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es, they call me Crab and no, it ain’t da

doctor kind! Huh? Well, ok I do have a few

Ystories about da doctor kind, but I ain’t
telling you right here, right now! Ma chere, I’m

going to tole you some stories about Atomic

Blast #6, held at the Gulfport dragway in

Mississippi instead! I tell you, I never heard so
much fussing about a burnout pad in all my life!
much fussing about a burnout pad in all my life!

They said dat ting does crazy tings to der rat rods, it makes funny noises, hey said dat ting does crazy tings to der rat rods, it makes funny noises,
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it don’t let der car burn-out and da best one of all...it scares dem! Wow!
It’s like grade school all over again! So da best ting was dat da fans of da
It’s like grade school all over again! So da best ting was dat da fans of da
rat rods loved it and man oh man, we sure had dem gals dressed up like
pin-ups from the ‘50s too. We had all kinds of rat rods at da show and
dem classic cars were awesome! You should have seen dem mini-bikes
racing. It was Evel Knievel stuff for sure ya!
The car show part was really good and never da same thing. There
was fl ame-throwers, low-riders, little Mad-Max trucks and lots of spare
parts around. (Swap-meet) For da little and medium sized rat rodders,
der was even a valve cover race. For all of dem pretty women out der, we
der was even a valve cover race. For all of dem pretty women out der, we
had a girl rat rodder in da burnout show, and she had an instructor. Well...
let’s just say he needed a drink after there was some communication
problems between dem, but he got da point!
Just as da burnout show started in forward motion, we
could tell dem rat rodders had some energy in dem. We had
some amateurs now, but they kept up with da veterans really
good! Now listen, you can’t make this stuff up no! Da tires were
screaming, but I wasn’t sure if it was da new pad making dem
scream or da tires or da motors?

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