So Cal Car Scene
Hosted by Dean Morash, the So Cal Car Scene podcast features in-depth interviews with celebrities and influencers in the car scene from So Cal, USA and around the world.
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So Cal Car Scene is the premier place for coverage of car culture in Southern California and the personalities that drive it. Hosted by Dean Morash, our podcast features in-depth interviews with celebrities and influencers in the car scene from So Cal, USA and around the world. We produce special videos like Car of the Week and Behind The Iron, celebrating influential cars and the stories behind their incredible builds. We also produce and share videos of our guests’ cars and their journeys.”
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Podcast Archive
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Lyn St James, Indy Race Car Driver joins The So Cal Car Scene and shares her amazing life story.
Lyn is a very accomplished race car driver, highly sought after public speaker, and author. Her accomplishments on the race track are significant, such as Indy 500 Rookie of the Year, Seven time Indy 500 Driver, victories at Daytona 24 Hrs, Sebring 12 hrs, Watkins Glen and Road America. She set 21 national and international closed course speed records at over 225 MPH! She also has numerous awards and recognitions but a few that really stand out to me are “Sports Illustrated Top-100 Women Athletes of the Century” and “Working Woman “One of 350 Women Who Changed the World between 1976-1996”. Most recently Lyn was named to the Sebring Hall of Fame.
Maybe you have read one of Lyn’s books, “An Incredible Journey”, “Oh By the Way”, or the “Car Owner’s Manual”? Lyn is also the former President of the Women’s Sports Foundation and founded the Women in the Winner’s Circle Project Podium Grant and has made significant contributions to motorsports, both on and off the track. As a motivational speaker, Lyn has presented to companies such as Bosch, Ford Motor Co., HSBC, Merrill Lynch, NIKE, and GTE, just to name a few. Her legacy is one of inspiration, encouragement, perseverance, and commitment to excellence. -
Interview: Noah Alexander, Classic Car Studio Speed Shop Owner
In this interview The So Cal Car Scene has the pleasure of being joined by Noah Alexander, the owner of Classic Car Studio Speed Shop in St Louis Missouri. Since 2006, his shop his made a name for itself as a builder of high-performance machines that combines classic lines with the best modern technology. You have seen some of their incredible builds at SEMA as they build some of the best custom street rods in the business. You may have seen him and his team on his TV show “Speed is the New Black” on Motor Trend TV for 2 seasons. Watch this video and check in on Noah and his shop to see what they are up to lately and what they are putting into some of their amazing machines. -
Interview: Master Car and Disney Artist Noah Elias
Noah Elias is an American artist, known simply as Noah, he works within the fine art community and custom art scene. He is best known for painting the Suki art car in the 2 Fast 2 Furious movie, but he is also a widely collected painter of Disney Fine Art. Noah soon took his art to the streets, painting portraits of celebrities on canvas for huge crowds outside neighborhood coffee shops. This celebrity exposure made Noah an overnight star within the art community. Soon after, corporate clients like Lexus, Levi's Jeans and Toyota were asking Noah to enhance their corporate collections and ad campaigns. In 2004 he garnered international fame for his paint job, or "rolling canvas," on the Suki car in Universal Pictures' hit movie, 2 Fast 2 Furious. He has since won "Best Paint" at S.E.M.A. 4 years in a row for the "rolling canvases" he created on behalf of Alpine Electronics. Now, Noah devotes a substantial amount of his time towards creating Disney Fine Art, a mixture of his unique style and those beloved Disney characters. Due to his success as an artist, he founded Noah University to teach other creatives and artists how to make a career from their work. -
Car of the Week #3: 1969 Pro Touring 69 Camaro
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In our third episode, we have this custom-built 1969 #Chevrolet #Camaro. And when we say built, we mean BUILT. Under the hood, you'll find a LS7 motor, clocking in at more than 600 horsepower. -
Current Car Trends 3: It's Our Anniversary
Our podcast has made it one year around the sun! To celebrate, we review all of our greatest hits, talk about the new electric Hummer, the survival of auto museums, Millenial and Gen Z interest in cars, and the state of the collector car market. -
Interview: Sean Lee of Purist Group
The So Cal Car Scene is going live. This our first episode doing so! We are honored to have Sean Lee of the Purist Group as our first live guest.
