It's that time again kids. "What we learned @ IRP This year" Thread

[ToolManTimTaylor]

Still here actually BUT I wanted to get this rollin' as soon as possible.



#1 people in Plainfield are flat out ****** off at the fact that the daylight savings change makes it get dark @ 10 P. m





#2 Windows ARE easier to open than they appear.





#3 Flash a badge ... . be prepared to take some Poop



#4 Speaking of which MTY is now AFB and is looking for a sidekick



#5 Aparently there is a diesel version of the "Tokyo Drift"



#6 That was not a Nitrous backfire people . . It was a new kind of Mid track launch that NASA had asked someoe @ Irp to do



#7 White castle makes for general Badness.



#8 You CAN be beautiful ... ... ... once the barf is wiped off the truck and your shirt darlin'



#9 Ummmmmmmm ... Yeah



#10 Pink Beer cozies are cool



#11 Bring extra set of tires.



#12 The "Fat Kid" really is not



#13 Hitch pins from Wallmart can NOT hold Old Ironsides on the hook



#14 M00sE Has his own Ice cream line



#15 Red Hot in Red Hot Weld Must stand for sunburn



#16 Steve St still can Row gears pretty good.



#17 The Cluck and chuck resteraunts here are the best hings EVER



#18 An hour in a liquour store is NOT ENOUGH



#19 An Hour AFTER the liquour store is NOT ENOUGH



#20 The motor speedway is tough to sled pull in ... I guess that is why you have to go to IRP???



#21 If you try hard enough you CAN laugh Chicken out of your nose



#22 Farmers have the technology to make bombs out of crap ... . and blow crap into orbit ..... only to fill the crater in with ... ... . you guessed it more crap.



#23 Stack Holes are cool





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[Bob Wagner]

sounds like a great time was had

 

[HoleshotHolset]

You have no idea, Bob. :-laf



I just got done filling up the truck with R-134a and figured I'd do a couple of celebratory doughnuts in the hotel's empty lot... in the rain. I've got A/C cold enough to farm out the rest of the cab as a temporary meat locker.



My comments on the event:

1. If you can't hear the announcer pimping the non-denominational services... you're deaf.
   
2. The quality and quantity of 'diesel groupies' has increased significantly.
   
3. When in Indiana do like they do - go to your nearest Bob Evans and hook to their large outdoor signage with a 1/2" link chain. Tow that sucker across town to protest the infamous "time change".
   
4. Dude 1: "That guy can get any girl to show us... . " Holeshot: "What's that girl's name over there?" Dude 1: "--------... " Holeshot: "Hey, --------... show us your ... . !!!" --------: "{insert mental image of 'show' here... ]"
   
5. Trucks can run 12's one day and 10's the next...
   
6. The era of Duramax performance sitting nearly idle compared to the B-Series Cummins is over.
   
7. "That's not dirt on your legs, sweetheart... that's soot. "
   
8. White Castle + Holeshot = Weapon of Mass Destruction
   
9. Bob Evans manager: "I gotta put this yellow caution tape out around that sign... " Holeshot: "What happened... did someone get upset over the recent time change and vandalize it? Do you normally keep caution tape in stock like that?"
   
10. Plainfield po-po were really lenient this year. Much appreciated.
    
11. Belly flops are not impressive... neither to the audience nor the participant.
    
12. "Pressed ham" on the window can be easily enhanced with a woolen diaper.
    
13. Rain gutters hold a lot of beverage containers
    
14. 110cc mini-bikes are entirely too much fun
    
15. Being indecisive is more than a personal flaw... it interferes with the process of infusing alcohol into the blood stream. That's a crime.
    
16. No offense...
    
17. Nextel rules.
    
18. Holeshot to cute/blonde auto parts chica: "Saying that dude is on crack might be a bit of an understatement. "
    
19. Anonymous: "Come here little wee man... I'm gonna eat ya!"
    
20. Anonymous: "Dude... do you have any Vice Grips?" Holeshot: "Why?" Anonymous: "I wanna pinch off my rear brake hose to make it easier to burn the tires off this thing... " Holeshot: "Sweet. "
    
21. AFB is not a new air filter brand.
    

... lots more to come.



