[Karl Bebout]

I think I'll take a swing by Central, Saturday night. There's a car show at a Sonic in Queen Creek that I'll hit first and then a buddy and I will probably drive on up to Phoenix. The Sonic is giving car people free burgers for a couple hours that night and several of us comitted to going. Free food? What's not to like. I'm betting there'll be plenty of police on Central. I haven't gone for a few years but the last time they'd swueezed it down to one lane in each direction and had a copper about every 50'. Just as well, it was getting too stupid with people stretching their burnouts into third gear with tons of people at the curbs. The crotch rockets doing 90MPH wheelies didn't help matters either. It was a disaster, just waiting to happen. Too bad because it sure was fun to hit the gas for a second or two and hear the echo off the tall buildings.