The Pit Crew
Contrary to popular belief, TCB is not run by highly-intelligent flying monkeys. Cause, duh, monkeys can’t drive stick.

Here’s a listing of the staff who bring you spankin’ fresh content once in awhile.

Joel Arellano - jarellano@automotive.com
Writer, Editor - Joel Arellano is a contributor to the Car Blog and Senior blogger of Automotive.com blog. Though interested in car design at an early age, the adult world corrupted him and he graduated from a respectable college with a respectable degree in business administration. It wasn’t until working a variety of jobs — from kept man to technical writer to wireless database coordinator — did he rediscover his passion for all things automotive.

Robert Velton - rvelton@automotive.com
Designer, Coder - Robert is the code monkey behind TCB and makes all the moving parts of this site come together. His car knowledge comes from trial and error on his supped up american mini-truck. (call him the Tim Allen of cars; breaks more stuff then improves it) He has worked at Automotive.com for a little over 3 years now and continues to make each site he works on better and more functional for its users. His Internet/programming knowledge vastly out-weighs his automobile knowledge, but that will not stop him from dropping new HID modifications into his wife’s new Ford Edge. If only that check engine light would stop turning on…