I had an absolute blast. Many thanks to those that made this a cool event. It was great to see all the old faces and meet a lot of newbies.



Matt

 

[JaMan]

Had a great time up here in the North Country, long way from Central Texas though, and remarkebly no one in Indiana had a huge straw cowboy hat like mine... It kept the sun off on Saturday... Killer time had thanks to all. .



Jared

 

[Holysmokes]

Plainfield po-po were really lenient this year. Much appreciated.

Next year, I think Im just going to grab a cooler and climb in the back of the police cruiser. Im sure not to miss any action that way and if I do its only been going on for 10 minutes. :-laf

 

[FordCummins]

On Saturday night, we only had to move once to do more burnouts. It started in front of Amerihost as usual, then moved over to the Warehouse district where the party stayed for the remainder of the night. Cops came in and out a few times, but never really shut anything down. I thought they were fairly lenient as well considering the amount of people there, and the activities taking place.

 

[Turbo Tim 1]

Sounds like I missed a good one! I haven't been since 2004 but a bulging disk is keeping me from driving too far. Hopefully by next year I'll have that taken care of.



I think the unregulated part of IRP/TIM are the best parts, well, the truck pulls are pretty good too but the antics at the motel are usually good too. Lets see some video guys! TMTT hope you had a good one, did you bring the misses! What happened to Wheaties? Is the wife keeping him in the house? Haven't heard anything from him in a while. I really want to make one of your get togethers but haven't been able too, I've still got all my vacation so let me know early when something is going on.

 

[DieselTweaker]

You have no idea, Bob. :-laf



I just got done filling up the truck with R-134a and figured I'd do a couple of celebratory doughnuts in the hotel's empty lot... in the rain. I've got A/C cold enough to farm out the rest of the cab as a temporary meat locker.



My comments on the event:

1. If you can't hear the announcer pimping the non-denominational services... you're deaf.
   
2. The quality and quantity of 'diesel groupies' has increased significantly.
   
3. When in Indiana do like they do - go to your nearest Bob Evans and hook to their large outdoor signage with a 1/2" link chain. Tow that sucker across town to protest the infamous "time change".
   
4. Dude 1: "That guy can get any girl to show us... . " Holeshot: "What's that girl's name over there?" Dude 1: "--------... " Holeshot: "Hey, --------... show us your ... . !!!" --------: "{insert mental image of 'show' here... ]"
   
5. Trucks can run 12's one day and 10's the next...
   
6. The era of Duramax performance sitting nearly idle compared to the B-Series Cummins is over.
   
7. "That's not dirt on your legs, sweetheart... that's soot. "
   
8. White Castle + Holeshot = Weapon of Mass Destruction
   
9. Bob Evans manager: "I gotta put this yellow caution tape out around that sign... " Holeshot: "What happened... did someone get upset over the recent time change and vandalize it? Do you normally keep caution tape in stock like that?"
   
10. Plainfield po-po were really lenient this year. Much appreciated.
    
11. Belly flops are not impressive... neither to the audience nor the participant.
    
12. "Pressed ham" on the window can be easily enhanced with a woolen diaper.
    
13. Rain gutters hold a lot of beverage containers
    
14. 110cc mini-bikes are entirely too much fun
    
15. Being indecisive is more than a personal flaw... it interferes with the process of infusing alcohol into the blood stream. That's a crime.
    
16. No offense...
    
17. Nextel rules.
    
18. Holeshot to cute/blonde auto parts chica: "Saying that dude is on crack might be a bit of an understatement. "
    
19. Anonymous: "Come here little wee man... I'm gonna eat ya!"
    
20. Anonymous: "Dude... do you have any Vice Grips?" Holeshot: "Why?" Anonymous: "I wanna pinch off my rear brake hose to make it easier to burn the tires off this thing... " Holeshot: "Sweet. "
    
21. AFB is not a new air filter brand.
    

... lots more to come.



I had an absolute blast. Many thanks to those that made this a cool event. It was great to see all the old faces and meet a lot of newbies.



Matt

And most of was just from thursday night.



