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hillbilly
6/12/2014 7:10am
6/12/2014 7:10am
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6/12/2014 8:28pm
Had to hit atlanta this Monday for my speeding/no DL trial.
30 minutes in a headlight goes out ,figure this is like my motorhome trips,downhill.
Hit a pilot truckstop and they have bulbs,buy a pair of pliers and lite ,get out the blown bulb but they dont have it,I left at 2am to get there by 7,30 ish,trial is at 8,30. Stopped at another truck center but no luck.Knew there is a walmart in south Knoxville ,50 miles away but figured the law would pull meover 7 times by then.
Make it to walmart ,get bulbs,in and on the road but now lost at least 45 minutes.A car goes by hauling and I follow ,back at 90 mph again but make it with 30 minutes to spare.
The court is full but its like I'm at a black and tan club,only white guy.The good lookin lady prosecutor calls me up and ask if i got my DL which was fine then but couldn't prove since cops website said it wasn't.
So now all we are dealing with is speeding fine ,she asks if i knew the amount and I did,350 to 400 bucks,Sheasks if i can pay thatwhich i can. The she asks why they put me in jail,I assume the DL thing telling her.She shakes head and tells me time served will cover the fine.
So,I plead guilty and walk out.In money it cost me the 10%bail,$162 ,not bad.
Coming home a caddy and a tang go by north of atlanta and i try to keep up,,they run 95 to 100 all the way to dalton,barely can hang but traffic slows them enuff so i can watch their brake lights ,Break the mason jar rally record for atlanta to hillbilly compound.
Get 2 chances next year to break the new record.
30 minutes in a headlight goes out ,figure this is like my motorhome trips,downhill.
Hit a pilot truckstop and they have bulbs,buy a pair of pliers and lite ,get out the blown bulb but they dont have it,I left at 2am to get there by 7,30 ish,trial is at 8,30. Stopped at another truck center but no luck.Knew there is a walmart in south Knoxville ,50 miles away but figured the law would pull meover 7 times by then.
Make it to walmart ,get bulbs,in and on the road but now lost at least 45 minutes.A car goes by hauling and I follow ,back at 90 mph again but make it with 30 minutes to spare.
The court is full but its like I'm at a black and tan club,only white guy.The good lookin lady prosecutor calls me up and ask if i got my DL which was fine then but couldn't prove since cops website said it wasn't.
So now all we are dealing with is speeding fine ,she asks if i knew the amount and I did,350 to 400 bucks,Sheasks if i can pay thatwhich i can. The she asks why they put me in jail,I assume the DL thing telling her.She shakes head and tells me time served will cover the fine.
So,I plead guilty and walk out.In money it cost me the 10%bail,$162 ,not bad.
Coming home a caddy and a tang go by north of atlanta and i try to keep up,,they run 95 to 100 all the way to dalton,barely can hang but traffic slows them enuff so i can watch their brake lights ,Break the mason jar rally record for atlanta to hillbilly compound.
Get 2 chances next year to break the new record.
But do you really want to set more land speed records ??
The Shop
Barely could hang?
What were you driving one of Junior Johnson's moonshine cars?
Nice story HB
Back in 90 91 I was going to north wilkesboro twice a year for nascar ,The 1st time I drove to ole motorhome over we found this pefect level spot wondering why no one had parked there.After setting up grill and chairs the heli lands ,we had parked beside the LZ.
Well,directly a old man is standing there and I offer a burger and he sits down telling us he is waiting on a heli ride,he knows the pilot.Asking him where he lives,he points and the roof of his house is just down the road.I say you must know junior since his house is on the speedway grounds.
He tells us he ran likker with junior back in the day,and has written a book about it. Willy Clay Call was his name,and he gave us each a book,signed ,and said he had a still in his front yard,and to come see it.
From that race on we would eat burgers at camp and eat sunday breakfast at his house. He keep his cars and had a dodge 4 door with a 413 wedge and the cross ram intakes,the ones that set over the fenders. He and junior tokk it to Talladega one year and went a tad over 200 mph down the back straight.
He also had a 34 ford with a caddy ambulance v8 in it,it was the 1st to have overhead valves.
Miss going to that track.
Pit Row
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