Results of the First Great Downtown Dallas Invitational Scooter Race
Mayor Mike Rawlings had some stuff to say today at a luncheon held at the downtown Omni. If you’re interested in that, you should read Matt Goodman’s post. If, on the other hand, you are interested in racing, this right here is the perfect post for you.
Four sportsmen with D Magazine connections decided that today would begin the scooter racing season. And much like NASCAR begins its season with the biggest race of the year, at Daytona, the scooter racing season started with its biggest race, the inaugural Downtown Dallas Invitational, aka the DDI. While future routes will vary and were discussed at length during lunch, the first DDI route ran from D Magazine headquarters, at St. Paul and Ross, to the downtown Omni hotel (for that mayor thing). Your racers were Peter Simek, Tim Rogers, Matt Goodman, and some guy who wears a man bun. Scooters were paid for and mounted shortly before 11 a.m. And the race was on.
Man Bun had never ridden a scooter before. It showed. One block into the race, somewhere around the Robert Jeffress Jackwad Fountain, he made it obvious that he was not in contention.
The only racer who opted not to take the First Baptist cut-through was the rogue Rogers, who flew down St. Paul, trailing the trolley. That was a bad idea. The trolley is slow.
The humorous story continues: https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2018/09/results-of-the-first-great-downtown-dallas-invitational-scooter-race/
The streets will never be safe again.
