We are back in Minnesota after a warm Texas welcome in tornado alley from Oklahoma City to Dallas on Friday evening. We drove into a deluge of rain and multiple lightning strikes. We were amazed at the number of cars that stopped under road overpasses, and for ourselves we just kept moving. We did not find out we were in the thick of tornadic activity until we had arrived in eastern Dallas, and survived the aquaducts of Dallas Freeways.The truck's original owner was John Nemechek, who died racing in 1997 in Florida. He was having it made for the street racing tracks of Nascar and it has never been raced. "Crash" is going to install a crate motor, transmission, and a drivetrain for some light racing, but mostly as a "signage" for his business.
We also learned that while the mid Texas drivers are abrupt and force their way into traffic, the east Texas drivers are over polite. They will literally stop at the bottom of on ramps to allow freeway traffic to continue unimpeded. We slowed down to allow a fellow on the ramp to merge in front of us, and the other driver also slowed, so we slowed some more and he stopped on the ramp to let us by.
We also learned that while the mid Texas drivers are abrupt and force their way into traffic, the east Texas drivers are over polite. They will literally stop at the bottom of on ramps to allow freeway traffic to continue unimpeded. We slowed down to allow a fellow on the ramp to merge in front of us, and the other driver also slowed, so we slowed some more and he stopped on the ramp to let us by.
On the way back, we had the adventure of driving thru the snow storm that had come out of Colorado. It slowed our driving down and we arrived in the cities just as the New Year was ringing in.
Happy New Year!!!!!
5 comments:
Cool truck. Didn't John Nemechek, die at a race at Homestead Fla?
We were staying in Sarasota fla during our vacation several years ago and the guy who takes Joe (John's brother, I believe) Nemechek's show car around was also staying there. After a couple of beers he told us that Joe is a real horse's ass. He said he appears to be meek and mild but behind the scenes it's a whole different story.
Oh yeah, those tornado thingies are a lot of fun, let me tell you. That's why a lot of us have bunkers, uh, root cellars. Tornado on the way, down into the cellar we go. NOBODY, but NOBODY has basements here. Sorry you didn't get to come see the beautiful Hill Country. Maybe next time.
looks as though youve had fun.
amazing tornado's ... I guess not for the one's that have to live with them ...
Happy New Year to you. I'm glad we are blogmates.
Dear Pissed off Patricia
REF: Joe Nemechek
I wouldn't put much truth in a individual who you say was drinking.
I would also like you to learn the GOLDEN RULE, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
I would love to see anyone that you may have upset, for what ever reason they may entertain...
via a third party individual
who was admittedly under the influence of alcohol,
write and tell anyone who will read it,
just how nasty of a person you have been
just because you didn't please or treat them the way they wanted you to.
As if there are no other obligations in their lives but pleasing you.
So we should treat you as you have treated Joe Nemechek?
Probably,
it would only be fair,
but I do pray that you will write things about people in the future, that are truth
Preferably information that is obtained on a one to one basis,
without alcohol being involved,
and treat them with the respect they deserve.
Then your opinions could be considered fair.
Respectfully
one of your disappointed readers
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