Rick Barnett is the Chairman at The Concours at Pasadera. Now in its third year this event launches Car Week on the Monterey Peninsula and in 2021 features the “Tribute to Le Mans”. Rick is an avid collector of fine art, automobiles, and automotive memorabilia.

Bruce MacInnes has been professionally coaching racing drivers for over 40 years & has successfully competed in a wide variety of Production cars, Formula cars, & Prototype racers. As a Senior Instructor at The Skip Barber Racing School, Bruce's credentials are inspirational. 

Adam Allen is the owner of RetroClassic Clothing, a range of classic-vehicle inspired designs for enthusiast. Whether your passion is on two wheels or four, has propellors or steam, his designs will delight.  Adam is all about old school cool.

Paul Kilvington is Head of Bespoke Design at Twisted North America. Twisted creates all-new vehicles born from the timeless Land Rover® Defender. Their builds include contemporary technology, luxurious features, exclusive powertrain elements and numerous other painstakingly created details. 

Somer Hooker is an expert in the world of vintage motorcycles. He is the chief judge at the Quail Motorcycle Gathering, the Pinehurst Concours, The Cobble Beach Concours, Chattanooga Motor Festival, Audrian Concours , Pinehurst Concours and Salon Prive at Blenheim Palace, UK.  He is a member of The International Council of Judges Advisory Group known as ICJAG. 

William Jeanes has been a major figure in automotive journalism for more than three decades. His latest book it titled The Road To Pickletown and it is not what you would expect from an automotive journalist. It showcases his wit and humor that characterized his writing for automotive magazines with the forward by political satirist and journalist P.J O’Rourke.

Peter Larsen is a specialist in coachwork and coach building with special focus on the French. He serves as a judge at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, as well as on the Selection Committee of the Concours and he judges at a number of concours d’elegance around the world. His newest book is entitled: Joseph Figoni, Le Grand Couturier de la Carrosserie Automobile is about Alfa-Romeo chassis bodied by Figoni.

Belinda Sarooei is often referred to as the online ambassador for Mercedes-Benz. She active in multiple events, earned a First in Class at the 2019 Legends of the Autobahn during Pebble Beach Car Week. Her Fintail, known as Finny, and she takes her cars to charity events and is very active in local schools educating and encouraging girls that they be anything that they want to be.

Jordan Smith is a high school student at West-Mec pursuing her education in the automotive sector. She was the top female student in TechForce’s Peer-Network beta test. TechForce helps any and all ages to advance their career options. 

Kassidy Nixon is an 18 year old student at Central Carolina Community College where she is studying automotive restoration, collision repair, and refinishing. She is an RPM scholar, FutureTechs Rock Automotive Restoration student of the year for 2020, Collision Repair Education Foundation 2019 student of the year runner up, CCCC outstanding student in Automotive Restoration and in Collision Repair and Refinishing.

Sheri Harbour de Vos is the Marketing and Events Director at Ron Tonkin Gran Turismo, the Portland Ferrari dealership. After a twist of fate she found herself working at Ron Tonkin Gran Turismo as the Marketing Director which later brought her to a time as the Director as Avants Portland Car Club.

Alexis Chacchia is the Vice President of Operations at Premier Financial Services which is one of the nation’s leading finance companies specializing in exotic, vintage and luxury cars. This allowed the exotic and luxury car consumer to payoff or trade their vehicles at any time providing flexibility of financing and the tax benefits of leasing.

James O’Kane is the Founder of O’Kane Lavers, a hub for motor car collectors from around the world. They handle sales and acquisitions for the finest and most important vehicles from a variety of marques and years. Their global network allows them to provide a personal experience and advocacy for both sellers, buyers, and collectors alike.

Dennis Gage is the owner of MadStache, a production company he’s had since 2010. MadStache is a full-service multimedia company specializing in television programming, corporate videos, commercial production, 2D and 3D animation, DVD authoring, and web design.

Kaity Truble is a Junior at West-Mec High School pursuing an education in the automotive field. She is a great example of the next generation of automotive enthusiasts who already know what she wants to do in her career. She knew she wanted to be in the industry at age 12 and already has her tax ID and an LLC business license for the day she opens her own shop. 

