Cars Yeah With Mark Greene

Preston Lerner is a published novelist and award-winning journalist based in suburban Los Angeles. His work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Wired, Men’s Journal, Smithsonian, Travel & Leisure and numerous other national magazines. He’s also a longtime contributing writer for Automobile Magazine. His first non-fiction book, Scarab, was published by Motorbooks International in 1991. His first novel, Fools on the Hill, was published by Pocket Books in 1995. More recently, he was the co-author of Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman, published by Motorbooks in 2009. Automobile racing is Preston’s passion and he club-races with the Sports Car Club of America and National Auto Sport Association. We talk about his latest book, Ford GT: How Ford Silenced the Critics published by Motorbooks.

Renny Doyle is the owner of Detailing Success located in Big Bear, California. He began his detailing journey at the young age of 13. He is a master level detailer in the automotive and private/corporate jet industry. He and his team have worked on some of the finest and most unique automobiles and aircraft around the world. He also operates a training, mentoring, and coaching business helping novice and professionals sharpen their detailing skills. He has cared for automobiles at numerous auctions, museums, private collections, celebrities, and cared for the nation’s Air Force One.

Marc Goulet is the Principal at Melbourne Consultancy in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. His company helps others in the design and analysis of automotive fluid systems. Melbourne's primary focus is designing components and systems that are involved in lubricating and/or cooling engines, transmissions, transfer cases, differentials, and electric motors, as well as power hydraulics for actuators. They study, design, write, test, and provide assistance to major players in the automotive industry including BMW, Chrysler, Mercedes-Benz, Ferrari, McLaren F1, and many, many others. His mantra is, “Anything almost right is wrong.”

Nate Tennis is the lead instructor at DirtFish Rally School in Snoqualmie, Washington. At DirtFish they build rally cars and teach people how to drive them. They create custom security programs, hold corporate events, and they know how to have fun driving in the dirt. They compete in the Cascadia International Rally Championship and the Red Bull Global Rallycross Lites series. Nate has won multiple two-wheel drive championships and is a respected veteran in the rally community. He’s been a professional driver and events manager, and has also competed in the Baja 1000.

Based from a home office in Ontario, Canada on the north shore of Lake Erie, David Neyens combines his lifelong love of all things automotive with a background in history. He writes classic-car auction catalogues for a number of the top companies in the business today. David provides research services for owners and buyers of significant cars and offers an auction advisory service for sellers and buyers. Other activities include research and organizing sales of classic aircraft, warbirds, aircraft engines, and memorabilia for friends and clients. His favorite quote is, "For the tenacious, no road is impassable."

Charlie Vogelheim has 30 years of automotive industry experience including roles as VP at and J.D. Power and as executive editor at both Kelley Blue Book and Motor Trend Auto Group. He is the principal of Vogelheim Ventures through which he is involved in a variety of initiatives including Motor Trend Audio, TPC Management, DrivingSales, RyanTech, and Webcars China.

James Caldwell lives in Menlo Park, California and is an automotive artist who’s been focusing on painting cars since 2007 although he’s painted since he was a young boy. A graduate from Rhode Island School of Design, he followed in his father Jim’s footsteps, a renowned landscape painter. James passion for automobiles runs deep and his goal is to capture the complex reflections and distortions of light and color in the intricate surfaces. He’s been on Jay Leno’s garage, his art hangs in private collections around the world, and I discovered James at Concorso Italiano in Monterey during Car Week where he’s their official artist creating magazine covers, posters, and calendars.

Carlos Salaff is Founder and Creative Director of SALAFF where they design and make high-performance hand built cars. Working at Mazda Design Americas from 2003-2012, he was instrumental in the creation of several concept and production vehicles. His works have been recognized by the Louis Vuitton Classic, LA Design Challenge, and the Grand Prix Du Design awards.

Cameron Evans is the President of Red Line Synthetic Oil, a division of Phillips 66. He grew up in a family with a passion for racing and his late father was Steve Evans, motorsports broadcasting legend. Cameron was the editor of Popular Hot Rodding Magazine and host of their television show. He’s managed NHRA Pro Teams and worked for years in television production at Diamond P Sports. He’s raced motorcycles, sports cars, Formula Mazda, and today races in the BimmerWorld/Red Line Oil ChumpCar, NASA, SCCA, BMW CCA, and others.Cameron Evans is the President of Red Line Synthetic Oil, a division of Phillips 66. He grew up in a family with a passion for racing and his late father was Steve Evans, motorsports broadcasting legend. Cameron was the editor of Popular Hot Rodding Magazine and host of their television show. He’s managed NHRA Pro Teams and worked for years in television production at Diamond P Sports. He’s raced motorcycles, sports cars, Formula Mazda, and today races in the BimmerWorld/Red Line Oil Chum

Twas the night before Christmas, and upon my garage bench,Not a tool was a spinning, not even a wrench.The cars were all parked in their stalls with great care,In hope that St Nicholas soon would be there. •••  This car guy was nestled all snug in my bed,While visions of sports cars raced through my head.And my wife in her overalls and I in my driver’s cap,Had just parked our booties for a long winter’s nap. •••  When out on the driveway there arose a valve clatter,I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.Away to the garage I flew like James Hunt,But I tripped on a floor jack and had quite a shunt. •••  The moon on the paint of my shiny car’s hood,Had the luster of fresh paint on cars that are good.When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,But a train of cool sports cars with a driver so dear. •••  He was a spirited old racer, so lively and quick,I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.More rapid than racers his cars they all came,And he honked, and blipped throttles, and called them by name! ••• 

James Colborn is originally from the United Kingdom who resides in the United States. He’s a racer who after spending four years of high performance driving event (HPDE) days, his good friend, and fellow Cars Yeah guest Don Kitch, owner of ProFormance Racing School in Seattle Washington, handed James the keys to a BMW E30 PRO3 race car and said “Take a few laps.” James was hooked. Since then he’s raced all over the US. The past two years he’s developed the new SPEC E46 class on both the East and West coasts. He’s competed at the professional level in the Continental Tire Series, in the ST class with team BimmerWorld and Compass 360.

