With a last-minute change of directions, we learned that Henshin had moved a couple miles away down the road. After driving around aimlessly to see if cars would follow us like sheep, we finally descended upon the right place. With the most cars we'd seen on the entire trip, Henshin really treated us right and fed the masses with plenty of food and much-needed bottled water, not to mention an air-conditioned showroom with a private bathroom for us to drain our bodily fluids. When the festivities wrapped up, we got ourselves back onto the road for the final stretch to meet up with the North and West parties. When we did finally get to the Atlanta Motor Speedway, we realized that we came in dead last (and managed to lose most of the caravan that we had originally started out with), even though we had the shortest route of them all. Nads and Ricky had already packed their camera gear away and had begun their autograph signing session from the front passenger seats of some random cars that were parked to the side. After repeated complaints and mild harassment by local law enforcement, we called it a day and headed to the hotel for a much needed shower. You may now turn to page 152 for the entire NOPI coverage, brought to you by John C. Naderi.
And We Thought They Smelled Bad On The OutsideOK, so that's a really tired line here at Super Street, but who cares? We still use it. Why? Because we really did stink on the Tour. Damn the heat and damn the humidity. Oh yeah, we'd really like to thank Southeast Toyota for hooking up this Corolla for the South Leg. Not only was the A/C ice-cold, but the XM Satellite Radio kept us busy for hours, just trying to look for a decent opera station. Jackie does his best driving while belching out scores from popular arias and Jonny says it makes him smarter just listening to it.
People go nuts over free gear. Just look at that T-shirt that we used to wipe the sweat from underneath our armpits.
"You guys want some T-shirts? Then pay $20 and get a free goodie bag!"
Looking Good, Billy Ray. Feeling Good, Louis!Yeah, you would have said something like that to your homies if you happened to win $50 cash from Valvoline, because that's what some of our Tour participants were indeed winning. So how did they do it? Simple-just by sporting two Valvoline stickers anywhere on their cars and filling out the required paperwork. If their name was called out, they won $50! Afterward, we forced them to buy us gifts.
Here's one way to lose your train of thought.
We didn't really care who won, we just wanted to see them hug each other.
This is how our group started out. We lost track of all of them, except for that guy waving his hands. Actually, we lost him, too.
Mack It Up, Flip It, Rub It Down-Oh, No!No Super Street Tour would be complete without a cameo appearance by our number one fan, Macky Manasala. Sure, he really freaks us out with his PS10 mint-condition SS collection, but when those puppy dog eyes stare at you, begging for an autograph, you can't help but smile, then run away. See ya next year, Mackavelli!
"The Tour is an epic production."