Cars Yeah With Mark Greene

Derek E. Moore is the Director of Collections & Curator of the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. As a lifelong automotive enthusiast Derek has turned his passion into his career. Past roles have included the Crawford Curator of Transportation History at the Western Reserve Historical Society and Conservation Specialist for Transportation Collections at The Henry Ford. 

Jim Kruse is the Owner of Carnection Advisors, a new concept that provides confidential and objective classic car advice to their clients by assisting them in pre-planning the future of their collection. Their four-step process helps you map out your car collecting plans and future. 

Megan Meyer is no stranger to a life in the fast lane. She grew up around the sport of drag racing and at the age of 10 climbed behind the wheel of a Junior Dragster. Today she's 27 years old and continues to race and win in her Top Alcohol Dragster running with her sister under her father's team Randy Meyer Racing.    

Randy Wyner is a SoCal automotive enthusiast and the Founder and Director of Sales at Chronic Tacos, the Southern California chain of fast-casual Mexican food restaurants. As the Director of Sales, Randy develops relationships with all of the franchisees working to continually grow the brand. Born and raised in Orange County, Randy grew up on authentic Mexican food and signature SoCal taquerias. 

Frank Mecum is the Consignment Director at Mecum Auctions. He also manages their consignment of over 15,000 automobiles annually. His father Dana Mecum established Mecum Auctions when Frank was just 6 years. By the time he graduated from high school Mecum was in full swing and Frank worked in the bidder registration department and by 2003 he was on the auction floor selling vehicles. Their father-son team along with their many talented associates strive to get deals done while ensuring both the buyer and seller always walks away satisfied.

Kevin Davis is the Founder of The Helper Brands, a branded line of cleaning and detailing product he and his wife Michelle developed that make numerous jobs much easier to accomplish. He was a professional high-end detailer who became a serial entrepreneur that discovered something was missing from the car care world so he created it. Kevin also runs a consulting business in which he supports other automotive related businesses, helping them expand through marketing and promotions. 

David Lillywhite is the Editorial Director at Hothouse Media. David ran away from an engineering career to join the UK automotive publishing circus in 1992, and has been involved with classic car publications ever since. In 2003 he was co-founder of Octane magazine, which he edited until leaving in 2017. After a year practicing the dark arts of digital publishing, he returned to print, to co-found the new quarterly magazine Magneto. 

Marc Methot is the Editor in Chief of CARtoons magazine, a title that began in 1959 as an American publication that focused on automotive humor and the hot rod world. It was published by Robert E. Peterson starting in 1960. In the mid 1990s the publication was closed but in 2015 Marc purchased the title and has resurrected the classic to today’s generation to entertain and inspire hot rod enthusiasts in the hobby. 

John Kruse is the Co-Owner of World Wide Auctioneers. He grew up in the auction industry, refining his skills at some of the biggest auction companies in the country. As a buyer, seller, consultant, and auctioneer, he has been actively involved with vintage motorcars and collection management for his entire life, combining an exhaustive knowledge of the market with unyielding integrity and a hands-on commitment to delivering the best result. Expert and accessible, he is a passionate car enthusiast who is a familiar face at Concours, club events, and shows across the country.

Rod Egan is the Co-Owner of World Wide Auctioneers.  He has managed some of the largest auctions and collections in North America and held senior positions at a number of the world's leading auction houses. Having sold over $3 billion of assets over the past 25 years, both privately and at auction, he is among an elite group of auctioneers to have overseen major asset transfers at that level. Rod specializes in the valuation of fine automobiles and is always accessible to collectors, also overseeing Worldwide's private sales division. 

Dr. Ken Yohn has been teaching in colleges and universities in Japan, France, Germany, Poland, and the United States for over 30 years. Ken is currently a professor and the chair of the department of history and politics at McPherson College in Kansas, and just completed his 21st year at that school. At McPherson, Ken teaching a course on the history of the automobile and the role of technology as an agent of social change. His current project for the college is a 6-part summer school webinar about how the automobile has transformed the world titled “Wheels of Change: How the Automobile Shaped our Lives.”   

Rob Ferriol is a racer who owns and runs Team Hardpoint in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He is a team owner and driver in the IMSA Micheline Pilot Challenge series driving the #31 Team Hardpoint Audi R8 LMS GT4. His brand encompasses both his race team and a startup that helps other funded, gentleman divers, to extract more value from their racing passion through branding and activation of Hardpoint Outfitters. 

Hugh Barter is a racer with a very clear goal. To win the Formula 1 Championship. He was born in Japan and lives in Melbourne, Australia where he has raced since the age of 7 in Australia as a Cadet and can’t wait for race weekends when he can compete. Hugh runs in the KA Class in karting, Junior Max, Ka4 and KA3. He has multiple wins and podium finishes and his talent, enthusiasm, persistence, and discipline has set his course as a racer. Did I forget to mention, Hugh’s only 14 years old?

Kelley Earnhardt Miller is part owner and general manager of JR Motorsports and is considered one of the most prominent businesswomen in NASCAR today. She oversees the company’s race team, management team, and business ventures for her brother, Dale Earnhardt Jr. The daughter of seven-time NASCAR champion Dale Earnhardt, Kelley has a new book Drive.

Jason Wenig is the Founder and Owner of The Creative Workshop, one of the top restorers of classic cars and builders of coach-built specials. His business is known for and regularly entrusted with rare, exotic, and prototype vehicles. He and his team have built several bespoke cars and completely re-bodied cars as well. His company has garnered multiple awards and been featured in print, radio, and television and he is the member of numerous automotive associations, clubs, and groups. 

Wendy Cappola is the President of She Racing, a company created to help more women get involved and be successful in the automotive sport. She provides a platform for female motorsports drivers and enthusiasts to promote and support females in the sport of high performance driving where women racers can collectively have a voice and start changing the industry. 

Carl Bomstead is a Contributing Editor to Sports Car Market and their automobilia specialist. He has judged at numerous events including Amelia Island, Keels and Wheels, Boca Raton, and Audrain. He has been a judge at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance for the past 24 years. Carl is also a Classic Car Club of America Master Judge and served on the CCCA National Board for five years. 

Jean Pierre Kathoefer, or JP as his friends call him, is the Founder of Johnnypuetz Productions. He’s a thirty-something German, living in New York City, who has an obsession with motorcycles and film making. His latest creation is a short documentary titled The Distinguished Gentleman that was selected by several Film Festivals and is now available on Amazon.  He and fellow Cars Yeah guest Lou Barletta recently collaborated to produce the music video Ghost Ride and JP also produced the short film Big Apple Outlaw with Magnus Walker.

Lou Barletta is a filmmaker whose been a Porsche car enthusiast since the early 80's. Film has inspired his love for cars.  Movies including the Graduate with Al Pacino inspired him to purchase a 1986 Red Alfa Romeo Spider Graduate as his very first car. He created Ghost Ride with Big Apple Outlaws creator, J.P., which is a soon to be released music video style passion project showcasing Lou’s 1979 Porsche 911 SC. 

Spencer Pumpelly is an American race car driver currently racing with The Racers Group known as TRG. He also runs in the Michelin Pilot Challenge Series in a GS Audi R8 driving with Rob Ferriol for Hardpoint Motorsports as well as contesting the NAEC in IMSA Weathertech in a Grasser Magnus Lamborghini in GTD. He’s competed at the top levels of sports car for over two decades.