David Schaeffer is the Executive Director at World of Speed Museum in Wilsonville, Oregon. His role is to oversee the museum’s mission of education and entertainment through the celebration and preservation of American motorsports. Before joining the museum David worked for the Children’s Cancer Association as the Chief Development Officer and he’s also worked in the headquarters for the American Cancer Society, Make-A-Wish Foundation, and the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Chris Gennone is the Managing Partner and Co-Owner of The Stables in Scottsdale, Arizona. The Stables is a premium storage facility where they help their customers sell, acquire, collect, and care for fine automobiles. Chris was a professional driver in the IMSA endurance racing series where he was also a chief driving instructor. From there he built the automotive consulting company CDI and raced in vintage racing events in many different race cars. Chris has been collecting, selling, and restoring classic cars and motorcycles for over 30 years.

Shin Yoshikawa is a world-renowned cutaway artist, fabricator, photographer, and a concert pianist. His drawings are exacting details of the interior of automobiles down to every nut and bolt. He’s appeared on Jay Leno’s garage and his art hangs in shops, home, garage, and galleries around the world, including mine. In his automobile workshop titled Studio Time Capsule Shin is a master fabricator. For over 40 years he’s been involved in numerous automotive builds including concept cars, Toyota 2000 GTs, Panhards, Toyota FJs and more. Shin is a man of many talents including his skills at the keyboard as a concert pianist.

Rachael Clegg is an artist who designs and creates unique motorsports themed nude calendars with a focus on racing, both the Isle of Man TT race and the famous Nurburgring race track. Her quirky, bold, artistic, and revealing calendars and prints have been featured in the German national daily newspaper Die Welt. Her Milestones calendar has become a cult piece and is a visual celebration of the renowned TT motorcycle event. Her Nurburgring calendar’s back-stories are detailed and historic and the images are witty, silly, and evocative. Her other art, Sound Stories, are paintings with a nod to motorcycle racing history. Rachael captures motorcycle sound waves translating them to paint on a canvas.

Eric Shea owns PMB Performance in Sandy, Utah and started his business with a single pair of Porsche 914 brake calipers. His company rebuilds and restores brake calipers to their original state, using the same methods as when they were factory built. Intimately familiar with the correct plating techniques, his process brings parts back to their original condition. Eric restores parts for his customers and supplies exceptional resellers and restoration experts including: Stoddard, Ferrari parts for T. Rutlands, that Porsche guy Magnus Walker, Tony Samojen, and Max Sluiter with calipers for their customers and cars. The motto at PMB Performance is: "We don't rebuild... we restore".

Mark Lewis spent 14 years as the Public Relations Representative and Special Events Coordinator at the Daytona International Speedway. Today he is an educator at a private school in Daytona Beach Florida and an automotive fine artist. His favorite subjects to paint are race cars and racing scenes. His art represents sports car racing at the highest professional level from Formula 1, Moto GP, historic racing cars and endurance racing where his unique style represents speed, color, light, and motion.

Sal Fish is the retired CEO and President of SCORE International, the leading sanctioning body in the sport of desert racing. The SCORE race series includes the Baja 1000, Baja 500, San Felipe 250, Primm 300, Laughlin Desert Challenge and Las Vegas Terrible's Cup. He first raced in Mexico in 1970 and then started his entrepreneurial career in desert racing in 1973 when he was recruited by the late Mickey Thompson founder of SCORE International. Fish brought innovation to SCORE, organizing class rules, implementing safety procedures, and transforming the Baja 1000 into one of the most recognized motorsports events in the world.

Patrick Long has been a Porsche factory driver since 2003. He is a three-time ALMS GT driver’s champion, class winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Rolex 24 At Daytona, the 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans. He is the only North American employed as a factory racing driver by Porsche and a class winner at the 2013 SCORE Baja 1000. In 2015, he raced with Patrick Dempsey in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) and he drove with Team Falken Tire for selected events in the Tudor United Sportscar Championship. With California roots and a European racing pedigree, he is one of the top sportscar drivers of his generation.

Hurley Haywood’s racing career goes all the way back to 1969 when he raced with Peter Gregg at Watkins Glen. They won that first race together that started a path in racing that’s unmatched. He built his career behind the wheel of a #59 Brumos Porsche, racing for the Jacksonville, Florida-based team that’s lasted over 40 years. The number of major race wins and championships he accumulated in his career makes him the most successful endurance racing driver in history. That record still stands today. Hurley has won IMSA Championships, The Daytona 24 Hours, Sebring 12 Hours, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the list goes on, and on. Awards include the Motorsports Hall of Fame, Florida Sports Hall of Fame, and many others.