We are proud to announce Wayne Carini of Discovery HD Theater’s “Chasing Classic Cars” and his dad, Bob Carini, as the Grand Marshals of the 2011 Klingberg Vintage Motorcar Festival. It is fitting that Wayne and his dad share this honor, as we celebrate the importance of families at the Festival this Father’s Day Weekend.
Wayne’s passion for cars started when he was a child working alongside his dad on such classics as Duesenbergs, Lincolns, Packards and Ford Model A’s. Then, at just 9 years of age, he experienced a life altering event: he went for a ride in his first Ferrari. This set him on a career journey dealing with all types of vintage automobile collectors throughout the world.
Chasing Classic Cars , now in its fourth season, gives the viewer a look into Wayne’s circle of clients as he searches out and uncovers the world’s most rare and exotic cars. Chasing Classic Cars shows the viewer the world of car restorers and collectors as Wayne buys, restores and sells vintage automobiles.
With a lifetime of experience in automobile restoration under his belt, master car restorer Wayne Carini has a resume’ that includes body and paint work on rare car collections owned by the likes of David Letterman, tennis great Ivan Lendl and the DuPont family. He’s been featured in the New York Times as well as numerous automobile magazines, and starred in two one-hour television specials, for Discovery’s HD Theater Channel:Monterey Week and The World’s Most Expensive Cars.
Wayne and his wife have been married for 25 years and he is a dedicated father of two daughters. The family resides in rural Connecticut, in a log home that Wayne built 34 years ago. An avid supporter of autism research organizations, he helps organize and sponsor car events for the benefit of children and adults with autism. His incentive to find a cure or treatment is his youngest daughter, who was diagnosed with autism at an early age. It is this experience that gives Wayne an understanding of the work with children and families that goes on each and every day at Klingberg Family Centers.
Wayne is also involved in and regularly attends many different car clubs and events to get young people involved in the car collector hobby. He believes that without young people’s involvement, the car collector tradition will disappear. His latest passion is convincing families with special needs children to consider placing collector cars into a special needs trust with the hope that the cars will benefit the children in the future. Wayne supports the Automobile Restoration Program at Klingberg’s Raymond Hill School.
Come and meet Bob and Wayne Carini at the Klingberg Vintage Motorcar Festival, June 18th.
