Meet The Staff

Mike Panetta - Sales Manager

Being born into a racing family, Mike has been around motorsports and racing since birth. After working in home improvement and the parts business Mike decided to turn his passion into his profession and joined the Diamond team in 2003.

During that time Mike has worked in many different departments with stints in shipping and receiving as well as manufacturing, and finally landing in sales where he has been for the past seven years. Due to his intimate knowledge of the inner workings at Diamond and his dedication to customer satisfaction Mike was promoted to the position of Sales Manager in 2011.

In his spare time Mike is an avid drag racer having piloted many different cars over the past 10 years. Most notably is his current ride a 1979 Mustang dubbed “Dirty Brown”, it features a SB2.2 NOS combo that he runs is X275 drag radial competition across the country.

Ron Beaubien - Sales

Ron Beaubien AKA Mr. Mopar is the youngest of four children from a car crazy family. Growing up during the 70’s, the Beaubien family driveway would be a Barrett Jackson gold mine by today’s standards.

Boasting everything from a 1967 Camaro to a Plymouth Superbird he fell in love with cars and racing at a young age. Spending many of his younger years at the famed Detroit Dragway, it was no surprise that Ron chose to make his career in motorsports. Having been at Diamond since his senior year in high school he has worked his way up the ladder from shipping and receiving, the diamond machine shop, and our head porting facility that used to be on site. Armed with a solid background in performance Ron moved into the sales department in 1996.

Despite all the cars he has been exposed to Ron has always had a soft spot for 340 Mopars and has three in his collection a 1971 Demon, a 1970 Dart Swinger, and a 1973 Dart Sport that he is working on as a restoration project with his sons.

Nick D'Agostino - Sales

Always being a fan of speed and of course taking things apart around the house, it was only a matter of time before love met fascination. At a young age Nick remembers going for rides in his father’s 1970 Camaro SS, and from that point the next generation of hot rodder was born.

In his early 20’s Nick was a freelance photographer for Primedia Publications, his work has been featured in Chevy High Performance, Hot Rod, and Mopar Performance just to name a few. Nick got his start in the motorsports industry in 2000 working as an engine builder and machinist, and also owned a small shop during this time. Having been a long time Diamond customer, Nick joined our team in 2006 as Quality Control and later moved into Sales and Tech where he has been for the last four years.

In his free time Nick can be found at the track crewing for Pelech Bros Racing with their Outlaw 10.5 Camaro, or working on his 1967 Ford Fairlane project.

Jason Barna - Tech

Having been bit by the horsepower bug early in life Jason has worked in the motorsports industry since 1996; having done everything from purchasing to over the counter sales he has a strong background in all things automotive.

Joining the Diamond team in 2009 Jason is our resident Ford aficionado with a specialty in late model EFI modular ford Jason’s daily driver in 2006 Pontiac GTO that he has tweaked with a few bolt-ons including a head and cam swap. It makes for a rowdy street cruiser that turns lots of heads.

However his pride and joy is his 1984 Capri RS that he can be found burning the hides off at our local drag strips. engines. Despite being a ford guy.