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The Octane Lounge – Cheap street – March. 25, 2013

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Rob Kauffman is a renaissance guy, at least when it comes to vintage American muscle cars.
Kauffman, 48, the principal and director of Fortress Credit Corp., has a lengthy and impressive resume in the high-powered world of investment banking, operating out of a base in London for many years. He’s also the guy who ponied up the cash to save Michael Waltrip Racing from insolvency and is now half owner of the successful NASCAR team.
More than anything, though, Kauffman is a Car Guy.