Cars Yeah

John Wright is an author and past racer who started driving in 1970 and after a self-described, undistinguished record, and running out of racing funds, switched from racing to writing about the drivers, mechanics, and builders in the sport. Initially, John's stories of Canadian drivers and cars were published in the Canadian publication 'Old Autos' in Bothwell, Ontario followed by the California-...

CJ Olivares is the president of MAVTV and a decorated media executive with decades of experience building and operating digital and linear media companies. He joined MAVTV in 2022 and immediately began transforming the network by implementing a strategy focused on diversifying programming, expanding distribution, and launching new digital platforms. He has prioritized bringing more live racing pro...

Danny Sullivan is a legendary race car driver who is best known for his 360-degree spin on lap 120 of the 1985 Indianapolis 500. He was attempting to pass Mario Andretti and after recovering from the spin, he led the last 61 laps to become the 69th winner of the Indy 500 and the moniker "Spin to Win." Danny is also known for being one of the first "big" personalities in motorsports by using his fa...

Ginger Baker Rust comes to you from Mooresville, North Carolina, aka "Race City U.S.A.". She's a motorsports sports agent with decades of corporate marketing and experience, accolades, and achievements. Ginger was the Chief Marketing Officer for Ryan Newman, ddriver of the #6 Ford in the Nascar Cup Series. She's the one behind the scenes who works corporate partnerships, contracts, and the busines...

Whit Montross is responsible for running the day-to-day operations for Hagerty Marketplace. He and his team review thousands of submissions each year to ensure they are bringing the best ones to market with fair reserves. They work with sellers to make sure their listings are accurate and highlight their vehicles properly. Whit has been with Hagerty for over 10 years, much of that time was in thei...

Randy Leffingwell is an author, writer, and photographer who has spent over five decades in the automotive sector. He worked for the Kansas City Star and then in Chicago with the Sun-Times. His passion for automobiles led him to AutoWeek magazine and the L.A. Times. He's written many articles for Pete Stout's 000 magazine due to his vast knowledge of the Porsche marque and Randy has authored 65 bo...

Bill Kirk is the CEO and Co-Founder of Weathertrends360, a company that helps any business become proactive vs reactive in any weather, anywhere in the world. Weathertrends360 has been a leading expert in long-range weather forecasting for 22 years. It is the world's only accurate year-ahead weather forecasting model, powered by 124 years of climate data, with an 85% accuracy rate. Fluctuating tem...

Jim and Chris Ochs are brothers and the Founders of Car Corral, an online automotive auction company that provides the perfect blend of excitement, variety, and community surrounding the world of automobiles. Jim and Chris grew up in Colorado in a family with eight kids, Chris being the oldest of the clan. Chris is a third-generation union carpenter, a licensed aircraft mechanic, a car builder and...

Stacey Mayfield is the Director for the Haas Moto Museum. The Texas-based motorcycle museum is named after its founder, Bobby Haas. Bobby and Stacey, working side-by-side, curated one of the world's most thoughtfully assembled collection of motorcycles, including an unparalleled custom collection including acquisitions and commissioned bikes from around the globe. Following the death of Bobby Haas...

Isaac Bunick is the founder and CEO (Chief Enthusiast Officer) of MOTORMIA, a new automotive enthusiast platform aimed at revolutionizing the automotive aftermarket industry through AI. MOTORMIA is a company that's all about creating deeper connections between car lovers and the brands they care about. At the heart of the company is Mia – an AI-driven modding partner, build advisor, and performanc...

Art Garner is an award-winning author and finalist for the prestigious PEN/ESPN award for literary sports writing for his bestselling book, Black Noon, The Year They Stopped the Indy 500 . For over 40 years he worked for Ford, Toyota, Lexus, and Honda, before retiring in 2014 to finish that first book. That book is about the tragic 1964 race that was stopped by a fiery accident on the second lap r...

Joey Benjamini is the founder and CEO of Collectible Classics, North America's largest volume seller of classic sports cars on platforms including Bring a Trailer, Cars & Bids, and PCarMarket. Joey is a 2021 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in economics and he launched Collectible Classics the same year, with the goal to transform the classic car auction industry. Today, th...

