David Voxlin is Director of Behavior Change and Sustainability at SKIM, a global decision behavior research consultancy. Skim recently conducted research into consumer attitudes, emotions, and knowledge as to what may be holding back mass EV-adoption. Their results identified the gaps in people’s understanding which are surprising to many in the industry. 

Crispian Besley is a first-time author with a lifelong interest in cars and passion for motor racing. He’s done some racing himself and more recently enjoys historic single seat race cars including a Cooper F1, as well as Brabham, and Surtees F2 cars. Crispian’s main focus has been racing Historic Formula Junior which he has raced all over Europe, in New Zealand and America in a variety of cars which include, Gemini, Lotus, Osca, Elva and Cooper. Today he’s here to share his first book, Driven To Crime: True stories of wrongdoing in motor racing, published by EVRO Publishing.

Shelby Edwards is the General Manager of Constellium’s Automotive Structures business in North America. Shelby became the Plant Manager for the Automotive Structures facility in Van Buren, Michigan, as a Tier 1 supplier of machined and assembled extrusion components to automotive OEMs. 

Devon Pastor-Guzman is TechForce Foundation’s Social Media Content Creator. He is a key contributor to TechForce’s online platform keeping us up to date on how the Foundation is supporting the automotive industry. At only 19 years of age, Devon has a life-long passion for the automotive world with a focus on motorsports. 

Julio Saiz is the Founder of The Motor Chain, a better way to manage, preserve, share, and transfer the history of your classic vehicles throughout their lifetimes. He’s conquered the documentation paradox: you own the car, but you don’t own her information. 

Bill Tybur is part of Attesa, a company that is developing a motorsports and entertainment destination, featuring residential, commercial, and industrial districts, plus a hotel and convention center, a private air strip and more. The keystone project for Attesa is the Podium Club, a private membership complex that opened Dec. 2021.  It features a road racing track surrounded by race shops, casitas, and garage mahals, a proving grounds and a high performance driving school.

Jon Saltinstall is an author who wrote the book "Niki Lauda: His Competition History," which was published by EVRO Publishing in 2019 and shortlisted for the RAC Motoring Book of the Year. Encouraged by the acclaim for his first book, he moved on to a similar project about another Ferrari star, Jacky Ickx, a driver with a truly eclectic and fascinating racing life. His new book titled Jacky Ickx: His Authorized Competition History is another winning book worth of your library. 

Gregg Blue is a collector with a passion for traveling, old cars, and finding more than unique automobiles to inspire his live. His  career has been one of discovering treasures from around the world.  He’s lived all around the world but today he lives at the bottom of Crater Road on Maui where he can enjoy driving his collection from the sea to 10,000 feet above sea level. The cars he has today are a result of buying and selling and trading for the last 50 years.

Gonen Barkan is the Chief Radar Officer at Arbe, a global leader in Perception Radar Solutions.  There he oversees the technological strategy and leads product specifications and R&D execution to drive Arbe’s innovative solution and the radar industry toward market success. 

Mike Wolfe has earned a reputation as one of the country’s foremost foragers of American history. The creator and star of History Channel’s American Pickers has made a life finding the beauty of forgotten objects and places—preserving them for the rest of us who love to collect. Mike’s here to share his passions along with As Found Collection that he’s consigned to the32nd  annual Mecum Las Vegas Motorcycles  auction taking place January 24 – 28. 

Johnny Böhmer is the Founder of JBR Proving Grounds, a company which provides guidelines, consulting, and testing in accordance with numerous testing facilities throughout the United States. Past Cars Yeah guest Richard Rawlings, of Gas Monkey garage fame, sponsored and partnered with Johnny on his “BADD GT’ project and they cemented its place as the Fastest Street Legal car in the world. They reached a stunning 310.8 MPH. 

Mercedes Thompson is a Junior at McPherson College and a recent recipient of the RPM Foundation Grant. She’s pursuing a degree in automotive restoration design with the goal to open her own business that will have a focus on automotive design and marketing. 

