Michael Chapin

Since beginning his career in the motorsports and automotive industry, Michael has worked to help brands like Skip Barber, Mercedes AMG, Lotus, Michelin North America, Mazda, Porsche, Audi, and Volkswagen to execute promotional strategies. He has traveled from coast to coast visiting various race tracks and car shows, meeting people from all walks of life passionate about anything cars. Along the way he has not lost sight of what brought him into the community and refuses to sell his 92 VW GTI.

After High School, he began searching for a garage to rent wanting a place to bring friends together and work on cars, it wasn't long until the group began to grow and see multiple features in global magazines like Performance VW and Eurotuner. Mike's focus on education continued with majors in Communications and French at the University of Connecticut. While always working to support his hobbies, he traveled weekends in the northeast as a race technician preparing BMWs for competition with Auto Technic Racing.

His future sights are set on a VW Rallye Golf as soon as they can be legally imported into the United States. Catch him in the paddock paying attention to new advancements in engineering, or in Montreal every year watching Formula One and practicing his French.

In March of 2014, Michael co-founded RxSpeed, a search engine for performance auto parts, with a goal of connecting consumers to products and retailers faster than ever before. Read more about the company's launch here.