Cars Yeah with Mark Greene

Zoriy Birenboym is the founder of eAutoLease.com, a modern auto dealership that is looking to change the consumer experience for the better. There are no lots to visit, no pushy salespeople to endure, and no long waits for manager and finance approvals. Everything is done from your computer at home while his team goes to work to find you the vehicle of your dreams. Zoriy is a lifelong entrepreneur and an automotive enthusiast who has devoted himself to building businesses. eAutoLease.com is just the tip of the iceberg to what the future holds.

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Dave Gunderson is Vice President and General Manager of the Automotive Aftermarket Division of 3M. He has spent his career in and around the automotive industry and his passion for automobiles and caring for them runs deep. Dave joined 3M in 1988 as a Technical Service Engineer in Livonia, Michigan where he grew up. He moved to their headquarters in Saint Paul, Minnesota and has held global business roles in key 3M portfolios including Body Structure and Adhesives, Masking Tape and Advanced Ceramics. He has been part of the Six Sigma Operations working as the Master Black Belt for Aerospace and Marine and then Strategic Planning and Business Development for Automotive Aftermarket. He worked in Germany for European Business and in California where he led acquisitions for Meguiar’s Car Care and he was the first Director and COO for Meguiar’s and the 3M branded Auto Care portfolio.

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Bill Warner is the chairman and founder of the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance taking place Thursday, March 5 through Sunday, March 8, 2020. He is a lifelong racer, automotive photographer, collector, speaker, author, and all-around gearhead. He’s worked with cars his entire life and spent his career as an electrical engineer, serving in the Florida Air National Guard for 30 years. He has authored books and shot award-winning photography. Bill started racing in the last 70s and won three IMSA Media Challenges. He drove factory sponsored race cars for multiple marques and took part in the 1975 Cannonball Run. Now in its 25th year, the Amelia Island Concours has become a world-class staple among enthusiasts and collectors alike.

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Keith Martin has been involved with the collector car hobby for more than thirty years as a writer, publisher, television commentator, and die-hard enthusiast. He is the publisher of Sports Car Market Magazine, a publication he founded 32 years ago. He launched a companion magazine American Car Collector 10 years ago. Keith’s columns on collecting and reviews of exotic cars have appeared in the New York Times. Keith has been an emcee at Pebble Beach, the Meadow Brook Concours, Concorso Italiano, the Kirkland Concours, the La Jolla Concours d’Elegance, Keels and Wheels, and many other events. He has hosted numerous television specials and is the co-host of “What’s My Car Worth” shown on the Velocity channel. You can usually find him out on the road on tours with his children.

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Dan Davis has spent over 40 years of technical, process, and business experience in the automotive and electronics industries. He retired as the Director of Ford Racing Technology and before that his career spanned a wide base in the automotive sector. He spent time at General Motors as a project engineer. He was Chief Steward for the IndyCar series, President and CEO of the Miller Motorsports Park, and held numerous positions with Ford including procurement, manufacturing, strategic business, advanced powertrain products, engineering and more. While at Ford he served on the Board of Directors for three different companies.

Dan will be a key speaker at this year’s 25th Annual Armadillo Racing Seminar taking place on February 8 in Tacoma Washington. To learn more go to Armadilloracing.com

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Zacharie (Zach) Robichon is a Canadian racer who lives in Ottowa. He drives the number 9 Pfaff Motorsports Porsche 911 GT3R, nicknamed the “Plaid Porsche” and races in the WeatherTech Championship GT Daytona class. Zach’s teammates are Dennis Olsen, Lars Kern, and Patrick Pilet. His IMSA Championships include the 2018 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Canada Champion and 2019 IMSA Weathertec Championship Sprint Cup Champion where he won as a rookie. Zach won last year at Lime Rock Park and Road America. 2020 will be his second full season of competition.

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Katherine Legge is a British racecar driver who runs with the new GEAR Racing Lamborghini for the 2020 season alongside co-driver Christina Nielsen, a past Cars Yeah guest, to form the series’ only all-female driver lineup. They will be joined by Swiss Rachel Frey for all IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup events, and Colombia’s Tatiana Calderon for the Rolex 24 at Daytona. Katherine’s career highlights include the 2018 WeatherTech Championship GTD runner-up, four career IMSA premier series victories, competing in four NASCAR Xfinity Series races in 2018, competing in 11 IndyCar Series races including two Indianapolis 500s, and she was a full-time Champ Car World Series competitor in 2006 and 2007. Katherine was the first woman to win an Atlantic Championship race with her victory at Long Beach in 2005.

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Juliette Brinkerhoff was the navigator with Valkyrie Racing in their most recent venture in Kenya and Tanzania, Africa. She rode with her mother, the driver and past Cars Yeah guest Renee Brinkerhoff, as part of Project 356, a 7 continent, 18 countries, 20,000-mile world record attempt. Along with worldwide adventures, the Team raises funds and makes donations through Valkyrie Gives where they fight against child trafficking, helping women and children at risk around the world. When Juliette isn’t navigating the world with her mom in a racecar, she runs Folie, a socially conscious dog clothing company offering unique products made in Los Angeles, California. Juliette’s love for cars comes from her mom’s Project 356 World Rally Tour and she is a big supporter of breaking barriers and pursuing one's passion.

Juliette’s sister, Christina, has also been a guest here on Cars Yeah.

 

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Michael Zurich is the founder and host of SailorswithCars;  a YouTube channel that he launched to recognize the men and women who serve our country and community and who want to showcase their vehicles. Michael began his Naval career in 1984, at the age of 18, as an Enlisted serviceman progressing rapidly through the enlisted ranks to Chief Petty Officer. He served on many ships including the USS Midway. He earned a Commission in the Limited Duty Officer Program- a program accepting the top less than 1% off all who apply.  He retired from the Navy in 2012, completing his final tour as Chief Engineer on the USS Boxer, after serving for 28 years. Michael’s day job is as the West Coast Manager fro Ingalls Shipbuilding in San Diego, California.

Thank you for your service, Michael.

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Born in San Jose, California, Willy T. Ribbs is a legendary racecar driver whose career behind the wheel started in England. The year was 1977 and Willy was 22 and he became the British Formula Ford “Star of Tomorrow” Champion. He returned home to the USA to face hostility from his racing peers. Undeterred, he became the first, and in some cases the only, African American to win races. His accomplishments include 1977 Dunlop Formula Ford Championship, the 1982 Long Beach Formula Atlantic Pole Winner, 1983-85 most winning Trans-Am driver in the series during his reign, 1985 the first and only African American to drive a Formula One car, 1986 the second African American to race in NASCAR'S Cup series, 1987-88 IMSA driver of the year, 1991 the first African American to race in the Indianapolis 500. In 2019 he was in the inaugural Champion in the Vintage Race of Champions. Today he’s featured in the documentary film “Uppity – The Willy T. Ribbs Story”, produced and directed by past Cars Yeah guest Adam Carolla and others.

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