Turbo John: From Blue Collar Racer to Drag Racing Icon | Tin Soldier Tuesday Ep. 16
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.พ. 2024
- Welcome back to another exhilarating episode of Tin Soldier Tuesday! In this week's installment, we dive deep into the world of drag racing with none other than the people's champ himself, Turbo John. Join Jason as he sits down with Turbo John to unravel the fascinating journey from his humble beginnings to becoming a household name in the drag racing community.
Turbo John shares captivating stories from his early days in the sport, recounting the adrenaline-fueled moments on the track and the camaraderie among fellow racers. From co-founding a speed shop in the early 2000s to realizing his true passion lay elsewhere, Turbo John opens up about the highs and lows of his racing career.
As a blue-collar racer who made waves with his open trailer and sheer determination, Turbo John reflects on the evolution of the racing scene and the challenges faced by everyday enthusiasts in an increasingly competitive landscape. He offers insightful commentary on the no prep racing scene, expressing concerns about the potential pitfalls that could mirror past trends of big-budget teams overshadowing grassroots racers.
Don't miss out on this captivating conversation packed with wisdom, nostalgia, and a glimpse into the heart of drag racing. Tune in to Tin Soldier Tuesday and join us as we celebrate the indomitable spirit of Turbo John and the enduring legacy of grassroots racing.
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Thanks for having me on the pod cast! Was really fun, and I had a blast! Thanks for the kind comments y’all!
So cool to see you on here!!!
I'm a subscriber to both channels here and I really like hearing where you came from. You're a very humble guy. I do believe you do the most with the least, always reusing parts and getting everything you can out of them. I really liked this interview.
Great job buddy
Turbo John is one of the most humble stand up down to Earth drag racers God ever blessed us with.
Turbo John is the People’s champ. He is the number one no prep goat of all time the man is an innovator and a trendsetter. There’s very few people in our sport that can hold a candle to this man. Love you Turbo T-bird.
Turbo John is a legend
The coolest guy in no prep, hands-down I love the Src family as well, but turbo John is the man
I agree.
I agree they ain’t no one like turbo John
100% agree
SRC has gotten to big and they have got the big head now. To much show boating with SRC. I remember when they was small time and just enjoyed racing. I stopped watching them. TJ is a down to earth to guy. Really like him.
@@kevinhuckabey4016no no they don't... I just ran into them on sick week ..pulled over to help us when everyone kept driving and they had plenty of their own issues so had no reason to want to help other than being good people.. they are as down to earth as it gets... it's okay to be jealous of people or not like them but don't make shit up...
Man Jason, you are such a humble guy. I hope that you are aware that everyone can see HIM and HIS influence on you in everything that you do. Turbo John, another very humble individual. So glad to see him back at it after the wreck. Prayers going out to his buddy whos shop just burnt. It was heart breaking to see.
Turbo John is the peoples racer. He’s made me not scared to try stuff or have to try again. (Mean that in a good way) 💪🏻
SRC. Turbo John. Hustling Horsepower/Nick Plewniack. Jimmy Dale. Tin Soldiers. Pete Harrell/Real Good at doing stuff. Raggedy Ann. I never miss an episode from any of these guys.
All great channels
Same
Every single 1 of those channels
Jason and John. 2 of the most knowledgeable yet HUMBLE men in the modern drag scene. You exemplify GOD'S heart in your words and actions.
I clicked so fast I’ve always wanted to see an interview with turbo, John Baby
Man I clicked on here so fast I’ve been waiting on this interview for a minute Turbo John is the man.
Two of the most humbled guys!
You nailed it turbo john is the peoples champ who doesn't like that guy i could listen to him talk all day his accent is something else could you imagine him with a new york accent...lol great video
My guy im so glad you had on tj he is the most humble guy great racer
I live in small town Indiana and stormin Norman lives up the street from me and he operates a full service gas station and lives to talk to the folks in town, he's a cool dude with a country mile worth of ol racin tales.
That’s freaking awesome… would love to have a convo with that dude
Nice to hear Poppy get an honorable mention! He's a good guy and dedicated racer. He's surrounded by great people as well. You guys should sit down with him sometime.
I love to hear turbo John talk but Billy from the street race channel does the best imitation I've ever heard in my life😁
Turbo John is awesome. Glad to see him team-building a new car.
Loving the podcasts!
Turbo John is a great guy and good interview.
Not really a podcast guy. But bluetooth in ear,so I could listen while in the shop. Good stuff ,TJ has got to be a good dude. From one southern boy to another! 🤘
Another banger podcast . John is a great dude and a wealth of knowledge. I got my budget long travel struts from copying him
John is a great person and I’m proud to know him and call him a friend
THIS IS AN AWSOME INTERVEIW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Being a local radial racer in NC I see turbo John for years now at my local tracks he’s just the best .. one of the most humble guys I’ve ever meet him and his team Randy Courtney Brian Milton etc etc very good dudes
What a great conversation between two guys who love drag racing. At the upper end of drag racing the egos of the drivers really spoil it for me. Give me down to earth no prep guys like John and KC max every time.
