Joe Sage - Publisher/Executive Editor: Joe is CEO of AdZone Arizona LLC, comprising two business units: a publishing group including Arizona Driver Magazine, plus Arizona Flyer Magazine, Arizona Rider Magazine and Arizona Boater Magazine (which appear as features or sections in Arizona Driver Magazine at this time); and also Sage Advertising-Design-Publishing-Marketing-Consulting, for which he is Creative Director. Joe’s career in advertising, publication design and media planning has served clients in tourism, resorts, lodging, events, motorsports, manufacturing and importing, heavy industrial construction, and other categories for over 30 years. Arizona Driver Magazine combines Joe’s experience in marketing, demographic analysis, media planning and logistics, as well as publication design, prepress and printing.

Auto Digest Syndicate owners/editors Barbara and Bill Schaffer drive more than 150 new vehicles annually, creating a wealth of test drive features and reviews. In addition, they gather news from industry sources, trade journals and consumer magazines to compile our Auto News Update and Briefs and Rumors features, as well as the Car Quiz. Bill spent his early years growing up in a small Ford dealership in Montana and has a lifelong love of cars. After college, he worked in newspaper advertising, publishing and printing. Barbara spent her early years in newspaper advertising before transitioning into real estate. Along the way Barbara has owned some interesting cars including at ’36 Ford five-window coupe, a 1963 Split Window Corvette Stingray and a Mercedes-Benz Gullwing. The couple lives in Washougal, Washington, and travels to Arizona and other hot spots regularly, while covering automotive launches, tests and events.

After working as a sports editor for daily newspapers in Michigan, Larry Edsall was on staff for 12 years at AutoWeek magazine, most of it as managing editor. He has driven more than half a million miles testing cars on four continents. He helped launch www.izoom.com, an automotive website based in Phoenix, and also helped found PAPA, the Phoenix Automotive Press Association. His books include one on concept cars, published in Italy, one on the history of the Ford GT, and more all the time. The latest of his 11 books include MIATA 20 YEARS and CAMARO: A LEGEND REBORN. Find Larry's books at amazon.com.

Kevin A. Wilson is a contributing editor/special projects at AutoWeek magazine in Detroit and a freelance writer. He’s also chief judge of the annual Ypsilanti (MI) Orphan Car Show and has judged numerous automotive art and car shows. Kevin resides in Waterford, Michigan, with his wife Toni, with whom he raised three adult sons.

Randall Bohl Photography began in 1987, with a South of Market studio in San Franciso, California at 9th and Folsom Streets. After three years in the Bay Area, Randall re-located to the "warmer/dryer" climes of Scottsdale, Arizona, in 1990. Randall has worked as a freelance photographer since receiving a 35mm film SLR in 1977. There was a break for college, Western Michigan University, with a three and a half year stint as assistant at Jim Powell Advertising Photography in Kalamazoo. Work is about evenly split between the studio and location, with a dash of production work in the film industry. His goal is to pile all of the studio work in during the heat of summer, shoot fantastic dawn and dusk shots and travel a bit to do it. The portfolio at his website includes a wide variety of commercial/advertising photography, as well as some personal work. As Randall says, in a sense it's all personal work, as he just likes shooting. Randall comes from an automotive family and has extensive experience with everything from automotive manufacturing, to drag racing, to motorcycles, and he is a patient and accomplished mechanic when need be. Randall Bohl is "faster than the speed of darkness." His personal passion outside of photography is travel by motorcycle, down the street, through the woods or across the country. If it's got two wheels and a motor, he probably likes it. His work can be seen at www.randallbohl.com.

JP Molnar has over 20 years’ experience in performance driver training, as a racing instructor and as a racing marketing director. He has raced to many victories and owned two championship teams. JP has been a test driver, performance course designer, instructor and project leader for many major automotive and tire manufacturers. He taught emergency response to over 15 police agencies for 8 years at the San Diego Regional Law Enforcement Academy, developed extreme driver training for the US Border Patrol, developed and taught EVOC refresher classes in Reno and developed emergency vehicle driving courses for the State of Nevada. JP has a BA in International Relations from the University of San Diego and a Masters in Adult Education and Training from the University of Phoenix. He has had hundreds of articles and photos in Motor Trend, European Car, Public Safety Communications, Law Officer and others, and has been editor at Grassroots Motorsports and POLICE. JP currently directs curriculum development and design for advanced, simulation-based driver training in Scottsdale.

