Mopar Madness at Hemi Hideout

Welcome to Hemi Hideout

Speaker 1 0:00

Welcome to another In Wheel Time podcast From Hobus' Hemi Hideout in Brookshire , Texas . This is the award-winning In Wheel Time car talk show . Just ahead , we visit with the man and the proprietor of the Hemi Hideout , Mr John Hobus . We're going to have more of John's Mopar collection here on the radio , so we won't bother you folks that are in here with that , unless you want to , and you can come down here and hear about them . I'll give you my thoughts on driving the 2025 Toyota RAV4 SUV and Jeff has the Motor Minute , this segment of the In Real Time Car Talk Show . Howdy , along with Mike out of this world Mars . We always need more Jeff Zekin . Over here we have David Ainsley . Yeah , I'm Nod Nortzmura and we're so glad that you could join us today , nice to meet you ?

Speaker 1 0:57

Yeah , nod Nortzmura , nod Nortzmura . You've never heard that before .

Speaker 2 1:04

I had a neighbor , but he wasn't named .

Speaker 3 1:06

that he wasn't named that he was named something else that we really don't want to know .

Speaker 1 1:11

Nod Nordsmura is Don Armstrong backwards .

Speaker 3 1:14

Oh , okay , I'm on Hobbs . What are you On Hobbs , on Hobbs .

Speaker 1 1:19

Welcome . Yeah , exactly . So joining us now is the man , the myth , the legend , John Hovis . And we're going to introduce John not only to our radio and television audience , but we're also going to introduce him to the people that have arrived here today . A lot of the people have never been here before . I was talking to a guy have you ever been here before ? No , I've never been here before . I said , well , oh , I love this place . It speaks to all of us , john , congratulations .

Speaker 3 1:47

Yeah , so we love to have new people here . Welcome everybody to Hemi Hideout . It's a pleasure to have everybody here , a little bit of a slack group , I think the weather kind of scared most people away . I'm trying to get this where everybody can hear me , but anyway we can hear me , but anyway we can hear you .

Speaker 1 2:07

So you know , the whole concept of the Hemi Hideout kind of evolved , did it not ? Because you had your collection in a barn over here . You're fine .

Speaker 3 2:18

Okay , you're fine . We had this collection in a barn behind the building here we wanted to build . I can't hear a thing in here .

Speaker 1 2:26

You can't Is his headset turned up . David , is his headset turned up , it is .

Speaker 3 2:32

Can you hear me ? We can hear you , just fine , anyway .

Speaker 1 2:37

The collection in the barn .

Speaker 3 2:37

This was my idea of trying to build a man cave . That got a little bit out of control , yeah , but what fun we had putting this together . Now I can hear fine with the speaker here , okay , okay . This is a culmination of about 30 people putting heart and soul into what we've created here at Hemi Hideout so not just me , a bunch of other people that contributed to what we did . This is what we're doing to try to stay out of the rocking chair , keep

John Hobus and His Collection

Speaker 3 3:05

finding this stuff .

Speaker 4 3:06

I'm out again .

Speaker 3 3:08

Now .

Speaker 2 3:09

I can hear .

Speaker 3 3:09

Okay , sorry about that , anyway . So let me just start with this . How about this ? If you look around the building here , what percentage of the signs would you say are illuminated ? Anybody got a guess ? Somebody right here . Somebody give me a guess right here 50 ? 100 . Only 7% of them are illuminated . But it looks like a lot more than that . It's an optical illusion 324 neon signs in here out of 4,500 pieces that we collected . 15 years ago . We didn't have any of this stuff . We started collecting this stuff building the building and we're still on the hunt . As you can see , it's only halfway done . Look at that ceiling , totally naked up there .

Speaker 4 3:52

So it's all got to get covered .

Speaker 3 3:54

So we're on a mission to get it all done . There's a story behind everything in here . If you find one of our friends with the name tag , they can answer questions for you about anything inside this building . But it's been a fun journey to travel all over the country , gather the stuff , repair it . We have a restoration shop behind the building here you can go see . We take you on the golf carts if you like , and the show just keeps on going . It's a lot of fun and we get to meet a lot of nice people and the car groups . You can't beat that . So we appreciate everybody coming out today .