What's not to like about Turbo John?? It is what it Is.....
I met Jason in Norwalk a few years ago he is the most approachable, kindest, and appreciates his Fanbase 👊🏻
Both really good guys on here with a lot of knowledge and I learned from both of these guys thank you.
Great to hear!
Thank you you guys are awesome. 💪💪❤️
This was a awesome podcast really liked to hear John’s insight on everything going on in our industry
Ðrag-n-Drive is the way to go.
I graduated in 97 and it was so much fun in those days with those Fox Bodies.. I got an 89 for my first car, and street raced it 8-10 times every Fri & Sat night.. No money was ever bet or changed hands.. You got bragging rights, and it was real racing.. Now its BS street racing that has turned into how can I steal your money no matter what.. My 89 had a b-cam, trick flow heads & explorer intake, & 4.10's and was one of the fastest cars in our town.. A few guys started getting vortech and paxton blowers that started out running me, so I got an NX plate and was a blast.. It went from 12.3-12.5 to 10.7-8's.. Now you can buy 10's from the factory and they take no skill to drive.. Our foxes were all stick shift, and you had to have skills and knowledge..
Can’t wait to lestien to Jeff!!!
Hell yeah Turbo John 👍
My guy can drive a race car and never lifts lol .. hey tin soldiers y'all have awesome podcasts keep em coming 🏁
Another great video with another great guy ! I enjoy listening to both of you and believe whole heartedly that you enjoy helping the little guy get his bang for his Buck let’s go racing I love that quality in both of you all
2 of my fav youtubers!!!
Love John and what he stands for, Go John!
Great interview!
Turbo John is one of my favorites.
Turbo jon is a amazing at how he explains everything
Hell ya my favorite. Turbo John is the reason i started to make TH-cam videos. Legand
Great podcast between 2 of my favorite channels! I live in a state with very little to no drag racing and I probably will never own a race car but you 2 are so inspirational in way you guys work hard and treat the people around you that it applies to everybody not just racers.
Awesome! We have followed TJ a long time and his channel is one of our favorites.
That is awesome!
Turbo John is so close to home with coming from nothing making racing fun win or lose
John is a righteous guy!!
Great episode....TJ is one of my favorites
Turbo John!!!!
Peoples Champ for sure.
Much respect TJ glad to see you on here. I’ve been watching TJracing since 2019 I believe. My favorite videos are of you tuning the OG mustang on the Holley. It was so foreign when I first seen you tuning on your laptop not that I’ma tuner but I did learn from you and understand it a lot more now. I also like TSR I love the motivational Monday videos specifically the video of you comparing a bible verse to your “stock” 6.0 you went 4.30s on i like that video so much when I’m feeling depressed I go back and watch it again and again. Y’all keep up the good work
Looking forward to this
TJ is a good dude! Let me know when ya got some free time I’d love to come down!
That was one of the most entertaining conversations I've heard in a while
In my opinion, small tire no prep is going the same route as outlaw 10.5 did years ago. For many years it was simple rules. Stock appearing cars with headlights and taillights, stock front frame rails and firewall, 10.5 inch tires, 3000 pounds run it. It progressed itself to the moon, then Johnny Finn created ORSCA and tried to make some rules to equalize it. Which worked for a while. Some simple rules across the board that would set a standard for small tire no prep,similar to what outlaw 10.5 was, would help a good bit.
Meet Turbo John at the Crossville race afew years ago!!!
Stand up guy was easy to talk to even while he was workin on the car!!!👍👍👍👍
Great podcast! Thanks!
Great guy
Turbo John,, HAELL YEAH Brutha!
You guys are killing it, great work 👍
TJ is definitely one of the good guys , and his blue TJ shirts are some of the best shirts ever.
Another outstanding interview... well done guys
My man
I enjoy turbo John i met him at Vmp he was doin the npk small tirer stuff great guy
Liked it before I even watched it..tj and j..how couldn't it be good
Man..now after watching it..and considering all the awesome guests that have been on here..still have to say by far the best 1 yet..and most natural but valuable conversation
Another one 🔥
Awesome stuff
I had no clue you guys fried rice also! Turbo Hondas is what got me hooked! But man they just don’t last like a sbe 5.3
The good stuff
I was kind of upset that he painted the saturn, that bowling ball paint job gave it character
It looked like a gay pride flag! 🤮
Have a 427ci SBC procharged in a 92 s10 4l80 transmission with Trans brake strange 9"leafsprings with Cal-trac bars 1,000/1,100 horsepower on pump gas 1,200 horsepower on C16 racing fuel. Carburetor CSU 850cfm and Aeromotive fuel pump and boost reference regulator. 20 gallon fuel cell Rhodes race cars built with 10an and 12An pro series aluminum with sending uint for chevy fuel gauge. My Country Boys corvette. Got a 1956 apache short bed truck wanting to build to run faster than s10. And still be driveable and A/C rack-n-pinon steering disc brakes. And still be leaf spring truck.