Jill Amadio is an author of both fiction and non-fiction books. As a journalist she has covered auto racing for Gannett Newspapers, National Speed Sports News, the Los Angeles Daily News, and other publications. As a reporter for the Bangkok Post the first race she covered was an F3 event in Macau, Hong Kong. Jill was Communications Director for Skoal Bandit Racing on several circuits including Indycars, NASCAR, Can-Am, sprint, and funny cars. She writes an award-winning mystery series and ghostwrites memoirs. She was the writer for Raoul ‘Sonny’ Balcean’s biography along working with Pete Lyons. It is an engaging memoir from one of American racing's unsung heroes.

Tom Nault’s passion for entrepreneurship, management, and turnarounds began when he was in college. Along with his fascination for companies that did great things, Tom also had a fascination with failures, how they happened and more importantly, and how they could be fixed.  Throughout his career he has created many businesses, sold them, some went on to greatness, some did not. He helped many distressed companies and learned a lot. He co-founded Exotics at Redmond Town Center that has become the largest weekly gathering of exotics and rare cars and a huge Pacific Northwest success. He joined the Board of  America’s Automotive Trust that has oversite for LeMay America’s Car Museum. When COVID struck Tom wrote a book titled How To Not F*ck Up Your Own Company: Lessons I Learned by Screwing Up.

Raoul ‘Sonny’ Balcaen grew up in Los Angeles at a time when it became the epicenter of American motor racing, nurturing a vast talent pool of people whose influence has echoed through to today. Sonny’s life is outlined in his autobiography, published by Evro, and includes co-authors Jill Amadio and past Cars Yeah guest Pete Lyons. This engaging memoir from one of American racing's unsung heroes is the very personal history of a momentous time and place in which we meet a who’s who of West Coast road-racing heroes. 

Sharon Spurlin is the owner of Classic Ads, a full-service sales and advertising agency. She is the publisher of AutoMobilia Resource magazine, a publication launched in 2018 that focuses on the collector world of automotive memorabilia. 

Brad Phillips is the Senior VP of Business Development at RM Sotheby’s, the world’s largest collector car auction house by total sales. They conduct auctions around the world and this month they will return for their annual Arizona Auction takes place January 26th at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix where they realized over $43 million is sales in2022. 

Chuck Stanford is the Co-Founder and Selection Committee Chair of the Arizona Concours taking place on Sunday, January 22. This event starts off the New Year concours circuit and Arizona Auctions week. This concours recently announced its rebirth in Scottsdale for January 2023.  Chuck has also judged at the Hilton Head Concours d’Elegance and at the Cobble Beach Concours d’Elegance. 

Sperry Hutchinson is the Manager of Development at The Piston Foundation. The foundation builds scholarship and apprenticeship programs that serve the car community. Sperry has lived most of his life in Arizona, where he was born and raised. He has gone on to create several car rallies, serving as Chairman of the Copperstate 1000 and the world’s first vintage, off-road luxury rally, the Copperstate Overland. He also hosts AutoMoto podcast to be launched in the New Year.

Ed Winkler is the Co-Founder of the Arizona Concours taking place on Sunday, January 22. This event starts off the New Year concours circuit and Arizona Auctions week. 

Gord Duff is Global Head of Auctions for RM Sotheby’s, the world’s premier automotive auction house. He and his team conduct auctions around the world and this month they will return for their annual Arizona Auction takes place January 26th at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix. 

Tony Whatley is an automotive enthusiast, a fanatic actually, an engineer, entrepreneur, mentor, and founder of 356 Driven Society and podcast. He’s a 20+ year serial entrepreneur, business coach, best-selling author and speaker. Today as we welcome in the New Year, I’ve asked Tony to share his thoughts on How To Win in the New Year, and actually, any time in your life, so that you have your best year yet in your wealth, health, mindset, and relationships. Let’s get to it!

Today's show is a Memoriam to 10 past Cars Yeah guests who we've lost this year. It's a tribute to their lives and all the things they gave to the automotive world. And it is a reminder that each day is a precious gift. I'm wishing you all a restful and healthy holiday season. I hope you get to spend time with family and friends.

Tony Dow was a film producer, director, television actor, sculptor and a lifelong automotive enthusiast. You’ll remember him for his role in the television sitcom Leave It To Beaver that ran on primetime from 1957 to 1963. Tony of course played Wally Cleaver, the eldest son of June and Ward and the wise older brother of Theodore Beaver Cleaver. 

