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July 31, 2009
Angry Goes West: Day 4
By Mike Musto
RideLust.com
We awoke at the hotel in Topeka, KS to a wicked rain storm. Apparently God knew that we needed to be somewhere and decided it was time to water the earth. The Charger’s “don’t see me” cover was completely drenched and it took Johnny and I a good 30 minutes to wring that sucker out and pack it in the trunk. After that we fueled up and hit I-70 west.
July 29, 2009
Angry Goes West: Day 3
By Mike Musto
RideLust.com
Day three of our excursion across this great land has come to an end. Johnny and I left from Pontoon Beach, IL en-route to Topeka, KS to meet up with some friends from one of my favorite message boards, www.dodgecharger.com. We gathered a group of around five cars on the Missouri/Kansas border and proceeded to make the 75 mile run to Topeka.
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July 28, 2009
Angry Goes West: Day 2
By Mike Musto
RideLust.com
I have a confession to make ladies and gentlemen and it’s something that caught me totally off guard—I think I like NASCAR. Today I went to the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indiana and was completely blown away by what I saw. For starters the sheer number of people there is staggering. We’re talking like 300,000 people or so—it was nuts. The grand stands were almost completely full, as was the infield and surrounding avenues that flanked the raceway. For whatever reason my GPS unit got us into the track via some crazy back entrance. We thought we were lost, or even early, but it just turned out that our little TomTom unit simply kicks ass.
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July 26, 2009
Angry Goes West: Day 1
By Mike Musto
RideLust.com
The first leg of our cross country journey is now coming to an end, which is good… cause’ I’m really flippin’ tired. We hit the road Saturday morning at 7 am and drove 467 miles to Akron, Ohio. Thankfully the Charger ran like a top and according to our GPS, we had an average speed of 81.6 mph. Not to bad for a a 41 year old muscle car. Gas mileage, as predicted sucked. We pulled a pretty consistent 10-11 mpg cruising the old 440 at 3000 rpm.
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July 24, 2009
Angry Goes West
By Mike Musto
RideLust.com
Well, it’s time. The Charger is packed, stickered-up and ready to rock and roll. We leave tomorrow morning at 6am. This will be the third time in three years that I’ve driven this old sled across the United States. Coming with me is my good buddy Johnny “The Wrench” Sigismondi. Some of you may recall hearing his name a few weeks ago when we ran the 24 Hours of LeMons in the 1963 Covair. Johnny’s the one who build it and got it to run like a Swiss watch.
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