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Roland Sands is a motorcycle racer and designer of custom high-performance motorcycles. Sands is the son of Performance Machine founder Perry Sands, and he had spent a lot of time in his youth working at Performance Machine. Roland also spent years at the track, between 1994 and 2002 he secured numerous victories, multiple lap records and even secured the 1998 AMA 250GP Championship. 

It wasn’t until 2004 and 2005 that the public truly got to know Roland the Bike Builder. This is when he created “The Hardway” and then went up against Arlen Ness during the 2005 season of Biker Build-Off. After the tremendous success Sands found on Discovery Channel's Biker Build-Off, Sands founded Roland Sands Design.

Roland Sands Design (RSD) not only produces motorcycle parts, accessories and creates custom motorcycles it also offers an extensive apparel line. Roland doesn't like to limit himself and has also created events like the Moto Beach Classic which supports the Super Hooligan National Championship. Super Hooligan racing is a mashup of custom flat-track riders of varied ages and experience levels, riding bikes that are 750cc, 400lbs and above with no front brakes. The racing is inclusive and has a class for almost everyone.

Aaron McKenzie is the head of mischief at Antecedent.Media who specialize in producing commercials, videos, short films, TV shows. What does head of mischief mean, you ask. To translate, Aaron is a writer, photographer, producer, and digital media consultant. Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Aaron decided to leave the United States at age 22 and spent a decade living and working in South Korea. He returned to the United States in 2012 and found his way into a career in the automotive media space. Throughout his work he has partnered with major brands including Ferrari, Mercedes-Benz, and Jaguar and worked with some of his childhood heroes including Stirling Moss, Hurley Haywood, and David Hobbs.

Kevin Jeannette is the owner of Gunnar Porsche Racing and has a long history of involvement with Porsches. His start came over 40 years ago with a Porsche repair shop in Southern California. By 1977, Kevin was a Porsche racing mechanic, and in 1978, formed Gunnar Porsche Racing. Kevin began his racing career working with teams racing 934s and 935s, and eventually into 962s. He also started in tandem with his racing work a thriving restoration business.

The early years included working with teams including Cliff Kearns/Milt Minter in a 934, the Whittington Brothers at the Indianapolis 500 and in a 934, and 935s. Kevin went on to crew the Swap Shop Porsche 935, including the '83 Daytona 24 Hour winning car (which he built the engine), with Foyt, Wolleck, Ballot-Lena, and Preston Henn. Kevin moved on to Porsche 962s, with Swap Shop Racing, then Shelton Racing, Primus Racing, Bayside Racing, and Busby Racing. All the while, Gunnar Racing was making a name for itself, for restoring Porsche's racing cars, including 917s, 908s (both long and short tails), 910s, RSKs and Speedsters. A fun fact is that the first car Kevin and Andy restored was the 908 LH (long tail coupe) for the Porsche Museum.

Gunnar Racing, built the first open topped prototype to run in the IMSA Camel GTP class, with the 966 Spyder campaigning the car from 1991, until the class ended in 1993. The car attracted great drivers, such as Derek and Justin Bell, Hurley Haywood, John Paul, Jr., Jay Cochran and David Donahue, and some Hollywood stars, such as Bobby Carradine, and Chad McQueen.

Gunnar Racing took on a new amount of enthusiasm, in 1999, as Kevin's son Gunnar, who grew up in, and around, the cars his father was preparing, took to the sport, as a driver, at age 17. Since then, Gunnar Racing ran the 2000 Rolex 24, with Gunnar and Paul Newman driving, as well as the 24 Hours of Le Mans, where they finished 6th in the GT class, and Gunnar went into the record books, as the youngest driver ever to complete the race, at 18 years, and 33 days old. Not to forget their roots in vintage Porsche's, Gunnar Racing is also very active in historic racing, keeping a whole stable of cars race ready.

Mark Jarel is a creator who likes to build things. His passion is to think of an end product then work on putting the pieces together to make that come true. He is a longtime motoring enthusiast, as well as a frequent competitor racing anything on wheels, be it cars and motorcycles on circuits, lake beds, and drag strips. Mark was introduced to working with your hands at an early age thanks to the woodworking skills of his father.

However it wasn't until his son, Haven, was born, Mark made a choice to skip television and instead, he and Haven would engage with the physical world and create. Mark even went so far as to move into a warehouse space named the "dream factory" that is not just a living space for himself and Haven but also an entire lifestyle.

