Talkzone: Hot Rod Nation Radio

Host : John Sonnefeldt

If you love to cruise or show your ride, modify hot rods or occasionally take your car to the dragstrip, HOT ROD NATION RADIO is for you. John Sonnefeldt is an industry insider and has the passion and the inside track on the continuing growth of the car hobby. Every week, he will cover the latest industry news, events, and everything that makes this car hobby so great!

John Sonnefeldt is the High Performance Sales Manager for Eaton Performance Products and has over 15 years experience in the High Performance Automotive Aftermarket. He travels across the country working with customers who sell high performance parts, developing new products, and attending car events he even gets a chance to take his own car out to local and national car shows. more...

Recent Episodes

The Latest SEMA Show This weeks show is from high performance hot rod part heaven! Its the latest SEMA show in Las Vegas. Every year manufacturers, parts distributors and industry professionals within the car hobby converge on the largest aftermarket parts show in the world. I talked with many of the industries most passionate members as was able to look at all of the hot new parts coming out. Join me for an insiders tour of the latest SEMA show. Enjoy the show!

The Woodward Dream Cruise & Dana Mecum Classic Join me on historic Woodward Ave in Detroit Michigan as I talk to participants at the Woodward Dream Cruise. . Enjoy an interview with car designing legend Chip Foose who was on hand with the coolest car toys you can build yourself: Ride Makerz. Our next stop is the Dana Mecum Classic and Muscle Car Auction in St. Charles, Illinois. There were many rare cars on hand at the reserve auction. Some cars we sold and some at the end were still for sale. Some lucky buyer got a bargain on a Pro-Street Morris. Listen to the show now to hear the details!

The Motive Gear Super Bowl of Drag Racing This weeks show is filled with street legal drag racing. Join me at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet Illinois where the NMCA and the NMRA do battle at the Motive Gear Super Bowl of Drag Racing. I chat with racers, manufacturers and even experience the power of a jet car from the top of the tower. This is a fun annual event. This weeks listener's ride is a very universal Firebird.

The Good Guys Nationals Join me at the Good Guys Nationals in Columbus, Ohio! This show draws the best of the best in Street Rods, Street Machines and Muscle cars up to 1972. We will talk to owners of some unique vehicles, cruise the manufacturers midway, check out the hot autocross scene and even have a mashed potato sundae. Our second stop is in Mooresville, North Carolina at Detroit Speed and Engineering. I'll talk with Kyle Tucker about what Detroit Speed has to offer in performance muscle car parts.
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The host of HOT ROD NATION RADIO , John Sonnefeldt, has a bachelors Degree from Lewis University in Communications, specializing in broadcasting. He is able to combine his passion for cars and his broadcast experience to present a show specifically for the Hotrodder!