company in the world to adhere to EuroNCAP regulations.

2399: Dan Palatnik Oct 03, 2023

Dan Palatnik is a graphic artist whose career included freelance illustration for ad agencies in the 80s. What began as a new technique evolved into a full time occupation. Since 2003 he has been creating classic car 3dmodeling for restoration projects, real builds, scale models, and custom cars plus visualizations for clients worldwide. He made renders for various local classic car chapter events and contributed with visual information creating cars that became extinct along the course of History. A passion turned into business, having created more than 300 US, European, Brazilian, and Japanese car models, in stock, custom and phantom concept form.

2398: Craig Jones Oct 02, 2023

Craig Blake-Jones is the Founder and CEO of Paddock-Life magazine and Paddock-Speedshop TV show. A born petrol head whose career started in fashion, turned a corner into music, which in turn landed in film & television. Criag created Paddock Life magazine in 2014 as a lifestyle journal and into the wonderful world of racing, classic cars and all things automotive. Designed to be a cool coffee table collectable, Paddock Life is 180 pages of gloriously printed and presented petrol hedonism. In 2020, working with his 2 sons Ethan and Harvey, they brought petrol head Lucy Busby on board and built the Paddock Speedshop to create a TV series restoration show that appealed to a younger audience. They are using the Speedshop to bring a new generation of petrol heads into our established brand.

2397: Jud Dayton Sep 28, 2023

Judson Dayton is one of this year’s Willard J. Marriott Ferrari Club organizers at the fourth annual Chattanooga Motorcar Festival. Jud’s been an automotive enthusiast his entire life and has participated in many automotive events including the Cavallino, numerous Ferrari Club of America avents, Wheels of Italy in Minneapolis, and his Ferrari 250 SWB won best of show at Amelia Island Concours Festival of Speed. Jud shares some great stories abouthis Ferrari.

2396: Ken Gross Sep 27, 2023

Ken Gross is the Concours Director for this year’s Fourth Annual Chattanooga Motorcar Festival, a three-day festival that includes multiple events including a wheel-to-wheel race car exhibitions, and a Concours d’Elegance and more. Ken’s career in the automotive world includes time as the Executive Director and Guest Curator for the Petersen Automotive Museum. He’s curated numerous highly acclaimed exhibitions across the country. He’s authored over 25 automotive books on a wide variety of historic vehicles, and is a member of ICJAG, the International Chief Judge Advisory Group. Ken has judged in most of the finest Concours d’Elegances in the world and had received the Automotive Hall of Fame Distinguished Service Citation, the Lorin Tryon Trophy at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, The Ken Purdy award from the International Motor Press Association, and the Dean Bachelor Lifetime Achievement Award to name just a few.

2395: Corky Coker Sep 26, 2023

Corky Coker is the Grand Marshal Emeritus for this year’s Fourth Annual Chattanooga Motorcar Festival, a three-day event that includes a Rallye, multiple events, and Concours d’Elegance. Corky assumed the leadership role in the Coker Family’s BF Goodrich tire dealership in 1974 and for the next 45 years he and his team helped define the collector-car hobby. Coker tires solved the challenge of finding the right tires for your collector cars. The company grew to the largest supplier of collector vehicle tires with distribution in over 50 countries. He sold his business in 2018 and retained the Honest Charley Speed Shop in downtown Chattanooga where he shares over 180 vintage cars and motorcycles.

2394: Luigi Chinetti Sep 25, 2023

Luigi Chinetti Jr. is this year’s Grand Marshal at the fourth annual Chattanooga Motorcar Festival. His father’s pre-World War II life in Milan and Paris with Alfa-Romeo as well as Talbot-Lago, led to his becoming the exclusive North American importer of Ferrari automobiles and the founding of the North American Racing Team. NART gave Luigi the opportunity to fulfill his own ambitions of racing and designing automobiles. He has done both, finishing 5th overall at Le Mans as well as winning his class at the Daytona 24hour Endurance race in a 312P Ferrari with a body he designed himself. He has also overseen the restoration of a number of highly significant Ferrari racing cars several of which required complete restorations. Luigi has distinguished himself both as a driver and designer.

2393: Donald Osborne Sep 21, 2023

Donald Osborne is the Chief Executive Officer at Audrain in Newport, Rhode Island where he oversees the Audrain Automobile Museum, Audrain’s Newport Concours d’Elegance & Motor Week, and Linkage, a quarterly automotive publication and website. With their tagline “Geard for the Automotive Life” Linkage is all about the automotive marketplace, driving, restoration, collecting, events, and discovering the passion for vehicles. You’ll recognize Donald from his appearances on Jay Leno’s Garage and the Audrain videos and you’ll find him walking the lawns of numerous concours events around the world.

2392: Jeff DeMarey Sep 20, 2023

Jeff DeMarey is a passionate auto enthusiast, collector, and insurance agent. Nearly twenty years ago, he started Stonewall Insurance Group, to specialize in protecting classic cars and getting them the coverage they deserve. He currently serves on the National Board of Directors for the Classic Car Club of America. He also serves as a judge at some of the most prestigious auto events in the country, such as The Amelia and Greenwich Concours d’Elegance. Recognizing the aging crowd at classic car events, he has recently, started the Springfield to Boston Education Foundation, a charity aiming to inspire, educate, and motivate students, while providing them with the necessary tools to learn about the world of classic and collector cars.

2391: Alec Carlson Sep 19, 2023

Alec Harrell is the owner of Harrell Engines Los Angeles. At 27 years old he is the fourth-generation member to carry on the family business. Alec’s great Grand Uncles, Jim and Nick Harrell, started Harrell Engine LA in 1932 in the heart of Los Angeles. Today, Alec carries on the tradition building nostalgia style Hot Rods among other classic car restoration services, in addition to bringing back the old family speed parts.

2390: Mike Marsh Sep 18, 2023

Mike Marsh is the Founder and Director of the Renaissance Euro Fest and Classic European Auto & Motorcycle Show. His passion for European automobiles led him to collect Mercedes-Benz automobiles. Mike founded and directed the Natchez Euro Fest, L’Auberge Euro Fest and his latets endeavor has been the founding of the MS Section of the Mercedes-Benz Club of America being elected their first President.

2389: Jeff Zwart Sep 14, 2023

Jeff Zwart is a commercial film director, racer, photographer, cameraman, and author. He’s shot commercials for Porsche, BMW, Cadillac, GM, Huyndai, Ford, and many others. He’s a graduate of the Art Center College of Design and has enjoyed an exceptional life and career around automobiles. He’s traveled all over the world shooting, directing, racing, and photographing cars. Jeff speaks and lectures and has driven in numerous races and rallies including: Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, the Panama-Alaska Rally, the Baja 1000, and the TransSyberia Rally, to name just a few. Jeff is one of the Creative Directors for Porsche Cars North America at the Rennsport Reunion 7 this year

2388: Brian Redman Sep 13, 2023

Brian Redman is the co-originator of the Rennsport Reunion, the celebration of Porsche Motorsports, past, present, and future. Brian participated in 358 races in his professional career. He haled from Great Britain and was victorious, outright or in his class, in 94 of those races. He finished in the top three 177 times. His tally of classic long-distance victories included the Targa Florio, Daytona 24 Hours (three times), Sebring 12 Hours twice, Nürburgring 1000Km twice, and at the Spa 1000Km four times. He won four long –distance road racing team championships and five individual road-racing championships, the list goes on and on and on. Brian also raced Formula 1, Formula 5000, and today Brian promotes and participates in historic race car events throughout the world.

2387: Patrick Long Sep 12, 2023

Patrick Long, along with his mentor and friend Alwin Springer, are co-Grand Marshals of this year’s Porsche Rennsport Reunion 7. Patrick has become the personification of the spirit of Rennsport Reunion, the celebration of Porsche Motorsports, past, present, and future. Patrick started racing at 8 years old, starting with karting and moving up through the ranks, living and racing in Europe. After a run for F1 and landing in a Porsche Supercup as a Junior, he got his taste for GT cars and he became a Porsche factory driver in 2004 until his retirement. But that didn’t mean hanging up his helmet. Today his calendar is filled with vintage racing, motorsports events around the world, a Porsche brand ambassedor, and his co-creation of Luftgekühlt which has become a huge success with events across the country.

2386: Frank Wiesmann Sep 11, 2023

Frank Wiesmann is the Manager of Product Communications at Porsche Cars North America. He was obsessed with cars from an early age, uttering his first car-focused words before the names of his parents, and identifying specific models from the comfort of his stroller at age 2. An avid collector of magazines, brochures, and model cars, he went on to become a test driver and editor for a European car magazine before transitioning to Porsche Cars North America in 2014 as the Product Spokesperson for the 911, Boxster and Cayman. Six years later, Frank assumed the managing role on the product communications team at Porsche Cars North America. He and I will be at Rennsport coming up in few weeks.

2385: Sam Webster Sep 07, 2023

Sam Webster is an automotive enthusiast, fabricator, and podcaster and the Founder of Webster Auto Collective. His goal is to build cool cars and share what he learns with other enthusiasts through social media platforms. Sam’s currently working on one of the biggest projects of his life. He is building a Baja race truck. Sam’s goal is to transition to all of this as a full-time career, living a life as a car enthusiast to the fullest.

2384: Kelly Dietrick Sep 06, 2023

Kelly Dietrick is the Exceptional Car Broker, Brokering Historic Competition Cars Worldwide at Historic Competion Services. While most people are retiring at her age, Kelly got the hare-brained idea to get on the road. And she’s not regretted it for one single moment. Kelly has been traveling between the UK, Europe, and the USA for the last 14 months. She sold all her worldly belongings and left the US with one suitcase and a plan to travel from car destination to car destination, guided only by the desire to see more, talk more, and experience more through automotive events both large and small. If you are buying or selling – anywhere in the world, Kelly will be there. Simply call her.

2383: Michael Schneider Sep 05, 2023

Michael Schneider is the President of McPherson College where he graduated in 1996 with honors. McPherson College also boasts one of the largest endowments of any private college in Kansas. When Michael was named president in 2009, he was one of the youngest college presidents in the United States. With niche degree programs including as automotive restoration, McPherson is reinventing itself as a significant contributor in higher education. McPherson College garnered recent notoriety for having a student-restored 1953 Mercedes Benz 300S win 2nd in the Post War Luxury Class at the Pebble Beach Concours d’ Elegance, the most prestigious car show in the world, and for securing a $1 billion endowment commitment, which is the largest philanthropic commitment in the history of higher education.

2382: Pete Vicari Sep 04, 2023

Pete Vicari is the President of Vicari Auctions where they conduct numerous auctions across the southern USA. Pete’s bought and sold over 500 collector cars over the years. Vicari Auctions longest running event is in Biloxi, Mississippi that takes place yearly during Cruisin’ the Coast event that’s been voted Best Cars Show in the Nation by USA Today. With six events annually you’ll be offered hundreds of collector cars to choose from and all of the events are filmed for the Vicari Collector Car Auction TV shows.

2381: Jasper Fedders Aug 31, 2023

Jasper Fedders is one of this year’s 10 Inaugural recipients of the Piston Foundation’s recipients from 2022. He’s a 21 year old, soon to be senior at McPherson College who grew up on a farm in Sioux Center, Iowa, where he was introduced to automotive tinkering and restoration with his dad’s 1998 Dodge Ram 1500 that was sitting idle and in need of some love. Today he works at No Coast Customs installing engines, working on brakes, and more. Oh, did I tell you about the ’69 Caddy and ’68 Dodge Charger he’s also restoring? The car hobby is in good hands indeed.

2380: Tim Stevenson Aug 30, 2023

Tim Stevenson is a YouTuber and produces Decent Garage where he works on automotive projects in his home garage. The show’s focus is on 12 valve Cummins trucks. The underlying mantra on Decent Garage is “If I can do it anyone can.” By day, Tim is a Doctor of Physical Therapy with a national board certification in orthopedic physical therapy. His mechanical knowledge is all self-taught from years of reading on forums, watching plenty of Youtube, and seeking advice from other mentors in the industry. It was 1st gen Cummins trucks that sparked his passion for mechanical work and these trucks are still the focus of this hobby of wrenching.

2379: Jared Gastineau Aug 29, 2023

Jared Gastineau is the owner of Mile High Muscle where they restore and modify classic vehicles. Mile High is also an authorized dealer/distributor for high end parts. Jared is a seasoned classic car restoration expert with years of performance upgrade. He founded Mile High Muscle in 2017 and recently built a 1969 Chevelle that’s the first streetcar featuring the ZZ632 motor. He owned a ’69 Chevelle in high school and that car is being restored in his shop as their third Chevelle project.

2378: Ryan Remington Aug 28, 2023

Ryan Remington is the Founder and Managing Director at Elliot Remington Auto Studio. What started out as a concept to provide DIY working space and equipment to auto enthusiasts, the plan quickly became something larger. At Elliot Remington they offer premium automotive detailing, quality asset management storage, paint preservation, paint restoration, and paint protection from ceramic coatings to film and window tinting. Originally from West Point, NY Ryan grew up in Edinburgh, Scotland.

2377: Tim Silvey Aug 24, 2023

Tim Silvey is the voice behind MotorMouth Media and podcast. He has worked for over 18 years in Formula One and more recently Formula E on the sponsorship side. He’s the host of The MotorMouth Podcast where he interviews a multitude of racers and he also has the OMG!Moto GP Podcast hosted by former super bike racer Keith Huewen. Tim’s also the podcast host for The Race Aramco F1 Focus podcast.

2376: Neville Boston Aug 23, 2023

Neville Boston is the Founder of Reviver, pioneers of a digital license plate. Embracing cutting-edge technology, Reviver has emerged as an example of modernizing government in a public/private partnership. They have surpassed the milestone of selling over 55,000 license plates in California alone. The success of Reviver in California serves as a testament to the company's commitment to revolutionizing the government landscape by harnessing the power of digital innovation. New states that have come onto the platform include Arizona and Michigan, with Georgia, Illinois, and Colorado following next. Reviver’s mission is to modernize the driving experience.

2375: Brian Bassone Aug 22, 2023

Brian Bossone is the founder of Boss One Media where he’s launched POWERtube TV. He has over 35 years in the automotive industry with a background in custom and race car fabrication. Brian's experience led to his involvement in the Fox-owned SPEED channel franchise PINKS. Brian’s newest venture into the FAST TV network world rolls out in 2023 with classic Speed shows and over twenty new content partners all producing shows and shorts for the POWERtube TV Network.

2374: Mikael Wallin Aug 21, 2023

Mikael Wallin is the originator of Customikes. He is a highly recognized and respected personality in the Kustom Kulture segment of the car community. He is routinely invited to events as a special guest and presented awards for his incredible restoration and customization work. Mikael grew up in Sweden in a little town east of Gothenburg and was influenced by the American Graffiti love circle of friends cruisin’ “The Avenue”. He came to live in America in 1984 and embraced the car culture here. It’s all about fun, photography, and film for the Kustom Kulture Enthusiasts.

2373: Joey Andrews Aug 17, 2023

Joey Andrews is a young racer whose motorsports journey started when he was just 11 years old when he began watching Top Gear. That’s when he came up with the nickname “The Stiglette”. He won a trip to the US Grand Prix which further ignited his racing bug and he quickly started racing karts. He earned podium spots, making his mark, and attending as many racing events as possible. He raced in the CalSpeed Sprint and Super Series in addition to Tri-C Karters in his LO206 kart. He currently competes in the National Auto Sport Association’s Teen Mazda Challenge driving a Spec Miata for Hicks Motorsports.

2372: Carey Rouse Aug 16, 2023

Carey Rouse is a race car driver and a racing fan who travels around the United States in his RV, full time. He interviews racing fans and shares them on his Driven to Compete podcast, YouTube page, Blog, and website. Carey combines his nomadic lifestyle, RV life, love for racing and meeting individuals in the automotive world in a unique and exciting way.

2371: Jonathan Ornstein Aug 15, 2023

Jonathan Ornstein is a vintage racer who has enjoyed lapping tracks for 20 years. After riding sport bikes for over 30 years he began vintage racing in a 1973 Porsche 911 running his first race at Phoenix International Raceway. Since that first race Jonathan has raced a wide variety of vintage race cars including a B Sedan Datsun 510 to a Mario Andretti Formula 5000 Lotus 70. While racing primarily in California at Laguna Seca, Sonoma, Fontana and Willow Springs, Jonathan has also raced at road America, COTA, Sebring, Daytona and Watkins Glen.

2370: Tom McIntyre Aug 14, 2023

Tom McIntyre is a vintage racer who has enjoyed lapping tracks since 1961. However, he’s really more a conservator. Tom carries other titles including “successful businessman”, who was an entrepreneur in every sense of the word before the noun became a commonplace moniker. But, in the automotive realm, even though his business acumen is primarily auto-bound, he is a caretaker entrusted with protecting, preserving, and, more importantly, enjoying some of the finest racing machines that world’s craftsmen and artisans have made.

2369: Evan Ide Aug 10, 2023

Evan Ide is an automotive historian, author and restorer specializing in automobiles built prior to WWII. He is a Vice President, Senior Specialist with Bonhams Cars auction house and is the founder and principal of Historic Vehicle Services restoration shop. Evan is on the Selection Committee for the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. An avid collector himself with a largely pre-war collection.

2368: Egon Zweimüller Aug 09, 2023

Egon Zweimüller is the owner of Egon Zweimüller Automobile & Restauration. Since 1964 the company has been passionate about classic, vintage, and competition automobiles. Their profound knowledge, practical experience, trust, and a true passion for cars has made for lasting relationships with their partners and clients. This summer Egon will bring a very special McLaren M1A to the lawn at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Created by Bruce McLaren and McLaren Racing while Bruce was still driving for Cooper in Formula 1, this was the first car to wear the McLaren name and logo. The car was raced extensively and was later eventually found its way to debut in the movie Spin Out featuring Elvis Presley.

2367: Mark Brinker Aug 08, 2023

Dr. Mark Brinker is a world-renowned orthopedic surgeon with a lifelong passion for helping others and the automobile. Mark is an automotive enthusiast, collector, vintage racer, historian, and journalist. Mark’s current car collection includes 35 carefully curated postwar sports cars primarily from Italy, the U.S., and Japan. He will have two cars on the lawn this summer at Pebble Beach.

2366: Amanda Stretton Aug 07, 2023

Amanda Stretton is the new Master of Ceremonies at the 2023 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Amanda is the UK’s leading female motorsport, classic car, and automotive TV broadcaster. She is renowned for her passion and knowledge of contemporary and classic racing and her understanding of the international car industry. But Amanda is more than a presenter, unlike her peers she has raced competitively in historic GT and Le Mans prototypes on the world’s most famous racetracks and is still the only British female racing driver to have won an International long distance GT race.

2365: John Hennessey Aug 03, 2023

John Hennessey, founder, and CEO of Hennessey Special Vehicles, Hennessey Performance, Tuner School, and Lonestar Motorsports Park, has been making fast cars faster for more than 32 years. Hennessey is well known for building powerful cars and trucks that deliver astonishing horsepower and neck-snapping acceleration. Constantly pushing the performance envelope, John Hennessey's most recent debut is the $3 million Venom F5 – the world’s most powerful pure-combustion hypercar with 1,817 horsepower and an engineered top speed in excess of 300 mph!

2364: Alois Ruf Aug 02, 2023

Alois Ruf is a legend in the world of unique, tuned Porsche automobiles. The name Ruf has stood for competence in the automotive world for more than 80 years. Ruf Automobile is a family-run automobile manufacturer based in the heart of Bavaria, Germany. Ruf is not only the family name of the company's founder, Alois Ruf Sr., who brought the company to life in 1939, but also a name that stands for technical excellence, authenticity, passion and driving pleasure. The family business is characterized not only by its powerful and elegant vehicles manufactured in-house, but also by the attention to detail and the craftsmanship that goes into every single Ruf car that leaves the Pfaffenhausen plant.

2363: Dave Amantea Aug 01, 2023

Dave Amantea is the Chief Design Officer at Automobili Pininfarina where for almost 90 years, this iconic design house has shaped the automotive world giving countless luxury and sport vehicles a distinctive shape. They have been the pioneers of a world of purity and innovation. Dave’s career includes being a professor at the IAAD University of Design, A Senior Exterior Designer and Team Leader at Jaguar Land Rover, and Senior Exterior Lead Designer at NIO. In 2018 he returned to Italy to join Pininfarina and their Battista Hypercar presented him with a completely new and exciting design challenge. Dave will be with his colleagues on the lawn at this year's Quail, debuting the new Battista.

2362 Jeff Jennings Jul 31, 2023

Jeff Jennings is the Director of Marketing and Customer Service at Velocity Restorations where they build classic vehicles for the modern driver. Integrating contemporary parts and components with vintage design. Get the vehicle of your dreams with a guaranteed production timeline– that’s the Velocity pledge.

2361: Patrick Kelley Jul 27, 2023

Patrick Kelley is an author with a fascination for all things automotive. Years ago he expanded this passion and started collecting original automobile concept art. Today he shares his new book, Imagine Too! Towards the Future, published by Dalton Watson Fine Books. It takes the reader back to a time when the sky was the limit, dreams and visions were encouraged and restrictions were few with over 600 never-before-seen automobile concept images and over 130 artists. This is a wonderful companion to his earlier IMAGINE! book.

2360: Bob Barber Jul 26, 2023

Bob Barber is an automotive painter who has been laying down color for decades. He started at Molin Body where he stayed for 27 years. There he painted Ferraris, Aston Martins, and exotics learning his trade along the way. They also painted Penske race cars including 2 Indy winners. In 1998 Bob started his own business, working on high end cars, race cars, and more. Today he works with his son, laying down paint, improving their work, and making vehicles look fantastic.

2359: Roger Ahrens Jul 25, 2023

Ronald Ahrens is a freelance writer who contributes to Hour Detroit, DBusiness, Detroit’s Premier Business Journal, and Palm Springs Life. A centerpiece of his career is having written for the late and much-lamented Automobile magazine, lead by the late David E. Davis, over a 33-year period. The June issue of Palm Springs Life will feature Ronald’s words covering IndyCar, Hour Detroit, and others.

2358 Mitch Scher Jul 24, 2023

Mitch Scher is a dentist who is also an automotive enthusiast and the Co-Founder of Drivedowncars.com. It’s a boutique website for enthusiasts aiming at simplifying the car buying process. Instead of the usual ‘wait till the last minute’ buying frenzy Mitch and his Co-Founder Taylor Davis have come up with a unique and easier process.

2357: Alan Galbraith Jul 20, 2023

Alan Galbraith is the Founder of Concours d’Lemons where they celebrate the oddball, mundane, and truly awful of the entire automotive world. You’ll find his events embedded around well-known concours nationwide including Amelia Island, Monterey Car Week, and other more formal automotive gatherings. Concours d’Lemons was born highlighting a worldwide series of car shows that highlights the worst of the automotive world in a fun and humorous way.

2356: Moe Morrison Jul 19, 2023

‘Nitro’ Joe Morrison is a drag racer who has been on the track for over 15 years. In 2011 he was the North-East Timing Organization Comp Eliminator Season Champion. After 3 seasons of racing part time in Top Fuel, Joe is making the change to Nitro Funny Car this season and plans to make his debut in his second NHRA pro class later this year. Mike made it his mission to honor his friend’s legacy along with inspiration to his father Chuck who was diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). He created Right2Breathe to build awareness about the disease and strive to help others with the affliction.

2355: Paul Ward Jul 18, 2023

Paul Ward has been a professional photographer for over 30 years and recently won his category at the British Photography 2020 Awards. He works closely with Limited 100 and Paddock Speedshop where you can enjoy his images. Over the years his photography has been published in many books and magazines both in the UK and internationally and his architectural images currently adorn the walls aboard Cunard’s flagship Queen Mary 2.

2354: Mark Hutchison Jul 17, 2023

Mark Hutchison is an automotive enthusiast with a love for station wagons. His on-the-road career in the athletic footwear industry has including time at Adida and Fila plus Foot Locker, Coleman Sporting Goods, and Athletic Attic. This combined with having a family, four boys, dogs, and a need for a ‘family’ style car, has put vehicles like minivans, Jeeps, and Suburbans in his driveway. His latest ride has elevated the fun of his time on the road. Mark has a Mercedes-Benz, AMG E63 wagon so he’s probably the only sales rep in the country combining his work car with his love for sportiness.

2353: Glen Smale Jul 13, 2023

South African-born Glen Smale is a professional motor journalism and photographer. He’s authored eighteen books covering sports cars and motor racing, and founded the photo agency Virtual Motorpix, specializing in sports cars and motorsports racing. His newest book is titled Le Mans: 100 Years: A Century at the World’s Greatest Race published by Motorbooks. It is a compilation of the history of Le Mans packed with photography, narrative, and much, much more. Glen has been a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers since 1994.

2352: Brands Fuqua Jul 12, 2023

Brandt Fuqua owns Graphic Disorder, a screen print, embroidery, and design business. He has 14 employees and largely serve the automotive community with designs and apparel. Brandt’s passions are in the realm of customs and the lowrider community. He had a 1994 Toyota pickup on hydraulics when he was 18 and later moved on to the more custom truck scene with air bagged and body dropped custom trucks and cars. Today he drives a 2019 Ram 3500 that lays frame on 26's. Brandt is also into supercars. He has owned 2 Corvettes, 2 Ferraris, a McLaren, and 2 Porsches including his current 2022 Porsche GT3 in PTS Ruby Star.

2351: Mitch Williams Jul 11, 2023

Mitch Williams is the President of Rigid Industries, the leader in off-road performance lighting, specializing in LED technology. His career has included being on a race team pit crew, he raced in SCCA and IMSA and ran the Baja 1000. He worked for four of the leading lighting brands including Cibie, Marchal, Hella, and now Rigid. He was the CEO of APR and Dinan Engineering - the premier tuners of Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, and BMW vehicles. Mitch served six terms on the SEMA Board of Directors, including one as Chairman of the Board, and was selected as SEMA’s Person of the Year in 2001. This year Mitch will be inducted into the SEMA Hall of Fame.

2350: Kennan Rolsen Jul 10, 2023

Kennan Rolsen is the Managing Editor of Cars & Bids, an online auction platform where people can buy or sell unique, enthusiast-focused vehicles. Kennan has overseen over 13,000 listings for Cars & Bids, having been with the company since its inception, and he has previously worked as a content and marketing consultant for other automotive brands.

2349 Thatcher Keast Jul 06, 2023

Thatcher Keast is the Consignment Department Manager and Auction Coordinator at RM Sotheby’s where he oversees consignments and the logistics of making an auction come to life. He began working in the automotive industry at just 14 years old when he started his own automotive detailing business in Salina, Kansas. He is now a licensed auctioneer, a great addition to the RM Sotheby’s roster.

2348: Jamie Little Jul 05, 2023

Jamie Little is a veteran Motorsports Reporter with more than 20 years in the industry and she is one of the most recognizable people in motorsports television. In 2023, she added to her play-by-play duties with the addition of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck series, becoming the first woman lead announcer for NASCAR. Jamie has joined Lucas Oil as its newest brand ambassador and she is part of an exclusive group of brand ambassadors and key partnerships across several different sports including NFL, NASCAR, NHRA, INDYCAR, Monster Jam, PBR and others.

2346: Stuart Rowlands Jul 04, 2023

Stuart Rowlands has worked in the PR business for over 35 years managing public relations and publicity for a wide range of companies and individuals. His focus included creative thinking, strong personal relationships, and relying on his vast experience in the automotive industry. He’s worked with many major players in the field including: Bridgestone Tires, Honda Motorcycles, Lucas Oil, MAVTV, Colgate Palmolive, Chevrolet, Suzuki, and many other notable companies.

2345: Gord Duff Jul 03, 2023

Gord Duff is Global Head of Auctions for RM Sotheby’s, the world’s premier automotive auction house. He and his team conduct auctions around the world and this summer they return to Monterey for the 26th time with an amazing selection of vehicles including the iconic Steve McQueen Ferrari 275 GTB/4, and a significant private collection of rare European-designed cars. Plus RM Sotheby's unveils a once in a generation collection of "barn find" Ferraris, aptly named The Lost & Found Collection. And if that's not enough they'll offer the estate of notable collector Terence E. Adderley, a collection that brings a blue-chip Duesenberg, Bugatti, Cord, and Rolls-Royce to name just a few.

2344: Michael Ledwitz Jun 29, 2023

Michael Ledwitz is an automotive artist and car collector whose professional career in automotive art began after he was involved in a near fatal car accident in 2005. Creating art was a therapeutic way to recover and relax and his talents progressed as people began commissioning his paintings.

2343: Simon Wright Jun 28, 2023

Simon Wright is the Founder of Limited100, an online store that specializes in exclusive handcrafted automotive wall art. Being an automotive enthusiast from a very young age, Simon was inspired to start Limited100 because he felt that there was a gap in the market for the world's car enthusiasts who have a love for imagery. Limited 100 grew from one artist (Paul Ward) to six artists including Tim Wallace, who was at one point McLaren's official photographer. More recently Johan Wedenström who was Saab's official photographer was added .

2342: Jason Hart Jun 27, 2023

Jason Hart is a race car driver running in SRO GT4 America with NOLASPORT. Jason was the 2022 GT4 America Pro-Am Cup Champion and the 2021 SRO GT4 America Champion. Jason has years of experience with IMSA GTD, IMSA ST/GS, World-Challenge GT/GTS, SRO GT4, TransAm TA2, and various other sports car racing series.

2341: Michael Good Jun 26, 2023

Michael Good is the President of Dynamat. The company manufactures and markets acoustic environmental solutions for a broad range of industries including automotive and home acoustics. The brand is represented in over 50 countries and is found in over 3,000 storefronts in the US alone. In the automotive world the Dynamat brand is recognized as quality products for solutions for unwanted noises and vibrations.

2340: Luis Da Silva Jr. Jun 22, 2023

Actor Luis Da Silva Jr. is best known for his memorable roles in the blockbuster films, "Fast Five" and "Fast X". He will be the Grand Marshal of the Sixth Annual Philadelphia Concours D'Elegance on June 23-24, at the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum in Philadelphia. Luis drives a bright, lizard green Porsche 911 GT3 (997) street racer in "Fast X," the most recent film in the "Fast and Furious" franchise, now playing in theaters and streaming on Amazon Prime.

2339: Prescott Kelly Jun 21, 2023

Prescott Kelly is a past National President of the Porsche Club of America. He is the only person ever to be awarded lifetime achievement awards in both PCA and the 356 Registry. Today, he’s better known as Contributing Editor, writing the Porsche Profiles for Sports Car Market. He also writes 5,000-word by-model market analyses for Porsche Panorama, and the “MarketWatch” column for the 356 Registry Magazine. Prestcott will be a panelist at this year’s Philadelphia Concours d’Elegance.

2338: Jack Atkinson Jun 20, 2023

Jack Atkinson had an amazing career and a key part of it was with Brumos Porsche. Between the dealerships and race team, Jack was with Brumos for 24 years. He guided Brumos to 7 IMSA GT titles and 4 Trans-Am titles in the 70s with legendary wins at Daytona and Sebring. Innovative, adaptable, and unflappable, Jack will be a panelist at this year’s Philadelphia Concours d’Elegance along with yesterday’s guest Woody Woodard, tomorrow’s guest, Prescott Kelly, and past Cars Yeah guest Hurley Haywood.

2337: Woody Woodard Jun 19, 2023

John ‘Woody’ Woodard spent twenty years with Penske Racing. He started working for the company on January 14, 1969 as a full time Mechanic, Chief Mechanic, and Crew Chief. In 1977 his role changed to Penske GM Power, then to Penske Power Systems, and again to Penske Truck Leasing in 1983. In his spare time he was a weekend warrior on Penske Indy Cars in the CART series. He was Chief Mechanic on three different National Championship teams, Trans Am with Chevrolet and Can Am with the Porsche 917s. He’s worked with a number of championship drivers including Bobby Allison, Mario Andretti, Mark Donohue, George Follmer, Al and Bobby Unser, and David Hobbs to name just a few. Woody will be a panelist at this year’s Philadelphia Concours d’Elegance.

2336: Rich Barnett Jun 15, 2023

Rick Barnett is the Director of Monterey Motorsports and The Concours at Pasadera, an event that kicks off Monterey Car Week in August. This year they welcome the 60th anniversary celebration of the Porsche 911, the Ferrari GTO, and the Ford GT. The event takes place at the beautiful Club at Pasadera. To learn more go to The Concours at Pasadera website.

2335: Tailer Coverdale Jun 14, 2023

Taeler Coverdale is a graduate from Salem County Vocational Technical School and attends the Universal Technical Institute. She is the 2023 TechForce Foundation’s Grand Prize Winner of the Future Techs Rock Awards.

2334: William Walker Jun 13, 2023

William ‘Bill’ Walker is an author who early on was enthralled by open-wheel racing and the Indianapolis 500. He was introduced to the sport by the broadcasts of Sid Collins and became entranced when he discovered the tombstone of his cousin, Pete Kreis, who was killed at the Speedway in 1934 during practice for the Indy 500. Bill spent many years researching Pete’s accident that was at the time called “the strangest death in all racing history.” Bill starting writing books. Published by Octane Press of Austin, Texas, The Last Lap is a history of his cousin’s career on the Indy-car circuit and on the Grand Prix track at Monza, Italy.

2333: Ryan Fielding Jun 12, 2023

Ryan Fielding is the Fabrication Shop Manager at Ring Brothers where he has had a massive hand in shaping several of Ringbrothers award-winning builds including the SEMA 2022 Battle of the Builders winner “Enyo.” Ryan is a third-generation fabricator, car and motorcycle builder, with over 20 years of experience.

2332: Sarah Lassek Jun 08, 2023

Sarah Lassek is an innately passionate automotive enthusiast who recently became the Chief Brand Officer for The PerTronix Performance Family of Brands. She now oversees Brand and Marketing for PerTronix Ignition, Aeromotive Fuel Systems, Waterman Racing, Taylor Cable Products, JBA Performance Exhaust, Doug’s Original Headers, Patriot Exhaust, Compu-Fire, and Spyke Inc. Sarah is most happy on the track or on a canyon run.

2331: Gary Yamamoto Jun 07, 2023

Gary Yamamoto is the Executive Director for LeMay America’s Car Museum and Vice President at America’s Automotive Trust. Gary has over 30 years of experience helping private, nonprofit, and public sector organizations successfully manage high growth opportunities. Gary is a direct Samurai descendant and in his spare time enjoys playing soccer and golf.

2330: Steve Rendle Jun 06, 2023

Steve Rendle is a freelance writer and editor, with a passion for all things featuring engines, wheels, and/or wings, and in particular Formula 1 cars. He is the author of Evro Publishing’s book titled Formula 1 Technology: The Engineering Explained. He has been a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers for over 20 years.

2329: Peter Barba Jun 05, 2023

Peter Barba is the CEO and Co-Founder of Lectrium, an electric vehicle technology company with a mission to make every person and their home, EV-ready by 2040.

2328: Matthieu Tardy Jun 01, 2023

Matthieu Tardy is the Vice President and Managing Director of Constellium’s global Automotive Structures business. Matthieu has held crucial positions in finance including Business Unit CFO and VP Group Controller before taking up his current position. Automotive Structures is a tier one supplier of innovative aluminum automotive safety and structural components, suppling automakers all over the world.

2327: Rick Love May 31, 2023

Rick Love is the President at Vintage Air in San Antonio, Texas and he’s been with Vintage Air since 1998. Known as the “World’s fastest air conditioning company” since 1976, their goal has been to provide owners of street rods, sport trucks, and performance cars with the finest air conditioning components available.

