[GarysZ24]

July 3, 1993, my first summer with my Cavalier @ a race @ Bandimere Speedway. Afternoon winds came up to nearly 100mph!!! Porta Johns were being blown over, the young lady @ the e.t. booth was sprayed with broken glass caused by the rock pebbles that adorned the pit area from the end of the 1/4 mile to the final (main exit) from the race track...thank GOD she was ok. I left my tool box out with my spare tire, and jack (I street drove my car then). Since rock pebbles heavily pitted my car (hince half of the need for repainting back in '06), all of my glass had to be replaced (especially the rear window when a large gust of wind slammed so many pebbles into the back of my car, that I heard this loud WHOMP, followed by the whole rear window falling into my rear seat as I drove to the fence overlooking the race track hoping it would shield me from the rocks. In so doing I tried to recover my tool box, because (by todays prices), it had around $1,000 worth of tools in it. when I tried to position the car so I could grab the box, was when my rear window was slammed into, and if I'd have positioned my car any other way I would've risked having my door ripped off, or unsprung...the pit in my right side tail light is my reminder of that harrowing day.

Ohh, the topper, if all of that wasn't bad enough, once the winds died down and I was able to return to my pit area, my tools were gone (STOLEN, AS WAS MY JACK)!!! I told the track about it, and it was announced at their next Bracket Race, but I never got them back. My tools (and the box) were marked (I'll update this post tomorrow with the actual marking), 221 (the number I had on my '76 Chevy Vega when I won the equivalent of the state championship in high school drags, from a Memorial Day Dragfest also @ Bandimere). Thank GOD my car then being a street car, and my having full coverage insurance, or I wouldn't have gotten my glass replaced, and most of my tools replaced as well. OHH TO HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE THE JERK WHO TOOK THEM IN A SQUARED CIRCLE FOR JUST FIVE MINUTES...I HAD JUST CAUSE TO BE LIKE A SHARK IN A FEEDING FRENZY, & WAS FIT ENOUGH TO DO SOME DAMAGE!!!!!!!