2012 MOTM "Official Thread"

Nov 20, 2011
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Its time for the final show down at the RMSW! This is the last chance to air it all out and show the best what you got. I know I usually whip up something witty tied into the standing and the league for the official race threads. I thought I would do something a bit different this time. How about a short story about a past experience:

One man’s story of triumph and fear:

There is nothing more that makes me want to retire my Man Card more than battling a roach. Who would think something so small and seemingly harmless could strike such fear into a grown man. Put me face to face with snakes, scorpions, wild tigers, vampires even Joan Rivers without makeup and I can handle it!

It has been quite a while since I've battled my greatest adversary. I’ve been running mad for about 3 weeks and I was looking forward to a peaceful Labor Day. I was enjoying Pinewood Derby Online this morning when my wife sent out the call "Honey there is a roach in here and it's big". I immediately cringed with the anticipation of being man handled by an insect version of Mike Tyson.

The battle field was a traditional spot that we have met many times before, the bathroom. My greatest adversary had chosen a crafty position to start the dance of death, positioned on the ceiling in strike position. Absolutely the worst case scenario for battling a roach, the possibility of human/insect contact is increased tremendously with a flying dismount.

I did what every great military tactician has done before me, I created a battle plan. I first put my sons on recon, “Do not let the roach out of your site”. I then armed myself with all the weapons needed for a possible ceiling dismount. A nerf ball, hand broom and a can of glorious nerve gas “roach spray”. Upon re-entering the battlefield I could tell my adversary was wise to my plan for the deep sleep. I first had to coax the puppeteer of fear down to the floor to level the playing field. Never let your adversary have the high ground, I leaned that from “Star Wars Revenge of the Sith”. I was not going to let him go Obi-Wan on my butt during this battle. The first attempt with the Nerf ball was meet with a ruffle of the wings just to raise my anxiety level, “The force is strong in this one”. Upon my second attempt the dismount was reminiscent of the Dark Night descending to the streets of Gotham in order to strike fear to all who oppose him. The ceiling dismount sent me into ready position, hiding behind the door until the dismount was complete. Upon hearing the landing I peaked in and saw a fully matured Blattaria scramble behind the toilet.

At this point, close contact is almost inevitable. He was luring me in to a tight space to increase his odds for survival, “This bastard must have seen 300, he is going to pull a Leanitus on my ass”. I immediatly decided to lay on an all out assault and use my superior weaponry to my advantage. I squatted down and began to spray a thick coating of roach napalm around the toilet. Within a few seconds my adversary immerged in full gallop, wings flapping as though the napalm was a mere coating of fresh spring water. I was taken back, my fog of death clearly stated “kills bugs fast”. This Blattaria must have evolved…a super insect of sorts. I had no choice but to retreat, I started river dancing out of the battlefield like an energized Michael Flatley. During the retreat I was left pinned against the wall as my adversary made a scramble to the door. Armed with a hand broom and fear I began my second offensive, manic swings. By this time the sweet nectar that is roach spray started to do its work. Feeling a turn in my favor my mantic swings became focused and the battle was soon over. As I quickly disposed of my adversary with a quick flush of the toilet, another battle had been won but the war continues on!

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I hope you enjoyed the story.....maybe it will give you the courage to send in a car if you haven't this season. Who knows you could be the next MOTM!

Please chime in to this thread and tell us how much you enjoyed racing this season and lay down a little smack talk for the MOTM race!
 
Man when did you guys get so shy
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, I'll start!

First I would like to thank DD4H for having the vision for the NPWDRL. In less than a year the forum has over 500+ members and the racing league has the largest year round race participation and live attendance. Thanks to DNA and Downslope for teaming up with DD4H and providing additional venues. My favorite moment of the year was attending the CFC and meeting some old friends and making new ones. Being a member of X-Team Blue was not too shabby either. It has been an awesome race season and I hope to enjoy many more!
 
Thanks Reso for another AWESOME post.

BTW, I am not scared of Roaches, maybe they are a LOT bigger in the Bayou.

My highlight of the season was eating your Jambalaya at CFC.
As you are aware, I had the leftovers for lunch and dinner for 4 days straight after CFC. It is a good thing that you can't OD on Jambalaya. It was very generous of you to make it for us.

Best of Luck to everyone at KOTM.

Best Regards,
MWD
 
I to have enjoyed the season. Thanks John for all you do. The CFC was fun for a long road trip and to make and meet new friends. Tslking smack to Reso was easy based on his cars proformances. There are you happy now Reso I started it.

Slope
 
Since I've been playing possum all year, I've decided to win all the classes at the 13th Annual MOTM Championship. I have decided to (after reading Reso's post) to use " cockroach " parts to increase my cars speed. I also enlisted the help of my youngins collection of cicadas to put wings on my cars so they will fly....right off the track..lol. Best of luck to everyone !! On a side note, since I'm going to win the MOTM, I'll just save on shipping the hardware to keep John from having to ship it right back.

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Downslope said:
I to have enjoyed the season. Thanks John for all you do. The CFC was fun for a long road trip and to make and meet new friends. Tslking smack to Reso was easy based on his cars proformances. There are you happy now Reso I started it. Slope

Now we are getting it moving in the right direction. The faul stench of my CFC cars will soon be forgetten once my MOTM Street Stock blazzes a trial from the depths of the qualifying rounds. I'm going to lay a Freaky beat down on everyone!

bruce


The views and opinions expressed in this post can not be taken seriously.
 
Resophonic,
That was awesome! I always appreciate your posts and that one had me laughing out loud. Thank you for your post.
Thanks to John and all the racers. I can't wait to see what unfolds at the upcoming race. I have learned so much from everyone here. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and allowing me to race with y'all. I feel extremely lucky to have stumbled upon this good group and amazing racing league.

Y'all asked for some smack talk, so her it goes. Here is some totally unjustified rookie smack. I'm gonna bring it big time at the qualifying rounds. Y'all are going to be dizzy from the smell of my exhaust. I'll be waiting at the finish line peeps. Waz up and yo diggy.

In all honesty, I'll be lucky to qualify, but one can dream.

Skippy
 
Alright listen up, rookies, new timers, part timers, old timers, and no timers. This Quick-timer is going for the clean sweep!! You all might as well put away your polishes, waxes, sprays, blah, blah, blah. It will be all for not! The only timer that you will be remembering after this race is the tracks displaying the Quick-timers new records!! I would wish you all luck, but it's not going to help you all this month!!
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Quicktimederby said:
Alright listen up, rookies, new timers, part timers, old timers, and no timers. This Quick-timer is going for the clean sweep!! You all might as well put away your polishes, waxes, sprays, blah, blah, blah. It will be all for not! The only timer that you will be remembering after this race is the tracks displaying the Quick-timers new records!! I would wish you all luck, but it's not going to help you all this month!!
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bruce
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The force is strong in this one!
 
Many of you have forgotten that Mr. Chips is on the bubble. Just ready to eek into the finals. With some new builds and new items, hopefully I can give the showing I deserve. Although not huge on the titles or victories, I have successfuly run off the like of Kinser and Derby Freak. I will be live and probably toting your cars from finish to starting line. So, you see.... I have the advantage. Small tweeks or drops may allow me to have success...
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Obviously that is a joke. I treat each car with more respect than my own. However, I am feeling hungry for a victory. Yes Quicktime has called me out a a Part Timer but at the end of the year, I hope to have something to smile about. Best of luck to you all. It's time to put up or shut up...

And if Rowdy Ralph would like to come play, I'd be happy to show him what a joker I can be!