2326: John Starkey May 30, 2023

John Starkey is a self-confessed racing fanatic, works as a consultant, researcher, author, and has written over twenty four books including his new book titled Lola GT: The DNA Of The Ford GT40, published by Veloce. His love for cars led him to write his first book on sports and racing cars.

2325: Mark Greene May 29, 2023

This is a very special Mile-Marker show because today I celebrate 9 years of producing and hosting the Cars Yeah podcast. I am honored to have brought you 2,325 shows and shared the stories of so many Inspiring Automotive Enthusiasts™. I thank you for riding along with me and giving me your time by listening. One of my past Inspiring Automotive Enthusiasts, Gregg Blue, after appearing here on Cars Yeah, asked if he could interview me. So today I am in Maui with a friend by the name of Gregg Blue who’s going to be flipping the mic and giving me what he calls a Hawaiin “Gregg’s Grilling”. So buckle up and perhaps you’ll learn a thing or two about me, the story behind Cars Yeah, and my life-long passion for cars and people’s stories. Like an un-chartered road trip, who knows where this will go…

2324: Andy Chatham May 25, 2023

Andy Chatham is the Founder and Co-CEO of DIMO. DIMO = Digital Infrastructure for Moving Objects. DIMO helps you get more from driving, saves you money, and teaches you how to better take care of your vehicles. You’ll contribute to a future where driving apps work for vehicle owners, not the companies that build them—simply by sharing your data.

2323: Stefan Johansson May 24, 2023

Stefan Johansson spent most of his life racing cars, with a 10-year career in Formula 1, driving for Ferrari and McLaren Formula 1. He won the prestigious Le Mans 24 hour race for Porsche, spent 5 years racing Indy cars, raced sports cars and all told spent over 30 years racing at the highest levels of Motorsport. In parallel he has always had a strong interest in art and design and in 1986 when his close friend and driving colleague Elio De Angelis was killed in a racing accident, Stefan decided to pick up a canvas and a brush and paint something in his honor. Thirty-four years later his art and life have evolved into a new reality and today he spends the same time and focus on perfecting the craft of being an artist that he did when he was professionally racing.

2321: Jordan 'Joker' Smith May 22, 2023

Lt. Col Jordan Smith is the Director of Operations, 89th Attack Squadron, in the United States Air Force. He leads MQ-9 pilots, sensor operators, and intelligence professionals in worldwide combat operations. His active-duty assignments include three operational tours with the 432d Wing and Training Tour with the 12th Flying Freedom, Enduring Freedom, Freedom’s Sentinel, Inherent Resolve, and Resolute Support. Jordan has more than 5,500 hours flying and has piloted MQ-9A, MQ-1B, T-1, and T-6 aircraft. Did I mention he is also a die-hard automotive enthusiast and a photographer for Linkage magazine? Jordan’s call-sign is ‘Joker’.

2322: Michael Milne May 22, 2023

Michael Milne is an automotive writer, author, and nomad. In 2011 he and his wife Larissa quit their jobs, sold their house, gave away their possessions, and took off from their hometown of Philadelphia to travel around the world. After twelve years, they are still on the road as full-time global adventurers, sharing their journey on their website, Changes In Longitude.

2320: James Muirhead May 18, 2023

James Muirhead is Head of Sales for Automotive at Bridge of Weir Leather. He has been working there for over 17 years however his relationship with the brand goes back generations. James is the great-great-grandson of Arthur Muirhead who founded their Family-Owned Scottish leather-making company in 1905.

2319: Kenny Youngblood May 17, 2023

Kenny Youngblood is one of the most prolific automotive artists in the field and its most significant pioneer. He started drawing “slingshot” fuel dragsters in 1960 and if you’re into motor sports, no doubt you’ll know his art. In his early twenties he built and drove fuel dragsters of his own. His clients were the who’s who of racing and his talents were put on many of the great funny cars of the seventies including the Snake & Mongoose, the Blue Max, Black Magic, and dozens more.

2318: Nolan Browning May 16, 2023

Nolan Browning is the Marketing Director for Motul USA, a French manufacturer of high-performance engine oils and lubricants. Nolan started his career as an independent automotive blogger and journalist, writing for outlets including DigitalTrends, and his own site, TheignitionBlog.com. He spent seven years running the automotive content team and forum communities at Internet Brands Automotive Group, known for sites like CorvetteForum, HondaTech, LS1Tech, and Ford-Trucks.com.

2317: Vernon Estes May 15, 2023

Vernon Estes is an automotive enthusiast stricken with a severe addiction to all things related to the cars produced by Carroll Shelby's band of Southern California hotrodders- Shelby American Inc. Vernon operates Vernon Estes Classics out of the Kansas City area. The company specializes in the buying and selling of some of the rarest and highest quality Shelby Mustangs, Cobras, and other performance Fords which exist in the world today. He’s working with Mecum Auctions offering over 450 Carroll Shelby artifacts at No Reserve through May 23 and 30, 2023.

2316: Will Sellenraad May 11, 2023

Will Sellenraad is the Founder of Collector Chassis, a community for enthusiasts, hobbyists, and collectors to showcase, spectate, buy, and sell vintage, classic and special interest vehicles. Will is an entrepreneur in the IT services industry. He has held a variety of executive management positions including CRO, Co-Founder, and President. His experience includes growing startup companies to over $25 million in revenue. His car addiction began at a very young age building model cars and from that it grew into fixing up real cars, auto crossing, attending car events, and buying enthusiast cars.

2315: Pete Thelander May 10, 2023

Pete and Fran Thelander are MG enthusiasts. It all started when Pete bought his first MG, while serving in the Army in Germany, a 1954 MG TF. It’s a vehicle he and Fran have restored and still own today. He and Fran are part of the group of enthusiasts who founded the Vintage MG Club of Southern California in 1971 and the annual MG Gathering of the Faithful West in 1973. This October 16 through the 20th they will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the marque with a huge gathering. You can learn more at GOFsest.org.

2314: Gary Digva May 09, 2023

Gary Digva is the Founder of Road Angel. Their award-winning, ground-breaking design, and technology supports a broad range from dash camera to speed awareness to integrated car stereos, all designed to help support motorists, keeping you stay safe on the road.

2313: Sean Mathis May 08, 2023

Sean Mathis founded Miles Through Time Automotive Museum in 2017 with only one car, his Pop's 1959 Cadillac. Now his award-winning museum displays over 100 years of automotive history with over 70 vehicles and 5,000 model cars. Sean is also the owner of Vintage Garage Antiques and the creator of the Automotive Museum Guide.

2312: Tiffanie Hartenstein May 04, 2023

Tiffanie Hartenstein is the CEO and co-founder of Oracle Lighting who directly manages the day-to-day operations. Since 1999 Oracle Lighting has developed custom lighting solutions for a wide variety of vehicles and applications. Tiffanie and her talented team have grown Oracle Lighting both in size and revenue for over 15 years. They have helped ORACLE Lighting make 9 consecutive appearances on the Inc Magazine Inc.500/5000 list, which highlights the nation's fastest growing small businesses. In 2021, Oracle Lighting received SEMA’s Manufacturer of the Year Award as well as being recognized as the #1 Fastest Growing company in the Greater New Orleans Metro Area.

2311: Patrick McKay May 03, 2023

Patrick McKay is the Founder of Asphalt-Assault magazine, a publication designed to allow automotive enthusiasts to share their passions with each other. It's an attempt at a cross-culture intermixing of enthusiasts, and a broadening of enthusiast's perspective of the automotive hobby.

2310: Gary Duncan May 02, 2023

Gary Duncan is the Founder and Owner of Duncan Imports. He has imported over 4,000 RHD drive vehicles since 2016 and has 2 locations, one in Christiansburg, Virginia and the other in Smyrna, Tennessee near Nashville. Many recognize Gary as the King of the Japanese Domestic Market, known as the JDM marketplace.

2309: Colin Mullan May 01, 2023

Colin Mullan is a racer and the 2020 GT4 American SprintX Champion, co-driving with Jarett Andretti in the Silver class. He was nominated as a GT4 driver of the year in 2021 by Sportscar365. Colin is experienced in a variety of disciplines of racing, achieving success in touring car, open-wheel, GT, and prototype categories. He earned the 2018 Team USA Scholarship, joining an alumni list featuring numerous Indycar and IMSA Champions and he was one of the youngest winners in history in the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge. Off track Colin is a mechanical engineering student at Ohio State University and set to graduate in 2024. He is also the Parkinson’s Research ambassador with the Danville d’Elegance Foundation.

2308: Jurgis Plikaitis Apr 27, 2023

Jurgis Plikaitis is the Founder and CEO of EpicVin, a leading provider of vehicle history reports based on their own blockchain technology. He is a seasoned expert in online US vehicle auctions and a pioneer in the development of innovative vehicle data tools. With a track record of success as a serial entrepreneur, Jurgis has built multiple companies at the forefront of the automotive industry. His unparalleled experience and passion for revolutionizing the way people buy and sell vehicles have earned him a reputation as a thought leader and trusted advisor in the field.

2307: Ray Shaffer Apr 26, 2023

Ray Shaffer is a Car Specialist and Ambassador for Broad Arrow and Hagerty Marketplace. He is a Porsche personality and expert on the marque with over 32 years of experience in the automotive and motorsports profession. Before joining Broad Arrow Group Ray spent 7 years at Porsche Cars North America at their Porsche Experience Center in Atlanta where he served as a manager for Porsche Classic Market Development and aa their Heritage Gallery Curator. He is a racer who started driving in Sprint Karts and today races a RAD-era, factory built Porsche 944 Turbo Cup car.

2305: Mariusz Bekas Apr 24, 2023

Mariusz Bekas is the Design Manager for the Polish EV startup brand Izera. Currently he is responsible for their design operations in exterior, interior, and HMI development. Izera is part of a new global partnership between parent company ElectroMobility Poland, Geely Automotive, and world renown design house Pininfarina.

2304: Peter Coleman Apr 20, 2023

Peter Coleman is the EU Marketing Manager at Ecobat Solutions, a world leader in the production of lead, lead alloys, and the recycling of lead batteries. Peter began his career in motorsports working for a track day company organizing events around the UK at venues including Silverstone and Donington Park. He was a brand manager at Bridgestone North Europe as well. Since 2017 Peter has served on the Editorial Board of the British Racing Drivers’ Club Bulletin, based at Silverstone.

2303: Tom Seward Apr 19, 2023

Tom Seward is the Account Director on the Ecobat team supporting the Automotive space. Ecobat is a world’s biggest battery recycler meeting essential energy storage needs by making the business of batteries safter and more sustainable for a circular energy economy.

2306: Ray Iddings Apr 19, 2023

Ray Iddings got his start in automotive entertainment in 2005 when he developed, produced and hosted a Internet Radio Show. This lead to Ray becoming a Producer and eventually a Show Runner, having produced and developed unscripted series for 16 years. Ray Joined Brian Bassone a year ago to launch Speedtube TV, a streaming automotive channel that just changed it's name to PowerTube TV.

2302: Richard Parks Apr 18, 2023

Richard Parks was born during WWII and raised in Orange County, California. Richard is a writer and has penned over 200 biographies including the history of his father Wally Parks who was the Founder, President, and Chairman of the National Hot Rod Association, better known as the NHRA. Wally was instrumental in establishing drag racing as a legitimate amateur and profession motorsport.

2301: Cord Kisthardt Apr 17, 2023

Cord Kisthardt is a racer who has been involved in the automotive world throughout his life. His racing career spans many types of motorsports including quarter midgets, micro sprints, sprint cars, and sports cars. Today he’s racing Corvettes in the SCCA Hoosier Tire Super Tour, SVRA, HSR, and VRG. Cord grew up around vintage cars, particularly Ferraris, and continues to be involved in automotive related activities.

2300: Steve Bortolotti Apr 13, 2023

Steve Bortolotti is the General Manager at Pfaff Motorsports, one of the most successful sports car racing programs in North America. The team's long history includes Championships in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge, the Pirelli World Challenge, and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. This year’s drivers include Klause Bachler, Laurens Vanthroor, and Patrick Pilet. Long time listeners will remember Laurance Yap, Pfaff’s Marketing Director, is a past guest on Cars Yeah.

2299: Joey Geurts Apr 12, 2023

Joey Geurts is the Collector Car Community Specialist for the NSM Insurance Group. NSM owns several collector car insurance companies including American Collectors Insurance, JC Taylor, Heacock Classic and others. Joey is a lifelong automotive and motorcycle enthusiast with a passion for the culture and people in our car hobby above all else.

2298: Max Monahan Apr 11, 2023

Max Monahan is one of the Pros at Classic.com as well as their Business Development Specialist, helping dealers list their inventory on Classic.com’s powerful search engine. As a Pro, Max is passionate about helping private sellers get the best price possible for their classic trucks through the platform.

2297: Betty Parrish Apr 10, 2023

Betty Lou Parrish is a Tennessee High School student who is passionate about vehicle restoration and is paving the way for young women in the restoration industry. She is part of the RPM Foundation’s network and worked with mentor Kayleigh Andrews from LaVine Restorations where she has been offered a summer internship and full time employment upon graduation. Fresh off a Spring Break trip with her grandfather, who helps her learn automotive restoration, where they visited restoration shops and museum. She and her grandfather have more trips planned this summer.

2296: Gordon Maltby Apr 06, 2023

Gordon Maltby was introduced to Porsches in 1973 when he bought a 1969 911S. He was the editor and publisher of Porsche 356 Registry magazine for years. Twenty-six years later he retired, having developed the magazine into the premier publication on old Porsches. During that time his company RPM Auto Books also published several Porsche titles about the 356, 911 and 912. Today Gordon shares his new book, commissioned by Motorbooks, “Porsche 356, 75th Anniversary” celebrating the first Porsche model and the company’s early history.

2296: Laurel McFarlane Apr 05, 2023

Laurel McFarlane is the CEO of McFarlane Promotions, an award-winning Southern California’s premier events and promotions company specializing in virtual, hybrid, and live events. With a flawless reputation for executing the most popular and prestigious events, she and her team offer creativity, contacts, and the most professional attention to detail for unique experiences across industries and the Country. They promote the La Jolla Concours d’Elegance and Broad Arrow Group on their annual calendar of auctions Nationwide as well as on Hagerty’s Motorlux as part of Monterey Car Week.

2294: Scott Teeters Apr 04, 2023

Scott Teeters is an automotive artist and writer whose work includes a collection of muscle car art, hot rod nostalgia posters, exotic sports car lithographs, Shelby Mustang, Shelby Cobra artwork, and more. Scott helps manage the Lake Country Cruisers Cars Show in Lake Placid, Florida and is the webmaster for their events and the Communications Director.

2293: Aloisa Ruf Apr 03, 2023

Aloisa Ruf is a petrol head, an artist, a designer, and working on her bachelor degree in brand and communication design. She is also part of RUF Automobile in their public relations, marketing, and occasionally on the production line as a mechanic. Aloisa is also the daughter of Alois and Estonia Ruf, both are past guests here on Cars Yeah. For 84 years, RUF Automobile has worked in pursuit of the perfect driving experience.

2292: Brad Rosen Mar 30, 2023

Brad Rosen is the Co-Founder and COO of NODAR, the leading provider of camera-based 3D vision technology. Their product is a crucial component in the development of ADAS and autonomous vehicles, bringing safety, advanced performance, and cost-effectiveness to the automotive market. NODAR's award-winning 3D vision platform, called Hammerhead, delivers reliable, ultra-precise, and real-time 3D sensing at an ultra-long-range (up to 1000 meters), providing better-than-LiDAR 3D data at the price point of camera technology.

2291: Anand Nandakumar Mar 29, 2023

Anand Nandakumar is the CEO and Founder of Halo.Car, the leading provider of remote delivered electric vehicles. Halo's mission is to rapidly accelerate the global transition to electric vehicles without the need of private car ownership. Prior to founding Halo he led the perception team at Uber’s self-driving division where he oversaw the deep learning imaging research teams.

2290: John Pampu Mar 28, 2023

John Pampu, a self-described Auto Maven, has been insuring and inspiring car enthusiasts for over 25 years. His passion for the classic car industry is legendary. He was VP of Marketing and Sales at Hagerty Insurance, the CEO at Big John Sports, he’s an athletic coach and today an independent insurance agent. John combines his love of people with his love of cars as an automotive coach, consultant, and guide.

2289: Mike Pedrick Mar 27, 2023

Mike Pedrick, a cybersecurity, privacy, and risk management executive consultant by trade, has been an automotive enthusiast since he purchased his first car. He is active with Rally North America, that has made a tremendous impact for multiple charities, hundreds of participants, and is the source of great memories for Mike with his late son Caleb.

2288: Bruce Junor Mar 23, 2023

Bruce Junor is a docent at this year’s La Jolla Concours. He and the docent team offer informed tours for special guests at concours. His career as an engineer includes time with Ford Aerospace, he worked with Carroll Shelby at Shelby-American in the mid 60s and was the Programs Manager, responsible for sales, manufacturing, and logistics at All American Racers working with Dan Gurney, manufacturing and selling the EAGLE race cars and spare parts.

2287: Bob Kerner Mar 22, 2023

Bob Kerner is the Co-Chairman of the La Jolla Concours d’ Elegance and Chair of the Concours Car Selection Committee. He is the Senior Vice President of Risk Strategies Insurance Brokers. His passion for the collector car hobby and the La Jolla Concours d’ Elegance began back in 2013. Bob is also a Docent at the Pebble Beach Concours d’ Elegance. You’ll find him at numerous automotive events across the country.

2286: Wayne Craig Mar 21, 2023

Wayne Craig is the Chief Docent and on the Car Sourcing Committee at the La Jolla Concours d’Elegance, Docent Chair at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, Chief Docent at the Hillsborough Concours and Hagerty Junior Judges Leader, the Race Car Chair and Board Member at the Ironstone Concours, a Black Hawk Museum Docent, and photojournalist for various publications and concours programs.

2285: Nigel Mathews Mar 20, 2023

Nigel Matthews is the Chief Judge and on the Selection Committee at this year's La Jolla Concours d'Elegance. He is a Chief Judge at numerous concours events throughout the world. In 2015 Nigel was one of the founding members of ICJAG (International Chief Judge Advisory Group) and took over from Ed Gilbertson, as the Chairman in 2020. Since 2005 Nigel has judged most of the major concours events around the globe and he has written classic car columns in the Canadian press and numerous automotive magazines.

2284: Germany Greer Mar 16, 2023

Germany Greer has embraced a deep abiding love for classic cars since his childhood. He has restored over 35 automobiles ranging from a 1954 Crown Victoria to a 1972 BMW Bavaria. He's a photographer, writer for several publications including Automobilia, the S.L. Market Letter, the Mercedes-Benz Star, and Hemmings Classic Car, and traveler.

2283: Kelly Crandall Mar 15, 2023

Kelly Crandall has been on the NASCAR beat full-time since 2013. She joined RACER.com as chief NASCAR writer in 2017 and her work has also appeared in NASCAR.com, NASCAR Illustrated magazine, and NBC Sports. She’s also the host of Racing Writers Podcast where she interviews and shares stories from drivers and personalities in NASCAR, NHRA, and others. Her first book is titled NASCAR 75 years which she co-authored with Al Pearce, Mike Hembree and Jimmy Creed. It is an illustrated story of NASCAR stock racing in America, a decade-by-decade history of celebrations, photography, and legendary drivers and teams. The book is published by Motorbooks.

2282: Randy Nonnenberg Mar 14, 2023

Randy Nonnenberg is the Co-founder of Bring a Trailer, the premier online auction marketplace for collectible vehicles, parts, and more. In March of this year they hit 100,000 auctions by selling their company-owned 1973 Datsun 240Z with proceeds going to The Piston Foundation. Your daily dose of BaT is like having your own personal assistant who scouts out all the cool cars, trucks, and motorcycles for sale. But be careful… this site is addictive!

2281: Jeremy Berger Mar 13, 2023

Jeremy Berger is a film producer and director from Brooklyn who founded HooptieFilms. His feature debut, 'Hoopties', will be released on April 4th, 2023. Hoopties tells the tale of three teams, of automotive enthusiasts, who are desperately trying to win the 24 Hours of Lemons, an endurance car race for vehicles purchased for under $500.

2280: Chris Jacobs Mar 09, 2023

Chris Jacobs is a host and television personality with a well-known passion for automobiles. You’ve seen him on the TV shows Overhaulin’ and Long Lost Family as well as hosting Mecum auctions, SEMA Live on Motor Trend, The Insider, Entertainment Tonight, SpeedFreaks and the popular Dream Collections with Chris Jacobs. Chris is also a spokesperson for numerous brands including Finale Speed, a company that builds carbon-fiber bodied 1970 Dodge Charger, ’69 Camaros and more.

2279: Daniel Curtis Mar 08, 2023

Daniel Curtis is an American automotive enthusiast who founded Classic Auto Appraiser, an appraising and inspecting business. Daniel is also a Classic.com Pro. As a Pro he helps people sell their cars while advising them on the more technical points, including the current market valuation, and where the vehicle falls into the market according to condition, options and equipment.

2278: David Glessner Mar 07, 2023

David Glessner is the Founder and Owner of David Glessner Works; a media production company. He and his team specialize in the marketing automotive and lifestyle content, as well as consumer products. David’s goal is to strive to adapt their own twist and style in their media productions that leaves long and lasting impressions on the consumer and success with his client goals.

2277: Doug Evans Mar 06, 2023

Doug Evans has been in the specialty automotive aftermarket business for over 40 years. He is currently a Senior Advisor, focusing on Mergers and Acquisitions, for Radial Equity Partners where they focus on investments in vehicle aftermarket companies. He has volunteered for SEMA for over 20 years in various positions and has been recognized with several industry awards, including the SEMA Person of the Year Award, ARMO Hall of Fame, SBN Athena Award and he is a member of the prestigious SEMA Hall of Fame. Doug is also a recipient of the Lee Iacocca Lifetime Achievement Award.

2276: Richard Rawlings Mar 02, 2023

Richard Rawlings is the automotive enthusiast and entrepreneur behind Dallas Texas’s Gas Monkey Garage and the Discovery channel’s Fast N’ Loud TV, Garage Rehab, Demolition Theater, and Misfit Garage shows. Gas Monkey Garage is introducing their Giveaway #5 and will be giving away a 2023 Dodge Challenger Jailbreak allocation with the ultimate customization experience. This Challenger is an 800+ horsepower ride and one of the last V-8 models Dodge will make as they move toward EV vehicles. With Richard’s connections he’s giving his allocation Challenger to one lucky fan and it includes the ultimate personalized muscle car experience a trip to the Gas Monkey Garage where Richard will help the winner spec out his new ride. Contest ends April 20, 2023 so enter today.

2275: Myles Kornblatt Mar 01, 2023

Myles Kornblatt has a lifelong passion for automobiles and that has led him to hit the road searching for interesting cars. He's a journalist and his new book is titeld Max Hoffman: Million Dollar Middleman that charts the career of Hoffman, a U.S. dealer who represented Jaguar, Porsche, Mercedes, Volkswagen, Fit, Lancia, BMW, and many other European car brands during the decades following WWII. Sometimes the hero, sometimes the villain, Max Hoffman was the unseen puppet master behind many of today’s best classics.

2274: Colin Comer Feb 28, 2023

Colin Comer is the Founder of Colin’s Classic Automobiles. His extensive range of automotive knowledge, and over 35 years of experience, has made him one of the foremost experts in the collector car hobby. As an author Colin’s written numerous critically acclaimed and award-winning books, his most recent is titled Shelby American 60 Years of High Performance, published by Motorbooks and co-written by Richard J. Kopec.

2273: Mike Spagnola Feb 27, 2023

Mike Spagnola is the CEO of the Specialty Equipment Market Association known as SEMA. In addition to running the SEMA Garage - Product Development Center in Diamond Bar, CA, Mike manages the SEMA Garage near Detroit, Michigan, where advanced testing for advanced driver assist systems (ADAS) and emissions take place. Mike has also served for 6 years on the SEMA Board of Directors.

2272: Simon Fisher Feb 23, 2023

Simon Fisher grew up in Surrey, England, not far from Tilburstow Hill, scene of some of S.F. Edge’s early competition success. His passion and ownership of elderly cars in England including two Napiers while his Alvis Firefly spent many years with him in Nairobi. Today Simon will share his book S.F. Edge: Maker of Motoring History published by our friends at EVRO Publishing. It’s a fascinating story about an even more fascinating man, Selwyn Francis Edge.

2271: Pandora Paúl Feb 22, 2023

Pandora Paúl is the Curator at America’s Automotive Trust and LeMay America’s Car Museum in Tacoma, Washington. Pandora was part of the team at the San Diego Automotive Museum, creating award-winning exhibits. She served on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Automobile Museums.

2270: Bobbie DuMelle Feb 21, 2023

Bobbie DuMelle is the Executive Vice President of CTEK and has over 25 years in the automotive and battery industry. CTEK is the global leader in battery maintenance products for cars, trucks, power sports, and more.

2269: Bill Crawley Feb 20, 2023

Bill Crawley is the founder and CEO of Lithium Auto Elixirs, a company that makes uniquely formulated detailing products. He took what he learned about 'formulating chemicals and starting brands' and proceeded to ruin every saucepan in his house, perfecting the products that would become Lithium Auto Elixirs.

2268: Fireball Tim Feb 16, 2023

Fireball Tim is a true legend in the car design world, having designed vehicles, set, props, weapons, costumes, and more for over 400 of Hollywood’s biggest films including Batman, Knight Rider, Jurassic Park, and Monster Garage.

2267: Joey Pomerenke Feb 15, 2023

Joey Pomerenke is the Director of Consignments at CLASSIC.COM. He spent his early career in marketing leadership roles at venture-backed technology startups. Joey founded an agency that worked directly with over 100 technology startups on growth initiatives and after selling his last company, he combined his expertise in marketing and PR with his passion for automobiles -- founding a successful automotive marketing company that landed on the Inc 500 list of fastest growing private companies in the US in 2021. He’s an avid collector with an eclectic selection of cars in his stable. Joey joined CLASSIC.COM in October 2022 to launch their new CLASSIC.COM Pro initiative.

2266: Jim Ciardella Feb 14, 2023

Jim Ciardella met Brian Burnett, owner of Ferrari of Los Gatos, and over the years learned about that iconic dealership via Brian’s Stories. This led to Jim authoring a book titled The Dealer, the untold story of how one California dealership fueled the rise of Ferrari cars in America, published by Prometheus Books. It takes us back to 1975 and the no-fear attitude of an endless passion for classic cars, and operating unlike any dealer before, making owning part of the Ferrari mystique possible.

2265: Bill Reidy Feb 13, 2023

Bill Reidy is the Vice President of Sales at Handwrytten, global leader in handwritten notes and creators of robotic writing machines that mimic actual handwriting helping auto dealerships to enhance customer experience through personalized notes for various occasions.

2264: Divya Sangameshwar Feb 09, 2023

Divya Sangameshwar is the insurance expert and spokesperson at ValuePenguin and has been sharing industry statistics about insurance since 2014. Today she’ll share her State of Auto Insurance Report and more about the automotive insurance industry in the new year that will affect you. Divya is passionate about helping Americans understand their insurance and its impact on their finances.

2263: Aileen Santiago Feb 08, 2023

Aileen Santiago is a 17 years old, high school Junior at Design and Architecture Senior High in Miami, Florida. Aileen is the Grand Prize winner of the RPM Foundation’s Design Without Limits Competition sponsored by Prometheus. The competition took place at the Motorcar Cavalcade in Miami, where she presented her design to four established automotive design judges. The students were tasked to design a vehicle for the driving experience, focusing on styling and performance with no restrictions on fuel efficiency or aerodynamics.

2262: David Voxlin Feb 07, 2023

David Voxlin is Director of Behavior Change and Sustainability at SKIM, a global decision behavior research consultancy. Skim recently conducted research into consumer attitudes, emotions, and knowledge as to what may be holding back mass EV-adoption. Their results identified the gaps in people’s understanding which are surprising to many in the industry.

2261: Crispian Besley Feb 06, 2023

Crispian Besley is a first-time author with a lifelong interest in cars and passion for motor racing. He’s done some racing himself and more recently enjoys historic single seat race cars including a Cooper F1, as well as Brabham, and Surtees F2 cars. Crispian’s main focus has been racing Historic Formula Junior which he has raced all over Europe, in New Zealand and America in a variety of cars which include, Gemini, Lotus, Osca, Elva and Cooper. Today he’s here to share his first book, Driven To Crime: True stories of wrongdoing in motor racing, published by EVRO Publishing.

2260: Shelby Edwards Feb 02, 2023

Shelby Edwards is the General Manager of Constellium’s Automotive Structures business in North America. Shelby became the Plant Manager for the Automotive Structures facility in Van Buren, Michigan, as a Tier 1 supplier of machined and assembled extrusion components to automotive OEMs.

2259: Devon Pastor-Guzman Feb 01, 2023

Devon Pastor-Guzman is TechForce Foundation’s Social Media Content Creator. He is a key contributor to TechForce’s online platform keeping us up to date on how the Foundation is supporting the automotive industry. At only 19 years of age, Devon has a life-long passion for the automotive world with a focus on motorsports.

2258: julio Saiz Jan 31, 2023

Julio Saiz is the Founder of The Motor Chain, a better way to manage, preserve, share, and transfer the history of your classic vehicles throughout their lifetimes. He’s conquered the documentation paradox: you own the car, but you don’t own her information.

2257: Bill Tybur Jan 30, 2023

Bill Tybur is part of Attesa, a company that is developing a motorsports and entertainment destination, featuring residential, commercial, and industrial districts, plus a hotel and convention center, a private air strip and more. The keystone project for Attesa is the Podium Club, a private membership complex that opened Dec. 2021. It features a road racing track surrounded by race shops, casitas, and garage mahals, a proving grounds and a high performance driving school.

2256: Jon Saltinstall Jan 26, 2023

Jon Saltinstall is an author who wrote the book "Niki Lauda: His Competition History," which was published by EVRO Publishing in 2019 and shortlisted for the RAC Motoring Book of the Year. Encouraged by the acclaim for his first book, he moved on to a similar project about another Ferrari star, Jacky Ickx, a driver with a truly eclectic and fascinating racing life. His new book titled Jacky Ickx: His Authorized Competition History is another winning book worth of your library.

2254: Gregg Blue Jan 25, 2023

Gregg Blue is a collector with a passion for traveling, old cars, and finding more than unique automobiles to inspire his live. His career has been one of discovering treasures from around the world. He’s lived all around the world but today he lives at the bottom of Crater Road on Maui where he can enjoy driving his collection from the sea to 10,000 feet above sea level. The cars he has today are a result of buying and selling and trading for the last 50 years.

2253: Gonen Barkan Jan 24, 2023

Gonen Barkan is the Chief Radar Officer at Arbe, a global leader in Perception Radar Solutions. There he oversees the technological strategy and leads product specifications and R&D execution to drive Arbe’s innovative solution and the radar industry toward market success.

2252: Mike Wolfe Jan 23, 2023

Mike Wolfe has earned a reputation as one of the country’s foremost foragers of American history. The creator and star of History Channel’s American Pickers has made a life finding the beauty of forgotten objects and places—preserving them for the rest of us who love to collect. Mike’s here to share his passions along with As Found Collection that he’s consigned to the32nd annual Mecum Las Vegas Motorcycles auction taking place January 24 – 28.

2251: Johnny Bohmer Jan 19, 2023

Johnny Böhmer is the Founder of JBR Proving Grounds, a company which provides guidelines, consulting, and testing in accordance with numerous testing facilities throughout the United States. Past Cars Yeah guest Richard Rawlings, of Gas Monkey garage fame, sponsored and partnered with Johnny on his “BADD GT’ project and they cemented its place as the Fastest Street Legal car in the world. They reached a stunning 310.8 MPH.

2250: Mercedes Thompson Jan 18, 2023

Mercedes Thompson is a Junior at McPherson College and a recent recipient of the RPM Foundation Grant. She’s pursuing a degree in automotive restoration design with the goal to open her own business that will have a focus on automotive design and marketing.

2249: Jill Amadio Jan 17, 2023

Jill Amadio is an author of both fiction and non-fiction books. As a journalist she has covered auto racing for Gannett Newspapers, National Speed Sports News, the Los Angeles Daily News, and other publications. As a reporter for the Bangkok Post the first race she covered was an F3 event in Macau, Hong Kong. Jill was Communications Director for Skoal Bandit Racing on several circuits including Indycars, NASCAR, Can-Am, sprint, and funny cars. She writes an award-winning mystery series and ghostwrites memoirs. She was the writer for Raoul ‘Sonny’ Balcean’s biography along working with Pete Lyons. It is an engaging memoir from one of American racing's unsung heroes.

2248: Tom Nault Jan 16, 2023

Tom Nault’s passion for entrepreneurship, management, and turnarounds began when he was in college. Along with his fascination for companies that did great things, Tom also had a fascination with failures, how they happened and more importantly, and how they could be fixed. Throughout his career he has created many businesses, sold them, some went on to greatness, some did not. He helped many distressed companies and learned a lot. He co-founded Exotics at Redmond Town Center that has become the largest weekly gathering of exotics and rare cars and a huge Pacific Northwest success. He joined the Board of America’s Automotive Trust that has oversite for LeMay America’s Car Museum. When COVID struck Tom wrote a book titled How To Not F*ck Up Your Own Company: Lessons I Learned by Screwing Up.

2247: Raoul Balcaen Jan 12, 2023

Raoul ‘Sonny’ Balcaen grew up in Los Angeles at a time when it became the epicenter of American motor racing, nurturing a vast talent pool of people whose influence has echoed through to today. Sonny’s life is outlined in his autobiography, published by Evro, and includes co-authors Jill Amadio and past Cars Yeah guest Pete Lyons. This engaging memoir from one of American racing's unsung heroes is the very personal history of a momentous time and place in which we meet a who’s who of West Coast road-racing heroes.

2246: Sharon Spurlin Jan 11, 2023

Sharon Spurlin is the owner of Classic Ads, a full-service sales and advertising agency. She is the publisher of AutoMobilia Resource magazine, a publication launched in 2018 that focuses on the collector world of automotive memorabilia.

2245: Brad Phillips Jan 10, 2023

Brad Phillips is the Senior VP of Business Development at RM Sotheby’s, the world’s largest collector car auction house by total sales. They conduct auctions around the world and this month they will return for their annual Arizona Auction takes place January 26th at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix where they realized over $43 million is sales in2022.

2244: Chuck Stanford Jan 09, 2023

Chuck Stanford is the Co-Founder and Selection Committee Chair of the Arizona Concours taking place on Sunday, January 22. This event starts off the New Year concours circuit and Arizona Auctions week. This concours recently announced its rebirth in Scottsdale for January 2023. Chuck has also judged at the Hilton Head Concours d’Elegance and at the Cobble Beach Concours d’Elegance.

2243: Sperry Hutchinson Jan 05, 2023

Sperry Hutchinson is the Manager of Development at The Piston Foundation. The foundation builds scholarship and apprenticeship programs that serve the car community. Sperry has lived most of his life in Arizona, where he was born and raised. He has gone on to create several car rallies, serving as Chairman of the Copperstate 1000 and the world’s first vintage, off-road luxury rally, the Copperstate Overland. He also hosts AutoMoto podcast to be launched in the New Year.

2242: Ed Winkler Jan 04, 2023

Ed Winkler is the Co-Founder of the Arizona Concours taking place on Sunday, January 22. This event starts off the New Year concours circuit and Arizona Auctions week.

