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Nov. 5, 2026

No Dragsters, No Motorcycles, No Golf Carts | Muscle Car Drag Racing

No Dragsters, No Motorcycles, No Golf Carts | Muscle Car Drag Racing
No Dragsters, No Motorcycles, No Golf Carts | Muscle Car Drag Racing
In Wheel Time Podcast
No Dragsters, No Motorcycles, No Golf Carts | Muscle Car Drag Racing

Club vs club drag racing sounds simple until you hear how the Texas Muscle Car Club Challenge actually runs it. We sit down with Scott Stregel, president of TMCCC, to break down the full format: bracket racing where every driver is chasing personal results while also earning points for their team. With clubs spread across Texas and Oklahoma and divisions built around club size, the series keeps competition fair and gives racers a reason to show up, travel, and stay consistent all season long.

Scott walks us through what race weekends look like in the real world, including out-of-town events with 80 plus cars, bigger “home” races that can push 150 entries, and the occasional back-to-back weekend where you race Saturday and do it all again on Sunday. We also get into the tech and class structure, from true street brackets on street tires to race-focused categories like pro and super pro, plus the rules that keep the playing field aligned, including why you will not see rail dragsters or motorcycles in this program.

The most surprising parts are the human ones: the pit culture where racers help competitors from other clubs troubleshoot problems, and the hard-earned tuning lessons that keep newcomers from wasting money on mismatched parts. Scott also explains what happened when TMCCC tried an EV class, why EV participation fell off, and how that impacts future rules.

If you care about Texas drag racing, bracket racing strategy, grassroots motorsports, and the community that keeps local tracks alive, hit play. Subscribe for more, share this with a racer you know, and leave a review with your take: should racing be more about winning or belonging?

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00:00 - Welcome And Meet The Guest

01:13 - How The Club Challenge Works

03:20 - Back To Back Weekend Racing

07:07 - Street Brackets Versus Race Classes

09:45 - The Pit Culture Of Helping Others

12:18 - Why EVs Disappeared From Events

14:00 - Imports Allowed And Season Wrap

16:41 - Heroes And Hot Rods Event Promo

17:09 - In Wheel Time Show Expansion

17:44 - Six Texas Wineries Closer To Home

22:19 - Race Card And Upcoming Motorsports

27:53 - More In Wheel Time Coming Soon

28:52 - Heroes And Hot Rods Promo Replay

29:21 - Final In Wheel Time Promo

Welcome And Meet The Guest

Mike Marrs

From the Texas Gulf Coast, welcome to In Wheel Time Cars, Places, and People. On today's episode, we're going to be talking with Scott Stregel about the Texas Muscle Car Club Challenge. Now, this is uh a racing organization. Drag racing is what we're going to be talking about, but I'm going to save that and let's get on over to Scott. I'm Michael Mars. Thanks for joining us. Let's find Scott. Good morning, sir. Good morning. How are you? I am doing great. I am doing great. I understand y'all you've been on the road quite a bit here lately. Y'all just had let's wait, let's start. Texas, you're the president of the Texas Muscle Car Club Challenge Group organization. So it's not really a club. I mean, it's really an organization because y'all do organized racing across several states. Correct. Oklahoma and Texas.

SPEAKER_00

So let's let's tell you. Texas in Oklahoma, and we have, I want to say probably 13 clubs within our organization.

How The Club Challenge Works

Mike Marrs

These are clubs that participate in the races. So let's let's explain now what Muscle Car Club Challenge is.

SPEAKER_00

Okay. Basically, it's um a club versus club or team versus team, however you want to term it. Um and they have multiple cars. Some, like the the uh club that I have that I'm also the captain of, is a large club uh in the large 5A division. We have 34 cars members that race. Um some clubs are in the 4A, where they'll have maybe 15, maybe 16, 17, whatever cars. And then we have some clubs in the 3A division that are smaller that may have six, seven, eight, nine cars. Um they all compete against each other, but they get they garner points. Each racer garners points to go towards his club. And at the end of the season, then we find out uh who gets first, second, and third place amongst the different clubs in 3A, 4A, and 5A.

Mike Marrs

So it's kind of like a two, I'm envisioning a two-level point system. You've got drivers going out here and it's bracket racing, you know. So it's you hit the line and you're racing, but then at the same time, you're also collecting points for your club. So you're you're racing against heads up, but you're also got a club competition going on. Correct. Okay, okay, yeah.

