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and amazing. This year the
Friday event was "The De-
sign DNA of Iconic Cars".
The cars featured and the
presenters included Ed Wel-
burn of GM, Gordon Wa-
gener of Mercedes-Benz,
and our favorite was Grant
Larson of Porsche AG.
Best description "You Had
to be There"!!
Saturday's seminar was
"The Car Guys of Televi-
sion". The panelists in-
cluded Wayne Carini-Chas-
ing Classic Cars, Barry
Meguiar-Car Crazy, Ray
Evernham-Americarna, Pe-
ter Klutt-Dream Car Garage,
Dale Walksler-What's in
the Barn and Bob Scanlon-
Velocity Channel Executive
Producer. Tommy Kendall
was the moderator. These
guys were just plain FUN!
Each shared their favorite
episode and answered ques-
tions from the audience. I
experienced a round of ap-
plause when I asked Wayne
Carini..."What about Rog-
er". Roger is Wayne's
amazing mechanic and
Roger is one of any shows
best back stories!
Previous seminars have
included Women of Speed,
The 24 Hour Endurance
Race Drivers (24 hours at
