Wayne Hammer, the owner and service manager of Midwest Engine Service, has been working with engines ever since he was a vehicle maintenance mechanic in the U.S. Air Force. He ran two successful businesses, Wayne's Towing Service and Springtime Service Spring Company before opening Midwest Engine Service.

Tom Schroud, Midwest Engine's service manager, does everything from ensuring customer satisfaction and quality service to ordering parts to occasionally working on the cars. He has been working with Wayne for more than 20 years and in engine service since he was a kid helping out in his father's small engine and snowmobile shop. He has also participated in management training through Management Success, an organization that provides management classes for automotive repair businesses.

Tim Pauls, Midwest Engine's lead automotive technician, started out as an employee in a fix-it shop in Richland Center, working on all sorts of cars and farm machinery. A few years after high school, he got a job at the local Chevrolet dealership as a technician and worked there for 18 years. After he moved to the Madison area, he worked at another Chevrolet dealership before coming to Midwest Engine in 1999 because of Midwest's independent atmosphere. He has been an ASE certified master technician since 1988.

Erik Gjellestad is Midwest Engine's lead engine rebuilder and machinist and has been an ASE certified master engine machinist since 1998. He has been involved with engines for over 14 years, ever since he broke his dad's car when he was 17 years old and his dad told him to fix it. Shortly after that, he got a job in a local machine shop in West Allis, Wisconsin. He has been working at Midwest Engine since 2000.