Award-winning veteran motorsports journalist Deb Williams knew at an early age what she wanted to be when she grew up…. a writer… specifically in NASCAR. The path she would take would carry her through a storied career full of journalistic opportunities that few in her business have ever experienced. Her love for the sport of stock car racing runs only second to the people she has worked with throughout her career that have taught and guided her to the top of her profession.

Deb shares stories of triumph and tragedy as she has covered the likes of Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt and Jeff Gordon and how the tragic side of the sport has been the toughest aspect of her career as she reported on those she considered family. Deb is not only respected but loved by all in the NASCAR garage.

You don’t want to miss the fascinating stories Williams has to share. Enjoy the show.

Born in Hong Kong to a German mother and Chinese father, Martina Kwan was destined for a life that was different. She spent her childhood in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, but credits living in war-torn Beirut, Lebanon between the ages of 8-10, as an experience that defined much of her fearlessness today. Her unique path in life has shaped her into a woman of drive and determination.

With a successful career in finance and business, Kwan made a commitment to herself to become a race car driver at the age of 50. Her racing experience has driven her to three championships and a passion for teaching others to believe in themselves. Martina shares her life experiences with host Amanda Busick including how she turned her PTSD into the top of the podium.

This is an amazing story of an exceptional woman. Enjoy the ride.

Her canvas is the road. Her art is the vehicle and your imagination is the fuel needed to lead you through the backroads of amazing car stories that just might have been gone and forgotten.

Heidi Mraz has an unbelievable artistic talent as she creates masterpieces through research and documentation to creatively share car stories like never before. Her goal is to preserve these stories through pieces of work that will leave you staring in disbelief, amazement, and awe.

Mraz chats with host Amanda Busick about past, present, and future projects as she continues to uncover lost automotive stories.

Her story is unique, just like her art. Enjoy the ride.

Just push forward. That’s the mindset Kim Barnes has had most of her life. Whether it was for something she wanted to do as a child, as a young professional, or even now as an expert car collector and judge, Kim has always pushed forward in pursuit of her passions. Kim is an exceptional woman who shares her stories of trials and tribulations as she has lived through an era of traditions and expectations that she has bucked in pursuit of true happiness.

Kim Barnes has been featured in automotive publications and the Wall Street Journal for her Concours winning, eclectic collection of sporting cars that includes Sunbeam Tigers, Alpine, Austin Healey, Triumphs, Barracuda Mod Top, Corvettes, muscle cars, and special edition Citroens. She is a commercial business manager at Michelin and has worked as the Event Director for the Art in Motion Concours at Monticello Motor Club, Market & Acquisition Specialists and Restoration Manager for Vintage Motor Management, a copywriter for the Trump Concours, and host of The Classic Car Radio Show. Kim’s judging credits include AACA, NCRS, Greenwich Concours, Greenbrier Concours, Radnor Hunt Concours, Hilton Head Concours, St. Michaels Concours, Atlanta Concours, and marque specialty events. She maintains her personal cars and does some of the restoration work.

She’s the one you want to go to a Concours with…

Tina Nelles has been with BASF for 16 years. Her many years of customer care and service as well as her current role as marketing services manager have helped prepare her for her biggest passion – developing initiatives for youth, diversity and women in the automotive space. Identifying talent continues to be a high priority for Nelles and her company, BASF, supports her endeavors 100%.

Tina shares her passion with host Amanda Busick as she prepares the youth of today with wonderful opportunities for the future.

Alaska Raceway Park is the premier motorsports complex in Alaska where they feature NHRA Division 6 drag racing on their 1/4 mile track as well as NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series racing and INEX Legend and Bandolero racing on their 1/3 mile paved high bank oval. This week host Amanda Busick talks with Michelle Lackey Maynor, the president and majority track owner about the road she traveled to get to this position, and how her main goal is to make her father proud as she takes over the country’s most beautiful track from her parents. If you hear of a Kid Rock concert coming to ARP, you know Michelle’s dream has become reality as her “rockstar” status in the track ownership world is hitting a high note.

Racing down the track in 6 seconds at over 200 mph is nothing for NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle racer Angelle Sampey. With 45 victories and three championships, she is the winningest female driver in all of motorsports.

The 5’1” powerhouse takes racing in stride while she and her husband raise their two daughters in south Louisiana. In fact, in her girl’s playroom, the trophy from her 42nd win sits next to a sign that reads “Dreams only work if you do”.

Sampey shares her story of resilience as she races towards her fourth NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle championship this weekend in California. This “Racin’ Cajun” is a true inspiration on and off the track.

