Saturday night

Well, as I said before, I went to the race track in Abilene Saturday night with my Father-in-law, Bill. He has the fuel sales at the track, and also the drag strip, in Abilene. So, we sold fuel for most of the night. This was my first trip back in sometime. Bear with me, because I will use some names that most of you don't know, but you will get the jist. It was almost like I never left. The guys who used to know me still knew me, and all of the rest were friendly, as always. Bill used to race in the mini-modified class, but it was abandonded this year, so all of those guys are racing in different divisions. Mikey and Terry are still there, but racing in the Limited Late Model class, where as Bill is in the I-stock class. J.D. is still there, and still in the limited Late Model class. This dude is actually in a class by himself, neither eye looks the same direction, and he is a f'n nut. Bona fide f'n idiot, wild man. He won the Late Model feature, as I have watched him do several times, and he is probably my third favorite driver of all time, behind Jeff Gordon, and Bill, my Father-in-law. J.D. is most noted in my memory for wrecking his old late model, ALL THE WAY DOWN THE FRONT STRECH OUTSIDE WALL, then getting out of the car, and asking, " Damn, did yall see that, I think I got air on that one!"
Bill finished 4th in the heat, because you just don't want to wreck, total, your car in the heat, it doesn't pay anything. In the feature, he started 4th row, inside, in a 16 car field. On the first lap, he was spun out in turn 4. He kept it going though, and passed a couple of cars at the back of the field. I turned to Justin, who helps Bill in his fuel sales, and said "Oh shit, watch out for the Mad Russian now!". A few laps later, there was a restart, and Bill was behind the 25 car, and 25 is very non-competitive. He didn't even gas it on the restart, which is on the back straightway. So Bill was about half of a straight away behind the car in front of him, from the restart. He caught up, and ended up 4th in the feature, which was quite an accomplishment!! Especially because this is the most evenly matched class at the track, in my opinion. It is almost like the rules don't allow anyone to have a superior car. It must be infuriating, to know you are a better driver, and have the ability to build a better car and motor, but not be allowed to.
After the race, a few cars were inspected, including his, and the tech guy pointed out to Bill that the accellorator pump on the carb was not hooked up. This surprised Bill, but when it is hooked up, next week, I wouldn't be surprised to see a few feature wins come his way. Also, he has a very good relationship with the track owner, Rob Poor, and it was odd to me that Rob walked up to Bill in the inspection area, and said, "Hell of a come back, Bill." I mentioned this on the ride home, and he was surprised that I heard it. HA!
There is a 4-wheeler race at the track once a month, and the next one is in 2 weeks on the 21st. I will be competing in this as it pays $150 for first and $100 for second. The track is extremely easy, but that doesn't mean anything to me, because it will be easy for everyone. Although, I do believe that I could easily have the fastest 4-wheeler there, but I still have to ride it, so who knows. I am thinking of inviting my buddy Brian to come up from San Angelo, to race also. He is extremely good, and has an awesome bike as well. He could win this very easily. I will let you all know how this progresses.
All for now, Jim.