PETER BROCK
Anaheim Hill, California
Chief Judge

Peter Brock, a perennial judge at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, is an independent designer, consultant and instructor at the Art Center School in Pasadena. He designed the first American car to win the FIA world championship for GT cars, the 1965 Cobra "Daytona Coupe" and was one of the first employees at Shelby American with Carroll Shelby. Over the years, Mr. Brock has designed and built prototypes with Ford, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Nissan, Toyota and Triumph. His BRE Enterprises won the SCCA National C Production Championship at Road Atlanta for Datsun. He is a writer and photographer for Sports Car International and a consultant for ASHA, Corporation, Santa Barbara, the designers of a general purpose vehicle for Japan.

DAVE HOLLS
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Lead Judge

A graduate of Michigan State University (Class of 1952), Dave has always been involved with automobiles and automobile design. He started his career in the Cadillac design studios and was responsible for the strikingly popular 1959 Cadillac. His talents contributed to such outstanding GM products as the 1963 Corvette Stingray, the first and second generation Buick Rivieras, and the first and second generation Camaros. In 1970, he was designated Director of Design at GM's Opel Division (Germany). Upon returning to the States in 1986, he was designated Director of Design for the General Motors Corporation where he supervised all division designs including the award winning Cadillac Seville STS and the Buick Park Avenue. He retired from GM in 1991 and has pursued car restoration and automotive writing. Mr. Holls is co–founder of the Meadow Brook Concours and has been an honorary judge at Pebble Beach and the Bagatelle in Paris. He currently owns a number of classic cars including a 1940 Packard Darrin and, of course, a 1932 Cadillac V–8 Convertible Coupe.

DAVID GOODING
Beverly Hills, California

David is head of the International Motor Car Department and Vice President of Christie's America. A third generation car collector, David continues to build his family's collection of pre–war American cars, and regularly participates in events in his 1913 Mercer Raceabout or a 1932 Packard Dual Cowl Phaeton. David has judged at the Newport Beach Concours as well as the Louis Vuitton Concours d'Elegance at Bagatelle in Paris.

CHUCK QUEENER
Stamford, Connecticut

Chuck first met Pete Brock in 1963 at Riverside International Raceway where Pete was running the Carroll Shelby School of High Performance Driving. Shelby once described Chuck as "an early believer in the Cobra". After seeing some of Chuck's drawings, Brock suggested that he attend the Art Center School in Los Angeles. After AC he spent time as an instructor at the Jim Russell International Racing Drivers School At Willow Springs, California. After a year in the desert he went to work for Motor Trend Magazine, moving on to Road & Track where he is still a contributing writer and artist. He then moved East and founded Cavallino, The magazine for Ferrari enthusiasts. He was Art Director at Ski magazine for eight years and in 1988 he redesigned Automobile Magazine.

Today, Chuck lives in Stamford, Connecticut with his wife, Beth where he runs Queener Design. He is Editorial Consultant and Creative Director to Rosso Ferrari, the official publication of Ferrari North America, and his automotive clients include BMW and The Monterey Historic Automobile Races. His daughters, Cindi and Jennifer, have followed in his footsteps with their interest in graphic design.

GENE PARRILL
Costa Mesa, California

A graduate of the University of Arizona with a degree in Electrical Engineering, Gene had a misspent youth as a systems engineer for IBM. He soon found that automobiles was where he wanted to be, so lacking the finances to collect large cars, he began a collection of 1/43 models. His obsession lead to a collection of over 5,000 models and the forming of Marque Products, a manufacturing firm dedicated to scale models. Along the way, Gene has had assorted sports cars including a Porsche 356, a Lamborghini Muira, and a Ferrari 365 GTS. He currently is a partner in Motor City, a manufacturer of fine 1/43 scale models and judges regularly at Silverado.

ROGER SANDERS
Los Altos, California

A regular at Hershey and Silverado, Roger has been judging cars for years. A graduate of Lamar State University in Beaumont, Texas, he claims that he was afflicted with "automobile mania", at birth and has amassed a collection of over 10,000 model cars. He is currently a product specialist and trainer for Jaguar and has been a judge at Silverado for over ten years.

