CKIW iRADIO 76 Shows

CKiW iRADIO 76’s ”THE 5:15 SHOW” INAUGURAL JANUARY DRAGSTRIP MADNESS!

ATTENTION DRAG RACERS! Time for the CKiW iRADIO 76's inaugural "January Dragstrip Madness! We have the owners or general managers representing drag strips in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana on to talk about their upcoming season. Each track will have just a ten minute time limit and it's one track after another! The tracks featured are: Dragway 42, Lapeer International Dragway, Mid-Michigan Motorplex*, Milan Dragway, Northern Michigan Dragway, The Airfield Drags, Ubly Dragway, U.S. 41 Motorplex and U.S. 131 Motorsports Park**. We are the ONLY station to bring this amazing  amount of drag racing season information-directly from the sources-to you the drag racer. And we will keep on doing it. Guaranteed...  

(* John Sarver stands in for MMM today -** Jay Gilman-Track Manager).

CKiW iRADIO 76’s ”THE 5:15 SHOW” WITH GUEST CHRIS HOLBROOK OF HOLBROOK RACING ENGINES

 Affable, entertaining and always engaging, we had great fun with our guest today Chris Holbrook from Holbrook Racing Engines. Topics talked about on today's show include: appliance repair, growing up with his father Carl Holbrook, on the road campaigning the Mustang with his father and the job he had to do, "Carl never stops on the road", traveling with his sisters and mom, Circus Peanuts, 428 63 Galaxy and why it needs to return (romance), his favorite motor (besides the obvious), missed prom, his street car in High School, working at his dad's shop, the anti-theft Fairlane, racing a Probe, his fabulous wife, dealing with customers at his shop and funny building requests, Honda, most common request that customers want, younger vs. older customers, his favorite drag strip, favorite racing association, what he sees and hears at the line when he is staging, signing photos for fans, come see him in the pits, the $100 story, most challenging place to race, Factory X, when his season starts in 2022, loving that 1/4 mile, hardest person to race against, the driver that he would like to match race, the tear-down barn, headers job, sponsors, see Chris at his shop and so much more!  Producers Note: With his impressive breezy and lighthearted conversational style, Mr. Holbrook has rapidly became one of our favorite guests to have on the 5:15. So much so that we are re-booking him to be with us again. Impressive indeed...

CKiW iRADIO 76’s ”THE 5:15 SHOW” WITH GUEST JOHN METRIC OF LONESTAR EV PERFORMANCE

 EV cars will be the mainstream in the near future and we want this guy on our team! Some dream, some do, and he does both. Our guest today is John Metric from Lonestar EV Performance in Texas. EV performance is all John knows. Think of him as the Keith Black of the EV world. John wowed us at PRI with his EV motor that pumps 1,500 horsepower with 1,500 lb-ft weighing just 240 pounds with just two moving parts. Discussed on the show today: a Michigan boy does good, PRI and EV, being President of NEDRA, EV classes in NHRA and IHRA, Ford and Chevy electric race cars that may not be all that and why, Steve Huff and Don Garlits, his motor in boats, 30k lb-ft EV tractor pulling, how EV performance now is like 1956, battery breakthroughs, Tesla racers, solid state batteries, EV swaps and K5, EV West, standing start record shot Texas/Colo. mile GT-40, Pikes Peak, slip torque, almost at the 6 second mark and so much more. Watch for John Metric, the guy is a genius...

CKiW iRADIO 76‘s ”THE 5:15 SHOW” WITH HAROLD BULLOCK AND PERRY MERLO-OWNERS- MILAN DRAGWAY

CKiW iRADIO 76 brings you the World Exclusive interview with the two new owners of the Milan Dragway- Harry Bullock and Perry Merlo. Today-right from the source-Harold and Perry talk about: the delays of getting the keys to the track officially, the reasons for wanting to buy the track, when they are thinking of reopening, what they plan to fix right away and what they want to have done in the future, what kinds of racing are they going to have in the 2022 season, resurfacing the track, the electronics, how about bring back Friday night racing, getting staffing hired and where to apply, Chris Baxter, Tim and Steve Timoszyk, Twisted MX, sand drags, marine racing, how their families are going to help out in the track, that Free Press article, when the SCCA calls, selling race fuel, how much land did they get in the deal, NHRA or IHRA, food trucks and bathrooms, Autorama, the future involvement with CKiW iRADIO 76 with the Milan Dragway and so much more! 

CKiW iRADIO 76‘s ”THE 5:15 SHOW” WITH GUEST JOE PAPPAS OF THE MOPAR MISSILE

ATTENTION to those who reside in the House of Mopar (or just like drag racing from the golden era), tonight you will be treated to the return of Joe Pappas of Mopar (Motown) Missile fame. On today's show, Joe talks in detail about the infamous "Wire Car" that was so ahead of it's time, it was banned from NHRA competition. Also discussed on the show: Sox and Martin, Herb, NHRA slaps Mopar cars with more weight requirements, Mopar racing in the early 70's, why they went from E body to an A, a new Pro Stock class?, NHRA vs. Mopar, running "Dodge" Colts in drag racing, what was the greatest year for drag racing, match racing and dominating, what happened to the wire car and so much more!  Producers Note: Mr. Pappas is absolutely one of our favorite guests to have on. We have had him on twice and that was not enough time to even scratch the surface of all of the questions that we have for him. Incredibly engaging, a wealth of first hand knowledge and a light hearted speaking manor, Mr. Pappas is well worth your time to listen to. We look forward to having Joe with us again in the near future...

