Outlaws Picnic |
20th July 2008 |
A bunch of us, including Steve with his ’65 Chevy Nova & me in my ’68 Charger, went to the Outlaws Rod & Drag Club charity picnic today. It’s a one day, invitation only meet for hotrods & yanks to raise money for a cancer charity, held on a private farm near Watford. During the Second World War it was known as Bovingdon airfield & part of the landing strip still exists, making an ideal 8th mile drag strip. My mate Bob had his old Ford pick-up truck there and offered me a drive, so off I went. Got 20 yards, stopped, walked back and asked Bob if the gear lever should break off as you go for 2nd gear! Turns out he’d welded an extension onto it and ground down the welds cos it looked better. For some reason he wouldn’t let me drive his just imported race car –don’t know why! 1 pm arrived and the Outlaws closed the track for lunch. This is when they put on the burn-out competition and slalom course. Steve entered the burn-out comp and sent plumes of smoke over the surrounding countryside twice. Then came my favourite, the slalom. I had 3 goes and spent more time going sideways and backwards than going forwards! Everyone who entered this had the biggest grins in the world. -Dave 2 Lanes |