SPEAKER_00

And on the individual side, those individuals that that uh place first, second, or third in their bracket also uh will get an award, a trophy at the end of the season as well. So you're right, we are two two-tiered. You have points for individual and points for the club.

Mike Marrs

Okay, okay. And that's the reason you have large clubs versus uh a medium size or a small club, so that it's you know, kind of make it a little more fair. Correct. Okay, that's our goal. And y'all just recently, like last weekend, I believe it was, you were in open Oklahoma for the weekend, the two-day

Back To Back Weekend Racing

Mike Marrs

race.

SPEAKER_00

Correct. We did a Saturday race uh from three o'clock in the afternoon until around 11. And then we turned right around and did it all again at eight o'clock in the morning on Sunday morning, two separate races. Um, we haven't done a back-to-back like that in a couple of years. It was fun, tiring, of course, but it was fun.

Mike Marrs

Yeah, kind of keep everybody involved and excited, I would think.

SPEAKER_00

Right. And that's the thing with the back-to-back is you you show up with however many cars, those people are more than likely going to stay for the next race.

Mike Marrs

Right, right. And they move fast enough because it is bracket racing. And so unless something goes wrong and you got to clean the track or something, things move pretty quick. So there's a lot of action going on uh for seven or eight hours, it sounds like correct.

SPEAKER_00

And and the good thing about a back-to-back is once those cars have been through tech process on the first race, they don't have to go through it again on the second race. This same car, same everything. So it makes it a little bit quicker. A little bit quicker, huh?

Mike Marrs

Yeah, very good, very good. So, do you have a lot of participants on a typical race like that? How many cars on Saturday and Sunday?

SPEAKER_00

So, for out-of-town races, we usually out of town, and what I mean by out of town is anything that's not um XRP or extreme, that's our our home track, or the the Texas Motorplex, both are considered in-town races because we are based out of Dallas. Um so anything out of town, which would be Oklahoma. Um, like this year, we're doing Oklahoma, we're at Wichita Falls. Uh, we went all the way to San Angelo to Concho Valley. Um, we did Little River and down to Temple, those are all considered out of town, and they'll we'll usually get about 80 to 85 cars uh for the out of town, and then the in town races we'll get about 140, sometimes 150 cars.

Mike Marrs

Oh wow, so you got plenty of participants. Not yes, there's always room for more, but always the you know, even 80 cars checking in, so you got a lot of racing action that's going to go on, and it sounds like you're doing it kind of sometimes in the evening when it's a little bit cooler, so you're not dealing with uh the high temperatures, right?

SPEAKER_00

And we do not race in July and August, it's just a little warmer out here, yes, yes, automatically, and they're going to the different tracks.

Mike Marrs

It sounds like that's pretty good because it's doesn't it's not the same track every weekend, right?

SPEAKER_00

And that's the thing, is we are Texas Muscle Car Club Challenge, we're not the Dallas Muscle Car Club Club Challenge. Um, and on top of that, you know, years and years ago when I got started with this organization as just a racer, we had five or six local, what's considered local tracks. Um, now we have two. So, and I'm not one that you know, I get bored going to the same track over and over and over again. I like to travel. Unfortunately, we're dealing with you know higher gas prices and fuel prices and what have you, so it impacts us a bit. But at the end of the day, you know, we we still get a lot of people that that that travel that like to do this thing, and it's laid back.

Mike Marrs

So and and I think that makes a big difference. I'm gonna put a little video I I stole off of your Facebook website, which is where most people can go to find more information about Texas Muscle Car Club Challenge. It's TNCCC on Facebook. So this is one of the videos from some of the recent racing action. Uh, I think maybe this was an Oklahoma even correct, that is Oklahoma. Okay, okay. Well, we're gonna kind of let that play here for a little bit. And and I was going to ask you when you do tech, I mean, a lot of these cars look like basically street cars, muscle cars.

Street Brackets Versus Race Classes

Mike Marrs

I mean, because that's where it is. Do you have people come out with race cars?

