Kai Goddard is the Co-Founder and Driver/Coach at Track Rekord a company born out of a need to provide consistent, high-quality track day driver instruction across the US and Canada. The ultimate goal of Track Record is to reduce risk, improved safety, increased enjoyment, lower lap times, and reduce insurance costs. He was born into a racing family, the son of two-time World Superstox Champion and former factory BMW Touring Car racer Geoff Goddard. Kai has over 24 years of racing, testing, deve...
Sep 10, 2019•32 min•Ep. 1376
Andy Lee is the Co-Founder and Driver/Coach at Track Rekord a company born out of a need to provide consistent, high-quality track day driver instruction across the US and Canada. The ultimate goal of Track Record is to reduce risk, improved safety, increased enjoyment, lower lap times, and reduce insurance costs. Andy is both a driver and a mechanic who has raced since 2003. He’s run in the Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup and in the Pirelli World Challenge Series in a Camaro. He garnered Rookie of the...
Sep 09, 2019•45 min•Ep. 1375
Steve Kimpton is the Director of Operations at Track Rekord, a company born out of a need to provide consistent, high-quality track day driver instruction across the US and Canada. The ultimate goal of Track Record is to reduce risk, improve safety, increase enjoyment, lower lap times, and reduce insurance costs. Steve has a Masters Degree in Engineering, Economics, and Management from Oxford University. He is a retired consulting actuary who loves to race. He built his first sports car after le...
Sep 06, 2019•48 min•Ep. 1374
Patrick Kelley is an author with a fascination for all things automotive. About 15 years ago he expanded this passion and started collecting original automobile concept art. These are drawings and paintings of what future automobiles might look like. He decided that these designs, that came out of art schools across America, and the ‘Big Three’ automotive manufacturing companies, had to be shared. Today he shares his new book, Imagine! Automobile Concept Art From the 1930s to the 1980s, publishe...
Sep 05, 2019•28 min•Ep. 1373
Jeff Stumb is the Director of the Great Race, an annual vintage automotive driving event that has taken in the United States for 36 years. The drive has grown to unprecedented heights, from a record number of rookies to the overall number of teams. Jeff grew up in Birmingham, Alabama and saw the Great Race for the first time in 1987. He participated in the event in 1994 competing through the years with friends, his father, and his wife. He had a career in the newspaper business for almost 25 yea...
Sep 04, 2019•35 min•Ep. 1372
Sawyer Dell’Aquila is a 21-year-old automotive enthusiast who works at On The Road Again Classics as an apprentice technician in Morgan Hill, California. The company was started in 2008 by Bill Hiland and they do everything under one roof in a 12,000 square foot facility. The team specializes in high-quality restoration for classic British automobiles. Sawyer owns a project ‘67 MGB, modified first-generation Miata, and a family-owned-since-new, 5 speed ‘91 Acura Integra with 1/4 million miles. I...
Sep 03, 2019•36 min•Ep. 1371
Zef Eisenberg is the CEO of Eisenberg Racing, a specialized engineering company with a talented team that works to develop some of the world’s most extreme and powerful motorbikes, cars, quads, and land speed vehicles. His MADMAX Race Team is behind multiple world land speed records on bikes, quads, and in cars. This team is most known for its dedication to racing and building turbine-powered motorbikes for extreme speed. MADMAX Racing holds numerous Guinness World, British and Local Guernsey re...
Sep 02, 2019•45 min•Ep. 1370
Michael Miles is a filmmaker and co-director whose most recent production is a film documentary titled Rapid Response that will be in movie theaters September 6 and beyond. You’ll recall past Cars Yeah guest Dr. Stephen Olvey who wrote the book Rapid Response , a story about his life working in motorsport to save drivers who have been in racing accidents. Michael was born disabled and his experience gave him a conquering spirit plus the ability to overcome adversity along with great respect for ...
Aug 30, 2019•40 min•Ep. 1369
Michael Giusti is a journalist, insurance expert, and automotive enthusiast with a special interest in electric vehicles with more than 20 years of writing to his credit. He specializes in business and financial reporting, including the insurance and automotive industry. Michael has worked at a daily newspaper in Florida and at a regional business journal in New Orleans, as well as for magazines and websites across the country and around the globe. He is also the chairman of the Journalism Depar...
Aug 29, 2019•36 min•Ep. 1368
Boston native, George Levy, is an author, the former editor of Autoweek Magazine , and is the director of the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America. He is also the author of 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 was a past Cars Yeah guest. The great racer Sam Posey said about the book, “Your book is just fantastic. As far as I know, you've got the facts exactly right, which ...
