As a child, Lane was fascinated by cars and had built over 100 model cars by the time he was in the fourth grade. After graduating from high school Lane attended the University of Wisconsin LaCrosse, where he earned his business degree. During his time in college, Lane drove to the Hot Rod Super National in Indianapolis, where he smooth talked his way into getting a private tour of the ZZ Top Eliminator Coupe. Attending the Super National gave Lane the motivation he needed to start building. He decided to sell the 64' Corvette he was driving at the time and take on the challenge of building a 1928 Pontiac 2 door. Since he was not only going to school and working full time, and had little to almost no experience or tools for the task, Lane was at a disadvantage but gladly welcomed the challenge. After graduating from LaCrosse, Lane enrolled in a Technical college which helped him finish his Pontiac. After three years it was finally complete and took its inaugural trip to the 1987 NSRA Nationals in Columbus Ohio. Lane fell in love, "that feeling of taking a truck load of parts and creating something you could drive down the road was too much to overlook." Shortly after he sold his Pontiac and moved to Germany with his wife Nancy, where he worked for the Army and earned his Master's Degree in Information Systems from Boston College, in Heidelberg, Germany.  

For the next twelve years Lane worked for the Government designing computer networks and spent his evenings and any free time building hot rods. His dedication to his job and his hobby often left him with only two or three hours of sleep a night. On June 14th, 1999 Lane received a call from George Poteet asking him to build a 1932 Roadster, and with the support of his family Lane quit his job to follow his passion.  The 32' roadster Lane built for Poteet went on to win the Inaugural Rod and Custom Ego-Rama. Just three years into his full time jobs as a builder, Lane built Poteet another award winning car, this time a 1932 Five Window Coupe, which was named the 2003 Goodguys Street Rod of the Year and won the Ford Design award at SEMA. In the same year Lane was named the Goodguys Trendsetter of the Year.  Over the next few years Lane built FastLane Rod Shop, perfected his craft, and stayed on the top of the pack.

The Grand National Roadster Show recognizes Lane for his hard work and dedication to this industry. We congratulate Lane by naming him the 2012 Grand National Roadster Show Builder of the Year.