Michele Smith of Speed Channel's ‘American Thunder'

Michele Smith began her career in the modeling industry as a “pin-up girl”. Most of her jobs were sexy-type photos seen in motorcycle calendars, posters, catalogs and magazine covers like Playboy, Muscle and Fitness, Swimwear USA, Swimwear International and Neue Revue. She has also been seen over the years in commercials, sitcoms, music videos, The Price Is Right and more. For the past ten years she has been hosting American Thunder, seen on cable's Speed Channel Network. She has been called an “American Motorcycle Icon” and “The First Lady of Motorcycling”. One thing she has done is taken the stereotypical type of a “biker chick” and glamorized her a bit.
Michele has been riding motorcycles since 1994 when she decided to take the California Motorcycle Safety Course. She decided to take the course and learn how to ride a bike after she had to have a stuntwoman fill in for her on a foreign film she was doing. The girl was about 90 lbs. and could handle a ‘Fat Boy'. Michele was embarrassed enough to want to learn to ride herself. She has been riding ever since and loves it!
Michele's other interests are designing. She has a line of lingerie called “Jeweled G's” which is a G-String with jewelry that can be detached from the panty and worn as a necklace. She also recently started “No Needles Tattoo” which is a T-shirt that gives the illusion of having tattoos on your arm. There is now a matching thong so one can have the illusion of a tattoo on the lower back without the pain of a needle.
She loves working in the motorcycle industry and the industry loves her! You'll get to meet her in person at this year's Timonium Motorcycle Show all three days!

Ray Kittel of Ray's M/C Show World

Ray will be serving as chief show judge and bike show coordinator for the 25 th Annual Chicago Motorcycle Show. Ray's M/C Show World is the most trusted and respected name in custom motorcycle show judging in the nation. Ray is the chief show judge for such legendary bike builders as Arlen Ness and Donnie Smith at their annual events. He has judged bike shows in ten different states. His unprecedented sixteen years of judging and event coordination experience ensures bike show exhibitors of fair results and organized competition. The 25 th Annual Chicago Motorcycle Show marks, personally, for Ray his sixteenth straight year being a member of the judging team for the Chicago show, dating back to 1994 when J&P Promotions hosted the event. Ray has been the architect and face of modern, progressive, custom motorcycle show competition and awards. Visit the R-World at www.raysmcshowworld.com and see why Ray's M/C Show World is, “The definitive . . . the essential.”