Brad Horstmann is a North American gentleman race car driver currently racing with Riley Motorsports and Foreign Cars Italia in the Ferrari Challenge North America Series.  He has finished on the podium in 65% of his races entered including 8 class wins.

Jennifer Maher serves as CEO of TechForce Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with the mission of championing students to and through their education and into careers as professional technicians in the auto, diesel, collision, aviation, restoration, motorcycle, marine and motorsports industries. 

And I am very proud to say TechForce Foundation is Cars Yeah charity of choice.

In 1999, Chris Brown founded RateGenius, Inc., a multi-state, web-based loan company specializing in automotive refinance. Chris continually works with lending institutions to ensure RateGenius offers loans which benefit customers while also meeting the lenders' predetermined guidelines. 

Carl Anthony is the Managing Editor of Automoblog and AutoVision News.  As the host for AutoSens Insights, he plays an active role in the thrice-yearly AutoSens conference for autonomous driving in Brussels, Detroit, and Hong Kong. 

Alicia Elfving is the founder of TheMotoLady.com, the world's leading websites for women who ride, as well as the world's first Women's Motorcycle Show. Her book titled The Motolady’s Book Of Women Who Ride is a collection of motorcycle heroes, trailblazers, and record-breakers. 

Tracy Powell is a veteran journalist with more than 20 years’ worth of writing, editing and project management in a variety of industries, including automotive, with more than 500 articles published. These days he operates his own publishing business, Powell House Creative Services, that involves ghostwriting and book production. 

Frank Fanelli won “Bitchin’ Boot Camp” that landed him a job at Dave Kindig’s shop Kindig-it Design, and so started his career in the automotive industry after years of car restoration being his hobby and passion.

Zack Williams is the Head of Business Operations at Clasiq, an all-new, truly independent on-line classic car auction experience that is built by the community, for the community. 

Mercedes Lilienthal is an award-winning photojournalist and PR/marketing consultant that creates unique content involving vehicular adventure travel, the automotive industry as a whole, and women making a difference within it. She and her husband Andy, run a blog site and related social pages called Crankshaft Culture.

Alex “Sharky” Ross owns and operates Shark Werks, a Porsche focused business he founded in 2005. Their 3.9 liter and 4.1 liter GT3 engines have been lighting up Porsche cars everywhere and you’ve probably seen them playing with Jay Leno and Joe Rogan in multitudes of online and print automotive publications over the past 15 and a half years.

Michael Mitchell is the Curator of Collections at the BMW CCA Foundation Museum. The Foundation is part of the BMW Car Club of America, an organization of over 60,000 members. Their vision is to be a living repository of BMW information and to benefit the motoring community. 

Richard Truesdell has been an automotive photojournalist for over 25 years. He has photographed and collaborated on over 25 automotive books from all marques and genres. His latest venture, a collaboration with Mark Fletcher on the book titled 1970 Maximum Muscle cars.

Mark is a Muscle car collector that has experienced all makes of muscle cars of the late 60’s and early 70’s. 1970 Maximum Muscle is the second, of a three-book collaboration with his friend Richard Truesdell who not only assisted in the writing of this book, but was also the primary photographic contributor. 

Stewart Bartley is Treasurer and Board Member of Old Town Festival of Speed and Style in Alexandria, Virginia. Today he is combining his professional real estate experience with his automotive passion to develop the Dominion Lux Garage Condominiums at Dominion Raceway and Entertainment near Fredericksburg, Virginia. 

David Morris is Chief Merchandising Officer at CarParts.com. Car Parts is a technology-driven eCommerce company improving the way drivers shop for the parts they need. 

Alex Ilie owns and operates A1 Detailing. He is an automotive detailer in Zurich, Switzerland. Originally from Timisoara, in Romania, he has lived in Germany where he honed his detailing skills at a Mercedes-Benz dealership. Through training he earned a multitude of detailing certificates with Ai Detailing and quickly expanded his business and client list. 

Kirk is the Chief Operating Officer for Skip Barber Racing School and joined the racing industry after having served a distinguished 24-year career in the Marine Corps, the majority of which was spent in the Intelligence and Special Operations communities. 