Kenneth K. Boyer combines a lifelong love of cars and engineering with a career focused on management and supply chain. He's the Fisher designated professor of operations and business analytics at Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University. He was coeditor-in-chief of the  Journal of Operations Management,  and served on the faculty at Michigan State and DePaul universities. Boyer is a memb...

Michael Alan Ross is a photographer who is best known for his automotive work. Years ago. he merged his two passions, cars and photography and since then he's shot everything from exotics to barn finds from rock stars to junk yard dogs. If you love cars no doubt you've seen his work in which he constantly creates inspiring images. Michael's goal is to consistently create images that inspire the vi...

Steve Deperte is a Sales Representative at Richtech Robotics, a public robotics solutions company. Richtech provides complete robotics solutions for a variety of businesses across the country for restaurants, hotels, casinos, senior living homes, factories, and the automotive sector including service centers. Steve has worked for years in the automotive business focusing on customer engagement and...

Chad Schnitz is the Vice President at TopDon, a leader in diagnostics for the auto repair industry. They recently launched several new pieces of diagnostic equipment, thermal imaging units and EV charging products chargers. Chad and his team have grown the business exponentially. Working with some of the largest distributors in the US, they have earned TOPDON USA multiple vendor awards, Motor Top...

Burt "BS" Levy is known as the world's fastest novelist. He's been racing and writing about racing for more than a half a century. He's won something like 100 amateur and vintage races and 8 season championships in a truly incredible variety of cars. Burt's served as a track-driving instructor for clubs and race-sanctioned bodies and has been a special event and banquet speaker numerous times. No...

Jeff Nowak is the founder of Classic Car Jobs, a platform of dedicated marketers that help shops, private collectors, museums, and storage facilities to fins specialty mechanics to employ. They are connecting mechanics with opportunities in the niche world of classic and exotic cars. With a deep passion for classic cars, particularly 50s and 60s European sports cars, Jeff has turned his love for t...

Self-made and innovative, David Boice is a pioneer in auto industry technology. Throughout his impressive career, he has owned numerous companies in the automotive, tech, RV, marine, and real estate sectors. David co-founded two of the largest tech and consulting companies (AutoMark and CyberCar) in the automotive trade, with an enterprise value of $200 million. He co-founded his first technology...

George Levy is the President of the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America, the former editor of Autoweek magazine, and an author. He has written multiple books on motorsports, including 2016's Can-Am 50th Anniversary, a project on which he worked with the late and deeply missed photographer Pete Biro, who is a past Cars Yeah guest. His last book, F1 Mavericks:  The Men and Machines that Revolutioniz...

Philipp Henke is a Founder and Owner of RPM Depot, the one-stop-shop for Mercedes 190E parts based in Germany. He has been a Mercedes enthusiast from an early age, developing a special interest in the W201 chassis with its 190E 16 valve models which were the base of Mercedes iconic DTM entries in the 80s and 90s. After getting in touch with old Mercedes as a child through his granddad, he later to...

Mercedes and Andy Lilienthal are a wife and husband team who competed with the Superlative Adventure Club in the 2024 Baltic Sea Circle driving the new Volkswagen ID Buzz. They drove the sixteen-day, 7,500 kilometer, 4,771 miles journey as the first team to compete in an EV that was outside of the EU and they were the only EV team this year. The event is the northernmost rally in the world coverin...

Jodi Ellis is an innovative graphic designer specializing in automotive fine coffee table books. With a deep passion for design and automobiles, Jodi has built a career focused on crafting visually striking and distinctive publications in that genre. She carefully tailors each book to capture the essence of its subject and the author's vision, focusing on detail and delivering exceptional quality....

Phillip Kane is the Chief Executive Officer at Turbo Wholesale Tires which also owns RBP Tire, Lexani Tire, and Lionhart Tire. Phillip grew up in his family's car and truck dealerships, and having survived bracket racing a 1965 Pontiac GTO, he went on to spend more than 25 years in some of the best-known automotive, industrial, consumer durables, distribution, and banking businesses in the world....

Kevin McCauley is a photographer and videographer based in Houston, Texas. His photography has been featured in over a dozen publications, and he's shot for automakers, auction houses, retailers, and collectors. Kevin spent the early part of his career in advertising as a graphic designer. He picked up the camera to shoot portfolio images of design work, but almost immediately began pointing the l...