Cars Yeah With Mark Greene

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.

Michael Robinson is the CEO and Design Director at ED Design in Turin, Italy. He was born in Whittier, California and has lived in Italy since 1979. ED Design is a design and engineering company creating the automotive and transportation industry. Previously Michael was the Design Director at Bertone, Fiat, and Lancia. He’s worked as a designer with Ford and Volvo, Opel, Ghia, and he’s contributed to numerous other automotive marques. In addition to the automotive sector Michael designed the new high-speed train for Europe and numerous other non-automotive design projects. He won the coveted Grover Bell Innovations Award in 2014 for his full electric, twin, tilt rotor VTOL flying wing.

Michael Robinson is the CEO and Design Director at ED Design in Turin, Italy. He was born in Whittier, California and has lived in Italy since 1979. ED Design is a design and engineering company creating the automotive and transportation industry. Previously Michael was the Design Director at Bertone, Fiat, and Lancia. He’s worked as a designer with Ford and Volvo, Opel, Ghia, and he’s contributed to numerous other automotive marques. In addition to the automotive sector Michael designed the new high-speed train for Europe and numerous other non-automotive design projects. He won the coveted Grover Bell Innovations Award in 2014 for his full electric, twin, tilt rotor VTOL flying wing.

Kelly Telfer is an artist in who paints all kinds of subjects but his passion is with automobiles, motorcycles, and racing. He lives and paints in San Jose, California and his artwork can be found in galleries, magazines, private homes, and corporate collections around the world. He is currently featured in a one-man show at Canepa Motorsports Museum. You’ll also find his art on Guglielmo wine labels and he’s created fine art, design, and marketing work for international and national motorsports organizations.

Born in Venezuela and living in Miami, Florida, Henrique Cisneros is the Principal at MOMO Italy, the iconic automotive and motorsports accessories company. Above everything he’s an automotive enthusiast who’s mission is to rebuild the MOMO brand placing it back in the legendary position it once occupied. He races in the Porsche GT3 Cup race series and claimed the Championship title in 2010 and 2011. In 2013 he finished third in the competitive GTC class of the American Le Mans Series and in 2015 he finished second in the GTA class of the Pirelli World Challenge driving a Ferrari 458 Italia GT3 race car.

Marco Visconti is the principal at Marco Visconti Architects in Turin, Italy. There he has wrapped his passion for the automobile in to many of the projects he designs. Some of his achievements including the industrial complex at Fiat Melfi, computer centers for railways, showrooms for cars in Berlin, Paris, and London. He designed the halls mechanics, painting, and restaurant for Ferrari in Maranello and conference room of the automobile museum in Turin. His focus is on a sensitivity to global environmental conditions, sustainable standards and low impact materials and building quality.

Bob Colaizzi is an automotive artist whose career path was based on Yogi Berra’s quote, “When you get to the fork in the road, take it!” In 1967, after going down several paths, he started a PR firm with two other Chrysler guys where they focused on annual reports. That fork in the road lasted 45 years. Today, in his retirement, Bob’s back at doing what he loves, creating automotive art. His drawings and paintings of automobiles are wonderful and include cars from every marque and time.

Christopher Holewski is as passionate about cars as he is about design. After purchasing a 1975 BMW 2002, he had no money to repair or restore the car. This challenge would soon lead to the formation of Manual Designs, Christopher's company where he creates hand-made artwork of classic cars using a stencil & spray paint technique that he learned during his college years studying Graphic Design. Christopher's work has been featured in various publications including Top Gear magazine and Uncrate.com. Chris has done artwork for automotive companies including Jonathan Ward's ICON and Bavarian Autosport.

Chris Benny is the owner of Prova Motorsports in Seattle Washington. There he and his talented team work on special interest and European sports cars. Their goal is to improve his customer’s experience on the road and track. Chris has over 15 years of experience in road racing, chassis setup and alignment, racing, and instructing with ProFormance Racing School at Pacific Raceway. He races with ICSCC Conference in an Alfa Romeo and coaches other Alfa owners on how to drive better on the street and track.

Renee Crist is the Collections Manager at the LeMay - America’s Car Museum located in Tacoma, Washington. There she is responsible for over 300 historic automobiles that span over 100 years of automotive history. Renee is a member of the Advisory Board for the Pacific Northwest Concours d’Elegance and is a member of the Classic Car Club of America, the Cadillac LaSalle Club of America and numerous other local and regional automotive clubs. She is also a member of the National Association of Automotive Museums and Registrars Committee Western Region (RCWR), the Society of Automotive Historians, and the Historic Vehicle Association (HVA).

Merrill Powell was a fiberglass pioneer at Victress Manufacturing in the 1950s. The company was founded by Doc Boyce-Smith in1952 when the first Victress S1A sports car rolled on to the streets of Southern California. In 1953 Merrill joined the company and until Victress Manufacturing was sold in 1961 they accomplished more than any of their competition at that time. One of their cars became the world’s fastest sports car at Bonneville. Past Cars Yeah guest Geoff Hacker of Forgotten Fiberglass introduced me to Merrill and I’m honored to share his time designing and building the Victress with you. There will be a 1953 Victress S1A Roadster on the Mecum auction block this October in Chicago.