We lost Tony in July of 2022.

Vic Elford was one of the fastest drivers of the sixties and seventies and is a racing icon in Porsche’s history. He was arguably the most versatile all around driver of all time and he’s raced and won pretty much every motoring event in Europe and the U.S. He drove for Steve McQueen in the movie Le Mans and Vic’s authored books, narrated Michel Keyser’s film The Speed Merchants..

We lost Vic in March of 2022.

Fred Simeone was the founder and Executive Director of the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 80,000 square foot building houses an incredible collection of over 65 racing sports cars that encompass the words of John Stuart Mill, “Competition is indispensable to progress.” You will enjoy marques including Alfa Romeo, Porsche, Ferrari, Aston Martin, and Delahaye to name just a few. Fred was a retired neurosurgeon who donated the cars to a charitable foundation that survives on events and philanthropy and continues today.

We lost Fred in June of 2022.

This is a special in memoriam show with Russel Fleury who was one of the most highly respected consultants in corporate education. He was the founder and CEO of Road-Scholars International, a performance improvement firm specializing in coaching automotive dealerships in management, customer retention and human resources.  His clients included:  Hyundai, Toyota, BMW, Mini, Ford, General Motors, Porsche, Mitsubishi, Ferrari, Maserati, Freightliner, Daimler, Harley-Davidson, Correct Craft, The Kinetic Group and more. He was one of the busiest guys I knew.  Enjoy this very personal and passionate interview. We lost Russell in January of 2022 to Covid

Hello Inspiring Automotive Enthusiasts and welcome to Cars Yeah.  Today something different. Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Las Posadas, the Winter Solstice, Kwanzaa, or Festivus, this is the season for love, peace, joy, and giving of our time and gifts. So grab a cup of coco, or eggnog, sit back, and enjoy this special Christmas eve share…

Mark Roberts is the Chief Creative Officer at Charge Cars, a company founded in 2016 in London. Their experienced team design and build vintage '67 Mustangs in a unique, bespoke, and electrically powered way. Three years ago, Mark brought his automotive passion and experience to the Charge Cars team as Chief Creative Officer, responsible for building the Brand, the Design team and creating a unique Customer Journey.

Nicholas Hutchison is the Founder of BookThinkers, a company dedicated to spreading the power of personal development books. Nicholas is focused on developing insightful content and interviewing the world’s top non-fiction authors for his podcast, BookThinkers: Life-Changing Books. As a digital nomad, Nicholas runs his business from a different country every month and gives all, of the credit for this lifestyle to some of the early books he has read and been inspired by. 

Taylor Keller is the Founder and CEO of Keller Motors, a venture that he describes as an analogue revolution. It’s a supercar company he’s just started and his first car, called the Seraph. 

Jaxon Bell is 19 years old with a thirst to go racing. Having a passion for racing since he was a toddler, he started his racing career in the Skip Barber Racing Series. In the first part of this past December, he ran his first race in a Formula 4 car at the Circuit of the Americas where he earned a podium finish in each of his two races. His father is past Indy racer Townsend Bell, a past Cars Yeah guest.

Eliot Wertheimer is the Founder and CEO at Lavoie, a new premium mobility brand born from McLaren Applied on a mission to redefine personal transport through luxury automotive and motorsport-inspired design, engineering, and electrification. 

Serge Vanbokryck started his career in the late 1980s as a journalist and photographer, reporting on endurance racing for European newspapers and magazines. Today Serge is here to share his book titled Works Porsche 962 – The Definitive History, a three volume set with over 1,400 pages and 1,800 images, purblished by Porter Press.

Mark Hawwa is the Founder of The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride. The events unite classic and vintage style motorcycle riders from all over the world to raise funds and awareness for men’s health issues including prostate cancer research and awareness and men’s mental health issues and concerns. His motto and mission is: “Riding Dapper for a Cause”. He and his supporters have raised over $37.5 million for men’s health. He talks about his new book focused on DGR.

Ken Rusk is a best-selling author, entrepreneur, and blue-collar advocate showing that there’s no degree required for comfort, peace, and freedom. In his book Blue Collar Cash: Love Your Work, Secure your Future, and Find Happiness for Life he shares his beliefs and experiences. Plus, Ken is an automotive enthusiast.

