My experience at PSMC!

So yesterday(July 3rd) I took my car Stormy 67 Camaro to the Peach State Musclecar Challenge.
I anticipating doing a whole recap of the event but i figured there was going to be coverage about that
like crazy so i decided to go at this from a single persons point of view.. my own.

Man it was hot… like Africa hot… like Florida in August hot.. and we were out there on a newly paved lot and it was radiant so say the least.
the boys at RoadKiller and Musclerides.com put the event together and made the course and festivities.. i wanted to go with them through the mountain cruise but got
busy with work, so i just decided to do the AutoX.

So the staging lanes were an area of anticipation and wonder on many subjects..
How well would you do out there, how will the car handle, the rigors of the course on the car and you, and if you could even find your way through the maze of cones!
I actually was calm about most of it, so i decided to just try and go through the course without an navigator.. and low and behold.. I pulled a Columbus and got lost!
ahahhaha..

This run I had no powersteering, and if you can hear it i warped my right rear wheel!.. ahahha

I had a good group to go with… there were 2 groups of 12 and we all got 4 runs each, not back to back but in rotation.. which im glad we did cause some guys cars were overheating.
remember.. Africa hot.. just think of Biloxi Blues with Mathew Broderick.. “Morris Jerome: Man it’s hot. It’s like Africa hot. Tarzan couldn’t take this kind of hot..”
Then we get to the starting line… i notice some big boys running the time clocks and main station.. my man Steve Chryssos(OG Legendary Streetfighter interview) and Bill(billy goat) Howell.
There were some real badasses out there running… a fuckton of a Camaros mainly but there was a 69 mustang coupe, a 70 chevelle, a 72 charger(which was Bills) a 66 or 67 Corvette, a nice 70 duster.. etc.

So the first out i had to make a real effort to find my way through the course a couple good times before i got really into the throttle.. I had to pull a Magellan.. and avoid the phillipino orange cones before Lapu Lapu makes an example outta me..
I was pretty nervous just like most people when they get on the course(weather they admit it or not) even if you are a seasoned vet you still get a little nerves partying in your pantaloons..

So after bout 3 runs i got the hang of it.. I stayed in 1st gear the WHOLE time.. being that you really cant get above 35 or so on the course in general.. its all about the turns and setup.
I actually broke out my headphones and played the song “beautiful lady” by Eijay for some reason it polarized me on the course and focused my attention on the car and what i needed to do.. It was like i was making sweet lovin to the car and the course was the bed.. yes you slags I intended to get Nasty.. Freak Nasty!

So nasty to the point i got pretty wild with it.. i noticed my driving skill was pretty subpar and i was driving like Conan trying to breakdance.
And at the point i was really getting into it I damn SNAPPED the powersteering belt!.. PS liquid dumped all over the place, and shortly after that the tranny was so hot i could even get in or out of gear!
I was actually pissed… i even got out of the car and kicked her!.. ahahha

I guess im hard headed.. cause spite snapping the belt and the other problems I ran again 4 more times!
MAN was that a arm workout but i wanted to take her to her limits.. or at least very close to them..

I thought… Fuck it.. i dont give a fuck… ILL FIX IT LATER!!!!

So after that i was running real low on gas and took her off the course… while at the pump i decided its time to put her away.. she was sweating HARD.
and i DROVE HER HOME… 50 minutes back to Atlanta.. thats 50 minutes to the course, drove all day about 6 hours, then 50 minutes all the way home… take that trailer fags.

Moral of the story:

If youre building your car with all this highdollar parts and nicknacks, USE the damn thing!.. drive the car!.. and enjoy it as much as you can.
Then your priorities will change.. you will pay the top dollar(if you want) but only on the things that will mean something out there driving!
and finally.. If it breaks!.. you can always fix it!

-Mr.Vengeance
The Streetfighter.

Posted by Mr. Vengeance on July 4, 2010 under Events