All Speed Motorsports Expo Review - Kansas City MO!

All Speed Motorsports Expo Report

American Royal Building

Kansas City Missouri - February 7/8^th

A group of motorsport businessmen asked Diesel Motorsports last summer if we wanted to join them in a show that would focus on performance automotive so it would encourage enthusiasts to get involved in all segments of motorsports.

I accepted the challenge knowing that we need to keep local tracks busy with new enthusiasts. DIESEL Motorsports contributed by having a truck section with local shops, trucks and information regarding shows. 

This is in direct competition with “World of Wheels” which has gotten smaller every year and does not include local vehicles and performance segments such as race/car clubs or tracks. It tends to include traveling vehicles and older show vehicles with not much performance mixed into the show.

This was the first year for this show so it started out slow but had a very good mix of local race clubs, vehicles and businesses. Saturday was much better in attendance than Friday with a total of 2000 enthusiasts over the weekend. DIESEL Motorsports was quite busy with more people interested in the growing market of diesel HD pickups.

Northeast Diesel helped with a huge display showing a couple of his biggest customers – literally with a 6 door megacab monster truck and a custom 1955 Needle Nose Peterbilt truck. The monster truck owner gave kids a ride on the hydraulic lift that gets him into the truck.

DIESEL Motorsports had vintage trucks, a Dmax drag truck and a local tricked out street truck to show the wide range of possibilities for diesels. In the middle of the trucks DIESEL Motorsports displayed our sponsor’s parts, information and decals to be passed out to enthusiasts.

This show was held in a city owned Agriculture Center with much room to expand in the up-coming years! The show will be held in the last weekend in January for 2021 so make your plans now to attend as a vehicle or a vendor/sponsor for the show. 

This is only going to get bigger every year and to hold it in the middle of the country is a huge advantage for all to make it easily to Kansas City. The winners are listed below along with photos of their vehicles. Looking forward to this show next year and adding to it.

Winners:

Best Diesel: James Knight – The Diesel Pickup Shop/Geneva Nebraska - won best diesel truck with his 61 Ford 12v Cummins

Best Semi: Jamie Johnson from Rust 2 Rodz with 1955 Needle Nose Peterbilt from Marshfield, Mo

Best Monster Truck: Jared Kirkendoll with 2008 6-Door Mega Cab, MegaTruck From Herrick, IL 

Best Race Diesel: Chris Calkins in his 69 Chevy C10 Duramax from St. Louis