Mikayla Kyle is the Corporate Manager at PowerTrucks USA, your local one-stop automotive accessory shop and service center. They offer the enthusiasts a massive selection of truck, Jeep, SUV, and automotive aftermarket accessories plus installation. Mikayla is a Corporate Manager for Whitecap Enterprises, a private asset management company and she manages the marketing for all their acquisitions including Power Trucks USA, Autism F.I.R.S.T., Whitecap Construction Services, Extreme Steel Crane and Rigging, Extreme Steel, Extreme Rentals USA, and several Waste companies. 

Gene Crouch is the Chief Operating Officer of AMA Pro Racing, the sanctioning body for Professional Motorcycle racing in the USA.  They are the NASCAR for the motorcycle world.

Dwight Knowlton is the founder of Carpe Viam, an automotive lifestyle brand focused on the joy and history of vintage and collector cars. He returns to Cars yeah to share a collaboration with past Cars Yeah guest Bill Pack and the new book Epic Drama: The Winning Collection of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. His latest endeavor, TheMotoringArts.com debuts January 1st, 2023.

Philip White is the Associate Director Marketing and the Business Development Manager at Bicester Heritage and has been instrumental in their growth from its early days. Since joining the founding team in 2014, Philip has assisted in the curation of the atmospheric business campus, now held as the de-facto home of historic motoring. Philip and the team are well on their way to building the UK’s pre-eminent destination for motion technology; past, present, and future. 

Richard Prince is an automotive photographer, journalist, and author who has been shooting since 1991. He has published four books and authored and illustrated approximately 2,000 magazine articles. Today he is here to share his newest book titled Corvette 70 Years: The One And Only published by Motorbooks.

Stephen King launched the Meguiar’s car care business in the UK in 2001. Today he is responsible for their European, Middle Eastern, and the African business sectors, known as the EMEA.

Patrick Krook began his obsession in all things automotive as a toddler, handing his father tools to fix the family truckster, a 1973 Ford Custom 500 Ranch Wagon. Today he owns and runs Rev Muscle Cars. His career has included traveling the world and building some of the most storied and exclusive private car collections.

Jakob Greisen is the Bonhams’ Vice President, Head of their US Motoring and a Collectors Motorcar Specialist. Bonhams is a British auction house that was founded in 1793. It is one of the world’s oldest and largest auctioneers known internationally for fine art, antiques, jewelry, automobilia, motorcycles, and motorcars. Bonhams will be back again in Scottsdale for their annual auction that will take place January 26, 2023 at The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa.

Jason Vansickle is the Vice President of Curation and Education at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. He is one of the youngest in his field to hold such a position. Jason is leading the charge with new exhibition creation and content development designed with visitation growth in mind. He is responsible for managing the care for the collection, restoration department, and educational programming. He currently serves on the boards of the National Association of Automobile Museums, Indiana Landmark’s Indiana Automotive group, and the Indianapolis Cars and Coffee organization.

Jim Cozzie serves as the Director of Business Development for suspension specialists RideTech. He has over 30 years of high-level business development in automotive specialty and television production industries. 

Jim Beaver is the president of JB15 Group, a full-service media, PR, marketing, branding, and motorsports agency representing some of the top athletes and brands in the world. He’s a third-generation driver who races as a factory supported UTV driver in off-road racing and formerly raced Trophy Trucks. 

Peter Volny is the Founder of the Concours in the Hills that will celebrate its ninth year on Saturday, February 4, 2022 in Fountain Hills Arizona. The event will feature over 1,200 cars and 30,000+ spectators while raising tens of thousands of dollars for Phoenix Children’s. 

David Twohig is a consultant who works on a variety of topics for his clients, he speaks at private and public events, and writes about the car industry for The-Intercooler in the UK. He published his first book, in early 2022, titled Inside the Machine – An Engineer’s Tale of the Modern Automotive Industry. David is a veteran automotive engineering executive, with three decades of international experience in automotive design and development. 

Kyle Hoffman produces and hosts his YouTube channel titled Depreciation Nation, a show he's produced for over two year. He's been addicted to speed since he was fiver years old and it all started with his fascination with horses, a passion he still enjoys today watching race horses run. His older brother bought a BMW with a manual gearbox and Kyle was hooked. He's since owned several of these cars and  would buy and sell them learning how to flip cars and make some money along the way. From years of this his YouTube channel was born.