SPEAKER_00

Yes. We have uh we have three what we call street brackets. Um, that would be king, stock, and street. They run typically street tires, they're cars that you're going to see back and forth to you know, uh go into the grocery store or take the kids to school. Um we had one lady one time who uh was a chiropractor and she had her her signs on the side of the door. Um yeah, I mean, some of them some of them are race cars, but they just go slow enough to qualify for that particular bracket. Beyond that, we have other we have five other categories that um are race cars. Our our competition muscle category is nothing but race cars, our electronic is nothing but race cars. Uh, we have pro, we have super pro. Those are pretty much nothing but race cars. Um, so yeah, we've got something for just about everybody.

Mike Marrs

So you're not gonna have anything along like a dragster.

SPEAKER_00

No, we don't allow taxi rail drags, we don't allow motorcycles.

Mike Marrs

Um needs to be a bunch of car or at least a close fact simbly there uh correct. There you go. Okay, I would think that also kind of keeps it in expense-wise, kind of keeps a little more affordable for some of us, anyway.

SPEAKER_00

Yeah, most people it is it is affordable. Um, you know, there are some of us like myself, and there's a few other people that that uh put a lot of money into our cars because we feel like um there are some people that don't. And like I said, it makes it open for anybody. I mean, it you could be an 18-year-old kid that's got little money and bring out your car. Um, that way you're off the street and and you're doing something fun. And the organization isn't so hardcore that um people keep to themselves. You got teammates from other teams helping teammates from from other teams when they break down, um, fixing things. I mean, we we don't just stick to ourselves, so to speak. Um, I could give you an example of over over last weekend we had a uh a guy from another team was having issues with his tack and a few other electrical issues, and one of our racers went over there and helped him out, got him back up going. So we're we're more than welcome to or more than willing to share our information, our experience with those people that are brand new, um, and even those people that aren't brand new that may have a question or

The Pit Culture Of Helping Others

SPEAKER_00

two.

Mike Marrs

Because if if we don't do things like that, I mean it's it's got to be a very family type oriented drag racing. Like you say, you want to go help somebody because it may be a kid that came out there, like you say, he just opened his headers for the first time. Right on his car, that's all he's done to his car, but that is what is going to get him excited enough to stay in the sport, to keep moving, to keep moving forward.

SPEAKER_00

Well, there's things that they don't know, you know. Like, like, does the guy know that just because he put on a pro charger that he needs to do a little tuning? Um, you know, some of these guys don't know stuff, and and that's that's really important to teach them the right way um to do things so they don't have issues later on down the road or even that same day where they're breaking breaking things.

Mike Marrs

You're so right about that. It made me remember back when uh my first experience with a turbocharger. Way back there when Excel made those turbocharger kits. Right. I got one and I bolted it on my vehicle, and I thought, I'm ready to go. And and I could not get the performance out of it. I literally was to the point of taking it off and and junking it because it just I couldn't make it work until I found out, oh, you got to rejet the carburetor, you gotta do some things to make it work properly. Well, it didn't say that in the box with the kit, you know, it just says easy bolt-on installation that took me two days, but right beside the point. But like you say, you don't know what you don't know, exactly.

SPEAKER_00

And that's what I remember when I was a teenager, and there was a guy who um was bragging about this giant carburetor he put on his car, and the same thing, he had zero performance. Um, I told him, I said, that's like standing on top of your car pouring a bucket of gasoline down the engine. You got nothing, it's they don't know what to do with it. Um, but then you turn around to the guy who's matching parts and you know, who's got a maybe a smaller carburetor, smaller engine, but he's matched everything together and he's going great guns where the guy with the giant carburetor ain't doing anything.

Mike Marrs

Yeah, yeah. I was really disappointed the first time I left a red light and got left way behind with my new super turbo charger on my vehicle.

SPEAKER_00

And like you said, they don't tell you that. You know, it's all bolt on and buy this and you'll go faster.

Mike Marrs

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I think it's great that the there's still an opportunity for people to come out and learn those kind of things.

Why EVs Disappeared From Events

Mike Marrs

And and don't uh what about EVs before we run out of time here? I wanted to ask you about that.

SPEAKER_00

EVs, we I'll tell you real quick, uh, two years ago we were averaging somewhere between four and eight EVs per event. So we created an EV class for 2026, and we got nothing. I mean, nothing. Really? Um we kind of figured that the EVs came out and raced with us last year because they knew they had an advantage over field cars, and when we made it to where they had to play with each other, they didn't have that advantage, and all of a sudden we got zero EVs. So in 2027, we are eliminating the EV class, and we will not let EV racers race with us next year. So the Tesla guys couldn't well, never mind.

