J Mays (born October 15, 1954 in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, USA) is currently the Group Vice President of Design and Chief Creative Officer at Ford Motor Company. His name is simply "J", named after his grandfather S J Mays. Mays is known for his "retrofuturistic" cars designs that put a futuristic spin on classics like the Volkswagen Beetle and Ford Thunderbird. Though lauded for his nostalgic touch, his focus on the past has also been criticized.

Alan Dennis Kulwicki (December 14, 1954 - April 1, 1993) was an American NASCAR championship racer. He drove the #7 Ford Thunderbird, first sponsored by Zerex antifreeze and later by Hooters. His first sponsor was Quincy's Steakhouse, and the car number was 35. He was nicknamed "Special K". He won the 1992 Winston Cup Champion and the 1986 NASCAR Rookie of the Year.

Frank Hershey (b. 1907 - d. 1997), was an American automobile designer and student of General Motors Vice President of Design Harley Earl. Hershey is best known for his 1932 Peerless V-16 prototype, 1949 Cadillac tailfins and the 1955 Ford Thunderbird. Born Franklin Quick Hershey in Michigan, and raised in Beverly Hills and La Puente, California, Hershey began his career at Murphy Coach Works of Pasadena, California under the guidance of Frank Spring.

Joseph Oros was an automobile designer for Ford Motor Company. He graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1939. He became a student at General Motors's school of automotive design after graduation, where he worked under Harley Earl's guidance. There, he met fellow classmates Elwood Engel, later design chief at Chrysler Corporation and George W. Walker, later vice president of design at Ford Motor Company.

Andy Belmont (born November 20, 1957 in Langhorne, Pennsylvania) is a stock car racer. Belmont began racing at an early age before moving south. In 1987, he was named the NASCAR Dash Series Rookie of the Year, then he won the championship the next year as a car owner. In 1989, Belmont made his Winston Cup debut at the Peak Performance 500, starting 35th and finishing 29th after his #04 Ford Thunderbird suffered braking failure. He would run that same race two years later, …

Gordon Miller Buehrig (June 18, 1904 - January 22, 1990) was a noted automobile designer. Born in Mason City, Illinois, he had early design experience with Packard, General Motors and Stutz. In 1929, he was responsible for designing the bodies (built by Weymann) of the Stutz Black Hawks entered at Le Mans. At age 25 he became chief body designer for Duesenberg, where he designed the Model J line of luxury cars. He joined the Auburn Automobile Company in 1934, …

Billy Standridge is a former NASCAR driver. He began running the NASCAR Busch Series in 1986, when he finished 14th at the All Pro 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in his own Pontiac. After that, he began running a limited schedule in the Busch Series, posting five top-ten finishes in 84 starts, the last of which came in 1993. In 1994, he began running a limited schedule in Winston Cup, making his debut at North Carolina Speedway but finishing 42nd after a crash.

Lewis Crusoe was an automobile executive, most notably for Ford Motor Company in the 1950s. He had been an executive for General Motors, and was recruited to come to Ford by Ernie Breech, a GM executive brought in by Henry Ford II. He became the vice-president in charge of Ford Division, then the head of the Car and Truck Divisions. He was the primary inspiration for the introduction of the original Ford Thunderbird, along with designer George W. Walker.

George W. Walker (b. 22 May 1896 in Chicago, Illinois; d. 19 January 1993 in Tucson, Arizona) was an industrial and automotive designer. His most notable work was the original Ford Thunderbird. His father worked for the Erie Railroad and the family moved several times, settling in Cleveland, Ohio when Walker was in his teens. He played semi-professional football and held down odd-jobs, but his interest in art led to art school in Los Angeles.

Doug George (born November 5, 1960 in Atwater, California) is a NASCAR driver and mechanic. Currently, he is the crew chief of the #72 CJM Racing Dodge Charger in the NEXTEL Cup Series. He has made a total of 58 starts in NASCAR. George made his NASCAR debut in 1995 at Sears Point International Raceway. Driving the #07 Olson Technology Ford Thunderbird, he qualified 42nd and finished 31st in the Winston Cup race.

Rick Ware (born August 6, 1963 in Los Angeles), is a professional racecar driver and owner of Ware Racing Enterprises. When he was nine years old, he began racing motocross and moved up to the bicycle class when he was 12. In 1983, he was named Rookie of the Year in the California Sports Car Club He went on to win several titles in that series, as well as the SCCA and IMSA. He also competed in the 1984 Long Beach Grand Prix.

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