Joe Hale is the President of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. He is leading the team to reimagine the Museum in a wholesale fashion and to guide the Museum staff and supporters toward a future state-of-the-art Museum, community asset, and world-class destination. He also shares Bill Pack new book titled Epic Drama, The Winning Collection of the Indianpolis Motor Speedway Museum.

Christopher Davenport is the Founder of AutoParts 4 Less, the first automotive specific multi-seller online marketplace that aspires to provide both buyers and sellers with the best experience possible. Their mission is to create a world class e-commerce marketplace that aggregates these automotive parts sellers for the automotive parts buyers by utilizing integrated technologies that optimizes the listing, selling, and shipping of automotive parts. 

Mitch Williams is the Division General Manager of StopTech, the best in high performance brakes and part of the First Brands Group. He has led several iconic performance industry brands including Hella, APR, Restoration Parts Unlimited, and today at StopTech.  Mitch has raced sports cars, served six terms on the SEMA Board of Directors and has driven cross-country 40 times - and once drove almost coast to coast in 40 hours - by himself.  He has owned more than 75 cars, has flown in the Goodyear Blimp, and took aerobatic flying lessons. 

David Campo is the Founder of Nezumi Studios, a business where he has merged his passions in the automotive, watch, fashion, and music industries for over a decade. David created his own Porsche Club he calls Roughneck Brigade that started with a grill badge design and now includes nearly 100 Brigadiers across nine countries with members in Europe, the UK, and the USA. He has a special collaboration with the legendary Porsche designer RUF culminating in a limited-edition series of Nezumi Ruf timepieces and all 200 watches sold out in 21 minutes. He also designed a watch to celebrate the band Anthrax’s album ‘Persistence of Time’.

Jake Welk is the Marketing Manager for Lemay - America’s Car Museum. He is a passionate photographer, filmmaker, designer, and marketer and is in charge of the Lemay museum’s marketing, advertising, public relations, media, content creation, website, and social media efforts.

Bill Pack is an automotive photographer who returns to Cars Yeah to talk about his latest project. Bill teamed up with past Cars Yeah guest and designer Dwight T. Knowlton to create a book titled Epic Drama: The Winning Collection of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. At over 200 pages this project is a magical journey featuring the historic race cars that have run the Indy 500.

Dominic Dobson is the President of Dobson Motorsports and Dobson Stuttgart, the Northwest’s finest Porsche service, sales, and storage facility. Dominic is a former IndyCar and sports Car racer, has raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Daytona 24 Hours, and the Sebring 12 Hours numerous times. Dominic has raced in the Baja 1000, Pikes Peak International Hillclimb. He founded Motion Research Technologies, a pioneer in Augmented Reality and invented the world's first wireless heads-up display named "SportVue" for motorcycle riders. 

Andrew Comrie-Picard is an X Games medalist, North American Rally Champion, Pikes Peak record holder, and Baja1000 class winner. He also is a movie stuntman who's appeared in the Fast and Furious and Deadpool franchises and designed the massive car stunt course on Netflix' "Hyperdrive". Andrew founded his business ZipTire Mobile Tire in Los Angeles to disrupt the tire industry and he is the Chief Business Officer for Arctic Trucks North America.

Robert C. Yeager’s love for cars began as a teenager when he purchased a “raked,” baby-blue 1940 Ford coupe for $250. For the past dozen-plus years, he has written about collectible and enthusiast cars for the New York Times. An outgrowth of his writing for the Times is his new book, The NextGen Guide to Car Collecting and it offers new and experienced collectors a richly illustrated and concise history of car collecting; guidance on buying and selling; tips on living the car-collector life; how collectors love their “special” cars; and explores the growing role women play as automotive enthusiasts. 

Drew Hardin started working in automotive journalism while in college and he joined Petersen Publishing in 1986 as a staff editor for 4-Wheel & Off-Road magazine. His latest book is titled HOT ROD Magazine: The Definitive & Official 75 Years History published by Motorbooks. It is the officially licensed anniversary celebration of the world’s longest continuously published and best-known automotive magazine ever.