Mike Marrs

Oh, now you're gonna go there.

SPEAKER_00

Well, I mean, I put I put I actually put feelers out to a lot of different EV clubs, um, letting them know what we were doing and what they could do. And you know, we we were paying out the money and the awards and everything like that. And then after I think it was about the third or fourth reason, uh season uh excuse me, race, I got with our treasurer, and I'm like, this is not cost effective. We're spending all this money on the on awards and everything, and we got nothing. I mean, literally nothing. One guy, uh oh god, a few races ago was like, Can I enter my golf cart? No, but you see what I'm saying? I mean, we we literally got nothing. Um, and we found it kind of funny that you know, last year we like said we had four to four to eight PV cars per event, and this year we got zero. I think in the whole year this year, we've had two EV cars.

Mike Marrs

Okay,

Imports Allowed And Season Wrap

Mike Marrs

one more quick question. What about imports or or like uh like a Honda Civic or some of them that's not a traditional muscle car, but something that the younger generation gets all round up on?

SPEAKER_00

We have a class for anything. We have even on my team, we have uh we have somebody on our team that was raising a Volkswagen uh Passat, I think it was. We've got uh driver to this drive in Alexis. I mean, we have class for anything. You you anything except for you know rail dragsters and motorcycles and golf cars. Right.

Mike Marrs

Okay, well you mentioned that okay, so you're not gonna do the EVs in 27. What other you've got some more things coming up in 27? Because you're wrapping up your season next weekend at uh where you is it at Little River?

SPEAKER_00

Our season wraps up next weekend, uh excuse me, the 8th of November at uh extreme raceway park.

Mike Marrs

I knew that. So where um what are you looking for for 27? Are you looking at more changes yet, or have you got that far since you're still into this season?

SPEAKER_00

We're still dealing with the end of the season. I mean, we've got our big banquet coming up here in December, and and I'm working on trophies and points and everything like that. I don't see many changes for 2027. I'm in the process right now of reaching out to uh a couple of new tracks that we haven't been to. Um as far as the classes go, we're gonna go back to our original eight classes and um, you know, hopefully have a little bit better turnout. Uh, we keep things more or less as they are. We're not raising fees, we're not, you know, nothing. None of those things are changing.

Mike Marrs

Okay. So this is your second or third year as the president?

SPEAKER_00

This is my second. Next year will be my third.

Mike Marrs

Okay. So kind of got some things going on, gonna take and go into next year and enjoy it and kind of build on from that. So that's so real quick, where can people find out more information about the Texas Muscle Car Club Challenge?

SPEAKER_00

We have a website, it's tmcc.org. Everything you possibly could ask is on that website. And if there's something that's not on that website, my phone number is listed on on uh on there as well.

Mike Marrs

By all means, give him a call. Scott will talk to you.

SPEAKER_00

Yep.

Mike Marrs

Scott, we really appreciate it. Hope things go well as you're you're wrapping up your season to get into your banquet, and I'm sure we'll be talking later on.

SPEAKER_00

Yes, sir. Thank you very much. Thank you, sir.

Mike Marrs

All right, baby. All right, Scott Stregel with TMCC, and we'll be right back.

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Six Texas Wineries Closer To Home

