Preparing for Eclipse Traffic, the Dangers of Speeding, and Racing Events Galore!

Traffic Plans for Solar Eclipse Viewing

Speaker 1 0:01

Welcome to another In Wheel Time podcast , a 30-minute mini version of the In Wheel Time Car Show that airs live every Saturday morning 8 to 11 am , central wwwinwheeltimeshieldcom . Welcome to the In Wheel Time Car Talk Show . No one better to start with this hour than State Trooper Sergeant Steve Woodard . Interesting stuff on preparation for your sightseeing pleasure of the solar eclipse . Okay , also , jeff's going to have the racing calendar and a special feature coming up . Mr Morris has a special feature on microcars sometime in the next hour that none of us can fit into comfortably anyway . Today's Animal Time Car Talk Show is sponsored by the last day of the Houston Meek of Auction at NRG Center . Get on down there , howdy , along with Mike out of this world , Mars . We always need more , jeff Zekin . I'm Don Armstrong , our IT Director of Engineering . David Ainsley , sleeping in again this morning .

Speaker 2 1:07

He's listening , he's awake .

Speaker 1 1:09

You don't have to . No , he's not Said he was . Look at the reaction we got from him .

Speaker 3 1:14

He said there you go , he's already up , all right .

Speaker 1 1:17

Well , joining us now . Ladies and gentlemen , direct from is it his house ? No , he's in uniform . Are you at home ?

Speaker 4 1:28

Hey .

Speaker 3 1:29

It's his office . Yeah it's the office , it's his office .

Speaker 5 1:34

All right , huh , can you hear me good ? Yeah , I hear you good .

Speaker 1 1:39

Can you hear ?

Speaker 4 1:40

us . Good , this is his office and I'm here , I have on pants .

Speaker 1 1:44

You know , have you ever spoken to us from your home ? I don't believe so .

Speaker 4 1:48

He's always working location and if I , if I did speak to you from my home , um , let's say that I did okay , whatever you , whatever makes it right , and work for you where you don't care how are you ?

Speaker 4 2:06

I appreciate you guys always inviting me on through the years . I'll let you in on a little secret . You know when , of course , Brother Mark's giving me a call and we set this up . We never talk about a topic , I just bring something up . But you talked about that eclipse . Yeah , I'm telling you that's a big , believe it or not , that's a big topic right now .

Speaker 1 2:38

Well , let me just say this that I heard through the televisionup warning over a month ago that apparently that TxDOT put out that said there is going to be a massive traffic jam between Houston and the Hill Country . Did you hear that ?

Speaker 4 2:57

I'm telling you right now it's looking that way . So look . So , as DPS , txdot has all the traffic mitigation plans in place , but as we DPS , we get ready for this thing . We're talking about 83 counties that could be affected . We're looking at an upward of about 1.1 million folks coming to view Anywhere between . This thing's supposed to take place anywhere between the time of 1.30 and 1.50 pm on Monday , so we're doing everything we need to do for traffic control to make sure individuals enjoy their Eclipse experience .

Speaker 1 3:41

Well , I have not , I have not their .

Speaker 2 3:43

Eclipse experience . I like that Gotcha .

Speaker 1 3:47

It's almost like you're trying to sell the thing .

Speaker 4 3:50

I like it . I like it . Well , I have to look . Look , when I'm on in real time , I have to change my style a little bit . This is a professional show isn't it ?

Speaker 1 3:59

No , it's not . This is not professional at all .

Speaker 3 4:03

You're the only professional here . No .

Speaker 1 4:09

Last time I looked at the forecast , which was a couple of days ago , that there was a pretty good chance of rain and a lot of cloud cover here , so you're not going to see much except the lights going dim . Well , for me personally , I see the lights going dim all the time depending on where I am and what I'm doing .

Speaker 1 4:26

But I will say this that if that's the case and there's a chance of rain or a lot of cloud cover , you're not going to be able to see the eclipse directly . And I have a feeling , if that's the case , there's going to be a lot of people heading toward the hill country , probably tomorrow , if not monday morning , to go see this thing and where they're going to stay , because all the hotels are full .

Speaker 4 4:49

Yeah , park on the side of the road and we're thinking about all those small little towns that can't , uh , really service the visitors . So it's going to be interesting . What we're telling folks is know , if you are going to enjoy the experience , obviously drive with safety . Don't stop in the lane of traffic , because we want to keep traffic flowing . Obviously , if visibility is reduced by a thousand feet , we need you to put your headlights on .

