Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, race fans young and old! This weekend the world's most twisted form of motor sports will return to the back alleys of San Francisco as Ace International Speedway once again plays host to the 2008 Power Tool Drag Races!
That's right... sharpen your Skilsaw and strap a set of racing mags onto the Makita, because the racing ACTION! ACTION! ACTION will take place this weekend, May 17th and 18th 2008!
As a public service to the readers of this weblog, Telstar Logistics has included the FULL (full... full) TEXT (text.. text...) of the quasi-official 2008 PTDR announcement email that's currently snaking its way through the grease pits of the Internet. Read it below, bring your suntan lotion and WD-40, and BE THERE! BE THERE! BE THERE!
Wanna see more of our photos from the 2006 PTDR Edsel Cup Race Series? You've got it, mister:
Power Tool Drag Racing 2006 (Flickr photoset by Telstar Logistics)
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From: [email protected]
Subject: The One And Only POWER TOOL DRAG RACESThe One And Only POWER TOOL DRAG RACES
ACE! International Speedway. . .eedway. . .eedway. ..eedway. . .The Ace International Speedway
2255 Mc Kinnon St San Francisco, CA 94124-1326
May 17th and 18th 2008
Racing from: Noon - Dusk
Doors Open: 10:00
$20 one day $30 for twoTHRILL as big-block belt sanders and supercharged steam-powered arc welders put the hammer down on our Custom Made Power Tool Drag Racing Track!
CHILL as machines reach speeds of up to SIXTY WHOLE MILES PER HOUR with LITTLE REGARD FOR PERSONAL SAFETY!
SPILL your beer as you revel in the very height of redneck gearhead culture!
John Degamo w/ the national anthem 12:01
Announcer: John Hell and Hall RobinsActual real live BANDS:
(Saturday) The Minks
(Sunday) The Shitones (it's the Mermen! plus
and minus a few people)Cheer leading teams:
Amacker Bullwinkle
Polly Pandemonium#Peef # providing speed and a timing system
Big Daddy pinning classic vinyl all day
Katy Bell on Flags
Jake in his top hat running the dead man...
Shannon O'Hara's Steam whistles, steam toys and wildly over designed objects
Flash and the All Star Bartenders Doing what they do….
Plus ironed hot dogs pressed by beautiful women
Beef and eggplant brought to by Scott from the Uptown.. The best cook we know!
You can also learn about a buddy Todd Blair
Plus all the other racing racing racing stuff
Staring Above all the Junk Yard and our beloved host!
Countless others running around doing things.The Edsel Cup is back again!!!
It has a new hood, new dual exhaust system, brake lines, chrome, original literature, posters, etc. The total thing is likely worth about 2k. Ok, maybe 1k.Every year the very best and brightest take to their garages, theplumbing aisle at Home Depot, the tools section of OSH, and the empty lots behind their neighbors' trailers to build THOSE MACHINES WHO REIGN SUPREME!
75 Feet of skillfully machined fiberboard Power Tool Drag Racing Track await the competitors on race day!
BE AMAZED at the high-tech timing system that tracks Each and Every Vehicle
BE AMUSED at the charming antics of our well-known Power Tool Drag Race Announcers!
BE APPALLED at the smell of RAW ADRENALINE and 20-W-50 in the air!OH MY EFFIN' GAWD, IT'S THE EFFIN' POWER TOOL EFFIN' DRAG RACES
Sign up to race! Take a gander at The Rules (which are valid until Jim Mason decides to re-write them or racing day, whichever comes first)
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