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Tim Suddard is the Publisher of Grassroots Motorsports, a magazine geared towards regular people who enjoyed fixing up and playing with common, readily available sports cars. His success lead to the formation of a second publication; Classic Motorsports, which has become America’s largest publication catering to classic sports car enthusiasts.
Tim Suddard is the Publisher, Co-Owner and Co-Founder of the Classic Motorsports and Grassroots Motorsports magazines. Tune in to find out what event ignited his passion and decades long career in the automotive industry. Also find out which car he decides to Keep, Cash and Crush. Only on The Collector Car Podcast. www.ClassicMotorsports.com www.GrassrootsMotorsports.com www.TheCollectorCarPodcast.com The Collector Car Podcast is an automotive podcast where Greg Stanley interviews the experts, reviews recent auto auction trends and talks about cool car places he visits while traveling across the US. Greg reviews antique cars, classic cars, muscle cars, exotic cars, hyper cars, JDM cars, Porsches, vintage SUVs and anything else with four wheels and that makes noise. If you like the Smoking Tire, Spike's Car Radio or Car Cast, this is for you! This automotive podcast is available on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play and wherever podcasts are found. Greg uses the Sports Car Market and Hagerty Valuation Guide for sourcing automotive insights, trends and data points.
Gracie Hackenberg has a huge passion for motorsports. She is a senior engineering major at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. She started a collegiate race team at Smith and prepped a 1999 Mazda Miata to compete in the Grassroots Motorsports 2017 Challenge. Gracie began her career in the world of modern racing working at Hale Motorsports while they competed in the Pirelli World Challenge and now works at Donovan Motorsports learning to prepare and modify vintage racecars. By the way, Tim Suddard, editor of Grassroots Motorsports Magazine was a previous guest here on Cars Yeah.
Adam and Matt recap Matt's car weekend in Scottsdale. The guys then talk vintage racing and the history of BRE with legendary racer John Morton and Classic Motorsports Magazine's Tim Suddard! Hosts: Adam Carolla and Matt D'Andria Producer: Chris Laxamana Engineer: Caelan Biehn
Joe Gearin is the Associate Publisher at Motorsport Marketing in Holly Hills, Florida. Motorsport Marketing is the parent company for Grassroots Motorsports and Classic Motorsports magazines and websites, all owned by past Cars Yeah guest, Tim Suddard. Joe’s many roles includes writing articles, helping to organize some of their wonderful driving events, selling advertising, sponsorships, and digital products. Joes is a self described, die-hard Bears fan and is constantly in acquisition or purge mode when it comes to his never ending fleet of vehicles he loves to work on.
Tim grew up in Massachusetts and got interested in cars early on as a teenager. He moved to Florida to go to college and find some better weather. After graduating, he worked at an ad agency and handled a lot of the automotive stuff. He bought a Datsun 240Z and began hosting SCCA Autocross events. He was hungry for automotive information, but all of the magazines were focused on new car specs and data, not modifying cars in your garage to go faster. So, he told his wife they were going to start their own magazine and appeal to the weekend racer. He wanted to provide coverage of races and install guides for people for people who owned smaller and import sports cars. They got a bank loan to purchase a computer and begin assembling the magazine. Tim took his knowledge from his ad agency job to drum up advertisers and content. Then they were off to the printer! He has stayed ahead of the technology curve over the years. He was the second company in the area to purchase a desktop publishing system which sped up the process to get the magazine printed. Their March 1989 issue was created completely digital and they have been doing it that way ever since. Their latest shift has been towards digital content. They created their website blog back in 1998. In 1999, they started the $1999 challenge (now the $20XX challenge) and their forum took off with information about this event. This forum following quickly transferred to their website information and then their social media accounts. They have done their best to provide unique content to both audiences as their viewing tendencies change. They have even started doing a Facebook live video every Wednesday night.
Tim Suddard grew up the son and grandson of a Ford dealer. He began restoring cars at the age of 14 and still has the first car he restored, a 1929 Ford that his grandfather had sold brand new. Shortly after graduating from Stetson University he decided that America’s car magazines focused too much on the wealthiest few, so he started Grassroots Motorsports, a magazine geared towards regular people who enjoyed fixing up and playing with common, readily available sports cars. This success lead to the formation of a second publication; Classic Motorsports, which has become America’s largest publication catering to classic sports car enthusiasts. These publications led to an events business, that includes hosting the Classic Motorsports Mitty, one of the oldest and largest vintage races in America, the Ultimate Track Car Challenge and the $201X Challenge series of low cost events; that have run for the last ten years. Tim does a variety of contract publishing work that includes publication of the Amelia Island Concours program, the World Challenge fan guide and other concours and race event programs. He maintains, rallies and races a collection of about fifteen eclectic, mostly British, sports cars and has restored over 40 cars since that first Model A.
Not many 24-year-olds decide to start their own car magazine. Of those that do, we'd say even fewer succeed. But our magazine simply wouldn't exist today if it weren't for a 24-year-old Tim Suddard, his dream, and his determination. On this episode we talk with Tim about some of the early days of the magazine, and what leads to a decision to start a car magazine and, ultimately, define a movement.
Adam Carolla and the Professor Sandy Ganz sit down with Tim Suddard. Tim is the publisher of two great automobile magazines, Grassroots Motorsports and Classic Motorsports. These are true enthusiast magazines with no fluff. A nice conversation on vintage cars and racing ensues with all the usual diversions you have come to expect. Enjoy the show! Check out the CarCast website at http://www.AceCarCast.com
Adam Carolla and Sandy Ganz sit down and talk with Tim Suddard the publisher of a two very popular automotive magazines, Grassroots Motorsports and Classic Motorsports. Tim gives it up as vintage car collector with some of his car picks as well as giving us a tour of his Mercedes AMG SL63 'Loaner Car'. Enjoy the show!
Tim Suddard of Grassroots Motorsports Magazine and some Quick Questions from the Road Racers Podcast. We have been a big fan of the efforts that Tim and his team have done over the years to elevate all levels of Motorsports, be it Autocrossing, Road Racing or other great Auto Racing opportunities out of the shadows […] The post Tim Suddard of Grassroots Motorsports Magazine first appeared on Road Racers Podcast.
Tim Suddard of Grassroots Motorsports Magazine and some Quick Questions from the Road Racers Podcast. We have been a big fan of the efforts that Tim and his team have done over the years to elevate all levels of Motorsports, be it Autocrossing, Road Racing or other great Auto Racing opportunities out of the shadows […] The post Tim Suddard of Grassroots Motorsports Magazine first appeared on Road Racers Podcast.