Speaker 1 4:25

So one of the things that I wanted everybody to know is this is only a portion of the car collection , and we started going through all of that for the first time on this show , and so we're a little bit more than halfway through , and once you get done with this we'll talk about some of the cars that you have on there . But this is only a portion of the car collection , because I remember the first time I came out here and met you , it was all full of cars . Well , obviously , things have evolved since then A little bit , yeah , and we have tables and chairs and people can wander around . There's a little bit more room in here , not just full of cars . So that's the reason I assume that not all of the cars are in here .

Speaker 3 5:10

You're getting old and starting to forget a lot of stuff too , though , but me , anyway . Yeah , some of the cars are in another location , but mostly we keep Dodge and Plymouth cars in here . That's the cars I loved when I was young , so it doesn't matter if you're Chevrolet , ford , pontiac whatever your flavor Harley Davidson or Triumph I was a Triumph guy , and so it's in your soul and until they plant you in the ground , and this is all about trying to hang on to the good old days . But yes , we have other cars , a few other cars .

Speaker 1 5:32

And you kind of rotate them in and out from time to time we do , yeah , the other thing is that people go well , so what's with the tractor collection ? Because us guys like tractors . That's why .

Speaker 3 5:43

Exactly , they're cool . They are cool . They represent , to date , the worst man-made disaster in American history . Those tractors right there , everybody farmed up every square inch and to date represent the biggest man-made disaster in American history . So we have 19 tractors and obviously there's six or seven here . But that's another cool thing . I think I'm going to get rid of the tractors and do something totally different , but yeah , just change it up a little bit .

Speaker 1 6:06

You can't get rid of the bulldozer .

Speaker 3 6:12

You got to put that away somewhere . For me it's actually not a bulldozer . That was a wheeled and axle tractor and you could take the axles and tires off and put a crawler package on there and now you pull three plows . So it never was made to be a dozer . That thing won't dose powdered sugar . It's not enough weight .

Speaker 1 6:24

Well , it looks good , it looks good . And you know , for us car guys , it's all about the look . It's all about the look , yeah , exactly .

Speaker 3 6:31

Again , great , great history behind that . Yeah , and there's also a dinosaur head back over here . There is he's a replica . He's not real , but the turtle is . There's a hundred million years old , the T-Rex , and there's a replica of the best one ever found . And again , just more fun stuff . That that unusual . We start off with Dodge , plymouth oil and gas . Now it's an eclectic collection of stuff unusual , bizarre , weird things what's the oldest sign that you have in here right now ?

Speaker 3 6:59

that would be you no , we know that the oldest sign in here would be about 1900 . I would say maybe a few in the 1800s . But porcelain became popular around the turn of the century . So our sign collection is about 1900 to 1960 , because around 1960 , uh , signs became plastic and so these are porcelain or glass-coated steel is what porcelain is . They're durable , they're shiny , they're beautiful . Nothing has to look like porcelain . It's like . Neon came to the United States in 1928 , and by 1960 it would become visual pollution . So if you remember , like in Don Armstrong , don Armstrong , visual pollution , yeah .

Speaker 1 7:44

No , like the Don Armstrong , visual pollution .

Speaker 3 7:47

No , like the village and Westbury Square and all that See a neon and by 1960 , visual pollution , too much neon going on . So today you can't put neon on top of a building , you can't have flashing lights , you can't have chasing lights , no flashing arrow . You're limited to what you can do . So if you think about it , in Houston there's none of that because of what happened .

Speaker 1 8:09

So which one is the oldest sign that's in here ? You didn't point that out Well is it the one that's behind the Dodge Brothers motor vehicles ? The one that I like that has got the little glass beads all over it and the light goes behind it .

Speaker 3 8:24

No , that's a Texaco sign and that would be 1918 .

Speaker 1 8:27

Oh , my God , so old .

Speaker 3 8:28

Yeah , like that sign over there behind that tracker Ransom , sims and Jeffries . That's 1800s . That's probably one of the oldest ones in here Gotcha , gotcha .

