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Matt Torres is the founder of Southwestern Musclecar Nationals in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It's a show solely dedicated to original and restored muscle cars. He then developed the Supernationals show and for the last 26 years that show has been one of the largest indoor auto events in the southwest. Along with his business partner Reggie Tibbetts and his wife Margret, the Supernationals continues...

Kyle Lauman owns and operates Night Shift Kustoms in St. George, Utah. For over ten years he's designed and built custom hot rods for clients and himself. For two seasons you saw him on Discovery channel's Vegas Rat Rods where he built some very cool rides. Kyle was raised in the small town of Parachute, Colorado where his love for fuel and spark was fostered by his father's passion for motorcycle...

Richard Klein is the President and CEO at Advanced Battery Systems in Culver City, California. ABS is a leader in the automotive, high performance and industrial markets. With over 30 years of experience providing UPS systems, generators, industrial power backup systems, batteries, and accessories Richard and his talented team offer a wealth of experience. They are Southern California's largest ba...

Matt Moreman owns and operates Obsessed Garage and Obsessed Wealth Management. He has a degree in Electrical Engineering and in his early career designed and sold home theatre systems. He later worked as a wealth management advisor for Merrill Lynch. After being medically diagnosed as obsessive compulsive, his doctor suggested he get out of his own head and let others in. Matt created Obsessed Gar...

Randy Nelson is the President of Swisstrax in Indio, California. Swisstrax designs and manufactures interlocking plastic floors for automotive enthusiasts who know the garage is the most important room in the house. Swisstrax serves customers in 26 countries and you'll find their flooring in private garages, commercial facilities, on the floor of race team's shops, celebrity's homes, and automotiv...

Freddie Hernandez and his wife Sharlene are the owners of Vintage Sportscar Restorations in Phoenix, Oregon. There he crafts high quality restorations of vintage Porsches. His focus is to provide clients with accurate and high quality work, bringing their cars back to original condition and most of the time, better than original. He does tear down, bodywork, paint, interior, suspension, engine res...

Paul Brian is regarded as one of our nation's best-known, respected and in-demand automotive industry experts. He is a 35-year-veteran in Chicago broadcaster and sought-after speaker. For 20 years you've heard him on Chicago's "Drive Chicago" radio show on Saturday mornings. He served for nearly 20 years as Director of Communications and spokesman for the Chicago Automobile Trade Association. He's...

Shan Fannin is an automotive artist who lives in Austin, Texas. She's a professional artist who spent her early career in marketing and teaching elementary school art through a private homeschooling academy. When her husband added a 1961 Ford Thunderbird to the family garage she took on the challenge of painting her first automobile. That was 2014 and since then Shan's focus and goal is to become...

Tim Kawasaki is the Manager of Sales, Shipping, and New Product Development at Wheel Vintiques in City of Industry, California. The company is under the umbrella of the Coker Group of companies. Since 1986, Wheel Vintiques has been manufacturing steel wheels for restored classics, muscle cars, and hot rods. They design and manufacture their wheels in house right here in the USA. Their passion for...

Dave DiMaria owns Vintage Car Works in Englewood, Colorado. There, he and his talented craftsmen have focused on the care and restoration of Porsche GT Carreras and Spyders. They have restored and race prepped vintage Porsche models including the: 904, 906, 550A, 718 LM, RS, Spyder, Carrera, and many others. Since the late 90s his shop has become internationally known for restoring these iconic an...

Donald Osborne is an automotive consultant, historian, and Accredited Senior Appraiser and a member of the American Society of Appraisers. He is the Principal of Donald W. Osborne LLC / Automotive Valuation Services where he advises on collection building, vehicle acquisition, and sales. You'll find Donald on the CNBC Primetime TV Show, Jay Leno's Garage, or walking the lawns of numerous concours...

Tim Lingerfelt owns Carolina Coach Crafters in Mooresville, North Carolina. There, he and his talented craftsmen and fabricators work to eternalize the allure of the classic automobile through true craftsmanship. They do mechanical, metal shaping, paint, and paint correction along with special projects. While Tim has a passion for the Porsche marque, at Carolina Coach Crafters they work on numerou...

