by Rick&Cyndi M » 01 Wed Jul, 2020 3:51 pm
I am not part of the obviously prestigious and exclusive “awards committee,” however I do recollect the events surrounding a possible transfer of the Doom Buggy award away from Bob. One of the committee members will have to call a virtual meeting with other members and let us know a decision.
The first buggy to break down was on the Sunday cruise shortly after our pit stop at the gas station. After about 2 miles on the next leg of the cruise, Leadfoot Porter (Bryan in this case) apparently tried to pop a wheelie in Keith’s 5,000 horsepower orange buggy and blew out the transaxle. After arrangements were made to get them back to camp, the remaining buggies started back on the cruise again.
After a few miles, we were sidelined again when a pin that was “too long” had been installed by Staggerwing in his fuel pump, and it just fell out? Since it could have been anywhere along a long stretch of road, we did not search for it.
At this time we already had multiple buggies out of the cruise – Sergio had decided not to try the Sunday cruise and was immediately given the rubber chicken by Ken, and two or three buggies had stayed back to help Leadfoot get his buggy back to camp. So, I made the decision that we would stop cruising at this point and get everyone back to the hotel as quickly as possible so that Staggerwing could go and get his buggy back.
So that’s my recap. If anyone else has anything else to add, please do so. The award recipient(s) is now in the hands of the committee, and we will all await their final ruling.
Rick