Cars Yeah With Mark Greene

Drake Troutman, driver for the Team 22 race team owned by G.R. Smith (known as the equivalent of Hendrick Motorsports in dirt racing), is one of the hottest shoes in dirt racing running over 140 races in the 2025 season including the Real American Beer World of Outlaws Late Model Series and numerous other dirt series around the country. Drake comes off a winner this past weekend landing in victory lane winning the Real American Beer World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at I-55 Speedway in Pevely, MO, and currently sits 4th in points. In 2024, Drake had 21 wins in 9 different states in over 120 events all across the country. At 20 years old, Drake knows that it takes a certain kind of person in this game of dirt racing. He knows that his life consists of working on the car and racing the car – that’s it. It is endless hours to make sure your race car is as good as it can be, traveling up and down the road, having family and friends that support you, and to have a group of amazing sponsors and a team owner

Alexander Soultanis, is a very well-known concours judge and automotive photographer who recently had the grand privilege of one his prized possessions, a 1944 KDF Wagon, featured on the cover of the legendary “Crankshaft” which relegated into receiving numerous phone calls from Jay Leno (which I had the privilege of just receiving a personally signed copy). Alexander is a Concours Judge and former automotive history radio show host from the New York City area. Most recently he has served as an AACA judge for 19 years and a Concours Judge for 5 years including The Amelia Island Concours, Radnor Hunt Concours, Greenwich Concours, Palisades Concours, Keeneland Concours, and many others. Alexander is a retired sign painter for the city of New York and artist, who if you've watched the Macy's Day Parade, Alexander created and painted the Macy’s Day Parade Star logo you see painted on the street every year. He's been a certified car geek since the age and a member of many car clubs.

Jordan Missig, from simulator to track, Jordan’s journey has been an interesting one. After making a few guest appearances in the 2024 INDY NXT by Firestone Series, Jordan returned for his first full-time season with ABEL Motorsports in 2025. Jordan won the 2024 Radical Cup North American Series Championship where he earned 9 wins and 16 podiums with Graham Rahal Performance and the Radical Indianapolis team. He also finished third in the Radical World Finals in Abu Dhabi. Jordan has climbed to INDY NXT after racing in USF Pro 2000, Lamborghini Super Trofeo, Formula Regional Americas and Karting. He is also an FIA IT-B Silver licensed driver and SCCA Pro racer. Jordan has relentlessly chased his dream of making it the top of motorsports. Whether he is perfecting his technique on his simulator or practicing on the track, Jordan’s commitment to his craft is evident. He is driven by one goal – to compete in IndyCar, Formula 1, NASCAR or IMSA’s Prototype/GTP Series.

Dan Crocker, known throughout the motorsports scene as “Showman Dan,” is a very famous chef throughout the global motorsports scene. Most people do not know that race teams like NASCAR, IndyCar, and in most of the professional racing circuits around the world have their own team chef that travels to each race with their traveling kitchen on wheels. “Showman” has created some of the most famous recipes and shared his chef skills serving race teams, drivers, the crew, numerous celebrities, government officials, and VIP’s, to the tune of feeding over 300+ people per day, 3 meals a day, sourcing local foods from farmers and the surrounding area of each track, all cooked on outdoor grills in every type of weather condition. Yes, even baking homemade cookies, breads, and desserts in the outdoors. Now, this takes some serious skills.

Johnny D., known as “The Motivational Cowboy,” is a nationally recognized speaker, author, and host of the popular OUTSTANDING Life Podcast, where he shares powerful stories and interviews with inspiring guests. For nearly 25 years, Johnny has been a trusted voice for General Motors, interviewing NASCAR drivers, IndyCar drivers, and celebrities at major events across the country. With his signature energy, humor, and authenticity, Johnny D. delivers a compelling message that inspires audiences to live the “Outstanding Life” every day. He has authored multiple motivational books that encourage readers to live with purpose, passion, and positivity.

Rick Blaha, is well known in the tight circles of car collectors. He started drag racing in his teens and is now a landspeed racer. In 2018, Rick got “Salt Fever” after attending a landspeed event at the Bonneville Salt Flats and began landspeed racing acquiring his “A” license on the salt. Rick, was born in Milwaukee, WI, and attended the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Rick was a commercial banker for 26 years before starting a very successful custom packaging company, Pak-Rite, which he sold to a Fortune 500 company in 2018.

Whoever heard of a motorsports lawyer? A graduate of Western University’s Faculty of Law, Mark Boudreau has always been more interested in the business side of motorsports than harboring any interest in racing himself. This interest led to his founding of Motorsport Prospects, a global online resource providing racers of all type access to information to help them go faster on the track and succeed off it. Mark applies the same concept of due diligence used in the legal field to the research he conducts both for the Motorsport Prospects directory and for individual clients. He is passionate in ensuring that all racers, their family and advisors have the information they need to make an informed motorsport-related decision.

