Summer Slam 2001

Hi everybody. The trip to Bridgewater prevented me from posting any entries on my website over the past two days, but my hit counter tells me that nobody else really had time to check either.

So, Summer Slam was pretty awesome. I missed the show last year because I was job-hunting, and so it was really cool to go to it again this year. I'm not quite sure whether Jay and Show-N-Shine Promotions started running the show this year or last year, but the show seems improved, overall, under the new "management". By far the best part of walking around the show grounds perusing all of the custom cars and trucks was seeing all of the people I used to compete against when I used to show regularly. Shane Craighead and his spotless "Laid Low" Mitsubishi were there, dropping everyone's jaw. I also got to spend a lot of time with Mark Muse and Ed. Tuckin' Taco was also there, which sent me into a spontaneous drooling fit. For those of you who don't know what the heck I'm talking about, Tuckin' Taco is about the baddest-ass Tacoma showing on the east coast..that I've seen. He was featured in Mini-Truckin about 2 months ago, too. The truck is amazingly beautiful (see picture at right) and he just installed larger wheels (18"s in the front and 20"s in the rear)..pretty amazing. The truck is just a great looking truck all-around. Definitely a great inspiration for me and my dreams for my Taco'.

Going to this show made me realize that even though I'm older than many of the 17-19 year old kids with their vehicles at the show..I'm still very excited by this sport.

So, be sure to check out my photo gallery from the show. I took 90-some pictures..and they're all in the photo gallery for you to enjoy. Check em out!

Today's been another typical lazy Sunday. Olivia and I have been sitting around watching the race. I think we'll be getting together with Maggie later and head down to the greek festival downtown. Not quite sure what we'll see or do down there, but it should be fun.

Posted by Jeff at June 3, 2001 03:33 PM