2241: Gord Duff Jan 03, 2023

Gord Duff is Global Head of Auctions for RM Sotheby’s, the world’s premier automotive auction house. He and his team conduct auctions around the world and this month they will return for their annual Arizona Auction takes place January 26th at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix.

2240: Tony Whatley Jan 02, 2023

Tony Whatley is an automotive enthusiast, a fanatic actually, an engineer, entrepreneur, mentor, and founder of 356 Driven Society and podcast. He’s a 20+ year serial entrepreneur, business coach, best-selling author and speaker. Today as we welcome in the New Year, I’ve asked Tony to share his thoughts on How To Win in the New Year, and actually, any time in your life, so that you have your best year yet in your wealth, health, mindset, and relationships. Let’s get to it!

2239: In Memoriam 2022 Dec 30, 2022

Today's show is a Memoriam to 10 past Cars Yeah guests who we've lost this year. It's a tribute to their lives and all the things they gave to the automotive world. And it is a reminder that each day is a precious gift. I'm wishing you all a restful and healthy holiday season. I hope you get to spend time with family and friends.

2238: Tony Dow Memoriam Dec 29, 2022

Tony Dow was a film producer, director, television actor, sculptor and a lifelong automotive enthusiast. You’ll remember him for his role in the television sitcom Leave It To Beaver that ran on primetime from 1957 to 1963. Tony of course played Wally Cleaver, the eldest son of June and Ward and the wise older brother of Theodore Beaver Cleaver.

We lost Tony in July of 2022.

2237: Vic Elford Memoriam Dec 28, 2022

Vic Elford was one of the fastest drivers of the sixties and seventies and is a racing icon in Porsche’s history. He was arguably the most versatile all around driver of all time and he’s raced and won pretty much every motoring event in Europe and the U.S. He drove for Steve McQueen in the movie Le Mans and Vic’s authored books, narrated Michel Keyser’s film The Speed Merchants..

We lost Vic in March of 2022.

1236: Fred Simeone Memoriam Dec 27, 2022

Fred Simeone was the founder and Executive Director of the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 80,000 square foot building houses an incredible collection of over 65 racing sports cars that encompass the words of John Stuart Mill, “Competition is indispensable to progress.” You will enjoy marques including Alfa Romeo, Porsche, Ferrari, Aston Martin, and Delahaye to name just a few. Fred was a retired neurosurgeon who donated the cars to a charitable foundation that survives on events and philanthropy and continues today.

We lost Fred in June of 2022.

2235: Russell Fleury Memoriam Dec 26, 2022

This is a special in memoriam show with Russel Fleury who was one of the most highly respected consultants in corporate education. He was the founder and CEO of Road-Scholars International, a performance improvement firm specializing in coaching automotive dealerships in management, customer retention and human resources. His clients included: Hyundai, Toyota, BMW, Mini, Ford, General Motors, Porsche, Mitsubishi, Ferrari, Maserati, Freightliner, Daimler, Harley-Davidson, Correct Craft, The Kinetic Group and more. He was one of the busiest guys I knew. Enjoy this very personal and passionate interview. We lost Russell in January of 2022 to Covid

2234: Christmas Stories Dec 23, 2022

Hello Inspiring Automotive Enthusiasts and welcome to Cars Yeah. Today something different. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Las Posadas, the Winter Solstice, Kwanzaa, or Festivus, this is the season for love, peace, joy, and giving of our time and gifts. So grab a cup of coco, or eggnog, sit back, and enjoy this special Christmas eve share…

2233: Mark Roberts Dec 22, 2022

Mark Roberts is the Chief Creative Officer at Charge Cars, a company founded in 2016 in London. Their experienced team design and build vintage '67 Mustangs in a unique, bespoke, and electrically powered way. Three years ago, Mark brought his automotive passion and experience to the Charge Cars team as Chief Creative Officer, responsible for building the Brand, the Design team and creating a unique Customer Journey.

2232: Nicholas Hutchison Dec 21, 2022

Nicholas Hutchison is the Founder of BookThinkers, a company dedicated to spreading the power of personal development books. Nicholas is focused on developing insightful content and interviewing the world’s top non-fiction authors for his podcast, BookThinkers: Life-Changing Books. As a digital nomad, Nicholas runs his business from a different country every month and gives all, of the credit for this lifestyle to some of the early books he has read and been inspired by.

2231: Taylor Keller Dec 20, 2022

Taylor Keller is the Founder and CEO of Keller Motors, a venture that he describes as an analogue revolution. It’s a supercar company he’s just started and his first car, called the Seraph.

2230: Jaxon Bell Dec 19, 2022

Jaxon Bell is 19 years old with a thirst to go racing. Having a passion for racing since he was a toddler, he started his racing career in the Skip Barber Racing Series. In the first part of this past December, he ran his first race in a Formula 4 car at the Circuit of the Americas where he earned a podium finish in each of his two races. His father is past Indy racer Townsend Bell, a past Cars Yeah guest.

2229: Eliot Wertheimer Dec 16, 2022

Eliot Wertheimer is the Founder and CEO at Lavoie, a new premium mobility brand born from McLaren Applied on a mission to redefine personal transport through luxury automotive and motorsport-inspired design, engineering, and electrification.

2228: Serge Vanbockryck Dec 15, 2022

Serge Vanbokryck started his career in the late 1980s as a journalist and photographer, reporting on endurance racing for European newspapers and magazines. Today Serge is here to share his book titled Works Porsche 962 – The Definitive History, a three volume set with over 1,400 pages and 1,800 images, purblished by Porter Press.

2227: Mark Hawwa Dec 14, 2022

Mark Hawwa is the Founder of The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride. The events unite classic and vintage style motorcycle riders from all over the world to raise funds and awareness for men’s health issues including prostate cancer research and awareness and men’s mental health issues and concerns. His motto and mission is: “Riding Dapper for a Cause”. He and his supporters have raised over $37.5 million for men’s health. He talks about his new book focused on DGR.

2226: Ken Rusk Dec 13, 2022

Ken Rusk is a best-selling author, entrepreneur, and blue-collar advocate showing that there’s no degree required for comfort, peace, and freedom. In his book Blue Collar Cash: Love Your Work, Secure your Future, and Find Happiness for Life he shares his beliefs and experiences. Plus, Ken is an automotive enthusiast.

2225: Mikayla Kyle Dec 12, 2022

Mikayla Kyle is the Corporate Manager at PowerTrucks USA, your local one-stop automotive accessory shop and service center. They offer the enthusiasts a massive selection of truck, Jeep, SUV, and automotive aftermarket accessories plus installation. Mikayla is a Corporate Manager for Whitecap Enterprises, a private asset management company and she manages the marketing for all their acquisitions including Power Trucks USA, Autism F.I.R.S.T., Whitecap Construction Services, Extreme Steel Crane and Rigging, Extreme Steel, Extreme Rentals USA, and several Waste companies.

2224: Gene Crouch Dec 09, 2022

Gene Crouch is the Chief Operating Officer of AMA Pro Racing, the sanctioning body for Professional Motorcycle racing in the USA. They are the NASCAR for the motorcycle world.

2223: Dwight Knowlton Dec 08, 2022

Dwight Knowlton is the founder of Carpe Viam, an automotive lifestyle brand focused on the joy and history of vintage and collector cars. He returns to Cars yeah to share a collaboration with past Cars Yeah guest Bill Pack and the new book Epic Drama: The Winning Collection of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. His latest endeavor, TheMotoringArts.com debuts January 1st, 2023.

2222: Philip White Dec 07, 2022

Philip White is the Associate Director Marketing and the Business Development Manager at Bicester Heritage and has been instrumental in their growth from its early days. Since joining the founding team in 2014, Philip has assisted in the curation of the atmospheric business campus, now held as the de-facto home of historic motoring. Philip and the team are well on their way to building the UK’s pre-eminent destination for motion technology; past, present, and future.

2221: Richard Prince Dec 06, 2022

Richard Prince is an automotive photographer, journalist, and author who has been shooting since 1991. He has published four books and authored and illustrated approximately 2,000 magazine articles. Today he is here to share his newest book titled Corvette 70 Years: The One And Only published by Motorbooks.

2220: Steve King Dec 05, 2022

Stephen King launched the Meguiar’s car care business in the UK in 2001. Today he is responsible for their European, Middle Eastern, and the African business sectors, known as the EMEA.

2219: Patrick Krook Dec 02, 2022

Patrick Krook began his obsession in all things automotive as a toddler, handing his father tools to fix the family truckster, a 1973 Ford Custom 500 Ranch Wagon. Today he owns and runs Rev Muscle Cars. His career has included traveling the world and building some of the most storied and exclusive private car collections.

2218: Jakob Greisen Dec 01, 2022

Jakob Greisen is the Bonhams’ Vice President, Head of their US Motoring and a Collectors Motorcar Specialist. Bonhams is a British auction house that was founded in 1793. It is one of the world’s oldest and largest auctioneers known internationally for fine art, antiques, jewelry, automobilia, motorcycles, and motorcars. Bonhams will be back again in Scottsdale for their annual auction that will take place January 26, 2023 at The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa.

2217: Jason Vansickle Nov 30, 2022

Jason Vansickle is the Vice President of Curation and Education at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. He is one of the youngest in his field to hold such a position. Jason is leading the charge with new exhibition creation and content development designed with visitation growth in mind. He is responsible for managing the care for the collection, restoration department, and educational programming. He currently serves on the boards of the National Association of Automobile Museums, Indiana Landmark’s Indiana Automotive group, and the Indianapolis Cars and Coffee organization.

2216: Jim Cozzie Nov 29, 2022

Jim Cozzie serves as the Director of Business Development for suspension specialists RideTech. He has over 30 years of high-level business development in automotive specialty and television production industries.

Jim Beaver Nov 28, 2022

Jim Beaver is the president of JB15 Group, a full-service media, PR, marketing, branding, and motorsports agency representing some of the top athletes and brands in the world. He’s a third-generation driver who races as a factory supported UTV driver in off-road racing and formerly raced Trophy Trucks.

2214: Peter Volny Nov 25, 2022

Peter Volny is the Founder of the Concours in the Hills that will celebrate its ninth year on Saturday, February 4, 2022 in Fountain Hills Arizona. The event will feature over 1,200 cars and 30,000+ spectators while raising tens of thousands of dollars for Phoenix Children’s.

2213: David Twohig Nov 24, 2022

David Twohig is a consultant who works on a variety of topics for his clients, he speaks at private and public events, and writes about the car industry for The-Intercooler in the UK. He published his first book, in early 2022, titled Inside the Machine – An Engineer’s Tale of the Modern Automotive Industry. David is a veteran automotive engineering executive, with three decades of international experience in automotive design and development.

2212: Kyle Hoffman Nov 23, 2022

Kyle Hoffman produces and hosts his YouTube channel titled Depreciation Nation, a show he's produced for over two year. He's been addicted to speed since he was fiver years old and it all started with his fascination with horses, a passion he still enjoys today watching race horses run. His older brother bought a BMW with a manual gearbox and Kyle was hooked. He's since owned several of these cars and would buy and sell them learning how to flip cars and make some money along the way. From years of this his YouTube channel was born.

2211: Joe Hale Nov 22, 2022

Joe Hale is the President of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. He is leading the team to reimagine the Museum in a wholesale fashion and to guide the Museum staff and supporters toward a future state-of-the-art Museum, community asset, and world-class destination. He also shares Bill Pack new book titled Epic Drama, The Winning Collection of the Indianpolis Motor Speedway Museum.

2210: Christopher Davenport Nov 21, 2022

Christopher Davenport is the Founder of AutoParts 4 Less, the first automotive specific multi-seller online marketplace that aspires to provide both buyers and sellers with the best experience possible. Their mission is to create a world class e-commerce marketplace that aggregates these automotive parts sellers for the automotive parts buyers by utilizing integrated technologies that optimizes the listing, selling, and shipping of automotive parts.

2209: Mitch Williams Nov 18, 2022

Mitch Williams is the Division General Manager of StopTech, the best in high performance brakes and part of the First Brands Group. He has led several iconic performance industry brands including Hella, APR, Restoration Parts Unlimited, and today at StopTech. Mitch has raced sports cars, served six terms on the SEMA Board of Directors and has driven cross-country 40 times - and once drove almost coast to coast in 40 hours - by himself. He has owned more than 75 cars, has flown in the Goodyear Blimp, and took aerobatic flying lessons.

2208: David Campo Nov 17, 2022

David Campo is the Founder of Nezumi Studios, a business where he has merged his passions in the automotive, watch, fashion, and music industries for over a decade. David created his own Porsche Club he calls Roughneck Brigade that started with a grill badge design and now includes nearly 100 Brigadiers across nine countries with members in Europe, the UK, and the USA. He has a special collaboration with the legendary Porsche designer RUF culminating in a limited-edition series of Nezumi Ruf timepieces and all 200 watches sold out in 21 minutes. He also designed a watch to celebrate the band Anthrax’s album ‘Persistence of Time’.

2207: Jake Welk Nov 16, 2022

Jake Welk is the Marketing Manager for Lemay - America’s Car Museum. He is a passionate photographer, filmmaker, designer, and marketer and is in charge of the Lemay museum’s marketing, advertising, public relations, media, content creation, website, and social media efforts.

2206: Bill Pack Nov 15, 2022

Bill Pack is an automotive photographer who returns to Cars Yeah to talk about his latest project. Bill teamed up with past Cars Yeah guest and designer Dwight T. Knowlton to create a book titled Epic Drama: The Winning Collection of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. At over 200 pages this project is a magical journey featuring the historic race cars that have run the Indy 500.

2205: Dominic Dobson Nov 14, 2022

Dominic Dobson is the President of Dobson Motorsports and Dobson Stuttgart, the Northwest’s finest Porsche service, sales, and storage facility. Dominic is a former IndyCar and sports Car racer, has raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Daytona 24 Hours, and the Sebring 12 Hours numerous times. Dominic has raced in the Baja 1000, Pikes Peak International Hillclimb. He founded Motion Research Technologies, a pioneer in Augmented Reality and invented the world's first wireless heads-up display named "SportVue" for motorcycle riders.

2204: Andrew Comrie-Picard Nov 11, 2022

Andrew Comrie-Picard is an X Games medalist, North American Rally Champion, Pikes Peak record holder, and Baja1000 class winner. He also is a movie stuntman who's appeared in the Fast and Furious and Deadpool franchises and designed the massive car stunt course on Netflix' "Hyperdrive". Andrew founded his business ZipTire Mobile Tire in Los Angeles to disrupt the tire industry and he is the Chief Business Officer for Arctic Trucks North America.

2203: Robert Yeager Nov 10, 2022

Robert C. Yeager’s love for cars began as a teenager when he purchased a “raked,” baby-blue 1940 Ford coupe for $250. For the past dozen-plus years, he has written about collectible and enthusiast cars for the New York Times. An outgrowth of his writing for the Times is his new book, The NextGen Guide to Car Collecting and it offers new and experienced collectors a richly illustrated and concise history of car collecting; guidance on buying and selling; tips on living the car-collector life; how collectors love their “special” cars; and explores the growing role women play as automotive enthusiasts.

2202: Drew Hardin Nov 10, 2022

Drew Hardin started working in automotive journalism while in college and he joined Petersen Publishing in 1986 as a staff editor for 4-Wheel & Off-Road magazine. His latest book is titled HOT ROD Magazine: The Definitive & Official 75 Years History published by Motorbooks. It is the officially licensed anniversary celebration of the world’s longest continuously published and best-known automotive magazine ever.

2201: Chris Cyr Nov 08, 2022

Chris Cyr is the CEO and Partner at Team O'Neil Rally School, the longest running and most accomplished rally driver training company in the America's. Their offerings include the 1 to 5 Day Rally School, Security and Tactical Mobility Training, Drift School, Off-Road training and much more.

2200: Larry Trepel Nov 07, 2022

Larry Trepel is a cartoonist and writer, with auction coverage and a monthly cartoon feature, titled Light-Hand Drive, appearing in Keith Martin’s Sports Car Market.

2199: Dan McKeever Nov 04, 2022

Dan McKeever is the President of Ford Performance Racing School. There he developed all of the driver curriculums for the Mustang GT500 and Mach 1, the F-150 Raptor and an ST SUV program for the Edge and Explorer ST owners.

2198: Brock Patterson Nov 03, 2022

Brock Patterson is the National Specialty Vehicle Manager at Reddick Brown Ford in Morrison Tennessee where they specialize in a line of custom vehicles and limited production projects.

2197: Jayce Delker Nov 02, 2022

Jayce Delker is a 27-year-old automotive enthusiast, inventor, and entrepreneur. He is a graduate from Georgia Institute of Technology and currently employed as an engineer for General Motors at the GM Proving Ground in Milford, Michigan.

2196: Brett Hatfield Nov 01, 2022

Brett Hatfield is a lifelong automotive enthusiast and has thirty-plus-years as a member of the National Corvette Restorers Society. He is the co-host of the Driven Radio Show podcast, is a senior auction analyst for Sports Car Market magazine, a contributing author of GM Authority, Ford Authority, and the Cadillac Society.

2195: D. Paul Graham Oct 31, 2022

D. Paul Graham is a photographer who specializes in commissioned automotive, luxury lifestyle, editorial, travel, and portraiture assignments. His art draws from, and is inspired by, the interaction of the complexities of light, life, passion, and people.

2194: Matt Caldwell Oct 28, 2022

Matt Caldwell is the Executive Director for Tread Lightly, a national nonprofit organization with a mission to promote responsible, motorized recreation through stewardship/conservation projects and ethics education ensuring that off-roading opportunities are available for future generations.

2193: James Eaton Oct 27, 2022

James Easton is the Co-Founder and CEO of IONETIC where they give niche vehicle-makers a highly time-efficient and cost-effective route to electrification, empowering them to successfully overcome the complex challenges of adapting to the future of mobility.

2192: Preston Lerner Oct 26, 2022

Preston Lerner is an automotive author and journalist. His latest book, Shelby American: The Renegades Who Built the Cars, Won the Races, and Lived the Legend, reexamines the mythology surrounding Carroll Shelby and his Cobra-based empire.

2191: Bre Pettis Oct 25, 2022

Bre Pettis is the CEO of Bantam Tools where they build desktop CNC machines with professional reliability and precision, supporting the world’s changers and skill builders. Bantam Tools machines are easy to set up, ready to use right out of the box, and are safe and easy to use.

2190: Phil MacDougall Oct 24, 2022

Phil MacDougall serves as the President Executive Director of the National Automobile Museum. Named One of America’s Top 10 Automobile Museums, the National Automobile Museum showcases more than 225 rare, one-of-a-kind, orphan, antique, and collector cars.

2189: Max Kaiserman Oct 21, 2022

Max Kaiserman is the owner of Luna Replicas, a vintage automotive and space apparel company, recreating the clothing and gear from 1960s classic racing teams as well as early NASA programs.

2188: Mike Guy Oct 20, 2022

Mike Guy is the Editor-in Chief of Road & Track, part of the Hearst Auto portfolio. He was the founder and former editor-in-chief of The Drive.

2187: Alan Dowds Oct 19, 2022

Alan Dowds is a Freelance motorcycle photojournalist. He started riding and reading bike magazines, in Scotland, in the late 1980s. His new book titled BMW Motorcycles 100 Years is published by Motorbooks.

2186: Barry Wilson Oct 18, 2022

Barry Wilson is the owner of Wilson Auto Repair, a business he started over 40 years ago. Barry’s restored and repaired classic cars from the 60s and 70s for over 15 years and his YouTube channel offers numerous how-to repair videos covering numerous automotive technical tips and tricks.

2185: Joe Freeman Oct 17, 2022

Joseph Freeman is the Founder of Racemaker Press, a company he started in 2006. He’s been a free-lance author and automotive historian since 1986. Joe started racing in 1970 driving in SCCA in a Formula Ford and then a Brabham BT-35 Formula B.

2184: Ross Fruin Oct 14, 2022

Ross Fruin is the Co-Founder and CEO of GridRival, the best motorsports app that allows fans to engage with their favorite sports in an innovative way. At GridRival, the focus on creating an authentic experience rich withreal time cash-based fantasy games, industry leading content, and a community of like-minded race fans.

2183: Stan Mirzayev Oct 13, 2022

Stan Mirzayev is the Founder and CEO of Parts Pass, an auto parts app revolutionizing the way people fix their cars. He has over 17 years in the automotive industry.

2182: Matt Martelli Oct 12, 2022

Matt Martelli is the Founder of Mad Media, a San Diego based multidisciplinary creative advertising and marketing consultant group. Matt is also CEO of The Mint 400 and California 300. He’s one of the biggest influences in Off-Road racing and its culture.

2181: Mia Bevacqua Oct 11, 2022

Mia Bevacqua is the Chief Mechanic and Technical Writer at CarParts.com. Car Parts has been in business for over 25 years and is your best online source for finding the right car parts faster and easier.

2180: Harry Hurst Oct 10, 2022

Harry Hurst is Director of Programs for the Simeone Museum in Philadelphia, an institution he helped Dr. Frederick Simeone launch in 2008. Harry is an author and he is a published author and Founder of the Facebook group, “Glory Days of Racing” that is approaching 50,000 members.

2179: Justin & Tommy Oct 07, 2022

Justin Bell and Tommy Kendall are Co-Founders of Torque Media Group and hosts of The Torque Show. Both are successful past racers and you’ll be able to see and meet both at this year’s Chattanooga Motorcar Festival and they will be live streaming from the event on Friday, October 14.

2178: Mike Tillson Oct 06, 2022

Michael Tillson is the Founder of Tillson Motorcars, a company he started in 1972, having owned and restored many fine vehicles. He is the Founder and Chairman of the Radnor Hunt Concours and will be the Chief Judge at this year’s Chattanooga Motorcar Festival.

2177: Ray Evernham Oct 05, 2022

Ray Evernham is has lived in the racing world for 50 years as a builder, owner, producer, and so much more. He will be a celebrity guest at this year's Chattanooga Motorcar Festival.

2176: Lyn St. James Oct 04, 2022

Lyn St. James has raced for over 40 years. She was the 1992 Indy 500 Rookie of the Year and she’s a seven-time Indy 500 driver. Her awards and recognitions are numerous and include her most recent 2022 inductee into the Automotive Hall of Fame. Lyn is a celebrity guest at this year’s Chattanooga Motorcar Festival.

2175: Wayne Carini Oct 03, 2022

Wayne Carini has a lifetime of experience in the automotive world as a master car restorer and so much more. Wayne’s a judge at numerous concours events and is a celebrity guest at this year’s Chattanooga Motorcar Festival.

2174: Brad Novack Sep 30, 2022

Brad Novack is the ‘Break’ in the Break Fix Podcast he produces and host with his business partner Eric Monterastelli, a past guest here on Cars Yeah. They also opperate the Grand Touring Motorsport website.

2173: Swin Chatsuwan Sep 29, 2022

Swin Chatsuwan is the CEO and founder of Zapp Electric Vehicles, a company on a mission to introduce high quality and high-performance products which are also Gen-2 sustainable to the electric motorbike market.

2172: Dennis Kazmerowski Sep 28, 2022

Dennis Kazmerowski started racing in 1974 and has raced and built many amazing cars. At 75 years old he’s still having fun in his garage and a latest project is a complete build-out of a vintage 1958 Le Mans Coupe designed by Strother MacMinn.

2171: Ben Hedley Sep 27, 2022

Ben Hedley is the Founder and CEO of The Little Car Company. The company was founded in 2019 to create junior cars with Bugatti and it quickly expanded to work with other major automotive companies including Ferrari, Aston Martin, EON Productions, Tamiya and others.

2170: Ben Saltmer Sep 26, 2022

Ben Saltmer is the Head of Design and Customization at Radford where they breathe new life into the art of coach building by creating bespoke automotive commissions true to classic and timeless designs.

2169: Mark Osmundson Sep 23, 2022

Mark Osmundson is with Jamison Search and he is the Vice President of Automotive Aftermarket Recruiting. Two characteristics have remained consistent in Mark’s life more than any others: a love of cars, and a desire to facilitate meaningful connections.

2168: Steve Natale Sep 22, 2022

Steve Natale has been obsessing about old cars since he was a kid playing with his Matchbox toys. His latest venture is his popular and rapidly growing YouTube show In the Garage with Steve Natale. By the way: Steve still plays with Matchbox cars…

2167: Royce Rumsey Sep 21, 2022

Royce Rumsey is an industrial designer and photographer with a focus on things that move. His creativity earned him many publication awards including a Gold Award with Communications Magazine, Time, Wired, and Business Week magazines.

2166: John Saccameno Sep 20, 2022

John Saccameno is the owner of Sport and Specialty, a premium sports car restoration business just north of Chicago. He’s been a lifelong car enthusiast and a vintage racer.

2165: Cameron Luther Sep 19, 2022

Cameron Luther is a senior at McPherson College preparing to graduate in May of 2023. He’s majoring in Automotive Restoration Technology with coursework in sheet metal, engine rebuilding, drivetrain, automotive paint, research and documentation.

2164: Townsend Bell Sep 16, 2022

Townsend Bell currently serves as a Brand Ambassador for the Lexus brand. He is also a member of the broadcast team for NBC Sports and has raced in numerous classes including 10 Indy 500s.

2163: Donald Osborne Sep 15, 2022

Donald Osborne is the Chief Executive Officer at Audrain in Newport, Rhode Island where he oversees the Audrain Automobile Museum, Audrain’s Newport Concours d’Elegance & Motor Week, and Linkage, a quarterly automotive publication and website.

2162: Jan Hyde Sep 14, 2022

Jan Hyde is a race historian who runs the Registry of Corvette Race Cars. It’s a project he calls The Corvette Race Car Collection to-the-Max.

2161: Mitch Wright Sep 13, 2022

Mitch Wright has been a racer and consultant for decades and he’s worked with and for some great tracks. Today he still races and is helping Drivyn Performance DAO with their plans to grow.

2160: Richard Rawlings Sep 12, 2022

Richard Rawlings is the automotive enthusiast and entrepreneur behind Dallas Texas’s Gas Monkey Garage and the Discovery channel’s Fast N’ Loud TV, Garage Rehab, Demolition Theater, Shop Class, and Misfit Garage shows.

2159: Les Duellman Sep 09, 2022

Les Duellman is the oldest son of Elmer and Bernadette Duellman, who founded Elmer’s Auto and Toy Museum in 1993. Mecum Auctions will be selling the collection in person in Fountain City, Wisconsin and online September 14-17. Mecum.com

2158: Francisque Savinien Sep 08, 2022

Francisque Savinien is the Founder and CEO of EPARTRADE, the global platform for the performance of racing industry.

2157: Sarah Montgomery Sep 07, 2022

Sarah Montgomery is a racer competing in the World Racing League in a BMW M4 GT4 with Round 3 Racing. Sarah competed in the highest class of WRL driving a Porsche GT4 car earning a win at the 24 hours of Sebring race in October. When Sarah is not racing, she is a driving instructor at the Porsche Experience Center in Atlanta, GA and selling people their dream homes in real estate.

2156: Dave Magers Sep 06, 2022

Dave Magers is the CEO of Mecum Auctions where he has served since 2013. The Mecum Auction Company is the world leader of collector car, vintage and antique motorcycle, and Road Art sales, hosting auctions throughout the United States.

2155: Mike Hembree Sep 05, 2022

Mike Hembree is an author who has written about auto racing for 50 years and has authored 14 books, including 7 racing titles. Today we’ll be focusing on his latest book titled 50 First Victories: NASCAR Drivers’ Breakthrough Wins, a book he co-authored with Al Pearce, published by Octane Press.

2154: Al Pearce Sep 02, 2022

Al Pearce has covered racing in some form or fashion in daily papers for 35 years and for Autoweek, concurrently, for about 50 years. His newest book is titled 50 First Victories: NASCAR Drivers’ Breakthrough Wins, a book he co-authored with Mike Hembree, published by Octane Press.

2153: Jeff Evans Sep 01, 2022

Jeff Evans is the host of the Throttle Grotto YouTube channel where he features automotive restorations with a focus on German and Japanese cars ranging from the late 60s to the 90s.

2152: William Ross Aug 31, 2022

William Ross is the International Sales Development Director for Feuerbach Porsche. The company was founded by Ferdinand Porsche’s grandson and former Nissan Europe designer Christopher Reitz in 2019.

2151: Ellie's Garage Aug 30, 2022

Ellie of Ellie’s Garage is a 17-year-old automotive enthusiast who loves cars and is restoring her 1965 Ford Falcon with her dad’s help. They are recording the process and sharing it on Ellie’s Garage YouTube channel.

2150: Riley Trask Aug 29, 2022

Riley Trask started Riley’s Rebuilds when she was just 14, as a way to earn money to buy her first car. Her dad taught her how to rebuild carburetors and her business was born.

2149: Jude Everett Aug 26, 2022

Jude Everett is the Co-Founder and President of Drivyn. Drivyn's mission is to provide the best possible training for future, new and existing Tesla and EV owners, enhancing their experience and safety with Tesla's technologically advanced vehicles.

2148: Brad McCall Aug 25, 2022

Brad McCall is the Founder and Co-Owner of Round 3 Racing, a semi-professional endurance racing team that offers arrive and drive opportunities as well as partnering with brands including: Hagerty, Cooper Tires, and Shift Up Now.

2147: Arabian Prince Aug 24, 2022

Arabian Prince is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, DJ, technologist Pro Gamer, futurist, tech investor, and a founding member of N.W.A, one of the most well-known hip-hop groups in music. He is CEO of Drivyn Performance DAO, which aims to develop the first world-class, carbon-neutral racetrack, a raceway club, an advanced simulator for electric vehicles, and a racing metaverse.

2146: Judy Kean Aug 23, 2022

Judy Kean is a Partner at Epartrade, the innovative new way to connect manufacturers and buyers in the global performance and racing marketplace.

2145: Alex Bellus Aug 22, 2022

Alex is a professional photographer specializing in creating automotive-focused commercial, editorial, and lifestyle images. As a lifelong car enthusiast, he has dedicated his life to everything on four wheels.

2139: Sam Rabinowitz Aug 22, 2022

Sam Rabinowitz is the Co-Founder and CEO of Drivyn. Drivyn's mission is to provide the best possible training for future, new and existing Tesla and EV owners, enhancing their experience and safety with Tesla's technologically advanced vehicles.

2144: Tom de Lange Aug 19, 2022

Tom de Lange is the CEO of Dymag, a company that has been in business since 1974 and is the world leader in carbon hybrid wheels.

2143: Wouter Witvoet Aug 18, 2022

Wouter Witvoet is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of EV Technology Group who acquired MOKE. EVT specializes in electrifying iconic brands to redefine the joy of motoring for the electric age.

2142: Andy Prill Aug 17, 2022

Andy Prill is the Owner and Proprietor of Prill Porsche Classics, a company that he started in 1994. He has over 35 years’ experience working with classic and collector cars and motorcycles. Today I'm with him at the Laguna Seca racetrack for the historic races.

2141: Eric Monterastelli Aug 16, 2022

Eric Monterastelli owns Grand Touring Motorsports, an online website where he spreads the motorsport enthusiasm. He is also the producer and co-host of the Break/Fix podcast where he and his co-host Brad Novack share motorsports.

2140: Philip Richter Aug 15, 2022

Philip Richter is the President and co-founder of Hollow Brook Wealth Management, runs Turtle Garage, a widely read weekly online collector vehicle journal, runs the Turtle Invitational car show, and he'll be on a panel at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

2138: Rob McLeese Aug 11, 2022

Rob McLeese is the Founder and Show Chair of the Cobble Beach Concours d’Elegance, now in its 8th year. It takes place September 16 – 18 at the Cobble Beach Golf Resort in Kemble, Ontario, Canada.

2137: Isobel Dando Aug 10, 2022

Isobel Dando is heading up the revival of the historic brand MOKE, as CEO of MOKE International. She has been leading the company through its re-launch and into a new era with the full electrification of the brand. MOKE International was recently acquired by the EV Technology Group.

2136: Joshua Rollins Aug 09, 2022

Joshua Rollins is the Marketing Manager at Velocity Modern Classics where he and his team restore and modernize classic Ford Broncos, International Scouts, and a wide range of vintage vehicles.

2135: Estonia Ruf Aug 08, 2022

Estonia Ruf is the CEO of Ruf Automobile, a company that builds incredible RUF-badged sports cars creating many 'firsts' in the automotive world. She and her husband Alois along with their team build dreams.

2134: Ross Myers Aug 05, 2022

Ross Myers is the Chairman and CEO of Allan Myers, Inc., and owner of 3 Dog Garage and museum. He's an avid car collector and vintage racer who will have two cars on the Lawn this year at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

2133: Chris MacAllister Aug 04, 2022

Chris MacAllister is the President and COO of MacAllister Machinery. He is a classic car collector and avid historic motorcar racer who enjoys driving all his cars, whether at the track or on the roadway.

2132: John Clinard Aug 03, 2022

John Clinard, now in his 50th year with Ford Motor Company as a consultant on enthusiast cars and events, he is immersed in the collector car world on a daily basis. He's a Senior Judge at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.

2131: Jim Glickenaus Aug 02, 2022

Jim Glickenhaus is the Founder of Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus where they design and create not just cars, but dreams. Race cars then designed to be road going cars. Jim will have a car on the lawn at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

2130: Kim McCullough Aug 01, 2022

Kim McCullough is a lifelong automotive enthusiast with both her personal and professional life centered around automobiles. She is active in concours, rallying, and racing earning awards at many prestigious concours events and serving as a judge at a host of concours d’Elegances.

2129: Jim Canova Jul 29, 2022

Jim Canova has been a professional detailer since 1990. He is the inventor of the BumBee Seat, a folding, rolling, detailing seat that makes working on your vehicle, in your garage or shop, and around your home easy and comfortable.

2128: James Tidmarsh Jul 28, 2022

James Tidmarsh is the Director of Global Sales for Radford Motors where their aim is to breathe new life into the art of coach building by creating contemporary luxury commissions true to classic and timeless designs.

2127: Danilo Coto Cruz Jul 27, 2022

Danilo Coto Cruz is the Founder of PACTO where he makes vintage style racing helmets, gloves, visors, and shoes. His hand crafted goods are born from a time past, made through a carefully crafted and elaborated process creating a true sentiment of a golden era for automotive fanatics all over the world.

2126: Lyle Brummer Jul 26, 2022

Lyle Brummer is Director of Design at SpeedKore Performance Group, an American performance company where their engineers and artisans combine traditional craftsmanship with cutting edge technology.

2125: Erik Schmid Jul 25, 2022

Erik Schmid owns a VW Bus inspired brewer called Red Bus Brewing Company. He has found a way to combine his passion for cars and his craft brewing beers.

2124: Daniel Valjevac Jul 22, 2022

Daniel Valjevac is the owner of Retro Designs where he and his team provide a premium level of quality craftsmanship in reimagining classic cars, providing work on everything from a Gen-5 Camaros to a vintage Porsches.

2123: Kevin Jones Jul 21, 2022

Kevin Jones is CEO and President of Business in a Bucket Institute, a company that changes lives teaching practical application of what is involved in operating a business allowing men and women to create an immediate income for themselves.

2122: Raj Dasgupta Jul 20, 2022

Raj Dasgupta is the CEO at Electrovaya, a company focused on new battery technology in the industrial and automotive space.

2121: Matt Chambers Jul 19, 2022

Matt Chambers is the Founder and CEO of Curtiss Motorcycles where he and his team have created two-wheeled works of art and innovation.

