CKIW iRADIO 76 Shows

CKiW iRADIO 76’s ”THE 5:15 SHOW” WITH GUEST STEVE TIMOSZYK OF THE DETROIT TIGER FUNNY CAR

He is one of the more fascinating people in drag racing and that is why he is back with us for his third time. Steve Timoszyk runs the Detroit Tiger Funny Car, is the promoter for the nostalgia races at the Milan Dragway and is a senior member of the Timoszyk Racing Syndicate that has friends and family involved in all sorts of areas in drag racing. Topics talked about with Mr. Timoszyk include: updates to the Detroit Tiger FC, target time to run this year, Funny Car Chaos and what it is, Steve's team and how they try to get the edge, the "fuel pump" caper, what body style he would run if they didn't have the Monza, what class he would run if he didn't run fc, promoting the nostalgia races at Milan Dragway, the Nostalgia Nationals and listen to all of these cars that are coming in for it, the return road secret, the Detroit Tiger FC schedule, running at a Payso event?, Steve's crew, look for that sponsor and so much more! Mr. Timoszyk is one of favorite guests and we certainly look forward to his return with us!

CKiW iRADIO 76’s ”THE 5:15 SHOW” WITH GUEST MIKE RUTH FROM THE MIDWEST NOSTALGIA PRO STOCK ASSOCIATION

Many drag racing fans look back at the 70's & 80's as the golden era for Pro Stock and have a special place in their hearts for them. Mike Ruth and his compatriots are doing all they can to preserve that time in racing with their cars in the Midwest Nostalgia Pro Stock Association (ed. note-are two groups that call themselves "Midwest Nostalgia Pro Stock Association"- Mr. Ruth's is the one from the one that slogan is "Paying Tribute to the Legends"). Topics discussed with Mr. Ruth today include: How Mr. Ruth got involved with this club, Bob Glidden's family, getting his Bob Glidden Tribute car together, eagle-eye fans, match racing, long "burn-down" caper, what fans like to see, Lenco inside, period correctness in their cars, the "Grumpy Cup", when Mr. Ruth started drag racing, Mr. Ruth's second choice car, Mr. Ruth's chassis biz, his one big change in drag racing wish, his favorite track to race at, his sponsors and crew, favorite person to race against and so much more! Mr. Ruth is quite a fine ambassador to drag racing, we look forward to having him back with us.

CKiW iRADIO 76’s ”THE 5:15 SHOW” WITH GUEST ROLLIE MILLER FROM THE NMRA & NMCA

Today, we have Mr. Rollie Miller, the General Manager/National Event Director of the NMRA & NMCA Topics talked about included: what are the requirements to join/ race at a NMRA & NMCA race, NMRA and Ford products, the True Street Class/requirements/awards, the 30 mile cruise, 520 cars for the event!, Mr. Miller's background in drag racing, NHRA Safety Safari, Texas to Cali and back, Promedia says "hi" to Rollie, the Promedia empire, that absolutely awesome "Fastest Street Car" magazine, memberships, host hotels, why two separate clubs, Steve Wolcott, Power Mall Service, Hemi Shoot-out, what about taking over the other 'HRAs, ASO, EV racing, Mach-Es, what Mr. Miller wants to see in the future, "Lifestyle Events", US 131 event 2022, how to get tickets, find Mr.Miller at events, Mr. Miller's staff and so much more! Producer's Note: We love guys like Mr. Miller.  Incredibly knowledgeable, charismatic, and passionate about not only keeping the quality in drag racing but also looking for ways to grow the sport. He and his organization(s) have our attention. We look forward not only to see Mr. Miller at U.S. 131 this year but to have him return as our guest on the "5:15" as soon as scheduling permits.

