@@CaseyPutsch gotta live life enjoying it, helping others, and having fun. You're doing a lot and it's great. College wasn't for me either. Had a very similar experience. Knew what I wanted, knew there was a way, just had to figure it out. College wasn't part of the pathway.
Casey you're a madman. Of the very best kind. The world needs more people like you, dude. Never stop doing what you're doing, you're a goddamn great inspiration. I salute you, man.
Great vid Casey! Sucks that a .75 cent freeze plug took your team outta the race. But like a true leader you turned tragedy in to triumph working with those young great minds!
Rob Pitts thanks Rob! It’s all about being a leader and doing something to forward to students lives. Looking forward to meet up with you in the future.
This is honestly one of the nicest stories I've heard in a long time, props to Mr. Putsch over there who decided to dedicate his own knowledge and funds to a small community of students.
I watched this video twice. I'm a junior in high school and all of my education up to this point feels useless after watching this video. A project like this would change my life. I'm saving to buy a project car so I can start learning on my own, but something like this in SCHOOL? You sir are a great man and I wish this program had received the attention it deserved. It gives me a lot of hope to know there are people out there who are really trying to make a difference. Thank you.
This guy was already super cool with all his stories (absolutely love the Viper and Gatsby ones), but he really earned a ton of respect with this one. It was amazing of him to do this, and he set all those students up for incredibles lives and careers. A true catalyst for success and self-development! Cheers to Mr. Casey Putsch.
I’ve gotta say, this program is still the best thing I’ve done in my college career to date. I started my freshman year and it truly helped me open up and become who I am today. I truly cannot say enough about Casey’s generosity over the years I was on the team and even afterwards.
What an amazing story. And on behalf of those students I'd just like to say thanks to Casey for being the one thing all young, bright minds desperately need. A mentor.
Back in the 1990s, Virginia Power (Now Dominion Power) ran an electric vehicle program for high schools across the state. I was taking auto tech at the time. One of my teachers donated a 1st gen VW Scirocco. We gutted it, built a roll cage, installed a seat, motor, esc, and battery system and competed at Richmond Raceway with other electric vehicles. It was pretty much the best thing that happened in high school.
Ed, you were right. I enjoyed every second of this amazing story. I wish something like Genius Garage would’ve been around in ‘97 when I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do after graduation. I’ve since figured it out but this is a truly incredible story. Thank you for sharing!
My new favorite video. Cars, failure, wins, a huge contribution to the future generation as well as the automotive culture and a failure turned into a valuable life lesson. You should include a link to help fund Genius Garage. I'd definitely like to give a little to such a great idea.
Wow, I just came back to my engineering university after a year off and after denying an internship because I assumed I wasnt worthy. I was in a dark place when I left but I found hope in the motivation I felt when I came back and started grinding my second junior year this fall. I have already found it in myself to realize its all worth it in the end but thank you so much Casey for telling this story and giving me a little extra push in the motivation department. I definitely realize the importance of this crazy mission I am making & I still dream of finding an opportunity to make the leap from Computer/software engineering into the automotive engineering community. If you or any of your friends do this again, I will be the first to find out and hit you up to be a part of it :)
jaques nepehw is a great guy. he has to be the only person on kijiji besides captain ron thats always has a car posted or one connected to his build. never a dull day checking a car attached to his name or his uncles anyway!great video, glad to hear someone took the time to teach the next genration how to put a leg up and move forward
You sir deserve a medal for this great opportunity that you gave to those students! I’m international student and I finished my associate degree in general engineering, and now I’m pursuing my Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering, and I can’t imagine having the chance to work in a race team and on a race car! You sir made those kids’ dream come true!
Seriously, what I would have given for a college experience like this. Casey you are clearly one of a kind. I've been told that life is all about the legacy you leave. Sounds like you got that one on lock my friend.
One of the coolest car stories ever. There are FAR too few of men like you, Casey; in the world of motorsport or elsewhere. The entire world should thank you for your efforts. Period.