Speaker 4 5:20

We're expecting to see larger numbers in all series , so we're assisting these small towns that have a very small number in law enforcement personnel with traffic mitigation . We're telling folks , you know , of course , keep your tanks full , have you some water and supplies on hand , because you never know what may happen . Just in yesterday they were telling us to advise the public , to make sure that you inform your family and others of your location , because of the cell phone towers , they may get overwhelmed . So I mean this is just one of those things that I mean we've been here before , but again we want people to enjoy it safely . Hey , we've been here before , but again we want people to enjoy it safely . Hey , defense will be out . I don't care which four corners of the state , even sometimes out of state , where the problem is , we will be . So that's just part of being a state policeman . Again , we want folks to enjoy this .

Speaker 1 6:19

Steve , I have to tell you that what this reminds me of , from the forecasts that roads are going to be jammed up , I think it was Hurricane Rita . For years ago this was probably in the let's see about 2005 or so somewhere in there and there was an evacuation order for Houston .

Speaker 1 6:44

Oh my gosh , gosh , what an absolute nightmare . You remember it . People were jammed up , not moving on i-10 , the katie freeway , trying to get to the hill country . It can only handle so many cars and let's not forget that ongoing death trap out there by brookshire where all that construction is going on , where traffic is down to two lanes . It's a nightmare 290 jammed up all the way .

Speaker 1 7:11

I don't know about 59 , but everybody was trying to go west , go , go away from the coast , because they didn't know exactly where it was . It turned out it went over to beaumont area , but I can remember , uh , my wife and had two girls and the dog in the car . They got stuck out in that and the thought that they had left in enough time early on , but they got stuck and it was jammed up . Cars stalled everywhere , people had no place to go to the bathroom , they had no water , ran out of gas , it was . It was bad .

Speaker 1 7:43

So one of the things that we pulled off the Internet , steve , was you know , take an emergency kit with you in case you get stuck in traffic and can't find a place to stay Water , nonperishable food , flashlight , battery-powered radio . I know this sounds just like a hurricane . Yeah , it is . But you know these kinds of things are important when you get out there and you get into that situation steve , check the weather forecast , time and plan accordingly . Keep your gas tank full , let someone know where you're going , what you said , and pick an easy uh easy to remember meeting location .

Speaker 1 8:21

If you get separated say you went with the neighbors , or two or three of you are going to go together in separate cars Find a place where you all can get together . You know all of those roadside places . You know they're all going to be jam-packed . And the funny thing about it to me is that you know here in Houston , from what I understand and I'm not an expert by any stretch of the imagination that we're going to see an 80% eclipse here . I'm good with that . I don't know about you , but I can do 80% .

Speaker 4 8:50

Well , I know one guy that's not going to be going to the guilt country . His name is Don .

Speaker 1 8:54

That's exactly right , brother , I'm going to be right here yeah .

Speaker 4 8:58

So well , we hope everybody enjoyed . Hey , we'll be out there . I've got to ask you guys a question . Yeah , Is it illegal to pop a wheelie with a motorcycle on a roadway ?

Speaker 2 9:09

Oh , I was thinking about a 67 Camaro when he said that To pop a wheelie on a motorcycle on a road .

Speaker 1 9:16

I guess I would think that it would be , I don't know , lack of control . What kind of ticket would you get for that ?

Speaker 4 9:24

Well , it's not no-transcript . Yeah , as long as it's done safely . You know , we have some really really interesting laws when it comes to vehicles other than you know your automobile , like your passenger vehicle and your pickup truck . So obviously we added the new law that you can't lane split and there's a code for that specifically . But when we talk about these ATVs , these ATVs , these four-wheeler individuals operating these four-wheeler on city streets , roadways , there's some instances where individuals are seeing these four-wheelers on the interstate , on 610 . You can't do it .

Speaker 4 10:04

You cannot operate an ATV or an off-highway vehicle on the roadway unless it's approved by the city , the county , if it's in an agricultural sort of operation or if it's law enforcement . So we tell folks , you know again , as the summer starts to creep up on us , be mindful of that off-highway vehicle , because , number one , it's not regulated for safety vehicle . Because , number one , it's not regulated for safety and two , it is illegal in some circumstances to operate on the roadway and two things .

