The Honorable Judge Scott
September 17th, 2006This past weekend I attended a woods race compeition in Salem Missouri to help judge. I have judged a few rock crawling competitions in the past so a woods race was something quite different for me. It was actually quite easy. Some of the courses were entirely visible to spectators while many of them were several miles long and out of view. This made my job quite easy because all I had to do was start the clock when the driver and spotter took off and wait for them to return. I still enjoyed the competition even though I wasn’t right in the middle of the action like in rock crawling. After the competition I went night wheeling with one of the competitors and the owner of the park for a few hours. We started around 7:30 PM and came back to camp at 1:30 AM. I then made a 5 hour drive back to Tulsa. With stopping to get food, and to sleep for half an hour because I almost went off the road I got home at 9 AM. I didn’t have time to take any pictures this time around but I have a few videos. The links will be at the end of this post.
I decided not to enroll in school this semester even though everyone told me I should. I just don’t have the desire to be in a classroom working towards a degree I don’t want to use. I am trying to get into Tulsa Welding School right now. I am working on getting that paid for, but I don’t know how well that’s going to turn out. It’s strange how my life is turning out to be nothing like how I thought it would be. I have also realized that I am almost a completely different person that I was 4 years ago… And I’m trying to decide if it’s a good or bad thing. So far I have only recognized things that I dislike. I’m totally different in social situations and my relationships with my family have taken a turn for the worse… and the same for some of my relationships with friends. I guess only time will tell if this is something I can change.
Here are a few short videos from the ‘Shootout’ at the compeition. The fastest time on this course won a new axle housing worth about $800-$1000. The course was a steep, loose, rocky hill climb with a short sprint at the top, then back down.