Garry Foster loves writing about and photographing historic automobiles. His love for the design and curves drove him to write a new book titled Chrome and Colour. His are stories about craftsmanship and design with the forward by past Cars Yeah guest and author Tom Cotter. 

Paul DaCruz has worked in advertising, television, and publishing for over 30 years. He has held advertising positions with the Golden Gate Chapter BMW Club and the Pantera's Owners Club of America. Paul founded events including BAM3 - (BAY AREA M3) which were the largest gathering of vintage BMW E30 M3 cars on the West Coast. He has done work for Corvette Magazine, Bimmer Magazine, Excellence Magazine, and Sports Car Market Magazine. 

Deb Pollack, publicist for boutique restoration house Singer Vehicle Design, has served the car community since the late ‘80s.   A philanthropist at heart, since 2008 she’s teamed cars and camaraderie to support the challenges of Parkinson’s disease – most notably as founder of Drive Toward a Cure, a nationally-recognized 501(c)(3) charity dedicated to finding a cure.

Kasia ‘Kat’ Jones is new to the automotive scene. She made her debut 4 years ago with her 1950 Chevy fastback she nicknamed “Mel”. With Mel she’s learned how to do metal work, suspension work by installing an air bag system, engine work, and she has taught herself how to pinstripe. 

Kendra Sommer owns and operates CWK Media and her brand ‘Crusin’ With Kendra’.  She and her team travel around the world working with industry manufacturers, publications, automotive, and marine companies.  Kendra’s flagship program will start airing on the XTRA Network, channel 255, on Direct TV soon.

April Morris is the Sponsorship & Communications Manager of The Peninsula Hotels Signature Events, organizers of renowned motoring events The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering and The Quail Motorcycle Gathering hosted annually at Quail Lodge & Golf Club in Carmel, California. 

Allison Harding is the new Chief Operating Officer of Vintage Air. For the past three years, she has worked as a manufacturing engineer before transitioning into Special Projects Manager, where she focused on product development and design. She has a background in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from The Johns Hopkins University. 

Recently appointed as the Marketing Director at Kahn Media, Rebecca Nguyen leads the marketing and project management efforts that drive top-tier results to their network and clients.  Nguyen found her passion for automobiles through motorsports photography in 2012 and has provided media coverage for various media outlets, motorsports series and automotive events.  

Michele Roe is the Owner and creative force at Stabin Cabin Airbrushing.  For over 10 years she’s been designing and creating custom designs and paintings her creative designs on everything from motorcycles to aircraft, gumball machines to skateboards, automobiles, and even toilet seats! 

Sophia Tsingos-Freehling, her friends call her Sofi, owns and operates GT-MOTO. Sofi and GT-Moto is also committed to supporting the fight for a cure for cancer, and is proud to donate a portion of all profits to support cancer research and those who have been affected.

Lyn St. James is named one of the “Top 100 Female Athletes of the Century” by Sports Illustrated. She has set 21 national and international speed records and competed in the Indianapolis 500, taking Rookie of the Year honors in 1992. She competed in 15 IndyCar races, 7 Indy 500s, twice at the 24 Hours of Le mans with victories at the IMSA Series at Watkins Glen, Road America, Daytona, and Sebring. 

Courtney Ferrante is the Director of The Peninsula Hotels Signature Events, organizers of renowned motoring events The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering and The Quail Motorcycle hosted annually at Quail Lodge & Golf Club in Carmel, California. Today, The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering is widely regarded as one of the most preeminent motoring events in the world. 

Emily Reeves and her husband Aaron produce and host their Flying Sparks Garage YouTube page. From building cars to flying airplanes they share their automotive filled lives with their loyal followers. They honeymooned on the Hot Rod Power Tour in 2007, a week-long road trip with thousands of hot rods. 

Jaime Hjelm is the co-owner along with her sister Naomi of their automotive repair shop they call Wicked Wrench Company. She owns a fleet of taxis and is a taxi meter dealer, mother to twin 16 year old boys and competed on Motor Trends ‘Bitchin Boot Camp’ by Bitchin Rides, season 1 in 2020 with her brother Frank. 

Melanie White is the president of Hellwig Products. Founded in 1946, Hellwig Products manufactures forged steel suspension products for a variety of vehicles including recreational vehicles, trucks, and SUVs and is an OE supplier for Oshkosh, Freightliner, and the United States military. 

