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Ever leave the house and think you forgot something? I'll get back to this in a second; however I do want to talk to the masses about my venture in putting on Meltdown 2003. RPM indoor racing in Round Rock was the home of this venture on mother's day weekend. Entrants rolled in around 9:30 a.m. to be welcomed by the registration staff with goodie bags that had values of over $15 of gifts. Thank you Alex from the Pep Boy's in Austin! After a quick registration process, vehicles were told to park in any shape they saw fit. The last thing Meltdown was supposed to be was that of "car lot" style parking. Clubs represented at this modest show included Negative Camber, Acrophobia, SSC, Longhorn Pt Cruiser Club, Vertically Challenged, and Laying Low on The World. Participants rolled through Podunk towns as they came from San Antonio, Houston, and Rio Grande Valley, thanks Eric!Festivities began with the start of judging where entrants were asked that they drive through a judging lane. This allowed entrants to get off their ass and drag through the newly coated RPM parking lot. Anthony from Acrophobia took this opportunity to plow through the fresh blacktop coating. According to Anthony this was the first time he had railed his truck with a vengeance. Oh, and this was not the end of Anthony's actions. Jon Henson was able to take Lanny's blue S-10 and light up the day with some sparks of his own. Of course this also gave entrants to play with their switches as they waited to get judged. Needless to say this allowed yours truly to release some morning breakfast gas at the expense of the released air. ( I am sure Garrick will cut this part out)The first band of the day included a high school garage punk band called "One Way Ticket". They drove 300 miles to be able to play at the Melt. Yes this was one of their biggest gig's but Metallic had to start somewhere to, right? As folks started to feel "over served" with adult beverages since it was BYOB, thanks RPM, we decided to start out the burnout contest. Of course being a die hard minitrucker I had to start the smack talking against the 4x4 crowd. Needless to say it didn't take much to get this rivalry started. Anthony, remember this dude, decided that he did not need his driver side tire anyway and lit up his tire so much that the Round Rock Fire Department was called in to investigate. Now that is a claim to fame! The 4x4's tried, but of course this did not do anything but give Anthony more fame.
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The second band which consisted of a GIT graduate and my high school buddy, Paul Cano took the stage at 3:30. SYCAMORE fueled the crowd with their hard core new rock sound. Go to www.sycamorerocks.com if you want to hear what I am talking about.At the break we started the freak fest which consisted of a body art and hot body contest. Danny from the band took 1st with his a very detailed lion tattooed on his chest. Nicole and Jennifer were the two finalists that competed on the stage for the hot body contest. Nicole was able to get the support of the crowd as she danced, showed, and well… gave the term build a tent a new meaning. Shortly after trophies were given out and Jonathan Smith from Houston walked away with a nice trophy, cash in his hand and a nice hug from Nicole, our hot body contest winner. (Dude I hope that didn't get you on the couch.)Oh yeah going back to the opening sentence. Doesn't it just suck when you try to do two things at a time, like manage a show and shoot pics for a respected publication that your forget your larger secure digital card? Well guess what?Special thanks go to:RPM INDOOR RACINGMAXWELL FORD (Tommy thanks for all these years of support)SUPER LINER OF TEXASSTREET WAVES OF CEDAR PARKAUDIO CREATIONS (BRENT YOU ROCK)SOUTHERN STYLE CUSTOMS (BILLY YOU DA MAN!)My wife Betty for putting up with my madness for all these years!Peace, JP
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