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251: Allen Stephens from the Forest Grove Concours d'Elegance Talks Classic and Collector Cars May 19, 2015

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Allen Stephens is the Chairman of the 2015 Forest Grove Concours d’Elegance, located near Portland, Oregon. A life-long automobile enthusiast, Allen caught the car bug as a child riding in his father’s Kougar Jaguar to local shows and racing events. Allen is past president of the Mercedes-Benz Club of America, Portland Section, and is a certified Concours judge. His car collecting focus is on German automobiles, and he is currently restoring a 1972 Mercedes coupe. A graduate of Oregon State University, his professional career has spanned from Marketing to Human Resources, and today Allen is a HR Operations Manager at Intel in Hillsboro, Oregon.

250: Ford Heacock from Heacock Classic Collector Car Insurance Shares a Life Around Cars May 18, 2015

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Ford W. Heacock III is a veteran insurance professional with a passion for collector cars. He grew up in the racing community of Sebring, Florida where his family was intimately involved in the 12 Hours of Sebring throughout the 1950s and 60s. His grandfather, Ford Heacock Sr, was Chairman of the Sebring race in the early years. Ford created the SVRA (Sportscar Vintage Racing Association) and Vintage Motorsport magazine, which he founded in the early 1980s. In 1989, he began offering his insurance expertise to car collectors and as a result, Heacock Classic is now recognized nationally as a leader in the collector car insurance business. Ford is the founder and host of the annual Lake Mirror Classic Auto Festival held each October in downtown Lakeland, Florida. Today he is an active participant in the car hobby as a car collector, vintage racer, car show judge, car show host, and collector car insurance specialist.

249: Jonathan Cats from Cats Exotics Sells Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, Audi, Bentley and More May 15, 2015

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Jonathan Cats is the General Manager of Cats Exotics in Lynwood, Washington. He and his father have turned their automotive passion in to one of the biggest and most respected exotic and collector dealerships in the US. Cat’s Exotics specializes in the hard-to-find automobile. The Cats motto is “If we don’t have it, we can find it.” holds true. At any time their inventory is a mix of everything from muscle cars, street rods, domestic and foreign sports and super cars to the newest exotic and luxury vehicles. Jonathan has enjoyed a life growing up around amazing vehicles and is taking the family business to the next level.

248: Butch Dennison from Dennison International Builds, Restores, and Cares For Vintage Cars and Racecars May 14, 2015

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Butch Dennison is the owner of Dennison International Motorsports in Puyallup, Washington. He has over 35 years of racing experience and with his talented team they have been building vintage race cars, restoring Award Winning Concours and collector cars for automobile enthusiasts. Know for their motto, Quality that Goes, Dennison International prides themselves in building, restoring, maintaining and racing vintage automobiles that are used as intended. Butch’s past includes working with Pete Lovely, Al Unser Sr., Mario Andretti, and Scott Brayton. His business also provides transportation and track-side service for vintage racing, rally’s, tours, and concours events around the world.

247: John "Thunderlungs" Lundberg Shares An Amazing History in Drag Racing and His Current Valuations Business May 13, 2015

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Jon “Thunderlungs” Lundberg is the owner of Southwest Valuations in Oro Valley Arizona. His firm appraises unique, exotic, historic, and racing motor vehicles. He’s an Accredited Senior Appraiser with the American Society of Appraisers. Jon’s been the voice of drag racing announcing national and regional events starting back in 1955. He’s known as The Voice of Drag Racing a title according him in 1963. and has been on television in multiple markets throughout his long career. He was elected to three terms on the SEMA Board of Directors and has consulted on many business development projects. Jon is an inductee in numerous motorsports and drag racing organizations.

246: Mark Hicks from Chin Motorsports Talks Track Time and Driving at Speed May 12, 2015

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Since 2004, Mark Hicks has been the General Manager and Chief Inspiration Officer at Chin Motorsports. He has over 600 lifetime days on the race track and over 50,000 laps at 45 different road courses in North America, Europe, and New Zealand. Mark currently, spends time behind the wheel in a Porsche Cayman, Acura NSX, Subaru BRZ, a Spec Miata, and pretty much any OPC (other people's cars). After all that, Mark has learned that he's got a lot to learn about being a great driver. And, as often said, "behind every good man, there is a great woman", Mark's wife Maria is the co-manager of Chin Motorsports, and she coaches him!

245: Nick Veasey, X-Ray Photographic Artists Takes Us Inside HIs Subjects, Literally May 11, 2015

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Nick Veasey is a man with x-ray vision who lives in Kent in the United Kingdom. He creates art that shows what it is really like inside his subjects. Nick works with radiographic imaging equipment and takes photographic art to another level. His images are a classic example of the fusion between art and science and they take us on a journey into a world otherwise unseen. While he works with many different objects it is his work with automobiles, equipment, motorcycles and people that brings him to Cars Yeah. Creating art with radiation is complex and dangerous. You can find his work at fine art galleries around the world and in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

244: Paul Magee From 95 Customs Shares Being an Industrial Designer, Car and Motorcycles, and More May 08, 2015

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Paul Magee is the founder of 95 Customs.com, a place fueled by motor culture. Paul’s an industrial designer with an irrational love of cars and bikes. He has lead design teams for large corporations and he’s been awarded 75 design and utility patents. He’s a member of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), The Design Management Institute (DMI), and the Sports Car Club of America. He has served on the Board of Directors for IDSA and actively serves in board advisory roles for the SCCA and the Cleveland Institute of Art. Paul campaigns an F Modified formula car in the SCCA Solo program and he has earned 12 National Tour and ProSolo victories.

243: Ryan Staub from Lockton Insurance for On Track HPD and Racing Coverage May 07, 2015

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Ryan Staub is a Partner in the Affinity division at Lockton, the largest privately-held insurance brokerage firm in the world. He established the Lockton Affinity Motorsports team to meet the emerging and changing insurance needs of participants and organizations involved in motorsports. Lockton Motorsports provides HPDE and track day participants with options to insure their cars on track, insurance packages tailored to the needs of amateur racers and professional teams, and insurance solutions for event organizers and tracks. Ryan is a HPDE instructor for all the major car clubs, a Chief Driving Instructor for the Kansas City Chapter of BMW CCA, races with BMW CCA Club Racing and the World Racing League, and he has won multiple SCCA Midwest Division Championships.

242: Gama Aguilar Shares His Track Attack App For Those Who Love to Spend Time on Race Tracks May 06, 2015

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Gama Aguilar is a technology and racing junky. Originally born in Mexico, he grew up in his dad’s shop and it was there that his passion for cars was hard-coded. After several years of working in the bleeding edge of technology at Hewlett Packard, Intel and Microsoft, he decided to try and disrupt the motorsports industry with Track Attack. Track Attack is a GPS based lap timer, video recorder and sharing platform for Windows Phone, iOS and Android phones. Gama is an avid racer, going on his second year competing in the PRO3 class and Time Trials with NASA. When he’s not on the track, you’ll find him working as a Senior Product Planner at Microsoft, training on a simulator using Forza and iRacing.

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