Speaker 3 10:38

You did that segment on a news station recently , what we talked about , what you're talking about there , and you went in-depth on that , from A to Z , on the do's and the don'ts and the whys of it . Also , april is National Defensive Driving Month .

Speaker 4 10:53

Yes , sir , it is . It is and that's why I tied that up and it's important . It's becoming a problem , obviously in the big city lights of Houston and we DPS we're trying to help out our Houston friends . We come in once a month for about a week's time to help them try to mitigate some of this aggressive driving . I'm going to tell you , don and you know this better than everybody that's on , we try to work together if we can as a law enforcement agency to try to make the roadway safe for everybody at hand . Look , fellas , there's over 78,000 law enforcement agencies in Texas and I'll tell you 80-plus are right in Harris County and we're one of them . If we all can work together , it'll make that travel from point A to B and back to A

Impacts of Speeding on Highways

Speaker 4 11:42

a lot safer .

Speaker 1 11:42

You know , steve , I did want to mention one thing . You know I travel the Beltway a lot . That's my commuting way to go from Sugar Land over to a hobby airport . And what I don't understand is guys that are doing 90 miles an hour . If everybody did 90 , okay , I got it .

Speaker 1 12:03

But do people not understand the closing rate ? When you're doing 90 as opposed to doing 70 ? That's 20 miles an hour , man . You 70 , that's 20 miles an hour man . You can kill somebody at 20 miles an hour . That's a proven fact . And to have a closing rate on another car that's ahead of you , that's doing 70 , already breaking the speed limit of 65 , that's doing 70, . You're not going to get stopped . You're , generally speaking , for doing 70 on the tollway , but doing 90 , it's scary because that car is coming up behind you so fast that if you look behind him , use your mirrors , look behind you and you see that car back there . I've got time to pull out in front of him . No , he's coming on you at 20 miles an hour , faster than you're going . You don't realize that you're pulling out in front of a car , you get rear-ended , cause a huge wreck , and I see it all the time . It's truly amazing . I don't understand what's the purpose of doing that .

Speaker 4 13:04

There's none . I'm speaking with a trucking company . All right , a trucking convention today , outside of El Campo and one of the blocks . We're going to talk about speed to those guys driving big trucks on how to , number one , be mindful of your speed . We rarely get truck drivers driving at an egregious speed , but our message to them is try to help these individuals help themselves . Speed kills and it's one of the number one . It's the number one contributing factor to our crashes . So again , all of us working together with enforcement , education which you allow me to do here and people talking at the dinner table , I think we'll be able to save lives . I'm going to tell you something , don , you're right on it . What I'm going to do offline . Text me your address . I'll get you a DPS uniform and have you ready to do it .

Speaker 2 13:56

No , don't do that , because he's going to have us patted down every day He'd be one of those guys like on Reno yeah , the short yeah that'd be him , but we can only give him one bullet that he's got to keep in his top pocket like Barney .

Speaker 1 14:13

They're going to bite Barney , yeah , I mean , you know , I'll tell you what man I'm not . I hate it when people say are you driving too fast ? No , I mean , I like driving fast , we all like driving fast , Absolutely . I went to the last time I had to take a defensive driving course . The guy said look , think of it this way If you're going 20 miles over the speed limit , how much faster are you going to get to your destination ? Really , If you're going to go 20 miles right and you're going to do 60 miles an hour , how much sooner are you going to get there ? Really , Not much sooner .

Speaker 2 14:56

No , a couple of minutes maybe . It's 111 miles every Saturday morning , one way For you , for me , and the difference between driving 65 out there on Interstate 10 , where it is people passing you doing 90 , and driving 75 is maybe five minutes at the most at the most yeah , across that distance and around town it's nothing .

Speaker 1 15:18

And then you do that speed and you just get to the traffic light quicker and then you catch up to those people that pass the construction exactly , or the stop sign yeah , I , you know , to endanger everybody else's life , doing 90 miles an hour in a 65 mile an hour zone just doesn't , I mean , god knows . I think all of us have done that probably at some point in our lives . I got that , not me . No , liar . No , you haven't . You've done it . 110 miles an hour is what you've done .

