The business was originally started by their parents who did maintenance and custom work in California. Theresa studied graphic design and worked as a machinist. She went back to work in the family auto body shop and worked in the front end. She taught herself how to pinstripe and paint and continues to do so to this day! Sara was also interested in working at some sort of automotive business and studied business and automotive classes. Strangely enough, she worked at a competitor’s auto body shop for a few months before realizing she wanted to start a business that sold aftermarket parts. She started the business from the family body shop before building a dedicated space in 1999.
These businesses operated separately until 2011 when they merged the two businesses. LGE-CTS Motorsports is a combination of the two original names. LGE stands for Louie & Gerry Enterprises and CTS stands for Custom Truck Shop. They now do a bunch of SEMA builds for Ford and Kia as well as custom builds for retail customers. During the slower season, they focus efforts on the repair side of the business. And they are currently working on expanding the online store to help generate revenue throughout the year.
They now work out of a 12,000 sqft building that they rent from their parents and employ 13 people. They are both very active with SEMA and other organizations to get people (and specifically, girls) active in the automotive industry and interested in making a career out of it. You can also find them at offroad and enthusiast events throughout the year. They keep themselves very busy and wouldn’t have it any other way!
163: Stewart Waliser of Stews Self Service Garage
162: Nathan Cicio of Cicio Performance
161: Chris Riggs from Speed by Design
160: Ben Silcock and Andre Simon return to discuss HP Academy
159: Bryan Thompson of Powerhouse Racing
158: AJ Hartman returns for an update on AJ Hartman Aero
157: Matt Beenen returns with BuiltRight Industries
156: Alejandro and Pablo Moreno of Tandem Automotive
154: Vadim Belogorodsky from CANtrolls
153: Reid Lunde returns to discuss his interconnectable relay entered in the SEMA Launch Pad Competition
152: Johnny Cichowski of Nine Lives Racing
151: Jonny Mill of WheelWell.com
150: Charlie Eklund of Hennessey's Tuner School
149: Richard Tomlin of Apex Auto Works and White Pony Dry
148: Bob Morreale of The Tuning School
147: Dave Carapetyan of Rally Ready Driving School wants to teach everybody how to drive a rally car!
146: Dan Kahn of Kahn Media started by sending articles about his car to magazine editors. Now he runs his own PR firm.
145: Joe Gambino of Rogue Fabrication couldn't find a tube bender to meet his particular needs so he went out and made one himself!
144: Colin McLemore of Mac’s Custom Tie Downs is working to become the household name for tie downs of all sorts
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