Speaker 1 8:36

Well , my favorite is the one that's in the box on the wall on the post down there , the Dodge sign .

Signs and Vintage Memorabilia

Speaker 3 8:48

That's a great story , that's right . That Dodge sign . We found that in Franklin , tennessee , in the original crate , and it was in an old barn that was about to fall down and somebody had a Dodge dealership that that sign never made to and so they had it stored for 80 years . We brought it in here , cut the slats out , plugged it up , fired right up , and it hasn't been touched since . That's right , it hasn't been touched since , just electricity brought to it and bring it to life .

Speaker 1 9:06

One of the other things that I wanted to point out is there's a gentleman here that was very instrumental in me meeting you and was also instrumental in the Hemi Hideout , and I see him walking over there with a Coke in his hand . His name is Bill Seitz and I need to tell a brief story about Bill .

Speaker 3 9:25

Well , I met Bill in the car circle . You know going to these car shows around town . Everybody knew Bill . Raise your hand , bill , so they know who you are . So everybody in the car circle knows Bill Seitz does car art for many people and one day we crossed paths and decided we're going to kick this project off . But I always blamed Bill for doing this because I kept talking about it and wouldn't do anything and he was the reason it got initiated .

Speaker 1 9:46

We've been blaming Bill ever since we've known him .

Speaker 3 9:49

I'm gonna blame Bill till he drops dead , yeah , but anyway a lot of fun doing all this , yeah it is , and Bill was instrumental in it .

Speaker 1 9:58

There's a lot of Bill's art that is in here . There's one piece that's right over here with the cartoonish looking sure 70 .

Speaker 3 10:05

Yeah , this is a in this picture here . This is a 1970 dodge super b . That was a the year model car I had when I was young and uh . So in this picture this is a car and driver magazine ad a centerfold , if you will for roadrunner in 1968 when it was car of the year . So bill Bill took the car out and put my car in . So there's a lot of personal touch in here . All the decorations and things around the building , like the big mosaic in the floor in the center of the building . Bill did all the artwork for that . We had a lady in San Antonio make the individual pieces and part of the fun we had .

Speaker 1 10:44

Is there anything else that you need to explain to anybody ?

Speaker 3 10:47

Yeah , how about this ? Everybody thinks it's full . You can't put another thing in here . Three months ago we didn't have that white truck sign , we didn't have the pure gasoline on the pole , we didn't have Sorenson Greenhouse , didn't have White Star Gasoline , the windmill wasn't there and the tealine in the back wasn't there . So you could take all those pieces and put it right here if you wanted to . It looks full , but it's never going to be full .

Speaker 1 11:11

The other great story , john , that everybody needs to know this is the fact that you know there's some wood over here on the siding of inside . That story is fabulous .

Speaker 3 11:21

Okay , so my grandparents moved here from Armenia in the late 1800s and built a two-story skyscraper in Brookshire , if you will , a dry goods store down below . My dad and his brothers and sisters are all born and raised above the dry goods store and we tore that building down about 40 years ago . And all the wood you see in this area here the wooden paint is all late 1800s that came from that building . So a lot of family history here . Our family's been in this area for a long time .

Speaker 1 11:50

Yeah , yeah , I think it's wonderful and you just don't find that and know somebody that's still alive that can carry on the story . That's right and we appreciate that for sure . Has everybody had tacos from Lippy Tortilla this morning ?

Speaker 3 12:04

I know I haven't .

Speaker 1 12:06

Well , I haven't either , because you haven't bought them .

Speaker 3 12:08

I'm game , let's go get them .

Speaker 1 12:11

Anyway , go ahead .

Speaker 3 12:12

Thank you guys all for coming out Again . We had a really slight group today , but it'll make it easy for us to talk about the items in there . I see a lot of familiar faces , but we love new people coming out and sharing what we've done here . It's been one heck of a ride for me . I could write a book on the story of chasing all this stuff . It's been one heck of a ride .

Speaker 1 12:31

Yeah , and when you get home , be sure to look up HemiHideoutcom and you'll find out more information . That's on there . John and I are going to continue our conversation on the radio . Here we're going to talk about the rest of the car collection .