Speaker 3 15:47

I think the next time Steve is on he ought to pull our traffic records .

Speaker 2 15:51

Do that . I don't think he ought to do that .

Speaker 4 15:54

I don't think he ought to do that . I'll leave you with this If everybody is in your way , everybody's driving slow and everybody's in your way and you're trying to get somewhere , the answer to that equation is you're late .

Speaker 1 16:09

Yeah , absolutely , steven . It's always good to talk to you , my friend .

Speaker 4 16:15

How are the boys ? They're doing good . They're doing good . When I left the house , everybody was still asleep , so you know how they go .

Speaker 2 16:21

Yeah , yes we do Saturday morning .

Speaker 1 16:23

Yeah , well , it's great to talk to you , great to see you . I like to see you in this role , as opposed to flying overhead in some horrible traffic accident or whatever it is that you're involved with that . You know investigation and so it's good to see you and you take care of yourself , be safe .

Speaker 4 16:41

Thank you .

Speaker 1 16:43

You bet Stephen Woodard .

Speaker 3 16:45

That's Sergeant Stephen Woodard .

Speaker 1 16:47

He's got a nice office . He does , like I say it's always fun . Actually , when I saw him out there at the office , we landed there one day for whatever reason , and we landed there in the helipad and I said , got out of the helicopter and there's this guy , and it was Stephen Woodard , walking across , coming over to the helicopter division , and I said Stephen Woodard , he looked around , Don , is that you ? I said Stephen Woodard , he looked around , don , is that you ? I said yeah , we're here , but he didn't invite me into his office .

Speaker 3 17:18

Oh , no , no , I wouldn't either . I wouldn't either , probably have to frisk you .

Speaker 1 17:22

Yeah , we hung out with the DPS guys for a while over there one day . That's cool . Yeah , it was cool , all right .

Racing and Events Calendar Update

Speaker 1 17:28

All right , what do you want to do ? You want to do the racing calendar ?

Speaker 3 17:30

We can , we can . I got that . There's really just a couple of things going on in the racing you got . Nhra , which was qualifying , was yesterday . They did a rebroadcast last night and it was delayed because of the truck race .

Speaker 1 17:43

Well , and the NHRA race also . They only did the fuel cars , they didn't do pro stock . And so , Erica , they're going to run three qualifying sessions .

Speaker 3 17:55

Right , and it's going to be . The second round is going to be the finish of last week's or two weeks ago's race .

Speaker 1 18:01

They've got a lot to do .

Speaker 3 18:02

But anyways , that's today . It's the NHRA Arizona Nationals , it's in Phoenix Arizona , 6.30pm it is on FS1 . Then you've got NASCAR , which is tomorrow . I'm sure there's practice and all the other smaller events going on Ancillary events ?

Speaker 3 18:18

Yes , that's tomorrow at 3 pm . In Martinsville they ran the truck race last night . A lot of crashes , a lot of short track stuff . Tickets are available , Mike , in case you want to go . That's on this one also . The other events are kind of delayed . They're in the hiatus week , so to speak . So those are the only two going on . Well , we've got Formula One , but eh , Formula One .

Speaker 1 18:40

That's great . I like the way you do . They just kind of blow it off .

Speaker 2 18:44

Yeah , you know they're fast cars , so you've got to talk about them fast .

Speaker 3 18:47

There's so much drama . You know , put your purse down and race the car . That's what I'm saying .

Speaker 1 18:55

Can I quote ?

Speaker 5 18:56

you on that Do it .

Speaker 1 18:57

You know we're going to use that somewhere along the line . Put your purse down and drive and drive , shut up and drive there you go .

Speaker 2 19:04

No , no , that's not the same as put your purse down and drive .

Speaker 1 19:07

It's not so much . Take your Ferragamo's off in the pit .

Speaker 3 19:12

And I didn't get cold water .

Speaker 1 19:18

Jeff loves Formula One .

Speaker 3 19:20

I've got family members that love Formula One , and good for them . I have no problem with that . I just don't see the point of all the hullabaloo .

Speaker 1 19:26

Thank , you , by the way , that racing calendar was sponsored by Texas Muscle Car Club Challenge . I know they're paying us a lot of money for that right .

Speaker 3 19:37

Yes , okay , where are we going next ? Yeah , where are we going next ? Well , um , uh , because we're kind of jostled . We got a new studio set up .