It has been said that H. R. Driver was born with a mixture of ice water and nitro methane in his veins. H.R. disputes this. “I have the same blood as most other race drivers: 98% normal red blood and 2% nitro methane,” H.R. asserts. At 14, H.R. mastered his skills on unpaved back roads at night. His weapon of choice was a ‘32 Ford hotrod. “’Round here, we knew to git off the dirt roads when the sun went down,” one rancher recalls, “H.R. never hit nobody, but he scared the bejeezus out of a few.” Most folks were glad when H.R. stopped running the local back roads and took up go kart racing.....most folks but the local high school janitors. During kart season, H.R. drove 40 miles to the nearest track. In the off-season, he found that the outdoor corridors of the local high school were the perfect place to refine his driving technique. “Nothing like a freshly waxed corridor to help hone your technique,” H.R. recalls, “Sort of like driving on black ice.” “We always wondered where those black marks on the lockers came from,” one janitor admitted, “Years later we found out they were from H.R.’s little go kart tires.” At 18, H.R. put his outlawless ways behind him. He began organized drag racing, progressed to off-road racing and then road racing. H.R. became a legally licensed, law abiding race driver and never returned to his evil ways. During his 25 years in racing, H.R. has run everything from showroom stock sportscars to 200+ MPH GT cars. He now writes about the subjects he knew best: high performance cars and race driving. H.R. Driver lives in Arizona, where enthusiasts from across the nation congregate. “For car guys, Arizona is heaven. You have the Scottsdale classic car auctions, NASCAR races, IRL races, bunches of race tracks, and you can drive your open roadster 300 days a year,” states H.R.

John Priddy is a Phoenix area 'near-native', automotive writer, photographer and artist. An avid auto enthusiast, John co-writes a regular column for www. LeftLaneNews.com. When he's not working on one of his two classic vehicles, he's apt to be painting a new auto-themed portrait or attending an automotive event of one sort or another. Whether it's a vintage race, swapmeet, or a classic car auction, if there's a event with a wheeled vehicle in it, you're likely to find him there.

Award-winning multimedia writer and still photographer Jan Wagner has been writing professionally since 1979 and has been an avid still photographer for just about as long as he could hold a camera. Originally from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, he worked for several years as a television writer/producer (mostly for commercials). In 1984, he was transferred to San Diego, where he remains to this day. As a writer, he has worked for major automobile clients including Acura, DaimlerChrysler (Mercedes-Benz), Honda, Hyundai, Mazda, Mitsubishi and Volkswagen. For the past few years, Jan has written and photographed for AutoMatters - his weekly automotive column in newspapers and at www.AutoMatters.net. He even had a brief stint as an automotive radio show co-host. Jan's favorite things include automobiles, motorsports and photography.

Nick Calderone had interned at a Fox TV affiliate during college. After graduating, his first job was selling early “bag” cell phones by the gross. But, determined to use his mass communications degree, he parlayed another job at Fox, collating anchor scripts two nights a week. A television junkie was born. He spent four years working his way up at Fox and NBC affiliates before joining 12 News as a photojournalist in 1999. He had champagne on his lens during the Diamondbacks' World Series celebration, got drenched at Super Bowl XLI, and witnessed the joy of American athletes at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Nick stepped in front of the camera in 2004, filing feature reports for 12 News Upfront, then moved to general assignment news for the 5 and 6 pm shows. Technology has made news gathering increasingly portable: all the stories he’s covered, he also shot, wrote and edited. In 2008, he left the news business, for the freedom of freelance multimedia journalism. On weekends, Nick prefers two wheels, riding mountain bikes and motorcycles. If he pushes a gas pedal, he’d rather do it off-road, exploring Arizona's great beauty. Nick can be found online here.

Gary Goldzweig first came to Arizona on assignment with Ford Motor Company, as a test technician performing fuel testing at Phoenix International Raceway. Gary has worked in quality control, test engineering and vehicle preparation for Ferrari, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz of North America at their headquarters in the east. He has also done pioneering driving and support assistance in development of automotive navigation systems, and has worked in sales support and fleet coordination for delivery of new and used vehicles. Besides being a valuable road evaluator for Arizona Driver Magazine, Gary works in Arizona’s Valley of the Sun as a tennis pro.

International award-winning journalist Jill Amadio has covered the automotive and motorsports scene for 20 years. She writes a monthly column for Entrepreneur magazine, and also writes for AMI Auto World and www.thecarconnection.com. She has written for Road & Track and Conde Nast Publications, and her syndicated car column has appeared in the Washington Times, Houston Chronicle and 124 other newspapers. She was the first female syndicated automotive columnist for Gannett Newspapers. For five years Jill Amadio worked with the Skoal Bandit Indy Car, NASCAR, Can Am and drag racing programs as a publicist. The author of six books, her latest is a biography, “Günther Rall: Luftwaffe Ace and NATO General.”

