Thursday - Irwindale was awesome. Really good racing from all sorts - fast beetles, fast high hp domestics and even a loud as hell little Mazda RX3 or something running equiv to high 10's.. Luckily we were able to say hello to Mark H, not knowing it would be last time to see him.
Friday - Nick's burgers:
I was pretty surprised at Nick's to see the 58 win also... As we all know how much effort went into Darren's car. But if he was going to be edged out by another car that 58 was sure the one... It was pretty damn nice. Little subtle features everywhere you look on that car. Hand made dimples on the decklid to clear the carbs, custome firewall to follow lines of Porsche shroud, etc, etc...
Here's a few pics of the 58 that won the DKP vote:
ALSO, key thing to note is there was a close vote between 3 cars not just the 58 and Darren's car, but our very own little Geoffry wowed the crowed so much, the hebroid was the first non cal looker to be in a 3 way tie in the first round of votes! When we got to nicks, there were crowds around Darrens car all night. You could not get a chance to take a pic with out someone or several people in the shot staring at his car... You would have been proud Darren.
Then a loud rumble from the street and up pulls a low riding turd... the heb rolls in and holy shit the crowd could not believe it. I had to move from my spot as so many people were bumping in to me trying to get a pic of the hebroid. You could see Geoff's head growing by the minute... but well deserved as evryone, including guys from magazines, high profile restorers and even guys from So Cal Speed shot were digging it. The crowd loved his car.
It was pretty awesome to be a Canuck this weekend with 4 really nice cars representing (Darren's oval, Hulkomania, Hebroid and Mike's square).
Saturday - VW Paradise
Kind of a blur from previous night, but the few times I woke up I saw people loving Darren's car and Shane's beast up on the dyno. Also some other pretty cool machines making it hard to sleep: a 470hp golf, and a 800hp Jeep! Also a pretty sad day as everyone learned of Mark H!
Sat Night - Knolwoods for end of berg cruise
Pretty melow. Good food, more cool cars showing up and tons of reporters looking for insight into Mark's crash.
Sunday - Classic
All I can say is take sun screen... can you say Lobster! Biggest turn out ever -is what I heard. The entire park was full from end to end. Rows of hebs, splits, I counted 16 manxes in a row, rows of early busses and trucks. Geoff chose to park near the freak show as I think he was invited to showcase the heb there. Also that location was in the center of the show and could not have been in a more high traffic area... I heard he had people wanting to buy the car... And I am sure he will fill in better but let's just say it is a pretty big compliment when Chip Foose's personal photographer is instructed to go find the Heb to take some pics... The swap was pretty good, scored a few goodies for the car like a split h/l rings and an early Porsche tach amoung other things. Seeing Darren's car sitting beside Randy Gates car, Lanny and Darren really raised the bar again. Looking at those two side by side you could see really how nice Darren's oval is... And Hulky was getting lots of attention every time I walked by it. Felt cool to be walking around the greatest VW show on the planet and see cars that are ripping around our Vancouver streets... good job guys.
Can't wait till next year... hopefully I will get to see what it feels like to pull into Nicks Burgers in my own ride...