Stefanie Lizet is an artist, she is also a young woman making a name for herself in the male dominated world of lowriders and motorcycles, establishing herself as an incredible pinstriper in the custom paint world. Stefanie first learned the craft as an apprentice to the legendary painter, Danny D of Danny D Studios. She was also one of two women of 50 artists invited to exhibit pinstriping and lowrider-inspired art at the Petersen Automotive Museum for "The High Art of Riding Low: Ranflas, Corazón E Inspiración," an exhibit that celebrated lowriding art, iconography and Chicano pride. Stafanie's contribution was part of a collection of everyday objects painted in the lowrider-style, Stefanie painted a toilet seat.

In this episode I talk to Lyle Brummer of Speedkore Performance Group. Speedkore specializes in both one-off high performance car builds and carbon fiber composite part manufacturing. The builds that Speedkore are known for blend high end technology to incredible craftsmanship that result in stunning works of art. However what they are mostly known for is their stunning carbon fiber bodywork that resembles the original but at a much higher refinement than ever used in a production build.

The cars that Speedkore build follow the signature SpeedKore recipe: reduce weight and increase horsepower and attract all kinds of customers including Hollywood A-listers like Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans and Kevin Hart. Founded in 2015 Speedkore has been able to create a workplace where advanced engineers and traditional artisans combine their craftsmanship with cutting edge technology to produce works of art.

Our latest guest is Josh Robinson, a multi-disciplined race car driver from Australia. His interest in cars started before he could walk and the same year he attained a car licence he started competing in local grass roots autocross / autokhana competition. In 2008 he progressed to tarmac rallying where he won Champion Rookie in the Dutton Rally National Series and backed it up the following year with a 2nd place finish in the Australian Tarmac Championship. Between Rallying events Josh discovered Time Attack as a great way to keep his seat time and skills up.

However in December 2012 Josh was invited to try drifting in Japan and found that it was the most fun he had ever had in a car. It was there he was fortunate enough to meet Nobushige Kumakubo-san, be taken for passenger laps and taught to drift by Andy Gray and Naoto Suenaga-san (Team Orange), before being extended an invitation to be a team guest at the Odaiba D1GP season finale. In 2013 Josh competed in the Japanese G1GP drift series while building the HSV Maloo with Horsepower Factory he started campaigning in Australia in 2014. He completed his first season with a best finish of 2nd in Drift Challenge Australia, losing only to American Formula Drift driver Chelsea DeNofa.

In 2016 Josh had a 2nd place in the Japanese G1GP championship. With his results in the Japanese championship he was able to secure a Formula Drift license, making him the first Australian driver to be granted one. Josh has then competed for the past three years in Formula Drift Prospec he will take a break for the 2021 season to focus on the Texas Drift Academy.

In our latest episode we talk to the Sultan of Symmetry and bodybuilding legend, "Flex" Wheeler. Flex is an International Federation of Bodybuilding & Fitness Hall Of Famer. Flex has won the Arnold Classic four times being described by Arnold Schwarzenegger himself as one of the greatest bodybuilders he had ever seen. In other competitions he has won 5 Iron Man Pro competitions and was runner up in Mr. Olympia in 1993, 1998 and 1999. Aside from bodybuilding Flex is also an author and martial artist.

Trevor McClure is a Championship-Winning Sports Car Spotter, Race Strategist, Chef and Consultant. He has over 20 years experience at race tracks around the globe. This all started with him becoming a marshal at Virginia International Raceway. Over the years in his different positions he has contributed to nearly 40 Championships and Vice-Championships, from IMSA, ALMS, Grand-Am, 24h Series, TCR, SCCA, NASA, and others. To top it off Trevor has also played a part in a unique achievement as he has helped with wins at both the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring more than once. 

Gary Boulanger our latest guest is a storyteller. He started telling stories in 1987 intertwining music, sports, bicycles and motorcycles together seamlessly. In his current role at FOX Factory he is the Communications Marketing Manager for Powersports. This means he and his team promotes the hard work done by FOX in the UTV, snow, motorcycle, truck and off-road sectors. However before FOX he was an editor with stints at the Vintagent and Cycleworld to name a few, where he would regale readers about his tales on motorized vehicles. His real forte though is capturing the backstory and his hope is to inspire you to ride. But that doesn't account for the many other hats Gary has worn so make sure you listen.