Abigail Froehlich is a 17-year-old SCCA Pro Formula racer from Maryland who owns her own race team known as Passenger Princess Racing, who is preparing to move up the ladder to Formula 1600 and the F4 Series. She doesn’t come from the typical racing lineage or from a wealthy family. Abby has paved her own way coming from a single-parent household and hustling to support her racing career while overcoming some exceptional challenges. Abby, transitioned to CKNA competition Senior Light levels at the LO206 and KA100 karts within her first year and tested in her first open-wheel car in mid-2024. She wants to prove that with unwavering focus, commitment, and perseverance, anyone can compete and win in the fast-paced world of motorsports. 

Bob Kerner’s passion for collector cars is evident through his thirteen-year involvement as a Board Member and now Co-Chairman, along with Michael Dorvillier, of the La Jolla Concours d’ Elegance. He is a longstanding member in the Classic Car Club of America. His contributions to the Petersen Automotive Museum and his four appearances on the Cars Yeah podcast underscore his dedication to the automotive hobby. Bob shares a common vision with Michael Dorvillier and the organizing committee to continuously improve on the mantra of “World Class Car and World Class Experience” for the sponsors, entrants, and patrons. Bob is a seasoned 24-year insurance producer specializing in private client risk management and has served 16 billionaire families. His expertise lies in catering to clients with family offices, utilizing best-in-class practices, and a dedicated team. He extends his services to emerging affluent clients with a minimum of $5 million investible and up to ultra-wealthy families.

Nigel Matthews is the Global Brand Ambassador for Hagerty. He has spent the last 20 years judging at more than 149 Concours events including Pebble Beach, Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este in Italy, and events worldwide in 12 other countries Matthews worked as a Red Seal-licensed automotive technician, repairing and restoring Rolls-Royce and Ferrari vehicles, and from 2002 to 2014 wrote a weekly column for a Canadian newspaper focused on classic cars. In addition, he spent ten years as an administrator for the British Columbia provincial government’s licensing and insurance program that recognizes collector and vintage vehicles. Nigel was recently awarded the 2024 “UNSUNG HERO OF THE YEAR” by the Hot House Media, Concours yearbook. This year marks his 50 years in the classic car world and his 9th year as the Chief Judge of the La Jolla Concours. Originally from Oxfordshire, England, Matthews has lived in and loved every minute of residing in Vancouver, British Columbia, for the past 50-years of his automotive

Christopher Peterson has been passionate about cars for as long as he can remember—probably even longer. A La Jolla native, he grew up surrounded by classic and exotic automobiles, dreaming of one day becoming a race car driver. This passion eventually led to a career spanning over 25 years in the collector car world. Straight out of high school, Chris joined Symbolic Motor Car Company, one of the leading dealerships for classic, exotic and competition cars. Over the years, he worked his way up from the parts department to Director of Sales and Marketing, developing a deep expertise in post-war European sports and competition cars, along with a talent for uncovering rare and historically significant automobiles. Today, Chris serves as a consultant for Sotheby’s Motorsport and chairs the Motor Car Classic at the La Jolla Concours d’Elegance. His time is spent sourcing exceptional cars, helping collectors navigate the auction world, and ensuring automotive history is properly appreciated— or at the very least,

Ida Zetterström is a two-time Super Street Bike Champion winning the 2019 and 2020 championship. In addition, she was the 2023 European Champion in FIA Top Fuel Drag Racing while setting the European ET record of 3.77 and the speed record of 321.1mph along with winning all but one race in the 2023 season. Before finding her way to compete in the U.S. in 2024 at the top level of drag racing as an NHRA Top Fuel dragster pilot mastering an 11,000 horsepower dragster at 330+mph in only 1,000 feet, she grew up at the race tracks in Europe starting out in junior dragsters at the age of 8. Ida’s journey to the NHRA Top Fuel ranks has been marked by relentless work, dedication, and an unyielding passion for the sport. Ida quickly let the world know that she lived up to the hype as she made her NHRA Top Fuel debut with JCM Racing in 2024.

Angela Savage was in her mother’s womb during the tragic running of the 1973 Indianapolis 500. Her mother watched from the grandstand, in horror, as her husband, racecar driver Swede Savage, crashed in turn four after leading the race. The vicious impact and catastrophic explosion left him with critical injuries that would ultimately claim his life 33 days later. Angel was born just a few weeks after his tragic death. Angela’s tumultuous life, as well as the life of her famous father, is chronicled in her book, SAVAGE ANGEL. Angela credits the racing community for saving her life as she began exploring the history of her iconic father that led to finding herself. She is now a special part of the entire racing family and works as a program manager for Racing For Mental Health, a nonprofit organization that promotes mental health awareness and destigmatizes the topic of mental health through conversation, education, advocacy and outreach via the racing community.  

Nitro Allie, also known as Allie D, is a motorsports enthusiast who started in the world of drag racing and enjoys sharing her love of car culture with those who have never been exposed to it. She shares her story and enthusiasm with others in hopes that they, too, will fall in love with our world of car culture. Like myself, Nitro wants to keep racing alive and thriving. Racing is life! When Nitro is not at the track or recording her inspirational interviews, she is a public servant in the law enforcement community who classifies herself as a “last responder” also known as a “death investigator” and a county deputy.