Casey Putsch well, you’re welcome to it; you’ve earned it and I didn’t even know you were still carrying on with the GG concept. If only 10% of the successful people with a creative mind just CONTRIBUTED to projects and entrepreneurs’ philanthropic whims like the aforementioned the world would be a much better place. Good luck with your future endeavors and keep on keepin’ on! Cheers!
This is amazing. I graduated with an aerospace engineering degree and now work in the automotive field, but I wish I had an opportunity to do something like this in college.
I remember the presentation at Toledo Cars and Coffee for this. What a great project! Also it's crazy seeing Michael Murray in this video. Definitely a small world.
I am currently a freshman in college. After reading the website and watching this video, I am astounded by the opportunities in this program. I will be applying this spring!
Genius Garage is awesome and Casey is a great guy. Did a little behind the scenes video with Genius Garage and got to know Casey and the program very well! It's a great opportunity for anyone wanting to get hands on experience!
This is such an amazing thing! I wish I could find a opportunity like this, Arizona doesn't have much.... Thanks for doing things for the community. Thanks for showing us how it's done!
Outstanding story! As a native born Hoosier & one who feels as though the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is my 2nd home, having spent many months of May at the track as a kid, this hit a special place in my heart. Bravo! I especially loved the tip of the hat to 4x Indy 500 winner AJ Foyt.
What an amazing story! Casey put together a fantastic opportunity for a bunch of young people. I like what he said about the difficulty in finding mentors. That's such an issue with certain interest groups. It's great he went out and actually took action to become that person that he couldn't find when he was younger.
Awesome stuff @Casey! I also was in a similar boat with college, just floated around taking a bunch of interesting classes. Finally working on autonomous vehicles close to some of your students in Palo Alto WITHOUT a BS degree.
What an amazing thing to do. Teaching engineering college students to learn, fabricate, and rebuild a Reynard CART car. Hats off to them, Adrian Reynard would probably be proud too!
This is an especially cool story for me as a 1st year MECH ENG student in the UK where I am working on our Formula Student car. I hope we get to go race properly this year at Silverstone. Uni Of Leeds!
Damn. I wish i had this option when i was in college. I did do a little bit of work on a sae baja team but i was put in the background on that project and wasnt really able to join in on the design decisions
What an incredible dream to achieve, giving young people real world experiences and work experience that will help them to achive there own goals. Especially out of your own pocket when nobody believes that a programme is worth putting money into
What an amazing idea. Thank you Casey for the opportunity you're giving these students. It's nice to know that somebody is actually putting their money where their mouth is
that is awesome; I wish I could have had an opportunity like that. And it shows that there are still great people in the world. thank you for sharing this story and i hope that you still do this for students.
"people that are driven college might be slow or there's only certain things" is how I feel about college. I don't know if I'm ignorant or arrogant, but I on a Colleges FSAE team and seem to learn more out of being thrown into hard decisions on how to engineer a racecar makes me learn faster and better. Classes seem to teach me nothing about what I really want to know and what is important to build a successful and well-engineered racecar.
Amazing story! I'm retiring from the Army next year, and I'm kind of hoping to go into machining part time, if my messed up back will allow it. And it would be just in time to start teaching my kids.
Man, you ROCK! I can't even manage a $20 project at home. What an awesome life lesson for these college students. I know that sounds depressing, but you'll have an interesting obituary one day.
this is like formula SAE on steroids! hundreds of schools do something similar to this within their own series so definitely look that up if anyone is here saying "Dam I wish my school/future school does this" because you can do some crazy stuff and make a lot of great friends doing it
I think formula student is way more advanced than what they did. Engineering a car that complies to all of the SAE rules, simulating aerodynamics and the chassis and of course building a carbon fiber monocoque is way harder than reworking an existing car.
@@RedHatMedia I'd say they have different complexities in their own right, but regardless both programs are fantastic for us students to learn some good stuff
@@RedHatMedia it doesn't necessarily have to be a CF monocoque...our team ran a space frame. Some stressed skin panels. And CF control arms. But still, i get what you're saying. Plus the chassis design can be changed every 2 or 3 years rather than every year. Plus aero isn't necessary. Depends on how complicated you want the car to be. If you're a new team you can run something simple with a single cylinder engine.
