So as most of you know, most of us Midwesterners had a meet this weekend in Davenport Ia. It was a lot of fun. This was the first meet that I attended where I was legally able to drink, and I did. Lots.
Anyways, we all met at my place at about 12:10, then left right out for Davenport. We drove through rainy, cold weather for about 1/2 the trip, then once in Iowa, it dried up, but I guess they got some pretty bad storms in Davenport about 3 hours before we got there. We arrived at about 6ish and met up with everyone at the hotel/casino, introduced ourselves, chatted and went to the Casino, where the lot of us did marginally (I lost like a buck) but Justin, on his first casino trip ever, won $600 on a penny slot machine!
I had a few drinks there, then we went off to a bar a few miles away in Davenport, and I got fairly smashed, but avoided "Jesdaing" the bathroom and I dodged the fatal hangover. I guess I wasn't drunk enough! LOL!
On Saturday, we all met up at the hotel breakfast buffet at 10:00, but we got there right before they closed their doors, so the food was mediocre, but the Bacon was all you can eat, so I was satisfied.
After that, we went and washed our cars, then headed off to the races. They had a big turnout, and they raced anything you can imagine, including a snowmobile (bet you didn't imagine that). I was actually pretty surprised to see so many good looking women my age participating in the race, in actual leagues, not just casually racing their daily driver....it's so cool out in the boonies.
You'd never see that with any girls I went to high school with.
So it turns out that Albert's AJ modified DHS is pretty damn fast, and a damned impressive car overall...Nitrous Oxide in a Deville...
Overall, a very, very nicely done car...many kudos to Albert (Highline Cady) for the car. And a 3.6L CTS IS faster than a STS, atleast Nick's was. He got a 14.8, and I think Justin got a 15.3 in his STS. The big surprise of the day was Brian's '94 Fleetwood Brougham, with 176k on the clock....15.33 at 91 mph!!!!! I had it pegged at a 15.8 or so, but boy was I off. Shit, if his gets a 15.33, with a .49 reaction time....could the Roadmaster I had break the 15 second barrier??? It was 200 pounds less, and I had positraction, and like 30k less miles....oh if only I still had it..... Even Dirt Cheap Fleetwood busted out his dad's '93 E150 and got a 17.62 with it, with 2xx,xxx on the clock... fun stuff. Ronster took his '08 CTS 3.6 DI down the track too, got like a 15.1 or so with it....very nice.
I kinda wish I brought the Benz....I'd get like a 16.7 or so. But, I did get to ride with Justin in one of his trips down the track...dang that was fun....15.5 seconds.
After the races, we went back to the casino/hotel, had dinner at the buffet (much improved over the breakfast), went to the casino, where Nick won like $500 in blackjack, only to intentionally drop $95 at another blackjack table.
I had a few white russians
and I hung out with Tanner, Nick and Justin in their lobby for a while then went to bed after listening to some Radiohead on my iPod.
On Sunday, we said goodbye to Jimmy and Michelle at 11, then departed to Granite City for the annual Iowa-meet-Sunday-morning-brunch. It was divine. I gorged out on Bacon, Sausage, some sort of pasta, and Prime Rib...and it left me without much room for much else.
The ride home was uneventful, aside from not being able to move the passenger seat in Brian's Brougham up at all (Damnit Tanner!!). Back out of the relative warmth and sunlight of southern Iowa, into the coldness and rain of Minnesota. I hate this state.
I had an awesome time, nice meeting you all.
Let's do this again. Minneapolis '09 anyone?
