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Rich Pepe and his best friend Frank DiPaola founded the Carmel Mission Classic, a Concours event that is held during Car Week in August at the 300-year-old Spanish Mission in Carmel, California. He is a retired New York City Police Department officer who has worked as an EMT, in law enforcement and the highway patrol. He caught the car bug early in life and his quest to go fast came in handy while working in the highway patrol. He started organizing car shows in the parking lot of St. Columbanus Church. That lead to the Carmel Mission Classic and they have raised close to a quarter million dollars for the Knights of Columbus and their charities. Pretty cool for two kids from Brooklyn. He also put together the unique Peekskill Vintage Grand Prix on the banks of the Hudson River. Today, Rich works at Deutsche Bank overseeing Health & Safety for all of the bank’s offices located throughout the United States, Canada, and Latin America. Rich’s motto is, “Cars are made to be driven.”
SHOW SPONSORS
Covercraft • MetronGarage • Christopher Kimball Financial Services
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE
You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. – Wayne Gretzky
CAREER & LIFE CHALLENGES
Rich shares about the challenges he faced on September 11, 2001.
FIRST SPECIAL VEHICLE
1964 Mercury Monterrey Breezeway
BEST AUTOMOTIVE ADVICE
You can do anything in the car culture, and that’s great. There’s always going to be another guy with more money.
RECOMMENDED RESOURCE
Don Weberg from Garage Style Magazine, also a previous guest on Cars Yeah.
RECOMMENDED BOOK
Steve McQueen: The Salvation Of An American Icon, by Greg Laurie
PARTING WORDS OF ADVICE
Believe in yourself because the guy upstairs does.
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