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Episode 071: Terry Fair of Vorshlag Motorsports exposes the hard truths of purchasing CNC machines
Terry Fair started doing paint and body work at 14 even though his family really didn’t have any interested in cars. Terry’s decision on which college to attend was based on an invite from a friend to go check out an autocross held by Texas A&M in College Station, TX. He had never seen anything like it and he totally fell in love. He went for a couple rides with people that he still works with to this day. After college, Terry and his wife, Amy, moved to Houston and he began working in the oil industry. He was still...
Episode 066: Ravi Dolwani shares how he created the performance division of CSF Radiator
Ravi Dolwani is a 4th generation member of the CSF Radiator company and is the CEO of the High Performance Division. This division is something that he started around 2010 with the intent of expanding the business to markets besides OEM manufacturers (such as Isuzu, John Deere, Mercedes Benz, etc.). He thought this expansion would be very seamless, but he soon found out this was not the case at all. He had to hit the pavement and go out to meet shops and spread the word about what he wanted to provide. Over the years, he grew the brand and...
Episode 062: Jeremy Gerber of Roadster Shop says the keys to success are hard work and improving the operations at the shop
Jeremy is a 4th generation gearhead. He grew up working on everything from go carts to dune buggies to race cars while growing up. And he still has the same passion today as he did when he was a kid. The traditional college path just didn’t feel right and Jeremy decided to go back to work with his dad at one of his body shops. This is when he began transitioning towards working on hot rods. He got a job at a small hot rod shop and eventually purchased the shop. They have since moved from the original location...
Episode 055: Alex Soto explains how he made Sheepey Built into what it is today
Alex grew up reading automotive magazines and aspiring to be one of the feature builders. He moved to Southern California with high hopes but no real direction on how to get into the racing industry. He got his first automotive job at Web Camshafts where he learned a lot about drag racing. Alex went on to build several Honda’s that got a lot of attention but the real break came when his Integra went 8’s in the ¼ mile. The side gig of making and selling manifolds out of his garage transformed into Sheepey Built. Given that Alex doesn’t...
Episode 054: Kyle Shelley from Turn14 explains how they are trying to protect margins for brick & mortar shops
Kyle Shelley is the sales director for Turn14. He was good friends with the founder ofJSC Speed (and then Turn14) and got to see the business be created. He had several sales jobs before becoming the first employee at JSC Speed. He started out at the bottom and worked his way up over the years. Turn14 was actually established in 2007 and JSC Speed was sold off in 2011. This is when all the efforts were put into the wholesale business. Turn14 has a new “authorized seller” solution where the Turn14 customer must be approved by the part manufacturer...