2120 Eduardo Santella Jul 18, 2022

Eduardo Santella is the owner of Citric Studios and the Brand and Marketing Director for Dieseldorff Kaffee, a coffee producer out of Guatamala who are proud partners of Peninsula Signature Event Series as their official coffee of the The Quail, a Motorsport Gathering's Tour.

2119: Aaron Zeilinsky Jul 15, 2022

Aaron Zeilinsky is the General Manager at Porsche Monterey. They host thier Porsche Monterey Classic as Car Week begins at their dealership. Porsche Monterey is a sponsor of this year’s The Concours at Pasadera.

2118: Richard Renard Jul 14, 2022

Richard Renard is an ex-long-time racer and the Executive Director at Large of the venerable Laguna Seca Raceway Foundation that exists to raise funds for the development of the Laguna Seca Recreational area. Appropriate given the first race he attended as a boy was at Laguna Seca in 1957.

2117: Rick Barnett Jul 13, 2022

Rick Barnett is the Chairman at The Concours at Pasadera. Now in its 4th year, this event launches Car Week on the Monterey Peninsula and this year features the Ferrari’s 75th anniversary.

2116: Heather Gardner Jul 12, 2022

Heather Gardner is the Owner and Manager of Monterey Touring Vehicles and Classic Car Rentals. She and her team provide you with a unique way to experience the beauty of the Monterey Peninsula and surrounding areas by renting and driving a classic car.

2115: Bryan Nazario Jul 11, 2022

Bryan Nazario is the Director of Marketing for Adobe Road Wines. Adobe Road Wines will be the featured wine at this year's The Concours at Pasadera, an event that kicks of Monterey Car Week.

2114: Rich Crombie Jul 08, 2022

Rich Crombie is the Field Marketing Consultant for Port of Subs, who have been a major sponsor of Hot August Nights for many years. He has been the DJ and MC for Hot August Nights for the past 17 years.

2113: Bobby Bryant Jul 07, 2022

Bobby Bryant has been giving his time and energy to the Reno/Sparks community for the “For Kids Foundation” of Nevada’s annual fundraiser to being one of the longest tenured volunteers for the widely popular Hot August Nights Classic car event and has been a volunteer since the events inception in 1986.

2112: James Herr Jul 06, 2022

James Herr is the Project Manager at Summit Racing Equipment where he works in project management in their corporate offices and with vendors. James is also involved with Hot August Nights on their Board of Directors as their President.

2111: Brandon Bernstein Jul 05, 2022

Brandon Bernstein is the Director of Partnership Marketing at Lucas Oil Products. He is the son of six-time NHRA Champion Kenny Bernstein and is a championship drag racer himself.

2110: Alan Tom Jul 04, 2022

Alan Tom is the Executive Director for Hot August Nights and brings years of community experience, event planning, and a passion for classic automobile to this iconic and nostalgic classic car show celebrating its 35th year!

2109: Doug Andreassen Jul 01, 2022

Doug Andreassen is currently serving as President of the Pacific Northwest Porsche Club, a position he has held for 4 years. He has served on the PNWR board in various positions prior to being elected President.

2108: David Brown Jun 30, 2022

David Brown is the CEO of David Brown Automotive where they hand-build and impeccably finish the finest cars in the tradition of British coach building. Their bespoke Speedback GT and Mini Remastered are painstakingly handcrafted.

2107: Tim Walbridge Jun 29, 2022

Tim Walbridge is the Founder and President of 503 Motoring the most recognized and highest rated automotive shop in the PNW. Specializing in late model Luxury and Exotic Tuning, Aesthetics and Preservation.

2106: Scott Marquis Jun 28, 2022

Scott Marquis is a retired finance professional and unapologetic car enthusiast. His passion for the Triumph Italia 2000 brings Scott to the Forest Grove Concours where there will several of these unique vehicles on display.

2105: Allen Stephens Jun 27, 2022

Allen Stephens is on the Steering Committee of the 48th Annual Forest Grove Concours d’Elegance. The event takes place on the beautiful Pacific University campus located near Portland, Oregon.

2104: Jake Gunnerson Jun 24, 2022

Jake Gunnerson has worked in television production for over 15 years as a director of photography, a camera operator, and show editor. He worked on the Cars Yeah TV show in 2019.

2103: Steve Bernstein Jun 23, 2022

Steve Bernstein has been a ‘car guy’ since childhood and he’s now fortunate to combine his passion for cars and photography as he covers local and regional events in the midwest as well as national events for a variety of clients. His Power Play Action Images and Your and Your Spectacular Face keeps him busy.

2102: John McGann Jun 22, 2022

John McGann is the Editor-in-Chief of Hot Rod magazine. A voracious reader of car magazines and lover of all things automotive, he set out to learn as much as he could about cars. An automotive technology program provided the foundation, while fumbling around with large American sedans provided real world experience.

2101 Fran Christopher Jun 21, 2022

Fran Christopher is the U.S. Director for Oil Condition Monitoring for SGS and Zengine, a consumer-friendly engine diagnostic service. I got my Zengine score and you can save 20% on yours using the code: CARSYEAH20

2100: Alex Ostrihonsky Jun 20, 2022

Alex Ostrihonsky is the Chief Marketing Officer at Vyper Chair, an American made rolling chair that is unlike any garage or shop chair you’ve ever sat on.

2099: Tom & Michel Jun 17, 2022

Tom Cotter and Michael Alan Ross are in the middle of America’s Greatest Road Trip, a 7,000+ mile adventure that started in Key West Florida and is taking them to Deadhorse Alaska. Driving in a new Ford Bronco and pulling an Airstream trailer.

2098: Raffi Minasian Jun 16, 2022

Raffi Minasian is a designer, professor, and automotive journalist specializing in the dynamic convergence of Design and Culture. He’s a frequent speaker and panelist for automotive themed conferences, a concours d’elegance judge, and vintage sports car enthusiast.

2097: David Kibbey Jun 15, 2022

David Kibbey is the youngest judge at the Detroit Concours, Greenwich Concours, Boca Concours, Keels and Wheels Concours and Audrain Concours. He is the Founding Chairman of the Race to the Mill Concours d’Elegance on July 16, a unique event in several ways.

2096: Hans Bääth Jun 14, 2022

Hans Bääth is the General Manager at Cyan Racing. Their development of the Volvo P1800 Cyan resto-mod has incorporated the same talents needed to design, build, and develop their world title-winning race and road cars.

2095: Jim Cox Jun 13, 2022

Jim Cox owns the Branson Auction, a twice annual event. He also owns and presides over Collector Cars International, and Branson Collector Cars-The Shop, a facility that offers services for Collector cars.

2094: Roy Sjoberg Jun 10, 2022

Roy Sjoberg is the owner of Team R-Squared S where he provides automotive consulting and manufactures after-market automotive components. Roy was named Executive Engineer-Viper Project in 1989. In that position, he created and managed the Project Team for the development and production of the Dodge Viper.

2093: André Hoogeboom Jun 09, 2022

André Hoogeboom is a Dutch journalist and writer specializing in the world of Formula 1. His unauthorized biography of Max Verstappen is titled - Max The Dutch Master: An Unauthorized Biography.

2092: James Chen Jun 08, 2022

James Chen is the Founder of ALMAX-USA, selling automotive and truck wheels made here in the United States. He’s built and sold several companies and today is still playing with cars, having fun in the automotive world.

2091: Chris Lyerly Jun 07, 2022

Chris Lyerly is the area Vice President for Cox Automotive Mobility Fleet Services in the Western United States. Chris has a passion for inspiring others to become great technicians and leaders is contagious.

2090: Maria Jannace Jun 06, 2022

Maria Jannace is the Founder and CEO of The New York City Concours and the Fort Lauderdale Concours. She owns Maxim Creative Group and Maxim Sports Management and is known for her and do it right.

2089: Bruce Meyer Jun 03, 2022

Bruce Meyer has served as the “face” of the Petersen Automotive Museum for much of its existence. Opening on June 11th is “Ford Fever: The Deuce Turns 90,” the Petersen Museum’s new exhibit devoted to the legacy of the 1932 Ford and will feature three vehicles from Bruce’s personal collection.

2088: David En-Naim Jun 02, 2022

David En-Naim is the General Manager of Fibritex makers of Premium Microfiber Products for the automotive market. Fibritex is part of the Protecsys Group in Switzerland.

2087: Joe Atkinson Jun 01, 2022

Joe Atkinson is the President of Automotive Apprentices Group, an organization that prepares individuals for the automotive careers of the future through an innovative modern apprenticeship program that is unlike any other in America.

2086: Corey Carruth May 31, 2022

Corey Carruth is the owner of Sky’s The Limit Car Care, a website for automotive enthusiasts, neat freaks, car lovers, and premiere car care professionals across the United States.

2085: Randy Nonnenberg May 30, 2022

Randy Nonnenberg is the Co-founder and President of Bring a Trailer, an online auction marketplace for collectible vehicles and more. Today I lost my beloved Orange Crush, a 1987 Porsche Turbo on BaT!

2084: David Hinton May 27, 2022

David Hinton is the President of Historic Sportscar Racing. He also owns a race team called Heritage Motorsport where they maintain approx. 30 different cars for clients from around the USA and Europe.

2083: Mo Murray May 26, 2022

Mo Murray is the Senior VP and Program Manager at The Garage Team Mazda. His focus in on their motorsports in marketing, strategy, and brand integration.

2082: Craig Jackson May 25, 2022

Craig Jackson is the Chairman and CEO of Barrett-Jackson Auction Company. Over decades he has earned the reputation as one of the world’s most respected automotive collectors and restoration experts. Craig is an avid automotive collector, enthusiast, and vintage racer.

2081: Jeanie Sumners May 24, 2022

Jeanie Sumners is the Director of Marketing at Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca. The annual Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion is a museum revving to life with hundreds of historic and period-correct race and sports cars from nearly every era.

2080: Bruce Canepa May 23, 2022

Bruce Canepa is the Founder and CEO of Canepa Motor Company. Bruce is passionately involved in all aspects of his companies from vehicle design and development to historic and collector cars sales, restoration, and racing.

2079: Tom Smith May 20, 2022

Tom Smith is the President & CEO of Buffbrite, a company that has a passion for the detail car care industry and creating solutions for car care challenges.

2078: Nathan Hecht May 19, 2022

Nathan Hecht is the founder and CEO of Rodo. Rodo is an online platform that enables car shoppers to buy, sell or lease from authorized dealerships from the comfort of their home.

2077: Edmond Piffard May 18, 2022

Edmond Piffard is a professional artist who paints murals and paintings for interior designers. He enjoys the incredible challenge of accurately painting historic cars that are set in a nostalgic scene from their era.

2076: Nick Jordan May 17, 2022

Nick Jordan is the CEO and Founder of Narrative. He has spent his career in data-driven, technology-driven companies like Adobe, Tapad, and Yahoo!

2075 David Pertecman May 16, 2022

David H. Perecman, Founder and Lead Trial Attorney of The Perecman Firm, has dedicated over 40 years of his life to advocating for personal injury plaintiffs in New York City and Long Island.

2074: Spencer Goldstein May 13, 2022

Spencer Goldstein is the President of Wolfsteins Pro-Series, manufacturer of RAGGTOPP and SOFTTOPP products, the premier product line for cleaning and protecting your convertible or SUV soft top.

2073: Tom Gloy May 12, 2022

Tom Gloy has had a career in the racing world that spans decades of driving and owning race teams and has competed in virtually every part of motor racing.

2072: Melanie White May 11, 2022

Melanie White is the president of Hellwig Products. Founded in 1946, Hellwig Products manufactures forged steel suspension products for a variety of vehicles including recreational vehicles, trucks, and SUVs

2071: Jamie Chadwick May 10, 2022

Jamie Chadwick was the 2021 Champion in the W Series, a racing series that provides equal opportunities for women, eliminating the financial barriers that prevented them from progressing to the upper echelons of motorsport.

2070: Fred Veitch May 09, 2022

Fred Veitch is a Pike Peak racer, organizer, supporter, and all-around racing cheerleader. In 2012 he ran the Hill Climb and again in 2013 and then won the Time Attack II class in 2014. He’s been the Pikes Peak Chairman, Founded the AMR PCA Region in 1972, has run at the Bonneville Salt Flats, and still races a Porsche 996 in POC, PCA, and NASA events.

2069: David & Jason May 06, 2022

David Tracy and Jason Torchinsky, along with Galpin Motors’, and past Cars Yeah guest, Beau Boeckmann, are the founders of a new online destination for car enthusiasts that they call The Autopian.

2068: Ron Harris May 05, 2022

Ron Harris is the Co-Chairman, along with Chad McQueen, of the Friends of Steve McQueen Car and Motorcycle Show, a position he has held since the show’s inception in 2007. The show benefits The Boys Republic in Chino Hills, California.

2067: Wedrick Campbell May 04, 2022

Wedrick Campbell and his wife Ivonne own First Place Visuals. They offer brand and lifestyle photography, drone videography, high-speed action video and photos, event coverage and social media solutions. They also cater to lifestyle, products, and portrait needs.

2066: Don Ince May 03, 2022

Don Ince has been involved in the Vintage Motocross bike scene since 1997. He sells vintage motorcycle memorabilia, parts, motorcycles, and accessories. Don is part of the Steve McQueen Car Show that raised money for the Boys Republic.

2065: Michael Dolphin May 02, 2022

Michael Dolphin is the Awards Chairman and Chief Judge at the Steve McQueen Car and Motorcycle Show. He’s a Technical Advisor for the Grand Prix Region of the Porsche Club of America, a National Concours Judge and a National Driving Instructor for the PCA as well.

2064: Tony Pando Apr 29, 2022

Tony Pando is the Global Business Director at Dr. ColorChip where he and his team helps the (DIY), Do It Yourselfer, care for your vehicles. They provide an easy-to-use, color matching system, so that you can repair rock chips and paint damage at home with the exact match to your factory paint.

2063: Stephan Baral Apr 28, 2022

Stephan Baral is the Managing Director at Porsche Digital, the sports car manufacturer’s digital subsidiary in the U.S. He also heads up Marqued, an on-line venture of Porsche Digital that focuses on classic and modern-classic vehicles.

2062: Jim Nicholas Apr 27, 2022

Jim Nicholas is the CEO of Uniphy, the leading provider of 3D smart-surface technology. The technology unifies non-conductive, finger pressure touch sensing with the integration of physical HMI features including dials, buttons & sliders.

2061: Joe Brenner Apr 26, 2022

Joe Brenner is the General Manager at Porsche Colorado Springs, recognized by Porsche as a world class Premier Porsche dealership. He's also the co-owner of Colorado Spring Powersports.

2060: Chris Smith Apr 25, 2022

Chris Smith is the President of the Constellium where they produce aluminium rolled products for the automotive and packaging industries.

2059: Dalia Rojas Apr 22, 2022

Dalia Rojas is owner of Sixty61 and the Exclusive North American Distributor for GPR Exhaust Systems, a company founded in 1968. It’s a one-stop platform for motorcycle, scooter, and ATV exhaust dealers.

2058: PJ Aass Apr 21, 2022

PJ Aass is the Director of Dodo Juice who, along with Dom Colbeck, created the original brand in 2007 in the UK. Dodo Juice is focused on producing the highest quality, custom formulated car care for both enthusiasts and professionals.

2057: Courtney Carr Apr 20, 2022

Courtney Carr is the Director at The Tucson Auto Museum where a visit takes you back to when every car on the road didn’t look the same and American cars were the undisputed kings of the Road.

2056: Ryan Fisher Apr 19, 2022

Ryan Fisher is an attorney, financial advisor, and entrepreneur in the automotive world. He is the co-founder of Shift-S3ctor, an automotive racing event company best known for hosting half-mile racing events taking place on airport runways.

2055: Chloe Chambers Apr 18, 2022

Chloe Chambers is a racer in the W Series, the international single-seater motor racing championship for female drivers. She's drivng in the new season supporting F1 racing events.

2054: Thomas LeClair Apr 15, 2022

Thomas McClair works in the Marketing Department at Speedtech Performance where they create custom builds, suspension components, and parts for the pro-touring industry.

2053: David Donohue Apr 14, 2022

David Donohue is a champion racing driver with a long and impressive resume that includes Touring Cars, Prototypes, NASCAR Stock Car and Craftsman Truck Series. David will be driving a Brumos livery Porsche GT2 RS Clubsport at Pikes Peak this year.

2052: Krissy Wells Apr 13, 2022

Krissy Wells is the Seattle Events and Community Director for Avants, a membership program for die-hard gear heads that provides their members with exclusive access to private events, discounts with premium partners, and access to a spectacular community of like-minded enthusiasts.

2051: Jeremy Winters Apr 12, 2022

Jeremy Winters is the Marketing and Content Creator for Accudraft Paint Booths where for over 35 years they have served multiple industries in the market across the western hemisphere.

2050: Alessandro Borroni Apr 11, 2022

Alessandro Borroni is the creator of Hypercar Invitational, a uniquely experiential automotive marketing concept and dynamic launch platform for new sports cars and products.

2049: Shay Hoelscher Apr 08, 2022

Shay Hoelscher is the CEO of Privé Products and a race car driver. Shay’s career in the beauty industry and passion for motorsports have intersected where she combines her personal passion on the track in a Porsche race car with her company’s work.

2048: Carey Hines Apr 07, 2022

Carey Hines is the President of Special Editions which includes Beck Manufacturing and Beck Automotive Group builders of the Beck Spyder and 904, and the 356 A Speedster and a 356 C Coupe.

2047: Cole Manz Apr 06, 2022

Cole Manz is the co-owner and co-founder of Manz Motor Company, a father and son company that specializes in designing and rebuilding custom Land Rover Defenders with its clients.

2046: David Manz Apr 05, 2022

David Manz is the co-owner and co-founder of Manz Motor Company, a father and son business that specializes in designing and rebuilding custom Land Rover Defenders for their clients.

2045: Josie Rimmer Apr 04, 2022

Josie Rimmer is a Writer and the Women in Motorsport Coordinator at DirtFish Rally School. Dirtfish is the most prestigious rally school in North America.

2044: Jason Manns Apr 01, 2022

Jason Manns is the owner of Manns Restoration, a 4th generation family business that was established in 1939. Jason has over 30 years of experience in professional automotive restoration

2043: Angel Hacker Mar 31, 2022

Angel Hacker is the General Manager at Indian Motorcycle of San Diego. They are the motorcycle sponsor for the La Jolla Concours d’Elegance. Their dealership was voted Best Motorcycle Shop in San Diego by Reader publication.

2024: Kellen Porter Mar 30, 2022

Kellen Porter is Vice President and General Sales Manager in San Diego County at Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty who along with LPL Financial are the exclusive sponsors for the La Jolla Concours d’Elegance.

2041: Chuck Spielman Mar 29, 2022

Chuck Spielman is an avid automotive enthusiast and collector who owns Only Yesterday Classic Autos, a 30,000 square foot facility filled with exceptional automobiles, automobilia, and The Hall of Heroes which is his tribute to America’s serving men and women, both past, and present.

2040: Michael Dorvillier Mar 28, 2022

Michael Dorvillier is the Co-Chairman of the La Jolla Concours d’Elegance, a role he’s had for the last 10 years. This is a fantastic event that takes place in La Jolla, California, just north of San Diego, overlooking the Pacific Ocean April 22 - 24.

2039: Morgan Lucas Mar 25, 2022

Morgan Lucas is the President of Lucas Oil Products. He grew up in the automotive and racing world getting his first exposure to drag racing at 10 years old attending the NHRA World Finals. Today he's running the family business.

2038: Macra Adair Mar 24, 2022

he Executive Director of Savoy Automobile Museum. This new, world-class museum and show grounds sits on 37 acres in Cartersville, GA between Chattanooga and Atlanta.

2037: Idaliz Maldonado Mar 23, 2022

Idaliz Maldonado is the Executive General Manager of San Diego based Hello Automotive Mazda dealership. She is approaching nearly two decades of automotive sales experience, Idaliz has achieved her success with a focus on customer service and satisfaction.

2036: Alpio Barbara Mar 22, 2022

Alpio Barbara is the President of Redwood General Tire in Redwood City, California and Alpios at Troon where he holds automotive events and raises money for charities.

2035: John Charpentier Mar 21, 2022

John Charpentier is the Director of Marketing and Social-Media for the Cadillac Club known as V-Club that started in Texas in 2013.

2034: Mike Carnahan Mar 18, 2022

Mike Carnahan is the owner of Vengeance PCM, the world’s leader in LS and LT engine calibrations and performance tuning. You’d be hard-pressed to find a setup Mike has not seen and/or tuned. He's also started Elite Tuning School.

2033: Karl Noakes Mar 17, 2022

Karl Noakes is the editor-in-chief for Avants magazine. Karl is official photography for ProFormance Racing, Flying Husky Racing, and is also helping collectors/dealers with BaT Premium Listings amongst other things.

2032: Ant Anstead Mar 16, 2022

Ant Anstead is best known for hosting car-centric television shows. He started working on and building cars in an old cow shed and grew that business and his reputation as a serious builder, author, and TV celebrity.

2031: Chuck Beck Mar 15, 2022

Chuck Beck has built numerous projects from dragsters to race cars to street cars to a Lamborghini powered motorcycle, and more. He is renown among automotive enthusiasts for his 550 Spyder and the Beck 904 prototype. And guess what? Today is Chuck’s 85th birthday!

2030: Justin Bell Mar 14, 2022

Justin Bell is a TV and Web Show Host with a lifetime of experience in the racing and automotive world. He co-produced and hosted The Torque Show with racer Tommy Kendall. Justin has just launched a new venture titled Life With Legends, a video interview with the greatest drivers of all time.

2029: TOny Quiroga Mar 11, 2022

Tony Quiroga is the editor-in-chief of Car and Driver, overseeing content strategy and development across the brand’s print and digital platforms.

2028: Roy Wragth Mar 10, 2022

Roy Wragth is the owner of Wragth Motorsports, an automotive shop for late model performance cars, Jeeps, and trucks.

2027: Virginie Dulauroy Mar 09, 2022

Virginie Dulauroy is a French film producer, director and CEO of Pindare Films, a video production company specialized in motor racing and feature documentaries. She directed and produced the awards winning documentary Become Who You Are, that was released worldwide in 2020 on streaming platforms and Amazon Prime. She is also the co-director of an upcoming docuseries about past Cars Yeah guest Gabe Tesch, a young brain cancer survivor turned racing driver.

2026: Meghan Poirier Mar 08, 2022

Meghan Poirier is the Chief Operations Officer of Vision Investments, where she runs AutoGeek. Autogeek is your number one car care source for all your detailing supplies including waxes, polishes, cleaners, chemicals, accessories, and tools.

2025: Lee Dean Mar 07, 2022

Lee Dean is the founder of Duck & Whale Magazine, born in 2015 to give the Porsche community a magazine made to emulate the beauty of the motor vehicles we adore. Lee also recommends shifting down a gear and flooring it as often as possible!

2024: Larry Printz Mar 04, 2022

Larry Printz has been one of the nation’s top journalists for more than two decades. His automotive column, distributed by Tribune News Service, reaches nearly 9 million readers nationwide, and more internationally. Larry is a judge The Palm Event at the Mar-A-Lago Club in Palm Beach Florida.

2023: Alex Berry Mar 03, 2022

Alex Berry is the MC for The Palm Event, a lifestyle concours taking place at Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. He has been an automotive enthusiast going back to his earliest memories.

2022: Harrison Woodruff Mar 02, 2022

Harrison Woodruff is rally participant and automotive collector with an affinity for high-performance custom luxury vehicles. His collection includes a McLaren 600LT, Lamborghini Urus, and a Porsche 997.

2021: Johnny Tipler Mar 01, 2022

Johnny Tipler is a lifelong petrolhead and highly respected motoring journalist and author. He’s authored 43 automotive books since 1989 and Today we’ll be focusing on his latest titled Lotus: The Complete Story with the forward by Mike Kimberly, previously CEO and Managing Director of Group Lotus.

2020: Miles Collier Feb 28, 2022

Miles C. Collier has spent a lifetime in cars. An ex-race car driver, from a family of car lovers, he has spent what he calls many “grubby-fingered” hours fixing and restoring historical automobiles, and thousands more driving a broad array of them. Miles talks about his new book, The Archaeological Automobile. It is a legacy resource that assigns the car its rightful place at the cultural center of the contemporary world.

2019: Jonathan Carrier Feb 25, 2022

Jonathan Carrier is the Co-Founder of ZipCharge, the world’s first portable EV charger, a portable power bank on wheels. ZipCharge enables EV drivers to charge wherever they park. It is a revolutionary product removing the common barrier to EV ownership bringing the possibility of home charging to anyone who cannot currently plug-in at their home.

2018: Mitch Shatzen Feb 24, 2022

Mitch Shatzen is President and COO of Woodside Credit, Collector Car Financing, overseeing all operations, marketing, customer relations, and business development. He has 40 years of consumer lending experience.

2017: Kevin Tetz Feb 23, 2022

Kevin Tetz has had a career in collision repair and restoration and using his talents, he launched Paintucation, back in 1998, a series of award winning instructional videos focusing on fundamental automotive restoration and refinishing techniques. You'll also find Kevin on TV.

2016: Jan Kalmer Feb 22, 2022

Jan Kalmar is the Co-Owner of Kalmar Automotive, a company he and past Cars Yeah guest Tom Kristensen own. Kalmar’s Automotive’s mission is to create the greenest car ever by building new life back into existing cars.

2015: Johans Lamic Feb 21, 2022

Johans Lamic is an automotive enthusiast and artist whose work is a fusion of his passion and experiences, combining multiple techniques. His Whale Tail Project is a Porsche-related study that pays tribute to Porsche’s racing history.

2014: Joe Kimball Feb 18, 2022

Joe Kimball has over 30 years of automotive detailing experience. In 2019 he and his son Kody founded Kimball’s Hands on Detailing. Joe started the Detailer’s Network Group, a weekly networking meeting for detailers around the world helping them to run a successful detailing business.

2013: Jim Kane Feb 17, 2022

Jim Kane is the Vice President of Engineering at Baraja, a deep technology company that has reinvented LiDAR for self-driving vehicles. Their groundbreaking Spectrum-Scan™ platform is setting new benchmarks for precision, range, and reliability.

2012: Tyke Durst Feb 16, 2022

Tyke Durst is an 18-year-old racer who has different plans than most high schoolers. He is training to earn a spot in Formula 4 racing and is driving in the Winter YACademy with Gonella Racing.

2011: Tim McGrane Feb 15, 2022

Tim McGrane is the CEO at M1 Concourse, an 87-acre playground for automotive enthusiasts that includes the world’s largest community of Private Garages and a state-of-the-art 1.5 mile Performance Track, all within its own private Motorsports Club.

2010: Graham Heeps Feb 14, 2022

Graham Heeps is an automotive writer who writes freelance for magazines, websites and companies in Europe and North America, and blogs about toy cars. He recently published 20 Great Race Cars, the first in a new series of his eBooks for children.

2009: Rick Barnett Feb 11, 2022

Rick Barnett is the organizer of the Coast to Copper Blossom Trail Run, a spectacular tour that starts on March 19 and begins at The Lodge at Pebble Beach, travels through the blossom groves of the central valley, the Sierra foothills, and to Yosemite National Park’s to The Ahwahnee hotel.

2008: Brandes Elitch Feb 10, 2022

Brandes Elitch is an automotive collector, journalist, and author who esearched and wrote the book Lancia Loraymo that documents Raymond Loewy's Lancia, built for the 1960 Paris Motor Show.

2007: Chris Piche Feb 09, 2022

Chris Piche is the Founder of Smarter AI, a company making safety the number one priority with its line of software cameras for transportation, serving as the leader in AI camera and enablement software.

2006: Cameron Healy Feb 08, 2022

Cameron Healy is a 71 year old entrepreneur who has founded several companies over a 50 year career. Cameron is a historic racer, car collector, researcher, writer, and enthusiast for motorsports history with a passionate focus on Porsches.

2005: Paul Tracy Feb 07, 2022

Paul Tracy is a racer who set the record for wins in the 1990 American Racing Series Championship. He raced in IndyCar and CART for teams including: Penske Racing, Newman/Haas Racing, Player’s Forsythe team, and Team Kool Green. Paul’s raced in the Indy 500, run in the NASCAR Busch Series, Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series, the 24 Hours of Daytona, the Camping World Truck Series and Stadium Super Trucks.

2004: Tim Strange Feb 04, 2022

Tim Strange is the founder and owner of Strange Motion where he and his team build some of the coolest hot rods in the world. His builds have earned him multiple accolades and awards at Goodguys, Hemmings Motor News, the Elden Titus Award, a Johnny D’Agostino Contemporary Custom Award, and many others.

2003: Matt Conn Feb 03, 2022

Matt Conn is the Co-Founder of Ferds Garage, an online classified site for everything Porsche that launched this year. Along with business partner Kevin Ream, a fellow Porsche enthusiast Matt met at a Porsche Club event, they started working together buying and selling the marque.

2002: Rob McGinnis Feb 02, 2022

Rob McGinnis is Founder and CEO of Prometheus, a Silicon Valley startup that removes CO2 from the air and turns it into zero net carbon gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels that are superior to fossil fuels all at a lower price.

2001: David Michery Feb 01, 2022

David Michery is the CEO and Chairman of Mullen Technologies and Mullen Automotive, a Southern California-based automobile manufacturing company that owns and partners with several synergistic businesses working toward the unified goals of creating clean and scaleable energy solutions including electric vehicles.

2000: The Brinkerhoffs Jan 31, 2022

Today on Cars Yeah we celebrate Show Number 2,000 with two incredbile inspiring women who will share their Antarctic Challenge in a 1956 Porsche 356, the culmination of a 7 continent adventure.

1999: Matthew Ivanhoe Jan 28, 2022

Matthew Ivanhoe is the Founder at The Cultivated Collector where he spends countless hours scouring the globe for rare and investment grade exotic vehicles. He buys and sells some of the most exotic vehicles available while fostering client and industry relationships.

1998: Jagger Jones Jan 27, 2022

Jagger Jones is a 19 year old racer who in 2019 was awarded the NASCAR Rising Star of the Year Award in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West. Jagger’s grandfather is legendary racer and 1963 Indy 500 winner, Parnelli Jones. Jagger will be racing full time in the U.S. F2000 National Championship for Cape Motorsports in 2022.

1997: Dan Ritopecki Jan 26, 2022

Dan Ritopecki is the Auction Director of The First Annual Naples Motorcar Auctions taking place at the Ultimate Garages in Naples, Florida. It's part of the legendary Cars on Fifth weekend.

1996: Steven Dibdin Jan 25, 2022

Steven Dibdin is the Co-Owner of Additive Restoration where they keep unique cars on the road by reverse engineering and manufacturing parts using 3D scanning, printing, and other cutting-edge technologies. They also provide problem solving and design solutions.

1995: Doron Myersdorf Jan 24, 2022

Doron Myersdorf is the CEO at StoreDot, a pioneer and leader of extreme fast charging (XFC) batteries that overcome the critical barrier to mainstream EV adoption – range and charging anxiety. The company has revolutionized the conventional Lithium-ion battery by designing and synthesizing proprietary organic and inorganic compounds, making it possible to fully charge an EV in just five minutes – the same time it takes to refuel a conventional combustion engine vehicle.

1994: Greg Stanley Jan 21, 2022

Greg Stanley is a Car Specialist for RM Sotheby's where they conduct live and on-line auctions, private sales and help with acquiring and selling small and large collections of the finest automobiles. Greg is also the Creator and Host of The Collector Car Podcast.

1993: John Houlihan Jan 20, 2022

John Houlihan had a career in industrial design and worked at GM in their Advanced Studios Future Projects and later on the ’71 Buick Riviera Boattail and the Chevy Vega. After his time with GM he worked at Smith Corona and General Electric designing products. He also worked at TIMEX in watch design.

1992 Carl Telford Jan 19, 2022

Dr. Carl Telford is the Research and Innovation Manager at Consortium for Battery Innovation, where he facilitates funding opportunities for lead batteries across multiple applications and sectors.

1991: Tony Lewin Jan 18, 2022

Tony Lewin is a lifelong automotive commentator and industry analyst who has spent much of his career testing cars, analyzing them, and reporting on the ups and downs of the global enterprises that build them. Today shares his BMW M: 50 Years of the Ultimate Driving Machines.

1990: Christopher Gerardino Jan 17, 2022

Christopher Gerardino is the Chief Vision Officer and Co-Founder at Ristretto Electric bike, a brand and manufacture focused on design and performance. Their Ristretto 303 Founders Edition is a limited-edition electric bike designed and built with specialized components and materials.

1989: Derek Daly Jan 14, 2022

Derek Daly is a world class Formula One and Indy 500 driver, master of fast, entrepreneur, best-selling author, and 25 year network television analyst. He competed against world champions, raced for some of the world’s most successful teams, won races all over the world, lived in Monte Carlo, dined with Royalty, and was almost killed three times while racing!

1988: Jason Plotke Jan 13, 2022

Jason Plotke is the Co-Founder and President of Private Motorsports Group which owns and operates Apex Motor Club, a private car club is in Maricopa, Arizona providing a unique track and social environment for automotive enthusiasts.

1987: Jim Maetzold Jan 12, 2022

Jim Maetzold is in charge of the Race Car Section of the Concours in the Hills. In the 70s and 80s Jim raced in SCCA events driving a number of Formula Atlantic race cars. In 2015 he started vintage racing in a March Atlantic that Jacques Villeneuve raced. He owns and operates Pac West Trading in Arizona.

1986: Larry Smith Jan 11, 2022

Larry Smith is the Founding Chairman of the newly formed Henry Ford Driver’s Club and a Chairman at the Concours in the Hills. He is a judge at numerous prestigious concours including Amelia Island Concours, Meadow Brook, the Louis Vuitton in Paris and London, automotive art at Pebble Beach and others.

1985: Peter Volny Jan 10, 2022

Peter Volny is the Founder of the Concours in the Hills that will celebrate its eighth show on Saturday, February 12, 2022 in Fountain Hills Arizona. The event will feature over one thousand cars and 30,000+ spectators while raising tens of thousands of dollars for Phoenix Childrens.

1984: Roman Barnes Jan 07, 2022

Roman Barnes is the owner of Empire Vintage Autos in Monterey, CA, a business centered around the detailing, cosmetic preservation, and restoration of collector cars. He is also a consultant, provides collection management, and consignment sales of all types of specialty automobiles.

1983: Richard Lentinello Jan 06, 2022

Richard Lentinello is the Founder and Editor in Chief of Crankshaft, a 144-page, high-quality, quarterly publication that many consider to be the modern-day Automobile Quarterly, but with a soft cover. His mantra is Fascinating Automobiles That Will Blow Your Mind.

1982: Anthony Ray Jan 05, 2022

Anthony Ray, known by fans as Sir Mix-A-Lot, is the owner of Rhyme Cartel Records and Mix-A-Lot Publishing. He’s a songwriter, producer, performer, rapper, TV performer, and entrepreneur. He's also a big-time automotive enthusiast.

1981: Jim Palam Jan 04, 2022

Jim Palam is the Executive Creative Director of Jim Palam & Partners where they create result-focused programs and integrated campaigns for a variety of businesses including those in the automotive sector.

1980z: Matt Spurlock Jan 03, 2022

Matt Spurlock is the Global Technical Manager for Zengine Labs, an easy-to-use oil sampling service you can utilize at home or it your garage that tests your vehicle’s oil for 29 different data points, saving clients and customers on costly repairs.