Chris Cyr is the CEO and Partner at Team O'Neil Rally School, the longest running and most accomplished rally driver training company in the America's. Their offerings include the 1 to 5 Day Rally School, Security and Tactical Mobility Training, Drift School, Off-Road training and much more.

Larry Trepel is a cartoonist and writer, with auction coverage and a monthly cartoon feature, titled Light-Hand Drive, appearing in Keith Martin’s Sports Car Market.

Dan McKeever is the President of Ford Performance Racing School. There he developed all of the driver curriculums for the Mustang GT500 and Mach 1, the F-150 Raptor and an ST SUV program for the Edge and Explorer ST owners.

Brock Patterson is the National Specialty Vehicle Manager at Reddick Brown Ford in Morrison Tennessee where they specialize in a line of custom vehicles and limited production projects.

Jayce Delker is a 27-year-old automotive enthusiast, inventor, and entrepreneur. He is a graduate from Georgia Institute of Technology and currently employed as an engineer for General Motors at the GM Proving Ground in Milford, Michigan.

Brett Hatfield is a lifelong automotive enthusiast and has thirty-plus-years as a member of the National Corvette Restorers Society. He is the co-host of the Driven Radio Show podcast, is a senior auction analyst for Sports Car Market magazine, a contributing author of GM Authority, Ford Authority, and the Cadillac Society. 

D. Paul Graham is a photographer who specializes in commissioned automotive, luxury lifestyle, editorial, travel, and portraiture assignments. His art draws from, and is inspired by, the interaction of the complexities of light, life, passion, and people.

Matt Caldwell is the Executive Director for Tread Lightly, a national nonprofit organization with a mission to promote responsible, motorized recreation through stewardship/conservation projects and ethics education ensuring that off-roading opportunities are available for future generations.

James Easton is the Co-Founder and CEO of IONETIC where they give niche vehicle-makers a highly time-efficient and cost-effective route to electrification, empowering them to successfully overcome the complex challenges of adapting to the future of mobility.

Preston Lerner is an automotive author and journalist. His latest book, Shelby American: The Renegades Who Built the Cars, Won the Races, and Lived the Legend, reexamines the mythology surrounding Carroll Shelby and his Cobra-based empire.

Bre Pettis is the CEO of Bantam Tools where they build desktop CNC machines with professional reliability and precision, supporting the world’s changers and skill builders. Bantam Tools machines are easy to set up, ready to use right out of the box, and are safe and easy to use.

Phil MacDougall serves as the President Executive Director of the National Automobile Museum. Named One of America’s Top 10 Automobile Museums, the National Automobile Museum showcases more than 225 rare, one-of-a-kind, orphan, antique, and collector cars.

Max Kaiserman is the owner of Luna Replicas, a vintage automotive and space apparel company, recreating the clothing and gear from 1960s classic racing teams as well as early NASA programs.

Mike Guy is the Editor-in Chief of Road & Track, part of the Hearst Auto portfolio. He was the founder and former editor-in-chief of The Drive.

Alan Dowds is a Freelance motorcycle photojournalist. He started riding and reading bike magazines, in Scotland, in the late 1980s. His new book titled BMW Motorcycles 100 Years is published by Motorbooks.

Barry Wilson is the owner of Wilson Auto Repair, a business he started over 40 years ago. Barry’s restored and repaired classic cars from the 60s and 70s for over 15 years and his YouTube channel offers numerous how-to repair videos covering numerous automotive technical tips and tricks.

Joseph Freeman is the Founder of Racemaker Press, a company he started in 2006. He’s been a free-lance author and automotive historian since 1986. Joe started racing in 1970 driving in SCCA in a Formula Ford and then a Brabham BT-35 Formula B.

Ross Fruin is the Co-Founder and CEO of GridRival, the best motorsports app that allows fans to engage with their favorite sports in an innovative way. At GridRival, the focus on creating an authentic experience rich withreal time cash-based fantasy games, industry leading content, and a community of like-minded race fans.

Stan Mirzayev is the Founder and CEO of Parts Pass, an auto parts app revolutionizing the way people fix their cars. He has over 17 years in the automotive industry.

