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Blown Big-Block Belt Sanders . . . Nitro Burning Funny-Saws. . . Wheel Standin' Weed Wackers... *it's racing . . . racing . . . racing . . .* saturday and sunday . . . sunday . . . sunday at Ace International Speadway, May 17th and 18th, 2008 San Fransisco. and the Maker Faire, May 3rd 2008, San Mateo Fairgrounds. Register at Builder's Database! Just click on "Create New Team" to get rolling! When: Saturday NOON TO DUSK, May 17th and 18th, 2008, Where: The Ace International Speed Way in San Francisco 2255 Mc Kinnon St San Francisco, CA 94124-1326 HOW MUCH: $30 for all classes. winner takes all in each class! HOW MUCH: $20 PER DAY $30 weekend pass Why: Because we JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH! "Time is short so get to building..... I can build a Power Tool Drag Racing machine in one day..... Can you?" --Steven Nelson, Seventeen-time PTDR participant and Token Redneck THEY SAID it couldn't happen. . . THEY SAID it would never return. . . THEY SAID it had run its course. . . WE SAY Hey doofus, pass the chili cheese fries and get me another beer. THAT'S RIGHT SPORTSFANS, it's racing . . . racing . . . racing OH MY ^$%#$# G-D, It's the Power Tool Drag Races! See Massive Milwaukees versus Devastating DeWalts! Porter Cable Drag Chutes on Sawzall chassis! Hardcore Black and Decker big-block action and inspired fits of Makita re-engineering! Junkyard hot dogs and cotton candy for the kids. OSHA-horrifying conditions in the pits for the kids over 18! Yes friends, it's: The @%$ing POWER TOOL DRAG RACES! Come one, come all, ladies and gentlemen, start your motors! AND REMEMBER: It's Not Bad, It's Punk Rock. View the Censored Footage!!! Sign up for the PTDRMailing List Join The Power Tool Drag Races Discussion Forum! (this requires a free, short registration) IT'S THE POWER TOOL DRAG RACES! THRILL as big-block belt sanders and supercharged steam-powered arcwelders put the hammer down on our Custom Made Power Tool Drag Racing Track! CHILL as machines reach speeds of up to SIXTY WHOLE MILES PER HOUR with LITTLE REGARD FOR PERSONAL SAFETY! SPILL your beer as you revel in the very height of redneck gearhead culture! YES! IT'S THOSE POWER TOOL DRAG RACES!! Every year the very best and brightest take to their garages, the plumbing aisle at Home Depot, the tools section of OSH, and the empty lots behind their neighbors' trailers to build THOSE MACHINES WHO REIGN SUPREME! 75 Feet of skillfully machined fiberboard Power Tool Drag Racing Track await the competitors on race day! BE AMAZED at the high-tech timing system that tracks Each and Every Vehicle BE AMUSED at the charming antics of our well-known Power Tool Drag Race Announcers! BE APPALLED at the smell of RAW ADRENALINE and 20-W-50 in the air! BE SUPER EXCITED that the Power Tool Drag races are making up for lost time and having TWO! YES! TWO! separate events this year for your sun-burnt, greased-up, over-beered, de-hydrated pleasure! OH MY EFFIN' GAWD, IT'S THE EFFIN' POWER TOOL EFFIN' DRAG RACES Sign up to race! Take a gander at The Rules (which are valid until Jim Mason decides to re-write them or racing day, whichever comes first): http://www.powertooldragraces.com/rules.html Clean, Kid-Friendly, Health-Department-Regulated, No-Sex Toy event at Makerfaire, May 3rd and 4th! Nasty, Oily, Should-technically-be-illegal -but-for-the-grace-of-God-and-The-Fire-Department, Sex-Toy-Filled, obscenity-laced, drunken, sunburnt, screamy, Hepatitis-Inducing Blowout at the One And Only Ace International Speedway, May 17th and 18th! home \| \| about 2008 event \| \| photo gallery \| \| rules \| \| league \| \| stuff to buy