Cars Yeah With Mark Greene

Leigh Keno is the Co-CEO of the Keno Brothers Fine Automobile Auctions. Rolling Sculpture, The New York City Auction is their inaugural event that takes place on November 19 at Skylight Clarkson Square in New York City. Leigh and his brother Leslie are internationally recognized experts in their field. You’ll recognize them from their years on the TV show Antiques Road Show. These identical twins are bringing their expertise from decades of work in the arts and antiques world to the collector automobile world. They judge at events including Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and speak at classic car symposiums across the country advising collectors and institutions. Leigh has restored, raced, and collected historic cars throughout his life and served on numerous boards along with authoring books and articles.

Bradley Farrell is the Chief Operating Officer and Technology Director for the Keno Brothers Fine Automobile Auctions, Rolling Sculpture The New York City Auction. The inaugural event takes place on November 19 at Skylight Clarkson Square in New York City. His background is in the digital marketing and technology and he’s created a proprietary multi-media experience unlike any other for the Keno Brothers Auction. This event will offer bidders a live, on-line bidding opportunity that is unique to auctions. Bradley has been a car collector for years and especially enjoys the hunt for barn finds. You may have enjoyed his Jaguar on display at The Quail last summer.

Wayne Dempsey is the President of Pelican Parts located in Harbor City, California. Wayne started the company in 1997 with a goal to provide affordable European parts and accessories to enthusiasts worldwide. Wayne is a veteran Porsche enthusiast but his companies merchandise isn’t limited to Porsche. He offers parts and accessories for BMW, Mercedes, Audi, VW, Saab, Volvo, Mini and more. His on-line forum is well known in the automotive world as a knowledgeable place for answers to your automotive questions. Wayne’s goal is to provide parts to weekend warriors who strive to keep their cars looking and running well.

Arie Luyendyk, Jr. is a race car driver who has an Indianapolis 500 start to his credit and has competed in four seasons of Indy Lights. He was named the most popular driver for four consecutive years and has competed in sports car racing, driving a Daytona Prototype in the 24 Hours of Daytona and the GT2 class in the 12 Hours of Sebring. He’s competed in of-road racing in Stadium Super Trucks and he owns and operates his own team in the TORC Series driving a PRO 2 class, sponsored by Hostile Wheels, having recently grabbing a Bronze at X Games in the off-road truck discipline. His father is two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Arie Luyendyk who has also been a guest here on Cars Yeah.

Aaron Warkentin is the Curator at the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum located in Auburn, Indiana. There he and his team care for over 120 automobiles and related artifacts. The building itself is a piece of history as it was the headquarters of the Auburn Automobile Company from 1930 to 1936. Aaron’s previous careers include the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas and the Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon. His passion for all things mechanical and how their technologies affected social history culminate in his work at the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum.

Nicole Meguiar Northcote is the Founder and Organizer of the Crossroads Car Show. Her goal has been to create car shows that truly unite all genres of the car hobby. She hosts events in Los Angeles, Riverside, and Orange County. After 18 years of handling the marketing at her family’s business, Meguiar’s she ventured out on her own quest. Her passion is raising money for Teen Challenge International where she raises money to help with drug and alcohol recovery programs. She is the daughter of that Car Crazy guy Barry Meguiar who is a past guest on Cars Yeah.

Chris Considine is the CEO of CXC Simulations, a Los Angeles based company he founded in 2007 that builds full emersion automotive and flight simulators. Chris is a racer gone racing instructor to computer and graphic engineering expert. His simulators are sold all over the world to individuals and corporations. CXC is a high-tech engineering firm that as has revolutionized the design and manufacture of advanced personal racing simulation equipment. Professional racers including Stefan Johansson, Patrick Long, Justin Wilson, and Graham Rahal are just a few who use and praise his machines. Chris is the son of noted automotive journalist Tim Considine who’s also been a guest here on Cars Yeah.

Larry Crane, who lives in Thousand Oaks, California, is the car guys car guy. He’s a fine artist whose artistry has been the design of automotive posters and publications. From the programs for Riverside Raceway in the Sixties, to editing and designing Ferrari magazines, his work at Auto Afficionado, a major redesign of Motor Trend in the Seventies to his founding, editing, and designing Vintage Racer magazine, and his days with David E. Davis Jr. at Automobile magazine, he’s had a creative hand in hundreds of projects. He is also a visiting professor of automotive design history at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Larry Crane is the quintessential Car Guy.

Dave O’Connell is the Chief Designer at Katzkin Automotive Leather. He is a Los Angeles native and a graduate of Art Center College in Pasadena. His career includes working for Automobiles Peugeot and at the Centre Style Citroen in Velizy, just outside of Paris. He designed the Citroen AZ exterior and the initial concepts of their SM. He worked at Mitsubishi Motors Research and Design where he was the Chief Designer on the Eclipse, the 3000 GT, and their Montero Sport. David has served on the Art Center faculty since 2001 and their Mentor program. He’s a concours judge, enjoys surfing, and restoring and riding vintage motorcycles.

