Cars Yeah
Ginger Baker Rust
Last episode 11 months agoCars Yeah is a 4-day a week podcast produced and hosted by Mark Greene. Mark interviews Inspiring Automotive Enthusiasts™, people who have wrapped their lives, careers, and business around their passion for automobiles, motorcycles and trucks. Together we inspire listeners and fellow automotive enthusiasts showing them that it's possible to have a life, career, and a business in the field they love. Enjoy over 2,300 shows.
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2450: Maria Bull
Maria Bull is the owner and trustee of the award-winning international motorsports publisher David Bull Publishing, and she is the sister of David Bull, founder of the company. David founded the company with the goal of producing the highest quality motorsports books—well written, beautifully designed, and produced to the highest standards. The company most recently released the Publisher's Edition of Luca Dal Monte's book "Enzo Ferrari: Power, Politics and the Making of an Automotive Empire," whom I recently had on Cars Yeah.
2449: In Memoriam 2023
This past year we lost 8 of the Inspiring Automotive Enthusiasts™ that appeared on Cars Yeah. All made their great impact on the automotive world and will be missed by family, friends, and anyone who had the honor of knowing them. Their voices will forever be recorded to enjoy here on Cars Yeah. WORDS OF INSPIRATION Bob Ingram – "Be Yourself" Alex Finigan – "Buy the best car you can afford." Peter Vincent – "Find your passion and do it. Enjoy what you're doing. Never stop learning." Reeves Callaway – "Always try and be grateful for the people you know and have been influenced by." Paul DaCruz – "If you are selling a car, buy a new set of floor mats. It will make a big difference to the buyer." Peter Mullin – "Think carefully before you restore a car. It's only original once."
2448: John Buck
John Buck is the owner and producer of Rod Shows, which puts on the West Coast's premier indoor hot rod and custom car shows, including the Grand National Roadster Show, the Sacramento Autorama and the Grand National Truck Show. Each year, the country's top designers, builders and fabricators bring their newest and freshest hot rods, customs, motorcycles, and classics to show off to delighted guests and fellow car lovers. The Grand National Roadster Show, once known as the Oakland Roadster Show, will celebrate its 74th year this coming February 2nd through the 4th, and is the longest running indoor car show in the world. You'll see over 500 vehicles compete for a variety of awards, including the illustrious America's Most Beautiful Roadster and Slonaker Awards.
2447: John Hames
John Hames is a television producer and actor who created the series titled American Car Prospector, a show he started in 2013, that aired on Discovery Channel. His early career was in the financial sector as a stockbroker. He was also a land developer however his passion and enthusiasm for cars and acting took him down a new road. John and his team are building a new TV series that will be available mid 2024. The show will feature episodes exploring unique and exciting land, sea, and air transportation. They will air on an all new social media channel and on YouTube. Updates and private channel strategy will be coming in 2024. Stay tuned!
2446: Jay Leno
Today I spend Christmas morning with Jay Leno. Jay brings along Donald Osborne and we spend Christmas morning talking cars, and the upcoming New Year. Jay Leno and Donald Osborne need no introductions. Both are quintessential car guys with lifelong passions for classic cars. You'll see them appearing together on Jay Leno's Garage, Audrain's Mansions and Motorcars, and at automotive events and concours across the country.
2445: Michael Cotsworth
Michael Cotsworth is the Founder and President of Car Connections, the President of Automotive Consulting Network, and the Executive Producer at ACP Productions. He has been an automotive enthusiast for over 50 years working as a publisher, writer, speaker, radio personality, driving instructor and an automotive consultant. He's been active as an automotive collector, restorer, and vintage racer since 1977. Michael is the Founder and past President of Rocky Mountain Automotive Press, past President and Director of Ferrari Owners Club and Classic Sports Racing Group and previous host of the weekly internet radio talk show Automotively Speaking. He was the Contributing Editor of Modern Gladiator Magazine and was a licensed Colorado Independent Automobile Dealer. Michael earned the Tom Senter Award, Glen Snyder Award at the Monterey Historics and the Bill Morton Spirit of the Hill award as well.
2444: Robert Nagle
Robert Nagle is one of the most in-demand stunt coordinators and drivers in Hollywood, having worked on nearly 90 film and television productions over the past 21 years. This includes the much anticipated Michael Mann releases, on December 25, Ferrari, staring Adam Driver. Roberts movies include: Ford vs Ferrari, Baby Driver, Captain Marvel, John Wick, Mission Impossible to name just a few. He's worked with and trained top actors and directors, driven numerous vehicles from street cars to race cars, new and vintage and on commercials and TV shows. If you've seen automotive stunts, Robert was probably involved.
2443: Bob Gurr
Imagineer Bob Gurr has always been a man on the move. And for nearly 40 years, he's helped move many a happy Disney theme park guests aboard vehicles and ride conveyances of his own design. As he has often quipped, "If it moves on wheels at Disneyland, I probably designed it." He developed more than 100 designs for Disneyland from Autopia to the Matterhorn Bobsleds. Bob's authored books, raced cars, flown airplanes, and had a hand in a multitude of automotive designs including cars, trains, trams, monorail trains, the list goes on and on and on. In 1999, Bob was honored with the Themed Entertainment Association's Lifetime Achievement Award (THEA). The Walt Disney Company honored him in 2004 as a Disney Legend, again honored in 2008 with a Disneyland Window on Main Street.