Olivia and Genna Gentry (also known as the Gentry Sisters) have racing in their blood. Having grown up around the Hemmings Motor News Great Race, as soon as they were old enough, they were ready to participate! Olivia (20) is the driver while Genna (18) is the navigator. In 2021, the Gentry Sisters won the Hemmings Great Race, bettering the time of their next competitor that, by the way, was their mother and cousin.

The Gentry Sisters take you through the grueling nine days that take place each summer and describe how intense and nerve-wracking it can be. And… they wouldn’t have it any other way.

Jamie Brewer is the Vehicle Chief Engineer of Future Electric Vehicles at General Motors, including the Cadillac LYRIQ. She has been an integral part of the GM team since the early 2000s, working her way from Vehicle Performance Engineer to Director and Global BOM Leader of Garnish, Overhead Systems, Carpet, Acoustics, and Trunk Trim to now leading the EV area.

Brewer chats with host Amanda Busick about her GM journey, the feeling she’ll have when the first Cadillac LYRIQ rolls of the assembly line, how she and her team will listen to the customers to continue to develop their products and how she continuously challenges herself to get outside her comfort zone.

And… she has an identical twin sister who is the Executive Chief Engineer for GM’s full-size trucks! We can only imagine how proud their parents are!

After spending the earlier part of her career as an intellectual property solicitor, as well as in corporate finance working sports and gaming deals, then taking a career break to give birth to her son, W Series CEO Catherine Bond Muir was ready for a new challenge and the free-to-enter car racing championship was born.

The W Series provides equal opportunities for women in racing and eliminates the financial barriers that have historically prevented them from progressing to the upper echelons of motorsport, including Formula 1. Muir and her team believe that the more high-profile female role models it can create, the more the W Series will inspire young girls in the grassroots level.

There are eight races in partnership with Formula 1 including this week’s Circuit of the Americas (COTA), in an effort to build greater diversity across F1 and racing. Bond chats with host Amanda Busick about the W Series inception, its growth, where it’s heading and the opportunity of a lifetime for her professional female race drivers.

GSEvents kicks off Season 2 of our podcast with the exciting partnership announcement that this show is now being “driven” by Hemmings. Jaclyn Sunseri, Vice President, Media Revenue and Sales along with GSEvents’ CEO Cindy Sisson sit down with host Amanda Busick to share the story behind the relationship, why it’s a perfect fit, and how the future is bright for women in automotive.

As GSEvents celebrates its one-year anniversary, Sisson shares how her company is getting women in the left seat through this podcast, monthly virtuals, live summits, luxury car test drives, car events and more. She also gives a glimpse into 2022 and all the exciting things planned. Buckle up!

She’s a NASCAR gal gone INDYCAR. Liz Allison has spent her professional career in stock cars, but, when the pandemic hit, she found herself at home in Nashville with time on her hands. As fate would have it, Allison joined forces with long-time friend Matt Crews to become the Director of Partnership Relations for the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix. This event, unlike others, is more than just a race… it’s an entertainment extravaganza that includes 14 events that lead up to the race where Allison and her team are involved with them all.

Allison takes us through her team’s duties leading up to race weekend and shares how this event is so different than those she’s worked in the past. It has been a labor of love for Liz as she works hard to ensure that all who attend the race will walk away in awe.

Host Amanda Busick chats with Allison about how she dealt with the loss of her husband, Davey, and how she worked through her grief to come out the other side. Liz gives great advice to those going through tragedy and shares what helped her move on.

Today, Liz Allison has love at home and at the race track. We’re proud of her perseverance as she steers her team across the finish line of the inaugural Big Machine Music City Grand Prix.

Valerie Thompson is the fastest female on the planet with a record of 328.467 mph on the famed BUB 7 Streamliner motorcycle. She won’t rest until she breaks 400 mph speed – the fastest on a motorcycle for a man or woman.

Thompson shares an emotional recollection of her 2018 crash in Australia with host Amanda Busick as her team searched for reasons why the accident happened. Luckily, Thompson walked away from the crash with minor injuries and has taken the time to rebuild her bike and her nerve to get back on and go for it. She’ll do just that in August. We have no doubt she’ll nail it.

Look for Thompson and her team’s story in an upcoming documentary “Rockets and Titans” coming out in movie theaters. There won’t be a dry eye in the house.