Yves Morizot is the President of Stand 21, founded over 45 years ago in Dijon, France. Stand 21 is the world leader in head to toe, made-to-measure racing gear. Following the most stringent safety and medical standards, with over 150 employees, Stand 21 products are conceived, engineered, designed, and entirely hand crafted within their our own facilities. With a passion for safety Yves created Racing Goes Safer, Stand 21’s Safety Foundation, a non-profit organization with a primary purpose of promoting enhanced motorsport safety.

Arie Luyendyk is known as The Flying Dutchman. He started racing in the early 70s winning the Super Vee championship in Europe and in the United States. He’s won endurance races at the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring and he’s driven in the International Race of Champions. With 17 starts, he’s a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 taking the checkered flag in 1990 and 1997 where his average speed of 185.981 miles per hour set a new record that stood for 23 years. In 2014 Arie was inducted in to the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America.  

Lou Carvell owns Lou & Co., a small New York based branding and design company. He studied at the School of Visual Arts and got in the advertising business and for years was an Executive Creative Director at some of New York’s leading ad agencies. He worked on campaigns for blue-chip companies including Smith Barney, Nestle, Rolls Royce and many others. He’s a passionate and life-long car collector and today he’s focusing his creativity and drive to express his love affair with the automobile in a dramatically graphic series aptly named Reincarnation.

Victor Carrillo co-founded the ID Agency in Los Angeles, California in 2004 where he is the President. The ID Agency builds and promotes authentic brand connections with consumers in the automotive sector and beyond. They combine their extensive experience in digital, PR, photography, and video production to craft their client’s unique brand. They support major players in business including: MOMO, Pirelli, Kawasaki, Brembo, Carbon Revolution, CTEK, and Formula Drift. Their focus is growing broader audiences and greater awareness for their clients.

Chris Stocker is an entrepreneur with over 35 years of successful sales, channel development, marketing, PR, and advertising. He’s an avid photographer and love shooting cars, primarily Porsches. He’s a Porsche Club of American member and an R Gruppe member and has recently launched a new Porsche focused product the Cup A Holder. He saw a problem with older Porsche cars lacking a cup holder so he designed and manufactures a proprietary product to solve the problem.

Joe Pepitone owns Pepitone Creative Services and Joe Pep Automotive Portraits. He is graphic designer and illustrator with a passion for automobiles. For over 20 years he has created comic books and graphic novels including Archie Comics but his real love is drawing classic cars. His automotive illustrations are bold, bright, colorful and whimsical. He’ll create one of his fun illustrations for you of your special vehicle that will be a lifelong keepsake that’ll bring a smile to your face.  

Steve Contarino and his wife Kim are the owners of Checker Motor Cars in Haverhill, Massachusetts. In addition to buying and selling collectible automobiles of all marques his passion lies with the classic the Checker Automobile. They are a worldwide supplier of parts and restorers of the iconic Checker Automobile. Steve is a member of the Society of Automotive Historians, the Rolls Royce Owners Club, Checker Cars Club of America, and the Tucker Owners Club of America.

Alan Peltier is the President at HRE Performance Wheels in Vista, California. He joined the team in 1999 coming from Northrop Grumman where he worked as an engineer specializing in the structural analysis of aircraft. He’s a die-hard car guy whose role at HRE allows him to develop and define a dynamic company culture while providing the finest wheels for the most discerning automotive enthusiast. HRE Performance Wheels are known for their quality, strength, light weight, and styling on the track or the street.

Sam Linville is a photographer who lives in San Jose, California where he shoots all kinds of subject however automobiles are close to his heart. He’s driven racecars at both Laguna Seca and Sears Point and loves to ride motorcycles, but most of the time you find him behind the lens shooting at car shows and racing venues. Sam’s also a fan of the outdoors and enjoys capturing nature while enjoying his time surrounded by beauty.

Andy Greene owns Andy Green Sports & Vintage Race Cars in Savannah, Georgia. There he and his talented team focus on pre 1972 European sports cars and race cars, American muscle cars, and classics. Their mission is service for enthusiasts, by enthusiasts. Andy has worked on and around vintage classics for over 40 years with a special affinity for rare Ferraris. He’s a vintage racer who’s raced Formula Fords, sports racers, and Royale Race Cars.

Sean Cridland owns Visions of Power.com where he is an automotive photographer and journalist located in James Spring, New Mexico. He’s been an active member and participant in the Porsche Club of America as a writer and auto crosser. His articles have appeared in Porsche Panorama, Excellence, 356 Registry and the website FlatSixes.com and the Road Scholars web-magazine. Sean is a member of The Motor Press Guild, The International Motor Press Association, and the American Society of Media Photographers.