Laura Fisher is the Petersen Automotive Museum’s Archivist.  As the archivist for the Petersen Automotive Museum, Laura describes her job as, “taking care of everything that is not a car” and acts as a conservator, librarian, archivist, and special collections caretaker for the Museum. 

McKinlee Riley followed her dad around his auto shop for years, begging to be taught. What began as a love of cars and dirt bikes, has evolved into education, competition, and a real love for absolutely anything that moves with a motor. 

Brandee Sanders is the Vice President of Marketing at Modal, a company that provides e-commerce to the world’s leading automotive dealers and brands. She is an award-winning marketing technologist leading global digital, data science, analytics, and demand-gen teams from start-up and rapid growth to IPO.

Christina Lam is a racer, an engineer, and co-owner of the Hi-Speed Motorsports race team. She now competes in the SCCA Majors and Hoosier Super Tour in the Touring 1 class in her M3 and a Honda HPD TCA Civic Si factory race car.   

Izzy Wright is the future of women in automotive tech. She was born and raised in San Diego, California and recently graduated high school where she was elected to be the ambassador for the Automotive Tech career pathway. Having to finishing school in the middle of a pandemic, Izzy had a strong desire to utilize my skills and get back under the hood of a car. 

Joan Klatil Creamer became General Motors first female ‘Exterior Designer” for Production Cadillac and Advanced Buick after graduating from Cleveland Institute of Art in Industrial Design. Her next career move was with General Electric in Consumer Electronics, Appliances, and Wiring. She then started her own freelance business in product design.

Emily Morris is a Product Development Engineer working in the Bay Area. Over the last fourteen years, she has worked in the Aerospace, Automotive, and Medical Device industry as a Manufacturing Engineer. 

Rachel Meyer started racing, with her sister Megan, when she was just 8 years old. She raced Jr Dragsters for about 10 years then moved up into a super comp dragster and eventually the Top Alcohol Dragster ranks.  She clinched her first championship win in 2020 as the NHRA Central Regional Championship. 

Lisa Boggs is the Director of Motorsports at Bridgestone Americas Motorsports. She joined Bridgestone in 2013 bringing 20 years of motorsports experience including advertising, integrated communications, on and off-track activation, content development, and crisis management. 

Todd Sommerville is the Vice President of OEM Relationships at Modal, a company that provides e-commerce to the world’s leading automotive dealers and brands. He is responsible for driving strategy, business development, partnership, and new-label sales efforts for OEM and Alliance relationships on behalf of the company’s leading automotive e-commerce platform. 

Chester Allen is a lifelong journalist and the executive editor of Linkage magazine and the linkagemag.com website. He spent more than 20 years in the newspaper business as a reporter, editor and columnist before transitioning to magazines when he joined Sports Car Market where he was their executive editor from 2010 to 2020. 

Donald Osborne is the Chief Executive Officer at Audrain in Newport, Rhode Island where he oversees the Audrain Automobile Museum, Audrain’s Newport Concours d’Elegance & Motor Week, and Linkage, a quarterly automotive publication and website. With their tagline “Geared for the Automotive Life” Linkage is all about the automotive marketplace, driving, restoration, collecting, events, and discovering the passion for vehicles. 

Tim Mathews is the Curator of Transportation, Motorsports, and Automobilia at Speedway Motors Museum of American Speed. 

Lee Klancher is the Founder and Publisher of Octane Press, an award-winning book publishing company that specializes in books about motorsports and machines. His career encompasses more than 30 years of publishing great stories. 

 In 2016, Danny Thompson drove his father Mickey Thompson's Challenger II to break the existing naturally aspirated streamliner record with a combined speed of 406.769mph. Then in 2018 he drove the restored 50-year-old vehicle to a blistering two-way AA/FS record of 448.757mph, a mark that stands to this day.

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Bud Brutsman is the CEO of Brentwood Communications International known as BCII TV. He is an entrepreneur, producer, military buff, off-road racer, and author.  He started producing television in 1992 and has produced over 60 TV shows and commercial projects.