Lindsey Harrell began her career right out of college with a PR firm that managed public relations for the Hilton Head Island Concours d’Elegance. She loved everything about the Concours and as fate would have it, an opportunity presented itself with the event that was right up Harrell’s alley. Lindsey worked for 12 years with then-President Cheryl Vanagel as Vice President of Operations before stepping into the head role after Vanagel’s retirement in 2019. With a year of COVID to add to the mix, Harrell and her all-female team have stayed on course with a creative strategy that has kept them top of mind during the pandemic. Harrell and her team are now ready for a spectacular event in November.

Harrell takes us through her mentor + mentee relationship with Vanagel and how she’s carrying on the past president’s initiatives as well as bringing on some new ones of her own. One initiative they are both proud of is the 2nd annual Women Driving America event to celebrate female collectors and Concours d’Elegance judges.

The 2021 Hilton Head Island Concours d’Elegance will be a mixed experience of car and southern culture that will no doubt be an incredible event on the Island.

After spending over 12 years as the general counsel as well as holding executive positions for Speedway Motorsports and Charlotte Motor Speedway, Lauri Eberhart is now the Partner and Founding Member of Apollo Sports and Entertainment Law Group based in Charlotte. A self-described “badass” lawyer, Lauri’s primary areas of practice are sports and entertainment law with a concentration on advising a variety of sports clients on legal and business matters in addition to risk management. Advocating for women to celebrate their triumphs, Lauri embodies this energy as a reminder to anyone who may be struggling with being a successful female in a male-dominated career. She has made it her mission to bring abundance and success to those she encounters on this path.

August 15, 2021 marks the 70th running of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The 70th year milestone should have taken place last year, but, 2020 had other plans. Now that the world has re-opened, Chairman Sandra Button, in her 35th year, is ready to greet her “car tribe” with open arms. Button takes host Amanda Busick through the week at Pebble Beach and shares her favorite things to do and experience. Sandra also talks about the new “Women Who Love Their Cars Presented by Shifting Gears” session that will be held during the Pebble Beach Classic Car Forum and how exciting it will be to host a panel of female car collectors because “passion knows no gender”.

For almost three decades, a voice inside her told her that she would one day race a car. Renée Brinkerhoff knew nothing about racing, but knew that this was a drive within her that she couldn’t ignore. So she asked herself, “what are you going to do about it?” In her mid-50s and a mother of four, Brinkerhoff decided to go racing, but not just any racing, rally racing in some of the most dangerous races in the world. As she went “all-in”, she had to learn to face her fears and just “get over it”.

Brinkerhoff decided that her racing needed to have a philanthropic purpose so she started Project 356 – a world rally tour that has taken her racing in six out of seven continents where she is raising awareness and money to help fund grassroots organizations who are on the front lines around the world, fighting child trafficking.

There’s one continent left – Antarctica – where she and her Valkyrie Racing Team will have two goals: to drive 356 miles on the harshest, coldest terrain in the world, and to achieve a new land speed record on the ice of Antarctica. Renée and her team will be racing the elements in Antarctica in December of 2021.

There’s one thing for sure… Renée Brinkerhoff has no fear of the unknown. Her story will amaze you.

VIR has been her passion, and her mission, since May, 1998. Virginia International Raceway has grown from a start-up resurrection of the historic track built in 1957 to one of the top six road courses in America according to Car & Driver magazine.

Connie Nyholm's passion is seen in all areas at VIR. From her "making howdies" and engaging with the fans, to constantly looking for ways to make the race experience better, her dedication is all heart. You can see it, and you can feel it when you step onto the grounds at VIR.

Host Amanda Busick talks with Connie about how she and her team are always looking to be better and to go forward. She claims that her journey will always be "unfinished" as she continues to put her heart and soul into everything she does.

Play Like a Girl is a 501(c)3 charitable organization inspiring girls through sport and active play. What started with one woman in 2004 is now a national movement. That woman, Dr. Kimberly Clay, joins Host Amanda Busick as she shares how her "fearless" mantra has helped her vision and dreams come alive.

Play Like a Girl has been named the official charity of the Big Machine Music City Grand Prix Women with Drive Summit.

If you do what you love, it doesn’t feel like work. That’s the case for INDYCAR’s Kayla Bundle. At the young age of 23, this rockstar is wise beyond her years. She’s always loved motorsports, especially INDYCAR, and now gets to live her dream by working in the sport. Kayla takes host Amanda Busick through the social media preparation for the Month of May, all the way up to the craziness that is race day. Join us as she shares her life of capturing and creating social media content for “the greatest spectacle in racing”.