JOHN DIANNA
Los Angeles, California

If you called John Dianna a "gear head", he'd probably thank you. His racing career began in the East in the late fifties, building stock and modified drag cars. His passion led him to Southern California, the hotbed of drag racing. For over sixteen years, he built and raced a variety of drag cars including modified production, gas and altered models. Four years were spent racing for the Chrysler Corporation where he helped develop the small–block A engine for drag racing. His cars have won National and World Championships in two racing organizations, the NHRA and the AHRA. John has a number of street rods including a '32 Ford Roadster, a Boyd Coddington Vicky, and a '50 Ford Woody with 1994 Lincoln running gear which he tows his radical Harleys' behind. In addition to his automotive talents, he is an accomplished pilot. He is currently Vice President, Executive Publisher, Automotive Performance Group, Petersen Publishing Company.

JEFF HUBER
Gainesville, Florida

Jeff has spent his entire life around wheels and he manifests his passion in beautiful automotive bronzes. He studied sculpture at New York's School of Visual Arts only to follow the lead of five generations of Hubers who loved automobiles (his great–great grandfather owned a Locomobile, Chalmers and Franklin...when they were NEW cars.) In addition to the art that he creates, he is a senior master judge for the Antique Automobile Club of America, specializing in pre–1910 automobiles and motorcycles. To Jeff, the automobile represents the truly American art form.

MURRAY L. SMITH
New York, New York

Murray is quite simply a car guy. By day he is President and CEO of CSS USA, a division of Bozell Worldwide with billings of over $3 billion. He has been involved in every aspect of motorsports from sponsorship development for IMSA, Williams Gran Prix Engineering and Tyrrell Formula One, to the development of the Louis Vuitton Classic at Rockefeller Center. Mr. Smith is a member of the British Racing Drivers Club and is the representative in the United States of the Historic Grand Prix Car Association. He has won over 50 historic races, competed at LeMans six times and currently races an ex–Mario Andretti Lotus 80 Formula 1 car. He has two children, Alexander and Mercer and speaks seven languages including French, English and Rubbish.

DR. PAUL SABLE
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania

Paul is the founder and former director of the Burn Prevention Concours d'Elegance (1990–1995). He has been a head class judge at a number of Concours events including the Fisher Island Concours (1991–1995), and the first annual Greenwich, Connecticut Concours d'Elegance (1995). Paul is an avid collector who's unusual cars of the '50's include many hyphenated cars such as Hudson–Itali, Dual–Ghia, Kurtis–Sport, Nash–Healey, Facel–Vega and Kaiser–Darrin. He is an automotive historian and author, with his most recent article having appeared in the '97 summer issue of Automobile Quarterly. He is presently doing research on a number of early 50's automotive topics/cars such as the Fina–Sport and the first fiberglass car. Dr. Sable is a college professor and lives in Fleetwood, Pennsylvania with his wife and newly adopted Russian son.

ROY H. SJOBERG
Auburn Hills, Michigan

Roy was named Executive Engineer–Viper Project in April, 1989. In that position, he managed the project team for the development of the Dodge Viper. Sjoberg has been consultant to the U.S. Air Force and ARPA on lean product and team concepts, resulting in a U.S.A.F. initiative, code named "VIPER". Outside of Chrysler, Sjoberg has been a participant in an N.S.F. automotive study and position paper, several U.S. Bureau of Mines Symposiums, and engineering design Technical Consultant to PNGV. He is a Sloan Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987.

J. MAYS
Dearborn, Michigan

Since October 1, 1997, Mr. Mays has served as Vice President of Design for the Ford Automotive Operations. Prior to joining Ford, Mays served as Vice President of Design Development at SHR Perceptual Management in Scottsdale, Arizona. He began his career in 1980 as an exterior designer with Audi AG in Germany, where he was recognized for the design of the Audi 80.

In 1983, Mays joined BMW AG in Germany as a designer, developing exterior design proposals for the BMW 5 and 8 series. He returned to Audi in Germany in 1984 as a senior designer where he was manager of exterior design and worked to develop aerodynamic research vehicles for Audi Rally/Trans Am programs. He also worked to develop full–scale model proposals for the Audi 100, Volkswagen Golf, Volkswagen Polo, and Audi Cabrio. In addition, Mays designed the Audi AVUS concept car.

Mays returned to the U.S. in 1989 as chief designer in Volkswagen of America's Design Center in California. He worked to establish a design center infrastructure including facilities and equipment for development of full–scale exterior and interior models. He was also responsible for the design and branding of the Volkswagen Concept 1. In 1993, Mays returned to Audi AG in Germany as design director responsible for worldwide Audi design strategy, development and execution.

