Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
All I can say is WOW! I am still taken back by all the people I met over the past weekend! Where to begin? Well Here goes.
After getting there first thing was first. Go see Holeshot's buddy at none other than the liquor store! Iced up the chest and loaded up! Got back to the lot and hung out and partied with the first wavers until 2:30 A. M. Allready right off the bat seeing a few people and matching screen names
Friday rolled in and met a TON more. Again nothing but awesome people. Off to the washing place and shined up the big white jerkmobille and continued on back at lee's. Friday nite ..... well friday night was mahem personified. Donuts (Not the dunkin type either) burnouts and soot were on the menu as well as a healthy dose of catching up with hundreds of people that unlike bounty (The quicker picker upper) my brain could not absorb all the names but I know who all are! So it was up til' 2 or 3:00 A. M once again and beddy bye came quick.
O. K short snooze up @ 7:30 ish and off to a quick breakfast and the fairgrounds. Ahhhhhh the fairgrounds! Absolute diesel gearhead heaven shined up to a whole new level. Ten fold as to what I had envisioned. Every vendor known to mankind was out in force! It was like it was ALL FOR ME Oo. and everyone else thought the same as everybody had that silly willy wonka smile walking around. Of course I had my fuel pressure wowes in the back of my head but that was NOT going to ruin anything. So I drooled , dreampt , and dabbled and got a few things (One being a new Fuel Pressure guage MECHANICAL!!!) and giggling I ran off to the truck thinking I was the only nut wrenching in the grass. WRONG! Exhaust systems , airoxes , injectors , turbos , guages , and stickers were flying on trucks all over! SWEET! So in went the guage , a quick check and bing 15 pounds ... worries over * (More later) close her up and off to the bleachers to see some PULLIN'! An absolute awesome display of power was ever present in ALL classes and well kinda bit me a bit too
. So the pulls went on ... . the sun baked ... the camera rolled and it was time to leave.
We leave and half way back to lee's *My PE took a dirt nap in a very leaky and sad way. Great looks like I am wrenchin tonite I said. Thankfully MassDiesel had a FASS on deck with him and I started wrenchin in the lot during the BIG BIG party. All thru the night ripping , tearing , drilling and bolting support came out of each poor on every person that stopped by to check out what was going on. and to this I take the time to say
<center>Thank You!</center>
From ladders , work lights , generators , knowledge , helping hands , pre assembly , assembly , final startup from the people that know the system the best , to tools , knives , beer , laughs , advice , and guidance I have to say that I walked back to my room @ 4:30 A. M completly awestricken by the total generocity and undeniable camaraderie that took place saturday night.
Up on sunday @ 9:00 and off to the track. Ahhh sweetness! Friends , diesels buzzing by (Sometimes in less than 9 secconds) , Brutal sunburn , and idle banter make for a great day! Off to get some well deserved REAL F O O D! It's Steak Time for Tim @ T. I. M yes nothing that requires catsoup , mustard , or a spork. Yep real plates , napkins , and glasses ... glasses for pete's sake I had to remember how to use theese devices. Fillet mignon , chilly , and 80 thousand peanuts later I am a happy camper. Back to lee's as there is no way in gd's green earth I am leaving this beautiul state.
So Up this morning @ 3:30 and just got home an hour ago and I want to go back allready!
Many many untold thank yous need to happen for a great time. and I bring this experience to a close with a short "What we learned" special.
1. The streets in muncie are VERY slippery and people just kept on getting stuck over , and over again.
2. The local Police have weekly seminars on how to PROPERLY roll out a burout (Must attend)
3. That train you heard ... ... ..... was NOT a train.
4. The locals somehow prepare for this and sense the season change from normal to SOOT season every year
5. People actually Read D. O. T Signage and obey them
6. you have to go west on east streets , east on west streets , and just take lefts on North streets???
7. A line of 20 trucks going down the road does not phase anybody.
8. You will get in DEEP trouble of you do NOT sit properly on the hood of a car durning a burnout.
9. "Silver Served" means just that.
10. I somehow suck bandwidth out of the air just by standing there.
11. If you have a lightbulb out somewhere outside or in a building ... . don't worry ... "It'll be light out soon"
Bless , and good nite!
