Cars Yeah With Mark Greene

Alan O’Neill is the Founder and Owner of SEU Motorsports where their goal is to develop mechanics and engineers and not drivers. His seven-step process addresses the needs of the motorsport sector through bespoke qualifications, a 3D virtual learning environment, embracing inclusion, focusing on race series, specialty tools, race bay cabinet and race trailers. Alan as been a high-performance driving instructor and coach since 2012 and driven in numerous race series and rallies. He grew up in around motorsports, has a deep passion for engineering, and works every day as SEU Motorsports to fill the much-needed pool of mechanics and engineers in the racing community.

Anita Lewis is a fine artist whose art portrays the speed and motion of racecars on the track. She received her education in the arts studying abstract art, rendering illustrations, drafting, and interior design. In the early 80s she migrated to Germany, integrating into the European lifestyle and began rendering BMW car parts and painting racecars for German friends. She was also a narrow selection of artists rendering for Porsche in Zuffenhausen. Today you’ll find her paintings at a wide variety of automotive events including Barrett Jackson, Velocity International and at the Signature Galleries in Las Vegas.

Chris Story is a motorsports photographer who focuses on drag racing. He was born in Durango, Colorado and his family moved a lot when Chris was a kid. He joined the Army at 17 to pursue a career in IT and later worked on cars. Eventually Chris felt like there was more in life that he wanted to do and began chasing his passion in photography, something he's done for over 10 years. For the past 3 years it has been his profession. He shoots drag racing and more specifically Drag and Drive events. Chris’s enjoyment comes from covering and documenting history, capturing moments for the drivers and people so that their experiences can be captured for a lifetime.

Barry Alt is a 25-year veteran in the digital marketing space and the proud owner of Motorhead Digital. His mission is centered around elevating auto restoration, performance, and race shops through the implementation of his innovative Site and Marketing Maximizer™ programs that are designed to supercharge his client's websites, social media, and entire online presence to attract more lucrative leads. A graduate of auto services and auto body trade school, Barry's industry expertise earned him a spot on the SEMA ARMO Select Committee. He is a dynamic speaker at events including the SEMA Show and he’s a featured contributor to THE SHOP Magazine and a respected aftermarket industry podcast guest. Barry is a driving force in both the digital and automotive worlds.

Russ Mitchell is a Staff Writer at the Los Angeles Times. He covers the epic transition to electric vehicles and energy storage for the Los Angeles Times, blending technology, policy, and consumerism, with a particular focus on California. He’s worked on staff at publications including Business Week, Wired, and Condé Nast Portfolio. Russ is a graduate of the University of Illinois, he also studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Vannevar Bush fellow.

Richard Jenkins has been involved in motor racing research for over 20 years. The first outlet for his work was the website oldracingcars.com, where his “Where Are They Now? Section presents several thousand profiles of racing drivers. His first book, Richie Ginther: Motor Racing’s Free Thinker, was published to universal praise in 2020. This book won the Royal Automobile Club Motoring Book of the Year Award. His second biography, Mike Spence: Out of the Shadows, he turned his attention to the history of the team rather than the man. His newest book is a comprehensive history of the Tyrrell team titled Tyrrell: The Story of the Tyrrell Racing Organisation. The foreword is by Sir Jackie Stewart who drove for Tyrrell for many years, and it is published by EVRO.

Rita Campana is the owner at Campana Modena, one of the oldest body shops in the province of Modena, Italy. Founded in 1947 by her grandfather, handed down to her father their CEO, and now in Rita's hands, Campana has over 10,000 square meters in a variety of buildings where they restore, repair, and create modern, classic, and vintage racing cars. They are an authorized Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Lancia, and Maserati service center and the level of handmade services are the best in the world. You can see some of their most recent builds in the new Movie Ferrari featuring cars they built from scratch for the film.

David Wachs is the CEO of Handwrytten where they have brought back the lost art of letter writing through scalable, robot-based solutions that write your personal notes in pen. Developed as a platform, Handwrytten provides you a way to send notes from your CRM system including Salesforce, the web site, apps, or through custom integration. David is a frequent speaker on marketing technology and has presented for the Direct Marketing Association, South by Southwest, Advertising Research Foundation, and the national Restaurant Association. Both Handwrytten and Cellit  were on Inc. Magazine’s Inc 500 list of fastest growing companies. David also writes for Inc. Magazine with his column “Stepping Away from the Day to Day.”

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.

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.”

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. 

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!

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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". 

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.

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.

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.