TMCP #644: Dr. Jamie Meyer on HPX’s Big Return – AI, Street Car Takeover, and the Future of Performance!

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Robert Kibbe

Automotive, Leisure, Business, Careers

4.5 • 702 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Dr. Jamie Meyer returns to preview year two of the High Performance Expo (HPX), coming June 2–4 to the Charlotte Convention Center—and this isn’t just another trade show. Built to unite the racing, aftermarket, OEM, dealer, off-road, and overlanding worlds, HPX is quickly becoming the East Coast hub the industry has been missing. After a surprisingly strong debut, year two expands with bigger leadership sessions from Hendrick Motorsports, a major focus on real-world AI applications (including insight from Amazon’s AI leadership), and new features like the invitation-only Shop Car Challenge and Car Show Collective. If you’re in the business—or want to be—this is where connections, ideas, and opportunities collide.

But HPX is more than just a show floor. It’s part of a full “Automotive Performance Week” in Charlotte, with Street Car Takeover joining the action and bringing live racing, culture, and energy to the experience. Whether you’re a shop owner, builder, racer, or serious enthusiast, HPX offers rare access to the people, parts, and conversations shaping the future of the industry. Be sure to also check out Dr. Meyer’s podcast, Automotive Advantage, for deeper insight into the business and innovation driving it all. Learn more and register at TheHPX.com—and don’t miss your chance to be part of it.

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0:00.0	The Muscle Car Place Online Podcast, episode number 644.
0:05.0	This week, Dr. Jamie Meyer returns to give us the full preview of the High Performance
0:09.6	Expo, the second annual trade show event this June in Charlotte, North Carolina.
0:14.5	The goal of this show originally was to combine the aftermarket and the racing world together
0:18.5	in a new way, and in the summertime in
0:20.9	charlotte race city USA and they did that and they will again but the business value component of the
0:25.8	expo this time around has stepped its game up and that's saying something because it was good last
0:32.0	year if you're in the industry aftermarket or racing right now working whether you're a one-man band or a corporation
0:38.8	or you're trying to break in here's a tiny sneak preview of what you're in for you're not going
0:44.3	to believe it this is a chance to have a face-to-face interaction with an executive that can change
0:49.3	your path for your company for yourself, and move the entire industry.
0:54.4	The goal of HPX is to lift the entire automotive aftermarket industry.
0:59.7	And we are about to announce Ben Shrinner will be on stage.
1:04.2	Ben is the head of all artificial intelligence for the Amazon organization.
1:12.5	This is the Muscle Car Place Online Podcast, brought you by National Parks Depot.
1:19.4	This is the weekly show dedicated to people worldwide who love American muscle cars.
1:25.2	If you're buying, selling, restoring, even racing them, this is the
1:30.5	place for you. Now here's your host, Rob Kibby. Yes, indeed, I am Rob Gibby, and welcome to the
1:37.7	Muscle Car Place podcast. Well, here we are now, the second show of April already. I'm releasing this
1:43.8	today on Friday, April 10th.
1:46.5	I believe the Artemis II crew will return from the moon tonight. So that's a big deal.
1:50.7	In the interview is Dr. Jamie Meyer, also a big deal. He'll be on to talk about the second
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