Mike Marrs

When you think about Texas wine country, you probably picture the rolling hills around Fredericksburg. But you don't really have to drive all the way to the Hill Country to enjoy a vineyard, a tasting room, or even a relaxing weekend getaway. This week on Where the Roads Can Take Us, we're exploring six wineries a little closer to home, from the bayous of Southeast Texas over to the countryside of the Brazos Valley. Our first stop is practically in our own backyard. A free state cellar sets along Adams Bayou in Orange, where Muscatine grapes have been growing since the 1980s. The winery takes its name from the historic Free State of Sabine, which is a once lawless territory along the Texas-Louisiana border. Today, visitors can enjoy handcrafted wines, outdoor patios that are overlooking the vineyard, and occasional live music. The Sunday House tasting room offers everything from traditional wines to fruit wines and frozen sangrias. A surprisingly peaceful escape just minutes off Interstate 10. Heading toward Galvison County, our next stop is Hawk Vineyards and Winery in Santa Fe. Now this was established in 2000. Hawk has developed a reputation for award-winning wines. The property offers a genuine vineyard atmosphere with tasting experiences, got some beautiful grounds and opportunities to learn about winemaking. Its location also makes it easy to combine a winery visit with a trip down to Galveston Island. You can spend Saturday afternoon enjoying the vineyard and finish the evening with dinner along the Gulf Coast. Now that makes a pretty good weekend combination. Northwest of Houston, near Plantersville, Bernhardt Winery offers a little taste of the hill country without driving all the way to Fredericksburg. The 20-acre estate features rolling countryside. Got some outdoor seating, guided wine tastings, and behind-the-scenes tours of the winemaking facilities. Bernhardt is also known for its music events and relaxed atmosphere. Visitors can bring a picnic, you can enjoy the grounds, or arrange an overnight stay in one of the winery's bed and breakfast rooms. If your idea of a great weekend involves sitting outdoors with beautiful scenery and nowhere you absolutely have to be, this might just be your destination. Near Brenham, 36th North Vineyard offers a smaller, more personal wine country experience. It's set on a farmhouse style property along Highway 36. The vineyard emphasizes Texas wines and a welcoming country atmosphere. One of its interesting touches is the pairing of wines with homemade desserts. This gives visitors something a little different from the traditional tasting room. Renom itself is worth exploring with historic downtown streets, shops, and restaurants. Spend the afternoon at the vineyard, enjoy dinner in town, and you've got the makings of a relaxing overnight getaway without traveling halfway across Texas. Our next destination is one of the pioneers of Texas winemaking, Messina Hoff Estate Winery in Bryan. It began in 1977 and has grown into one of the state's best-known wineries. Unlike some smaller tasting rooms, Messina Hoff offers an entire weekend experience. Visitors can tour the vineyard, sample award-winning Texas wines, enjoy a meal at the vintage house restaurant, and even stay overnight at the Villa Bed and Breakfast Star. Now the estate combines old-world winemaking traditions with Texas hospitality. For couples looking for a special weekend or celebrating an anniversary, this is certainly one worth considering. And finally, we're headed into the countryside near Huntsville to West Sandy Creek Winery in Richards. This destination is tucked away from the busy highways, offering visitors a chance to enjoy wine tastings and the quiet atmosphere of rural Texas. It's a kind of place where the drive is part of the experience with wooded countryside and small Texas communities along the way. For anyone wanting to get away from the traffic, the schedules, and the usual weekend routine, West Sandy Creek offers a different pace. Sometimes the best destination is simply somewhere where you can go slow down for a while. And there you have it six opportunities to discover Texas wine country without traveling all the way to Fredericksburg, whether it's an afternoon at the bayou or a vineyard overlooking the countryside, or an overnight stay with a little romance. There's More to Texas wine country than you might expect. Of course, you got to plan ahead. You got to check the tasting room hours and make sure you've got a designated driver if you're sampling the wine a little bit here. I'm Michael Mars, and that's another look at where the roads could take us right here on In Wheel Time.