2442: Bob Hall
Bob Hall is an automotive industry consultant who specializes in issues of corporate, product, and design strategy with major manufacturers. He's worked at a variety of companies as Director, Product Planning, Acting Manager of Design, Vehicle Programs Integrator, and executed product concept studies for multiple new vehicles including Proton for 7 years. Bob's worked as a Journalist as an Editor for automotive magazines from Wheels, Automotive News, for Crain Communications, Petersen Publishing, Motor Trend, Autoweek, and others. He was Assistant to the Manager in the Design Division at Mazda Motor Company responsible for vehicle styling, concept, engine, powertrain and other systems in new vehicles. Many call Bob the "Father of the Miata".
2441: Luca Dal Monte
Luca Dal Monte is a Senior Public Relations executive for luxury brands in the automotive sector turned best-selling and award-winning author with top-level experience in Communication for Ferrari and Maserati. A key member and the Communication strategist of the team that brought Maserati back to the United States and later re-launching it worldwide in what was one of the most dramatic company turnarounds in recent automotive history. He is the author of thirteen non-fiction and three fiction books. Today Luca shares his book Enzo Ferrari: Power, Politics, and the making of an automotive empire, published by David Bull Publishing.
2440: Rodney Kemerer
Rodney Kemerer is a lifelong, automotive enthusiast. His writing has appeared in Garage Style Magazine, Hemmings Classic Car, Rolls-Royce Flying Lady, BMW Roundel, The Petersen Museum Finishline Magazine, Vintage Road and Racecar, Bentley Drivers Club Review, Old Cars Weekly and the Los Angeles Times. His first book is titled Tales From The Garage and it's a journey through the garages and the enthusiasts who want to share their passion, their cars, and time spent in the biggest room in the house, their garage. Beautifully designed with fun, illustrations, part memoir and part memories, and formatted like an owner's manual.
2439: Tom Jensen
Tom Jensen is the Curatorial Affairs Manager at the NASCAR Hall of Fame where they honor drivers, all-time great crew chiefs, team owners, broadcasters, and other major contributors to competition within the sanctioning body. He is a veteran of more than 25 years of writing about auto racing and cars. Tom formerly served at Motorsports and Automotive Industry Editor-in-Chief for FOXSports.com. He is the author of several books and his work has appeared on numerous newspapers and website in North America.
2438: Mark Davis
Dr. Mark Davis is a retired Chiropractic Physician and Real Estate Developer who lives in South Carolina. His love for Corvettes began in 1960 when he was only 5 after spotted his first Corvette. Mark has gone on to own around 150 Corvettes over the past 51 years and is well known as a Corvette aficionado and collector of primarily low milage, all original Corvettes. On January 12, 2024, he will be auctioning 3 of the best all original Corvettes in the world to the famous Mecum Kissimmee auction. These 3 cars quite possibly represent the absolute best, all original examples of the first 3 generations of Corvette.
2437: Nigel Tunnacliffe
Nigel Tunnacliffe is the Co-Founder and CEO of Coastline Academy, a next-generation driving school on a mission to end all car crashes. In just six years, Nigel bootstrapped the company from a small startup into the largest driving school in the country and the 6th fastest-growing education company in America according to Inc.com. Nigel studied as a Skoll Scholar at the Said Business School at the University of Oxford and has founded numerous successful tech companies. A proponent of combining modern technology with rigorous standards for instructors, Nigel has used his passionate commitment to driver safety to architect the company and change the way we think about driving education. To date, Coastline has provided top-quality education to over 100,000 driving students across 500+ cities, with its DMV-approved courses and lessons receiving 55,000 5-star reviews.
2436: Frank Loughridge
Frank Loughridge has been a hot rod and custom car enthusiast since he was a small boy. His interest was cemented when his father took him to a Darryl Starbird Rod and Custom show in the 1980s. Upon Meeting his friend Chris the two began to revive the South Gate Gaters, a club in which Chris' father and cousin had been involved in during the 1940s. Chris still has the "Pyle Special" which was one of the original Hot rods of the club. Today, Frank and the Gaters SCTA are dedicated to building and growing the hot rod spirit by producing period hot rods and hosting events including the "Bias Ply Drags" December 9, at the newly minted Street Legal Dragway in Perris Ca.
2435: Antonio Melegari
Antonio Melegari is the Media Production Manager at Audrain Automobile Museum & Collections. In 2018 he started volunteering at the Audrain Automobile Museum and quickly became an intern and was hired full time in 2020. His first task was to start the Audrain Museum Network YouTube channel. He now runs the film department that creates 2 to 3 long form videos a week that get posted on the network inspiring 45,000 subscribers. Antonio was born in Brescia, Italy and moved to the US with his family at a young age.