1979: Lennart van kampen Dec 31, 2021

Lennart van Kampen the owner of Lennart’s Garage, where he builds wooden signs and sculptures. Lennart's Garage is recognized worldwide as one of the finest creators of vintage-style wall art.

1978: Peter Maier Dec 30, 2021

Peter Maier is an automobile designer, industrial designer, and fine artist. After seeing Maier’s work at the New York World’s Fair— VP of General Motors Corporation, Bill Mitchell, hired Peter prior to his junior year in college, Peter was only 19 at the time.

1977: John Buck Dec 29, 2021

John Buck is the Owner and Producer of Rod Shows, producers of the West Coast’s premier indoor hot rod and custom car shows including the Grand National Roadster Show and the Sacramento Autorama.

1976: Jeff Nowak Dec 28, 2021

Jeff Nowak is the Creative Director at Macchina Speciale. He and his team form a marketing agency that works exclusively with automotive specialists. They help brokers, restoration masters, and car specialists grow their businesses through digital marketing.

1975: Chris Blanchette Dec 27, 2021

Chris Blanchette is Vice President, Strategic Store Operations at Advanced Auto Parts. He is also the President and Chairman at Techforce Foundation and Director of ASE Education Foundation.

1974: Kevin Pavlov Dec 24, 2021

Kevin Pavlov is the Chief Executive Officer and Director of ElectraMeccanica where they build the electric Solo vehicle. It's a completely new way to view and experience the automobile.

1973: Jim Taylor Dec 23, 2021

Jim Taylor is the CEO of Electric Last Mile Solutions, ELMS, where they are transforming commercial fleets to drive the e-mobility business of today and tomorrow. Jim also held various leadership positions at General Motors from 1995 to 2010, including CEO of Hummer and President of Cadillac.

1972: Rachael Clegg Dec 22, 2021

For almost ten years artist Rachael Clegg has made motorsport the subject of her cult collectible photographs. Her images, published as calendars and as collectible art prints, have celebrated some of motorsports best and least known stories, specifically around the Isle of Man TT course and the infamous Nürburgring circuit in Germany.

1971: Mel Craig Dec 21, 2021

Mel Craig an industry leader in car care for now almost 50 years. Mel has spent his entire career building a brand and a global name in the automotive appearance industry. At 64 years old Mel is not only one of the biggest names in car care, but still working his very exclusive, high end shop location in Huntington Beach California.

1970: Kevin Robinson Dec 20, 2021

Kevin Robinson is the Founder of TRAC, a company that designs and manufactures tools that make changing wheels and tires easier at home and in the shop. In 2019 he won the SEMA New Product award for his Tire Rotation Assistance Cart.

1968: Barrie Wills Dec 17, 2021

Barrie Wills has spent over 50 years in the global automotive industry. His newest book is the prequel/sequel to his first book and its title is, 45+ Years without John DeLorean… and a little more with. It covers Barrie’s 50+ year career spent working in 50 countries around the globe.

1968: Mike Zarnock Dec 16, 2021

Michael Zarnock is an American Author, Columnist, Publisher, Diecast Hall of Fame Hot Wheels Historian, 3 Time Guinness World Record Holder, Actor, Musician, Race Car Driver, Builder and Fabricator. Michael's knowledge and his 30,000 vehicle Hot Wheels collection is amazing.

1967: Tony & Carmen Matthews Dec 15, 2021

Tony and Carmen Matthews are co-founders of SuperFly Autos, ‘This is how we roll’, an automotive media lifestyle brand that searches the globe to find car creators from the many cultures of the automotive world.

1966: Rick Seger Dec 14, 2021

Rick Seger is the Chairman and CEO of Sigma Sense, a global leader in touch sensing performance, and the future of automotive screens and displays. His company is revolutionizing sensing through a foundational technology breakthrough which delivers better, cleaner data from the analog world.

1965: Juan Diego Calle Dec 13, 2021

Juan Diego Calle is the CEO at Classic.com. He is a serial entrepreneur who after selling his 2nd company in 2014, he and his brother Nelson (a past Cars Yeah guest) started to focus on their hobby of car collecting, and more specifically, restoring their grandfather's vintage Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40 with the FJ Company.

1964: Maggie Pugesek Dec 10, 2021

Maggie Pugesek is an expert in automotive call training. As a Partner at C&M Coaching, she has developed training material, word tracks and processes that help improve overall call quality for sales, collections, service, and BDC departments.

1963: Mehdi Izemmour Dec 09, 2021

Mehdi Izemmour is the Founder of Hills where they provide Tesla owners with an opportunity to showcase distinction in a world of sameness. They design and manufacture made-to-order accessories that are manufactured with precision and crafted using noble and natural materials.

1962: Cole Sorenson Dec 08, 2021

Cole Sorenson has been a lifelong fan of motorsport in all forms. He's a race track announcer and a video journalist with CHEK TV. His latest project is CHEK's Sorenson Speed Talk podcast where he interviews a variety of different guests from around the province of British Columbia with connections to motorsports.

1961: Camrie Caruso Dec 07, 2021

Camrie Caruso is a 23-year-old, third generation drag racer who will become the second woman to contest a full season of NHRA Pro Stock racing when she joins the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series in 2022.

1960: Tabetha Hammer Dec 06, 2021

Tabetha Hammer is the CEO and President of America’s Automotive Trust. She oversees the work of LeMay – America’s Car Museum, RPM Foundation, and America on Wheels Museum as well as the Club Auto and Concours Club.

1959: Michael Allen Dec 03, 2021

Michael Allen is the author and researcher for the book Ontario Motor Speedway: Racings Paradise Lost, a history of that track that operated in Southern California from 1970 until the end of 1980.

1958: Catherine Bond Muir Dec 02, 2021

Catherine Bond Muir is the Chief Executive Officer of the W Series, a free-to-enter championship that provides equal opportunities for women by eliminating the financial barriers that have historically prevented them from progressing to the upper echelons of motorsport.

1957: Scott Shrader Dec 01, 2021

Scott Shrader is the owner of The Palm Event that takes place at the Mar-A-Lago Club in Palm Beach Florida. It is a weekend celebration of motorsports where guests enjoy amazing automobiles, gourmet food, fine wine, and breathtaking fashion, plus a rally, all while raising money for worthy causes.

1956: Gary Mantz Nov 30, 2021

Gary Mantz is the host of the broadcast and podcast “American Road Trip Talk” on 1150 KKNW Seattle and Podcast One. Created by Thomas and Becky Repp, producers of the award-winning American Road magazine, the show brings you unique guests and a discovery of the backroads that embody true Americana.

1955: John Koszewnik Nov 29, 2021

John Koszewnik is an automotive industry veteran with over 40 years of experience. A retired chief technical officer for Achates Power and over 30 years with Ford Motor Company as an executive.

1954: Steve Holter Nov 26, 2021

Steve Holter has been a race car driver, engineer, and worked in television. In his new book he unravels the true story of Crusader, his book about John Cobb’s Ill-fated quest for speed on water.

1952: In Memoriam Nov 25, 2021

Today's show is a Memoriam to 7 past Cars Yeah guests who we've lost this year. It's a tribute to their lives and all the inspiration that they gave to the automotive world. They are a reminder that each day is a precious gift. Here's wishing you all a restful and healthy Thanksgiving.

1952: Kelly Crandall Nov 24, 2021

Kelly Crandall has been on the NASCAR beat full-time since 2013. She and joined RACER magazine as chief NASCAR writer in 2017. Her work has also appeared in NASCAR.com, the NASCAR Illustrated magazine, and NBC Sports. Kelly also hosts a weekly The Racing Writer’s Podcast.

1951: Zach Wingfield Nov 23, 2021

Zach Wingfield is a film producer and Founder of Zwingfilms, a company he started in 2012. Today he has made Zwingfilms, a subsidiary to his brand “ZWING” selling merchandise, working on vehicles, and participating in drifting events.

1950: Mitch Bergeron Nov 22, 2021

Mitch Bergeron is a professional motorcycle builder whose bikes have earned him numerous wins at the biggest bike shows in the US. His first book titled Harley Davidson Source Book celebrating these iconic motorcycles in encyclopedia form.

1949: Shauna McIntyre Nov 19, 2021

Shauna McIntyre is president of Ouster Automotive where they are focused on driving mass-market adoption of digital lidar in consumer and commercial vehicles.

1948: Mike Simmons Nov 18, 2021

Mike Simmons is the Founder of the Silo Auto Club and Conservancy. The venue combines car storage, with a private enthusiast’s club, and an event facility. His club provides high-end automotive events, concerts of all varieties, wine and spirts tastings, cigar nights, race watch parties, racing simulators, and unique automotive lifestyle events.

1948: Jade Gurss Nov 17, 2021

Jade Gurss is the owner of Fingerprint Inc., a sports publicity company. He is a best-selling author having written a number of motorsports books. His newest book is titled Al Unser Jr. / A Checkered Past, chronicling Little Al’s life, successes, and challenges.

1946: Don "The Snake" Prudhomme Nov 16, 2021

Don “The Snake” Prudhomme is a legend in drag racing. He was a six time NHRA World Champion. But there’s no such thing as retirement for The Snake. He’s been racing 1000 mile Baja style races for the past three years and he is the 2021 Yokohama NORRA Mexican 1000 class winner.

1945: Chad Ellman Nov 15, 2021

Chad Ellman is the Marketing Manager for Global Tire Repair at Slime where since 1969, Slime has been a pioneer and innovator in tire sealant and tire repair technology.

1944: Paul Pfanner Nov 12, 2021

Paul Pfanner is the Founder, President and CEO at Racer Media & Marketing. He is the Executive Publisher at RACER Magazine, Vintage Motorsport Magazine, and SportsCar Magazine for the Sports Car Club of America.

1943: Dwayne Mattox Nov 11, 2021

Dwayne Mattox is an engineer for Miller Welders and he’ll be on the soon-to-be-released scripted racing show The Fast Society and the new season of Monster Garage with Jesse James.

1942: Brad Stewart Nov 10, 2021

Bradley Stewart is the Chief Executive Officer for Fair Technologies where they are building a new digital car-shopping experience that’s bigger and better than anything you’ve seen before.

1941: Burt Richmond Nov 09, 2021

Burt Richmond has had a passion for gears, cars and motorcycles since he was a young boy. He organized and guided motorcycle tours around the world, participated in the Peking-to-Paris Rally in a 1953 Citroën 2CV, he’s driven in many road rallies including the Colorado Grand, California Mille, and SCM1000. His Collectors Car Garage has been the site of many enthusiasts’ events.

1940: John Ewert Nov 04, 2021

John Ewert is the Communications Director at Elkhart Lake’s Road America. This legendary race track is situated on 640 acres near the Kettle Moraine Scenic Drive and has hosted races since September 1955.

1938: Geoff Chrysler Nov 04, 2021

Geoff Chrysler is the owner of Rightway Heritage Trimming. For over 20 years he has been specializing in British and European auto upholstery working as a distinguished auto trimmer, pattern maker, and upholsterer for some of the leading trim and restoration shops in the world.

1937: Renee Brinkerhoff Nov 03, 2021

Renee Brinkerhoff is headed to Union Glacier, Antarctica on December 5 to complete 356 miles on the ice in the interior of Antarctica in her Polar Porsche. It is a 1956 Porsche 356 A coupe that’s been engineered with skis and tracks to tackle snow and ice. Her driving force is to raise awareness and funds to combat child trafficking globally.

1936: Marisol Herrera Nov 02, 2021

Marisol Herrera is the Executive Director at The Zimmerman Automobile Driving Museum. The Museum’s mission is to collect, preserve, exhibit and ride in historic vehicles.

1939: Kenneth Midgett Nov 01, 2021

Kenneth Midgett is a professional photographer with a passion for motorsports and automobiles. He’s worked in the IndyCar paddock with teams including Andretti Autosport, Arrow McLaren, and Carlin Racing. He thrives in a fast-paced environment, where every moment is crucial and preparation is key.

1935: Josh Hart Nov 01, 2021

Josh Hart has established himself as one of the future stars of the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series. His outstanding credentials make him one of the most impactful candidates for Rookie of the Year in recent memory.

1934: Tommy Atadan Oct 29, 2021

Thomas Atadan has provided product and project management services at Trellist for five years, a professional services firm. He spearheads product development as a part of Andy Lally ALIVE Ventures and he is also the official spokesperson for Awesome Joe Auctions.

1933: David Atadan Oct 28, 2021

David Atadan is the Chief Ventures Officer of Trellist, a professional services firm delivering performance-driven business solutions. David is partnering with racer Andy Lally and his company, Andy Lally ALIVE, to launch Awesome Joe Auctions.

1932: Alexander Searle Oct 27, 2021

Alexander Searle, a go karting Champion, has been selected as a finalist for the Mazda Motorsports Spec MX-5 Shootout. Karters compete for a Spec MX-5 Shootout slot via a combination of physical and mental testing that determine five Mazda scholarship recipients.

1931: Thomas Annnuziata Oct 26, 2021

Thomas Annunziata is a 16 year old kart racer and race car driver who is pursuing a career in motorsports. He has earned a position and selected as a finalist for the Mazda Motorsports Spec MX-5 Shootout.

1930: Justin Lunny Oct 25, 2021

Justin Lunny is the Founder and CEO of Everatti, where they passionately redefine the most iconic cars and make them relevant to the world today. Classic vehicles converted to electric power.

1929: Mark Hanchett Oct 22, 2021

Mark Hanchett is the Founder and CEO of ATLIS Motor Vehicles. ATLIS is revolutionizing battery technology from the ground up and developing their AMV cell entirely in-house, reimagining what a work vehicle powered by their AMV technology should look like with the XT pickup truck.

1928: Rita Case Oct 21, 2021

Rita Case is the President, CEO and Owner of The Rick Case Automotive Group, the nation’s largest retail auto group owned and operated by a woman. Rita is a new member of the prestigious 2022 Horatio Alger Award and she is the only woman in the automotive retail business in their 75-year history to become an honoree.

1927: Stacy Puckett Taylor Oct 20, 2021

Stacy Puckett Taylor is the Director of Car Culture at ShiftGate, a modern approach to classic car online auctions that launched on July 21, 2021. ShiftGate was built for every car collector, enthusiast, and dreamer.

1926: Sabré Cook Oct 19, 2021

Sabré Cook is a drive in the W Series, the international single-seater motor racing championship for female drivers. Their first U.S. appearance is in conjunction with the upcoming Formula 1 race at COTA (Circuit of the Americas) for a double header weekend.

1925: Ayla Agren Oct 18, 2021

Ayla Agren is a drive in the W Series, the international single-seater motor racing championship for female drivers. Their first U.S. appearance is in conjunction with the upcoming Formula 1 race at COTA (Circuit of the Americas) for a double header weekend.

1924: Samantha Zimmerman Oct 15, 2021

Samantha Zimmerman is a fine artist who specializes in realism and a majority of her art is focused on automotive and motorsports subjects. Whether it be two wheels or four wheels, she loves to capture the true essence of speed and you are guaranteed to feel the heat and hear the turbo flutter when viewing her pieces!

1923: Jerry Cox Oct 14, 2021

Jerry Cox is a Washington-DC based lawyer and crisis communications advisor with 40 years of experience with airbags in automobiles. Jerry wrote a book titled, Killer Airbags: The Deadly Secret Automakers Don’t Want You to Know, how that turned into the biggest recall of any consumer product in history. Today he returns for some potentially life-saving updates on the airbag disaster.

1922: Rob Keil Oct 13, 2021

Rob Keil is an advertising art director, filmmaker and author who share his latest is a book titled Art Fitzpatrick and Van Kaufman, the same men who illustrated hundreds of those Pontiac ads that inspired him as a kid to have a career in advertising.

1921: Thomas Hodges Oct 12, 2021

Thomas Hodges days on the racetrack resulted in him founding Ultimate Track Day. He and his team host automotive events at some of the finest racetracks including, Laguna Seca, The Thermal Club, and many others.

1920: Douglas Gorney Oct 11, 2021

Douglas Gorney is an artist living in San Francisco. He works primarily in watercolor and ink, capturing San Francisco architecture, street scenes, and particularly its (re)emerging car culture.

1919: Ken Gross Oct 08, 2021

Ken Gross is this year’s Concours Director at the Chattanooga Motorcar Festival. He is an award-winning automotive journalist and has contributed to almost every car magazine you’ve ever enjoyed reading.

1918: Dick York Oct 07, 2021

Dick York is an Event Advisor for the Chattanooga Motorcar Festival. He's an ex-fighter pilot and races Ferraris and historic race cars. The need for speed may have been derived from flying Navy F4 jet fighters off of carriers in the Viet Nam war.

1917: Kevin Caulfield Oct 06, 2021

Kevin Caulfield is in charge of business development at the Ferrari restoration experts Motion Products. His role with the Second Annual Chattanooga Motorcar Festival has been to curate 14 special Ferraris that will grace the event and Kevin will be a docent for the VIP tours of these special Ferraris.

1916: Corky Coker Oct 05, 2021

Corky Coker is the Grand Marshal for the Second Annual Chattanooga Motorcar Festival, a three-day event that includes a Rallye, Grand Prix, and Concours d’Elegance. Corky assumed the leadership role in the Coker Family’s BF Goodrich tire dealership in 1974 and for the next 45 years he and his team helped define the collector-car hobby.

1915: Brian Redman Oct 04, 2021

Brian Redman is The Grand Ambassador of the Chattanooga Motorcar Festival, a three-day event that includes a Rallye, Grand Prix, and Concours d’Elegance. Brian participated in 358 races in his professional career.

1914: Ben Ebel Michelin Oct 01, 2021

Ben Ebel is the User Experience Designer at Michelin’s Customer Experience Lab. His team leads the development of new technology and business strategies that makes Michelin’s services, solutions, and products more irresistible to their customers.

1913: Merry Harlacher Sep 30, 2021

Merry Harlacher chairs the board of the Hilton Head Island Concours d’Elegance and Motoring Festival. This is a multi-day event culminating in the Sunday Concours.

1912: Robert Jepson Sep 29, 2021

Robert Jepson was the 2019 Hilton Head Concours d’Elegance winner and will be returning this year with his spectacular 1920 Model H Stutz Bearcat. Robert shares many stories about his spectacular collection.

1911: Mark Piekarski Sep 28, 2021

Mark Piekarski is a ‘car guy’ who grew up in the auto industry and built a lifetime career around automobiles. He is actively involved in promoting the ‘car enthusiast hobby’ on Hilton Head as President of the Lowcountry Oyster Motor Driving Society, which is the founding club of Hilton Head Concours de Elegance.

1910: Paul Ianuario Sep 27, 2021

Paul Ianuario is the Chief Judge at the Hilton Head Concours d’Elegance and Motoring Festival. Paul is a retired engineer who spent more than 40 years in the automotive supplier industry with 20 years spent with Michelin Tire Corporation.

1909: Randy Ema Duesenbergs Sep 24, 2021

Randy Ema is a restoration expert and one of the world’s leading experts on the Duesenberg marque. He will be a guest speaker at this year’s Ironstone Concours d’Elegance talking about these magnificent classic cars.

1908: Brian Blain a Ragtime Racer Sep 23, 2021

Brian Blain is one of the Ragtime Racers, a group of passionate automotive enthusiasts who take their 100-year-old race cars around the world to demonstrate on tracks what racing was like 100 years ago.

1907: Rob Miller Sep 22, 2021

Rob Miller is on the board of The Ironstone Concours d’Elegance, a role he’s had for over 10 years. The two-days of fun features a number of events including a vintage road rally, a Cars and Stars Evening Gala, Speaker Forums, an Amphicar display, vintage race cars in action to watch tear up the dirt, wine tasting, and a concours.

1906: Dick McClure Ironstone Concours Sep 21, 2021

Dick McClure is on the Advisory Board the Quail Motorsports Gathering and Board of Directors for The Ironstone Concours. He was the Co-Founder along with Martin Swig of the California Mille and participated in many of their rallies and he hosts two tours, the Spring Colors Motoring Tour and the Fall Colors Motoring Tour.

1905: Wayne Craig Ironstone Concours Sep 20, 2021

Wayne Craig is the Race Car Chairman and board member of the Ironstone Concours d’Elegance. Chief Docent and Car Sourcing Committee Member of the La Jolla Concours. Chief Docent and Jr. Judge Leader for the Hillsborough Concours and Chairman of the Docent Program of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.

1904: Cap Caputo Sep 17, 2021

Lance “Cap” Caputo has spent 30 years helping individuals and business owners using his skills in automotive reconditioning. He is on a quest to change his career path and re-invent himself.

1903: Melinda Russell Sep 16, 2021

Melinda Russell is the founder of Women’s Motorsports Network, the parent company of the International Women’s Motorsports Association, the IWMA Nation News Magazine, and Racing Girls Rock podcast.

1902: Daniel Donnelly Sep 15, 2021

Daniel Donnelly is the Founder of Garden State Goons Racing where he campaigns a track-ready minivan he’s named ‘The Mom Rocket’ and an off-road sedan called “The Brorover”.

1901: Gundula Tutt Sep 14, 2021

Dr. Gundula Tutt is the Founder of OMNIA Restoration in Freiburg, Germany where she conducts scientific analysis, conservation, and restoration work on original paints and coatings, leather and artificial leather, textile materials, wood lacquers and galvanic surfaces on historic vehicles in active use.

1900: Albert Viator Sep 13, 2021

Albert Viator earned a degree in Film and TV production and began his career shooting and producing film and TV programming. His recent book titled An Accidental (PSY) Warrior talks about his time in Viet Nam touring with the Army Infantry during the war tied with stories about his passion for cars.

1899: Wesley Smith Standard H Sep 10, 2021

Wesley Smith is the Founder of STANDARD H, an apparel business where he incorporates his passion for automobiles and bikes into his brand.

1898: Rachel Thurow R&D Garage Sep 09, 2021

Rachel Thurow has been into cars since she was young. Rachel is also an actor and model. You’ll recognize her from her R&D Garage YouTube show. She is always happy to talk to a like-minded car person and especially loves making women feel comfortable about working on their cars!

1897: Rick 'Mack' McCloskey Sep 08, 2021

Rick McCloskey, also known as Rick Mack, is an artist, photographer, and collector car enthusiast. He grew up in the San Fernando Valley in the 50s and 60s. This was a time of car cruising culture along Van Nuys Boulevard, Bob’s Big Boy Drive-ins. Rick created his book titled Van Nuys Boulevard 1972, a fascinating book on California car culture.

1896: Jeff Mason La Carrera Sep 07, 2021

Jeff Mason Founded Hero Design Studio and began a career as a designer and entrepreneur. When he and his brother Chris started preparing to race the Carrera Panamericana, it was natural for him to create Driving La Carrera, a podcast and blog to share the stories from their rally racing adventure.

1895: Shel Smith ShiftGate Sep 06, 2021

Shel Smith is the CEO at ShiftGate, a modern approach to classic car online auctions. ShiftGate was built for every car collector, enthusiast, and dreamer. Today Shel and his two business partners, Neil and Amit, both past Cars Yeah guests, are helping people connection to cars by marketing intelligence and hyper-targeting advertising that connects active buyers with motivated sellers quickly.

1894: Sam & John Posey Sep 03, 2021

Sam Posey’s racing endeavors spanned 17 seasons, 1965–81, and included a famous victory in 1975 with BMW in the 12 Hours of Sebring. His second career as a TV commentator lasted for over 40 years. He has co-authored a new book titled Sam’s Scrapbook: My Motorsports Memories with his son John.

1893: Giles Chapman Author Sep 02, 2021

Giles Chapman writes and talks about the motor car, its industry, its history and its culture. He is the author of 55 books on a huge spectrum of car-related subjects, his latest is The Jaguar Century: 100 Years of Automotive Excellence.

1892: Amit Ahluwalia ShiftGate Sep 01, 2021

Amit Ahluwalia is Co-Founder and the Chief Technology Officer and at ShiftGate, a modern approach to classic car online auctions that launched on July 21, 2021. ShiftGate was built for every car collector, enthusiast, and dreamer.

1891: Rick Steffens Aug 31, 2021

Rick Steffens is the driver of the all-new Hot Wheels Mega Wrex™, and is part of the Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live domestic tour. Not only does Rick drive monster trucks, but he also enjoys working on them. His shop build shocks, rear end housings, four-link bars, everything from A to Z comes out of his shop Sampson 4X4.

1890: Rebecca Schnell Aug 30, 2021

Rebecca Schnell is the the only Female driver of Hot Wheels Monster Truck Bigfoot Midwest Madness. She is the first female driver for Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live, a first-ever collaboration between Hot Wheels and Bigfoot.

1889: John Hotchkis Aug 27, 2021

John Hotchkis is the President and CEO of Hotchkis Sport Suspension, a performance aftermarket product company. John and his team design and build high quality performance suspension products engineered to perform and designed to be strong. John's a past racer as well.

1888: J.K. Kelly Deadly Driver Aug 26, 2021

J.K. Kelly is an automotive author who first got hooked on motorsports after attending his first NASCAR event at Pocono. His most recent novel is titled Deadly Driver and blends his love for storytelling with his writing skills and the experience he had working with government agencies while at VP Racing Fuels and the time he spent in motorsports.

1887: Steve Fremgen Coppa Bella Motors Aug 25, 2021

Steve Fremgen owns Coppa Bella Motors, a business he opened in 2010 located in the magnificent Garage Unlimited complex in Monterey, California. He performs service, repair, rebuilding, diagnostics, and mechanical restoration of Ferrari sports and racing cars.

1886: Matas Buzelis carVertical Aug 24, 2021

Matas Buzelis is the Head of Communications at carVertical.com an online car history check platform. With a few simple clicks you will get a full history report of any vehicle using a VIN and be able to see the mileage, theft history, accidents, repairs, if the vehicle was used as a taxi, and more.

1885: Adam Hawley THEON Design Aug 23, 2021

Adam Hawley is the Founder and Managing Director of THEON Design where they pay homage to Porsche’s heritage, methodology, and engineering ethos, by distilling and enhancing the essence of the air cooled 911, making each car lighter, more powerful and even more visceral to drive.

1884: Glen Smale Aug 20, 2021

Glen Smale is a professional motor journalist and photographer. He’s authored fifteen books covering sports cars and motor racing, and founded the photo agency Virtual Motorpix, specializing in sports cars and motorsports racing. His newest book is titled Porsche At Le Mans: 70 Years.

1883: Andrew Habberstad Aug 19, 2021

Andrew Habberstad is a third-generation automobile dealer located in Long Island, New York. Entering their 50th year of business, the Habberstad Auto Group is comprised of 4 dealerships throughout New York and Florida.

1882: Neil Treadway ShiftGate Aug 18, 2021

Neil Treadway is one of three founders at ShiftGate, a modern approach to classic car online auctions that launched on July 21, 2021. ShiftGate was built for every car collector, enthusiast, and dreamer.

1881: Michael Thomas Pennzoil Aug 17, 2021

Michael Thomas has been with Shell/Pennzoil for more than 30 years and serves as the Pennzoil Technical Information Specialist. He is a nationally recognized expert in the passenger car motor oil sector for over 45 years.

1880: Eddie Trayner Interstate Vans Aug 16, 2021

Eddie Trayner is the owner of Interstate Vans. Eddie and his dog, Lainie, set off on a post-college adventure to travel with as few costs and as many experiences as possible. The best way to do this: creating a van that was outfitted with everything he needed.

1879: Chris Mason La Carrera Panamerica Aug 13, 2021

Chris Mason is the Co-Founder, along with his brother Jeffrey of Driving La Carrera, a motorsports media production company and vintage rally racing team. These two American brothers go racing in and documenting the world’s last great road race, Mexico’s La Carrera Panamericana.

1878: Cody Metcalf of EVIT Aug 12, 2021

Cody Metcalf is the Automotive Instructor for East Valley Institute of Technology in Arizona, and sits on the RPM Foundation Task Force Board for their own Apprenticeship and Internship programs.

1877: Rudy Samsel Guys With Rides Aug 11, 2021

Rudy Samsel is the Co-Founder of Guys With Rides, a dealer-free community and auction site for collector car enthusiasts to buy and sell vintage rides at the lowest prices in the industry. Guys With Rides has redefined on-line collector car auctions to benefit buyers and sellers alike and connects like-minded automotive enthusiasts.

1876: Peter Grimsdale The Bentley Boys Aug 10, 2021

Peter Grimsdale is a British novelist and award-winning television producer who has made shows for BBC, PBS, and Discovery. His latest book is titled Racing In The Dark: When The Bentley Boys Conquered Le Mans.

1875: Joe Sherbondy Radar Detectors Aug 09, 2021

Joe Sherbondy is the Product Director in radar category at Cedar Electronics, where they produce the best-selling detectors on the market. Brands including Escort and Cobra, Joe knows the ins and outs of the radar detector market.

1874: Brent Waldman The Quail Aug 06, 2021

Brent Waldman is the President of BRW Monterey, a real estate investment company. He is an automotive enthusiast who loves to enjoy his old cars, especially at The Quail Rally.

1873: Shawn Coady Collector Aug 05, 2021

Shawn Coady is a car and motorcycle collector who is taking an extremely rare and originally preserved 1902 Indian motorcycle that will be at The Quail, A Motorsport Gathering.

1872: Tom Porter SpeedKore Aug 04, 2021

Tom Porter is the Senior Business Development Manager at SpeedKore Performance Group, an American performance company where their engineers and artisans combine traditional craftsmanship with cutting edge technology.

1871: Jakob Greisen Bonhams Aug 03, 2021

Jakob Greisen is the Bonhams’ Vice President, Head of their US Motoring and a Collectors Motorcar Specialist. Bonhams is a British auction house that was founded in 1793. It is one of the world’s oldest and largest auctioneers known internationally for fine art, antiques, jewelry, automobilia, motorcycles, and motorcars.

1870: Kai Lermen The Quail Aug 02, 2021

Kai Lermen is the General Manager of Quail Lodge & Golf Club, home of The Peninsula Hotels Signature Events, organizers of renowned motoring events The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering and The Quail Motorcycle Gathering, both hosted annually.

1869: Martin Button of Cosdel Jul 30, 2021

Martin Button is the CEO of Cosdel International Transportation, a company that transports historic, rare, and collectible automobiles around the world.

1868: Julius Kruta Bugatti Expert Jul 29, 2021

Julius Kruta is a freelance historian and automotive advisor. He started his career in 2000 at Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S in the marketing department. In 2003 he became 'Head of Tradition' of Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S.

1867: Al McEwen Jul 28, 2021

Al McEwan is the senior member of the Pebble Beach Concours Selection Committee and their Chief Class Judge for European Classics. In 2005 he founded, and along with his wife Sandi, oversees the Motoring Classic, an annual driving event that starts in the Pacific Northwest and ends at The Lodge in Pebble Beach.

1866: Miles Morris MM Garage Jul 27, 2021

Miles Morris is an official FIVA inspector and examiner and judges at many international classic car events including the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, where he serves as a member of the Selection Committee. He has operated a specialist historic car consultancy and brokerage business, MM Garage LLC in partnership with another ex-pat, Malcolm Welford, who is a past Cars Yeah guest.

1865: Sandra Button Jul 26, 2021

Sandra Button celebrates her 36th year at the 70th anniversary of the Chairman of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. That means she’s now been an integral part of the event for over half of its lifespan. She is the Executive Director and has helped to inspire and guide the growth of the collector car hobby into a truly global celebration of the automobile.

1864: Samir Abid Your Data Driven Jul 23, 2021

Samir Abid is the founder of Your Data Driven, a digital toolkit to help you reduce your lap times and work through the complexities so that they can have more success and more fun from their motorsports.

1863: James Page Ferrari GTO Jul 22, 2021

James Page is an automotive journalist and author whose new book for Porter Press is titled, Ultimate Ferrari 250 GTO.

1862: Benjamin Shahrabani Vintage Car Posters Jul 21, 2021

Benjamin Shahrabani is the owner of Vintage Car Posters where he has been buying and selling original vintage automotive posters since 2005. He is also a journalist and author of automotive marques.

1861: Stephen Selzler Artist Jul 20, 2021

Stephen Selzler is a fine artist and designer with a focus on automotive subjects and culture. He serves both private collectors and automotive partners such as dealers, OEMs, and concours events.

1860: Garry Hall Classic FX Jul 19, 2021

Garry Hall is the owner of Classic FX where they combine a qualified engineer’s attention to detail with the traditional upholstery skills learned from a time-served old school trimmer who produced Porsche interiors just as they would have left Stuttgart.

1859: Olivia & Genna Gentry Jul 16, 2021

Genna and Olivia Gentry are this year’s Grand Champions of The Great Race. It’s an annual event that has been running since 1983 where participants enjoy driving old cars over multiple days, on public roads, over a set course and time allotment.

1858: Pal Negyesi Rare & Unique Vehicles Jul 15, 2021

Pal Negyesi came up with the idea for a new magazine last year in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Photographer Gabor Meyer sent Pal some great photos of a Stout Scarab to be used in a Hungarian classic car magazine. His photos inspired the idea for a new quarterly magazine titled Rare & Unique Vehicles, which aims to show and interpret the rarest and the most unique vehicles from the world of classic motoring.

1857: Nick Ellis RPM Foundation Jul 14, 2021

No stranger to the collector car world, Nick Ellis turned his love of restoration and preservation into a business. Nick joined the RPM Foundation in 2018 to manage their grant process and was recently named Executive Director. The RPM Foundation supports restoration and preservation training programs for the next generation of automotive, motorcycle and marine craftsmen.

1856: Karlo Flores La Carrera Panamericana Jul 13, 2021

Karlo Flores and his navigator Juan Carlos Salgado won the 2020 Sport Mayor class of La Carrera Panamericana. Long celebrated as one of the most intense, grueling challenges in motorsports, La Carrera is an epic undertaking for teams given the seven days and 2,000 mile endurance run through the winding tight roads of Southern Mexico.

1855: Sam Smith Formula E Jul 12, 2021

Sam Smith is a journalist and media specialist with extensive experience specifically in Formula E, endurance sports car racing, and many other categories of motorsport. His new book Formula E: Racing For The Future is a behind-the-scenes look into the world premier all-electric racing series.

1854: Glen Egan Hillsborough Concours Jul 09, 2021

Glen Egan is the new Chairman at the Hillsborough Concours d’Elegance taking place July 18 at Crystal Springs Golf Course in Burlingame, California. There will be over 200 collector cars on display and they will honor the BMW and Ford marques.

1853: Jane Thurmond Jul 08, 2021

Jane Thurmond is a performance driving instructor, a motorsports Lifestyle journalist and host of her own LIVE series on Instagram titled, Riding Shotgun TV. Her dream is to show that regardless of age, with a little extra focus on the moms who are done raising their kids, “it’s now their time to shine!”

1852: David Withers of StarterMotor Jul 07, 2021

Welshman David Withers is the CEO of StarterMotor. The charity is heralding the ’next generation’ imperative and putting it front and central in all its activities from supporting apprenticeships, special events for young people, career fairs, to providing a fleet of classics for young people to use and enjoy.

1851: Chris Bright Collector Part Exchange Jul 06, 2021

Chris Bright is the co-founder of Collector Part Exchange, the first online marketplace designed exclusively for collector vehicle parts. Chris has worked in high tech startups for more than 25 years, most recently he was co-founder of a leading legal software company called Zapproved that was acquired by Vista Equity Partners.

