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Steve Trafton owns and operates Black Horse Racing in Seattle, Washington. After a successful career in the banking industry, he embarked upon a series of long distance adventures that included walking, kayaking and boating. At the age of 64, in 2010, Steve set the World Land Speed Record for the AA Blown Fuel Modified Sport class at 275.401 mile per hour. That is a record that still stands. Today...

Ralph Marano owns Marano & Sons Auto Sales in Garwood New Jersey. For over 35 years he has been in this family owned company, now with two locations, that buys and sells cars, trucks, and sport utility vehicles. Ralph has had a 38-plus year dedication and contribution to the classic car hobby with a special affection for the Packard and Darrin marque. While Packard’s are his first love, his Darrin...

Matt Farah is the Executive Producer and Host at The Smoking Tire in Playa Del Rey, California. Founded in 2009 as a way to improve upon his already-successful internet series Garage 419. Matt and his crew create automotive videos, reviews, editorials, and a podcast about automobiles and anything on wheels. Their Smoking Tire video series can be enjoyed on YouTube’s premium Drive Channel and you c...

Kenny Haük is the owner and founder of River Raider Off Road and Haük Designs. It all started in his parent’s garage in 2007 and quickly grew. Kenny focused his time designing and building quality products for the Jeep market. Then in 2010 Haük Designs was formed and it’s there that Kenny and his talented team design, build, and offer unique and high quality parts and accessories for Jeeps. They a...

Ray Shaffer is the manager of the Classic and Delivery Center at the Porsche Experience Center in Atlanta, Georgia. This 27.4 acre complex is a reflection of Porsches past, present, and future. The facility includes a Human Performance training facility, business center, meeting areas, the Driving Simulator Center, Classic Workshop, and an exclusive fine dining restaurant. In the Heritage Center a...

Dan Davis is the Publisher and Editor at Victory Lane magazine in Palo Alto, California. Victory Lane is a monthly news and feature publication with the focus on vintage auto racing. The articles cover vintage racing events, vintage rallying, automotive collecting, and focus on individuals, their racecars, drivers, and teams. Dan also includes a classified section where there are vintage racecars...

Ryan Brutt is The Automotive Archaeologist. Ryan shares his expeditions across the Mid-West looking for automotive and motorcycle barn finds. His goal is to inspire fellow automotive enthusiasts to go out and see the world around them and visit junkyards and old barns for great old vehicles. His passion runs so deep that he’s written a book about his travels and finds titled Amazing Barn Finds And...

Frank Adeli is the founder and owner of Exclusive Option. Starting from an obsessive dilemma of how to skillfully modify the exterior and especially the interior of his personal 911 in an uprated OEM+ manner, he found great difficulty in sourcing rare and exclusive interior parts, so he decided to create them himself. At Exclusive Option he has created a team that specializes in the production of...

Dr. Andrew Feustel is a NASA Astronaut and Mission Specialist whose passion early in life to wrench on cars came full circle when he flew in to space on board the Space Shuttle Atlantis. He spent 13 days in space improving the Hubble Space Telescope’s observatory’s capabilities, removing frozen bolts, stripped screws, and stuck handrails. Then he flew on Space Shuttle Endeavour’s final mission to...

Scot Elkins is the Chief Operating Officer for the non-profit Motorsports Safety Foundation (MSF). In addition to his role with MSF, Scot is a Race Director for the prestigious Mazda Road to Indy which is the development series for IndyCar. Scot is also a Steward for IndyCar while simultaneously owning TEG Motorsports Consulting, which is a company providing logistical, operational and engineering...

Dave & Steve Schardt own and operate Forgeline Motorsports in Dayton, Ohio, a company that was founded in 1994. Steve is the Founder and Sales Manager and Dave is the President. It's there that these two brothers and a talented team manufacture the world’s finest custom made-to-order lightweight forged aluminum, street and racing performance wheels. For over 20 years Steve and David have applied t...

Ron Fellows is recognized as one of North America’s most versatile and successful road racing drivers; winning races and championships from NASCAR to long distance sports car events. He is Co-Owner at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park and partner at Ron Fellows Performance Driving School. As a charter member of Corvette Racing, Ron was part of the historic first victories for the iconic marque in 2001...

Christian Messina Hembry laid the foundation for MessinaClassics in 2011 located in Stuttgart, Germany. He started with a focus on vintage Vespas which quickly grew in to all marques of collectible automobiles. He provides a platform where buyers and sellers can rely on his expertise, integrity, and attention to detail, whether selling one vehicle or your entire collection. His relationship with a...

