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Back in 2010 Louis Cicerone started out with a vision, and that was to create something special that would spread a message. Throughout his lifetime, he was family and friend influenced of the start of a brilliant dream by being introduced into the automotive industry.

Upon a hospital recovery, he realized that his survival would be a wake up call of greater things to come, one in particular which would be a fast trending publication that would showcase a passion for fellow “Motorheads”. Producing in the smallest state in the US would be nothing of a challenge as Louis’ new publication would spread throughout the entire New England region and now currently is being picked up from coast to coast. While his goal is to highlight some pretty intriguing hotrods, Louis’ passion is to help other small businesses grow while using the interest of automotive talent. To set up an appointment with Louis, you may contact him at Lou@getmotorhead.com or 401-965-9012.

LAUREN “HOTWHEELS” VERNANCIO

Lauren Vernancio, or alternately coined; Lauryn “Hotwheels” Vernancio has been an avid General Motors enthusiast ever since her father introduced this third generation Camaro into her life before she hit the age of double digits. Having passion in her blood for the industry, she took Automotive as an elective at her high school (Cranston East) and made the decision to further her education as a New England Tech graduate in Automotive Technology with High Performance. She earned the nickname of “Hotwheels” at Seekonk Speedway through helping to pit a race team (Driver Crystal Serydynski) and she likes to participate in racing events on and off the track whether it be side by side with other drivers going full throttle, or giving a hand helping others through wrenching or fundraising promotions. Her primary love is her 1987 Trans Am, but she never has less than three vehicles within her threshold. She has been part-time with Motorhead Magazine since 2011 and recently stepped up the game by overseeing business sales growth and productions while retaining the new title of Associate Publisher. If you would like to reach her, you may do so at knighthawkindustries@gmail.com.

CHARLIE “LEADFOOT” HOLMES

Enter Charlie “Leadfoot” Holmes into Motorhead Magazine, who has graced our presence for the past few months as a very helpful sales associate.

Now not only is he on the ball, Mr. Holmes also knows his way around that of the wheel. His claim to fame is holding the original number one wheel-stander drivers license ever by the NHRA. He was a superb driver of the “Super Hemi-bug” for eight years and is happy to relate dragster stories with his accounts. Charlie has also been working with individuals in the car buying process by making a name for himself as a personal concierge for consumers of the automotive trade. No vehicles are left off of the lot until they are “Leadfoot Charlie” approved which means that the consumer in mind will be ultimately satisfied and have peace of mind with his various inspection points. If you would like to inquire about expanding your business through advertisement or would like an automotive consultation you may call Charlie at 401-575-7111.

GEORGE ARAKELIAN, JR.

When I received my first MatchBox car as a child, I instantly became “obsessed” with cars. I had a collection of cars that could easily span down the Street and back. I would play with these Matchbox cars for hours. Never did I realize the impact it would have on my life today. At the age of 15, my Father purchased my first project vehicle, a 1974 Chevy Blazer which would later become my first Monster Truck known as “ King Kong”. I dedicated 2 years of building this Monster Truck and the timing could not have been better. I was 16 years old and officially a Driver…soon everyone throughout the State knew the “Monster Truck” King Kong” including the Police Departments. I went into business with the experience from Automotive and Auto Body Vocational Tech. classes that I attended during my High School years at Cranston High School West. In addition, my hands-on, self-taught experiences of working on my own projects inspired me at the age of 20 to go into business doing what I loved to do …..working on vehicles. Today I continue to play and work on cars on a daily basis. As Owner/Operator of A Custom Car Stereo Center located at 1174 Atwood Avenue, Johnston, RI, for the past 28 years, I personally service each and every vehicle that comes into my Shop. A Custom Car Stereo Center is a full service shop providing sales, service, and Installation of Car Audio, Alarms, Remote Starters and Window Tinting. I tackle any job from a basic sound system to a Customized system. I have performed services on most vehicles under the Sun today, including, Boats, Golf Carts, All Terrain Vehicles, Motorcycles, Hot Rods and of course Monster Trucks.

