So I was at the Washington County Fair yesterday. ( Its like the biggest in New York State) At first things were going a little slow. My smaller siblings were trying to decide what ride they wanted to go on next, etc. But me and my co-blogger/brother did eventually taste freedom. After a lunch of hotdogs (the fair kind), we took off and checked out some booths. I found this one leather booth, and discovered all kinds of cool hand-made leather doodads that I liked, but couldn't afford...anyways, we eventually ended up at the Truck Pull. It was pretty amazing. First we watched the stock semi-trucks, then the modified semi-trucks. Those were pretty flippin' sweet! Then they had the pickup pull. That was by far the best part of the show. My personal favorite was a 1955 GMC Truck. That thing was loud! It was owned by the guys who won the pickup pull, but they won with a different truck. A heavily modified Chevy Silverado. A bright neon yellow and orange beast dubbed 'Bumble Rumble'. I thought the day couldn't possibly get any better. The smell of exhaust, and the black clouds of it, the deafening ROAR of V8s working as hard as they can (you know, the kind of roar you can feel right through you), and the fresh squeezed lemonade was the best I have ever tasted! Can it get any better? I was about to discover that indeed it could! As we were leaving the fair, I caught out of the corner of my eye something absolutely breathtaking. I had to look twice, because I thought my eyes were playing tricks on me. There it was, the car that I have been following since its first appearance in the Detroit Auto Show (I believe it was the Detroit Show...) back in 2006. The 2008 Dodge Challenger. All 425 horses! The Hemi 6.1 in all its glory. And it couldn't look better in any other car! So, ladies and gentlemen, last night I got to get under the hood of that beast. Last night I inhaled the smell of new car. Last night I got to touch my dream car! And who knows...some day I might own one. Untill then, my desktop wallpapers will have to do.
~Jim
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Okay, so, what IS a truck pull??? I asked your brother, but all he said was, "It's just like a tractor pull". as if that helped any. so it's just a truck pulling stuff, or what?? I'm sorry...this feels like something I ought to know... :/
Those challengers are pretty sweet. I've seen them on the road, but I have yet to touch one...or get a good look at the interior.
There is a sled on which weight is added or removed based on the vehicle pulling it. The vehicle that can pull the sled the farthest wins.
Yeah, they are nice. I have been a Challenger all my life. The problem was that the last one made till now was 1975...
They are actually very reasonably priced.
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