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- Bruce Meyer is a real estate investor and a car collector who is based in Los Angeles. He is the founding chairman of The Petersen Automotive Museum. Meyer is considered to an automotive enthusiast and has spent decades to build a collection of truly exceptional vehicles. He does not call himself a car collector, he thinks himself an "enthusiast". The garage he is having his car collection in was used to be a shoe store but the expert team fabricated the whole place with exceptional skills. Once the garage was ready, Meyer himself drove all the cars one by one to the garage. Raylene Meyer, the wife of Bruce Mayer says she loves her husband's car hobby and he is the one who infused the love of cars in her. She suggested Meyer use the space behind his office for a car museum as he ran out of space in his garage. When Bruce was two years old, his mother wrote in his baby book, it said: "Bruce love everything with the wheels" and this museum with vintage cars proved it right. His collection includes five Le Mans 24 hours' winners along with historic entries such as Bizzarrini. The Petersen Automotive Museum is just 50 feet from Meyer's office where he keeps his books, cars, lots of memories. He cherishes the moments when his family and friends visit the place. Bruce Meyer's son Evan Meyers recollects his childhood memories and says that he remembers the days when he attended car shows and events with his father and maybe he inherited the passion of cars from him. Bruce Meyer is indeed a role model for everyone who loves cars. His garage is like an art gallery filled with an exotic collection of cars. The board out his museum says "used cars". Everything he has in there is driven, raced or rallied.
- From automotive documentary film maker Dean Kirkland. Historic footage as well as recent interviews from Parnelli, Jim Dilamarter and a variety of of other well know mechanics and drivers like Dario Franchitti and Mario Andretti. They tell the stories of how Vel Miletich, Parnelli Jones, and their Vel's Parnelli Jones (VPJ) Racing team of drivers, engineers, designers, fabricators and mechanics dominated the American automobile racing scene of the 1970s. From Jones's humble early career, to the pinnacle of motorsports: back to-back Indianapolis 500 race wins and three consecutive United States Auto Club National Championships. The name "Parnelli Jones" is synonymous with the sport of auto racing. Best known as the winning entrant at Indianapolis with Al Unser and the Johnny Lightning Specials in 1970 and 1971, the Vel Miletich/Parnelli Jones team eventually encompassed several different disciplines of motorsport. In addition to running what was then the USAC National Championship circuit, they were also fielding cars in USAC Silver Crown dirt track events, Formula 5000 events on road courses, NHRA drag racing, off-road racing and even Formula One. When the opportunity arose in 2012 for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Foundation to acquire many of the cars from the beautifully preserved Vel/Parnelli collection, the Foundation board members had no hesitation with making that acquisition. Although these cars are ideally viewed in person at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum, this film will certainly whet one's appetite for this most amazing collection. Intercut interviews, historic footage and in-studio photography by Dean Kirkland of the cars before they left Southern California to their new home at the Indianapolis 500 Museum.
- This short documentary is based on the racing expedition of Knoop Mann. Rick Knoop is a veteran American car racer, who even at the age of 60, is still a fierce car racer and is considered one of the top American endurance car racer. The documentary starts with the introduction of Rick Knoop and Julian Mann, the owner of Knoop Mann special. He shares the experience of working with Knoop and Busby garage and how they decided to take part in the Pikes Peak car race. They used a "Tribute" 1958 Lister Jaguar for this event. The Knoop Mann special is a tribute to the generations of the fathers of Knoop and Mann. The documentary further demonstrates the technical aspects of the up-gradation of Knoop-Mann Special. They upgraded with a new rear wing and a splitter for greater down-force, rocket front suspension, and lower the center of gravity to 4 inches. Besides this technical interior, they also modified the exterior of the car in navy blue color with silver and yellow stripes. They paid homage to the United States' navy seals. With Rick at the wheel, the Knoop-Mann Special drives to the height of 14100 feet and it took them 8 months to prepare for the big day. The course that drives up from 9000 feet to 14000 feet is one of the most dangerous courses in motor-sports which has seen its share of fatal accidents. Rick Knoop went through rigorous physical training to be able to drive to the top. Finally, all of the hard work paid off and Knoop did it in just 10 minutes and 17 seconds. The track has 152 turns and 12.4 miles in length. Knoop dedicated his victory to his father. It was truly an amazing achievement for Knoop Mann special.
- It begins as a fleeting thought, a notion, idea. Something compels the author to manifest it on paper. Then clay. Calibrating angles, shapes, sizes. Starts, stops, frustration, but never giving up. Finally, that thought becomes a reality. A creation of steel, glass, and color. It is a car, a splendid blend of engineering and artistry. There is a highly select group who have the vision, drive, and genius to take an idea and make it explode down the road. That is the life and work of car designers, one of the most fascinating and demanding crafts in the world. Camilo Pardo is one of the elite car designers in the industry. His life has been of artistic expression, technical innovation, and trendsetting. Funny, charismatic, yet self-effacing, Camilo's product is his voice, an articulation of his mind and brilliance. And to get a deeper insight into the life of a renowned artist, Gas And Gears present, "No Limits," a short documentary chronicling Camilo creating Sonic Orange, the newest of the Camilo Series Ford GT's. Directed by automotive documentary filmmaker Dean Kirkland,(Racing Through The Forest) "No Limits" explores the highly competitive, often frustrating, always engrossing, world of high stakes automobile design. Other artisans use canvas, Camilo's creations are machines worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. No room exists for mistakes, you don't get do-overs. For Camilo, each of his creations is a risk, but one he accepts with aplomb and grace. "No Limits" will also examine the how and why an artist creates what they create. Every car has a story, and the designer tells his story with the car. It could be the symmetry of a beautiful woman's body or the vast expanse of the horizon. Camilo puts all that into each one of his creations, and his telling of the tale of the finished product gives us a glimpse into the vision of a remarkable artist.