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At Old Dominion Speedway, 10611 Dumfries Rd, Manassas VA on 5 Sep Rain or Shine! Might be last year at the "old" Speedway! Enter your Speedie in Kit Car Category (must be VW powered - assume Porsche and Audi accepted too) or just attend!

Dale, Syl, and I have committed to attend!

1957 CMC Classic Speedster

    in Ft Walton Beach, FL

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The first time I saw a FiberFab Avenger was just a few years ago. I'm pretty sure they were long done making them by that time, and I'm guessing parts were getting hard to find.
Somebody brought one to Jimmy Sartwell's shop while my car was under construction, and I thought it was the coolest thing ever -- until I walked up to it. From 40 feet, it was wicked awesome ... from right on top of it, it was a train wreck.
It had a hole cut in the rear deck for a single-carb 1600. The hole looked like it was cut with a recip saw, and the edges weren't finished. The side and rear windows were plexi and rivets, none of which was done cleanly. The interior was beyond ratty; it looked like the carpet set was a partial, the seats were fiberglass shells without much in the way of finish work, and the tunnel had doohickeys and wires sticking up out of it like some kind of electrical porcupine.
The roll cage was bolted in on one side and welded on the other, as if it was put together inside the car after the body was grafted to the chassis ... it goes on and on and on.
It was painted like a bass-boat, in a dull, Bradley GT-esque red metal flake. Uggggh.

It is the only car I ever saw Jimmy turn away. I was happy to see it leave, since it didn't want whatever disease it had to transfer to my car.
Same one was there again this year - only counted 5 kit cars. The Avenger, a Bradley, Dale's MGTD, Syl's "Candy" Speedster, and Chuck's Blue VS. We'll see how judging goes - gorgeous weather day but didn't appear as crowded as in past. My vote for Miss Bugout goes to the bikini clad girl parading around all day seeking votes - in ACORN tradition I voted twice. Actually had a mini dust twister - took one booths vintage print memorabelia and launched it 300 feet into the air. Paul - your first place May 09 award is safe with me.

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So here is how the day played out. The awards were delayed for almost an hour... something about improprieties in the voting during the Miss Bugout contest. Lots of really nice dubs to be seen and recognized in each of the award catagories. Third place in the kit car catagory went to Chuck and his blue VS speedster. Second place went to an orange bug "truck" from New Port News that won first place at BugOut 67, and "Candy" took first place.

It was choas trying to leave the speedway as several groups of supporters raced though the site in lynch-mob fashion looking to avenge the travesty of injustice that was this year's Miss BugOut event. Maggie and I barely escaped the scene as crying bikini-clan women and large full sleeve tatted men chanted "Wolfgang, Wolfgang, where's Wolfgang, GET WOLFGANG!!!

OH, the images of the single cab above, before and after, may be reversed?!?
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