Race Card And Upcoming Motorsports

Mike Marrs

It's time to look down the track and see what's coming up on the In Wheel Time race card. From the drag strips and road courses of Texas to some of the biggest events in national motorsports, there's plenty of racing action that's still ahead. We're going to start with this weekend, Saturday, October the 31st. Halloween gets a little horsepower with the Dragula Halloween bracket and index race at the Little River Dragway in Holland, Texas. Also on Saturday, October the 31st, today, the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Park series heads to the famous Martinsville short track in Virginia. Saturday's race is scheduled to start at 4 p.m. Eastern on the CW. Then Sunday, November the 1st, the NASCAR Cup Series takes over Martinsville for another important late season showdown. Now we're going to get over here a little bit closer to home. Houston Motorsports Park has got a Sunday evening test in tune and grudge racing schedule for November the 1st. Gates open at 4 p.m. Chance to see some local racers putting their machines through their paces. Then coming up on Sunday, November the 1st, NHRA's top drag racing stars are in Las Vegas with Sunday finals for television coverage on FS1. So now we're going to take a little bit further down the track and see what we can plan for. Coming up November the 6th through 8th, if you enjoy racing with a sense of humor, there's one worth putting on the calendar. The 24 Hours the Lemons returns to MSR Houston for its Texas Tipped Weekend. This is endurance racing with a twist, featuring inexpensive, creatively decorated race cars and teams trying to keep their machines running long enough to reach the Trekkin flag. Some of these cars look like they belong in the junkyard, but the competition is very real. Racing is scheduled for November 7 and 8 with Friday activities as well. It is one of the more entertaining racing weekends in Southeast Texas. And coming up November the 6th and 8th, Trans-Am and Historic Racing hit the Circuit of America's in Austin, Texas. Now the Circuit of America hosts a weekend road racing featuring Transam competition along with historic and vintage race cars. Now the Racing America event brings several different classes together from vintage formula cars and sports racers to muscle cars and historic stock cars. It's a chance to enjoy the sights and sounds of machines representing several different generations of motorsports, all in one of the country's premier road courses. Moving on, Saturday, November 7th, shootout Saturday at the Houston Motorsports Park, a big drag racing program on the calendar. Gates open at 2 p.m. with racing beginning at 3. The schedule includes the H-Town Hitters Shootout with a 4.90 cap and $2,500 on top, along with a little dog shootout. This is a kind of a grassroots competition where local racers can put their horsepower and tuning skills to the test. Sliding back over to NASCAR, November 6th and 8th, the NASCAR Championship Weekend at Homestead Miami Speedway in Florida, where all three national series conclude their seasons at this one track. The truck series runs on Friday, November the 6th, followed by the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series on Saturday. The NASCAR Cup Series Championship race takes the green flag on Sunday, November the 9th, with coverage scheduled for 3 p.m. on NBC. With the championships on the line, this should be one of the biggest weekends on the NASCAR calendar. Coming back into Houston, looking ahead at the following weekend, that is Saturday, November the 14th. Houston Motorsports Park brings back its index outlaws on Saturday showdown, November the 14th. Gates open at 3 p.m. Racing is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. Then we're going to run out here also on the 14th. Semi-truck racing show in Little River Driveway in Holland, Texas. And here's something a little different at the Little River Driveway. They're going to have a semi-truck race and show that's scheduled for Saturday, November the 14th. Instead of the usual muscle cars and purpose-built drag machines, this is going to put the spotlight on the big rigs. So here's your chance to see something a little different in motorsports with trucks that are commonly associated with hauling big freight that you might see running down Interstate 10. Then coming up on November the 21st, oval racing returns to Houston Motorsports Park. Again, Houston Motorsports Park's got an oval track and a drag strip. So looking three weeks down the track, there's another racing oval event in Houston, November the 21st. Gates are scheduled to open at 5 p.m. The track has not yet announced the complete racing program, but they've got it on the calendar. So we're going to keep an eye on this lineup as it gets closer. Then we're going to head back to the Little River Dragway and it's backside banger series scheduled for November the 21st. It's another date for fans who enjoy the atmosphere of local drag racing where the competition is close and the racers can really become familiar faces. With the season winding down, it's a good time to get out and support all your local tracks and competitors who keep grassroots motorsports alive across Texas. And that's a look down the track on this week's In Wheel Time Race Card. Remember, schedules are subject to change, especially with weather this weekend becoming up because we've got a little rain scattered across Southeast Texas, the Houston, greater Houston area. So check it out. So whether you're watching on the national championships or you're cheering on your favorite local racer, still plenty of racing to enjoy. I'm Michael Mars, and that's your In-Wheel Time race car this

More In Wheel Time Coming Soon

Mike Marrs

week. For more than 14 years, In Wheel Time has been talking about the cars, the trucks, the people, and the stories that make the automotive world interesting. Now we're taking in-wheel time to the next level. New vehicles, automotive news, car reviews, motorsports, industry leaders, and interesting people. We're going to take you beyond the driveway and the dealerships with stories from the people who build, race, restore, and actually live the automotive lifestyle. And we're hitting the road with driving destinations worth discovering. First across Texas and eventually wherever the road can take us. Plus, we're going to have some automotive history, features, interviews, and stories that you may have missed. It's still in-wheel time, but there's a lot more of it to discover. Watch us, listen to us, follow us. It's in-wheel time. Cars, trucks, and the people who love them.

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Cars, trucks, SUVs, motorsports, road trips, and the people who make the automotive world interesting. In Wheel Time is changing and we're expanding. We're bringing you more automotive stories, more interviews, more destinations, and more of what you may have missed. From Texas to the automotive world beyond, in wheeltime is your place for automotive talk without the politics or the nonsense. Join us for the next generation of In Wheel Time Cars, trucks, and the people who love them.