Speaker 1 19:48

We got everybody's like on a different page well , not only , not only do we have a new setup in the studio , but mars pulled a fast one on me and decided that last minute that we're going to move guests around . So all of the stuff , the prep that I do , all of this , that I spent hours on getting ready for the show yeah , out the window him too well .

Speaker 2 20:10

I've kind of converted my my stack . I'm now riding it in as we go . Do you know who had it right ? Moi ?

Speaker 1 20:17

yeah , I had it all right here , did you ? Yeah , okay , yeah , okay . Well , I'm glad that you did .

Speaker 3 20:24

A bunch of whiners .

Speaker 2 20:26

I think I'm Formula One over here . Really , we're going to start calling you Formula One . Did you bring your ?

Speaker 1 20:31

purse .

Speaker 3 20:32

I did . Did you set it down ? I set it down , right there , it's back over here . I see my water .

Speaker 1 20:36

Great , I think I missed something last hour that I was supposed to do this hour Events . Maybe Do you want to do events .

Speaker 2 20:47

Is that what I missed ? Well , I know we pushed it back an hour .

Speaker 1 20:51

Yes , that's right , we did so . You have the events calendar .

Speaker 3 20:55

He's pulling it up right now .

Speaker 1 20:57

What do you mean ? You're pulling it up , you don't have it on a piece of paper .

Speaker 2 20:59

I think the piece of paper is on the printer my printer , not your printer At home .

Speaker 1 21:06

Yes , I see . Well , I guess you're going to have to blow that up because I couldn't . That would be an eye test if I tried to read that off your computer .

Speaker 2 21:12

Well , I'm kind of thinking I got new glasses , so that'll help .

Speaker 1 21:15

Oh , boy Really .

Speaker 2 21:24

Are they the old man ? Bifocals ? Do your trifocals , trifocals , they call them progressive lenses .

Speaker 3 21:26

Oh , progressive , didn't get the progressives . Well , talk amongst yourselves at home while mike gets us going . Yeah , I'm ready , we're waiting on you .

Speaker 2 21:32

Oh , you're waiting on me today . Of course we've already talked about some mikamado auction in houston at nrg . One day tickets for 30 , it's a big deal . It is a great car show Lots of lights , lots of action . If you've never been there , it's well worth taking the family , because the family can go Look at the cars , look at the spectacle .

Speaker 1 21:51

If you can't get there by 1 o'clock , then plan on going next year , but if you can get there by 1 o'clock you're still going to see lots of cars across the auction block .

Speaker 3 22:05

And that whole process is impressive on how well they orchestrate all that . The passes that we were given to at the Corvette show I gave out to some friends and they all went Thursday and yesterday . They said they had a blast . It was a great time .

Speaker 1 22:14

And I've got some friends coming today . I gave a couple to Uncle Bob and Uncle Bob was , I think , going to go . I don't know whether he went or not , but he was going to go .

Speaker 3 22:23

One of my clients is taking his son out today .

Speaker 2 22:25

Yeah , my son's going with a couple of his buddies today and he told me to watch out for the credit card . I said , well , it ain't my credit card .

Speaker 3 22:30

That's what I asked .

Speaker 2 22:32

Also today , a special event I found out at the last minute Bayou City Electric School Bus Festival . Now , this is live music , craft beers , food . Wait a minute , wait , he said it , say it again the what ? Bayou City Electric School Bus Festival , electric School Bus Festival With craft beers is the key point you've got to hear and so what it is , are they going to ?

Speaker 2 22:58

race these electric buses ? No , they're not going to race them , but they are going to have one of them that the kids and the people that are there can decorate , and they're going to put it in the art car parade , that's the following week . I got you and of course they've got EVs out there . Buzz is coming down from Dallas with his EV and they're setting up demonstrations . People can ask questions .

Speaker 1 23:16

That's great , but the only thing is they're going to have to find a place to get them charged that works .

Speaker 2 23:22

Well , I'm guessing that , since I couldn't find any place . I'm guessing since they've got a place there at 3620 West 11th Street in Houston that they've got all that figured out Some of those gasoline-powered generators that they're going to pull in there .

Speaker 3 23:36

Could be . I'm interested in the craft beer side of it .