Have you looked at Formula Student? We do it in the UK and it's fantastic for students and race teams.. End up racing at Silverstone against a lot of international teams.
Ed you were so right yesterday when you said today was going to be a great video. This is one of the coolest programs I've ever seen.
MTK look is up on Facebook and the web. It’s way bigger now!
Where was this when I was in college? Awesome story, great idea, and terrific execution Casey. This is an amazing thing you are doing. Well done sir.
Selling allocations for exotic cars right? Lol truly inspiring
Ed Bolian thank you Ed! Great honor to be on your show and I appreciate your kind words. Hope you can visit Genius Garage in the future.
@@CaseyPutsch how can a random, non Vin Wiki owner stop by Genius Garage?
Well done indeed, what a nice way to help community building and sportsmanship.
MaxSpeed just contact me!
For this impressive act of philanthropy, I waive the criticism of your popped collar.
P WrightisRight :) cheers my friend!
this comment cultivates quality and class.
That's how everyone in Europe wears their collars. The more you know...
I agree ahaha
Noble cause, still douchy
This guy. This guy is the hero we need, not the hero we deserve
What do people deserve?
LMao. Good Batman reference
This guy really knows how to enjoy life. My favorite story of his is when he bought the auburn boattail speedster and became the real life Gatsby.
MaxSpeed the Auburn was my last single guy party summer hurrah, before I dedicated my life to Genius Garage. It was a heck of a summer!
@@CaseyPutsch gotta live life enjoying it, helping others, and having fun. You're doing a lot and it's great. College wasn't for me either. Had a very similar experience. Knew what I wanted, knew there was a way, just had to figure it out. College wasn't part of the pathway.
Casey you're a madman. Of the very best kind. The world needs more people like you, dude. Never stop doing what you're doing, you're a goddamn great inspiration. I salute you, man.
Hope you like this story everyone! Www.geniusgarageracing.com
Casey, I’m in Columbus, do you need a poor sidekick? Lol
What happened to the cars from genius garage? Is the program still going?!?
You're a good man Casey!
And he didn't even ask us to smash anything, like, click, or comment. Breath of fresh air.
Great vid Casey! Sucks that a .75 cent freeze plug took your team outta the race. But like a true leader you turned tragedy in to triumph working with those young great minds!
Rob Pitts thanks Rob! It’s all about being a leader and doing something to forward to students lives. Looking forward to meet up with you in the future.
@@CaseyPutsch exactly sir! Looking forward to it!
This is honestly one of the nicest stories I've heard in a long time,
props to Mr. Putsch over there who decided to dedicate his own
knowledge and funds to a small community of students.
Doc Milersky thank you!
I watched this video twice. I'm a junior in high school and all of my education up to this point feels useless after watching this video. A project like this would change my life. I'm saving to buy a project car so I can start learning on my own, but something like this in SCHOOL? You sir are a great man and I wish this program had received the attention it deserved. It gives me a lot of hope to know there are people out there who are really trying to make a difference. Thank you.
Aaron Eaton look us up and follow me on Instagram. I’m still out there swinging and GG is much bigger!
This guy was already super cool with all his stories (absolutely love the Viper and Gatsby ones), but he really earned a ton of respect with this one. It was amazing of him to do this, and he set all those students up for incredibles lives and careers. A true catalyst for success and self-development! Cheers to Mr. Casey Putsch.
GeneralGiant thank you sir! Look us up on the web and Facebook and follow me on Instagram for more! We do airplanes now too!
Ed was right, every second of this story so was interesting :)
Exzanity look up Genius Garage on the web and Facebook and follow me on Instagram. WAY more to see! :)
Yup. I was nooo keep telling the story. Lol
Ed said yesterday today's story would be good. I was NOT disappointed.
Agreed 100%
Yet another inspirational video another inspirational person thank you Ed.
I’ve gotta say, this program is still the best thing I’ve done in my college career to date. I started my freshman year and it truly helped me open up and become who I am today. I truly cannot say enough about Casey’s generosity over the years I was on the team and even afterwards.