Speaker 3 12:43

Okay , one more thing . If you would like to go back and see our restoration shop it's right behind the building you can go out here and get a ride on the golf carts and go see some of the projects we've got going on Really a cool place , and you'll meet Big Daddy back there . So anyway , thank you all for coming out today . Appreciate it , thank you .

Speaker 1 12:59

Thank you all . All right Coming up . We're going to have a review of the Toyota RAV4 , jeff's Mopar Motor Minute and we're going to continue with John's collection here at the Hemi Hideout . Stay with us on the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show . You've waited all winter and it's finally here the Tailpipes and Tacos Spring Cruise Inn . It's been a while , but the popular Tailpipes and Tacos Cruise Inn returns to the Loopy Tortilla Tex-Mex in Katy .

Speaker 1 13:27

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Speaker 1 14:01

Spring is here and what better way to celebrate than with a free taco at Tailpipes Tacos . Saturday , april 19th , 8 to 11 am . The In Wheel Time Car Talk Show will be there too . We hope to see you then Come on out .

Speaker 1 14:15

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Speaker 1 15:06

Exterior no-transcript . Are we done ? Are we ready ? Did I press all the right buttons or the wrong buttons ? Well , don't worry about it , because we'll just keep on keeping on . Welcome back to the Hemi Hideout in Brookshire , texas , for our live broadcast here on the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show today . We've got about 45 minutes left and while we've got John Hovis' attention , that's vodka . You always do this . Do what it is it is . Yeah , attention ,

John's Mopar Car Collection

Speaker 1 15:47

that's vodka , do what it is it is . Yeah , it's going down real easy these days . So we wanted to continue with the john hobas car collection . Okay , let's do it all right . So we're on what I call number 12 , and that would be the 1968 dodge charger viper , red exterior with black and red leather interior . That's right 605 cubic inch , all aluminum V8 , 880 horsepower . That's correct . Now let me ask you something . These cars were they all . Did you buy them in this condition or did you restore some of them or change them ?

Speaker 3 16:15

Well , we buy them all in this condition because it's my opinion you can buy these cars for half price .

Speaker 2 16:21

Yes .

Speaker 3 16:22

You can go do this and then it's worth half what you've spent . So for me , go buy them already done , Amen . And then sometimes modify some of these cars . But this one was modified pretty nice by a NASCAR team out of Illinois . Really , yeah , what NASCAR team was it ? I'm not sure I didn't recognize the name . Whatever it was , I didn't recognize those guys .

Speaker 1 16:39

One four-barrel carburetor five-speed manual transmission , pistol grip shifter , power steering , ac power , four-wheel disc brakes , hand-built all-steel custom body , custom wheels , suspension , stereo , gps and interior with four-point racing harness on all four seats .

Speaker 3 16:55

That's right . It's a cool car . Did you ever take it out on I-10 ? I've taken it out to I-10 . I've come to some of your car shows before with it , with that , with that , yeah , when you were at Taylor High School , remember yes , I brought that out there . Anyway , yeah , that's a great car . It's really spirited . You don't have to go around and be a clown in that thing . It'll take your breath away just when you're doing the normal thing . I can only imagine .

Speaker 1 17:18

Okay . The next one is the 1969 and a half Plymouth Roadrunner .

Speaker 2 17:23

I like it .

Speaker 1 17:24

Yellow exterior black interior , 507 cubic inch V8 , 750 horsepower , one four-bill carburetor , an A990 liftoff hood . Was that an option from the factory ?

Speaker 3 17:36

Actually it was a mid-year car , but that one is actually a clone . That was born a satellite and then somebody modified it . Nice yeah , but it's a Saturday night special , we love those it's one of the roughest cars in the whole collection .

Speaker 2 17:50

Is it really ?

Speaker 3 17:50

Yeah , it is . So you take that out and get crazy with it . Power steering AC power .

Speaker 1 17:55

four-wheel disc brakes , mild pro street with mini tubbed wheel wells , electric exhaust cutouts .

Speaker 3 18:01

Oh yeah .