CKiW iRADIO 76‘s ”THE 5:15 SHOW”WITH GUEST BILL JENNINGS-OWNER OF THE LAPEER INTERNATIONAL DRAGWAY

He shoots straighter than any Springfield Armory 1911, we welcome back Bill Jennings-Owner of the Lapeer International Dragway- to talk to us about what is going on with the new/old/pending/legal obstacles that LID is currently/was/is facing. Topics also discussed: a LID book/movie, possible LID tavern, that check from Dodge, what Bill was thinking about buying before he bought LID, George Burns, concerts at LID, paint or no paint of the containers, what is first on the list to be done when all of the legal issues are done, Halloween at LID and so much more!

CKiW iRADIO 76‘s ”THE 5:15 SHOW” WITH GUEST CHAD LEYMAN OF PERFORMANCE PARTS STREET CARS

Enjoys no-prep racing, has some hot rods, grabs some friends and start your own no-prep racing series. That is what our guest did! Chad Leyman, of the Performance Parts Street Cars, dropped by today to talk about a great deal of topics including: how Performance Parts Street Cars (PPSC) started, Chevelle or nothing, Mustang videos, promoting races at Lapeer International Dragway and how it started, "no-prep" definition, Bill Jennings, loyal fans of PPSC, the court and LID, how other states are ahead of Michigan in no-prep, Ubly, PPSC vs. them the rental car, the "rules", flashlights and camera and so much more! A very engaging guest, we look forward to having Mr. Leyman back with us in the future.

CKiW iRADIO 76‘s ”THE 5:15 SHOW” WITH TODD SR. DUNHAM OF THE DRAG RACERS OF MICHIGAN FACEBOOK PAGE

Welcome to the back porch and listen to two old friends give their opinions about all things drag racing in Michigan (and some Ohio) for the 2021 season. One of our favorite guests-Todd Sr. Dunham from the Drag Racers of Michigan Facebook page- is on the porch with us today as topics included: thoughts about Mid-Michigan, Onondaga, U.S.131, Ubly, Lapeer International, Northern and Milan dragways, the fine investments that Michigan track owners are doing, the Onondaga opening, Dragway 42, Mid-Michigan gem, fans coming back, Nick-the master of surprises, CKiW iRADIO 76 starting to use video equipment at the tracks, iffy television coverage for drag racing nationally, Nostalgia racing being HOT, hooray for Milan, Steve Timoszyk, William Alexander, the LID legal story, Bill Jennings and so much more!

CKiW iRADIO 76‘s ”THE 5:15 SHOW” WITH SPECIAL GUEST JOE PAPPAS OF THE LEGENDARY MOTOWN MISSILE TEAM

What a guest. One gets an unique feeling when you talk to folks that were part of history. It's awe, humbleness and intrigue at the same time. Knowing that the voice on the other end of the phone was on legendary drag racing team in the golden days of the sport, we had so many questions to ask. Today our guest is Joe Pappas of the world famous "Motown (Mopar) Missile" team and he answered questions with such great insights we didn't want him to stop. Topics on today's show include: the name change of the Motown/Mopar Missile and what Barry Gordy had to do with that, what it was like to be on a Mopar Factory team, bringing engines in Holiday Inn rooms (with fuel), why the Motown Missile team was different than the other Mopar Factory teams (Sox and Martin, Landy, Leal, etc), who built their chassis (hint-it wasn't in Michigan) , Mr. Hoover, hanging out with Dyno Don, Ronnie and Grumpy, that big per diem money, the Mopar "Test Program Services", reel to reel data recorder, corporate politics, Grumpy's tube chassis Vega, NHRA hates Hemis, the end of the Mopar Factory teams, going to see Don Carlton's shop again after years past and so much more. We will have Mr. Pappas back. Guaranteed...

CKiW iRADIO 76‘s ”THE 5:15 SHOW” WITH GUESTS CLYDE NEWSOME AND LEVI PRATER FROM THE SLOAN ONONDAGA DRAGWAY

It's that feeling that you get when you know that your favorite cousins are coming for a visit. In this case,it is Clyde Newsome and Levi Prater from the Sloan Onondaga Dragway that are coming in to pay us a visit. Topics discussed on today's show include: what's new at the track, the no box programs, the learning curve of running a dragway, looking back at the opening of the track just a few months ago, the massive fan support, the heavy hitters that are coming to the Sloan Onondaga Dragway (SOD), the new timing system, "Racin' Woody", perhaps VIP seating, the interaction with the fans, getting sponsors, overflow parking, the road in front of SOD is now fixed, building up the racing classes, multi-generation racers at SOD, the speakers are up, what is coming up next and so much more!  Producer's Note: The passion and enthusiasm that Mr. Newsome and Mr. Prater have for SOD resonates through the speakers clearly. Their hometown genuineness is quite authentic and charismatic. As time progresses, we are quite confident that these gents will become not only more comfortable with their day-to-day duties, but become outstanding spokespersons for the Sloan Onondaga Dragway. They are well on their way now...