Chris S haha!!! Chris!! This man is in the video ladies and gents! Thanks for the kind words my friend.
What an amazing story. And on behalf of those students I'd just like to say thanks to Casey for being the one thing all young, bright minds desperately need. A mentor.
Back in the 1990s, Virginia Power (Now Dominion Power) ran an electric vehicle program for high schools across the state. I was taking auto tech at the time. One of my teachers donated a 1st gen VW Scirocco. We gutted it, built a roll cage, installed a seat, motor, esc, and battery system and competed at Richmond Raceway with other electric vehicles. It was pretty much the best thing that happened in high school.
Ed has done it again all 13.5 minutes were captivating
I'm not crying, you're crying!
My bad, Im cutting onions... Which is why I'm crying too.
Skadoodle is retired get over it
The world needs more people like this.
That was an amazing heart warming story there needs to be more people like you in the world. Simply amazing
This is one of the best car stories. You have created many generations of gear heads.
You provided them an Avenue to show their talents.
TheFirBall thank you sir! I agree.
Ed, you were right. I enjoyed every second of this amazing story. I wish something like Genius Garage would’ve been around in ‘97 when I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do after graduation. I’ve since figured it out but this is a truly incredible story. Thank you for sharing!
My new favorite video. Cars, failure, wins, a huge contribution to the future generation as well as the automotive culture and a failure turned into a valuable life lesson. You should include a link to help fund Genius Garage. I'd definitely like to give a little to such a great idea.
Thomas Brasse www.geniusgarageracing.com
Wow, I just came back to my engineering university after a year off and after denying an internship because I assumed I wasnt worthy. I was in a dark place when I left but I found hope in the motivation I felt when I came back and started grinding my second junior year this fall. I have already found it in myself to realize its all worth it in the end but thank you so much Casey for telling this story and giving me a little extra push in the motivation department.
I definitely realize the importance of this crazy mission I am making & I still dream of finding an opportunity to make the leap from Computer/software engineering into the automotive engineering community. If you or any of your friends do this again, I will be the first to find out and hit you up to be a part of it :)
Von Hassen we are and it’s WAY bigger now. We do airplanes and design too! Look up Genius Garage on the web and Facebook and follow me on Instagram!
jaques nepehw is a great guy. he has to be the only person on kijiji besides captain ron thats always has a car posted or one connected to his build. never a dull day checking a car attached to his name or his uncles anyway!great video, glad to hear someone took the time to teach the next genration how to put a leg up and move forward
Blessed to have kind people like you in this world, thank you Mr. Putsch.
You sir deserve a medal for this great opportunity that you gave to those students! I’m international student and I finished my associate degree in general engineering, and now I’m pursuing my Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering, and I can’t imagine having the chance to work in a race team and on a race car! You sir made those kids’ dream come true!
Rental Car Experience thank you! Look us up and follow me on Instagram and check it out
Casey Putsch I just did! Very interesting projects, I’ll be looking forward to seeing all your up coming projects and updates !
Seriously, what I would have given for a college experience like this. Casey you are clearly one of a kind. I've been told that life is all about the legacy you leave. Sounds like you got that one on lock my friend.
One of the coolest car stories ever. There are FAR too few of men like you, Casey; in the world of motorsport or elsewhere. The entire world should thank you for your efforts. Period.
Samsonian cheers sir!! I’d be happy with more media coverage for Genius Garage and I appreciate the compliment!
Casey Putsch well, you’re welcome to it; you’ve earned it and I didn’t even know you were still carrying on with the GG concept. If only 10% of the successful people with a creative mind just CONTRIBUTED to projects and entrepreneurs’ philanthropic whims like the aforementioned the world would be a much better place. Good luck with your future endeavors and keep on keepin’ on! Cheers!
This is sooooo rad, like School of rock for race cars and you're a much skinnier jack Black :P
This is extremely inspirational. Keep up the good work Genius Garage and VINwiKi 🙏🏿🙏🏿
This is one of the greatest stories on this channel. Awesome work!
This is amazing. I graduated with an aerospace engineering degree and now work in the automotive field, but I wish I had an opportunity to do something like this in college.
