For immediate release.... Sept. 28, 2002
Some folks are here to watch, some are trying to take advantage of the spectacle to make a little extra cash.... Looks like moonshine sales are doing well.... The working girls expect business to pick up later..... And the reverend and undertaker are waiting for the driver to show.... with great expectations....
Speaking of drivers, we too are having trouble finding the right idiot..errrrr..errrr....errrr talent to pilot our vehicle. We contacted Tony Stewart but it seems Joe Gibbs has him under contract and won't allow any outside driving for the rest of the NASCAR season... Then we contacted Tas, the Tasmanian Devil. He explained he has signed a licensing agreement with Chevy and cannot drive any other vehicle types....
We have been trying to contact one Wile E. Coyote without much success. Seems he was last seen disappearing into an anvil shaped hole somewhere in the Arizona desert. We are not sure if Wile E. is the driver for us but we have been assured he is crazy enough to get into this contraption...
Anyone want to wager a few milkbones????
10/01/2002.... Why???? You might ask.... Well...
We here in Canine Gulch heard about a new ride piloted by one 'Snoopy'some sort of Beagle cur....
He was making some pretty wild claims about that Victoria B.C. based prop car..... Well, a challenge is a challenge and a few days later, one 'Garfield' the Cat showed up in his prop car...... Talk about some wild claims!!! ***psst take a look at that thing... looks like it was made out of junk parts.... :)***
Well, the boasting got out of hand and Snoopy said he would kick Garfield's butt in a race, loser buys the beer... So off goes Garfield to get in some needed testing.... And you know 'what' happens... I'll just post the official Santa Barbra based team press release...
9/16/2002.... In an unfortunate incident on the Rogue County Narrow Gauge RR, an undo amount of power was applied to the "Garfield Car". The resulting lift-off and subsequent return to earth left the vehicle in need of some repair. The firm of Wallace and Gromit was contracted to perform the necessary repairs using a "newer and improvederer" form of adhesive glue able to withstand the high temperatures of the engines performance. Sadly, the resident test pilot, who was driving at the time, suffered several "indignities". This same Mr. Garfield complained in no uncertain terms to the railroad's management, who deemed Mr. Garfield's manner most unacceptable, particularly the gestures. That same brave test pilot was dismissed. Happily, the management's advertising for a replacement was well recieved and a host of capable professionals turned out for the testing.
Unfortunately again, moments after this photo was taken, Mr. Gromit suffered his own "indignity" after falling forward out of the newly installed safety seat. Nonetheless, The management hopes to announce the new pilot of the "Ex-Garfield Car" in the near future and further avows to build an even "newerer and more improvederer" propeller car with which to give serious challenge to a previously cited "Snoopy Challenge".
9/18/2002.... I was working in the shop late last night adjusting the prop angle on my secret project when a mysterious orange striped stranger walked in smelling of Maddog 2020. Brushing back his broken whiskers, the guy looked at me out of his one good eye and asked me if I needed a driver for my racer. Noting his bent tail, I asked him if he had any experience driving as opposed to crashing……Said his last job was for a diabolical mad scientist who enjoyed creating fantastic creatures to test on his VortexCranialRescrambolator (VCR) sled. I was pretty impressed by the guy’s experience but unfortunately the guy’s girth was just too big to fit in the tiny cockpit of my racer. With regret, I had to send him on his way. But he didn’t leave empty handed. Unknown to me, he swiped my lasagna dinner and left a hairball on my plate.
9/18/2002.... The racer is out of the shop and a crowd has gathered around to watch.
AND, we were able to get a spy photo of another prop car under development by a team based in Whippany, NJ. This car, labeled Prop #1, reportedly has been ran under remote control (and in the dark of night... talk about secrets) with good results......
The scuttlebutt (Jayski?) reports a driver/pilot has already been signed for this NJ ride.
So far, this is a race to race deal with the impetus on performance!!! If RF is unable to take out ... errr... beat the competition, a new driver search will be initiated.
A busted up yellow, lasagna smelling cat showed up for the interviews and RF decided to use him for a driving glove. After a few laps with RF the cat had lost a lot of weight and 8.5 lives. This impressed the Purple Baron team owner and being the old dog he is, he signed RF to a one race deal on the spot.
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