Master shooter Dick Reed was a regular visitor to the Valley, photographing for General Motors, Chrysler, Ford, Honda, Volkswagen and Audi for 30 years before he relocated here permanently in 1995. His clients include Pontiac, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Lincoln, Mercury, Chrysler, Dodge, Honda, Volkswagen, Audi and Toyota. His work has been see in Time, Life, Sports Illustrated, Vogue and other national and international publications, and of course in Arizona Driver. One area of special interest in Dick’s work is digital artistry, in which he has broken new ground with a wide range of custom effects. DickReed.com.

Dan J. Gardner has enjoyed a stint at Car and Driver, assisting with track testing, copy editing, and reader relations. He contributes words and photography to Sport Compact Car, Auto and Parts News, Sports Car International, Bimmer, Benzo, Velocity and, of course, Arizona Driver. Dan is now head of Gardner Automotive Communications, Inc., specializing in public relations, brand building, internet communications and editorial work. Clients include Isuzu, Kia, MINI, Suzuki, Panoz and HPS, a Mercedes-Benz tuner specializing in superchargers.

David F. Maynard was a ten-year employee of American Honda, first as District Manager and then as Marketing Specialist. His background included marketing and advertising support materials, strategy development, market trend analysis, advertising option analysis, and design/development of product awareness seminars and sales promotions. David also has facilitated service manager and advisor workshops for Nissan North America, has written product training materials for Saab, and is currently a District Parts and Service Manager for Mitsubishi. David is also an active writer for manufacturers; his projects include parts wholesale sales, marketing and inventory control and web-based technical training, including projects in Latin America and the Caribbean. David is also an accomplished publication and website designer. David’s background includes motorcycle off-road and roadracing events, as well as training at the Skip Barber Racing School and participation in the Skip Barber Formula Ford Race Series, SCCA Showroom Stock, Competitive Kart Racing, and IMSA Firehawk Competition. He has worked at the dealer level as parts technician and service advisor, and has also worked as a motorcycle technician.

Howard Koby graduated with honors from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. He has been a photographer and automotive journalist for 30 years out of his Los Angeles studio. Howard specializes in editorial, advertising and automotive photography. He has been published in Hot Rod, AutoWeek, Road & Track, Car and Driver, Jaguar Journal, Forza, and 50 Years of Road & Track (MBI Publishing). He is a contributor to Auto Aficionado and Vintage Motorsport Magazines. Howard serves on the Advisory Committee in the Transportation Design Department at Art Center College of Design (chaired by Ken Okuyama, creator of the Ferrari Enzo). His writing and photography have covered such topics as the Copperstate 1000, Barrett-Jackson Auction, the Pebble Beach Concours d’Élegance and more. Howard is author of the books Top Fuel Dragsters of the 1970s Photo Archive, released in 2004, and Pro Stock Drag Racing of the 1970s Photo Archive: From Stockers to DoorSlammers (Photo Archive), released in 2005. Both are available at amazon.com.

Rich Cox began his career as a photojournalist over 30 years ago. A motorcycle enthusiast and amateur racer, he wrote and photographed for several Petersen Publications, including Dirt Rider and Motorcyclist magazines. Realizing a special talent for photography, he joined as staff photographer and for six years worked on more than a dozen of Petersen's special interest publications, including Motor Trend and Hot Rod magazines. With this intensive training under his belt, he began freelancing for most of the industry's leading magazines and advertisers. Rich’s business, Slide Action, boasts a strong list of clients that has expanded into related areas, including the marine and personal watercraft, aviation and entertainment industries. He considers his trademarks to be his fast-moving, razor-sharp images, his eye for composition and color, and the ability to always bring home ”The Shot.”

Mark Cox is a professional race, stunt and precision driver who competes and performs on every type of slippery surface imaginable, as well as on pavement. In addition to piloting an FIA International Group N rally car in the SCCA US Pro Rally Series, Mark is the Director of the Bridgestone Winter Driving School in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

Pilar Covarrubias has been a motoring journalist for over 20 years. She grew up on dirt bikes and later turned to club-racing 125cc grand prix motorcycles. Having survived thus far, she turned her attention to performance and vintage automobiles. Pilar covers vehicle, as well as special events such as the Copperstate 1000.

Jean-Pierre Brietta is an accomplished photographer with a diverse background. He has worked in marketing, developing campaigns, slogans and promotions for theme parks, high-end retail, dining, resort lodging, home theater, several shopping centers, and vintage automobile collections. He was corporate photographer for the world-famous Rawhide Western Town in Scottsdale. He is a master chef, trained on the French Riviera. Jean-Pierre is also a realtor in Anthem, Arizona.

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