This is the coolest video I have watched on this channel. Keep them coming!!
Wow, this is a legendary story. Not many people could pull this off, nice job.
Last time I was this early, VINwiki was just an app.
This guy has a heart of gold. I love him. Bless this guy.
One of the best stories to date! Casey is a class act in my book.
That’s awesome!! That’s one of the best ways to give back! It starts with the younger generations!
I’d like to meet the 3 fumbling geniuses that accidentally hit the thumbs down button.
John H must have been our competition? :)
@@CaseyPutsch three Italian dislikes? 🤔🤣
Six now
jsquared1013 hahahahaha!
@@CaseyPutsch i have enjoyed your videos. The batmobile is the greatest thing ever!
What a crazy awesome idea. Also, free pit crew. Win-win-win.
I remember the presentation at Toledo Cars and Coffee for this. What a great project! Also it's crazy seeing Michael Murray in this video. Definitely a small world.
What a great story, very inspirational. Thanks for featuring it!
Best VINwiki ever. Great to see kids following their dreams
Casey Putch! For right now you are my favorite human being on earth! Truly Awesome what you’ve done for these youngsters!
I am currently a freshman in college. After reading the website and watching this video, I am astounded by the opportunities in this program. I will be applying this spring!
Thomas West cool!!
Simply amazing story, shows what hard work and a willingness to learn can get you, hats off to the whole genius garage program
Great stuff. There is a lot to be learned from here!
Casey - The world needs more leaders like you. Keep up the great work.
Casey is the man! What a way to invest money into educating others and helping them find meaning in their studies and their future. Kudos man!
bardock11 thank you!!! Look us up!
I'm man enough to admit that the ending brought a tear to my. Fantastic story and storytelling.
That is awesome! Truly awesome. Casey seems like an incredible bloke, college kids rebuilding an indy car is an incredible feat. Truly inspiring
Genius Garage is awesome and Casey is a great guy. Did a little behind the scenes video with Genius Garage and got to know Casey and the program very well! It's a great opportunity for anyone wanting to get hands on experience!
Vas K thanks Vas!!
This is such an amazing thing! I wish I could find a opportunity like this, Arizona doesn't have much.... Thanks for doing things for the community. Thanks for showing us how it's done!
Wonderful! One of the best on VINwiki!
Outstanding story! As a native born Hoosier & one who feels as though the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is my 2nd home, having spent many months of May at the track as a kid, this hit a special place in my heart. Bravo! I especially loved the tip of the hat to 4x Indy 500 winner AJ Foyt.
What an amazing story! Casey put together a fantastic opportunity for a bunch of young people. I like what he said about the difficulty in finding mentors. That's such an issue with certain interest groups. It's great he went out and actually took action to become that person that he couldn't find when he was younger.
Casey has to be one of the nicest and most inspiring guys out there
Awesome stuff @Casey! I also was in a similar boat with college, just floated around taking a bunch of interesting classes. Finally working on autonomous vehicles close to some of your students in Palo Alto WITHOUT a BS degree.
You made my eyes water hearing this story man. Congratulations, you are an amazing human being.
What an amazing thing to do. Teaching engineering college students to learn, fabricate, and rebuild a Reynard CART car. Hats off to them, Adrian Reynard would probably be proud too!
Paul thank you sir!
Truly amazing! Thanks for being such a great person.
This is an especially cool story for me as a 1st year MECH ENG student in the UK where I am working on our Formula Student car. I hope we get to go race properly this year at Silverstone. Uni Of Leeds!
Sam Hodgkinson good luck at your race!!!
Damn. I wish i had this option when i was in college. I did do a little bit of work on a sae baja team but i was put in the background on that project and wasnt really able to join in on the design decisions
What an incredible dream to achieve, giving young people real world experiences and work experience that will help them to achive there own goals. Especially out of your own pocket when nobody believes that a programme is worth putting money into
Jack Stratton cheers and thank you sir!
An outstanding story among the other VINwiki stories, in my opinion.
This is one of the best Casey's stories. He is such an interesting person.