Mays studied journalism at the University of Oklahoma and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California in 1980. Born October 15, 1954 in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, Mays is married and has one son.

JACK TELNACK
Dearborn, Michigan

Jack was elected a corporate vice president to head Ford's global design organization in June 1987. Previously, he was chief design executive for Ford's North American Automotive Operations. He headed the team that developed the company's "aero look", a ground–breaking new concept of aerodynamic design embodied in the 1983 Ford Thunderbird, as well as the 1986 Ford Taurus and Mercury Sable. Aero design played a major role in the sales success of Ford and Lincoln–Mercury products in the '80's and '90's and has since been copied by nearly every automaker in the world. The New York Times summed it up this way in 1987: "The aero look–with its sweeping lines and fuselage–like curves, has made John J. Telnack one of the most influential designers Detroit has seen since Harley Earl introduced the "Torpedo Look" in 1940..."

Telnack joined Ford as a designer in 1958 after graduating from Art Center College in Pasadena, California. As a designer in the Ford Division styling studio, he worked with vehicle design teams on a number of projects, including the original Ford Mustang. In 1965, he became head stylist at the Lincoln–Mercury styling studio. He served as chief designer of Ford of Australia from 1966 to 1969 and in 1974 became vice president of Design for Ford of Europe. He was appointed executive director of North American Light Car and Truck Design in 1976, and became executive director of North American Mid–Size Car and Interior Design in 1978.

Recently, Telnack's teams introduced "New Edge" design, an evolution of aero design in which a vehicle's soft, sculpted forms intersect in sharp lines that delineate its shape. The Ford Ka and Puma are examples of New Edge, as are a series of concept cars – including Lincoln Sentinel, Mercury MC4 and Mercury MC2 – that explore the application of this design philosophy on a variety of vehicles. He has been the recipient of numerous design awards and was named Automotive Industries Man–of–the–Year. He is the recipient of honorary degrees from Pratt Institute, Parsons School of Design and Art Center College of Design.

RICH TAYLOR
Sharon, Connecticut

Rich started his career as Managing Editor of Car and Driver before becoming Editor of Special Interest Autos and The Milestone Car. He has also been Outdoor Editor of Popular Mechanics. He has written over 4,000 magazine articles, mostly about automobiles and racing. Among his current clients are Popular Mechanics, Classic Automobile Register, Sports Car International, Newsweek International and Motor Trend. With his wife, designer/photographer Jean Constantine, he has also produced over 300 special sections for clients like The New York Times, Car and Driver, Aviation Week, AutoWeek, New Jersey Monthly, Harper's Bazaar and Country Living. Rich has published 22 books, including Modern Classics for Charles Scribner's Sons, Indy for St. Martin's Press and a collection of award–winning short stories, The Ferrari in the Barn. He has won the prestigious Ken Purdy Award and four Moto Awards for excellence in automotive journalism. He also hosted his own radio talk show on WABC, "Car Talk".

Rich is a member of the jury for the annual North American Car of the Year and Truck of the Year awards and a nominating juror for the Motorsports Hall of Fame. He is on the advisory board of NADA Appraisal Guides and is a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers, the Society of Automotive Historians, the American Society of Appraisers and the Appraiser's Association of America. He is former vice–president of the International Motor Press Association.

Rich is an active racing driver, having competed at over 85 tracks worldwide. He holds an FIA international license and has raced for factory teams sponsored by Ford, Mazda, Consulier, Pegasus, Nissan, BF Goodrich and General Tire. In the Seventies, he wan an AMA expert motorcycle road racer sponsored by Heuer and Yamaha. Rich and Jean hosts three annual five–day vintage sports car rallies runs for charity: the New England 1000, Forza Mille V–12 and Texas 1000. He is an ASCE Certified Automobile Technician and owns his own restoration firm. He has designed and constructed some 20 concept cars for magazines and auto manufactures, while his personal collection totals nearly two dozen vintage cars and motorcycles. He is a judge at the Greenwich Concours, and Concours of the Eastern United States.

