Steering Toward
Success Talking cars with Barrett-Jackson’s Steve Davis By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski s a child in Visalia, California, Steve Davis grew up collecting Hot Wheels and dreaming about the day he could drive. Model cars and automotive magazines secured his obsession with vehicles. Fast forward to 2022, Davis hasn’t strayed much further. He’s the president of Barrett-Jackson, the World’s Greatest Car Collector Auction, which drives into WestWorld Saturday, January 22, to Sunday, January 30. “I love what the car represents,” Davis says. “It’s more than just a utilitarian device that gets you from point A to point B. “As a kid, the freedom a car represents is one thing, but I always looked at it as more of a passion. That passion that drove me as a kid was really the foundation for what would become
Barrett-Jackson President Steve Davis with Buster Posey’s 1967 Ford Mustang Eleanor Tribute Edition. (Photo courtesy of Barrett-Jackson)
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