Speaker 2 23:38

No , but I mean yeah , and I thought that was the interesting part . But again , live music , craft beers , food and decorate the bus , also the magic bus . Yes , next week , april the 11th through the 14th , is that 37th annual Houston Car Art Experience .

Speaker 1 23:54

It's like four days all kinds of things going on Not car art , but art , car Art , car experience yeah .

Speaker 2 24:00

Okay , houstonartcarparadecom for more information about the actual parade . The kids creative . There's a dance one night . Got a lot of mini parades going on in the neighborhood across the four days . Got lots of stuff going on with that . Now then the next week , space City Corvette's 20th annual Corvette and Crawfish , april the 13th . Gates open at 830 and pre-registration is $45 . Day of the show is $50 . Stevenson Park , 1100 South Friendswood Drive , friendswood , texas . Spacecitycorvetteclubcom for more info . You went to their fall event didn't you ?

Speaker 1 24:32

I did . I went to the fall event and I love the event underneath all those beautiful trees , a nice setting , great park .

Speaker 2 24:44

But I am park , but I am not a crawfish guy . Well , and I'm , I'm kind of , I'm like you , driving a nice car it would be and then coming up , of course , as we talked earlier , hot rod tour of texas april 25th 28th . That's all sold out . All sold out . Kicks off in victoria on that thursday night . So what are we going to ?

Speaker 1 24:55

do in place of this show ?

Speaker 2 24:57

uh , on our usual saturday morning so what we're going to do is we're going to accumulate some interviews , talk to people . All we're going to do is we're going to accumulate some interviews , talk to people . All we're going to start Thursday night Right and Friday all day . The different stops , the Shiner Brewery . I'm not working .

Speaker 1 25:11

That's what you said last year . I'm not working . No , I mean , I'm not doing this show . I'm on the tour . This is my thing that I'm going to enjoy with my car . So if you want to interfere , you're going to have to beg me to help you , Otherwise it's all on .

Speaker 2 25:27

you two , you and David , you three . So we're , going to go back to the original question . So we're going to accumulate some interviews and some B-roll of the cars and the tour and stuff , whatever .

Speaker 1 25:37

B-roll is yes .

Speaker 2 25:39

And put together a program for Saturday morning at 8 o'clock .

Speaker 1 25:44

Oh , all right . Okay , well , good luck on that , just like we did last year . Okay , it was awesome . Where I got wrangled into doing big interviews , you know , and had to hang around and lose the tour guys and yeah , okay .

Speaker 2 26:02

Plus , we were all hung over . We're gonna be doing better than that this year .

Speaker 3 26:05

We're not gonna do that got kicked out of the hotel . Well , we're not , no way that was him .

Speaker 1 26:11

We didn't know , but we had ghosts in that hotel . We did yeah , yeah you had ghosts ? Yeah , well , that was .

Speaker 3 26:16

You was knocking on that door at two o'clock in the morning . I we put dresser drawers in front of the door so ghosts wouldn't come in , but it turns out ghosts can go through walls .

Speaker 2 26:26

And they're remodeling , so we're not there this year but we're trying to get back there next year . Also , before we lose it , May 4th and 5th , keels and Wheels at Lakewood Yacht Club , 2322 Lakewood Yacht Club Avenue , and it is keels-whe wheelscom for more information and we are going to be there live yes , that's the big news that we have today , that , uh , we have been contracted to be the car show of choice there at the keels and wheels this year we're back .

Speaker 2 26:57

It's going to be fun . We're going to be out there in the middle of the restaurant tent and next to the VIPs , and they've got a lot of things planned .

Speaker 3 27:04

The last time we were there , it poured , rain Poured . I was soaking wet . We all were .

Speaker 2 27:10

We talked about that . We're going to be in a bigger tent this time . That's good . Last one I want to mention . Please hurry up June 7th through 9th , 49th Lone Star Street , rod Association state run in Granbury , texas . We will be there live as well .

Speaker 1 27:22

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Speaker 1 27:37

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Mecham Auctions Returns to Houston

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Mecham Auctions , the world's largest collector car auction company , returns to Houston , texas , april 4th through the 6th at NRG Center , featuring 1,000 muscle cars , corvettes , trucks , customs and more . Broadcast on Motor Trend TV and streaming live on Max From avid collectors to those new to the Mecham experience . We welcome everyone . Register to book now at Mechamcom .

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