Femcanic Garage

Madison is an experienced car painter who owns her own shop in Nashville, Tennessee. Her passion for cars started as a child while she watched her father and grandfather paint and work on cars "under a shaded tree". Madison also raced cars as a preteen and then pursued her passion further in high school by enrolling in automotive tech classes. Supported by her teacher and her family, Madison joined several national competitions and became the first female to win the SkillsUSA Automotive and Refinish Technology Division in the state of Tennessee. As her work experience grew, so did her accomplishments—in 2018, Madison's work on a '36 Pontiac landed her a place in the Great 8 category at the Detroit Autorama. She also painted the Chevy Montage for the All Females Build displayed at SEMA in 2019. Don't miss this episode so you can hear all about Madison's journey and how she kept an open mind and "soaked everything up like a sponge" so she could follow her passion!

Madison's Contact Info:

• Facebook: @RivetingRides
• Instagram: @RivetingRides

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Heather Holler is a freelance rally cross technician. After discovering her love for mechanical work in her early 20's and attending tech school, she worked for a few local Subaru dealerships, but that wasn't enough for her—she wanted more! She decided to apply at Vermont Sportscar for a rally cross mechanic position; with some persistence and a 3000-mile move to Vermont, she became the first female mechanic for the team. Shortly after, Heather decided to go freelance and started working with DirtFish Rally School where she has worked for the last 3 seasons. Always wanting to kick it up a notch and with a nudge from COVID, Heather and her husband decided to move to North Carolina where Heather will be returning to school to earn a degree in mechanical engineering with a focus on motorsports. Don't miss this motivational story on this week's episode!

Heather's Contact Info:

• Website: hollercustoms.com
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/heather.hershkowitz.1/
• Instagram: @miss_shift
• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/heather-holler-299a791a9

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Kristen Hope Migues is a Monster Truck Driver. She's driven under five different truck identities including Monster Mutt Dalmatian, Razin Kane, Megalodon, Ice Cream Man, and Wolf's Head. Her love for cars, trucks, and racing began when she was a little girl helping her dad work on cars. As she and her family attended Monster Jam racing tours throughout the years, Kristen's passion grew stronger and at age 16, she decided she was going to be a driver. Kristen has had several successful years with Monster Jam, but with a nudge from the COVID pandemic, she and her husband jumped on the opportunity of realizing another one of her dreams. Join us on this episode as Kristen shares how she made her dreams come true through hard work, perseverance, and dedication.

Kristen's Contact Info:

• Facebook: Mig's Automotive and Kristen Hope
• Instagram: migsautomotive and kristenhope98

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Renee is a rally race driver, but not just any rally race driver--with no prior racing experience, no family background in racing, and barely any knowledge of cars, Renee started rally racing at age 56. Why? Because she wanted to! It was on her bucket list and she just knew she had to do it. Renee has been rally racing for 8 years now. She's competed in almost all continents of the world including North America, Australia, South America, Asia & Europe, and Africa. Antarctica, the only continent left, is just a matter of time! As if racing around the world wasn't enough, Renee founded her own racing company, Valkyrie Racing, which has led to a non-profit organization focused on ending child sex trafficking in at-risk women and children around the world. Valkyrie Gives contributes 100% of their gifts to carefully selected projects that positively impact the lives of women and children at risk of sexual trafficking. If you've ever said, "I'm too old for….", this is the episode for you!

Renee's Contact Info:

• Instagram: @valkyrie_racing
• Facebook: @valkyrieracing
• Website: https://www.valkyrieracing.com/
• Donations to Valkyrie Gives: https://www.valkyrieracing.com/valkyrie-gives

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Molly Gursky is in the driver seat today. She is the co-owner of Driven Restorations LLC, a classic car and truck restoration shop. Every vehicle they build is meant to be driven. Molly always had an interest in cars growing up, taking auto shop twice in high school and getting Chilton auto repair manuals out of the library for light weekend reading. After high school, she attended UW River Falls receiving her BS in Animal Science. Helping her husband, Steve build his business on nights and weekends, she spent 9 years as a Dairy Nutritionist and Sales Team Leader. Then in 2013, she left the corporate world to work full time in the shop at Driven Restorations. Since then, she has refined her refinishing talents working on 2 nationwide all women's builds. The 1969 AMC AMX Valkyrie Build, alongside Joann Bortles in 2014, and the 1957 Chevy Montage Custom Truck project with Bogi Lateiner of All Girls Garage in 2017. In the shop Molly specializes in metal repair, welding and body refinishing also acting as the shop Business Manager. Sit back and enjoy the ride.

