AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!

 

So I go to the blackjack table and throw down $1500.00 and get all green $25.00 chips. In a matter of about 35 minutes my $1500.00 is gone. Oh boy this is going to take longer than I thought. I borrow $100.00 from Hani and throw down another $300.00. Long story short I walk away with 2 blue chips ($1000.00 each) and a few black ones. Unfortuneately what was going to be an hour stop turned into a couple hours. We were up about $500.00.

Since I had consumed some drinks Hani took the wheel as we left Vegas. We head back down towards I40 into Arizona through Kingman and stop in Williams Arizona for fuel and food. It is late and we grab some Denny's and the Budman takes the wheel.

On through Flagstaff, AZ we stop in Gallup, NM for fuel and switch drivers. On through Albuquerque with the Budman at the wheel somewhere about 1 hour west of Amarillo, TX I get really tired and pull off into a rest area to sleep for about 30 minutes. The next day would prove to be eventful

End of Day 4

 

This is so awesome. Keep it coming buddy!

This is by far better than any TV show I've ever seen... all I gotta do is check this thread every hour and there is an update. can't wait for more!!!

 

Check out my website for some photos.

 

Why isn't the stage 5 blowing the stage 4gt away? Is there still tuning to be done?

 

Where is Hani's picture ...you know which one I am talking about...
Evan

 

The RED BEAST Stage 5 car will be spending the winter in Arizona at EVO with Todd. When it emerges from it's long winters slumber there will be no comparison to a Stage 4.

 

Woooow Buddy, To much "Murphy's Law" in effect. I am on the edge of my seat to hear about the next day!!!

 

It is going to take the entire winter to tune it or will they be making changes to it? As your car is right now, it is a complete stage 5 finished?

 

Okay on to the BEST part or for me maybe it was the WORST part in any event is WAS funny.

So I blast through Amarillo, TX and we are coming up on Shamrock, TX doing about 105 on the cruise control. All of a sudden we get a cop that flicks his radar on. I hit the brakes but he just keeps going in the oposite direction. Start to speed up again and wham another cop hits us and this time he is coming across the grass median.

I look at Hani and say should we outrun him? He looks at me and says BUDMAN whatever you want to do. So like an idiot I put my foot to the floor. Well needless to say he began to dissapear very fast in my rear view mirror. I was under the FALSE impression that if we reached the Oklahoma border which was a mere 20 miles away that the Texas trooper could not follow us across and get us. Big mistake!

So we are doing about 160 mph and have completely lost this cop. I keep looking at the NAV screen to see where we cross into Oklahoma. Finally Oklahoma and I take the first exit. We turn right and then left and we are on I 40 business. I slow down to a normal speed and I am shaking like crazy. Never really outran I cop before (well once but that is another story) so I say to Hani "Hey looks like we did it, man what a story we will have for the guys". If I only knew how much wilder the story would be.

We go through this small town called Erick, OK and everything seems great. Outside of town we are cruising along and all of a sudden up ahead I see a police car broadside in the road and there is an officer standing in front of the car. We ease up and the guy is holding an M16 fully automatic rifle at the car.

We stop and he yells "Get out of the car" I get out, he yells "Get on the ground" I get on the ground, he yells "All the way down" I am face down on the pavement. He yells "Don't move a muscle" I am like dude I am not moving anything. He yells to Hani inside the car "Hands on the ceiling". This guy is pointing a loaded fully automatic M16 at my head and I am hoping he doesn't have a trigger finger and that he just didn't watch a bad episode of COPS!

In short order other cops arrive my hands are handcuffed behind my back. The other cops put Hani on the ground and handcuff him. By the time I am on my feet we have 9 police vehicles all around us 9!

At this point I have no clue what is going to happen. They search the car, they ask alot of quetions. I basically say "We are not criminals just did not want a ticket." One of the officers says "Good thing you got off the interstate because about 5 miles ahead they were laying down a tire puncture strip across the highway". Holy crap! That would have sucked!

After quite some time they decide that Hani is just a passengar and they release him and ask if I want to release my car to him, of course I do. I end up being put in the police car in the front seat with the Oklahoma trooper who was pointing the M16 at my head. Turns out he is not a bad guy just doing his job and he was not sure what he was up against.

We head to the Oklahoma jail in Sayre, OK. On the way this trooper is telling me that they want to extradite me back to Texas to face charges there. He was trying to help me and said "Listen don't fight extradition because it could take 30 to 60 days and you will be stuck in our jail!"

Long story short I go before the judge in OK and waive extradition to Texas. A Texas trooper now handcuffs me and we head back to Shamrock, TX. After a long time sitting around they find a judge in Wheeler, TX that can arraign me. We go there and they make me drop my drawers, put me in an Orange jumpsuite, finger print me and throw me in a cell with a metal bed, metal toilet and not much else.

I don't even have a pillow, I have no idea what is going to happen and I am thinking why did I not just pull over and get a ticket?? And are we going to still be able to make it to Tail of the Dragon? Honest to God I was thinking about that. Man what is wrong with me?

Finally they allow Hani to visit me. He has been calling bail bondsmen to try and bail me out. He finally finds one that will do it for $1500.00. I say get him here fast. Meanwhile I head back to my plush cell. About 2 hours later he show up.

The bondsmen finally shows up I pay him $1500.00 he tells me to call him everyweek and if I don't show up to trial I will be on the next Wildest Bounty Hunters show on Fox.

I get my clothes back on and we finally leave this god forsaken town and state of Texas. Hani drives and I am just trying to take this whole day in. Man was I an idiot! A simple ticket versus facing a Felony charge!

We make it to Oklahoma City and find out that Tail of the Dragon has been cancelled. Holy Crap all of this for nothing! We decide to eat dinner and grab a hotel in OKC and figure stuff out in the morning.

End of Day 5 and what a day it has been!

 

Let's just say it will be making even more power come springtime!

 

Finally Hani has put up the picture we have all been waiting for:

 

we all make mistakes, it's the ones that still are fun that will be memorable

 

So were all the cops cool about it or were some really pissed at you? What had the TX cops clocked you at?

 

Buddy, man, I mean no disrespect, but I am rolling on the floor laughing my *** off!!! Maybe its the way you tell the story, but it is really funny. I can say that because I know you and you know I wouldn;'t wish anything bad for you.

Classic lines:

"Holy crap! That would have sucked!"

"And are we going to still be able to make it to Tail of the Dragon?"

"Meanwhile I head back to my plush cell."

"if I don't show up to trial I will be on the next Wildest Bounty Hunters show on Fox."

"Holy Crap all of this for nothing!"

I hope it all works out one way or another. You are the best!!