2434: Peter Zaidan
Peter Zaidan is a Scottsdale, Arizona based luxury Realtor who has blended his lifelong passion for automobiles with his Real Estate business. He owns Homes4CarGuys at Russ Lyon Sotheby's International and specializes in finding and selling garage centric properties in Scottsdale and nationwide. Enjoying the amazing car scene in The Valley, Peter saw a need for specialized consulting. He created Homes4CarGuys and specializes in selling homes with large garage space that cater to car collectors and people who need a bit more space for their "toys". Most homes are not set up for these car collectors or track enthusiasts, and that's where Peter comes in.
2433: Tony Principe
Tony Principe is the President and CFO of Westcord Commercial Real Estate Services and Managing Partner of T.R. Funding and the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Finish Line Auto Club. He is an avid car collector and active in numerous automotive clubs and organizations in Southern California. Together they have 90+ years of commercial real estate experience that they apply to every Finish Line facility. Each property is set in an automotive country club environment that caters to a luxury car condo lifestyle providing safe locations for your prized vehicle collections. One of the unique aspects of the Finish Line Auto Club are the private events that are unique to each location. From Cars & Coffee gatherings to automotive unveilings, cocktail receptions, and distinguished speaker series, each event is a curated unique experience.
2432: Dean Case
Dean Case progressed from race fan as a kid, to automotive engineer as an adult, before devoting the past 20 years of his professional career to automotive communications with an emphasis on motorsports and engineering PR. He has been a staff engineer with Mazda, Ford, and Nissan. After going freelance Dean has had contracts with SAE International, Mazda Motorsports, Aerovironment, Motivo, Grassroots Motorsports, Ferrari North America, and SRO Motorsports. On the electric vehicle front, he was a part of the Ford EV team of the 1990's, and had a Nissan Altra EV as his company car from 1998-2006. He has also been a longtime volunteer with SAE and has given automotive career talks at over 50 universities.
2431: Ian Flux
Ian Flux, better known as Fluxie, is one of the most charismatic drivers to have taken to the race track and his story is one of perseverance against the odds. His new book titled For Flux Sake is his story and also a story of a lot of beer. 'Fluxie' as his pals called him, was one of the fastest drivers at the Formula 3 level and he won so many races at the national level and his speed never diminished despite a wild lifestyle. The book is a colorful ride from the travails of an up-and-coming racing driver through the story of a man desperately trying to spin the plates to keep a professional career going.
2430: Geoff Weiner
Geoff Weiner is a collector of Lalique mascots that were created by the great French glass designer and artisan René Lalique. During the inter-war period from 1925 until 1931 the Lalique factory catalogued 28 various depictions of animals, fish, birds, insects, and his female figures. Geoff has been interested in collecting since he was a boy and started with toy soldiers and then moving into militaria and other antiques and collectibles. He is the author of Unique Lalique Mascots Volumes 1 and 2 and has appeared on numerous TV and radio shows and is an adviser on the values of automobilia. He has the privilege of being the Honorable General Secretary of The Lalique Mascot Collector's Club and he owns the Lalique Gallery located in The White Lion Garage in Brighton, Sussex, England.
2429: Carlos Segura
Carlos Segura is the Founder of the Chicago based design firm Segura Inc. and the T26 Digital Type Foundry. He came to the United States from Cuba at the age of nine. Carlos worked for the big ad agencies including BBDO, Marsteller, Foote Cone & Belding, Young & Rubicam, Ketchum and DDB Needham. His work has earned him numerous awards from organizations around the world. Carlos ventured in to new territory when he launched Cartype.com – a creative archive of the automotive industry. His new book is titled The ABCs of the Automotive Industry and it introduces readers young and old to some of history's most iconic and sometimes forgotten automobiles from Azzurra to Zagato.
2428: Glenn Stevens
Glenn Stevens is the Executive Director of MICHauto and the Vice President of Automotive and Mobility Initiatives in the Detroit Regional Chamber. His mission is to promote, grow, and retain Michigan's automotive and next-generation mobility industries. MICHauto is focused on developing the state's automotive industry in the key areas of: Talent, Advocacy, Awareness, Start-up Innovation, and Next Gen Mobility along with the Digital Economy.
2427: Jesus Miranda
Jesus Miranda is the Campus President at Universal Technical Institute in Dallas / Fort Worth, Texas. He has more than two decades of higher education experience. The focus at UTI is a solid employment outcomes for all of their graduates. Jesus leads campus staff and instructors to deliver UTI's centrally developed technical education programs accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC). The curriculum is grounded in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) and aligned with the changing workforce, where demand for skilled technicians is expected to remain high.
2426: David Culshaw
David Culshaw is an author who has been an A.O.C. member for over 67 years having joined back in 1955. He is a lifelong fan of the Alvis marque which led to his writing the book titled, Alvis Society – A Century of Drivers which chronicles every model and lists every chassis number ever produced along with owners. The Alvis car has always appealed to a buyer who wants to make his mark in the world and the list of owners ranges from politicians to stage and screen actors, sports figures, Kings, and even a serial killer. This book has been published by Veloce Press 100 years after the very first Alvis car emerged from the production line in Coventry.