Cars Yeah with Mark Greene

Koen van Ham is the Co-Founder of Lightyear and is responsible for design. Lightyear is a Dutch technology company committed to its vision of making EV mobility scalable through the grid-independent solar car, delivering optimal performance. Most recently they designed and validated unprecedented performance in their 5-seater Lightyear One, setting a new world record for the most aerodynamic car. After studying Industrial Design Koen joined the first Solar Team Eindhoven because of his fascination for more sustainable mobility. His main task falls in the domain of user experience and aesthetics. In his view, these two are essential to get new technologies adopted by a widespread audience. By working at Lightyear, Koen believes his contribution to the world will have a positive impact in a variety of ways.  

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Brandon Anderson is the Executive Director and CEO of the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum. He earned his B.F.A. in Historic Preservation and Architectural History and a Masters Degree in Museum Studies. His past positions include time at The History Museum in South Bend, Indiana, Tryon Palace Historic Sites & Gardens in New Bern, North Carolina, The Thomas Edison & Henry Ford Winter Estates in Fort Myers, Florida and the Telfair Museum of Arts in Savannah, Georgia. He is on the Board of the National Association of Automobile Museums, the Historic Houses & Sites Network of AAM, and the DeKalb County Visitors Bureau and the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival.

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Colin Braun is a sports car racer who for more than 25 years has been on the track. He grew up in a racing family and his father Jeff Braun has been a guest here on Cars Yeah, twice. Colin’s sportscar career includes wins at the Rolex 24, 12 Hours of Sebring, and Six Hours of Watkins Glen events. At just 16 he made his racing debut at the Rolex 24 Hours race in Daytona and he was the youngest driver ever to place on the podium at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing second. He’s run oval racing with NASCAR where he is credited with the fastest lap around the Daytona International Speedway at 222.971 mph! 

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Shawn Groce is the founder of WESA, a company that develops products that give drivers, people, and organizations peace of mind while driving in limited visibility or poor driving conditions. They facilitate life safety operations while safeguarding those that protect and serve. Their latest product is called NightRide and it makes safety available to everyone. Shawn is an engineer and entrepreneur. He enjoys spirited drives on windy roads, photography, and tinkering with anything that’s analog, from designing lighting and audio systems to rebuilding the engine in his ’77 Honda CB400F. He was bitten by the car bug at the age of 15, and Shawn’s first car was a boat! A 1977 Cadillac Coupe DeVille. 

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Dr. Jacques Dallaire is the President at Performance Prime. Over forty years, he has enjoyed the opportunity to work with more than 750 high-performance motor racing drivers from forty-three countries, numerous race teams, as well as several thousand high-performance individuals from a multitude of sports and a variety of occupations including law enforcement, the entertainment world, and the business community. Jacques splits his time between delivering sports-team and corporate/occupational group performance programs and providing individual, one-on-one programs with high-performance competitors from many walks of life. He is a founding member of the International Council of Motorsport Sciences, a board member of the Stand 21 “Racing Goes Safer” Foundation, and in 2007 was inducted into the Canadian Motorsports Hall of Fame – in recognition of his innovative, state-of-the-art training strategies and the impact he has had on the sport.

Jacques 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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Jeff Braun is a racing engineer who most recently worked with CORE Racing and IMSA. He’s been the Competition Director on the LMP2 Cars in the Tudor United SportsCar Series for SpeedSource Engineering and Mazda Racing. Jeff attended his first race at the age of three and started karting at seven. After going to work to manage the Transact Racing Team he purchased the business after only two years and created a race engineering consulting business. Transact has been a part of almost every kind of racecar in the world. Jeff’s won eight Sports Car championships along with two Daytona 24 Hours wins, eight Sebring 12 Hours and four Petit Le Mans wins.  With fellow engineer, Paul Haney, Jeff wrote the racing engineering technical book, Inside Racing Technology.

Jeff 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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Ross Bentley is a racecar driver, a driving coach, and a high-performance driving instructor. His website, Speed Secrets, is a landing page for anyone wanting to learn how to be a better and faster driver. He’s raced against Michael Andretti, Al Unser Jr. Bobby Rahal, Emerson Fittipaldi, Paul Tracy, Rick Mears, and many others. Ross has driven Indy cars, GT sports cars, and he won the 1998 U.S. Road Racing Championship and the 2003 Daytona 24-Hour race. He’s passionate about helping others perform better in a car and on the track. He’s written nine books under the Speed Secrets title and all focus on how to be a better driver. He’s a podcaster and his passion is to share with others what he does best.

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

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Dane Greger is the owner of Dane’s Detailing, a business he launched because of his lifelong passion for cars that started after attending the Puyallup Northwest National Good Guys show. Even as a little boy he was cleaning and customizing his Hot Wheels and Matchbox cars into tabletop show cars. Born into an automotive enthusiast family Dane was already mountain biking, snowboarding, and snowmobiling at a very young age. He loves sports and takes pride in turning a dirty car into a shining star. He started his business after a casual conversation blossomed into a business and with some guidance and training from his father, combined with his ability to learn quickly, his hard work has paid off. Last year he purchased his first vehicle, a 2003 Victory Red Chevy SS truck, even though he can’t yet legally drive. Did I forget to mention that Dane’s in the 9th grade and he is only 14 years old?

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Joshua Paul is the founder, publisher, and editor-in-chief at Lollipop Grand Prix Media. He is a portrait, travel, and automobile and racing photographer who has earned numerous awards from American Photography, Communication Arts, The Society of Publication Designers, Type Director’s Club, and Photo District News. Aside from traveling to over 95 countries, usually off the beaten path Joshua has photographed over 75 Formula 1 races and taken portraits of every driver. He’s the only Permanently Accredited American Photographer for Formula 1. One of his cameras of choice is a 1913 Graflex Auto RB that gives the viewer a very unique perspective of modern races. Joshua earned his BA in English and Creative Writing at the University of Washington and his BFA in Photography from Art Center College of Design.

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Rich MacDonald is involved in sales and promotions at Superformance / Hillbank / Shelby Legendary Cars in Irvine, California. There along with past Cars Yeah guests, Lance Stander, Owner of Superformance, and Doug Campbell and their talented team, they build continuation models of the iconic Shelby Cobra, Daytona Coupe, Ford GT40, Caterham, and the Corvette Grand Sport. You can walk in and purchase a new car or have them build one to your exacting specifications. Rich’s father Dave MacDonald raced Cobras to many victories in the 1960s so Rich feels right at home representing these iconic sports cars, many of which were featured in the recent FOX/Disney blockbuster movie Ford vs Ferrari.

 

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