Speaker 1 18:02

And a line lock on it . Let's go and burn it up . That's right , all right . The next one up is the 1970 Plymouth Hemi Cuda . Yeah 472 cubic inch Hemi V8 . 500 horsepower . It's kind of hard to see Dual four-barrel carburetors Sh Hard to see Dual four-barrel carburetors shaker hood scoop , four-speed manual transmission , pistol grip , shifter , power steering , front disc brakes . That's a nice car .

Speaker 3 18:23

It is Again another Restomod . That car was born a six-cylinder convertible , and so somebody put in the 472 stroker motor . It's an Indy cylinder head engine . And man , you don't have to be crazy in that car . You look cool just driving around being a normal driver , but it sounds great . There's nothing normal about you or your taste .

Speaker 1 18:45

No , there's nothing normal about me at all . 1970 Dodge Charger IRT that's the next one Bright , blue metallic exterior , black leather interior , 440 cubic inch V8 , 390 horsepower , three two-barrel carburetors , torque , flight , automatic transmission , power steering , front , disc brakes powered .

Speaker 3 19:03

I've nicknamed that car Nadine . Nadine , that car is possessed , is it ? And when I take it out , I have the record driver on speed dial . Really , I can't get to the end of the driveway and something happens . Little things happen . Just one of those cars that's like man . I took the battery out .

Speaker 1 19:21

Numbers matching special edition , one of only 84 built first year for leather in a Dodge car , so this one's for sale .

Speaker 3 19:28

Oh yeah , they're all for sale . Are they Don I'll call some sweet deals right now .

Speaker 1 19:32

I'm sure that there are . The next one , I believe , is the 1969 Dodge Superbee . Is that correct ?

Speaker 3 19:39

John . Yes , Liftoff hood 8990 .

Speaker 1 19:43

Okay , red exterior , black interior , 440 cubic inch V8 , 390 horsepower three-tube . You know you are into the six-packs . I loved them .

Speaker 3 19:52

When those things came out , remember .

Speaker 1 19:53

I do .

Speaker 3 19:54

Those things were so cool , just like tri-power for Pontiac or Chevrolet . Or I they were so cool , just like Tri-Power for Pontiac or Chevrolet .

Speaker 4 20:01

I mean , it was just so cool .

Speaker 3 20:02

What a pain to tune , oh man . Well , I suppose those things ran better than the Hemi's . Though the Hemi's you had to be married to a mechanic Really yeah to keep that thing running . These were . They ran on the middle carburetor and then the vacuum opened the outside ones . But man , when I was a young buck , at 17 , when those came out , that's what I wanted . I wanted one of those . I didn't get that , but I got a 383 Super V the next year , so I was happy Very rare option , one of only five special order cars with four-speed console and bucket seats .

Speaker 1 20:31

The next one up , 1966 , dodge Coronet , oh boy .

Speaker 3 20:36

Is that correct ? I believe it's a 65 . That could be a wrong deal , but I will say 66 .

Speaker 1 20:41

it's a race car . Well , it looks like a race , it's like .

Speaker 3 20:43

It's like a uh a factory . Uh , what do you call it ? Well , like a cobalt , but . But you buy it and go to the track . What do you call it ?

Speaker 1 20:51

uh , um well anyway , you took it to drag strip you didn't't drive that , yeah Well , there you have it All right A drag pack , a drag pack , a drag pack .

Speaker 3 21:03

A 1965 is what that is Drag pack . They only made 100 of them . That's a replica . It's not real , but it's close .

Speaker 1 21:12

Next up is the 1970 Dodge Challenger RT . We're almost done here . Blue metallic exterior , black interior , 426 hemi v8 , 425 horsepower , dual four-barrel carburetors uh , can only imagine what the mileage on that would be shaker hood , scoop , torque flight , automatic trans and front disc brakes . Uh , replica of rare , one of only 11 built hemi challenger convertibles . This was a new england mopar concourse winner wow it was .

Speaker 3 21:39

It was a replica , modified and it was born a 383 rt and completely uh , fitted out to spec to be a hemi . There were a lot of little things you did to make a hemi but , again , only 11 convertible hemis were made 1970 and this is a replica . So if that was a real car , that'd'd be a $3 , $4 million car . You probably have one or two of those , don't you ? Well , I've got several replicas . Yeah , I don't buy the real ones , not those cars .