1850: Coach Vermeil Jul 05, 2021

Super Bowl-winning, Hall of Fame Coach, Dick Vermeil will be at the 4th Annual Philadelphia Concours e’Elegance that takes place on July 17 at the Simeon Foundation Automotive Museum. He is driving support for a cause near to his heart, Cool Cars for Kids. It is a nonprofit established at the concours in affiliation with the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

1849: Harold Osmer Author Jul 02, 2021

Harold Osmer is an author who has written Where They Raced Turn 3, Auto Racing Venues in Southern California, 1900 – 2020, a long awaiting revision of his original classic Where They Raced which has been out of print since 2012.

1848: Bart Kuykens Photographer Jul 01, 2021

Bart Kuykens is a commercial photographer who following the global success of his hugely successful automotive art books 'A Flat6 love affair', has attracted the attention of world-class actors, musicians, and media personalities who became subjects of his grainy, visually-rich and powerful black and white portraits.

1847: Guy Kaplinsky from ASKA Jun 30, 2021

Guy Kaplinsky is the CEO and Co-Founder of ASKA Drive & Fly by NFT, where they bridge the gap between aviation and automotive through the pioneering development of the first viable consumer eVTOL road and air vehicle. That’s right, a flying car.

1846: Terry Earwood Skip Barber Racing School Jun 29, 2021

Terry Earwood has been the Chief Instructor for Skip Barber racing for over 35 years. He was a Champion factory Hemi Super Stock drag racer and has raced in numerous events, taught state patrol driving classes, the list goes on and on.

1845: Michael Whitesel Jun 28, 2021

Michael Whitesel inherited ,from his great grandfather, a rare 1919 Cunningham, a car that was on the lawn at Pebble Beach in 2000. His newly launched website titled OldCarJourney.com documents this vehicle as he returns the car to road worthy condition and plans an epic journey.

1844: Steven Harris Porsche Collector Jun 25, 2021

Steven Harris is an architect in New York and Professor of Architecture at Yale. 16 of Steven’s Porsches are currently on display at the Saratoga Automobile Museum through the summer in Saratoga Springs New York.

1843: Don Kutschall Skip Barber Racing School Jun 24, 2021

Don Kutschall is lead driving instructor at Skip Barber Racing School for all racing and driving programs. From 1990 to the present he has been an instructor with the Skip Barber Racing School and continue to do private coaching in various series including the Ferrari Challenge.

1842: Jeff Snyder Jeff’s Resurrections Jun 23, 2021

Jeff Snyder is the Founder of Jeff’s Resurrections where he and his team bring back to life the world’s finest cars. Located in central Texas he started his restoration business in 1990 and their projects range across an extraordinarily diverse spectrum of classics, exotics, and antique vehicles.

1841: Bruce Pascal Hot Wheels Collector Jun 22, 2021

Bruce Pascal has a collection of over 4,000 Hot Wheels cars including many rare prototypes. Bruce has the holy grail of Hot Wheels, the rare Pink Beach-Bomb #1 prototype. Only two exist and his is the best example.

1840: Jenna Zhang Olympus Watch Co. Jun 21, 2021

Jenna Zhang is the founder and creative director of Olympus Watch Co., a luxury Swiss watch brand that up-cycles salvaged supercars into one-of-a-kind timepieces. Her design philosophy is inspired by her time living abroad in London and Milan.

1839: Neal Giordano Hot Wheels Jun 17, 2021

Neal Giordano is the Founder and Editor of the North Carolina Hot Wheels website, nchwa.com, which is one of the oldest Hot Wheels websites on the internet. He launched it in 1996 as his passion for collecting Hot Wheels and 1:1 scale cars was rampant.

1838: Joe Ottati Valt Auto Club Jun 16, 2021

Joe Ottati is a Co-Founder of VALT AutoClub where he’s in charge of event and rally planning. It is an automotive lifestyle and event business based in Northern California that he started with two friends in early 2020, one of which is past Cars Yeah guest Robert Eppley.

1837: Roberto Olivo Automobili Estrema Jun 15, 2021

Roberto Olivo is the COO of the startup Automobili Estrema, coordinating their new all electric Fulmenia hypercar. He has over 40 years of experience in the global automotive industry. He was one of the founders, managers, and racing driver of BRC Racing Team.

1836: Sean Cridland Brumos Books Jun 15, 2021

Sean Cridland is an automotive journalist, photographer, and author with over 100 articles in print. Today he’s back on Cars Yeah to talk about his new three book series titled Brumos: An America Racing Icon.

1835: Peter Cline Vet Motor Sports Jun 14, 2021

Peter Cline is the Executive Director and Founder of Vet Motor Sports. Their mission is to place qualifying participants within a wide range of motorsports-related activities from amateur events up to professional race teams.

18345: Cameron Robinson from Unlo Motor Club Jun 11, 2021

Cameron is the founder of Unlo Motor Club, a shared-vehicle startup, delivering access to enthusiast-curated vehicles, including Porsche, BMW, to powerboats for a monthly subscription fee. Unlo also hosts automotive events where enthusiasts can enjoy a variety of experiences.

1833: Robert Eppley Valt Auto Club Jun 10, 2021

Robert Eppley is the Co-Founder, Event Partnerships and Operations Manager, and self-described Energizer Bunny at VALT Auto Club. It is an automotive lifestyle and event business based in Northern California.

1832: Ian Karr Jun 09, 2021

Ian Karr talks about his new YouTube channel where he shares his passion for restoring cars including a Porsche 914. He is the founder of IKA Collective, a creative and content-driven production agency currently in its 35th year. IKA’s credits encompass television series, promos, commercials and original digital content.

1831: Alexander Klatt Automobili Estrema Jun 08, 2021

Alexander Klatt is the Chief Creative Officer at Automobili Estrema, a new player in the High-end electric vehicle arena. He is an automotive designer whose expertise lies in understanding the wholistic creation process of a new vehicle, from exploration to conception to 3D modeling and surfacing for tooling.

1830: Will Lockwood Kindigit Design Jun 07, 2021

Will Lockwood is an engineer, restorer, fabricator, and builder who is part of the team at Kindigit Design where they build incredible custom rides.

1829: Franco Pizzuto Automobili Estrema Jun 04, 2021

Gianfranco “Franco” Pizzuto is the Chief Executive Officer of Automobili Estrema. Estrema is a new player in the High-end electric vehicle arena and they are manufacturing in a low volume zero emission hypercar and supercar called the Fulminea.

1828: Rick Kopp Bone Shaker Jet Truck Jun 03, 2021

Rick Kopp has owned and raced everything from motocross at age eight to drag racing in door cars. He continued drag racing at the sportsman level in the Top Dragster and Nostalgia Nitro Funny car classes and has been competing for nearly 30 years.

1827: Jeff Alon Jun 02, 2021

Jeff Alon is the Owner and Operator of the New York Transmission Group and a producer and online talent for the Autolab Radio Show. With over 40 years of experience in the automotive aftermarket service industry, Jeff is the show’s in-house transmission and driveline expert.

1826: Allen Bentley Artist Jun 01, 2021

Allen Bentley is an artist who for the past two decades dedicated his art to creating ballroom dancers on canvas and paper, but now he has switched gears into vintage automobiles. Allen has found what he calls “the through-line”… Motion and now his car series titled, "Momentum", Allen marries that interest and his love for driving into a beautiful compendium of speed and exhilaration.

1825: Jillian Romero Chavez May 31, 2021

Jillian Romero - Chaves is the President of Ontario Auto Center where she touches just about every piece of the business including customer service, parts, sales, service techs, all while working with 19 globally recognized automotive brands and dealerships and thousands of new and pre-owned vehicles under 15 rooftops.

1823: Scott Whitehead May 27, 2021

Scott Whitehead is the owner of Benchmark Motoring, Scrape Armor, and Med Spec. His headquarters are in Bellevue, Washington where he uses modern technologies to design and manufacture the finest solutions for automotive enthusiasts and more.

1822: Aaron Richardet Osprey Custom Cars May 26, 2021

Aaron Richardet is the Founder of Osprey Custom Cars. He and his team have been restoring and building bespoke Land Rover Defenders since 2013.

1824: Tom Kristensen May 26, 2021

Between 1997 and 2014, Tom Kristensen won the world’s toughest motor race, the Le Mans 24 Hours, a record nine times and finished on the podium on five more occasions. He raced Le Mans for 18 years in a row. Tom shares in his new book, titled Mr. Le Mans, his deepest personal reflections and insights from inside and outside the cockpit.

1821: Richard Charlesworth May 25, 2021

Richard Charlesworth had a long career with Rolls-Royce and Bentley Motor Cars going back to 1974. Richard is now Chairman of the Steering Committee and co-presenter for the Concours of Elegance at Hampton Court Palace, and co-presenter of the London Concours. He has also acted as Master of Ceremonies at The Quail, a Motorsports Gathering since 2004.

1820: Bryan Emrich of Engine Ice May 24, 2021

Bryan Emrich is the President of Engine Ice, the #1 coolant and antifreeze in the Powersports industry. Engine Ice Hi-Performance Coolant, is globally recognized as the premier choice in power sports coolant and antifreeze and the brand has made a jump into the automotive market.

1819: Ben Guynan of Auto Royale May 21, 2021

Ben Guynan is the Sales Director and spearheading the launch of a new international Concours d’Elegance event titled Auto Royale, that takes place this July in the UK as the former Rothchild’s family home of Waddeson Manor.

1818: Bill Vallely May 20, 2021

Bill Vallely is the Founder of Collision Training Institute, a one-stop-shop for all collision repair, training, and preparation. He and his team assist shops in maximizing profit, efficiency, and they serve as an advocate for their services. They train claims adjusters as well and they support at the OEM level.

1817: John Oreovicz Journalist and Author May 19, 2021

John Oreovicz is a lifelong car enthusiast, whose passion led him to a successful and fulfilling career as a motorsports journalist. His newest book it titled “Indy Split” that will be released by Octane Press on May 30. The book focuses on the politics and infighting that prevented the sport of Indy car racing from achieving its potential.

1816: Rick Barnett The Concours at Pasadera May 18, 2021

Rick Barnett is the Chairman at The Concours at Pasadera. Now in its third year this event launches Car Week on the Monterey Peninsula and in 2021 features the “Tribute to Le Mans”. Rick is an avid collector of fine art, automobiles, and automotive memorabilia.

1815: Bruce MacInnes from Skip Barber Racing School May 17, 2021

Bruce MacInnes has been professionally coaching racing drivers for over 40 years & has successfully competed in a wide variety of Production cars, Formula cars, & Prototype racers. As a Senior Instructor at The Skip Barber Racing School, Bruce's credentials are inspirational.

1814: Adam Allen of RetroClassic Clothing May 14, 2021

Adam Allen is the owner of RetroClassic Clothing, a range of classic-vehicle inspired designs for enthusiast. Whether your passion is on two wheels or four, has propellors or steam, his designs will delight. Adam is all about old school cool.

1813: Paul Kilvington at Twisted May 13, 2021

Paul Kilvington is Head of Bespoke Design at Twisted North America. Twisted creates all-new vehicles born from the timeless Land Rover® Defender. Their builds include contemporary technology, luxurious features, exclusive powertrain elements and numerous other painstakingly created details.

1812: Somer Hooker Motorcycle Expert May 12, 2021

Somer Hooker is an expert in the world of vintage motorcycles. He is the chief judge at the Quail Motorcycle Gathering, the Pinehurst Concours, The Cobble Beach Concours, Chattanooga Motor Festival, Audrian Concours , Pinehurst Concours and Salon Prive at Blenheim Palace, UK. He is a member of The International Council of Judges Advisory Group known as ICJAG.

1811: William Jeanes Journalist & Author May 11, 2021

William Jeanes has been a major figure in automotive journalism for more than three decades. His latest book it titled The Road To Pickletown and it is not what you would expect from an automotive journalist. It showcases his wit and humor that characterized his writing for automotive magazines with the forward by political satirist and journalist P.J O’Rourke.

1810: Peter Larsen May 10, 2021

Peter Larsen is a specialist in coachwork and coach building with special focus on the French. He serves as a judge at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, as well as on the Selection Committee of the Concours and he judges at a number of concours d’elegance around the world. His newest book is entitled: Joseph Figoni, Le Grand Couturier de la Carrosserie Automobile is about Alfa-Romeo chassis bodied by Figoni.

1809: Belinda Sarooei May 07, 2021

Belinda Sarooei is often referred to as the online ambassador for Mercedes-Benz. She active in multiple events, earned a First in Class at the 2019 Legends of the Autobahn during Pebble Beach Car Week. Her Fintail, known as Finny, and she takes her cars to charity events and is very active in local schools educating and encouraging girls that they be anything that they want to be.

1808: Jordan Smith May 06, 2021

Jordan Smith is a high school student at West-Mec pursuing her education in the automotive sector. She was the top female student in TechForce’s Peer-Network beta test. TechForce helps any and all ages to advance their career options.

1807: Kassidy Nixon May 05, 2021

Kassidy Nixon is an 18 year old student at Central Carolina Community College where she is studying automotive restoration, collision repair, and refinishing. She is an RPM scholar, FutureTechs Rock Automotive Restoration student of the year for 2020, Collision Repair Education Foundation 2019 student of the year runner up, CCCC outstanding student in Automotive Restoration and in Collision Repair and Refinishing.

1806: Sheri Harbour de Vos May 04, 2021

Sheri Harbour de Vos is the Marketing and Events Director at Ron Tonkin Gran Turismo, the Portland Ferrari dealership. After a twist of fate she found herself working at Ron Tonkin Gran Turismo as the Marketing Director which later brought her to a time as the Director as Avants Portland Car Club.

1805: Alexis Chacchia May 03, 2021

Alexis Chacchia is the Vice President of Operations at Premier Financial Services which is one of the nation’s leading finance companies specializing in exotic, vintage and luxury cars. This allowed the exotic and luxury car consumer to payoff or trade their vehicles at any time providing flexibility of financing and the tax benefits of leasing.

1804: James O'Kane from O'Kane Lavers Apr 30, 2021

James O’Kane is the Founder of O’Kane Lavers, a hub for motor car collectors from around the world. They handle sales and acquisitions for the finest and most important vehicles from a variety of marques and years. Their global network allows them to provide a personal experience and advocacy for both sellers, buyers, and collectors alike.

1803: Dennis Gage Apr 29, 2021

Dennis Gage is the owner of MadStache, a production company he’s had since 2010. MadStache is a full-service multimedia company specializing in television programming, corporate videos, commercial production, 2D and 3D animation, DVD authoring, and web design.

1802: Kaity Trubl The Future of Tech Apr 28, 2021

Kaity Truble is a Junior at West-Mec High School pursuing an education in the automotive field. She is a great example of the next generation of automotive enthusiasts who already know what she wants to do in her career. She knew she wanted to be in the industry at age 12 and already has her tax ID and an LLC business license for the day she opens her own shop.

1801: Brad Horstmann Ferrari Challenge Apr 27, 2021

Brad Horstmann is a North American gentleman race car driver currently racing with Riley Motorsports and Foreign Cars Italia in the Ferrari Challenge North America Series. He has finished on the podium in 65% of his races entered including 8 class wins.

1800: Jennifer Maher CEO of TechForce Apr 26, 2021

Jennifer Maher serves as CEO of TechForce Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with the mission of championing students to and through their education and into careers as professional technicians in the auto, diesel, collision, aviation, restoration, motorcycle, marine and motorsports industries.

And I am very proud to say TechForce Foundation is Cars Yeah charity of choice.

1799: Chris Brown from RateGenius Apr 23, 2021

In 1999, Chris Brown founded RateGenius, Inc., a multi-state, web-based loan company specializing in automotive refinance. Chris continually works with lending institutions to ensure RateGenius offers loans which benefit customers while also meeting the lenders' predetermined guidelines.

1798: Carl Anthony of Automoblog and AutoVision News Apr 22, 2021

Carl Anthony is the Managing Editor of Automoblog and AutoVision News. As the host for AutoSens Insights, he plays an active role in the thrice-yearly AutoSens conference for autonomous driving in Brussels, Detroit, and Hong Kong.

1797: Alicia Elfving is the MotoLady Apr 21, 2021

Alicia Elfving is the founder of TheMotoLady.com, the world's leading websites for women who ride, as well as the world's first Women's Motorcycle Show. Her book titled The Motolady’s Book Of Women Who Ride is a collection of motorcycle heroes, trailblazers, and record-breakers.

1796: Tracy Powell Journalist Apr 20, 2021

Tracy Powell is a veteran journalist with more than 20 years’ worth of writing, editing and project management in a variety of industries, including automotive, with more than 500 articles published. These days he operates his own publishing business, Powell House Creative Services, that involves ghostwriting and book production.

1795: Frank Fanelli from Kindig It Design Apr 19, 2021

Frank Fanelli won “Bitchin’ Boot Camp” that landed him a job at Dave Kindig’s shop Kindig-it Design, and so started his career in the automotive industry after years of car restoration being his hobby and passion.

1794: Zack Williams at Clasiq.com Apr 16, 2021

Zack Williams is the Head of Business Operations at Clasiq, an all-new, truly independent on-line classic car auction experience that is built by the community, for the community.

1793: Mercedes Lilienthal Crankshaft Culture Apr 15, 2021

Mercedes Lilienthal is an award-winning photojournalist and PR/marketing consultant that creates unique content involving vehicular adventure travel, the automotive industry as a whole, and women making a difference within it. She and her husband Andy, run a blog site and related social pages called Crankshaft Culture.

1792: Alex Rose from Shark Werks Apr 14, 2021

Alex “Sharky” Ross owns and operates Shark Werks, a Porsche focused business he founded in 2005. Their 3.9 liter and 4.1 liter GT3 engines have been lighting up Porsche cars everywhere and you’ve probably seen them playing with Jay Leno and Joe Rogan in multitudes of online and print automotive publications over the past 15 and a half years.

1791: Michael MItchell BMW CCA Foundation Museum Apr 13, 2021

Michael Mitchell is the Curator of Collections at the BMW CCA Foundation Museum. The Foundation is part of the BMW Car Club of America, an organization of over 60,000 members. Their vision is to be a living repository of BMW information and to benefit the motoring community.

1790: Richard Truesdell Automotive Author Apr 12, 2021

Richard Truesdell has been an automotive photojournalist for over 25 years. He has photographed and collaborated on over 25 automotive books from all marques and genres. His latest venture, a collaboration with Mark Fletcher on the book titled 1970 Maximum Muscle cars.

1789: Mark Fletcher / Author Apr 09, 2021

Mark is a Muscle car collector that has experienced all makes of muscle cars of the late 60’s and early 70’s. 1970 Maximum Muscle is the second, of a three-book collaboration with his friend Richard Truesdell who not only assisted in the writing of this book, but was also the primary photographic contributor.

1788: Stewart Bartley of Dominion Lux Apr 08, 2021

Stewart Bartley is Treasurer and Board Member of Old Town Festival of Speed and Style in Alexandria, Virginia. Today he is combining his professional real estate experience with his automotive passion to develop the Dominion Lux Garage Condominiums at Dominion Raceway and Entertainment near Fredericksburg, Virginia.

1787: David Morris CMO at Carparts.com Apr 07, 2021

David Morris is Chief Merchandising Officer at CarParts.com. Car Parts is a technology-driven eCommerce company improving the way drivers shop for the parts they need.

1786: Alex Ilie of A1 Detailing in Switzerland Apr 06, 2021

Alex Ilie owns and operates A1 Detailing. He is an automotive detailer in Zurich, Switzerland. Originally from Timisoara, in Romania, he has lived in Germany where he honed his detailing skills at a Mercedes-Benz dealership. Through training he earned a multitude of detailing certificates with Ai Detailing and quickly expanded his business and client list.

1785: Kirk Dooley COO for Skip Barber Racing School Apr 05, 2021

Kirk is the Chief Operating Officer for Skip Barber Racing School and joined the racing industry after having served a distinguished 24-year career in the Marine Corps, the majority of which was spent in the Intelligence and Special Operations communities.

1784: Garry Foster Apr 02, 2021

Garry Foster loves writing about and photographing historic automobiles. His love for the design and curves drove him to write a new book titled Chrome and Colour. His are stories about craftsmanship and design with the forward by past Cars Yeah guest and author Tom Cotter.

1783: Paul DaCruzz Apr 01, 2021

Paul DaCruz has worked in advertising, television, and publishing for over 30 years. He has held advertising positions with the Golden Gate Chapter BMW Club and the Pantera's Owners Club of America. Paul founded events including BAM3 - (BAY AREA M3) which were the largest gathering of vintage BMW E30 M3 cars on the West Coast. He has done work for Corvette Magazine, Bimmer Magazine, Excellence Magazine, and Sports Car Market Magazine.

1782: Deb Pollack Singer Vehicle Design Mar 31, 2021

Deb Pollack, publicist for boutique restoration house Singer Vehicle Design, has served the car community since the late ‘80s. A philanthropist at heart, since 2008 she’s teamed cars and camaraderie to support the challenges of Parkinson’s disease – most notably as founder of Drive Toward a Cure, a nationally-recognized 501(c)(3) charity dedicated to finding a cure.

1781: Kat Jones Builder & Fabricator Mar 30, 2021

Kasia ‘Kat’ Jones is new to the automotive scene. She made her debut 4 years ago with her 1950 Chevy fastback she nicknamed “Mel”. With Mel she’s learned how to do metal work, suspension work by installing an air bag system, engine work, and she has taught herself how to pinstripe.

1780: Kendra Sommer from Cruisin With Kendra Mar 29, 2021

Kendra Sommer owns and operates CWK Media and her brand ‘Crusin’ With Kendra’. She and her team travel around the world working with industry manufacturers, publications, automotive, and marine companies. Kendra’s flagship program will start airing on the XTRA Network, channel 255, on Direct TV soon.

1779: April Morris from The Peninsula Hotels Signature Events Mar 26, 2021

April Morris is the Sponsorship & Communications Manager of The Peninsula Hotels Signature Events, organizers of renowned motoring events The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering and The Quail Motorcycle Gathering hosted annually at Quail Lodge & Golf Club in Carmel, California.

1778: Allison Harding from Vintage Air Mar 25, 2021

Allison Harding is the new Chief Operating Officer of Vintage Air. For the past three years, she has worked as a manufacturing engineer before transitioning into Special Projects Manager, where she focused on product development and design. She has a background in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University.

1777: Rebecca Nguyen from Kahn Media Mar 24, 2021

Recently appointed as the Marketing Director at Kahn Media, Rebecca Nguyen leads the marketing and project management efforts that drive top-tier results to their network and clients. Nguyen found her passion for automobiles through motorsports photography in 2012 and has provided media coverage for various media outlets, motorsports series and automotive events.

1776: Michele Roe Airbrush Artist Mar 23, 2021

Michele Roe is the Owner and creative force at Stabin Cabin Airbrushing. For over 10 years she’s been designing and creating custom designs and paintings her creative designs on everything from motorcycles to aircraft, gumball machines to skateboards, automobiles, and even toilet seats!

1775: Sofi Tsingos of GT-MOTO Mar 22, 2021

Sophia Tsingos-Freehling, her friends call her Sofi, owns and operates GT-MOTO. Sofi and GT-Moto is also committed to supporting the fight for a cure for cancer, and is proud to donate a portion of all profits to support cancer research and those who have been affected.

1774: Lyn St. James Mar 19, 2021

Lyn St. James is named one of the “Top 100 Female Athletes of the Century” by Sports Illustrated. She has set 21 national and international speed records and competed in the Indianapolis 500, taking Rookie of the Year honors in 1992. She competed in 15 IndyCar races, 7 Indy 500s, twice at the 24 Hours of Le mans with victories at the IMSA Series at Watkins Glen, Road America, Daytona, and Sebring.

1773: Courtney Ferrante Director of The Quail Mar 18, 2021

Courtney Ferrante is the Director of The Peninsula Hotels Signature Events, organizers of renowned motoring events The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering and The Quail Motorcycle hosted annually at Quail Lodge & Golf Club in Carmel, California. Today, The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering is widely regarded as one of the most preeminent motoring events in the world.

1772: Emily Reeves of Flying Sparks Garage Mar 17, 2021

Emily Reeves and her husband Aaron produce and host their Flying Sparks Garage YouTube page. From building cars to flying airplanes they share their automotive filled lives with their loyal followers. They honeymooned on the Hot Rod Power Tour in 2007, a week-long road trip with thousands of hot rods.

1771: Jaime Hjelm of Wicked Wrench Mar 16, 2021

Jaime Hjelm is the co-owner along with her sister Naomi of their automotive repair shop they call Wicked Wrench Company. She owns a fleet of taxis and is a taxi meter dealer, mother to twin 16 year old boys and competed on Motor Trends ‘Bitchin Boot Camp’ by Bitchin Rides, season 1 in 2020 with her brother Frank.

1770: Melanie White President of Hellwig Products Mar 15, 2021

Melanie White is the president of Hellwig Products. Founded in 1946, Hellwig Products manufactures forged steel suspension products for a variety of vehicles including recreational vehicles, trucks, and SUVs and is an OE supplier for Oshkosh, Freightliner, and the United States military.

1769: Laura Fisher the Petersen Automotive Museum’s Archivist Mar 12, 2021

Laura Fisher is the Petersen Automotive Museum’s Archivist. As the archivist for the Petersen Automotive Museum, Laura describes her job as, “taking care of everything that is not a car” and acts as a conservator, librarian, archivist, and special collections caretaker for the Museum.

1768: McKinlee Riley Restoration & Fabrication Mar 11, 2021

McKinlee Riley followed her dad around his auto shop for years, begging to be taught. What began as a love of cars and dirt bikes, has evolved into education, competition, and a real love for absolutely anything that moves with a motor.

1767: Brandee Sanders from Modal Mar 10, 2021

Brandee Sanders is the Vice President of Marketing at Modal, a company that provides e-commerce to the world’s leading automotive dealers and brands. She is an award-winning marketing technologist leading global digital, data science, analytics, and demand-gen teams from start-up and rapid growth to IPO.

1766: Christina Lam of Hi-Speed Motorsports Mar 09, 2021

Christina Lam is a racer, an engineer, and co-owner of the Hi-Speed Motorsports race team. She now competes in the SCCA Majors and Hoosier Super Tour in the Touring 1 class in her M3 and a Honda HPD TCA Civic Si factory race car.

1765: Angela Hucke Curator of The Bugatti Trust Museum Mar 08, 2021

Angela Hucke is the Curator at the Bugatti Trust Museum and Study Centre at Prescott in the United Kingdom. She has been passionate about historic cars and more specifically Bugattis for as long as she can remember.

1764: Izzy Wright Mar 05, 2021

Izzy Wright is the future of women in automotive tech. She was born and raised in San Diego, California and recently graduated high school where she was elected to be the ambassador for the Automotive Tech career pathway. Having to finishing school in the middle of a pandemic, Izzy had a strong desire to utilize my skills and get back under the hood of a car.

1763: Joan Klatil Creamer Designer Mar 04, 2021

Joan Klatil Creamer became General Motors first female ‘Exterior Designer” for Production Cadillac and Advanced Buick after graduating from Cleveland Institute of Art in Industrial Design. Her next career move was with General Electric in Consumer Electronics, Appliances, and Wiring. She then started her own freelance business in product design.

1762: Emily Morris Manufacturing Engineer Mar 03, 2021

Emily Morris is a Product Development Engineer working in the Bay Area. Over the last fourteen years, she has worked in the Aerospace, Automotive, and Medical Device industry as a Manufacturing Engineer.

1761: Rachel Meyer Drag Racer Mar 02, 2021

Rachel Meyer started racing, with her sister Megan, when she was just 8 years old. She raced Jr Dragsters for about 10 years then moved up into a super comp dragster and eventually the Top Alcohol Dragster ranks. She clinched her first championship win in 2020 as the NHRA Central Regional Championship.

1760: Lisa Boggs from Bridgstone Tires Mar 01, 2021

Lisa Boggs is the Director of Motorsports at Bridgestone Americas Motorsports. She joined Bridgestone in 2013 bringing 20 years of motorsports experience including advertising, integrated communications, on and off-track activation, content development, and crisis management.

1759: Todd Somerville of Modal Feb 26, 2021

Todd Sommerville is the Vice President of OEM Relationships at Modal, a company that provides e-commerce to the world’s leading automotive dealers and brands. He is responsible for driving strategy, business development, partnership, and new-label sales efforts for OEM and Alliance relationships on behalf of the company’s leading automotive e-commerce platform.

1758: Chester Allen from Linkage Magazine Feb 25, 2021

Chester Allen is a lifelong journalist and the executive editor of Linkage magazine and the linkagemag.com website. He spent more than 20 years in the newspaper business as a reporter, editor and columnist before transitioning to magazines when he joined Sports Car Market where he was their executive editor from 2010 to 2020.

1757: Donald Osborne from Audrain Feb 24, 2021

Donald Osborne is the Chief Executive Officer at Audrain in Newport, Rhode Island where he oversees the Audrain Automobile Museum, Audrain’s Newport Concours d’Elegance & Motor Week, and Linkage, a quarterly automotive publication and website. With their tagline “Geared for the Automotive Life” Linkage is all about the automotive marketplace, driving, restoration, collecting, events, and discovering the passion for vehicles.

1756: Tim Mathews from Speedway Motors Museum Feb 23, 2021

Tim Mathews is the Curator of Transportation, Motorsports, and Automobilia at Speedway Motors Museum of American Speed.

1755: Lee Klancher from Octane Press Feb 22, 2021

Lee Klancher is the Founder and Publisher of Octane Press, an award-winning book publishing company that specializes in books about motorsports and machines. His career encompasses more than 30 years of publishing great stories.

1754: Danny Thompson Land Speed Record Holder Feb 19, 2021

In 2016, Danny Thompson drove his father Mickey Thompson's Challenger II to break the existing naturally aspirated streamliner record with a combined speed of 406.769mph. Then in 2018 he drove the restored 50-year-old vehicle to a blistering two-way AA/FS record of 448.757mph, a mark that stands to this day.

1753: Ferrari F1 Part Two Feb 18, 2021

Back in 1993-94 David Smith decided he wanted to purchase and drive a vintage race car, but not just any vintage race car. David was the first in the USA to purchase a modern, ex-Ferrari F1 car from the factory and his actions drove Ferrari to consider what became their Ferrari F1 Clienti program where today you can purchase an ex-Ferrari F1 car and drive it on the track.

Part 2 of a two-part podcast.

1752: Ferrari F1 - Part 1 Feb 17, 2021

Back in 1993-94 David Smith decided he wanted to purchase and drive a vintage race car, but not just any vintage race car. He wanted the 1994 Ferrari 412 T1B, a car driven by Gerhard Berger and Jean Alesi. David’s experience purchasing and driving the car is a unique and exciting story about persistence, patience, tenacity, and endurance so let’s buckle up and go!

Part I of a two-part podcast.

1751: Bud Brutsman TV Producer Feb 16, 2021

Bud Brutsman is the CEO of Brentwood Communications International known as BCII TV. He is an entrepreneur, producer, military buff, off-road racer, and author. He started producing television in 1992 and has produced over 60 TV shows and commercial projects.

1750: Steve Sudler from Foreign Cars Italia Feb 15, 2021

Steve Sudler is the Director of Marketing and Motorsport for Foreign Cars Italia, the Official Ferrari Dealer for the Carolina’s. There he oversees advertising, client experiences, brand events, partnerships, and their Championship winning Ferrari Challenge Racing team with Riley Motorsports.

1749: Larry Dixon 3 Time NHRA Champion Feb 12, 2021

Larry Dixon is a legend in the sport of drag racing and a three-time NHRA Camping World Series Top Fuel champion in 2002, 2003 and 2010. The second-generation Top Fuel racer is the second winningest Top Fuel driver in NHRA history with 62 wins and a Brand Ambassador for Stand 21 Race wear North America.

1748: Carrol Jensen Vice President of the CCCA Museum Feb 11, 2021

Carrol Jensen is Vice President of the Classic Car Club of America Museum. She is the immediate Past President of the Classic Car Club of America, known as the CCCA. She has shown cars at various concours event and she is a member of over a dozen automotive clubs and museums.

1747: Carlos Perea from Terra Vera Feb 10, 2021

Carlos Perea is the CEO and Co-founder of Terra Vera, a newly launched agricultural technology company offering innovative solutions within the agriculture industry. He describes his company as the “Tesla of agriculture” and his passion for electric vehicles and sports cars is as strong as his enthusiasm for innovative solutions with the agriculture industry.

1746: Michelle Lackey Maynor from Alaska Raceway Park Feb 09, 2021

Michelle Lackey Maynor is known as the Lady Track Boss and recently took over as President & Majority Owner of the NASCAR and NHRA sanctioned Alaska Raceway Park. She spends her days making the most beautiful track in the world the best it can be for the racers, sponsors, fans, and her awesome co-workers.

1745: Paul Eisenstein from The Detroit Bureau Feb 08, 2021

Paul Eisenstein is the Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of TheDetroitBureau.com, the voice of the automotive world. He is an award-winning publisher, photographer, editor and one of the world’s most widely published automotive journalists.

1744: Zak Brown CEO of McLaren Racing Feb 05, 2021

Zack Brown is the Chief Executive of McLaren Racing and has overall responsibility for the business, including strategic direction, operational performance, marketing and commercial development. He leads McLaren’s direction and involvement in professional motorsport, spearheaded by the McLaren Formula 1 team.

1743: Michael Harley from CarExpert Feb 04, 2021

Michael Harley is the Executive Vice President and Editor-in-Chief at CarExpert. He is a noted automotive industry expert who has held roles at Kelley Blue Book, J.D. Power and Associates, Autoblog, AutoWeb, Autotrader, and Autobytel to name a few.

1742: Amanda Busick / Sports Broadcaster Feb 03, 2021

Amanda Busick is an award-winning broadcast reporter for the NHRA on FOX Sports, a pit reporter for the FIA Formula E Championship on FOX, and a live-event host & moderator for Discovery, MotorTrend, NFL on Location and more.

1741: Ed Petersen from Lemon Squad Feb 02, 2021

Ed Petersen is the CEO at Wrench and Lemon Squad, a mobile used car, pre-purchase inspection service that helps you see into the future before you hand over your hard-earned money. First Wrench was born and now Lemon Squad are disrupting the industry in very good ways.

1740: Simon Dabadie Founder of DAB Motorcycles Feb 01, 2021

Simon Dabadie is the Founder of DAB Motors, a French motorcycle manufacturer based in Bayonne, France. Dab Motors was created to show the boldest minds that you can still push the boundaries in today’s world and create a new breed of motorcycle, straight out of our fantasies.

1739: Charles Nearburg the Racer Jan 29, 2021

Charlie Nearburg is a lifelong car racer with a career that includes driving a 333SP Ferrari at Le Mans and finishing 4th and 10th overall at the Sebring 12-Hours. In recent years he has focused on setting records at the Bonneville Salt Flats in the “Spirit of Rett” streamliner setting set a 414 MPH FIA record with a top speed of 422 MPH.

1738: David Saggio Automotive Photographer Jan 28, 2021

David Saggio is a professional automotive photographer who first looked through a wide-angle lens at the age of 17. His Auto Saggio Studio offers private commissions and he produces archival, museum quality images. When he’s not behind the lens David can be found in the cockpit of his Formula Vee racing an SCCA event.

1737: Dave Opsahl from Actify Jan 27, 2021

Dave Opsahl is the CEO at Actify. For more than 15 years, Actify has been the leading provider of collaboration, integration, and data visualization solutions to the automotive industry. Actify serves a global base of more than 1,500 companies in 45 countries.

1736: Emily Lowdermilk of Blue Collar Babes Jan 26, 2021

Emily Lowdermilk is an automotive technician at Northwest Motorsport in the Pacific North West. In 2016 she founded Blue Collar Babes, a community on Facebook and Instagram for women in male dominated industries. Her goal is to find more women in blue collar trades, inspiring them and bringing them together to support and empower one another.

