Meet The Team!

Name:  Amanda Johnson
Role:  Technician / Mayor Vaughn
Birthday:  See Freddie Mercury (or Labor day 2016)

Amanda is a lifelong driver who brings a passion for being behind the wheel of a car. But not just any car - Volkswagens. Amanda's first car was a Golf TDI that was totaled due to an aggressive driving incident. Ever since that day, she swore she would never ever be one-upped on the road again and has been perfecting her craft of automotive excellence ever since. That way, when the day comes and she sees the six fingered driver who destroyed Volkswagen Golf TDI she can look at her in the eyes and say, “Hello, my name is Amanda. You totaled my first car. Prepare to die.”

When Amanda is not driving, she enjoys turnings wrenches with her husband Nils and their two cats and dog who all live a quite life in the town of Northfield. On weekends (when not participating in Fast and Furious style autotmotive racing) she enjoys folk dancing and knitting.

Name:  Chris DeFlumeri
Role:  Driver / Technician / Captain Quint
Birthday:  See Pitbull

A father, an engineer, and a man of many complicated and expensive hobbies, Chris is a Ford guy who also owns a Volkswagen so his wife can have a comfortable and reliable car. Willing to leverage every single ounce of patience, energy, and pain tolerance possible, Chris likes to win. If the thing breaks, fix it! If you do it right the first time, you'll probably have to fix it less! And if it's a big rusting pile of garbage, hit it with a hammer, some Fluid Film, some zip ties, some spark plugs, fix the leaks, and send it.

When Chris isn't working on his cars his favorite activities are being a stay-at-home dad, fixing the latest thing to break on his house, or smoking a big piece of meat on his pellet smoker.

Name:  Jake Ciarlante
Role:  Driver / Technician / Chief Brody
Birthday:  See Rob Huebel

A wizard by trade, Jake can tell you everything you need to know about A/F Correction #2, Fuel Injector #1 Pulse Width (Direct), or even Idle Speed Map Selection. When Jake is behind the wheel of a vehicle, he is always on his laptop ensuring that he is able to drive faster than anyone else. But don’t misunderstand, Jake is not the kind of guy who would rather “work on his car from the comfort of his computer chair”. He likes the dirt. He likes grease. The smell of gasoline ignites him.

Jake is either fixing his old broken cars or walking his old broken dogs.

Name:  Nils Johnson
Role:  Driver / Technician / Matt Hooper
Birthday:  See Lady Gaga

Nils is what his mom would call “The Engineering Type." Lets just leave it at that.

When Nils isn't removing heavy rust scale from his old subaru that should be in a junk yard, he enjoys going on slow walks with his Border Collie.