The Way I see it....
How ya'll is? I'll be damned if it ain't August, and here in the northern part of the Lone Star State we haven't been on a 20 day 100+ degree streak. I think it's a record or something!
Anyways, in case ya'll don't remember all of my shameless plugs, Toppin' It All Off 2K2 has come and gone, and with it went some as of yet unresolved drama. For those that didn't hear yet, an "anonymous"
tipster informed the folks at Texas Motor Speedway that us minitruckers had but one intention for that weekend...TO DESTROY THE PLACE!! And all this came down THE WEEK OF THE SHOW!!
Now I won't mention any names as to who is supposedly behind this heinous act, but if the mysterious Mr. X reads this....NICE TRY BBIIIIIOOOOOTTTTCCCCHHHH!!!!! When minitruckers put their minds to doing something, anything is possible, and the impossible was pulled
off! The guys in Explicit Concepts, ya'll know who you are, really pulled together and relocated an entire show in LESS THAN 48 HOURS! How is that for dedication to the sport? And EC would also like me to
toss some props in the direction of the University of North Texas for helping us out and especially to the UNT Police...those guys kicked ass!
While wandering around the show, I got to kick it with old friends and for the first time in a long time got to meet some new ones. There is nothing like a truck show to bring people together, kind of makes me
weepy.. Everyone I talked was very excited to be there and was also very impressed with the facility at UNT's Fouts Field. They were also amazed at how well the show was running in spite of the setbacks suffered just days before.
When all was said and done, and please keep in mind, dear reader, that I lost all my actual figures and I am going strictly on memory here, there were over 280 entries and who-knows-how-many paid spectators! With all of the activities on Saturday, the day flew by. Drop 'Em Wear sponsored a Drag Contest that was pretty damn cool and the low contest was done with a twist...it was done limbo style, and man what a show
the participants put on!
And now for the "Haps around Big Daddy's Place". It's finally been decided that we are going to trade the S10 in on a Ford Super Crew. Not too shabby of a ride, I have no clue what color we're getting, but the excitement is so thick around the old Miller household that you can carve it with a knife...lol On the upside to losing my S10, I was able to pick up a new project...an 89 D-50. I am totally stoked about the
D50, even if the engine is currently laying in the bed! And, as if the Mighty Max/D50 isn't an oddity in the scene as it is, mine's a long bed! I can't wait to drag the bumper off of it!
If anyone out there any leads on parts, ideas, pics of a bagged or juiced front-end of one of these bad boys, please send them my way, I need all the help I can get for "Project: $50 D-50"!
Until next month, remember the words of the Zen Skweegee Master, "when life is dragging you down, think of the Skweegee and it will put a smile on your face..." And one other thing...Keep Your Wheels
Spinnin' And The Beavers Grinnin'!!
Jeff Miller - EC/TX
Student Of The Teachings Of The Skweegee Master
ExplicitS10@hotmail.com <- soon to change!