I started racing about same time as John did and in the 90’s if you had a naturally aspirated motor that made 1hp per cubic inch in a street car you had a fast car
I raced on the mid 70’s! As for one HP per ci it was true unless your motor was a 283 or 289! 😉 Back then the mantra there’s no replacement for displacement really meant something!
Let's go
John, you need to get a trans am back...the '84. Pretty sure its too late to get "the" t/a back, but you can do another one.
Im 54 and lucky enough 5o still have my first car...its a 1970 Olds 442. Mind you, i paid $550 for the car in 1983, but it is my first car, and its since got a new frame, floors, quarters, etc. Its been in what i call "paint jail" for the past 20 years when life got in the way...2 women, 3 children, and well, you know...life stuff. Im now having health problems and all my friends moved on so its just me and this roller in the garage. I runner up'd last time i raced the car, it was an old NMCA race at Mid Michigan dragway. Should have won that race, but ill spare y'all the excuse wagon, lol..
When the car comes back out, i want none other than Tin Soldier to finish the cage.
Interesting fact, the car only has a "6 point" but its all done right and 1 5/8 chromolly by the late great Steve Grebeck. If anybody out there know the name and remember him please comment below. If you are old as me and from Detroit then you know who he was. By coincidence, i also worked for years with "skinny kid" Keith Engling, so yeah i was around the "scene" here in Michigan going way back. I actually drove the skinny kid/brian robbins hurst/olds car at a high school drags event at milan dragway in 1987 but the only thing left from that original car was the steel roof, LoL!!! Keith went all out shortly after all that and we parted ways as gentleman. Alot of people don't know that skinny kid Keith was doing phenomenal restos and paint jobs at 15 years old thru his dads shop, Farmington Hills Collision, in the early 80s. When we worked together i was right out of high school and we met on the streets thru our love of Oldsmobiles, primarily 70-72 442s. Keith and i were restoring cars out of a 2 car garage on west side, Warrendale area, Detroit back then. Id be a miss if i didn't mention his business partner at the time named Rick Roberts. Rick and i became friends back then and loved and lived all things Oldsmobile for many years. Nothing bad happened but have not heard from Rick in a few years now, i just realized.
I just thought of a funny story, last time i raced my 70 as mentioned above, Keith skinny kid was there with some of his fox body chassis creations so i went up to him in the pit near starting line, because by then he was a big dog so he got that up front area to work from. He saw me, grabbed my hand and said "Bill Stamper...what a great blast from the past"! Made me feel pretty good, not gonna lie. At my age i will never be more than an enthusiast levelndrag racer with some pretty good stories. I will never have a quick car in a fast class, mostly due to money. With all that said, i dont ever plan to leave the sport because i grew up living it, participating best i could, and having an understanding and love for what it is y'all do every weekend. Its never gonna be a money maker except for a very select few. Ive seen a handful make it, but not without sacrifice and a bunch of box mac and cheese dinners getting there.
Ive rambled wayyy too long on this comment and doubt any of you will read it, but if you do then thank you for taking the time.
Now lets all get out there and race!
Even if its "only" within your means its still a great way to spend your time and much better than so many other things we could spend our money and time on.
Love all y'all. Go be you and make the best of it!
This is what it’s all about
Turbo magazine came out in 1985. That was the first turbo information I remember seeing. A lot of GN stuff
Turbo John don't mind to help anyone that what I like
This going to set the cat amongst the pigeons! But I think some 500ft racing will be in the future to help the small bock format and NO2 guys stay competitive to help keep entry numbers up because those guys are not keeping up on the big end and cars are only going to keep getting faster. Secondly lots of rural outlaw tracks are short and sketchy so it will also help with safety on track and car tech level safety.
At the race big daddy went 265. With the rod that is in the Smith somidom. I was there had pictures
🔥My Dude
👍👍
💪😎
lets go TJohn
Fully agree with splitting small tire up why not keep the og/budget cars on 28s and let the big money chassis cars run 29s
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Turbo mustang, LS, what do you think about no intercooler on E 85 and some street use? Foolish?
1986 or 1987 twin torbo Buick red white idra .Kansas city .first try pro stock. History. I may be not correct
Awd needs to be eliminated from the rear wheel drive or what ever. no prep. Not fair to have a awd against a rear wheel drive.
I think keep them in the outlaw unlimited type stuff but limit the front wheel size to something like the rwd guys have (or combined F+R). That will help make parity...
The guys mentioning how cool TH-cam is and the impact it has made on regular 'sponsored' television,, yep, it's true. I almost never watch network tv anymore. Were it not for my Wife watching QVC and Animal Planet I'd cancel it and watch TH-cam exclusively.
Same here. My wife watches a lot of old (60’s-70’s) shows along with ESPN and NFL. If she isn’t home the TV is off.
Jimmy dale runs two different classes at the same race…….
He needs a ford motor and to get rid of the Chevy motor
I’m a diehard Ford guy but I have to disagree. You can flat out make more power per $ with Chevy based engines. And that’s all that matters in a race car. In a street car I’m all about Ford in a Ford.