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Joel LaPalme is the President of the North America IGL Coatings, the premier developer of easy to use, low odor, high solids formulation detailing products for the automotive industry and beyond. Joel previously worked in retail management helping introduce to Canada the Box Store working with companies including Costco, Staples, and Aurora Importing. While in semi-retirement in 2014, he started a...

Luis Rodriguez lives in New Jersey and he is a weekend warrior when it comes to cars. He is a fabricator and builder whose recent creation earned him the winner of the Hot Wheels Legends Tour. Hot Wheels hit the road with a traveling car show in search of a custom car worthy of being an actual Hot Wheels diecast car. As part of celebrating their legacy, that started in 1968, Hot Wheels scoured the...

Chris Rhoad is the Founder and Creative Director at Studio Rhoad, a design and branding agency in Knoxville, Tennessee. He and his team create comprehensive e-commerce websites, digital platforms, brand identity systems, user experience design, and media across multiple touch points for the automotive market. They work with industry leaders including Tequila Patrón, Honda Performance Development,...

Zach Adams is from Orlando, Florida and has been racing Monster Trucks for 10 years. At the young age of 4, Zach was introduced to the sport by his father, Greg Adams, and he was hooked. Greg was a successful driver of the Eliminator Monster Truck and when Zach turned 22, it was his turn at the wheel. His talents earned him the MTRA Rookie of the Year in 2009 and today, he pilots the Hy-per-Lube A...

Robin Grove is the CEO at Classic Automotive Relocation Services, known as CARS in Gardena, California. CARS is a specialist in worldwide car transportation that has been helping enthusiasts for decades. They offer expertise and experience that ensures your vehicles arrive in perfect condition, on time, and with no unexpected costs. Robin has worked in the industry for over 30 years and started wi...

Jim Hinckley is an automotive journalist, author, speaker, and the Development Consultant at Jim Hinckley's America brand. He is the former Associate Editor for Cars & Parts and has published feature articles for Hemmings Classic and Special Interest Auto, Classic Auto Restorer, Old Cars Weekly, as well as nineteen automotive books. His published automotive works are focused on the American auto i...

Russ Rosenberg is an entrepreneur who has been racing for thirteen years. His racing career began in autocross and quickly grew to club, endurance, and eventually vintage racing. Russ pilots a 1966 Yenko Stinger, a 1976 BMW 2002, and is a member of the board of directors for Corinthian Vintage Auto Racing. He just released his first book titled Racing Under The Illusions of Grandeur, which is a gu...

Tony Rackley is responsible for the Specialties Division of Classic Automotive Relocation Services, known as CARS in Gardena, California. CARS is a specialist in worldwide car transportation that has been helping enthusiasts for over two decades. They offer expertise and experience that ensures your vehicles arrive in perfect condition, on time, and with no unexpected costs. Tony grew up in South...

David Chapple is an automotive artist who paints and creates sculptures and whose career spans over 30 years. He describes his painting style as a continual development and refinement that has no limits. He uses a vivid color palate and his goal is to present art with a defined continuity of original concepts that spur momentum and expression in his sculptures and canvas compositions. His art has...

Stephen Becker is the Founder of Becker Auto Group in Sugar Hill, Georgia. He provides a variety of automotive services including auction services, buying and selling of collector vehicles, valuations, appraisals, and inspections. He works side by side with the Shelby American Automobile Club registrars to ensure authenticity and is one of the most renowned Shelby authorities in the world. He's de...

Scott Furgiuele is a Partner at 2ndCar, an online auction site, buy it now sales, and an automotive blog for track events, DIY tips, and lots of cool car stories. Along with his business partner Tom Giertz, a past Cars Yeah guest, and Andy Ritt, Scott is a life-long automotive enthusiast who has turned his passion into a business. He has worked in the oil and gas industry for over 15 years and is...

Matthew Banach is the Senior Director of Marketing for Gold Eagle Company, a business that was started by Armin Hirsch in 1932. Gold Eagle offers a complete line of protection for cars, boats and more. They offer a wide variety of products for engines plus interior and exterior surface care products. Matt has been with the company for 7 years and has worked in various areas. He has a passion for r...

Jonathan Day, better known as JJ Da Boss, is from Memphis where the cars are fast, the pavement is dangerous, and street racing is a family affair. He's the man on Discovery Channel's Street Outlaws: Memphis.   Back on October 15, they ran a special TV episode titled "The History of JJ," which exposed a unique glimpse into his life and times. He runs an automotive business buying, selling, and fix...