That's a really good concept and opportunity for engineering students and that's daring to fund for the program. Great job man.
Varun Sure cheers!
What a great inspiring video. I really enjoyed it.
What an amazing idea. Thank you Casey for the opportunity you're giving these students. It's nice to know that somebody is actually putting their money where their mouth is
Ian Twaddell Putsch your money where your mouth is. :)
Ed was right yesterday with this video being a good one. Well worth the watch, wish I could give it a second thumbs up!
that is awesome; I wish I could have had an opportunity like that.
And it shows that there are still great people in the world. thank you for sharing this story and i hope that you still do this for students.
I absolutely love this guy and his stories. Please please tell more! I love it!
Roy J Silverback as long as Ed will have me back!
Wow lucky kids,.....great teacher to make it happen to help kids
"people that are driven college might be slow or there's only certain things" is how I feel about college. I don't know if I'm ignorant or arrogant, but I on a Colleges FSAE team and seem to learn more out of being thrown into hard decisions on how to engineer a racecar makes me learn faster and better. Classes seem to teach me nothing about what I really want to know and what is important to build a successful and well-engineered racecar.
Amazing story! I'm retiring from the Army next year, and I'm kind of hoping to go into machining part time, if my messed up back will allow it. And it would be just in time to start teaching my kids.
Man, you ROCK! I can't even manage a $20 project at home. What an awesome life lesson for these college students. I know that sounds depressing, but you'll have an interesting obituary one day.
Werner Diedericks hahaha! I’d settle for having a vacation. :)
What a great speaker and person. Love the different vids!!
What a fantastic story. Definitely one of my top five favorite VINwiki stories.
One of the best stories on this channel
Wolverhampton university here in the uk have their own formula 2 team
it's mad what just a bunch of students can achieve.
Amazing Casey, helping them land jobs is truly a good thing.
Razziez I agree!!!!!! That was the whole point. It’s just cool to do it with cars and airplanes.
I love this story. Warms my heart to the core!
Damn, that was my favorite episode to date. And that's saying something because there is a lot of great content here. Well done Casey.
Jake B cheers and thank you sir! Look us up!
This is very inspiring. I hope Genius Garage goes much further and keeps breaking every mold in the car scenes.
this is like formula SAE on steroids! hundreds of schools do something similar to this within their own series so definitely look that up if anyone is here saying "Dam I wish my school/future school does this" because you can do some crazy stuff and make a lot of great friends doing it
I think formula student is way more advanced than what they did. Engineering a car that complies to all of the SAE rules, simulating aerodynamics and the chassis and of course building a carbon fiber monocoque is way harder than reworking an existing car.
@@RedHatMedia I'd say they have different complexities in their own right, but regardless both programs are fantastic for us students to learn some good stuff
@@BaioWithMayo That's certainly true.
@@RedHatMedia it doesn't necessarily have to be a CF monocoque...our team ran a space frame. Some stressed skin panels. And CF control arms. But still, i get what you're saying. Plus the chassis design can be changed every 2 or 3 years rather than every year. Plus aero isn't necessary. Depends on how complicated you want the car to be. If you're a new team you can run something simple with a single cylinder engine.
And if you're into hybrid or electric cars check out Formula Hybrid!
This is one of the most inspiring videos I’ve seen in a long time as a college student.
Ed was wrong this video isn’t good it is amazing 😂
Best Video and guest I’ve seen on VinWiki this guy is awesome and need more like him.
I love this story! Probably one of the most inspiring to me
Best video EVER from VIN Wiki
Favorite story so far. Well done!
What an amazing experience, thank you for sharing it with us!!!
Casey is a remarkable dude, very very cool of him to do all of that for those kids. Absolutely amazing 👏🏽
Casey - This story made my morning of coffee and cigarettes time in my shop.
Thanks for sharing man
Wow such a great video with so much inspiration! This is awesome!
Amazing as always!
Have you looked at Formula Student? We do it in the UK and it's fantastic for students and race teams.. End up racing at Silverstone against a lot of international teams.
I found this dude so funny. All the sound effects with a monster attempting to escape from his jeans. Lol