JIM WEICHERDING

Jim Weicherding has a been a contribu�ng writer and ar�st for Motorhead Magazine since 2012. Jim is the Author of OUTLAW RUN in a paperback book and writes his popular monthly OUTLAW RUN BEYOND THE BOOK SERIES for this magazine that appears in every issue.

He writes feature ar�cles for automo�ve magazines across the USA and Canada and creates automo�ve artwork on clothing and merchandise for Worldwide syndicated Horsepower Radio Show produced every week in Los Angeles California and Car Guy Na�on TV Show filmed in Dallas Texas and syndicated na�onwide on the REV’N CHANNEL. Jim is well known for his area Cruise Night and Car & Truck Show Events appearances reaching out to Kids and Families about Traffic Safety with his BUCKLEUPALLOFUS Child Passenger Safety Mascot Balloon with Coloring Poster Handouts, Coloring Books and S�ckers for all of the Kids. Thousands are passed out from April thru October every cruising season. His Award-Winning The SAFE And The SERIOUS Campaign is also part of his ongoing efforts to keep Kids, Teens and Families Safer on our Roadways. Motorhead Magazine o�en features Jim’s efforts with ar�cles and photos to remind our readers about Traffic Safety. Jim also writes our READERS RIDES feature ar�cles and distributes Motorhead Magazine at Cruise Nights and Car & Truck Shows throughout the spring, summer and fall. He is very popular at these types of venues and many automo�ve enthusiasts appreciate all of his hard work and crea�vity across New England. Jim can be reached via jwpisces14@aol.com for any future READERS RIDES ar�cles or our Adver�sers Business Profile ar�cles.

JOHN CONTI

John Con� My interest in hot rods sparked at a very young age. Back in 1960, I began repairing lawn mowers in my driveway at the age of 8. Around the same �me I managed to build a go kart out of my bed frame. At that point it was pre�y obvious what I was set out to do. I had a strong passion for the automo�ve world so I educated myself any possible way I could, from reading books and magazines, asking ques�ons to people I had been blessed to have taught me a lot of knowledge I s�ll use today in my everyday encounters with cars and hot rods. In 1981 I moved from my 2 bay shop on Park Ave in Cranston to my now 5 bay shop on Warwick Ave, also in Cranston. I am grateful to be working with 3 of my 4 children everyday doing what we love-building hot rods. I am blessed with 2 beau�ful granddaughters, Amara and Annabelle, who make waking up every day a true blessing. I wouldn’t trade it for the world!

ED YESSAIAN

A graduate of Northeastern University with a degree in Marke�ng and currently Stoneham Ford’s Collision Center Manager. I am proud to say I have been with Motorhead Magazine since the very first issue, over six years ago. I originally met owner Lou Cicerone in his driveway when I was cruising in my SVT COBRA and spo�ed a bunch of Muscle Cars hanging out at his house. Since then I have met thousands of people that enthusias�cally share our automo�ve passion. Whether it’s racing, cruise nights, car shows, or working in the garage I enjoy spending most of my weekends doing something car related, usually racing in New England Dragway’s Outlaw 10.50 series. Along with my wife’s two vehicles, we have become a Four Ford family, with a 2016 F150 FX4, a 2015 Edge AWD, a 2003 Mustang GT Conver�ble, a 1994 Mustang GT Conver�ble. As we head into 2017 I look forward to watching Motorhead con�nue to grow, and will be thrilled to introduce our readers to my soon to be arriving son Xander. Although Xander will be coming into a house that is currently all Fords, his Grampa Harry had a 1969 Firebird Conver�ble, his Mommy had three Pon�acs and so did his Aun�e Lauryn “Hot Wheels”. So while I myself have become the resident Mustang guru here at Motorhead, there’s a slight chance that my baby boy might be “influenced” towards an LS powered Firehawk or WS6 Ram Air car.

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Most wouldn’t cross the path of performing in contrasted types of racing, nor would be courageous enough to stay strong behind the wheel. However, there is one driver that would challenge the task at hand, and that would be none other than Miss Sarah Yang. Backing her 2007 Subaru STI, Miss Yang has been an avid contender amongst the boys when it comes to

Although the All Wheel Drive equipment certainly helps give the vehicle its catch when competing, Miss Yang has made some major modifications with her ride along with the help of her devoted boyfriend David Hershey, race event friends, and Wicked Innovations. The STI’s boosted engine holds a Blouch Dominator 1.5XTR Turbo tuned to push 18 PSI (Wicked Matt DynoTuned) easily.