Jay Gillotti is the author of " Gulf 917 ", a new book from Dalton Watson Fine Books that tells the story of the Porsche 917s raced by the John Wyer/Gulf Team in 1970 and 1971. Jay has contributed to several automotive books by other authors as well as the Porsche Club of America's magazine, Panorama . He is an active member and writer for the Pacific NW Region of PCA and has moderated presentatio...

Tom Giertz is the CEO at 2ndCar, an online auction site, buy it now sales, a blog for track events, DIY tips, and lots of cool car stories. Along with his business partners Scott Furgiuele and Andy Ritt, Tom is a life-long automotive enthusiast who has turned his passion into a business. Tom's father was racing a Fiat Abarth Monza at the Sebring 12-Hour when Tom was still in the womb in 1961. Toda...

Andrei Michailov is the Creative Director for the Romanian edition of Forbes magazine. He is also an accomplished automotive photographer who specializes in scale model car photography. He runs his own Creative Studio in Bucharest titled GB Media. GB stands for Good Business as his focus is on providing clients with great service from a great team with borderless creativity. Andrei started his bus...

Andrei Michailov is the Creative Director for the Romanian edition of Forbes magazine. He is also an accomplished automotive photographer who specializes in scale model car photography. He runs his own Creative Studio in Bucharest titled GB Media. GB stands for Good Business as his focus is on providing clients with great service from a great team with borderless creativity. Andrei started his bus...

Andrei Michailov is the Creative Director for the Romanian edition of Forbes magazine. He is also an accomplished automotive photographer who specializes in scale model car photography. He runs his own Creative Studio in Bucharest titled GB Media. GB stands for Good Business as his focus is on providing clients with great service from a great team with borderless creativity. Andrei started his bus...

John Oates is one half of the best-selling duo of all time, Hall & Oates, as well as an accomplished solo artist. Since their formation in the early 70s, Daryl Hall & John Oates have recorded 21 albums, which have sold over 80 million units. They scored 10 number 1 records, over 20 Top-40 hits, and have toured the world for four decades. All this effort has earned John numerous American Music Awar...

William Howard is the Regional Director of the Ferrari Club of America and joined the National Board of the Ferrari Club of America in 2015. He is also an active member of the Classic Car Club of America. William was born in Hong Kong and moved with his family to Bellevue, Washington in 1993. His mother was an actress and his stepfather was a director in the Hong Kong movie industry. While William...

John Mills is a long time SCCA race car driver and a championship GT3 racer who has held lap records at the Mid-Ohio Sportscar course and Grattan Raceway. John is a seasoned fabricator, which allows him to design and build his own race cars specializing in custom roll cages, which he builds for other racers as well. In 2008, John suffered a traumatic brain injury that had immeasurable effects on h...

Preston Calvert is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Preston is also a racer who competes in GT and GTS classes and is a Medical Adviser to the Pirelli World Challenge. He currently drives a 2018 Panoz Avezzano GT4, a 2018 Porsche 991.2 GT3 Cup car, a 2010 Chevrolet Corvette SCCA GT2, and a 2012 Ford Mustang SCCA T2. He holds multiple Champ...

Anthony Jannarelly is the Co-Founder at Jannarelly Automotive, a Retro-Futuristic sports car manufacturer in Dubai. He has been an automotive designer and engineer since 2008. His past includes time as the Design Director at W Motors where he designed and followed the development of the W Motors Kykan and Fenry with Ruf and Magna Steyr. He is a speaker in the automotive trend industry, known for h...

Jim Valentine is an automotive artist who creates spectacular mosaics. He grew up near Watkins Glen Racetrack and so began his passion for auto racing. His education includes a degree in electronic engineering and he worked for McDonald Douglas on jet fighter airplanes. After moving to California, he worked in art including photography, bronze metal sculptures, and stone carving. Jim even made gol...

Michael Andrew is the Director of Red Line Oil. Red Line Synthetic Oil began creating lubricants for the racing industry in 1979. Today they manufacture more than 100 quality products including motor oils, gear oils, assembly lubes, fuel additive and their popular WaterWetter cooling additive. Prior to leading Red Line, Michael was Manager of Midstream Business Development and JV's for Phillips 66...