Cars Yeah with Mark Greene

Leanne Marin is entering her 8th season with the Insomnia Racing Team. As an active member of the Saskatchewan International Raceway (SIR) and the Saskatchewan Drag Racing Association (SDRA) she runs a 1,000 horsepower McKinney rear engine dragster and a 2,000 horsepower, super-charged, alcohol fueled, modified tractor competing in the 7,500 lb class across Western Canada. When she’s not racing Leanne is an Register Veterinary Technologist in the Veterinary Medical Center at the University of Saskatchewan and a holistic practitioner.

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Dustin Troyan is the founder of Connected Media Group. He started EuroSunday over ten years ago long before cars and coffee was a household term. This lead to Supercar Sunday, one of the largest car gatherings in the San Fernando Valley that takes place at the Westfield Promenade Mall. From there he created Motor4Toys, a charitable foundation that has raise over 5 million dollars of toys for needy children operating at 100% charity. Dustin writes a monthly magazine titled Driven World Magazine. And that was just last year alone. All this and he still has a day job at Connected Media Group, a company he founded that provides PR and Marketing for the Automotive marketplace.

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Michael Harley is the Editor-in-Chief and Chief Analyst at AutoWeb. AutoWeb is the first vehicle search engine with unique social sharing features that make searching for a car faster and more engaging. Prior to joining AutoWeb Michael was the West Coast Editor of Autoblog.com. His work as appeared in European Car, Excellence, and Panorama magazines. He sits on the board of directors at the Motor Press Club and his professional experience has offered him lots of seat time in some for the world’s most exotic automobiles.

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Alain Raymond is an automotive journalist, photographer, historian, and vintage racecar driver. He spent over 40 years as a professional technical translator and in the early 80s founded his own translation firm in Ottowa, specializing in the automotive field. He’s co-hosted automotive TV shows and published a weekly column on vintage cars and automotive history. He helps organize collectible automobile events, attends numerous vintage car shows, and competes in vintage racing events in his 1964 Fiat Abarth 1000 TC.

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 On this milestone, 300th episode of Cars Yeah, producer and host Mark Greene is interviewed by his son Blake. Enjoy a unique twist and learn a bit more about Mark and how Cars Yeah came to be.

Mark Greene is the producer and host of Cars Yeah, a five day a week podcast you can enjoy on the Cars Yeah website, iTunes, YouTube, and Stitcher. He’s a die-hard automotive enthusiasts and life long entrepreneur who started his first business at 14 years old when he founded Auto Care, a neighborhood detailing business. After 11 years as a creative director and partner in an advertising and graphic design firm, he then spent 20 years helping build Griot’s Garage as the V.P. of Marketing, Merchandising, and he was the President of the company before leaving to create his own business at Cars Yeah where the mantra is Inspiring Automotive Enthusiasts™.

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Juan Carlos Ferrigno is an artist who lives in Barcelona, Spain and has painted for over 25 years. When he was ten years old his father took him to his first F1 race in Buenos Aires and it was there that he was bit by the racing bug. He attended The Fine Art School and worked as an illustrator in Argentina and then he moved to Spain where he continued to draw and paint. He’s won the prestigious International Motoring Art competition and he’s worked with Planners International Events. His paintings hang in the homes of collectors around the world including racers, rock starts, and large international companies.

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The Ring brothers, Jim and Mike, have owned and operated Classic Auto Body in Spring Green, Wisconsin for more than 20 years. Their collision repair shop gets owner’s cars back on the road and it’s also a place where some of the most spectacular and creative handcrafted builds in the world emerge from. They also produce a line of billet accessories as well as fiberglass and carbon fiber body panels. Their builds have garnered a General Motors Best Chevrolet of Show award at SEMA and back-to-back Goodguys Street Machine of the year awards.

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Jason Godsil attended the Art Institute of Portland. In 2000 he founded Godsil Performance that morphed in to Exotica Motorsports in 2006. Next came Elite Carbon in 2008 where he built carbon fiber replacement parts for Ferraris and Lamborghinis along with body kits for other exotics. In 2010 he started Godsil Motorcars with a quest to create super luxury V16 vehicles. He’s a car designer who enjoys restoring, racing, autocross and high speed driving on road courses.

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Howard Mackert is the owner of Mac Auto, Mackert Automotive in Gig Harbor Washington. He started his business on September 15, 2001, three days after the 911 tragedy. Earlier in his career he spent 9 years in GM dealerships as a tech manager and field engineer helping resolve issues their 1-800 hotline couldn’t solve. He then trained independent diesel shops in electrical theory and electronic control systems. Born in 1955, the same year the small block Chevy was born, Howard’s always said, "Being a car guy was the way it would always be."

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Kyle Neal is the Marketing Manager of Partnerships and Events for Royal Purple, the world’s leading lubricant company. He currently spearheads all planning activities from concept to execution for automotive and sponsored racing events. He designs and builds display vehicles, trailer programs, and booths to promote product awareness and customer interaction. Kyle also creates Cause Marketing for Royal Purple’s sponsored youth programs. He was an integral part in the Royal Purple Las Vegas Bowl, the Red Bull Global Rallycross partnership, and their Indianapolis 500 sponsorship with driver Townsend Bell. That's Kyle above right with driver Townsend Bell at Indy.

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