Steve Sudler is the Director of Marketing and Motorsport for Foreign Cars Italia, the Official Ferrari Dealer for the Carolina’s. There he oversees advertising, client experiences, brand events, partnerships, and their Championship winning Ferrari Challenge Racing team with Riley Motorsports. 

Larry Dixon is a legend in the sport of drag racing and a three-time NHRA Camping World Series Top Fuel champion in 2002, 2003 and 2010. The second-generation Top Fuel racer is the second winningest Top Fuel driver in NHRA history with 62 wins and a Brand Ambassador for Stand 21 Race wear North America.

Carrol Jensen is Vice President of the Classic Car Club of America Museum. She is the immediate Past President of the Classic Car Club of America, known as the CCCA. She has shown cars at various concours event and she is a member of over a dozen automotive clubs and museums.

Carlos Perea is the CEO and Co-founder of Terra Vera, a newly launched agricultural technology company offering innovative solutions within the agriculture industry. He describes his company as the “Tesla of agriculture” and his passion for electric vehicles and sports cars is as strong as his enthusiasm for innovative solutions with the agriculture industry. 

Michelle Lackey Maynor is known as the Lady Track Boss and recently took over as President & Majority Owner of the NASCAR and NHRA sanctioned Alaska Raceway Park.  She spends her days making the most beautiful track in the world the best it can be for the racers, sponsors, fans, and her awesome co-workers. 

Paul Eisenstein is the Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of TheDetroitBureau.com, the voice of the automotive world. He is an award-winning publisher, photographer, editor and one of the world’s most widely published automotive journalists. 

Zack Brown is the Chief Executive of McLaren Racing and has overall responsibility for the business, including strategic direction, operational performance, marketing and commercial development. He leads McLaren’s direction and involvement in professional motorsport, spearheaded by the McLaren Formula 1 team. 

Michael Harley is the Executive Vice President and Editor-in-Chief at CarExpert. He is a noted automotive industry expert who has held roles at Kelley Blue Book, J.D. Power and Associates, Autoblog, AutoWeb, Autotrader, and Autobytel to name a few.

Amanda Busick is an award-winning broadcast reporter for the NHRA on FOX Sports, a pit reporter for the FIA Formula E Championship on FOX, and a live-event host & moderator for Discovery, MotorTrend, NFL on Location and more.

Ed Petersen is the CEO at Wrench and Lemon Squad, a mobile used car, pre-purchase inspection service that helps you see into the future before you hand over your hard-earned money. First Wrench was born and now Lemon Squad are disrupting the industry in very good ways.

Simon Dabadie is the Founder of DAB Motors, a French motorcycle manufacturer based in Bayonne, France. Dab Motors was created to show the boldest minds that you can still push the boundaries in today’s world and create a new breed of motorcycle, straight out of our fantasies. 

Charlie Nearburg is a lifelong car racer with a career that includes driving a 333SP Ferrari at Le Mans and finishing 4^th and 10^th overall at the Sebring 12-Hours.  In recent years he has focused on setting records at the Bonneville Salt Flats in the “Spirit of Rett” streamliner setting set a 414 MPH FIA record with a top speed of 422 MPH.

David Saggio is a professional automotive photographer who first looked through a wide-angle lens at the age of 17. His Auto Saggio Studio offers private commissions and he produces archival, museum quality images. When he’s not behind the lens David can be found in the cockpit of his Formula Vee racing an SCCA event.

Dave Opsahl is the CEO at Actify. For more than 15 years, Actify has been the leading provider of collaboration, integration, and data visualization solutions to the automotive industry.  Actify serves a global base of more than 1,500 companies in 45 countries.

Emily Lowdermilk is an automotive technician at Northwest Motorsport in the Pacific North West. In 2016 she founded Blue Collar Babes, a community on Facebook and Instagram for women in male dominated industries. Her goal is to find more women in blue collar trades, inspiring them and bringing them together to support and empower one another. 

Louise Ann Noeth, better known as Landspeed Louise returns to Cars Yeah to share her newest book titled Bonneville Salt Flats, a history and story about land speed racers on the salt.

Jeremey Walton is a freelance journalist, editor, and author with 33 original titles to his credit.  His latest book is titled Quattro: The Race And Rally Story 1980 – 2004 and it explores 24 years of factory-prepared and factory-supported Quattros in motorsport. 

