So, Jenna & I spent the last week or so in Florida for our yearly vacation. Had a blast, went to Disney on my Birthday and had just an all out good time the whole vacation.
I drove the Mach down so I could check out the NMRA opening car show @ Bradenton Motorsports Park. Ended up empty handed on Saturday but took home Event winner for Daily Driver and Race Car (long story). Plenty of people recognized the car from the magazine article and thought it was cool. I received COUNTLESS "you guy's are nuts" comments and a few people had actually attended an event or two in the past when living up this way. Many more checked out vids or info on the web. The article drummed up some eye's on our sport that's for sure, granted those people are in the totally wrong region, but if they noticed it that means people IN our region did as well which is good...
Now, on to why I'm thanking the PHA...
We pack up the Mach early Friday morning for the trip back. Plans to stop in Savannah for some tourist stuff, dinner etc etc... We bang out onto I95 outta Savannah around 6-630 as it's getting dark, up through the back way into SC, back to I95. I set the cruise at roughly 85-90 (speed limit is 70). About halfway through SC, sure enough I see the cherries (well, LED) I pull over and do my routine I do when I get stopped (yes I have a routine).
Well, it comes time for me to hand over the info and the Trooper asks me about the stickers on the Mach (currently race ready sticker wise) and if I actually race it etc etc.. My response of course is yes, I race it. He makes a comment about drag racing and I say "actually I don't drag race it I hill climb it" we exchange a few Q&A about hillclimbing and the thought pops into my head! I have an iPhone which, has a YouTube ready application on it, which my vids are on. So, as he's walking away I scramble to pull up a vid and tell him I have one ready for him to view if he'd like. So he takes the phone and starts watching my Polish Mountain vid. He calls over his backup and the two of them are standing there, on the side of I95, watching hill climb vids having a good ol' time. He hands Jenna back the phone and say's he'll be right back..
He comes back up to the car and say's; Now... we don't have any hills down here and there's no doubt in my mind you have the ability to drive a lot faster then 85 safely as seen in those vids but this isn't a hill, please slow down.
Hands Jenna my warning, and off we go....
Thanks PHA!