Matt Dibenedetto, or Matt D, as many fans call him, is a long-time veteran of NASCAR, coming onto the scene in 2009. Matt has nearly 250 starts in NASCAR's top series and is currently racing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series for Viking Motorsports, driving the #99 Chevrolet Camaro. A native of Grass Valley, CA, Matt began the journey to a professional racing career at the age of 7 by competing in outlaw kart racing. Matt is a man of great faith, a huge car enthusiast, animal lover of their adopted dog “Brian”, and married to his high school sweetheart, his better half, Taylor or Tay, as most everyone calls her.

Jackie Heinricher served as a medic in the U.S. Air Force and earned her Masters of Science degree from Tennessee Tech University. After a decade of working in the science and management industry, she launched a successful biotechnology firm from her garage eventually growing the firm into a multimillion-dollar biotechnology company. She has developed visionary and unique intellectual properties and holds several technology patents. Jackie has always had a love for racing and began racing later in her life. She is a race car driver who has competed in the Red Bull Rally Cross Series, the World FIA Rally Series, and has competed for several years in the Ferrari FIA Series-North America, and has competed domestically in Formula 3. She is the first woman to compete in the North America Lamborghini Series entering her first race at Road America in 2016. “Racer Jackie” has achieved eight (8) podium finishes, with two (2) at the World Finals in Valencia, Spain. Heinricher brought the first female co-driver duo in 2

Collete Davis, is one of the most diversified female drivers in the world. At the age of 16, she attended Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University to obtain a mechanical engineering degree. Her combination of behind-the-wheel talent and on-screen personality makes her a stand-out in the automotive and racing industries. She mixes social influence with her barrier-breaking roles in car culture and media. Collete is a diverse and very successful racecar driver in Drift, Track, RallyX, and Monster Trucks. She will be competing in Formula Drift in 2025. She is a stunt/test driver for Netflix and several automotive OEMs around the world. Along with being a TV-series host for multi-million dollar productions, Collete is a content creator on YouTube and a social media sensation with over 2-Million followers as a car builder who builds her own cars with a talented team at a 30-acre Florida compound for her competition races, personal vehicles, and for SEMA. She is an international brand ambassador for Hot Wheels. Collete

Harmon “Boston” Cap is the social media sensation known as “Boston The Be A Man Guy” with over 9 million followers globally, published a very successful book with the fitting title, “Be A Man: The Ultimate Guide,” where he shares funny and insightful stories and pearls of wisdom about what it takes to be a man. “Be a Man” celebrates and pokes fun at the strengths and flaws of men today in an entirely satirical (sometimes controversial) way when he offers timeless advice on how to be a man, including: — Never ask for directions, or use a GPS, just drive around forever — Fall asleep watching TV, then get mad when somebody changes the channel — If you can’t fix something, chuck a wrench — If you can’t find what you’re looking for in a store, don’t ask for help. Walk out. “The Be a Man Guy” takes his followers and readers into his early years, from learning math from his Uncle, the bookie, to discovering deep truths about life from the patrons who drank and gambled at his family’s bar in East Boston. Whether in s

Danny Drinan, is one of the most innovative race car designers and builders in the motorsports industry with a background as a very successful USAC Midget and Sprint Car driver. Danny attempted to make the Indy 500 three times, but had his Indy Car career cut short due to a life-changing crash that nearly took his life. He was a mechanical engineer and lead fabricator for Mario Andretti, part of the Bonneville Salt Flats land speed team, Speed Demon, that set a world record in 2021 of 481+ mph as the fastest piston powered car on the planet, and the inventor of the patented “Dri-Bar” cockpit adjustable anti-roll system that has been used in numerous racing series with and has achieved over 500 victories. Danny is reintroducing the racing world to an updated educational series of his “Pyramid of Grip.” He owns Drinan Racing Industries in Indianapolis, IN, where he designs and fabricates specialized parts for the racing, aviation, military, and aerospace industries around the world.

Miranda Seymour, celebrated as a biographer, novelist, memoir writer and critic, has been a visiting professor at Nottingham Trent University. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts as well as a Royal Literary Fund Fellow, and the author of the award-winning memoir, In My Father’s House. Her many acclaimed biographies include: A Ring of Conspirators, an innovative study of Henry James and his literary circle; Ottoline Morrell: Life on a Grand Scale; Robert Graves: Life on the Edge; Mary Shelley; In Byron’s Wake, The Bugatti Queen and I Used to Live Here Once: The Haunted Life of Jean Rhys. Today is a very exciting show for me as I have the opportunity to speak with, Miranda Seymour, the author of my favorite book, the “Bugatti Queen,” who writes the story of one of my favorite racers, Helle Nice. I have asked Mark Greene, the founder of Cars Yeah to co-host with me today.