Speaker 1 22:06

Good , good for you . We were talking about that 1972 Plymouth Duster , my car . I've got dupes on this . Whenever you want to get rid of it , you let me know . Black exterior with Braille stripe with black houndstooth interior , 340 V8 , 275 horsepower , single four-barrel , four-speed , manual trans power steering , ac power brakes numbers matching original , except for the custom wheels . Yeah , that black looks good on that car .

Speaker 3 22:33

Dude , that is my car right there . So for the Dodge and Plymouth guys , if you find triple black or the pink cars , so Dodge call that Panther Pink and Plymouth call it Moulin Rouge . Those cars go up in value because there were so few of them . The black cars , triple black , look like the bad guy , kind of like the hoodlum of the group would have a black , triple black .

Speaker 1 22:52

Did you ever have a black car back in the day ? I did not .

Speaker 3 22:54

Mine was yellow . I wasn't a hoodlum , I was a lover , not a fighter .

Speaker 1 23:01

I heard that about you somewhere , I can't remember who it was we're not going there .

Speaker 2 23:06

You had a bastion of cars . You didn't have to stay and fight .

Speaker 3 23:09

That's right , I'm the guy to go .

Speaker 1 23:11

That's right . Well , thank you so much and thank you for inviting us out . We always have a good time when we come out here . Wanted to do something different today and we appreciate you playing the game .

Speaker 3 23:18

Thank you , guys . We appreciate all of you . Thank you so much . Thank you .

Speaker 1 23:20

Okay , just ahead . Review of the 2025 Toyota RAV4 and Jeff's Motor Minute right after this quick break . You've waited all winter and it's finally here the Tailpipes and Tacos Spring Cruise Inn . It's been a while , but the popular Tailpipes and Tacos Cruise Inn returns to the Loopy Tortilla Tex-Mex in Katy , saturday , april 19th . Make any donation to Shirley's Kids and get a free breakfast taco . There'll be mimosas and Bloody Marys too .

Speaker 1 23:48

Get to the best cruise inn of the year Tailpipes and Tacos Saturday , april 19th , 8 to 11 am . Cruise in , make a donation of any amount and grab a free Loopy Tortilla Breakfast Taco . Tailpipes and Tacos only happens at the Loopy Tortilla Tex-Mex in Katy , 703 West Grand Parkway at Kingsland Boulevard , just south of the Katy Freeway . Join the car camaraderie and your car will automatically compete for one of three Chili Pepper trophies at no charge . Spring is here , and what better way to celebrate than with a free taco at Tailpipes and Tacos ?

Speaker 1 24:18

Saturday , april 19th , 8 to 11 am . The In Wheel Time Car Talk Show will be there too . We hope to see you then . Come on out . You own a car you love . Why not let Gulf Coast Auto Shield protect it ? Houstonian John Gray invites you to his state-of-the-art facility to introduce you to his specialist team of auto enthusiasts . We promise you'll be impressed , whether you're looking to massage your original paint to a like-new appearance , apply a ceramic coating , install a paint protection film , nano-ceramic window tint or new windshield protection called ExoShield .

Speaker 1 24:51

Gulf Coast Auto Shield is where Houston's car people go . Curbed your wheels Instead of buying new , why not have them repaired ? How about a professionally installed radar detector ? Gulf Coast Auto Shield does that too . Get a peek inside the shop and look at the services offered by getting online and heading to gcautoshieldcom . Better yet , stop by their facility at 11275 South Sam Houston Tollway , just south of the Southwest Freeway , and get a personal tour . Gulf Coast Auto Shield is your place to go for all things exterior . Call them today 832-930-5655 or gcautoshieldcom . Hey , I would like to invite you to come along with us on the upcoming Hot Rod Tour of Texas , april 24th through the 27th , beginning in Victoria . We have links to the site on inwheeltimecom and In Wheel Time Facebook page . Be sure and follow us . Time now for the Motor Minute , mr

Motor Minute: Race Driver Salaries

Speaker 1 25:39

Jeffrey .