Manfred Scharmach is the CEO and President at Scharmach Enterprises in Tacoma, Washington. He oversees BMW Northwest, Norhwest Mini, Seattle Mini, and the Northwest Pre-Owned Center. His is the only family owned BMW Dealership in the Puget Sound and one of the oldest BMW dealerships in the nation. The seeds of inspiration for his lifelong career, spanning over four decades, were planted by the ent...

Dave Barthmuss is the Group Manager for General Motors’ West Coast Region Communications team that includes all 24 states west of the Mississippi. Dave is a frequent speaker on the topics of alternative fuels, communication best practices, and various GM business topics. His work has earned several awards from PRSA including the 2013 PR Professional of the Year Award, Sabre, PR Week, and the Publi...

Austin Cabot is the editor at TrackTuned.com, a website and podcast, SlipAngle, founded by drivers, for drivers. Austin has a long pedigree of hobby addiction including but not limited to: photography, travel, driving, people, and cars - essentially, everything that is needed for tracktuned.com to work. Helping others learn to go fast on track and sharing the amazing sport of auto racing is what h...

Jeff Mosing is the CEO and Director at Mosing Motorcars in Austin, Texas. He started racing professionally in 2009 and runs in the SCCA’s Mazda MX-5 Cup, The IMSA Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge, the Continental Sports car Challenge and the IMSA Weathertech series.  He also buys and sells collector cars. Mosing Motorcars has been open since 2012. His own collection includes an eclectic mix from a 1957 O...

Tony Parella is the owner of SportsCar Vintage Racing Association, SVRA. After 30 years of success in the telecommunications industry he shifted his career focus to his true passion: auto racing. He raced dirt ovals as a young man and today Tony focuses on vintage racing. Since his acquisition of SVRA Tony has transformed it from a club racing group in to a full-fledged business with a national pl...

Brian Redman participated in 358 races in his professional career. He haled from Great Britain and was victorious, outright or in his class, in 94 of those races. He finished in the top three 177 times. His tally of classic long-distance victories included the Targa Florio, Daytona 24 Hours (three times), Sebring 12 Hours twice, Nürburgring 1000Km twice, and at the Spa 1000Km four times. He won fo...

Alain Lévesque is a Canadian artists recognized by automotive enthusiasts throughout the world. He has painted posters for Barrett-Jackson, the New York City Concours d’Elegance in Central Park, Retromobile in Paris, and the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. His art is collected by celebrities including: Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, Nick Mason and I’m proud to say several of his prints hang in my hom...

Terry Kell owns and operates The Farm, located near Ogden in the rolling countryside of Eastern Quebec. The Farm is a gathering place for business owners and executives to meet, build relationships, and discuss ideas and targets. The Farm is also a place where Terry furthers his passion for automobiles. Art and The Automobile is an annual forum Terry conducts at The Farm where the new Callaway C16...

Skip Barber is the President and the sole owner of the world’s most beautiful and historically significant motorsports and automotive venues Lime Rock Park. He started racing in 1958 and he won his first race and held 32 track records around the country. He founded the Skip Barber Racing School in 1975 and built it in to a premier organization that launched many professional driver’s careers. Skip...

Todd Dakarmen owns L.A. Dismantler, your source for quality late model Porsche parts. He purchased his first Porsche at age sixteen and has taken apart more cars than most body shops. As a teen, when Todd would need parts for his Porsches, he would buy a wrecked car, use what he needed, and sell the rest for a little profit. Later in life he turned his hobby in to a full time business and Los Ange...

Todd Cooperider is the President of ESOTERIC - Fine Auto Finishing, which includes Esoteric Auto Detail, EsotericCarCare.com, and the Elite Detailer Academy based out of New Albany, Ohio. Over the years Todd has published hundreds of educational detailing articles, and has trained professional detailers from all around the world in his Elite Detailer Academy. He provides consulting support to OEM...

Michael Zimicki, owner of Sliderule Motorsport Inc., is a driving coach who’s been building drivers in to racers since 1990. He’s worked with many great drivers including: Graham Rahal, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Nick Harvey, Ashley Freiberg, Pippa Mann, Danica Patrick, and many others. His approach to driver coaching is to pull all the tools necessary together that they need to achieve success. He coaches...