Matt Martelli is the Founder of Mad Media, a San Diego based multidisciplinary creative advertising and marketing consultant group.  Matt is also CEO of The Mint 400 and California 300. He’s one of the biggest influences in Off-Road racing and its culture. 

Mia Bevacqua is the Chief Mechanic and Technical Writer at CarParts.com. Car Parts has been in business for over 25 years and is your best online source for finding the right car parts faster and easier.

Harry Hurst is Director of Programs for the Simeone Museum in Philadelphia, an institution he helped Dr. Frederick Simeone launch in 2008. Harry is an author and he is a published author and Founder of the Facebook group, “Glory Days of Racing” that is approaching 50,000 members.

Justin Bell and Tommy Kendall are Co-Founders of Torque Media Group and hosts of The Torque Show. Both are successful past racers and you’ll be able to see and meet both at this year’s Chattanooga Motorcar Festival and they will be live streaming from the event on Friday, October 14.

Michael Tillson is the Founder of Tillson Motorcars, a company he started in 1972, having owned and restored many fine vehicles. He is the Founder and Chairman of the Radnor Hunt Concours and will be the Chief Judge at this year’s Chattanooga Motorcar Festival.

Ray Evernham is has lived in the racing world for 50 years as a builder, owner, producer, and so much more. He will be a celebrity guest at this year's Chattanooga Motorcar Festival. 

Lyn St. James has raced for over 40 years. She was the 1992 Indy 500 Rookie of the Year and she’s a seven-time Indy 500 driver. Her awards and recognitions are numerous and include her most recent 2022 inductee into the Automotive Hall of Fame. Lyn is a celebrity guest at this year’s Chattanooga Motorcar Festival.

Wayne Carini has a lifetime of experience in the automotive world as a master car restorer and so much more. Wayne’s a judge at numerous concours events and is a celebrity guest at this year’s Chattanooga Motorcar Festival.

Brad Novack is the ‘Break’ in the Break Fix Podcast he produces and host with his business partner Eric Monterastelli, a past guest here on Cars Yeah. They also opperate the Grand Touring Motorsport website.

Swin Chatsuwan is the CEO and founder of Zapp Electric Vehicles, a company on a mission to introduce high quality and high-performance products which are also Gen-2 sustainable to the electric motorbike market.

Dennis Kazmerowski started racing in 1974 and has raced and built many amazing cars. At 75 years old he’s still having fun in his garage and a latest project is a complete build-out of a vintage 1958 Le Mans Coupe designed by Strother MacMinn.

Ben Hedley is the Founder and CEO of The Little Car Company. The company was founded in 2019 to create junior cars with Bugatti and it quickly expanded to work with other major automotive companies including Ferrari, Aston Martin, EON Productions, Tamiya and others.

Ben Saltmer is the Head of Design and Customization at Radford where they breathe new life into the art of coach building by creating bespoke automotive commissions true to classic and timeless designs.

Mark Osmundson is with Jamison Search and he is the Vice President of Automotive Aftermarket Recruiting. Two characteristics have remained consistent in Mark’s life more than any others: a love of cars, and a desire to facilitate meaningful connections.

Steve Natale has been obsessing about old cars since he was a kid playing with his Matchbox toys. His latest venture is his popular and rapidly growing YouTube show In the Garage with Steve Natale. By the way: Steve still plays with Matchbox cars…

Royce Rumsey is an industrial designer and photographer with a focus on things that move. His creativity earned him many publication awards including a Gold Award with Communications Magazine, Time, Wired, and Business Week magazines.

John Saccameno is the owner of Sport and Specialty, a premium sports car restoration business just north of Chicago. He’s been a lifelong car enthusiast and a vintage racer.

Cameron Luther is a senior at McPherson College preparing to graduate in May of 2023. He’s majoring in Automotive Restoration Technology with coursework in sheet metal, engine rebuilding, drivetrain, automotive paint, research and documentation.

Townsend Bell currently serves as a Brand Ambassador for the Lexus brand. He is also a member of the broadcast team for NBC Sports and has raced in numerous classes including 10 Indy 500s.

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. 

Jan Hyde is a race historian who runs the Registry of Corvette Race Cars. It’s a project he calls The Corvette Race Car Collection to-the-Max.