Speaker 2 25:39

Yep . Have you ever wondered how much race car drivers make ? Yes , Well , I've got the top fives in some of these classes . So , for instance , F1 , this is just at a glance Max Verstappen makes $70 million a year .

Speaker 3 25:54

No as a driver ?

Speaker 2 25:56

Yes , of course , that's the salary plus all of the sponsorship , endorsements and things . Lewis Hamilton makes $55 million , fernando Alonso makes $34 million , sergio Perez makes $26 million .

Speaker 1 26:07

Are you telling us to make us want to go kill ourselves , or what ?

Speaker 2 26:11

No , I'm going to be a race car driver . No , and Charles Leclerc is $19 million . The NASCAR boys Kyle Busch $16.9 million . Denny Hamlin $13 million . Kevin Harvick when he was driving , probably television stuff going on $10.9 . Martin Truex Jr $10.4 . Brad Keselowski $9.4 million A year .

Speaker 1 26:32

A year Like baseball players .

Speaker 2 26:35

Yes , and then the IndyCar drivers . Marcus Erickson , who also won , indy makes 3.1 million dollars . Uh , paddle award 1 million scott dixon everybody knows , scott dixon , he makes a little less than a million dollars a year . Uh , felix rosenquist about half a million and alex palo , who is a hot driver right now , a little over half a million dollars a year . So what about the drag racers ? I didn't you know . I looked that up , they up . Drag racers don't make a lot of money .

Speaker 4 27:00

No , they don't .

Speaker 2 27:01

They make an average salary of between $45,000 and $60,000 a year , but then they have all the endorsements on top of that .

Speaker 1 27:08

If they have endorsements .

Speaker 2 27:09

If they have any but they don't make a lot of money . Drag racers yeah they're the low end of the salary pole , I guess salary poll I guess because the race doesn't last very long yeah , a to b funny man .

Speaker 1 27:19

Oh , yeah , yeah but there's a lot of them in one event .

Speaker 2 27:22

We like that okay , where are we going ? We're going with the . Uh , we did the motor minute .

Speaker 1 27:25

We're going to take my car review and we're going to put it at the beginning of the bottom of the hour . Okay , which is coming up ? All right , is that okay ?

Speaker 2 27:32

that's fine mars , you have a problem with that no , sir , just making a note of where we're moving it to , and I just wanted to make sure I had the right setup .

Speaker 1 27:39

We're good . Well , I can't .

Speaker 2 27:42

David's going to sing it like quarter to twelve . He's going to do a little , are you ? He's a solo .

Speaker 1 27:45

You sing . He's a solo . You're singing , he's singing God , everybody clear the building . Has anybody ?

Speaker 2 27:54

mentioned our new wardrobe . No , but thank you , mr .

Speaker 1 27:56

Mars . Mr Mars flipped the bill . I thought it was time for us to get the new look . Yeah , and we've got another new look coming your way , oh yeah . I think we're going to debut that next weekend .

Speaker 2 28:07

Next weekend or at the Hemi , at Tailpipes and Tacos yeah .

Speaker 1 28:10

Tailpipes Two weeks yeah . A couple of weeks , yeah .

Speaker 2 28:12

Did you get your chaps

Show Closing and Next Events

Speaker 2 28:15

?

Speaker 1 28:15

The assless chaps Just saying Can I say that in front of all these people ?

Speaker 2 28:20

in here . I don't know , you just did . I guess I did Stand up . They'll see , but it's okay .

Speaker 1 28:25

It just slipped out . I can't help myself . Alright , hey , if you'd like to get in touch with us , shoot us an email . The address is info at inwheeltimecom . We are back after this quick break .

Speaker 1 28:34

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Speaker 4 29:34

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Speaker 1 30:05

That's it for this podcast episode of the In-Wheel Time Car Show . I'm Don Armstrong , inviting you to join us for our live show every Saturday morning on Facebook , youtube , twitch and our InWheelTimecom website . Podcasts are available on Apple Podcasts , spotify , stitcher , iheart Podcast , podcast Addict TuneIn , pandora and Amazon Music . Keep listening and we'll see you soon .