Unreal. It is practically impossible to put into words all the incredible things that occurred this weekend. The faces put to the names, the hugs and cookies, the incredible cars, the awesome cruise, and the drags itself. I got to meet so many nice people, even though there were more I didnt get to meet. Thanks so much to all the guys that brought their drag cars in from all over the country. I truly didnt want it to end, and like many others I am making plans for next year. As I pulled into the parking lot at about 5pm and got out of my spitting and hissing car, I looked around at all the little groups of people sitting or standing chatting, and realized I didnt recognize anyone. After I checked in to the room, I wandered up to the first group I came to and listened for a bit before someone asked me my HAMB handle, and introductions were met all around. Soon this situation was repeated throughout the evening until at around 9 or 10, I was able to point out many of the HAMBers and direct new friends to who they might like to meet; Thats Plowboy over there in the red ac/dc shirt and the ac/dc flip-flops Friday nite was so cool in the parking lot, meeting so many new friends, and listening to 8th grade genius work on his willys g***er pickup while webs of lightning laced the underside of the remaining storms of that day. Saturday we saddled up for the cruise on rt 66 and what a great collection of cars we had tromping our way out of Joplin. Some great drive throughs and stops. I kinda wished I wasnt driving and could see all the sweet rides buzzing along. We sure gave the farmers market a jolt! Thank you WZJunk for putting the cruise together. What can you say about the Drags? It was incredible, fresh track, idyllic setting, so many killer cars, g***ers, rails, unbelievable. The sights of everyones cars busting down the track as the sun slid down over the open fields is etched in my mind forever. I got to meet even more HAMBers, even Ryan briefly. One thing is for sure, there were a lot of HAMBers in those stands for the group photo and the presentation to Marcy, had to be 200 of us at least. So much fun. And then more fraternizing Saturday eve in the Ramada parking lot, listening to the stories of the evening, rehashing the visuals of the fly-rite boys putting their sickles to the test, broken axles, busted ******s, blown engines, wheel hoppin red lighting wait til next year p***es all relived until the pinkness of dawn showed in the east. The reverie of the long drive home was sparked with laughter at remembrances of poignant moments of the trip. All the while taking the back country roads and keeping an eye out for the glint of chrome or curve of fender of some long lost car reaching out for recognition- Take me, take ME to the HAMB Drags ..
Good meeting you man, one of the last ones standing on Saturday night. I think most people remember the thong and not the flip flops though!
Same here, what Plowboy said! Nosurf, I remember seeing that look on your face as you got out of the convert, you had this............."oh ****" expression as you looked around the lot!
Nosurf, it was nice to meet you. I think i introduced my self? If i didnt, sorry. haha Your description of the drags is spot on. Nick
LMAO. You guys kill me. It was great meeting you'se, and I look forward to next time! Yeah, it was "oh ****, I can't believe I made it." I think I had the "Newest Ratrod" there. Don't worry, I am not going to paint my 'vert gay-***-blue....not that there is anything wrong with that. Looks good on you though....
Yeah Nick, I saw you sippin' those IBC Rootbeers..... I was thinking I would hate to be you, to have built such a killer car at 18 yrs old, wtf are you going to do next? OMG I can't tell anyone about Little Mike, they just wouldn't believe me.
Hell yeah, You ought to see poeples faces when they've heard stories then acually meet me. Well now youve have a LiL Mike experience.
I think she would rather be called an "actress". I wish I would have taken a pic of "the ******". ha ha ha
I liked Plowgirl's comment, "The guy who did it must have seen a few, it looked so real!" Ha Ha Ha I hope I can see her when she is 50 and those arms are a flappin'! Ha Ha Ha
She was the blonde one, not to be confused with little Mike's chicks though. Ha Ha Ha I wanted to meet the Dirty family but it seems that once I started to make the rounds at the hotel I wouldn't get very far before needing another ****tail, so I just parked my **** in the chair.
So yallzz allzz like my friend Amber. She had a great time. Yeah I took her out drink'n Thurs. night and brought her home Sun. afternoon, not bad! The first time I saw her ***** tat, I was at a bar and she came up to me and said Ya want to see me lick my *****. I was like HELL YEAH! so she licked it (the one on her arm) and the whole bar was laughing. After that we went to the fetish art show they have here in the winter. She has videos, there really cool, some vintage looking parts. Oh yeah, to all who there ol' lady kicked them in the back of the head for staring, HAHAHAA!! and sorry !
I had to wade through 4 pages of Drag posts before I got to yours. If you had digital photographic evidence you would have been more popular! I'm jealous, dude. But thanks for the phone updates. Next year for sure. After all I've read about this year, I cannot miss another one. And I ***ume by the fact that you were able to write this post that the Imp' made it back okay. You should have taken the '41. you might still be there living the dream...
Hey, Nosurf!!! Thanks for the ride!!!I was a lot like you; in that I didn`t know anybody till I got there.Tman welcomed us thursday nite when we drove in; I teased him about burnin the hog last year.. Speaking of the HOG!! That was a fun trip to Pittsburg. enjoyed reliving the old days. Glad you had room in the `64; We had a great time !!! Tsquared
Tsquared- it was my pleasure having you guys ride along Saturday. I only wish the imp was a bit more comfortable in the back seat! Thanks for lunch at "The Rib Crib" and next year we stop at the "ll0G" for sure. Keep us posted on how those motor mounts go in. Bob- you lay off those hotdogs and I am going to find you a green helmet for your blasts down the strip...
Hey, you need pictures in your posts. Whats that? They are too big to post? "SEND EM TO ME! ILL RESIZE EM FOR YOU!!!!" Nick
LMAO!!! I had to buy a disposable camera since I neglected to remember to bring the digital. So I need to drop them off and get them back. Maybe I should just link your pics into my post? You took some really nice shots for a whippersnapper.
Bob - I didnt think that helmet ****ed too bad...... I think back to my one attempt at the bleachbox burnout axle failure....Tman loaned me his helmet....It musta been a VOODOO JINX helmet =caused that axle to just IMPLODE......
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