1735: Louise Ann Noeth Land Speed Racing at Bonneville Jan 25, 2021

Louise Ann Noeth, better known as Landspeed Louise returns to Cars Yeah to share her newest book titled Bonneville Salt Flats, a history and story about land speed racers on the salt.

1734: Jeremy Walton Author/Journalist Jan 22, 2021

Jeremey Walton is a freelance journalist, editor, and author with 33 original titles to his credit. His latest book is titled Quattro: The Race And Rally Story 1980 – 2004 and it explores 24 years of factory-prepared and factory-supported Quattros in motorsport.

1733: Keith Sturgeon Pinstripe Artist Jan 21, 2021

Keith Sturgeon is a pinstriper and lifelong car and bike enthusiast. Keith paints portraits with pinstripes. What started as a hobby has become a passion and his art is owned by enthusiasts including past Cars Yeah guest Dave Kindig, Mark Workman and Jay Leno.

1732: David Smith Designer/Restorer/Judge Jan 20, 2021

David Smith is an entrepreneur and a retired industrial designer. He Founded the Precor company and was their President for many years before selling and diving deep into classic automobile research, restoration, and concours judging.

1731: Craig Jackson from Barrett-Jackson Auctions Jan 19, 2021

Craig Jackson is the Chairman and CEO of Barrett-Jackson Auction Company. Over decades he has earned the reputation as one of the world’s most respected automotive collectors and restoration experts. In addition to the numerous Barrett-Jackson Auctions, that take place across the country, Craig is an avid automotive collector and enthusiast.

1730: Philip Porter of Porter Press International Jan 18, 2021

Philip Porter founded Porter Press International in 2005. It is renowned for publishing top-quality motoring books and is firmly established as a leading automotive publisher with an unrivaled team of iconic authors and professionals in the industry.

1729: Clive Neville Jan 15, 2021

Clive Neville is the author of the book titled The Light Car Company Rocket: The Singular Vision of Two Men, it is the full history of a fascinating machine that changed the sports car market and the brainchild of former racing driver Chris Craft and design genius Gordon Murray.

1728: Chris Theodore Automotive Engineer/Designer Jan 14, 2021

Chris Theodore is the President of Theodore & Associates where they specialize in the automotive transportation sector. He provides strategic and project planning, product innovation and design, supplier sourcing, specialty manufacturing, mergers and acquisitions and business restructuring.

1727: Lou Ann Shirk of the BMW CCA Jan 13, 2021

Lou Ann Shirk has a passion for the BMW marque that goes beyond the norm. She then became the Chairperson of the newly formed BMW CCA Ladies Program committee. She is an official “Driving Diva” having attended the BMW Performance Center Driving School 12 times.

1726: Brian Barr of Foreign Cars Charlotte Jan 12, 2021

Brian Barr is the Classic Curator of Foreign Cars Charlotte, part of the Paramount Auto Group. They source and sell a selection of vintage and classic motorcars including new motorcars from Ferrari, Aston Martin, Bentley, Porsche, Maserati, Alfa Romeo and others.

1725: Brad Oleshansky of The Motor Enclave Jan 11, 2021

Brad Oleshansky is the Founder and CEO of The Motor Enclave, an auto enthusiast destination destined to become the largest private garage community in the world. The Motor Enclave is currently developing projects in Tampa, FL, Columbus, OH and Nashville, TN.

1724: Ken Vela from Wikd Kustoms Jan 08, 2021

Ken Vela owns and operates Wikd Kustoms, works as an emcee, and is an auto event planner. His career included time behind the microphone as an announcer and voice actor. He restores vintage cars as a hobby and built a one-off Hot Rod Outlaw Speedster he calls Wikd 356.

1723: Bill Schneider from Team Speedway Jan 07, 2021

Bill Schneider is the Team Manager for Team Speedway. After joining Team Speedway, about 7 years, ago Bill progressed from engineering to managing and growing the Speedway Quality Control and Research & Development engineering department.

1722: Joshua Mello of K's Kustoms Jan 06, 2021

Joshua Mello is the owner of K’s Kustoms Ride On’s & Rentals where they are Making Smiles for Miles. He started modifying electric ride-on’s, made a name for himself, and won trophies at car shows for his uniquely modified builds.

1721: Larry McClure Jan 05, 2021

Larry McClure has been a car guy since birth. He found a way to merge his love for cars into his passion for racing. He and his three brothers formed a successful partnership along with business associate Tim Morgan where they built a winning NASCAR team known as Morgan-McClure Motorsports and they won 14 NASCAR Cup races. The McClure Collection will be offered at no reserve at Mecum Kissimmee 2021 on Friday, January 7- 16.

1720: Lee Craft the Monday Morning Racer Jan 04, 2021

Lee Craft is the Monday Morning Racer. He is an avid motorsports and car culture enthusiast who from dairy farm to nitro dragsters has had an accelerated ride into the world of motorsports media. His Monday Morning Racer persona closely follows the world of professional drag racing.

1719: Nicholas Wyman of the IWSI Group Jan 01, 2021

Nicholas Wyman is CEO and Founder of the IWSI Group, a global network and leading enterprise dedicated to matching job seekers with automotive careers through apprenticeships. Nicholas has set up International scholarships to help young people find careers.

1718: Heath Norton of Callies Performance Products Dec 31, 2020

Heath Norton is a 4th generation member of Callies Performance Products, a company that was founded in 1989. It’s a business where he and his talented team engineer and build high performance crankshafts, connecting rods, and camshaft cores.

1717: Devon Crail Dec 30, 2020

Devon Crail is the Co-Founder of Zero260.com, an automotive enthusiast website he created along with longtime friend, and past Cars Yeah guest, John Goodman. The site’s daily "Fast Finds" have become a must-read for subscribers who get to see highlights of what they call “The Most Intriguing Cars for Sale on the Internet" delivered right to their inbox every day.

1716: Justin Ashley Dec 29, 2020

Justin Ashley won the NHRA Summer Nationals during his Top Fuel rookie season in 2020 and he finished in the Top Ten, earning the 2020 NHRA Rookie of the Year. Justin is in partnership with Davis Motorsports and fields the Strutmasters.com Top Fuel dragster in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series.

1715: Mike Musto Dec 28, 2020

Mike Musto is the Executive Producer, Host and Director of New Media at Hemmings. He is a straight talking, rabid auto enthusiast who has a deep affinity for all things mechanical.

1714 Al Satterwhite Photographer/Author Dec 25, 2020

Al Satterwhite is a photographer and filmmaker whose career spans decades. His career began at a major newspaper and he spent over a decade covering assignments for almost every major magazine in print. His new book The Racers is a personal scrapbook of endurance motor racing from 1963 – 1973.

1713: Dave Magers CEO of Mecum Auctions Dec 24, 2020

Dave Magers is the CEO of Mecum Auctions where he has served since 2013. The Mecum Auction Company is the world leader of collector car, vintage and antique motorcycle, and Road Art sales, hosting auctions throughout the United States.

1717: Devon Crail Dec 23, 2020

Devon Crail is the Co-Founder of Zero260.com, an automotive enthusiast website he created along with longtime friend, and past Cars Yeah guest, John Goodman. The site’s daily "Fast Finds" have become a must-read for subscribers who get to see highlights of what they call “The Most Intriguing Cars for Sale on the Internet" delivered right to their inbox every day.

1712: Alex Berg Dec 23, 2020

Alex Berg races and represents Mazda Motorsports USA in the NASA Spec MX-5 Series. He started racing just five months after receiving a go kart for Christmas. Alex has always wanted to be a racing driver going as far back as he remembers, which isn’t that far. Did I mention Alex is only 14 years old?

1711: Elspeth Beard Dec 22, 2020

Elspeth Beard is a motorcyclist and award-winning architect. In 1982, at the age of just twenty-three, Elspeth Beard left London and set off on a 35,000 mile solo adventure around the world on her 1974 BMW R60/6 and became the first British woman to motorcycle around the world.

1710: Sharon Silke Carty Dec 21, 2020

Sharon Silke Carty is the Editor-in-Chief at Hearst Autos Car And Driver where she oversees the brands print and digital operations. Her enthusiasm for automobiles has run long and deep. Hearst Autos’ brands include Car and Driver, Road & Track, Canadian Blackbook, Autoweek, and R&T Crew, a subscription box for car-loving kids.

1709: Andrew Werkheiser of Koch-Chemie Car Care Dec 18, 2020

Andrew Werkheiser is the CEO at Koch-Chemie, a German made, high-quality line of car care products where they develop and make their own product line. Their tradition stands out through continuous improvements and a love of detailing and providing excellence for experts and the vehicles they care for.

1708: David Kibbey from TCR Podcast Dec 17, 2020

David Kibbey is a fourteen-year-old host of The Car Reviewers Podcast. He’s been active at many automotive events over the past 6 years including The Greenbrier Concours d’Elegance, The Concours d’Elegance of America, Concours d’Cancellation, and the Virtual Concours put on my Magneto Magazine, and many local cars and coffee events.

1707: Sarah Edwards is a racer who for nearly a decade has been a part of the NHRA drag racing scene. She began bracket racing with her family, in the sportsman ranks prior to racing professionally, driving Al Hanna’s Iconic Queen of Diamonds II a 300 M Dec 16, 2020

Sarah Edwards is a racer who for nearly a decade has been a part of the NHRA drag racing scene. She began bracket racing with her family, in the sportsman ranks prior to racing professionally, driving Al Hanna’s Iconic Queen of Diamonds II a 300 MPH Jet Dragster.

1706: Mark Boudreau of Motorsports Prospects Dec 15, 2020

Mark Boudreau is the CEO and Publisher of Motorsports Prospects where he uses his background in the legal field to research for the Motorsport Prospect Directory and his clients. His goal is to ensure all drivers, their family, and advisors have the information they need to make an informed motorsport-relating decision.

1705: John Goodman from Zero260 Dec 14, 2020

John Goodman launched his first collector car dealership in 2003. He has sourced, acquired, refurbished, marketed, and sold over 750 automobiles since. Together with longtime friend Devon Crail (a future Cars Yeah guest), they launched the automotive enthusiast site Zero260.com.

1704: Jack Roush Dec 11, 2020

Jack Roush Jr. leads the Roush Performance marketing department and is a past drag racer and road racer. Jack is the son of legendary engineer, businessman, and race team owner Jack Roush Sr. Jack grew up in the family business, living around race cars and a company known for winning performance.

1703: Randy Wells, photographer, videographer, journalist Dec 10, 2020

Randy Wells has the unique privilege of photographing and writing about cars for clients near and far. He is frequently called upon by advertising agencies, collectors, auction houses, as well as everyday people who want their cars documented in a special way. Randy’s work has appeared in over 20,000 publications worldwide.

1702: Adam Mohr of Mohr Imports on the Monterey Peninsula Dec 09, 2020

Adam Mohr has lived on the Central Coast since he was a child and was just thirteen when Mohr Imports was created. For over 35 years, Mohr Imports has been a staple for collector cars on the Monterey Peninsula, and now more than ever.

1701: Steph Jeavons Author of Home By Seven Dec 08, 2020

Steph Jeavons is an author, journalist, and adventurer who, in March 2018, completed a solo around-the-world (RTW) trip that took her to all 7 continents—a world first. The journey lasted four years, took her to 54 countries, and over 74,000 miles on a 250cc Honda; more than anyone who has come before.

1700: Richard Kelley is a Formula One photojournalist Dec 07, 2020

Richard Kelley is a photojournalist and writer whose career spans 48 years including twenty years in publishing with Car and Driver Magazine during the Golden Age of automotive journalism. From 1972 through 1984 he captured his heroes of Grand Prix racing. His iconic images and memoirs were captured in his documentary, “Waiting” that revealed the intimate moments in racing of his lifelong friends in racing.

1699: Charles Crail is the owner of Charles S. Crail Automobiles Dec 04, 2020

Charles Crail is the owner of Charles S. Crail Automobiles, Classic and Sports Cars. He is less a car salesman and more an Indiana Jones who tracks down the most exclusive collectible cars in the world and brings them to market. He ships dream cars all over the world from his showroom in Santa Barbara, California.

1698: David Beattie owns Slot Mods USA and Legends of Hockey Dec 03, 2020

David Beattie is the Founder of Slot Mods USA and Legends of Hockey. He and his team are dedicated to creating the finest, handcrafted, slot car raceways and dioramas in the world. From vintage to modern day circuits, for any type of vehicle from racing cars to custom tabletop hockey games, something new in David’s offering.

1697: Lou Santiago of YouTube's Garage Insider TV Dec 02, 2020

Lou Santiago is an automotive fabricator and builder whose career spans decades. He was Discovery Channel's host of Ultimate Car Build-Off and filmed eight seasons of the Car Fix program on Velocity by Discovery. Today he is on his YouTube channel titled Garage Insider TV.

1696: Paul Bruno is an early Jeep expert and author Dec 01, 2020

Paul Bruno is an author who has spent twenty years researching, writing, and studying early Jeep history. His book is titled The Original Jeeps that tells the story of how the Jeep came to be.

1695: Beau Boeckmann President and COO of Galpin Ford Nov 30, 2020

Beau Boeckmann is the President and COO of Galpin Ford. You’ll recognize Beau from his leads on television. He was a consulting producer on Pimp My Ride and is the driving force on Discovery Channel’s Car Kings.

1694: Andrew Ebel is the COO at Good Guys Nov 27, 2020

Andrew Ebel is the Chief Operating Officer at Good Guys Rod & Custom Association where they host legendary classic car shows around the United States. Good Guys brings together Hot Rodders of all styles, families, and vintage auto enthusiasts for weekends of good times.

1693: Cole Scrogham is the Executive Director of Madison Automotive Apprentices Nov 26, 2020

Cole Scrogham is the Executive Director of Madison Automotive Apprentices. MAAP is a non-profit that exists to share the love of the automobile with the next generation through education.

1692: Dayne Rusch is the Founder of Vyper Chair Nov 25, 2020

Dayne Rusch is the Founder of Vyper Chair, an American made rolling chair that is unlike any garage or shop chair you’ve ever sat on. Dayne is a serial entrepreneur who got sick and tires of cheap Chinese made garbage and designed to do something about it by designing and manufacturing his Vyper Chair.

1691: Joel Milne is the CEO of RepairSmith Nov 24, 2020

Joel Milne is the CEO of RepairSmith, a company backed by Daimler AG (the parent company of Mercedes-Benz) and the first and only full-service mobile delivery solution for car repair and maintenance.

1690: Leslie Blinn is a very active member of the Ferrari Club Nov 23, 2020

Leslie Blinn is the Coppa Bella Macchina Chief Judge for the Ferrari Club of America. She is the past National Secretary and past President and Regional Director of the FCA Pacific Region. Leslie is the FCA Major Awards Sponsor Coordinator for their Annual Concours and judged at the 70th Anniversary of Ferrari in Maranello.

1689: Mike Furman is a National Corvette Specialist Nov 20, 2020

Mike Furman works at Criswell Chevrolet and has been the number one National Corvette Specialist for well over a decade. He has sold over 4,600 Corvettes and delivered 8,000+ vehicles. He writes weekly blogs for a variety of forums that get 40,000 views per week. Mike likes to set records.

1688: Bob Sorokanich, Deputy Editor of Road & Track Nov 19, 2020

Bob Sorokanich is the Deputy Editor of Road & Track, America’s oldest magazine dedicated to sports cars, racing, and the car enthusiast lifestyle. Bob writes feature articles, reviews new cars, covers motorsports, and helps steer and shape what you see in the print magazine and on the Road & Track dot com website.

1687: Ross Alkureishi is an automotive author and journalist Nov 18, 2020

Ross Alkureishi regularly contributes to a range of magazines, bringing the same high-tempo writing style to any subject. His newest book it titled The Complete Book of Classic MG Cars is published by Motorbooks and it covers all the marque’s collectible production saloons and sports cars from pre-war to postwar convertibles.

1686: Jennifer Malacarne is the Senior Manager at the Porsche Experience Center Nov 17, 2020

Jennifer Malacarne is the Senior Manager at the Porsche Experience Center in Los Angeles, California. It’s Porsches second customer Experience Center in North America. With nearly twenty years of experience in the automotive sector, and as an avid car enthusiast, she is happiest behind the wheel or talking about cars.

1685: Brian Bohlander is the Director of Marketing at Sports & Partnership at Old World Industries Nov 16, 2020

Brian Bohlander is the Director of Marketing at Sports & Partnership at Old World Industries. Over the course of 45 years, Old World Industries has transformed from a small chemical trading company into a multi-billion dollar global power house for the automotive, chemical, and agricultural industries.

1684: Rick Ward is a Designer Nov 13, 2020

Richard (Rick) Ward is a design consultant who has worked in the UK design industry for over 40 years. His passion for books lead him to designing many titles and earned him many awards. His latest is titled The Light Car Company Rocket: The Singular Vision of Two Men, authored by Clive Neville. Published by my friends at Porter Press International in the UK.

1683: Brent Lang is the VP of Research & Design at Storyteller Overland Nov 12, 2020

Brent Lang is the Vice President of Research & Design and partner with Storyteller Overland, a company that produces the best class RV adventure brands in the world.

1682: Pete Stout is Editor-in-Chief at 000 Magazine Nov 11, 2020

Pete Stout is the Editor-in-Chief and Managing Partner of 000, said “Triple Zero magazine, a quarterly journal dedicated to the Porsche marque. To call this a magazine is a stretch, as it’s a huge, 250-plus-page perfect bound publication that takes a deep dive, with 5 to 7% advertising, and will no-doubt be a “keeper” for subscribers.

1681: Dave Salvaggio, Vice President of SpeedKore Performance Group Nov 10, 2020

Dave Salvaggio is the Vice President of SpeedKore Performance Group. SpeedKore is an American Performance Company where engineers and artisans combine traditional craftsmanship with cutting edge technology. He and his Team specialize in custom performance vehicles, carbon fiber composite part manufacturing and engine integration.

1680: Marshall Terrill is a Steve McQueen expert Nov 09, 2020

Marshall Terrill is a noted film, sports and music writer and the author of more than 25 books, including best-selling biographies of Steve McQueen, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Billy Graham and Pete Maravich. His latest book is titled Steve McQueen: In His Own Words and it serves up the most credible and thought-provoking insights of “The King of Cool” spoken by the man himself.

1679: Sandy Copeman is the Founder of Amalgam Collection Nov 06, 2020

Sandy Copeman is the Founder of Amalgam, a luxury automotive model brand that he created in 1985. Sandy has led the company in keeping ahead of emerging technological, material, digital and design opportunities that Amalgam has embraced, maintaining Amalgam’s positioning as makers of the finest model cars in the world.

1678: Adam Johnson is Senior Research Analyst at QuoteWizard Nov 05, 2020

Adam Johnson is a Senior Research Analyst at QuoteWizard by Lending Tree. He has covered the insurance space for over half a decade, mostly focusing on automotive, home, health and renters. Adam writes and conducts data analyst for QuoteWizard. A recent study is of the Most Accident-Prone Cars and States.

1677: Damon Bell is the Senior Editor at Consumer Guide Automotive Nov 04, 2020

Damon Bell is the Senior Editor at Consumer Guide Automotive. Damon also co-hosts the Consumer Guide Car Stuff Podcast and has worked on several award-winning hardcover books, including Hot Rod & Custom Chronicle, Cars of the Classic '30s, American Cars of the 1950s, and Mighty Muscle Cars.

1676: Rick Eberst is a Docent at the Mullin Automotive Museum Nov 03, 2020

Rick Eberst is a Docent at the Mullin Automotive Museum, where during the pandemic, he’s helped develop an educational online series called under the “Under The Hood,” allowing friends of the Mullin to take a deep-dive into some of the collection’s rarest and most exquisite cars.

1675: Luca Brinciotti is a videographer Nov 02, 2020

Luca Brinciotti is a videographer who defines himself as an aesthetic person who is constantly seeking the best looking and visually-pleasing qualities in what he sees. He’s directed numerous commercials including automotive pieces for high end marques for O’Gara Automotive Group.

1674: Brett Evans is the Senior Editor at Motor1.com Oct 30, 2020

Brett T. Evans is a Senior Editor at Motor1.com where they provide automotive news, reviews, features, and much, much more. Brett is an automotive journalist who has been in the industry for over six years . He reviews new cars and covers the latest industry news.

1673: Ian Falloon is an author of motorcycle books Oct 29, 2020

Ian Falloon was born in New Zealand and studied engineering and music at Victoria University in Wellington. After a motorcycle accident brought an end to his career as a symphony orchestra oboist, he began writing articles about motorcycles. Ian’s newest book is titled The Complete Book of Moto Guzzi, Every Model Since 1921, the100th anniversary edition.

1672: Geoff Love is Co-Founder of Magneto Magazine Oct 28, 2020

Geoff Love is the Co-Founder of Hothouse Media and the new publication Magneto. He and David Lillywhite teamed up, again, in 2018 to launch the quarterly publication and in this unique year they launched Concours Virtual as a way to keep spirits up through a difficult summer. Get 25% off a subscriptions with Code: CARSYEAH

1671: Pete Evanow, author of Nissan: 50 Years Of Exhilarating Performance Oct 27, 2020

Pete Evanow has worked in and around the automotive industry for some 30 years. He spent 4 years with Nissan Motorsports and its Z-Store. He authored the book Z: 35 Years of Nissan Sports Cars and his newest book is titled Nissan: 50 Years Of Exhilarating Performance with the foreword by Hiroshi Tamura.

1670: Beth Paretta launched Grace Autosport Oct 26, 2020

Beth Paretta launched Grace Autosport, a professional race team of women to compete in Sportscar racing around the world. She created Grace as an initiative to promote STEM education for girls using the race team as the ultimate example of applied science. Beth also manages US Sales Operation for racing fuel manufacturer, ETS Racing Fuels.

1669: Tom Ingram runs Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend Oct 23, 2020

Tom Ingram is a Rockabilly Promotor, DJ, and businessman who has become the most successful Rockabilly Promoter in the world. His Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend event, now in its 23rd year, is the longest-running music festival in Las Vegas. Over 9,000 ticket are sold annually and its Saturday Car Show event attracts over 20,000 automotive enthusiasts.

1668: Dan Kahn is the Founder and President of Kahn Media Oct 22, 2020

Dan Kahn is the Founder and President of Kahn Media Inc., which opened its doors in 2008 and has grown to encompass a range of services from PR to digital marketing and creative services, mostly focused on the automotive and transportation industries.

1667: Brooke Price is a Men's Fashion Consultant Oct 21, 2020

Brooke Price is a Men’s Wardrobe Stylist and has been curating the wardrobes of successful men in America for over twelve years. She anticipates their needs, knows their sizes and lifestyle, optimizing how her clients are viewed by others to achieve even greater success in their businesses and personal lives.

1666: Dustin Wetmore is a Ferrari expert at Motion Products Oct 20, 2020

Dustin Wetmore is a Ferrari expert at Motion Products where they care for and restore award winning classic cars. Founded over 30 years ago in rural Wisconsin, MPI has become a world-renowned name for all things classic Italian cars. With hundreds of awards he and his talented team have restored over 500 fine automobiles.

1665: Kelly 'RISK' Graval Grafitti Artist Oct 19, 2020

Kelly Graval, known to most as RISK, is a multi-talented fine artist, sculptor, and graffiti pioneer who has been synonymous with the Los Angeles art community for over three decades. He recently teamed up with Monster Energy in the launch of Juice Monster Khaotic and Papillon.

1664: Dave Gartland owns Ali Kat Oct 16, 2020

Dave Gartland is the owner of Alikat Guitars where he’s taken his passion for automobiles and morphed them into the most unique and cool musical instruments you’ve ever seen. Dave creates the world’s most incredible hand-crafted aluminum instruments, from regular design to totally insane bespoke car designs, that you can imagine.

1663: Ben Collins was The STIG on Top Gear Oct 15, 2020

Ben Collins was The Stig on BBC’s Top Gear TV show for almost a decade starting in 2002. Ben has won races throughout his 20+ year career, winning the European equivalent of NASCAR in 2003, followed by the le mans Series in 2010 and he was Ferrari’s faster driver at Le Mans in 2015. His most recent book is Aston Martin: Made in Britain.

1662: Kevin Barrett Owns Barrett Automotive Group Oct 14, 2020

Kevin Barrett is the founder of Barrett Automotive Group & Barrett Building Company. His latest venture is Barrett Automotive Group and it is his vision of what a car storage facility should be. This facility is a place where cars are not only taken care of, but also a community in which anything with a motor is maintained, showcased, and enjoyed both as a work of art and as a driving/floating/riding machine.

1661: Dalton Kellett is an IndyCar Racer for Foyt Racing Oct 13, 2020

Dalton Kellett made his NTT IndyCar racing debut this year driving on the A.J. Foyt Racing Team and he ran in the Indy 500 as a rookie. His passion for academics and STEM has been coupled with racing. Balancing education and racing was a cornerstone of his go-karting and junior open wheel career.

1661: Davie Tremayne is an author and land speed racer Oct 12, 2020

David Tremayne has spent his career in motorsport journalism, with such notable roles as executive editor of Motoring News, long-time Grand Prix correspondent for The Independent and The Independent on Sunday, and co-founder of GrandPrix+, the sport’s first and fastest e-magazine. He has written over 50 books, including his newest, Jochen Rindt: Uncrowned King of Formula 1.

1659: Roger Meiners and his new book McLaren The Engine Company Oct 09, 2020

Roger Meiners has been an automotive writer since the late 1990s. His most recent book McLaren: The Engine Company is an inside look at that iconic marque, a company he worked for for years.

1658: Rob Price leads the PCA’s National Tire Rack Street Survival Teen Driving Program Oct 08, 2020

Rob Price joined the Porsche Club of America in 2007 after purchasing his first Porsche, the day the iPhone launched. He was working on Apple’s original iPhone product team. And so his love affair for the marque began. He has since been the Hill Country Region’s President and currently leads the PCA’s National Tire Rack Street Survival Teen Driving Program.

1657: Gerald Greenfield Is A Collector and Concours Judge Oct 07, 2020

Gerald Greenfield is a Life Member of the Classic Car Club of America and numerous others. He’s participated in numerous Concours d’Elegance events around the country winning awards including Best of Show. He has served as a judge in many capacities as well.

1656: Kevin Callahan owns Devine Sports Cars Oct 06, 2020

Kevin Callahn recently purchased the assets and intellectual property of Devin Sports Cars, LLC and is now the new owner of the Devin automobile marque. He plans on making their parts and bodies available to owners throughout the world.

1654: Perry McCarthy is the Original Top Gear STIG Oct 02, 2020

Perry McCarthy is a past Formula 1 and Le Mans driver, a bestselling author, corporate speaker, presenter, and he was the original secret driver on the BBC’s Top Gear TV show – The Stig. Perry is well known for his flat-out approach to life and also for his famous sense of humor.

1653: Bob Austin is an automotive brand consultant Oct 01, 2020

Bob Austin is a Senior Executive widely recognized for achievements in building, defending, and maintaining two of the world’s most respected automotive brands, Rolls-Royce and Volvo. He is the Principal at R. Austin Consulting helping a select group of long-term clients and business partners on a project basis.

1652: Laura Kukuk is a forensic Classic Car Inspector Sep 30, 2020

Laura Kukuk is the founder of Ingenieurbüro Kukuk and an Automotive Engineer and classic car specialist with a scientific approach to authenticate and value classic and race cars. A Nürburgring native, Laura is a classic car-enthusiast with a special dedication who loves to dive into automotive literature and to get hands-on mechanically involved with automobiles.

1655: Brian Lohnes a play by play announcer for the NHRA on FOX Sep 30, 2020

Brian Lohnes is the lead play by play announcer for the NHRA on FOX television broadcasts that air on FS1 and the FOX Broadcast Network. Brian is also the co-founder of BangShift.com, and the host of the Dork-O-Motive podcast.

1651: Diane Levine from Vroom Vroom Girl Sep 29, 2020

Diane Levine is the Owner of Vroom Vroom Girl and the VP of Marketing for Quarter Mile Foundation. She is a passionate advocate of women in the automotive industry and a member of SEMA. At Vroom Vroom Girl she sells automotive themed merchandise at local car shows and online providing her an opportunity to talk with women about their interest in cars and pursuing the automotive trade.

1650: Cindy & Theresa Launch GS Events Sep 28, 2020

GSEvents is an elite consulting group founded by Cindy Sisson and Theresa Gilpatrick. Together they bring decades of marketing, operational, experiential, and branding expertise to life. They represent the passion for all things centered around the premium automotive and performance lifestyle through our client network and engaged membership.

1649: Chip Connor is an avid vintage automobile enthusiast Sep 25, 2020

William E. (Chip) Connor is an avid vintage automobile enthusiast and one of the world’s leading car collectors. He is a long-time competitor in both modern and vintage racing and is a regular exhibitor and judge at Concours d’Elegance’ around the world. His cars have won over 100 awards over the years, including many Best of Show awards.

1648: Steve Garrett is a radio disc jockey in Missouri on the #1 radio station in Kansas City, the Classic Rock station KCFX-101 The Fox. He’s been on the radio for 43 years. This year Steve launched Corvette Today, a weekly podcast about Corvettes! Sep 24, 2020

Steve Garrett is a radio disc jockey in Missouri on the #1 radio station in Kansas City, the Classic Rock station KCFX-101 The Fox. He’s been on the radio for 43 years. This year Steve launched Corvette Today, a weekly podcast about Corvettes!

1647: Sam Fioriani is the Vice President of Global Vehicle Forecasting at AutoForecast Solutions Sep 23, 2020

Sam Fiorani is the Vice President of Global Vehicle Forecasting at AutoForecast Solutions. He leverages his three decades of industry experience and knowledge to provide production forecasting and advisory services to the global automotive community.

1646: Steve Bolton is the Managing Director of Drive Savant magazine. Sep 22, 2020

Steve Bolton is the Managing Director of Drive Savant magazine, an international periodical, published in the Netherlands. Drive Savant is dedicated to small production vehicles, classics and] modern, and all the stories that come along with them. His podcast is Best in Class.

1645: Lenny Leszcynski is the Executive Director at the San Diego Automotive Museum Sep 21, 2020

Lenny Leszczynski is the Executive Director at the San Diego Automotive Museum. He brings more than 25 years of non-profit professional experience to the Museum including more than 15 years of developing, managing, and reporting budgets for community programs and over 10 years of fundraising experience.

1644: Joe Yannetty talks about cars and his film "Suckers" Sep 18, 2020

Enthusiast Joe Yannetty is an award-winning writer, comedian, motivational speaker, and cancer survivor - and of those he says surviving comedy is the hardest! He shares the notorious, yet highly-acclaimed movie about his life in sales titled SUCKERS.

1643: Cici Muldoon owns VeriVin and is a concours judge Sep 17, 2020

Cici Muldoon studied physics and finance at Princeton University and holds a phD in Experimental atomic and laser physics from Oxford University. She is a full member of the International Chief Judge Advisory Group known as ICJAG. She is also CEO of VeriVin, a UK based start-up that has developed ground-breaking technology to enable the quick, safe and non-destructive analysis of wine and other complex liquids in sealed containers.

1642: Matt Haugen is a YouTuber who owns Haugen Racing Sep 16, 2020

Matt Haugen owns and runs Haugen Racing. He and his team are a professional drift team, SEMA car builders, and content creators. They love drifting, comedy, off-roading, building cars, and making videos.

1641: Roger Nygard is a Filmmaker, Editor, and Producer Sep 15, 2020

Roger Nygard is an auto enthusiast and award-winning filmmaker including his car-salesman comedy-drama, "SUCKERS." He has profiled UFO nuts in "Six Days In Roswell," and "Star Trek" fanatics in "Trekkies," and existentialism in "The Nature of Existence." Roger’s latest book and documentary "The Truth About Marriage" examines how we can all make relationship happier.

1640: Paul Schneider is the co-founder of Chemical Guys Sep 14, 2020

Paul Schneider, co-founder of Chemical Guys. Paul's talent is fueled by his ability to turn passion into innovation. Ambitiously building brands that constantly push the limits of innovation and performance, all while manifesting prodigious passion to redefine the category and ultimately the industry. Chemical Guys is more than a brand… it's a lifestyle.

1639: Art Cervantes is the Co-Founder and CEO of RADwood Sep 11, 2020

Art Cervantes is the Co-Founder and CEO of the organization behind the 80's and 90's enthusiast movement known as RADwood. He is part of the emerging force of the 80's and 90's enthusiast culture that is growing in the car hobby and will no doubt keep it alive into the future.

1638: Steve Moskowitz is the CEO of the Antique Automobile Club of America Sep 10, 2020

Steve Moskowitz is the CEO of the Antique Automobile Club of America, known as the AACA. Since 1935, the AACA has had one goal: The preservation and enjoyment of automotive history of all types. From National Meets and Tours to Regional events, AACA is here to bring enthusiasts together through exciting National activities, friendship, and Antique Automobiles.

1637: Barry Toepke is the Director of Marketing and Communications at Raceway Laguna Seca Sep 09, 2020

Barry Toepke is the Director of Marketing and Communications at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. He was Vice President of the track for 10 years and left to become the Director of Marketing and Operations for the New Car Dealers Association of San Diego County. But the track and his passion for racing brought him back to Monterey.

1636: Richard Noble is a Land Speed Record Setter Sep 08, 2020

Richard Noble talks about the book he authored titled Take Risk! The amazing story of the people who made possible Richard Noble’s extreme projects on land, sea, and in the air where he and his team set land speed records including breaking the sound barrier.

1635: Eric Golubic is the Owner of Clear View Products Sep 07, 2020

Eric Golubic is Co-Founder at Clear View Products, a windshield protective film that is optically-clear, a heat, UV, and glare reducer, that is also environmentally friendly. He is a Certified Detailer through the International Detailing Association known as IDA and he has over 20 years of experience in surface care on a variety of vehicles.

1634: Russell Hayes Author of Volkswagen Beetles & Buses Sep 04, 2020

Russell Hayes originates from Somerset, England and now lives in London. During fourteen years’ of motoring journalism in print, television and online, clients included the BBC's original Top Gear program, Channel 4's Driven, The Times and London Evening Standard. His newest book is titled Volkswagen Beetles & Buses.

1633: Francois Moreau Founder of the Reservoir Swiss Watch Company Sep 03, 2020

François Moreau is a passionate watchmaker who has been fascinated by vintage measuring instruments since he was a child. He created Reservoir watches as a tribute to those legendary racing drivers, the pioneers of aerospace conquest and to all those heroes determined to push the limits of their time.

1632: Marissa Campbell owns Super Luxury Lifestyle Sep 02, 2020

Marissa Campbell is on a mission to empower others to live their best life in health, wellness, and reinvention. With a splash of sports car fun her Super Luxury Lifestyle business covers superfoods and supercars she is an enthusiast with a business mindset and a passion to help others be successful.

1631: Burton Hall is Founder of Burton Hall + Associates & Drivin-News Sep 01, 2020

Burton Hall is the Founder of Burton Hall + Associates, a creative resource the produces editorial copy, workshops, print, video, and web programming for automotive clients. He recently started Drivin' News, your online ticket to exciting cars and interesting people.

1630: Christian Philippsen is the Founder of LeBolide Aug 31, 2020

Christian Philippsen is the Founder of LeBolide, an online European auto auction site. He is an international consultant specializing in classic cars and automotive design. He is regularly invited to judge at concours around the world including Pebble Beach. He is a Founding Member of The Peninsula Classics Best of the Best Awards, a charter member of the International Chief Judge Advisory Group.