David Smith is an entrepreneur and a retired industrial designer. He Founded the Precor company and was their President for many years before selling and diving deep into classic automobile research, restoration, and concours judging. 

Keith Sturgeon is a pinstriper and lifelong car and bike enthusiast. Keith paints portraits with pinstripes. What started as a hobby has become a passion and his art is owned by enthusiasts including past Cars Yeah guest Dave Kindig, Mark Workman and Jay Leno. 

Craig Jackson is the Chairman and CEO of Barrett-Jackson Auction Company. Over decades he has earned the reputation as one of the world’s most respected automotive collectors and restoration experts. In addition to the numerous Barrett-Jackson Auctions, that take place across the country, Craig is an avid automotive collector and enthusiast. 

Philip Porter founded Porter Press International in 2005. It is renowned for publishing top-quality motoring books and is firmly established as a leading automotive publisher with an unrivaled team of iconic authors and professionals in the industry. 

Clive Neville is the author of the book titled The Light Car Company Rocket: The Singular Vision of Two Men, it is the full history of a fascinating machine that changed the sports car market and the brainchild of former racing driver Chris Craft and design genius Gordon Murray. 

Chris Theodore is the President of Theodore & Associates where they specialize in the automotive transportation sector. He provides strategic and project planning, product innovation and design, supplier sourcing, specialty manufacturing, mergers and acquisitions and business restructuring. 

Lou Ann Shirk has a passion for the BMW marque that goes beyond the norm. She then became the Chairperson of the newly formed BMW CCA Ladies Program committee. She is an official “Driving Diva” having attended the BMW Performance Center Driving School 12 times. 

Brian Barr is the Classic Curator of Foreign Cars Charlotte, part of the Paramount Auto Group. They source and sell a selection of vintage and classic motorcars including new motorcars from Ferrari, Aston Martin, Bentley, Porsche, Maserati, Alfa Romeo and others. 

Brad Oleshansky is the Founder and CEO of The Motor Enclave, an auto enthusiast destination destined to become the largest private garage community in the world. The Motor Enclave is currently developing projects in Tampa, FL, Columbus, OH and Nashville, TN. 

Ken Vela owns and operates Wikd Kustoms, works as an emcee, and is an auto event planner. His career included time behind the microphone as an announcer and voice actor. He restores vintage cars as a hobby and built a one-off Hot Rod Outlaw Speedster he calls Wikd 356. 

Bill Schneider is the Team Manager for Team Speedway. After joining Team Speedway, about 7 years, ago Bill progressed from engineering to managing and growing the Speedway Quality Control and Research & Development engineering department. 

Joshua Mello is the owner of K’s Kustoms Ride On’s & Rentals where they are Making Smiles for Miles. He started modifying electric ride-on’s, made a name for himself, and won trophies at car shows for his uniquely modified builds. 

Larry McClure has been a car guy since birth. He found a way to merge his love for cars into his passion for racing. He and his three brothers formed a successful partnership along with business associate Tim Morgan where they built a winning NASCAR team known as Morgan-McClure Motorsports and they won 14 NASCAR Cup races. The McClure Collection will be offered at no reserve at Mecum Kissimmee 2021 on Friday, January 7- 16. 

Lee Craft is the Monday Morning Racer. He is an avid motorsports and car culture enthusiast who from dairy farm to nitro dragsters has had an accelerated ride into the world of motorsports media. His Monday Morning Racer persona closely follows the world of professional drag racing. 

Nicholas Wyman is CEO and Founder of the IWSI Group, a global network and leading enterprise dedicated to matching job seekers with automotive careers through apprenticeships. Nicholas has set up International scholarships to help young people find careers.

Heath Norton is a 4^th generation member of Callies Performance Products, a company that was founded in 1989. It’s a business where he and his talented team engineer and build high performance crankshafts, connecting rods, and camshaft cores. 

Devon Crail is the Co-Founder of Zero260.com, an automotive enthusiast website he created along with longtime friend, and past Cars Yeah guest, John Goodman. The site’s daily "Fast Finds" have become a must-read for subscribers who get to see highlights of what they call “The Most Intriguing Cars for Sale on the Internet" delivered right to their inbox every day.