CKiW iRADIO 76’s ”TH 5:15 SHOW” WITH GUEST THE LEGENDARY BRIAN WOLFE

He has been our guest more than anyone else on the "5:15" and with good reason, folks always want to hear what is going on with him. Today our guest is the Legendary Brian Wolfe, Godfather of the 7.3 "Godzilla" engine. Today, we talk to Brian about such things as: how many Ford drive trains has Brian been involved in, how Brain got involved with Ford in 1982, Jim Clark, behind the scenes of the 1987 HO program, why Brian only wanted to work for Ford only and in Engine Engineering, Baskin Robbins, Brian's first car- '69 Fairlane Cobra- and how he got it, Brian's driver's ed, Al Wolfe, '66 Fairlane, Woodward carb testing, Brian street racing in 2022, first time he went to the drag strip, 7.3 Godzilla updates, new aftermarket parts and manufacturers for the 7.3, dyno the Godzilla, 1500hp, the biggest challenge with the 7.3, turbo or supercharger, monitoring the 7.3 on-line groups and their biggest misconceptions, trolls, 6.2 engine, The Coyote, when the Godzilla was going for the green light and how that day went,  what would of happened if the Ford turned down the 7.3, the 6.9 engine, cars running the Godzilla at the track this year, where Brian will be racing this season, good-better-best kit step-up packages for the Godzilla approved by Brian, what the future looks like for Brian and so much more! Mr. Wolfe is one of the most dynamic guests we have ever had on and is our pleasure to have him with us. Rest assured, he will be back with us soon...

CKiW iRADIO 76’s ”THE 5:15 SHOW” WITH GUEST AL THOMAS OF THE NATIONAL ELECTRIC DRAG RACING ASSOCIATION (NEDRA).

Al Thomas, the new President of the National Electric Drag Racing Association  (NEDRA) is a guest that we have had on a few times before and he never disappoints with his Rollex mind of all things electric cars, drag racing, squashing tired cliches about EV's, etc. Topics discussed on tonight's show include: electric snowmobiles, the upswing in NEDRA, some ICE mindsets, how much electricity does it take to make a gallon of gas, can the grid handle EV's, EV "gas stations", 10 minute charge, DTE help, "load balancing", how EV's can help against "Brown Outs", powering your house from your EV for a few days, Honda, GM EV platforms, body swapping, EV development ramp, better batteries, NHRA EV division, Street Outlaws EV, the new NEDRA Board, EVs at PRI, NEDRA MIDNIGHT MADNESS at 131, John Metric and so much more! We are expecting to hear more from the  fascinating Mr. Thomas with big news this year, hold tight. We can't wait...

CKiW iRADIO 76”s ”THE 5:15 SHOW” WITH GUEST BRENT COOPER FROM NU-ICE BLASTING EQUIPMENT

Doing our fair share of sand (yes, sand) blasting, we were impressed with what we saw at the Nu-Ice Blasting Equipment booth at PRI last year. Today we are talking to Brent Cooper of Nu-Ice about such topics as: how his company got started, exactly how the dry ice blasting works, where dry ice blasting is best used, safety first, how much dry ice it uses on the job, dry ice pricing, uses for automotive, car detail work, Brent's dad, working at PRI, dealing with customers, how quickly someone can learn how to use the blaster and so much more!

THE CKiW iRADIO 76’s ”THE 5:15 SHOW” WITH GUESTS JIM & ELIOT FROM SHADOWOODS RACING

The book of drag racing history is incredibly thick, and our guests today have more than a few pages in that tome devoted to them. From the legendary Shadowoods Racing Team, our guests are Eliot Erlandson and Jim Tignanelli. Topics covered today include: How Shadowoods got it's name, the Shadowoods Sunoco station, Jim's dad, Logghe chassis, the drag racing all stars that hung around at Shadowoods, Woodward Garage Guys, Roger Lindamood, Tom Tignanelli, the famous paint scheme, Fatso, Jim's dad painting famous drag cars, lead working, drag racing and NASCAR guys, why no primer on their cars, the famous Holiday Inn story, drag racing in the 60's, Roseville police, I-75 Jesus story, Ma Tignanelli, the Max-Wedge car, the NEW UFO car, the '68 car and so many more stories. Producers Note: We found Mr. Tignanelli a master story teller. He has a mental rolodex of humorous stories from the golden era of drag racing. We talked for well over an hour and still didn't scratch the surface about the Shadowoods history. Fabulous guests. We are having them back this June to continue. Stay tuned. And let Jim drive...

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...