Episodes

Friend of the show, Randy Weldon, certified car club enthusiests joins the show with an update on car club activities. Over in the New Car Showroom, Michael Marrs, i s looking at the 2022 Infiniti QX80 a full size SUV for family and more. ----- ----- In Wheel Time Car Talk is now available on iHeart Radio! Just go to iheart.com/InWheelTimeCarTalk whereever you are. ----- ----- Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast provider for the next episode of In Wheel Time Car Talk and check out our...

Dapo Adewusi, Ford Vehicle Engineering Manager for Lightning join with more on the new EV truck and Konrad DeLong has more maintenance tips in the Car Clinic. ----- ----- In Wheel Time Car Talk is now available on iHeart Radio! Just go to iheart.com/InWheelTimeCarTalk whereever you are. ----- ----- Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast provider for the next episode of In Wheel Time Car Talk and check out our live broadcast every Saturday, 8a-11aCT simulcasting on iHeart Radio, YouTube, F...

The Texas Deuce Days are here, a three day classic hot rod event established in 2020 by a multi-generational family of Deuce and Hot Rod enthusiast. In our Pre-owned Showroom, Jeff Dziekan found a 2015 Gord Focus EV!?!? ----- ----- In Wheel Time Car Talk is now available on iHeart Radio! Just go to iheart.com/InWheelTimeCarTalk whereever you are. ----- ----- Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast provider for the next episode of In Wheel Time Car Talk and check out our live broadcast eve...

Our host, Don Armstrong had the chance to make the 3-day run across Texas called the Hot Rod Tour of Texas. Three days of making new friends, running the Texas roads and visiting several automotive sites that have some historical significance ... well, at least some fun. Museums, food joints, the Shiner Brewery tour, an afternoon at a drag strip, and even a night at the drive-in with 'American Graffitti' on the screen. Some of us are seriously jealous! In our feature segment, Jeff Dziekan has ...

We get a lot of opportunities to talk with car people from all walks of life and different occupaitons. One of our favorite groups to talk with are the voluteers over at God's Garage - this is a non-profit group that is helping our veterans as well as families of first responders. Today, we are joined by Brad Thompson with the group and he has a very special guest that he is introducing us to. They are doing great work and it is worth a listen in case you are looking for a way to help and stay ...

It is easy to see why car wraps have become a popular commercial option for business trying to attract attention. It also seems that we are seeing more vehicles wrapped to change the color, or add a sepcial effect for show. At the last Houston Autorama, we talked with some young men that have been working on doing their own cars with a vinyle wrap - mainly as a cost savings effort. So we went to one of the specialist - Gulf Coast Auto Shield. This team has been an award winning group applying a...

On this episode of In Wheel Time Car Talk, it is Brandon Emmons with the C10 Truck Club from an outing to the 2022 Neches River Fest Auto show! Brandon shares some information about the club and gives us a tour of some of the vehicles at the open show located in Pt. Neches City Park, along the edges of the Neches River. It is the annual River Fest with the car show, boat races, live music, food, and much more for a weekend of family fun. In our feature segment, Konrad Delong is sharing the '7 ...

An automobile race on 'public' roads is not something you see everyday - particularly what amounts to a run what ya' brung event. We ran across a really cool looking race car years ago and couldn't figure out where you could run such a vehicle, which is how we met Richard Tomlin from Apex Auto Works in Alvin, Texas. Richard went on to explain that the car was 'designed' for a road race south of the border call the 'Chihuahua Express'. With the help of local law enforcement, the public roads are...

The EV segment of automobiles is quickly changing with newer technology and better use of that technology. The Ford Motor Company has annonced the new F-150 Lightning, a name associated with performance for many years. We are hearing a lot about the truck, but not much on where it is coming from. Joining us on this episode of In Wheel Time Car Talk, Corey Williams with the Ford River Rouge Complex. A location well known to F-150 enthusiasts that has undergone a $950 million make over and is not...

For some time, we have been talking about the car market, whether the new car market that is facing production issues or the pre-owned market that is being hammered by buyers who can't buy new. It seems that once the concerns over the pandemic started to winddown, people started moving about again, the problems started. No labor due to COVID, then delayed production due to COVID safety concerns, to parts production and availabilitly. Then the push to accelerate EV production - seems the automoti...

The In Wheel Time Car Talk is back in Studio A of the Smoke and Mirrors Network - except for our host, Don Armstrong. Don is out on the 3-day Hot Rod Tour of Texas and has been keeping us up to date with some short videos on our facebook page. Do to some mobility connection issues, Don was not able to join us on this episode of In Wheel Time Car Talk live from the Hot Rod Tour of Texas, so the crew covers some of the this weeks automotive news headlines and other stories from the automotive wor...

The In Wheel Time Car Talk crew is back in Studio A of the Smoke and Mirror Network this week while host Don Armstrong is out with the Hot Rod Tour of Texas for a few days. Sitting in for Don on the board is the one and only David Ainslie! During this episode, the crew covers serveral topics, including the apparent rising demand of parts for cars just a few years old. Is the 'change' to EV development/production going to casue a shortage of parts for vehicles just a few years old? In our featu...