Consecutively, let’s not forget that the start of induction happens through a custom short ram intake and is funneled through a Gimmick Silicone Turbo inlet then blasts off to a Grimmspeed ceramic coated external wastegate up pipe that aligns to a Tial MVS 38mm external wastegate and Invidia catless downpipe. Sarah’s car definitely has a bit of a rumble with Invidia’s N1 race exhaust which also gives her car an extra warning to its competitors.

While all of this sounds pretty intimidating, we can’t forget to look into the master plan behind the car’s efficiency and the logistics of the internals. To help put more pep in its step, the vehicle holds a better DeatschWerks 320

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fuel pump flowing through to ID 1000 injectors where combustion then takes place above Wiseco pistons. Winding up on GSC s1 268 cams seems like child’s play when meshed with a Manley spring and TI retainer set as well as Manley Race SS valves. Instead of routine maintenance she also considered and ultimately decided on upgrading to a Gates Timing Kit to make her ride race ready.

All of this didn’t come easy, as Sarah has been working on her ride since she bought it in 2010 and worked three jobs to get the car and start doing her first modifications. Years later and a couple of designated theme changes, she has finally built this machine into something most unique that can’t ever be duplicated. She has also taken her originality into developing a company of her own “Yangsta Designs” in which she uses

her graphic design skills to produce automotive inspired clothing, decals, and even custom shoes to match owners to their vehicles. Her STI which is known as “Bubble Gun” due to the pink coloring and gun theme has appeared at several car shows and autocross throughout the North East. During

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It was a pleasure to sit down with such a talented woman who is a true automotive enthusiast and respective to all makes of vehicles and types of racing. Her creativity displayed throughout her

vehicle was the primary reason of why I decided to put something a little different into Motorhead this month. For those gearheads looking for Christmas automotive apparel or decals, please feel free to visit her business web page at yangstadesigns.storeenvy,com and make sure to check out her awesome ride as well at the local automotive meets, this is one you won’t want to miss!

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kids, I wanted to create an event the showcased the talents of this group and put some of the more experienced racers on notice that there is some incredible competition heading their way.

While the first two attempts at the event got rained out, the third time was a charm and gave a handful of young racers a shot at a jackpot that was provided by some very generous families including the Karaguezian family, The Michaud Family, the Yessaian family, and Len Kingsley of Kingsley Automotive.

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real creative and built and painted scenes with my model cars and trucks that really received a lot of attention and I would win a lot of ribbons for creativity. I often wonder what happened to that store owner who loved model cars and trucks and started these model competitions for the neighborhood kids every month growing up in Burrillville, Rhode Island. Did the kids me and Russell competed with still build models as adults and did they share the love of building models with their kids along the way into adulthood? Are they presently model builders? The answer is yes. My friend Russell, who now resides in Florida, still builds

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I guess that reaches the future point in this article.

What do avid model builders plan on building in the future with these newly introduced model sets now feature classic cars and trucks from the 60’s and the 70’s? Would model building kids, that are now adults, start building model cars and trucks again with these new manufacturing vehicle options? I’m really to busy myself to start building model cars and trucks but what about after my retirement in another twenty years. I always loved building models as a kid. I’m still very active in the automotive world and I am quite the classic car and truck enthusiast. Why not build classic car and truck models again? Why wouldn’t any of us want to consider building models again in the future? To be honest with you; if someone purchased a couple Pontiac GTO Model Sets and gave them to me as a Christmas Gift I think I would clear off one of my desks and see where that evening would take me. I could send photos of my builds to my friend Russell in Florida and post them on my social networks. Heck, maybe even host my own model car and truck shows somewhere in town for kids and adults. Now doesn’t that sound like fun for the winter months when we cannot attend real car and truck shows during the nicer weather seasons. Maybe that’s another way to keep this hobby alive like we do with real life classic car and truck shows. Get little kids to actually build something from scratch

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