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JamesFeinberg
 Post subject: Strange things you see in rural NC
PostPosted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 4:07 pm 
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So there I was, driving along Hwy 55 east of Apex last weekend when this giant shopping cart nearly blows me off the road! OK, he didn't really go by me that fast but he was definitely moving along much quicker than I was. Maybe there was a BIG sale that the local grocery store? I really don't know...

Anyway, I managed to take a crappy picture with my cell phone without crashing the car and I thought some people might find it interesting. I don't know if this is the same cart that they run at Bristol Motorspeedway (the one John Boy and Billy almost killed themselves in a few year back) and I didn't have time to track the guy down to ask him.

All I know is that is had some sort of mean-looking V8 powering it and it must have been nearly 15' tall. I always manage to see strange stuff along the highway and this time I managed to take a picture.

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LOL, theyre with the Dept of Agriculture....I got to ride in it last year....and wow is it loud and Reallly high up in the air! They go to West Cary for truck day for the 6th graders:)

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One made a cameo at halftime at a Rollergirls match we went to. It is loud. Especially in Dorton.

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I'm trying to figure out what kind of car Jim's got there.
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David Spratte
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Michael Westerfield wrote:
I'm trying to figure out what kind of car Jim's got there.

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JamesFeinberg
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That's cool. The thing looked to be too well engineered to be a backyard project by some random person so that makes sense.

David, Rollergirl match? Didn't that go out in the 70's? Or was it the 80's? They still do that? Or is this something else entirely?

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JamesFeinberg
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Michael Westerfield wrote:
I'm trying to figure out what kind of car Jim's got there.


Yea, David nailed it. For those that want pictures, check out that hood! Man, what a shine! :D

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David Spratte
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JamesFeinberg wrote:
That's cool. The thing looked to be too well engineered to be a backyard project by some random person so that makes sense.

David, Rollergirl match? Didn't that go out in the 70's? Or was it the 80's? They still do that? Or is this something else entirely?

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Nope. It's a pretty entertaining evening.
http://www.carolinarollergirls.com/index.html

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JamesFeinberg wrote:
Michael Westerfield wrote:
I'm trying to figure out what kind of car Jim's got there.


Yea, David nailed it. For those that want pictures, check out that hood! Man, what a shine! :D

Jim


Man, looked right over that one. I thought I heard you talking about a FS or DS cars at different times last year. I looked past the obvious... the car you have for sale. Goodluck with the sale. (although it looks slower than a grocery cart!) :P j/k
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JamesFeinberg
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Michael Westerfield wrote:
Man, looked right over that one. I thought I heard you talking about a FS or DS cars at different times last year. I looked past the obvious... the car you have for sale.


Well, to be fair, with me you never know! :)

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Goodluck with the sale. (although it looks slower than a grocery cart!) :P j/k


Thanks. And it is-- at least *that* one. :D

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 Post subject: cart racing
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i saw her at hte fair.. in raleigh.. with the agricultural folks. it is loud loud
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David Spratte wrote:
Nope. It's a pretty entertaining evening.
http://www.carolinarollergirls.com/index.html


Cool. Didn't know we had that.

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I work with one of the rollergirls and am friends with another :twisted:

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my cousin used to do the roller stuff, in fla.
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Ryan Storzbach wrote:
I work with one of the rollergirls and am friends with another :twisted:


I am thinking of tough trophy girls for an upcoming autocross. :D

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