1629: Peter Klutt is the Owner of Legendary Motorcar Aug 28, 2020

Peter Klutt established Legendary Motorcar in 1985 and has built it into one of North America’s leading collector car sales and restoration businesses. He has sold thousands of collector cars and performed hundreds of award-winning restorations over the past 30 years. For the past 13 years Peter produced and co-hosted the popular TV series Dream Car Garage and now enjoying success in his new show Legendary Motorcar airing on the Velocity Channel.

1628: Jerry Cox is the author of Killer Airbags Aug 27, 2020

Jerry Cox is a Washington-DC based lawyer and crisis communications advisor with 40 years of experience with airbags in automobiles. Takata airbags were blowing up in driver’s faces, shooting shrapnel, killing and severely injuring people. Jerry explains in his new book, Killer Airbags: The Deadly Secret Automakers Don’t Want You to Know, how that turned into the biggest recall of any consumer product in history.

1627: Craig McLaughlin is a classic car collector Aug 26, 2020

Craig McLaughlin is an avid automotive enthusiast with a unique collection of 50s era sports and touring cars. His career covered a practice as an attorney with an emphasis in tax and business matters and he owns and manages rental property as well. Today, along with his real estate focus Craig finds time to drive and care for his 9 car collection that ranges from a 1952 Singer 4Ad and Lancia Aurelia B52 Ghia B Junior to a1957 Mercedes Benz 300 SL roadster and a 1959 Daimler SP250.

1626: Jared Kugel is the Founder of TireAgent Aug 25, 2020

Jared Kugel is the CEO and Co-Founder of Tire Agent. It is a smart tire recommendation platform for consumers. Tire Agent takes your driving habits and the purpose of your vehicles into consideration to suggest the perfect tire at the best price. Tire Agent dot com provides you a fast, convenient, easy, and fool-proof way to make sure you make the best choice for your tire needs.

1625: Carlos Salum, founder of Salum International Resources Aug 24, 2020

Carlos Salum is the founder of Salum International Resources, Inc., a Leadership Performance Strategy consultancy in Charlotte, NC. He advises leaders from multinational corporations based in four continents on Peak Performance Strategies to obtain Breakthrough Results using his Performance Architecture process. In addition, he organizes international leadership events as the founder of TheSircle Executive Club.

1624: Tony Dow is a film producer, director, television actor, and sculptor Aug 21, 2020

Tony Dow is a film producer, director, television actor, sculptor and a lifelong automotive enthusiast. You’ll remember him for his role in the television sitcom Leave It To Beaver that ran on primetime from 1957 to 1963. He has appeared in numerous television shows since then and was honored by the young Artists Foundation with its Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Award. His creative talents go far beyond the screen and Tony has created wood and bronze sculptures for many years.

1623: Mark Foster is President of the Lyon Air Museum Aug 20, 2020

Mark Foster is President of the Lyon Air Museum, founded by General William Lyon. The Museum is a world-class exhibition of airworthy historic aircraft, vintage automobiles and related displays, with a primary focus on World War II aviation history. Mark also serves as President of Martin Aviation, an FAA-approved aircraft maintenance facility, where he oversees the company’s servicing of a wide range of aircraft, from high performance single-engine planes to state-of-the-art business jets.

1622: Michael Dobbins is the Marketing Manager at XPEL Aug 19, 2020

Michael Dobbins is the Marketing Manager at XPEL where they design, manufacture, and provide the finest in paint protection, automotive window tint, architectural flat glass films, and interior protection. The mantra at his company is… Trust XPEL to be the only thing between you and the open road.

BSH 28: Cici Muldoon is concours judge and ICJAG member Aug 18, 2020

Cici Muldoon studied physics and finance at Princeton University and holds a phD in Experimental atomic and laser physics from Oxford University. She is a full member of the International Chief Judge Advisory Group known as ICJAG, for whom she acts as PR director, and is a steering committee member for the UK based Concours of Elegance at Hampton Court. Cici has previously judged at Pebble Beach, Cavallino Classic, Salon Privé, Schloss Dyck Masterpieces, Hampton Court, Le Zoute, and the Ferrari 70th Anniversary Concours.

1621: Shannon Edwards is the Brand Manager at WD40 Aug 18, 2020

Shannon Edwards has been with the WD-40 Company for 19 years, holding a variety of roles including brand manager for the iconic blue and yellow can. While in her role as brand manager, Shannon Edwards oversaw numerous vehicle builds for the annual SEMA Show with SEMA Cares, the charity arm of the Specialty Equipment Market Association.

1620: Amanda Beyer is the owner of Manda Marie Upholstery Aug 17, 2020

Amanda Beyer is the owner of Manda Marie Upholstery where your project becomes her passion. Amanda has been upholstering some of the world’s most luxurious modes of transportation for over 15 years. From Gulfstream jets to Vintage Concours show cars including Porsche, Maserati, Ferrari, and numerous other marques.

1619: Kyle LeDuc is six-time Pro4 Lucas Oil Off-Road racing Champion Aug 14, 2020

Kyle LeDuc is a six-time Pro4 Lucas Oil Off-Road racing Champion. With 102 victories to date, no doubt there’s more championships to come. He’s a hands-on driver who loves being elbow deep in dirt and grease. Kyle is an ambassador for the WD40 brand he’s an avid user of their products on his racing trucks and in his shop.

1618: Tom Maxwell is the Managing Partner and CEO of Twisted Automotive Aug 13, 2020

Tom Maxwell is the Managing Partner and CEO of Twisted Automotive North America. Twisted creates all-new vehicles born from the timeless Land Rover® Defender – featuring an LT1/LT2 V8 or an all-electric motor. Their builds include contemporary technology, luxurious features, exclusive powertrain elements and numerous other painstakingly created details. Twisted North America plans on building a limited run of 200 hand-built ICE and 30 electric vehicles to start.

1617: Andy Bizub is the owner of Midwest Performance Cars Aug 12, 2020

Andy Bizub is the owner of Midwest Performance Cars. He and his team specialize in German vehicle repair, maintenance, and upgrades with a heavy emphasis on the Porsche marque. He’s a life-long car guy who loves the smell of gas, oil, wood, and vinyl.

BSH 28: Randy Nonnenberg, Co-Founder of Bring a Trailer Aug 11, 2020

Randy Nonnenberg is the Co-founder and President of Bring a Trailer, an online auction marketplace for collectible vehicles and more. BaT, as we regulars call it, brings automotive enthusiasts a daily dose of automobiles that are available for sale from around the world. Your daily dose of BaT is like having your own personal assistant who scouts out all the cool cars, trucks, and motorcycles for sale.

1616: Pete Lyon motorsport reporter, photographer, and author Aug 11, 2020

Pete Lyons is an international motorsports reporter, photographer, and award-winning book author. He shares his book: Shadow, The Magnificent Machines Of A Man Of Mystery. Pete’s honors include two Dean Batchelor Awards for Excellence in Journalism, the Ken Purdy Award, The award of Appreciation from the Road Racing Drivers Club, and the International Automotive Media Award for Lifetime Achievement.

1615: Jeff Lane is the founder and Director of Lane Motor Museum Aug 10, 2020

Jeff Lane is the founder and Director of Lane Motor Museum, which opened in 2003. It is one of the few museums in the U.S. to specialize in European cars. The Lane is a working museum with the goal of maintaining and keeping all its vehicles in running order. The mission of Lane Motor Museum is to collect, preserve, document, and interpret an eclectic and technically interesting collection of cars for the purposes of educating the public about the history of transportation.

1614: Ring Brothers build extreme custom cars Aug 07, 2020

Jim and Mike Ring, co-founders of Ringbrothers, were born with a passion for creating cars more exciting than anything else on the road. Today, Jim and Mike build their iconic street machines, design and produce aftermarket parts, and work on local cars in their auto body shop. Today their builds have more power and are desired the world over.

1613: Sydni Brai Gwynn owns iWash Auto Detailing Aug 06, 2020

Sydni Gwynn is the owner of iWash Auto Detailing. She started detailing over 7 years ago after leaving the dental field. Her goal was to create a lifestyle job where she could stay home with her children while building a boutique-style auto spa out of her garage.

1612: Tim Suddard is the Publisher at Grassroots Motorsports Aug 05, 2020

Tim Suddard is the Publisher of Grassroots Motorsports, a magazine geared towards regular people who enjoyed fixing up and playing with common, readily available sports cars. His success lead to the formation of a second publication; Classic Motorsports, which has become America’s largest publication catering to classic sports car enthusiasts.

BSH 27: Chip Connor has one of the most important car collections in the world Aug 04, 2020

William E. (Chip) Connor is an avid vintage automobile enthusiast and one of the world’s leading car collectors. He is a long-time competitor in both modern and vintage racing and is a regular exhibitor and judge at Concours d’Elegance’ around the world. His cars have won over 100 awards over the years, including many Best of Show awards. He is Chairman and CEO of William E. Connor & Associates Ltd. one of the world’s largest merchandise sourcing companies, headquartered in Hong Kong, with operations across Asia and Europe.

1611: Quinn Osha is the Founder of Topmarq Aug 04, 2020

Quinn Osha is the Founder of Topmarq, a new community for automotive enthusiasts where he brings together the best of the traditional car forum, virtual car shows, and social media, building an automotive community like no other. He is focused on filling the gap of cancelled car events with a virtual car show platform for now and beyond by spicing up traditional car meets with technology.

1610: Lionel Selwood is the President of Romeo Power Aug 03, 2020

Lionel Selwood is the President of Romeo Power, a company that leads the way in e-mobility with lightweight and efficient batteries. Lionel is an accomplished Product Management Leader with expertise in Operations Management, Financial Management, Lean Six Sigma, Supplier Development, Strategic Sourcing and Product Quality Management.

1609: Mike Patterson is the Founder and CEO of Romeo Power Jul 31, 2020

Mike Patterson is the Founder and CEO of Romeo Power, a company that leads the way in e-mobility with lightweight and efficient batteries. In 2015, Mike along with leading innovators from Tesla, SpaceX, Amazon, and Samsung, started Romeo Power. Their space-saving pack designs, proprietary thermal management, and smart, built-in Gen2 distributed management systems provides next-level range, performance, and durability.

1608: Gabe Mountjoy Founder of Common Fibers Jul 30, 2020

Gabriel Mountjoy is a graduate of the Cal Poly Mechanical Engineering Department in San Luis Obispo, CA. He and his wife, Ann, founded Common Fibers in 2013 after the invention of a carbon fiber hinge. For the past six years they have developed composite products for the automotive, aerospace, medical, construction, and consumer goods industries. Recent projects include a full carbon fiber body for a 1969 Charger, multiple components of a soon to launch supercar (aiming to break the world record), and multiple parts for the original Tesla Roadster.

1607: Troy Blackwell is Chief Operating Officer for NuVinAir Global Jul 29, 2020

Troy Blackwell is Chief Operating Officer for NuVinAir Global, where they just announced an EPA-approved, eco-friendly disinfectant that kills 99.9% of germs, bacteria, and viruses without compromising a vehicle’s interior or the safety of those applying it.

1606: Rick Schmidt is the Vice President and COO at National Parts Depot Jul 28, 2020

Rick Schmidt is the Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at National Parts Depot. NPD stands as one of the largest restoration parts suppliers in the world. They specialize in classic Ford and GM vehicles and have four locations nationwide offering 12 different retail parts catalogs with thousands of parts for your collector and classic cars.

BSH 26: Christian Philippsen Founded leBolide, an online auction website in Europe. Jul 28, 2020

Christian Philippsen is an international consultant specializing in classic cars and automotive design. He is regularly invited to judge at concours around the world including Pebble Beach. He is a Founding Member of The Peninsula Classics Best of the Best Awards, a charter member of the International Chief Judge Advisory Group and has for many years chaired the juries for the Louis Vuitton Classic Awards and for Michelin’s Challenge Bibendum Design Awards. Christian has just launched leBolide, an online auction website in Europe.

1605: Angelo Kafantaris is the Founder and CEO of Hyperion Motors Jul 27, 2020

Angelo Kafantaris is the Founder and CEO of Hyperion Motors, a division of Hyperion Companies founded in 2011. He manages its consumer-product division including Hyperion Motors, Hyperion Aerospace, and Hyperion Energy. He is responsible for developing the brand and launching their Motors division’s new XP-1, the world’s first hydrogen-powered supercar or hypercar. Angelo is a champion of Hydrogen technology and he is a passionate specialist in automotive engineering and design.

1604: Matt Moore is the Creator and Co-owner of CarDog Jul 24, 2020

Matt Moore is the Creator and Co-owner of CarDog, one of the automotive markets latest and most innovative Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platforms. He is also the CEO at DealerPeak. As the latest brand to join the DealerPeak family CarDog is likely one of the most unique software packages specifically geared toward an audience that typically gets overlooked in car dealers.

1603: Andre Kurland is a NASCAR Reporte & Contact Creator Jul 23, 2020

Andrew Kurland is reporter and content partner for NASCAR. For the past six years Andrew has been working alongside NASCAR, providing content for Acceleration Nation and the Kids Drive NASCAR initiative and has participated on various NASCAR on NBC broadcasts including the NASCAR America Pre-Race Show. Andrew is a sophomore at Arizona State pursuing a degree in broadcast journalism.

1602: Matt Myrick from Busted Knuckle Films and Offroad Jul 22, 2020

Matt Myrick is the president of Busted Knuckle Films that he started in 2006. He and his team create off-road motorsports videos and share them on their YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram channels. Today his YouTube channel has over 316 million views, his Facebook page has over 2.6 million fans. He also owns and operates Busted Knuckle Offroad where they build custom off road vehicles and parts.

1604: Jeff Brekke is the Founder of Lloyds Auto Restorations Jul 21, 2020

Jeff Brekke is the Founder of Lloyds Auto Restorations, a family owned business that provides personal service for your automotive restorations. They offer complete restorations, fabrication, body work, paint, upholster, engine and mechanical service and maintenance.

BSH 25: David Gooding is President and Founder of Gooding & Company Jul 21, 2020

David Gooding is the President and Founder of California-based Gooding & Company, the auction house acclaimed for selling the world’s most significant and valuable collector cars. The official auction house of the prestigious Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, Gooding & Company has hosted over a decade of world record-setting auctions at its three esteemed venues. David and his Team also offer a wide range of services, including private and estate sales, appraisals, and collection management.

1600: Robin Baloochi is the Sports Marketing Manager at WD-40 Jul 20, 2020

Robin Baloochi is the Sports Marketing Manager at WD-40 Company and has been with the iconic brand since 2014. He is a product knowledge expert and helped establish a sports marketing strategy to build the credibility of the new WD-40 products by proving their efficacy and performance in cannot fail situations. WD-40 currently has partnerships in Cycling, Motocross, Supercross, Off-road Trucks, Rally and MotoGP where various WD-40 products are used to compete and win at the highest level.

1599: Chris Woolman owns and operates Octane Detailing Jul 17, 2020

Chris Woolman owns and operates Octane Detailing where he takes his enthusiasm for automobiles and turns his customers cars back to their original shine. He joined professional detailer and trainer Renny Doyle, a past Cars Yeah guest, and became a member of Renny’s Detail Mafia. There he and the team detail Airforce One at the Seattle Museum of Flight and more.

1598: Jack Chisenhall is the President of Vintage Air Jul 16, 2020

Jack Chisenhall is the President of Vintage Air. Known as the “World’s fastest air conditioning company” their goal is to provide owners of street rods, sport trucks, and performance cars with the finest air conditioning components available. During Vintage Air’s 44 years in business, Jack has earned multiple awards and recognitions for his vital role in the automotive specialty-equipment industry.

1597: Craig Jackson is the Chairman and CEO of Barrett-Jackson Auction Company Jul 15, 2020

Craig Jackson is the Chairman and CEO of Barrett-Jackson Auction Company. Over decades he has earned the reputation as one of the world’s most respected automotive collectors and restoration experts. In addition to the numerous Barrett-Jackson Auctions, that take place across the country, Craig is an avid automotive collector and enthusiast. Craig and his team will be celebrating Barrett-Jackson’s 50th anniversary in 2021 which no doubt will be another banner year for their company and their customers.

BSH 24: Winston Goodfellow Jul 14, 2020

Winston Goodfellow lives by this credo: "If you love what you do, how can it be considered work?" Over the past three decades his words and photos have appeared in more than 60 publications on several continents, and he has authored 15 books and private commission monographs. His last treatise, the critically acclaimed "Ferrari Hypercars," was voted "Book of the Year" in the annual International Automotive Media Competition, and over the decades he has interviewed many race car designers, engineers, and drivers, and he has bought and sold and consulted for a number of collections.

1596: Carl Bomstead is a concours judge and collector Jul 14, 2020

Carl Bomstead is a Contributing Editor to Sports Car Market and their automobilia specialist. He has judged at numerous events including Amelia Island, Keels and Wheels, Boca Raton, and Audrain. He has been a judge at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance for the past 24 years. Carl is also a Classic Car Club of America Master Judge and served on the CCCA National Board for five years.

1595: Derek E. Moore is the Director of Collections & Curator of the National Corvette Museum Jul 13, 2020

Derek E. Moore is the Director of Collections & Curator of the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. As a lifelong automotive enthusiast Derek has turned his passion into his career. Past roles have included the Crawford Curator of Transportation History at the Western Reserve Historical Society and Conservation Specialist for Transportation Collections at The Henry Ford.

1594: Jim Kruse is the Owner of Carnection Advisors Jul 10, 2020

Jim Kruse is the Owner of Carnection Advisors, a new concept that provides confidential and objective classic car advice to their clients by assisting them in pre-planning the future of their collection. Their four-step process helps you map out your car collecting plans and future.

1593: Megan Meyer is a Champion Top Alcohol Drag Racer Jul 09, 2020

Megan Meyer is no stranger to a life in the fast lane. She grew up around the sport of drag racing and at the age of 10 climbed behind the wheel of a Junior Dragster. Today she's 27 years old and continues to race and win in her Top Alcohol Dragster running with her sister under her father's team Randy Meyer Racing.

1592: Randy Wyner is the Founder and Director of Sales at Chronic Tacos Jul 08, 2020

Randy Wyner is a SoCal automotive enthusiast and the Founder and Director of Sales at Chronic Tacos, the Southern California chain of fast-casual Mexican food restaurants. As the Director of Sales, Randy develops relationships with all of the franchisees working to continually grow the brand. Born and raised in Orange County, Randy grew up on authentic Mexican food and signature SoCal taquerias.

1590: Frank Mecum is the Consignment Director at Mecum Auctions Jul 06, 2020

Frank Mecum is the Consignment Director at Mecum Auctions. He also manages their consignment of over 15,000 automobiles annually. His father Dana Mecum established Mecum Auctions when Frank was just 6 years. By the time he graduated from high school Mecum was in full swing and Frank worked in the bidder registration department and by 2003 he was on the auction floor selling vehicles. Their father-son team along with their many talented associates strive to get deals done while ensuring both the buyer and seller always walks away satisfied.

1589: Kevin Davis owns The Helper Brands, a line of cleaning and detailing product Jul 03, 2020

Kevin Davis is the Founder of The Helper Brands, a branded line of cleaning and detailing product he and his wife Michelle developed that make numerous jobs much easier to accomplish. He was a professional high-end detailer who became a serial entrepreneur that discovered something was missing from the car care world so he created it. Kevin also runs a consulting business in which he supports other automotive related businesses, helping them expand through marketing and promotions.

1588: David Lillywhite is the Editorial Director at Magneto Jul 02, 2020

David Lillywhite is the Editorial Director at Hothouse Media. David ran away from an engineering career to join the UK automotive publishing circus in 1992, and has been involved with classic car publications ever since. In 2003 he was co-founder of Octane magazine, which he edited until leaving in 2017. After a year practicing the dark arts of digital publishing, he returned to print, to co-found the new quarterly magazine Magneto.

1587: Marc Methot is the Editor in Chief of CARtoons magazine Jul 01, 2020

Marc Methot is the Editor in Chief of CARtoons magazine, a title that began in 1959 as an American publication that focused on automotive humor and the hot rod world. It was published by Robert E. Peterson starting in 1960. In the mid 1990s the publication was closed but in 2015 Marc purchased the title and has resurrected the classic to today’s generation to entertain and inspire hot rod enthusiasts in the hobby.

BSH22: John Kruse is the Co-Owner of World Wide Auctioneers Jun 30, 2020

John Kruse is the Co-Owner of World Wide Auctioneers. He grew up in the auction industry, refining his skills at some of the biggest auction companies in the country. As a buyer, seller, consultant, and auctioneer, he has been actively involved with vintage motorcars and collection management for his entire life, combining an exhaustive knowledge of the market with unyielding integrity and a hands-on commitment to delivering the best result. Expert and accessible, he is a passionate car enthusiast who is a familiar face at Concours, club events, and shows across the country.

BSH 23: Rod Egan is the Co-Owner of World Wide Auctioneers Jun 30, 2020

Rod Egan is the Co-Owner of World Wide Auctioneers. He has managed some of the largest auctions and collections in North America and held senior positions at a number of the world's leading auction houses. Having sold over $3 billion of assets over the past 25 years, both privately and at auction, he is among an elite group of auctioneers to have overseen major asset transfers at that level. Rod specializes in the valuation of fine automobiles and is always accessible to collectors, also overseeing Worldwide's private sales division.

1586: Ken Yohn is a Professor and department Chair at McPherson College Jun 30, 2020

Dr. Ken Yohn has been teaching in colleges and universities in Japan, France, Germany, Poland, and the United States for over 30 years. Ken is currently a professor and the chair of the department of history and politics at McPherson College in Kansas, and just completed his 21st year at that school. At McPherson, Ken teaching a course on the history of the automobile and the role of technology as an agent of social change. His current project for the college is a 6-part summer school webinar about how the automobile has transformed the world titled “Wheels of Change: How the Automobile Shaped our Lives.”

1585: Rob Ferriol is a racer owns and runs Team Hardpoint Jun 29, 2020

Rob Ferriol is a racer who owns and runs Team Hardpoint in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He is a team owner and driver in the IMSA Micheline Pilot Challenge series driving the #31 Team Hardpoint Audi R8 LMS GT4. His brand encompasses both his race team and a startup that helps other funded, gentleman divers, to extract more value from their racing passion through branding and activation of Hardpoint Outfitters.

1584: Hugh Barter is an Australian Kart Racer Jun 26, 2020

Hugh Barter is a racer with a very clear goal. To win the Formula 1 Championship. He was born in Japan and lives in Melbourne, Australia where he has raced since the age of 7 in Australia as a Cadet and can’t wait for race weekends when he can compete. Hugh runs in the KA Class in karting, Junior Max, Ka4 and KA3. He has multiple wins and podium finishes and his talent, enthusiasm, persistence, and discipline has set his course as a racer. Did I forget to mention, Hugh’s only 14 years old?

1583: Kelley Earnhardt Miller talks about her new book Drive Jun 25, 2020

Kelley Earnhardt Miller is part owner and general manager of JR Motorsports and is considered one of the most prominent businesswomen in NASCAR today. She oversees the company’s race team, management team, and business ventures for her brother, Dale Earnhardt Jr. The daughter of seven-time NASCAR champion Dale Earnhardt, Kelley has a new book Drive.

1582: Jason Wenig is the Owner of The Creative Workshop Jun 24, 2020

Jason Wenig is the Founder and Owner of The Creative Workshop, one of the top restorers of classic cars and builders of coach-built specials. His business is known for and regularly entrusted with rare, exotic, and prototype vehicles. He and his team have built several bespoke cars and completely re-bodied cars as well. His company has garnered multiple awards and been featured in print, radio, and television and he is the member of numerous automotive associations, clubs, and groups.

BSH 21: Carl Bomstead is a Contributing Editor to Sports Car Market Jun 23, 2020

Carl Bomstead is a Contributing Editor to Sports Car Market and their automobilia specialist. He has judged at numerous events including Amelia Island, Keels and Wheels, Boca Raton, and Audrain. He has been a judge at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance for the past 24 years. Carl is also a Classic Car Club of America Master Judge and served on the CCCA National Board for five years.

1581: Wendy Cappola is the President of She Racing Jun 23, 2020

Wendy Cappola is the President of She Racing, a company created to help more women get involved and be successful in the automotive sport. She provides a platform for female motorsports drivers and enthusiasts to promote and support females in the sport of high performance driving where women racers can collectively have a voice and start changing the industry.

1580: Jean Pierre Kathoefer is a motorcyclist and filmmaker Jun 22, 2020

Jean Pierre Kathoefer, or JP as his friends call him, is the Founder of Johnnypuetz Productions. He’s a thirty-something German, living in New York City, who has an obsession with motorcycles and film making. His latest creation is a short documentary titled The Distinguished Gentleman that was selected by several Film Festivals and is now available on Amazon. He and fellow Cars Yeah guest Lou Barletta recently collaborated to produce the music video Ghost Ride and JP also produced the short film Big Apple Outlaw with Magnus Walker.

1579: Lou Barletta is a filmmaker and automotive enthusiast Jun 19, 2020

Lou Barletta is a filmmaker whose been a Porsche car enthusiast since the early 80's. Film has inspired his love for cars. Movies including the Graduate with Al Pacino inspired him to purchase a 1986 Red Alfa Romeo Spider Graduate as his very first car. He created Ghost Ride with Big Apple Outlaws creator, J.P., which is a soon to be released music video style passion project showcasing Lou’s 1979 Porsche 911 SC.

1578: Spencer Pumpelly is a winning endurance racer Jun 18, 2020

Spencer Pumpelly is an American race car driver currently racing with The Racers Group known as TRG. He also runs in the Michelin Pilot Challenge Series in a GS Audi R8 driving with Rob Ferriol for Hardpoint Motorsports as well as contesting the NAEC in IMSA Weathertech in a Grasser Magnus Lamborghini in GTD. He’s competed at the top levels of sports car for over two decades.

1577: Brian Bossone is the producer of All Out live Jun 17, 2020

Brian Bossone is the producer of All Out live, a live show that takes parts of his involvement on the TV shows Pinks All Out and Pass Time and has allowed him to create the first interactive Live drag racing TV show. His show is going into their third season and it currently airs on MAVTV, Rev’n TV, and Amazon.

BSH 20: John Draneas is an attorney who helps car collectors Jun 16, 2020

John Draneas is a true car guy. He collects, he races, and he cleans them and tries a little maintenance every now and then. His law practice focuses on business and tax planning, primarily for closely-held businesses and their owners with an emphasis in all areas of income taxation, estate planning, tax controversies, and he represents car collectors as an important part of his practice. Automotive enthusiasts will recognize John from his writing in Sports Car Market magazine’s Legal Files where he has contributed for over 10 years.

1576: Elizabeth Puckett is the Editor-in-Chief for Motorious.com Jun 16, 2020

Elizabeth Puckett is the Editor-in-Chief for Motorious.com, an online publication that caters to the collector and enthusiast crowd with a focus on American Muscle cars. She transitioned to online publications focusing on news and features as an editor. Her father was a big influence on her path toward automotive obsession as he drove top fuel funny cars. She has drag races herself and done some road racing as well.

1575: Rob Krider is a National Champion racing driver competing in the National Auto Sport Association Jun 15, 2020

Rob Krider is a National Champion racing driver competing in the National Auto Sport Association (NASA) Honda Challenge Series. Rob has raced numerous forms of motorsports including drag racing, autocross, hill climbs, rally cross and even demolition derby. He’s also a champion endurance racing driver. He is a contributing editor for SpeedNews magazine and writes the Toolshed Engineer column that provides tips for club racers. When not on the track Rob is a California Highway Patrol officer.

1574: Peter Macalpine works at Girardo & Co Jun 12, 2020

Peter Macalpine joined Girardo & Co where he and his talented team offer the most up-to-date and accurate market knowledge relating to the sourcing, selling and valuation of classic cars. Working one-on-one with a growing list of loyal clients, they help automotive enthusiasts and collectors source and sell vehicles, always matching the right car with the right enthusiast. Peter works towards uncovering the unknown history of individual cars and to build history files that help paint the full picture of a car for its new owner.

1573: John Esposito owns Espo Resto, a Porsche restoration shop Jun 11, 2020

John Esposito is the Founder of Espo Restoration, a company that has been caring for Porsches since 2009. Motivated by his dedication to perfection and the desire to provide people with cars they can drive and be proud of owning he and his Team cover a wide variety of services. Under their 32,000 square foot facility they feature a frame room complete with a Porsche Certified Celette Bench, body work, fabrication, repair, paint work in a stand-alone paint booth, mechanical work, and everything from service to full restorations.

1572: Sean Pour is the Co-Founder of SellMax a nationwide car buying service Jun 10, 2020

Sean Pour is the Co-Founder of SellMax, a nationwide car buying service. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in computer science from San Diego State University and earned his degree while running the company. Sean got his start in entrepreneurship at the age of 14 during the 2008 economic crisis however that didn’t deter him and he hasn’t looked back since. It hasn't always been easy, but he has certainly learned a lot throughout his journey.

19: Jon Shirley is long time and enthusiastic classic car collector. Jun 09, 2020

Jon Shirley is long time and enthusiastic classic car collector. He was an active vintage racer for 20 years, has driven in rallies around the world, and has won a multitude of concours awards in both the USA and Europe including Best of Show at Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Jon worked with Tandy Corporation for 25 years and left to join Microsoft Corporation in 1983 where he became President, Chief Operating Officer and a director. He retired from Microsoft in 1990 and from their board of directors in 2008. Jon is also an avid fine art collector and philanthropist in the art world.

1571: Don Taylor is the Director of the Stand 21 Safety Foundation Jun 09, 2020

Don Taylor is the Director of the Stand 21 Safety Foundation, which educates racers on keeping themselves safer, He also serves as the UK Motorsport Industry Association’s Development Director for US West Coast and Southeast Regions. Don also continues to be a consultant in the racing industry.

1570: Brett Sloan owns and operates Sloan Motors Jun 08, 2020

Brett Sloan owns and operates Sloan Motors, a place where he lives his lifelong passion for Porsche. It is a company that his late father, Richard, founded and developed one of the most recognized Porsche specialty dealers in the world selling approximately 5,000 Porsches over the span of almost four decades. Brett learned from his father how to manage and operate a premier specialty dealership and the intricacies of the marque – their strengths and weaknesses, construction methods, rarity and effective marketing approaches. Sloan Motors to help unite enthusiasts and collectors with the highest quality Porsches available.

1569: Elana Scherr is an automotive journalist and YouTuber Jun 05, 2020

Elana Scherr didn’t grow up in a car family, but she has made up for lost time. She was a staff editor at HOT ROD Magazine, Editor in Chief of Roadkill Magazine, and currently reviews new cars for Edmunds and Car and Driver while also covering classics and car culture for American Car Collector, Sports Car Market, and other enthusiast titles. Elana and her husband Tom share their collection on the Challengeher YouTube channel.

1568: Niels van Roij is a bespoke automobile designer Jun 04, 2020

Niels van Roij runs an award-winning automotive design studio. He and his team provide automotive design and research projects for a variety of automotive customers. Niels and his team work on coach built, fully handmade, high-end vehicles. Niels also writes articles for trade press and publishes on strategic automotive design and is recognized as an inspiring and motivating speaker.

1567: Henry May is the author of First Black Autos Jun 03, 2020

Henry Atwell May is the author of the book First Black Autos, a story of passion, perseverance, and achievement. It is a non-fiction story that some of the most knowledgeable automotive enthusiasts know nothing about. The story is about the Charles Richard “C.R.” Patterson & Sons Company, an African-American Automobile manufacturer. Patterson-Greenfield buggies, Motor Cars, Buses and Trucks were manufactured from early 1900s to 1937.

BSH 18: McKeel Hagerty is the CEO and driving force behind Hagerty Jun 02, 2020

McKeel Hagerty is the CEO and driving force behind Hagerty, the world’s largest membership, insurance and media organization for enthusiast vehicle owners. He is an in-demand speaker on leadership and business success, and a trusted automotive voice for major print and broadcast media. McKeel is the former Board Chairman for YPO, a global leadership community of 28,000 chief executives around the world who are driven by the belief that the world needs better leaders and that business can be a force for good.

1566: Ryan Carignan is the Business Manager for the Porsche Club of America (PCA) Racing Program. Jun 02, 2020

Ryan Carignan is the Business Manager for the Porsche Club of America (PCA) Racing Program. In his role he is responsible for the relationships with all of their corporate partners, as well as the logistical requirements of the series. He works directly with the Club Race Chair, West Dillard, to manage the operations of Club Racing including their championships within the series, and their Clubsport Series sponsored by Pirelli. They have over 1,800 licensed racers and run 25 to 30 races annually in North America. Ryan also writes for the PCA magazine Panorama. Ryan is a retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel with four Air Medals, multiple decorations, and he flew six combat deployments in the B-1 shortly after the attacks of September 11, 2001.

1565: Dan Karr is the Founder and CEO of ValChoice Jun 01, 2020

Dan Karr is Founder and CEO of ValChoice. After being struck by a car while riding his bicycle, Dan, a former Silicon Valley executive, was hit with nearly $100,000 in medical bills that neither his auto nor health insurance companies would pay. The experience left Dan determined to change the way consumers buy their auto insurance so that no one else would have to go through the same ordeal. That’s when Dan founded Valchoice, an online service that provides consumers, agents and advisors with information on which home and auto insurance companies offer the best value in price, protection, claims handling, and services.

1564: Stacey Mack is the President and CEO of Advantage Lifts May 29, 2020

Stacey Mack is the President and CEO of Advantage Lifts, a company he has owned for five years. Based in Hanover, PA, the company is a direct-to-consumer sales and marketing company that sells, services, and installs branded private labeled lifts. They offer car lifts from the biggest names in auto lift manufacturing including: Advantage, BendPak, Challenger, Launch, Nussbaum, Rotary and More.

1563: Greg Prince is the Owner of Prestige Collector Car Appraisal May 28, 2020

Greg Prince owns and operates Prestige Collector Car Appraisal, located in Green Banks, Washington. He grew up around cars, raced his Chevelle SS in his wilder youth days and attended numerous Indy 500 races with his father in the late 60s and 70s. Greg has restored countless cars, been a national marque judge, written a nationally acclaimed authenticity manual for the Studebaker Avanti, and today helps owners appraise their collector cars, provides collection assistance, and helps find and source classic collector cars for his clients.

1562: Pete Doriguzzi works for Heacock Classic Car Insurance May 27, 2020

Pete Doriguzzi was born and raised just outside of Denver Colorado where riding motocross and working on cars and trucks was an integral part of his early life. Just over 10 years ago, Pete moved to Florida to work with Heacock Classic Collector Car insurance and has served as underwriting manager, risk advisor, value guru, and experiential marketing ambassador. He’s worked alongside Ford Heacock and the Lake Mirror Classic concours, is a member of the Shelby American Automobile Club, and when he’s not attending events for Heacock Classic, you can find him at the track polishing his skills behind the wheel.

BSH 17: Max Girardo is the Founder of Girardo & Co where he and May 26, 2020

Max Girardo is the founder of Girardo & Co where he and his talented team offer the most up-to-date and accurate market knowledge relating to the sourcing, selling and valuation of classic cars. Working one-on-one with a growing list of loyal clients, they help automotive enthusiasts and collectors source and sell vehicles, always matching the right car with the right enthusiast. As a market leader, Girardo & Co offers a unique insight into the collector car industry and into an array of resources that enables them to build trust with new clients whilst also extending our long-term relationships with ambitious collectors.

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