WILLIAM A. MOTTA
Newport Beach, California

William A. Motta has displayed his art work at many one–man shows over the years, and his paintings hang in both private and public collections in the United States and abroad, including the Mercedes–Benz and Alfa Romeo museums. Because of his reputation as one of America's preeminent automotive artists, Bill has been selected to produce the theme paintings for various prestigious auto shows and Concours over the years, including the New York auto show and the Meadow Brook and Pebble Beach annual Concours. In 1996 he won the Peter Helck Award at the Automotive Fine Arts Society show at Pebble Beach. Bill is especially proud of this award because it is a peer award given by AFAS members to the painting that best exemplifies the spirit of automotive art. The painting depicts Mark Donohue in the 917/30 Porsche that Mark and Roger Penske raced so successfully.

Bill, a founding member of AFAS, is the vice president of the group that has just added a second annual show at Amelia Island in Florida. Mercedes–Benz of North America is their sponsor at Amelia Island, Lincoln, at Pebble Beach. AFAS is an invitation–only group of the world's finest automotive artists whose purpose is to elevate the quality of automotive art and to promote and encourage the appreciation of automotive fine art in all its forms.

Bill has been with Road & Track Magazine since 1959, served as Art Director from 1971 to 1988 and is currently the Art Editor. He is also the Art Director of the Specials Division, which produces Open Road, Sports & GT Guide, the Toad Test Annual and the truck and car buyer's guides. He has recently edited a hard–cover book titled 50 Years of Road & Track, The Art of the Automobile that is available through Road & Track and your local bookstore. The book features more than 400 images, including some of the finest art and photos to ever appear anywhere.

His personal cars include a Dodge Grand Caravan to transport his paintings around, and a beautiful white 1955 Porsche Continental Coupe that he has had since 1959. It was the Porsche show car at the Los Angeles Pan–Pacific Auto Show in 1954 and is one of the first Porsches in the U.S. with a sunroof. It gets driven only occasionally these days.

Bill is a native of California and a graduate of the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, "a long time ago", he says with a wry smile. He now resided in Newport Beach with his wife, Margit, and their wonderful soft–coated Wheaten Terrier who's name is Stig...Motta. They have a daughter, Cameron, a recent graduate of Arizona State, and a son Drew, who is pursuing a career as an airline pilot.

WILLIAM JEANES
Grosse Point, Michigan

William Jeanes is editor–in–chief of Classic Automobile Register, a post he accepted in November 1996, continuing a distinguished career in automotive publishing. From March 1993 until October 1996, he was group publisher of Hachette Filipacchi Magazines Automotive Group, responsible for both Road & Track and Car and Driver magazines.

A native of Mississippi, Jeanes is a 1959 graduate of Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. He became feature editor of Car and Driver in 1972, and following three and one–half years, undertook a career in advertising, working on both the creative and business sides of that profession. In 1987, he accepted the post of editor–in–chief at Car and Driver, serving in that capacity for more than five years. During his tenure as editor, Car and Driver's circulation topped the one–million mark for the first time (and remained there). Jeanes is a past president of the American Racing Press Association. In 1996, he received the Mario Andretti Excellence in Media award. Mr. Jeanes and his wife, Susan (who is creative director of Classic Automobile Register and former art director at Auto Week, Automobile and Car and Driver), reside in Grosse Point and Pass Christian, Mississippi.

BRUNO SACCO

Bruno is director of design for Mercedes–Benz. Born in Udine, Italy, Bruno traces his love for design to a spring afternoon in Tarvisio in 1951 when he was on his bicycle headed for the tennis court and an electric blue 1950 Studebaker, a Commander Regal designed by Raymond Loewy, crossed his path. Sacco could not banish the image of this car from his consciousness.

His educational path took him to the Technical University of Turin, where he studied mechanical engineering. His job seeking took him to Germany where he was hired as a stylist by Karl Wilfert at Daimler–Benz in 1958. Sacco worked on the massive limousine, the 600, the handsome 230SL, and the Mercedes–Benz ESV (Experimental Safety Vehicle) and on the series of experimental cars collectively called the C111. In 1970, he was made manager of the bodywork and ergonomics department.

In 1974, Bruno became chief engineer, and a year later, he became head of the Daimler–Benz styling center at Sindelfigen. He was head of passenger–car styling for the oldest automaker on the planet. The evolution of Mercedes–Benz automobiles mirrors the progress of Sacco himself; the 1979 S class, the SSEC coupe of 1981, the 190 series in 1982, the E class in 1984 (including the E class wagon in 1986 and the coupe in 1987), a new S class in 1991 (with its new coupe in 1992), the C class of 1993, and the recent flood of new models that include the M class sport–utility vehicle (called an all–activity vehicle at Mercedes–Benz), the SLK, CLK and the SL 600.