But nice work on the belly flop :-laf

 

[Chris Bultman]

I learned that it is possible for a SRW truck without a driver to win a pull off with a DRW truck!! Saturday night at the pull off a 2500 dodge handshaker hooked to a 3500DRW dodge auto and let the clutch out in 1st and started pulling the dually and then the driver got out of the truck and walked next to it while pulling the dually backwards.



Chris

 

[Not_Agn]

Any one with video of the night???? Lets see them!! Lee

 

[LAMiller]

Well I learned how bad it sucks to be in an enviroment like IRP with a transmission thats stuck in limp mode!!! got there thursday night and couldn't find the prob til sat afternoon!

Many thanks to TMTT, Red Hot Welder for taking some time and helping me on Fri. ,and Richard Brown for finding the prob on Sat. !!!

 

[rowilson]

Only one complaint that might cause problems for next year is the total lack of respect in regards to the litter. In defense though I didn't see one trashcan out at the Days Inn. I hope the locals don't stop the party as it was UNREAL! I had a blast and hung out with a bunch of great people and enjoyed the huge GLTDR bomvoy. Sign me up for next year.

 

[Tomeygun]

I learned:



1) that a fullsize truck CAN do a donut in a standard width street... Actually like 5 of them... (black chevy on the closed road)



2) like others said, white castle at 3am is not a good time



3) Exactly how many bags of quick dry I will need if another duramax gives the ghost at about half track



4) Learned to stand on the drivers side of the main burnout ally... ANd I have the soot-legs to prove it



5) When the hotel you call says they are "right next to the amerihost" - Dont believe them, I was at Homestead... NOT exactly "right next door"



6) to NEVER mess with the 72 chevy that had the cummins if I see him on the road... WOW!! that thing was killer







And the last and most important thing I learned:



7) Is that although my mightly Con-OFE holds 600hp on the street (crazy I know), It WILL NOT what so ever hold 600hp when side-stepped in 3rd gear at 3100rpms...



Enough for now, I'm beat

 

[JCutter]

I learned:





6) to NEVER mess with the 72 chevy that had the cummins if I see him on the road... WOW!! that thing was killer

I second that. That thing was AWSOME.

 

[JoshPeters]

That the local Police are cool with us. And off the record are trying to find a "safe" location for us to play in next year.



They also said at 3:30am on saturday night... .

"Out of all the groups that come around here, This group is by far the the rowdyist!"



I'm sure I'll think of more... but I already have tears rolling down my face from laughing... .



JP

 

[SpicyJam]

Couple of things to add

Having White Castle for breakfast makes for a rude day

Buying fuel at a truck stop in IN that has an advertised price 2. 95 credit, and 2. 89 cash, really means 3. 05, 3. 07 and of couse 2. 95, it was kind of like a lottery, us that got charged with over 3 dollar fuel paid cash, the credit price was right. (I am still trying to get a hold of the right people on this one)

That a Cummins ex-cab long box will keep the front wheels on the ground and the rear wheels will catch at least 6 to 8 inches of air if you accelerate when you see the yellow light to make it through intersection back from the track.

Lastley I found myself starring at a construction barrel midday Friday and was, well getting excited, I just didn't know women were so attracted to them... ... ... ...

Had a blast guys, counting down for next year... ... ... . later.

 

[Amianthus]

All in all I had a great time. Sorry about the thumpin' Holeshot (I don't even remember where I got you). I hope the returned favor was payment enough.

Burnouts were fun to watch. And the cops were way cool. No matter what Holeshot says they think of me.

My biggest regret is that I wasn't able to spend the time with everyone I wanted to that came there. If the event was 5 days, maybe. Really looking forward to next year.



BTW, is anyone missing anything? I'm missing some cash from selling pumps.

 

[MFalkinham]

Note to self: next time bring even more $$$ for the parts vendors at the park. I got some awesome deals on gauges and other items that I wasn't planning to buy, but just couldn't pass up.

 

[Amianthus]

Nevermind. I found the cash I was missing. Well, the wife found it before I did and deposited it. She just neglected to tell me. Oy!

 

[Highfinance97]

[*]Rain gutters hold a lot of beverage containers

Matt

Gene was telling me about this. Is there any pix???



Michael