Manfred Scharmach is the CEO and President at Scharmach Enterprises in Tacoma, Washington. He oversees BMW Northwest, Norhwest Mini, Seattle Mini, and the Northwest Pre-Owned Center. His is the only family owned BMW Dealership in the Puget Sound and one of the oldest BMW dealerships in the nation. The seeds of inspiration for his lifelong career, spanning over four decades, were planted by the entrepreneurial spirit of his father, Werner Scharmach who founded European Motors and BMW Northwest in 1968. Manfred sits on the board for the LeMay Museum, America’s Car Museum. He’s is SCCA racing certified and he built a ‘95 M3 race car plus he’s an avid BMW collector.

Dave Barthmuss is the Group Manager for General Motors’ West Coast Region Communications team that includes all 24 states west of the Mississippi. Dave is a frequent speaker on the topics of alternative fuels, communication best practices, and various GM business topics. His work has earned several awards from PRSA including the 2013 PR Professional of the Year Award, Sabre, PR Week, and the Publicity Club of Chicago, as well as GM Chairman’s Honors for achievements in advanced technology communications, and Star Awards from GM’s Public Policy Center for environmental education. He was recently awarded the Volunteer of the Year award from the LA Chamber of Commerce for his continued contributions to the Southern California Leadership Network.

Austin Cabot is the editor at TrackTuned.com, a website and podcast, SlipAngle, founded by drivers, for drivers. Austin has a long pedigree of hobby addiction including but not limited to: photography, travel, driving, people, and cars - essentially, everything that is needed for tracktuned.com to work. Helping others learn to go fast on track and sharing the amazing sport of auto racing is what he is passionate about.  Austin recently began coaching at the Porsche Experience Center in Atlanta. He is the Director of Partnerships and lead instructor for a new automotive lifestyle event called “Gridlife”, and has his own website aimed at the track day and autocross enthusiast.

Jeff Mosing is the CEO and Director at Mosing Motorcars in Austin, Texas. He started racing professionally in 2009 and runs in the SCCA’s Mazda MX-5 Cup, The IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge, the Continental Sports car Challenge and the IMSA Weathertech series.  He also buys and sells collector cars. Mosing Motorcars has been open since 2012. His own collection includes an eclectic mix from a 1957 Oldsmobile 98 to a 2015 Porsche 918 Spyder. At Mosing Motorcars, they send off each car the sell with its new owner with their slogan, “Drive Yourself Happy!”

Tony Parella is the owner of SportsCar Vintage Racing Association, SVRA. After 30 years of success in the telecommunications industry he shifted his career focus to his true passion: auto racing. He raced dirt ovals as a young man and today Tony focuses on vintage racing. Since his acquisition of SVRA Tony has transformed it from a club racing group in to a full-fledged business with a national platform. In 2016 the SVRA will present 16 race weekends at all the major American road courses including Sebring, COTA, Sonoma, and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Brian Redman participated in 358 races in his professional career. He haled from Great Britain and was victorious, outright or in his class, in 94 of those races. He finished in the top three 177 times. His tally of classic long-distance victories included the Targa Florio, Daytona 24 Hours (three times), Sebring 12 Hours twice, Nürburgring 1000Km twice, and at the Spa 1000Km four times. He won four long –distance road racing team championships and five individual road-racing championships, the list goes on and on and on. He raced Formula 1, Formula 5000, and today Brian promotes and participates in historic race car events throughout the world.

Alain Lévesque is a Canadian artists recognized by automotive enthusiasts throughout the world. He has painted posters for Barrett-Jackson, the New York City Concours d’Elegance in Central Park, Retromobile in Paris, and the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. His art is collected by celebrities including: Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, Nick Mason and I’m proud to say several of his prints hang in my home as well. Alain’s work has been published in numerous international magazines and publications. Inspired by the Art Deco and Italian Futurism movement, his work has a style and look that is unique and wonderfully suited to automobiles old and new.

Terry Kell owns and operates The Farm, located near Ogden in the rolling countryside of Eastern Quebec. The Farm is a gathering place for business owners and executives to meet, build relationships, and discuss ideas and targets. The Farm is also a place where Terry furthers his passion for automobiles. Art and The Automobile is an annual forum Terry conducts at The Farm where the new Callaway C16 supercar was unveiled and they raised thousands of dollars for local charities. His other signature event is The Art of Transformation that employs the innovation of automotive design. His latest addition to The Farm is Carriage House Fine Automobiles where collector cars will be offered along with a delivery experience like no other.

Skip Barber is the President and the sole owner of the world’s most beautiful and historically significant motorsports and automotive venues Lime Rock Park. He started racing in 1958 and he won his first race and held 32 track records around the country. He founded the Skip Barber Racing School in 1975 and built it in to a premier organization that launched many professional driver’s careers. Skip sold the school in 1999 and in 1983 he acquired Lime Rock Park with six other investors. Since buying them all out the track and facility has undergone massive improvements to keep this iconic track on course in to the future.

Todd Dakarmen owns L.A. Dismantler, your source for quality late model Porsche parts. He purchased his first Porsche at age sixteen and has taken apart more cars than most body shops. As a teen, when Todd would need parts for his Porsches, he would buy a wrecked car, use what he needed, and sell the rest for a little profit. Later in life he turned his hobby in to a full time business and Los Angeles Dismantler was born. Since its conception Todd has seen upwards of 5,000 Porsches cycle through his company.