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711: Karen Sundstrom is a Finance Specialist at Putnam Leasing in Orange County, California. Feb 21, 2017

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Karen Sundstrom is a Finance Specialist at Putnam Leasing in Orange County, California. Since 1983 Putnam Leasing has been designing leases for automotive enthusiasts by providing multiple financial options for collector cars and exotics. Karen was born with petrol in her veins and she turned her passion for cars in to a career. Her first doll, was of course a Ferrari Barbie. You'll find her at numerous auctions, car shows, concours events, cars and coffee, and anywhere there are cars and enthusiasts. Karen is known as the "Queen of Leasing!" This year she is busy planning a Dream Rides 4 Kids.

710: Todd Deeken is the co-host and co-creator of Everyday Driver and Car Debate Podcast. Feb 20, 2017

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Todd Deeken is the co-host and co-creator of Everyday Driver, a YouTube show that focuses on helping people find fun-to-drive cars that are both usable and affordable. Along with YouTube Everyday Drive is also a top ranked podcast and content on Velocity. Todd is the primary director and editor for the show and he can often be found behind the camera directing and writing scripts. He spent 15 years in Hollywood enjoying a career in filmmaking but his true passion is driving fun cars from every day drivers to exotic supercars. Twice a week he joins his buddy and co-host Paul Schmucker on The Car Debate podcast.

709: José Romão de Sousa is an avid participant in historic vehicle rallies and tours around the world. Feb 17, 2017

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José Romão de Sousa lives in Porto, Portugal. His career spans decades in the manufacturing industry in specialty chemicals and today he is a non-executive Chairman of a number of group and associated companies. Outside of a successful career, his passion is participating in classic automobile tours and rallies. Since 1999, José has driven in over three dozen events spanning the world including: Argentina, Italy, Cuba, China, Brazil, India, and many more on practically every continent. He's driven Aston Martins, Jaguars, Alvis Speeds, MGs and many other in epic adventures. In 2017 he'll participate in 7 events around the globe. Recently he has devoted time to setting up the Romão de Sousa Foundation to help people with sever mental health problems.

708: Ahmet Onguh is a Turkish rally competitor. Feb 16, 2017

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Ahmet Ongun lives in Istanbul, Turkey and is an international rally competitor who holds the title of "Turkish Champion for Classic Sporting" for 2008 and 2009. He has competed in the Peking to Paris rally and is the founding Chairman of the Turkish Classic Automobile Club and the Porsche Club of Istanbul. His professional career began as the Director of Ganmount Group of Companies in London from 1974 through 1992. While in London Ahmet founded Gantek, one of the leading Information and Communications Companies in Turkey. He has been the Chairman of the Board of Gantek Group since 1992.

707: Don Rose is an Automotive Specialist for RM Auctions/Sotheby's. Feb 15, 2017

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Don Rose is an Automotive Specialist for RM Auctions/Sotheby's operating out of the Boston area. He joined RM in 2006 after years of trading classic and sports cars as a noted importer of European Classics while living in London. He specialized in sports and GT cars and is participating in the relatively new area of Japanese collector cars. An avid participant of road rally events and hill climbs Don has also raced his ex-Peter Lovely Lotus Eleven. He is a collector and loves all things Bond, James Bond and was the lead when the DB5 007 Goldfinger film car sold in 2010. He serves as the Vice-Chairman of the Aston Martin Owners Club of North America and was the founding editor of the club magazine, The Vantage Point.

706: Chris Dunlop, aka Pinstripe Chris is an automotive artist and designer based out of Southern California. Feb 14, 2017

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Chris Dunlop, aka Pinstripe Chris is an automotive artist and designer based out of Southern California. He began his career in the auto-body/paint side of custom car restorations and migrated to art and design. He works in pen, marker, airbrush, acrylic paint, and uses digital artwork to create his unique pieces. He has several different styles depending upon the genre of automobile he is illustrating. Chris has been a guest on Jay Leno's Garage and you'll find his art in many automotive magazines. His art is available as bespoke commissions, digital renderings, or as limited run archival prints on his website.

705: Shelby Hall is an off road racer and in charge at Rod Holl Drive and the grandaughter of legendary Rod Hall. Feb 13, 2017

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Shelby Hall is a Professional Driver, Trainer, Event Facilitator, and Spokesperson at the Rod Hall Racing team. She spent seven years as the Administrator of the Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame and she's the Event Director of Rod Hall DRIVE organizing dynamic 4X4 events for clients around the world. Shelby has been off-roading since her grandfather, off road racing legend Rod Hall, introduced her to the sport as soon as she was able to reach the steering wheel. Over the past four years she has competed in numerous endurance races including: The Baja 1000 and the inaugural all-female Rebelle Rally where she traveled over 1,200 miles on a 7-day trek.

704: Brian Linn is an SCCA racer and automotive artists Feb 10, 2017

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Brian Linn is a weekend race warrior. He's figured out how to pull this off while having a job, and a family, outside of racing and do it with wins at an intense national level. Brian raced a 1972 MG Midget in both HP and FP at the 2016 SCCA Runoffs. Running in two classes, with one car, is no easy feat. That culminated in earning the Sunoco Hard Charger Award in FP and then the SCCA President's Cup award for the best performance at the Runoffs. His father was a racer and Brian's raced since his teens in cars including a Sprite, Spec Miata, Lotus 7, Honda CRX, and his MG Midget. Brian is also a talented artist who created digital paintings of automobiles and race cars in his spare time.

702: Michael Paul Smith creates miniature sets and then photographs them. Feb 09, 2017

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Michael Paul Smith is a photographer who plays with model cars. His long career includes the advertising field where he was an art director, a textbook illustrator, a newspaper editorial artist, a museum display designer, and a model maker. Since retiring Michael has created Elgin Park, a miniature town where he builds scenes using vintage model cars and buildings of which he then photographs to create realistic images that go back in time. His 1/24 scale recreations are of everyday America from the mid-20th century ranging from the 1920s to the mid-1960s. The details are incredible and no Photoshop is used to create his timeless images.

702: Dave Buckholz is the owner and driver at Two Tools Racing where they run Porsches. Feb 08, 2017

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Dave Buckholz is the owner and driver at Two Tools Racing where he's figured out how to wrap his passion for the Porsche marque and sports car racing in to his life. When he's not racing Dave is an Area Sales Manager for Fleet and Commercial with General Motors. He's a member of the Porsche Owners Club and a GT5 Time Attack Driver and a licensed Time Attack and Performance Driving School Instructor.

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