Sean was born in Taiwan and came to America when he was a young man. He grew up in LA and like so many of us struggled through his teenage years to find his way. He joined “Air Tiger Express”, a shipping company early in his career and thanks to some mentoring and hard work he became their top global salesperson. Eventually, Lee leveraged his success into a vice president role and received an ownership stake in the privately held company. Since then his career has been very successful and has provided him the opportunity to be very active in the car scene. Maybe his greatest accomplishment is that he is very philanthropic and started a very successful charity in 2012 the Purist Group, which provides toys for 1,000s of needy children as well as helping the homeless and fighting autism. -
Putting Women in Cars: Interview with Cindy Sisson and Theresa Gilpatrick of GS Events
Cindy is the CEO and Theresa is the COO of GS Events LLC, and are the founders of this elite consulting group that brings decades of marketing, operational, experiential, and branding expertise to life. Both of them and GS Events bring the passion for all things centered around the premium automotive and performance lifestyle through their client network and engaged membership. Their flagship offering, WomenAndCarsEvents, exemplifies their mission to amplify women’s participation in the automotive culture. They strategically develop programs for women to participate in car events around the United States with other like-minded women.
Whether you enjoy rallies, concours, auctions, restoration, the business side of collecting cars or have always yearned to expand your skills to drive a vehicle to its fullest potential, GS Events has something for you. -
Interview: Sam Spirer, Youtube's Car Detailing Expert
Sam moved to the west coast from Boston Massachusetts 7 years ago and has always been a car enthusiast. About a year after moving to Cali, Sam started “Wicked Auto Protection,” which is now a highly successful, mobile auto detailing and paint restoration protection business for high-end clients. In his spare time, Sam grew his Youtube channel for auto detailing enthusiasts for both do-it your-selfers and professionals looking to improve their detailing game. When he is not getting car wash scratches out of cars he can be found lounging with his dogs or out on a cruise in my Fiat 124 Abarth. He is also a major classic car enthusiast and lover of old school air cooled Porsches.
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Welcome to The So Cal Car Scene!
The So Cal Car Scene is the exclusive place for coverage of car culture in Southern California and the personalities that drive it. Hosted by Dean Morash, our main podcast features the most influential people in the scene today. Episodes publish every Friday at 6 p.m. -
Petrol Girl: Aimee Shackelford, Exotic Car Influencer
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Aimee comes from a family that bleeds Motor Oil. Her great uncles, The Famighetti (ask for pronunciation) Brothers, built sprint midget race cars for Parnelli Jones, Rajo Jack, Allen Heath and many others. Aimee has forged her own successful career in the car world, capitalizing on her sales and marketing experience when she first joined “Luxury 4 Play,” a forum dedicated to the luxury lifestyle. Her resume includes the successful Monterey car week program “Exotics on Broadway” and Gear One Agency, a marketing agency specializing in automotive. Outside of business, you may run into her at cruises like the Fuel Run and the Gold Rush Rally, which she produces. Yet her biggest presence is in the digital world, where she is known to her one-hundred-and-twelve thousand followers as “Petrol Girl!” -
Carson Lev of Redphin on Success and Working with Chip Foose
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Growing up in Southern California, Carson Lev was immersed in hot rod car culture at an early age. As a teen, he hung out at Ed “Big Daddy” Roth’s customizing shop and the studio of automotive artist Kenny Youngblood. That experience influenced a passion for car design, illustration, pin-striping and lettering. Eventually, he would end up becoming the Director of Design at Hot Wheels, where he was responsible for the successful growth of the Hot Wheels Racing and Collector product lines. He went on to launch Redphin Productions, LLC the exclusive Licensing Firm for Foose Design, Inc. and other builders like Ivan “Ironman” Stewart, Chris Jacobs, Troy Ladd,, Ryan Friedlinghaus and West Coast Customs to their expanding roster of clients. Carson has hosted and been a featured guest on numerous hot rod and automotive related television and radio programs. He was inducted into the Inaugural Class for the Die-cast Hall of Fame in 2008 and was recognized as a Distinguished Alumni by California State University Long Beach in 2011. -
Jason Scudellari, Former Host of Week 2 Wicked
Things get wicked on the So Cal Car Scene Podcast as Jason Scudellari joins us on the show. The burnout king of AutotopiaLA was the former host of the Motor Trend Show "Week 2 Wicked." Now, he works at Classic Performance Products as the head of their Research and Development Department. Additionally, he is on the content team at In the Garage Media.
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