The Rotary Revolution: Inside the Heart of Sevenstock

2024-09-25

We start off this episode of @WestOfTulsa with a question. Do you know what a #rotary is? If not, you'll know everything about it by the end of this show. And if you do, you'll learn a bunch of new stuff anyway. Our guest is Berny Herrera one of the pioneers of #SevenStock , the largest rotary car event in the U.S. maybe even the world. Gabe and Berny believe it's the greatest show on the planet. Do you agree? And Berny's stories take us behind the scenes of SevenStock, how it all began and what to expect at this year's huge e...

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0:45 - Welcome Berny!

2:20 - Jay Leno's Yenko Corvair

2:55 - How Berny got into Mazda's and Rotary engine cars

11:00 - Berny with a couple of his cars

13:00 - Welcoming philosophy of SevenStock for all drivers

14:30 - The early days of SevenStock. Before the big time!

20:00 - Mazda in Japan and its connection to Hiroshima

26:05 - What is a Rotary engine and how does it work?

36:00 - Polarizing body styles by Mazda over the years

40:45 - How Mazda decided to get involved by SevenStock Four. It's never been the same since.

49:00 - The Mazda Corporation leadership has played a major role in SevenStock and where the name came from.