After getting there first thing was first. Go see Holeshot's buddy at none other than the liquor store! Iced up the chest and loaded up! Got back to the lot and hung out and partied with the first wavers until 2:30 A. M. Allready right off the bat seeing a few people and matching screen names
Friday rolled in and met a TON more. Again nothing but awesome people. Off to the washing place and shined up the big white jerkmobille and continued on back at lee's. Friday nite ..... well friday night was mahem personified. Donuts (Not the dunkin type either) burnouts and soot were on the menu as well as a healthy dose of catching up with hundreds of people that unlike bounty (The quicker picker upper) my brain could not absorb all the names but I know who all are! So it was up til' 2 or 3:00 A. M once again and beddy bye came quick. O. K short snooze up @ 7:30 ish and off to a quick breakfast and the fairgrounds. Ahhhhhh the fairgrounds! Absolute diesel gearhead heaven shined up to a whole new level. Ten fold as to what I had envisioned. Every vendor known to mankind was out in force! It was like it was ALL FOR ME Oo. and everyone else thought the same as everybody had that silly willy wonka smile walking around. Of course I had my fuel pressure wowes in the back of my head but that was NOT going to ruin anything. So I drooled , dreampt , and dabbled and got a few things (One being a new Fuel Pressure guage MECHANICAL!!!) and giggling I ran off to the truck thinking I was the only nut wrenching in the grass. WRONG! Exhaust systems , airoxes , injectors , turbos , guages , and stickers were flying on trucks all over! SWEET! So in went the guage , a quick check and bing 15 pounds ... worries over * (More later) close her up and off to the bleachers to see some PULLIN'! An absolute awesome display of power was ever present in ALL classes and well kinda bit me a bit too
. So the pulls went on ... . the sun baked ... the camera rolled and it was time to leave. We leave and half way back to lee's *My PE took a dirt nap in a very leaky and sad way. Great looks like I am wrenchin tonite I said. Thankfully MassDiesel had a FASS on deck with him and I started wrenchin in the lot during the BIG BIG party. All thru the night ripping , tearing , drilling and bolting support came out of each poor on every person that stopped by to check out what was going on. and to this I take the time to say
<center>Thank You!</center>
From ladders , work lights , generators , knowledge , helping hands , pre assembly , assembly , final startup from the people that know the system the best , to tools , knives , beer , laughs , advice , and guidance I have to say that I walked back to my room @ 4:30 A. M completly awestricken by the total generocity and undeniable camaraderie that took place saturday night.
Up on sunday @ 9:00 and off to the track. Ahhh sweetness! Friends , diesels buzzing by (Sometimes in less than 9 secconds) , Brutal sunburn , and idle banter make for a great day! Off to get some well deserved REAL F O O D! It's Steak Time for Tim @ T. I. M yes nothing that requires catsoup , mustard , or a spork. Yep real plates , napkins , and glasses ... glasses for pete's sake I had to remember how to use theese devices. Fillet mignon , chilly , and 80 thousand peanuts later I am a happy camper. Back to lee's as there is no way in gd's green earth I am leaving this beautiul state.
So Up this morning @ 3:30 and just got home an hour ago and I want to go back allready!
Many many untold thank yous need to happen for a great time. and I bring this experience to a close with a short "What we learned" special.
1. The streets in muncie are VERY slippery and people just kept on getting stuck over , and over again.
2. The local Police have weekly seminars on how to PROPERLY roll out a burout (Must attend)
3. That train you heard ... ... ..... was NOT a train.
4. The locals somehow prepare for this and sense the season change from normal to SOOT season every year
5. People actually Read D. O. T Signage and obey them
6. you have to go west on east streets , east on west streets , and just take lefts on North streets???
7. A line of 20 trucks going down the road does not phase anybody.
8. You will get in DEEP trouble of you do NOT sit properly on the hood of a car durning a burnout.
9. "Silver Served" means just that.
10. I somehow suck bandwidth out of the air just by standing there.
11. If you have a lightbulb out somewhere outside or in a building ... . don't worry ... "It'll be light out soon"
Bless , and good nite!
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