Bruno has done much to further the Mercedes–Benz philosophy of design, both through his department's successful production designs and, as an ambassador to the world, through interviews and speeches.

GERALD ROUSH
Stone Mountain, Georgia

A native of Colorado (born in Durango, Colorado on October 5, 1941), Gerald Roush has been a Ferrari enthusiast for almost as long as he can remember. However, it was the September 1958 issue of Sports Car Illustrated (now Car and Driver) that really got him hooked on the cars from Maranello. That issue featured the Ferrari 4.9 SuperFast, the new V–6 Ferrari Dino, Phil Hill, and the Mille Miglia. From that time on, Ferraris were his passion while he owned a succession of lesser sports cars.

Professionally trained as an historian (B.A., M.A., and some hours toward the Ph.D., all at Auburn University, Auburn Alabama), and having formerly taught history at the college level (University System of Georgia), he is unique among those who dabble in Ferrari lore by bringing academic discipline to the study of Enzo Ferrari's cars. He is the co–author of one book on the marquee, The Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona, has contributed to and/or been consulted on many other books, and has written countless articles for both the specialized Ferrari publications as well as the general automotive press. He is a member of most major Ferrari clubs in the world, is a member of the Associazione Italiana per la Storia dell'Automobile (Italian Association for the History of the Automobile), and one of the small group of enthusiasts known as the National Advisory Council for Preservation of the Ferrari Automobile, an independent group attempting to bring some order and uniformity to the Ferrari Concours d'Elegance scene. In the past he regularly served as judge or chief class judge at Ferrari shows, and in 1984 was chosen to be a judge at the prestigious Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

His observations and opinions have been quoted in publications such as Automobile, AutoWeek, Road & Track, On Track, Money, Fortune, World, USA Today, The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, etc. While he has owned or co–owned several Ferraris in the past, he sold his last two collector Ferraris (just before the late 1980's boom hit) to expend his research/reference library/collection of Ferrari material to enhance his publication capabilities.

Since 1976 he has lived in the Atlanta, Georgia area, and since 1976 he and his wife Carol have produced the biweekly Ferrari Market Letter, widely accepted as the bible on Ferrari market and highly respected for its informative articles and accurate information. In addition, he provides research and consulting services using his extensive Ferrari–related archives and files.

DONALD R. PETERSON
Atlanta, Georgia

Don is editor emeritus of Car Collector magazine which he edited from 1977 to 1991. He says he is a "born car person", his mother having told the story that in 1932, the year he learned to read, he could identify by year and marquee any car that they would encounter while driving down the road in their 1931 Chevrolet. He started mentally collecting cars when he got his driver's license in 1944, but did not make a purchase until after he left the Navy in 1947. He joined the Classic Car Club of America in 1954 and purchased his first Full Classic while on vacation in Paris in 1956––a 1934 Bugatti Type 57 Cabriolet Stelvio. Later that year he bought his first Packard, a 1941 LeBaron Sport Brougham, and has never been without a Classic Packard since.

In 1965 he became the first recipient of the CCCA's Citation for Distinguished Service and is presently serving his second term on the CCCA national board of directors. In 1995, accompanied by two of his six sons and his wife, Edie, he drove his 1930 Packard Model 734 speedster through all 48 contiguous states in 33 days, a distance of 9,638 miles. He has driven on 50 Classic CARavans, more than any other member of the CCCA, and is the only member with four sons active in the Club.

Don served as head judge of the Midwest Grand Classic for 15 years from 1960 through 1974 and has judged in the past at Pebble Beach, Meadow Brook, Burns Foundation, Hilton Head and Greenwich, among others. An early brass enthusiast, he has driven his 1905 REO Runabout on the last nine New London to New Brighton, Minnesota Runs and is a member of the National Advisory Board for that event. Having owned 82 cars of 33 different marquees over the past 49 years (but only 10 right now), Peterson has a wide ownership experience which is of much help in his current business, the Classic Car Appraisal Service. This is his third year as a judge at Amelia Island.

LEE KELLEY
Los Angeles, California

Lee is president of a Petersen Publishing Company division that includes Motor Trend, Motor Trend Specials, and Motor Trend's Truck Trend, a bi–monthly that debuted in December 1997. He has been an avid auto enthusiast for over 40 years, participating in drag racing and competing on the Bonneville Salt Flats, as well as collecting musclecars of the '60's, especially early Corvettes and '62 409 Chevys.

