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Dean Case progressed from race fan as a kid, to automotive engineer as an adult, before devoting the past 20 years of his professional career to automotive communications with an emphasis on motorsports and engineering PR. He has been a staff engineer with Mazda, Ford, and Nissan. After going freelance, Dean has had contracts with SAE International, Mazda Motorsports, Aerovironment, Motivo, Grassroots Motorsports, Ferrari North America, and SRO Motorsports. On the electric vehicle front, he was a part of the Ford EV team in the 1990’s and had a Nissan Altra EV as his company car from 1998-2006. On the motorsports front, Dean has worked for Ford Racing, helped launch NISMO in the U.S., and was the Mazda Motorsports Communications Officer for over a decade. He has also been a longtime volunteer with SAE and has given automotive career talks at over 50 universities.
SHOW SPONSORS
American Collectors Insurance • Linkage Magazine • Techforce Foundation • RPM Foundation
INSPIRATION
When Dean gives student presentations, he shares a gratitude slide of his 50 past mentors. Eric Bar is one who stands out, a gentleman who got Dean’s resume into Mazda, landing Dean a job. Dr. Roberta Nichols helped Dean get into Ford.
CHALLENGE
Having a really bad boss is a good thing. You learn a lot.
SPECIAL AUTOMOBILE
His first car was a 1967 Mini Cooper
BOOK RECOMMENDATION
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein*
Dirt Tracks to Glory by Sylvia Wilkinson
PARTING WORDS OF INSPIRATION
Work hard, be nice, and volunteer.
If you enjoyed this show, please go to Apple Podcast and leave me a five-star review. That would help tremendously in getting the word out and help others to be inspired by Cars Yeah. * indicates a past Cars Yeah guest.