Aug 28, 2019•40 min•Ep. 1367
Francis Abate decided to reinvent himself after twenty-five years in sales, consulting, and business development in the defense industry, by going to McPherson College. He returned to school to pursue his passion for automotive restoration and preservation. While in his second year of school he is the Vice President for CARS Club, facilitating fellow students' involvement in a variety of activities involving cars and fundraising. Francis is focusing on craftsmanship skills in sheet metal restora...
Aug 27, 2019•36 min•Ep. 1366
Andrew Evans is a young American race car driver currently competing in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in the LMP2 category and he is the 2019 12 Hours of Sebring winner. Andrew raced in both Europe and the United States in 2017 and 2018. This included several podium finishes, a win, and numerous pole positions in the British LMP3 Cup with teammate and recently retired 2x All-Star MLB player, CJ Wilson. Andrew also raced select events in the IMSA Prototype Challenge Championship for...
Aug 26, 2019•34 min•Ep. 1365
Aaron Shelby is the Executive Vice President at Legacy Texas where he and his team operate as the Subsidiary Manager overseeing LegacyTexas Title, Mortgage, and Commercial Lending. He also operates the Shelby family timber business in East Texas – JFS Timber Partners. In 2016 Aaron was named to the Board of Carroll Shelby International, the umbrella organization under with the Shelby entities operates. In this role, he acts as brand ambassador for Shelby and helps to maintain the relationship wi...
Aug 23, 2019•36 min•Ep. 1364
Tim Medvetz is the Founder of The Heroes Project, a foundation that makes the impossible a reality by empowering our injured veterans through physical and emotional training. He and his team organize expeditions to challenge vets who have been severely wounded to redefine their personal limits post-injury. Tim is a custom motorcycle builder and rider who built bikes for the Hollywood elite. He is a lifelong wanderer, nomad, and natural extreme athlete who rode his chopper across the country nume...
Aug 22, 2019•32 min•Ep. 1363
Tim Medvetz is the founder of The Heroes Project, a foundation that makes the impossible a reality by empowering our injured veterans through physical and emotional training. He and his team organize expeditions to challenge vets who have been severely wounded to redefine their personal limits post-injury. Tim is a custom motorcycle builder and rider who built bikes for the Hollywood elite. He is a lifelong wanderer, nomad, and natural extreme athlete who rode his chopper across the country nume...
Aug 21, 2019•35 min•Ep. 1362
Jason Fiorito has been President of Pacific Raceways for 17 years, and President of Pacific Innovation Center for 6 years. Jason is responsible for financing, strategic planning, governmental relations, master planning and developing track and innovation center relationships and partners. Jason was instrumental in working with local governments to secure legislation that allows for the development and improvements that are planned for Pacific Raceways, including Pacific Innovation Center, a tech...
Aug 20, 2019•39 min•Ep. 1361
Ryan ZumMallen is the founder of Carrara Media and the author of its first title, Slow Car Fast: The Millennial Mantra Changing Car Culture for Good, which is available for preorder now. It will release today, August 19 as an eBook at CarraraBooks.com. Most recently, Ryan served as Senior Writer for Trucks.com and his freelance work has appeared in Road & Track, The Verge , Autobytel , and many other publications. His weekly newsletter on car culture is called Race Day and new issues release...
Aug 19, 2019•44 min•Ep. 1360
Steven Posner is the CEO and Partner at Putnam Leasing, a company he joined in 1983. Putnam is the largest independent lessor of exotic and collectible automobiles in the country. Putnam has over a quarter billion dollars in high-end motorcars in its fleet employing over 25 specialists and offices from coast to coast. Steven started in the leasing business at the age of 18 and worked at several different companies in a variety of roles. He has been a member of the National Vehicle Leasing Associ...
Aug 16, 2019•34 min•Ep. 1359
Matt Nasworthy is the Florida Public Affairs Director for AAA – The Auto Club Group. He has worked at AAA for over 20 years with expertise in Learning and Development and Public Relations. In 2007, Matt developed an innovative training curriculum for Road Service technicians. It focused primarily on safety at the roadside and this program has continued to reduce crashes, injuries, and damages in 11 states. Matt also spent several years managing the Teen Driver Safety and Impaired Driving Program...
Aug 15, 2019•42 min•Ep. 1358
Ben Tarlow is the Owner of Mid-Century Motoring located an hour outside of New York City in the beautiful Hudson River Valley. They are a fully licensed, bonded, and insured classic car dealer and brokerage firm accepting consignment, sourcing cars for clients, and providing auction consulting. Each classic automobile is treated as a personal automobile while in Ben’s care. Ben originally worked in the auction industry and soon embarked on purchasing unique cars out of Europe and that lead to an...