The 2022 NHRA Spring Nationals final event at Houston Raceway Park is a bittersweet weekend. For many, it is a first chance, because it is the last chance to see an event like this at Houston Raceway Park. Many racers have memories from this track. For some, it was a record setting run, for others, like 4-time Pro Stock Champion Erica Enders, it is truely a 'home' track. Erica started racing in Houston at the Jr. Dragster level and hasn't slowed down since. What woud a win in Houston on this pa...

What do you do after becoming a NHRA World Champion Top Fuel driver? For J.R. Todd, it was time to take on the 'floppers' - NHRA Funny Car. J.R. sits with the In Wheel Time Car Talk crew and talkes about the differences in drving a 25-foot long dragster and a plastic body car less than half the length, but will the same basic motor transmission setup. It is a very interesting perspective to be able to compare the two from a drier perspective. ----- ----- In Wheel Time Car Talk is now available ...

There are a lot of things we love about broadcasting from the NHRA Spring Nationals at Houston Raceway Park, in particular, we get to talk with Antron Brown! Antron is a NHRA veteran Top Fuel driver and now a new Team Owner! Always a great interview with his outgoing personality that makes him a fan favorite along with ours. We invite you to join us for this episode of In Wheel Time Car Talk as we get an update from a new NHRA Top Fuel Team owner. In our feature segment, Don Armstrong has been...

Kalitta Racing is a well known brand in the NHRA Professional ranks, and we are proud to have Doug Kalitta join us during the 2022 NHRA Spring Nationals at Houston Raceway Park. This is the 'last' NHRA National event to be held at this track, as it is set to shut down operations in the near future. We talk with Doug about being in Baytown for the final event at this historic facility, how his team is doing in 2022 and some future plans for the team. We also get a chance to talk with Doug about ...

We continue our coverage of the 2022 NHRA Spring Nationals as the final national event to be held at the Houston Raceway Park. It is a facility that has been known for setting records and providing great drag racing action for 35 years. Joining us on this episode of In Wheel Time Car Talk is President and General Manger of the track, Mr. Seth Angel. We talk some about the history of the facilty, some of the changes we have seen and about the future. In our feature segment, it is the New Car Sh...

Welcome to Texas! Home of the Alamo, Texas Bar-B-Q and NHRA Top Fuel Driver Steve Torrence from Kilgore! Kilgore, Texas, known for a few things, particularly in the gas and oil industry, but it is not or WAS not known as a hot bed of professional drag racing. That is until Steve Torrence decided to step up to the Pro levels of NHRA Top Fuel. Join us as we learn more about how he got interested, got started and a little bit about what keeps him going. In our features segment, it is the Car Clin...

Collectively, In Wheel Time Car Talk has been attending events at Houston Raceway Park since the very first time the gates were opened. With our close proximity and diverse backgrounds of our crew, we have managed to see a lot of changes over the years and we were saddened to hear it is shutting down operations. For that last four years, Toyota Racing Development has been a welcomed sponsor of our broadcast from the NHRA Spring Nationals, where we have met a lot of great people! We have intervi...

We always enjoy talking with Jack Nerad, noted automotive journalis and author. Not only do we get to benefit from his vast exeriences, he is great to share how things are on the 'left coast'. In this episode of In Wheel Time Car Talk, we touch on the basics of the automtoive industry and learn that Jack has been driving some pretty awesome vehilces! Electric Trucks? The price of pre-owned vehicles? Yep, Jack has thoughts on it all. You can find more of Jack Nerad at DrivingToday.com, including...

We have been talking about electric vehicles for some time now. We have even visited both coasts to see how conversions are being done with mild to wild results by DIY and high-end conversion shops. It is a wild wild EV world! On this episode of In Wheel Time Car Talk, we are joing by Autum Schwalbe, Ford Motor Company Market, as we want to know more about the recently announced 'crate motor' from Ford. The actual motor was part of a Ford build for SEMA 2021 - a F-100 truck that is all electric...

NASCAR is big time oval racing with a long history and big appeal to a lot of automotive enthusiasts across the country. With TV showing the big races at the big race tracks, not a lot of people are exposed to where all this came from. There are actually smaller oval asphalt tracks across the country where racers enjoy the same type of sport at different levels, with some actually working their way up to the big time. There are even dirt tracks still operating that make it possible for almost an...

Sometime it is fun to get out of the t-shirts and shorts for a little while, particularly when it is an automotive event. Coming up is the Beaumont Main Street Gala that is being put on with the help of a number of groups and this year, it will include several aspects. In addition to being centered at the Historic Jefferson Theatre in Downtown, there will be a vintage auto show with many constumed characters on hand. The Hagertys' Members Drive Club will have a member history drive around the ar...

Each week, we try to spotlight a car club - one of the places a lot of enthusasts hang out and where a lot of people get their start enjoying automotive activies beyond daily driving. This week, we talk with Hal Sharp, from the Texas Triumph Register, the largest club of this type in the Nation. Originally formed in 1981, the club contunes to function through hurricans and pandemics. We also learn a bit about Hals' person ride, a 1976 TR6 that has been 'modified' just a bit. In our feature seg...