WANTED: Pontiacs…And Some Rest

January 30th, 2007 - - Filled in: Random/Rants

I’ve been so busy this week. I’m catching up to get back on schedule with my 8-to-5 job…er…my 9:30-ish-to-3:00-or-so (I’ll let you guess my profession) job. I’m even surprised I could stay awake long enough to write the Clear Channel post. So, in addition to my career responsibilities and my personal and family responsibilities, I’ve added some more to my plate. Yeah, I know. Woe is me. I’m only mentioning this since I haven’t posted much lately with regard to useful content.

You see…for the 5th year in a row, myself and some cronies of mine have organized an event called the Alamo City Shootout. The Alamo City Shootout began as a regional Pontiac Grand Prix event that included a car show and racing in a 2-day period, not to mention the Thursday night of drinking involved…making it a full 3-day bender. Last year, we added Pontiac GTOs to the mix. This year, we’ve decided to add ALL Pontiacs to the mix (F-bodies, GTOs, Grand Ams, Grand Prixs, classic Ponchos…uh, Soltices…G6s — if it has arrowhead emblem, it is welcome…yes, Fieros too). And High Performance Pontiac is coming to cover our event for the first time. Problem is we’ve only got 20 cars registered. 20. That means I have 5 days to find 30+ more Pontiacs to participate…or we need to cancel the race portion, which is the most fun. So, I’m stressing about that. Each year, we attract 50-60 cars and a couple of hundred spectators, rent out the local drag strip and go at it. That’s not cheap. The vent we were aiming at replacing was called the Pontiac Southern Nationals. Check out my 15 minutes of fame pic (the black one). That event brought 100s of cars. I have 20.

Anyway, I know this is a random post. I don’t even have a “filler” video for you guys. Just thought I’d vent. You guys get to be my “Dear, Diary” recipients today. If you want to see what our event is all about, check out the website.