Aug 14, 2019•38 min•Ep. 1357
Rick Ivester is the Founder and Owner of The Vault Tampa Bay, located in Tampa, Florida. The Vault is respected and recognized for their “Fine Preservation and Storage Solutions”. It’s the ideal place for their clients to store exotic and classic automobiles. Rick also offers Brokerage Services for cars, limited and rare race collectibles, automobilia and petrolina related items that are for sale. His entrepreneur nature started at the early age of 6 when he sold his pencil-drawn pictures of ear...
Aug 13, 2019•38 min•Ep. 1356
Jenifer ‘Jeni’ Swanson is a member of the Board of Directors for Athena Racing, an organization founded by past Cars Yeah guest Loxley Browne, designed to support young women in racing. Jeni is a racer herself who loves to wrench on her cars, both race cars, and vintage cars. She and her daughter are restoring a 1964 Ford Ranchero. Her career started in commercial real estate and property management more than 20 years ago. She went back to law school and has been a practicing real estate attorne...
Aug 12, 2019•39 min•Ep. 1355
Christopher Pagani is the Head of Marketing for Pagani Automobili America. Pagani Automobili is an Italian manufacturer of spectacular sports cars and pioneer in the carbon fiber technology. The company was founded in 1998 by Christopher’s father Horacio Pagani and is based in San Cesario Sul Panaro, near Modena, Italy. Christopher is currently living in the United States where he has been developing and supporting the Pagani dealer network in North America. He organizes and manages Pagani corpo...
Aug 09, 2019•38 min•Ep. 1354
Ed Loh is the Senior Vice President of content at MotorTrend Group and serves as Editor-in-Chief for MotorTrend . He has nearly 20 years of experience in automotive journalism and has held leadership positions as Editor-in-Chief of Import Racer! M agazine (managing editor of Road & Track's Speed magazine, and editor-in-chief of Sport Compact Car . Ed moved to MotorTrend in the spring of 2007, became its executive editor in 2010 and then editor-in-chief in 2011. In his time with MotorTrend , ...
Aug 08, 2019•41 min•Ep. 1353
Jackie Frady is the President and Executive Director at the National Automobile Museum/The Harrah Collection in Reno Nevada. Her career in the collector car field began in 1981 with the former Harrah’s Automobile Collection. Following a progression of management positions, she was promoted to Executive Director and later elected President. During her tenure, the Museum was named one of the Top 10 Auto Museums in the nation many times over. Since 1995 Jackie has been an honorary judge at the Pebb...
Aug 07, 2019•31 min•Ep. 1352
Nic Waller worked for twenty years as the Marketing and Design Director for the Lavenham Group in England where they specialized in the publication of fine automotive books. His passion for old cars is genetic, born of parents who shared with him the golden age of British motor racing. His father Derek Waller raced Bentleys in the 1950s and 60s. In 2006, Nic joined the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance as an automotive consultant representing the Concours in Europe. He is also a member of the Peb...
Aug 06, 2019•45 min•Ep. 1351
Sandra Button has been the Chairman of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance since 2002. She was the Executive Director for decades prior and has helped to inspire and guide the growth of the collector car hobby into a truly global celebration of the automobile. Sandra participates and officiates automotive events from Asia and the Middle East to South America. She and her husband, Martin, have an eclectic collection of automobiles that they drive in events including the Mille Miglia, the 1000 Mi...
Aug 05, 2019•51 min•Ep. 1350
Brook Banham is the Founder and Owner of Middlecott Design, based in downtown Detroit, Michigan. After graduating from Coventry University with a BA in Transport Design, Brook has undertaken a number of projects working mainly as a vehicle and industrial designer for Fortune 500 companies as a concept designer such as Daimler/ Benz, Volkswagen, BMW, Puma, Nike, Adidas, Microsoft, HP, Motorola, Hot Wheels, and Sony Entertainment. Today his company provides graphic, industrial, and automotive desi...
Aug 02, 2019•36 min•Ep. 1349
Troy Dunn is the Founder of Branded Title Marketplace, the world’s only website dedicated exclusively to branded Title vehicles. Branded vehicles are those that have experienced an insurance incident and are then reconditioned. Troy is known to millions of TV viewers as “The Locator”. He has been on national TV for over 28 years and he along with his team have reunited over 40,000 families worldwide. He has made over 500 appearances on national TV and been interviewed by Oprah, Barbara Walters, ...
Aug 01, 2019•40 min•Ep. 1348
Jim Cantrell is an American entrepreneur, mechanical engineer, and road racer. He is CEO and co-founder of Vector Launch, Inc. After working at the French Space Agency CNES (Centre Nationale D’Etudes Spatiales) and the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab, he worked as an independent consultant to aerospace companies for fifteen years and was on the founding teams of SpaceX and Moon Express. Jim received the NASA Innovation Award for Mars Balloon Technology in 1989. He is also the author of twenty technical ...
Jul 31, 2019•38 min•Ep. 1347
