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By the time Steelfest offi cially started at 10AM the house down with his tire-popping insanity
both the acrid smell and screeches of protest from towards the end of the show.
burning tires hung thick in the air. It was an old The weather was perfect, save for a brief
school drag racer’s atmosphere of ‘run what you 5-minute downpour that strangely appeared out of
brung’ as rat rods, muscle cars, customs, monster nowhere, but even that failed to dampen anybody’s
trucks, donks, bikes, mini-trucks, and even quads spirits. With all the cool cars and bikes, free food,
took their turns laying waste to copious amounts great music, and great people, nothing was going
of rubber and asphalt. Crowds grew bigger and to cut into the fun. Many thanks to Sam Shapiro and
louder as the burnouts did the same. And of his crew as always for doing such a spectacular job
course, it was Dennis ‘Crab’ Landry who brought hosting this great event.

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