Lee first joined Petersen Publishing Company in 1968, working as an associate editor for Hot Rod Magazine for six months, before he accepted the managing editor's position at Argus Publishers' Popular Hot Rodding magazine. During his eight–year stint at Argus, he advanced to editor of Popular Hot Rodding and was the assistant editorial director of all other automotive publications at the company. Prior to entering the magazine field, Lee worked five years as an engineering assistant for Standard Oil Company of California, joining SOCal after spending two years at Taft College, where he majored in engineering.

Lee rejoined Petersen Publishing Company in 1976, creating a specialty publications division that ultimately produced one–shot, quarterly and bi–monthly magazines. Some of these magazines such as 4–Wheel & Off–Road, Circle Track and Chevy High Performance, evolved into successful monthly publications. In 1978, Lee was named the editor of Hot Rod magazine, a position he held for over two years. He was promoted in late 1980 to editorial director of the Petersen Specialty Publications division. Under his direction, a small, expert staff of writers produced over 50 issues a year devoted to niche markets such as drag racing, street rodding and kit cars, as well as football, baseball and basketball sports annuals. He was named publisher of the division in 1982 and was promoted to vice president/executive publisher in 1988.

Ion 1989, Lee took the helm of Motor Trend and Sport magazines, as well as continuing to oversee the newly–established Custom Publishing operations. He relinquished his Sport duties in 1994 to concentrate on Motor Trend and custom publishing projects. In January 1996, Lee realized one of his goals when Motor Trend Television, a 30–minute weekly television show on TNN, hit the airwaves, and in June 1996 he successfully introduced Motor Trend On–line to the World Wide Web. He was promoted to president of the Motor Trend Group in March 1997.

BROCK YATES
Wyoming, New York

One of the best–known, most respected automotive journalists in the world, Brock Yates has achieved recognition in the fields of magazine writing, books, screen writing and television commentary. He is Editor–at–Large and featured columnist for "Car and Driver" magazine. He is also a commentator on the new 'Speedvision" Motorsports Cable Network.

Yates wrote the screenplays for "The Cannonball Run" and "Smokey and the Bandit II", both starring Burt Reynolds. He is the originator and organizer of the famed 'Cannonball Sea–to–Shining–Sea Memorial Trophy Dashes" and the more recent internationally recognized "One Lap of America" endurance event. His books include "The Decline and Fall of the American Automobile Industry" (1983), "Dead in the Water" (a novel, 1976), "Sunday Driver" (1972) which concerned his racing experiences in the SCCA Trans–Am series, and "Enzo Ferrari" (1990) a biography of the famed car builder, which is currently being made into a feature film. His latest book (1996) is titled "The Critical Path" published by Little, Brown and chronicles the design and development of the Chrysler Minivan.

Yates is a former winner of the Ken Purdy Award for Automotive Journalism and a winner of the Playboy Magazine award for editorial excellence. He has written extensively for Playboy, LIFE, Sports Illustrated, American Heritage, Reader's Digest, American Spectator and the Washington Post Sunday Magazine. He is also an active commentator on automotive industry matters and has appeared on a number of major television talk shows, including Today, The Tonight Show, CBS Morning News and This Week with David Brinkley.

He is married to Paula Yates and they make their home in the tiny Upstate New York Village of Wyoming.

BERT SWIFT
Costa Mesa, California

Born in Fairfield, Connecticut in 1964, Bert's interest in cars blossomed at a very early age. Growing up in a family of Volkswagens he encountered a Porsche 911 at the local German car repair shop in the first years of his life. Since then he has always felt a certain affection for the timeless car that entered the world the same year that he did. Also influential were movies like John Frankenheimer's Grand Prix and Steve McQueen's LeMans leaving Bert addicted to the excitement of sports and racing cars.

Swift entered the profession of graphic design after completing his degree at the University of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Late in 1997, after more than five years at Snow Country magazine, Bert became the newest member of the design staff at Road & Track magazine. This move fulfilled his lifelong dream of working for Road & Track.

Bert's enthusiasm for cars spans many areas. Drawing and painting cars before he was old enough to drive them, he has gone on to own and restore a Triumph TR6. The TR6 joins a BMW as well as a few motorcycles in the garage of this enthusiast.

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