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Ryan Friedlinghaus on Customs, Fans and Shops

West Coast Customs founder Ryan Friedlinghaus came into The Freak Nation at the SEMA show in Las Vegas thanks to Continental Tire.  Ryan is one of the hottest names anywhere in high end customs.  He started his business with a five thousand dollar loan from his grandfather.  Now his shop is almost next door to…

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Franchise, Charters & Entitlements

This is the Statt Mann  Baby.  Time to Scatt a little bit. We talked a couple weeks ago about the Race Team Alliance in NASCAR.  They’re negotiating a charter program that acts like a franchise where team owners can build equity value they can sell when they leave the sport. Well that idea is catching…

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Ken Lingenfelter on Building a Giant Worldwide Brand

Ken Lingenfelter is the cousin of John Lingenfelter who build Lingenfelter Performance into a worldwide brand that stretches from Dubai to Australia. The company sells parts as well as builds muscle cars and exotics. But Ken is more than an executive. You should hear the story of how he got kicked out of school for…

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