Molly's Contact Info:

• Instagram:@drivenrestorations
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drivenrestorations/
• YourTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC0ummYd1_Gm0Op__FwI1H_w/featured
• Twitter: @DrivenResto
• Website: www.drivenrestorations.com

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Amy Bogner is in the driver seat. She is a single mother and refinish technician veteran. She was invited to an all female build that was featured at SEMA and she has taught BOCES auto body classes to high school age kids. Sit back and enjoy the ride.

Amy's Contact Info:

• Instagram: @ame_up

I am excited to connect with you! The Femcanic audience feedback drives the show. I'd love for you to text me at (614) 953-6380.

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Megan Meyer is in the driver seat. Megan is a NHRA Top Alcohol Drag Race driver. Megan holds the record for the fastest Pro-Sportsman female in 1/4 mile: 5.11 seconds at 285 MPH, and is the Winningest Pro-Sportsman female driver in the NHRA. At the end of the 2019 season, Megan became the first women in the history of the NHRA Top Alcohol Dragster class to win the World Championship. Not only is she a record-breaking driver, she is a graphic designer and entrepreneur.

Megan's Contact Info:

• Instagram: @meganmeyer.racing
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meganmeyer.racing/
• https://meganmeyer.racing/

I am excited to connect with you! The Femcanic audience feedback drives the show. I'd love for you to text me at ‪(614) 636-2240‬.

What is the Femcanic Garage community all about? Go check us out!

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Toni Avery is in the driver seat. She is the owner of girlsdrivefasttoo.com, which covers new and vintage car reviews, racing schools, track days and other industry events. She has reviewed nearly 70 press cars to date, is a high performance and teen safety driving instructor and has spent her entire career on race tracks in everything from Miatas to open-wheel formula cars. Tune in, sit back and enjoy the ride!

Toni's Contact Info:

• Instagram: @girlsdrivefasttoo
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GirlsDriveFastToo/
• YourTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVX6dP18tAg0NBzmCnjYJCA?
• LinkedIn :https://www.linkedin.com/in/toni-avery-b8442a29/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/GirlsDriveFast2

I am excited to connect with you! The Femcanic audience feedback drives the show. I'd love for you to text me at (614) 953-6380.

What is the Femcanic Garage community all about? Go check us out!

• You can visit our website at https://femcanic.com/
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Elana Scherr is an automotive journalist with an expansive career! She was a staff editor at Hot Rod Magazine and the former editor in chief at Roadkill Magazine. Currently, she is a columnist at Car and Driver, she does new car reviews for Edmunds, and writes features and short stories for Sports Car Market, Road & Track, and other automotive online publications. Join us in this episode for an insightful talk about the importance of diversity in any field (not just automotive); the subtle ways women are treated differently in the workplace; and what it means to be a "car person". Oh--and let's not forget her impressive car collection!

Audience feedback drives the show. I'd love for you to text me at (614) 953-6380. I am excited to connect with you!

What is the Femcanic Garage community all about? Go check us out!

• You can visit our website at https://femcanic.com/
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Theresa Contreras is a machinist, graphic designer, and renowned custom painter. Her work has been repeatedly displayed on the cover of top industry magazines and in multiple SEMA shows throughout the years. She has worked alongside top names in the industry like Chip Foose and Jimmy Shine and completed builds for Jay Leno and Ford Motor Company. As if that wasn't enough, Theresa is also the co-founder of Real Deal Revolution—an organization that strives to motivate others in a way that breeds self-confidence and breaks stereotypes through healthy decision-making, hands-on training, creative development, and community involvement. Join us on this episode as this self-taught painter takes us through her journey and talks to us about her dreams, her deepest friendships, nature, and even COVID!

Theresa's Contact Info:

• Instagram: @designmuse @lge_ctsmotorsports @bajaforged @realdealrevolution
• Facebook: facebook.com/lgectsmotorsports
• YourTube: lge-ctsmotorsports
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/lgectsmotorsports

Audience feedback drives the show. I'd love for you to text me at (614) 953-6380. I am excited to connect with you!

What is the Femcanic Garage community all about? Go check us out!

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