Leigh Diffey is a native of Brisbane, Australian who lives in the U.S. and is a Play-by-Play Announcer with NBC Sports. Leigh is the voice of Formula One television and IndyCar. He travels the world covering Formula One along with David Hobbs and Steve Matchett. He was SPEED's announcer and host for the Grand-Am Rolex Sportscar Series, US rounds of the MotoGP, and he was a regular host on SPEED Ce...

Kellen Silverthorn is an automotive artist and stone sculpture who has been car obsessed since his earliest memories. He is a collector of automotive fine art who has channeled his obsessions in to stone sculpting. His is a painstaking, and physically laborious process where he creates automotive sculptures from a single block of the finest quality marbles available. Each piece of stone is hand se...

Deb Pollack is a luxury automotive consultant with a focus on promoting her clients, their products, and services to the automotive enthusiast. She has spent the better part of three decades representing quality companies with big names and big reputations including: Mitsubishi Motors, GM, Ferrari, Maserati, Singer Vehicle Design, plus numerous concours events around the country. A philanthropist...

Francielena Mendez is an industrial engineer from Venezuela who has been based in Panama for the last two years. Before moving to Panama she was the technical trainer for the Automotive Aftermarket Division of 3M Venezuela. Today she is the Product and Training Specialist for Meguiar's car care products in Latin America covering the territory from Mexico to Argentina. She trains Meguiar's staff an...

Tony Zeal is the Global Training Manager at CTEK in Vikmanshyttan, Sweden. CTEK is a global company whose mantra, Maximizing Battery Performance, amply describes their goal. Formed in 1997, CTEK designs and builds a smarter battery charger and maintainer using a unique charge algorithm ensuring your battery stays charged and in proper working order saving you time and money. Tony was born in Cardi...

Josh Reaume can be described as unique, versatile, and experienced. Born in California to Canadian parents, Josh was raised in Africa and has raced cars around the globe. Today Josh lives in North Carolina. Often described as the "African Squirrel" he is a 2012 graduate of the University of Victoria with a Mechanical Engineering degree which he puts to good use engineering the car he races in the...

Kurt Ernst is the Editor of the Hemmings Daily, the world's leading classic Car News Source. At Hemmings dot com you'll find classified ads, the latest stories relating to classic cars, all the Hemmings magazine publications, all the automotive events, a store filled with all kinds of cool things, and much, much more. A few years out of college Kurt spent some time club racing in the SCCA. He's wo...

Michael Pistello is a third generation racer who has spent a lifetime around racecars, hot rods, and motorcycles. He's a certified tool and die maker who has perfected his craft for over 30 years. Michael has raced in the NHRA, IHRA, and NMCA in a number of classes for over 25 years. His machine shop specializes in vintage racing engines and mechanical restoration for vintage cars with a special p...

Jason Torchinsky is a writer and an artist who indulges is disturbingly deep obsession with automobiles, in his role as Associate Editor on the popular website, Jalopnik. Jason has written a book, opened for George Carlin as a stand-up comedian, written for the Onion, and he's had art installations in several cities around the world. Jason's raced cars, wrecked cars, and produced many car-related...

Bobby Rahal is the Co-Owner of Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in Hillard, Ohio and Brownsburg, Indiana. He worked his way up through the racing ranks starting with SCCA's feeder series in Formula Atlantic, then to European Formula Two. During an 18-year career spanning F1, Can-Am, Le Mans/IMSA, and CART, Bobby notched three CART championships, including a win at the 1986 Indy 500. He won at the 19...

Jim Cowan is the CEO at Diecasm / Automodello in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. The company was founded based on a passion to bring overlooked marques and models to life through hand-built Resin Art™ replicas. Jim is a collector who has worked in the nonprofit sector his entire career. He decided to create a company that could bring collectors and nonprofit organizations together by bridging the gap bet...

Donnie Calloway has spent over 30 years restoring magnificent collectible cars, most of them Ferraris. It started with him growing up in Los Angeles, then working at Hollywood Sports Cars, and soon thereafter, spending time in Hawaii with an uncle learning to hand form aluminum bodies. He does complete restorations, does all his own engine work, documents the builds, and reassembles concours level...

Tom Glatch is an automotive photographer and author whose new book is titled The Complete Book of American Muscle Supercars. In 1983 he wrote his first article for Circle Track Magazine, a Peterson publication. He's written many stories on numerous subjects including vintage racing and shot photographs for calendars and magazines including Collectible Automobile to Pontiac Enthusiast. He still wor...