Folks, today is a banner day here at Overdrive magazine. We finally got an opportunity to meet up with and talk to Scoot McGutbagger, champion of the 62 mph Hammer Lane Crawl. Heâs also been referred to as âthat guy in a governed truck who wonât stay out of the passing lanesâ but prefers the title âSuper-Duper Truckerâ to anything else.
âScoot, pleasure to meet you in person. Tell us, whatâs the secret to staying cool while all those hundreds of people behind you are honking, screaming and basically hating you so much, you should, by all applicable rules of karma and the universe, burst into flames at least three times a day?â
âYou callinâ me Karmen?â
âUh. No.â
âYou got a mouse in your pocket? Whatâs all this âweâ business?â
âIâm talking about the readers of Overdrive, Scooter. Youâre being interviewed for a magazine.â
âWell shoot fire, I reckon I better go get me a shower if Iâm gonna be famous.â
âPerfect. Weâll follow you to your parking spot and wait.â
âThis is my parking spot.â
âBut Scooter, there are 15 trucks behind you, waiting to fuel.â
âI tell them the same thing I tell the folks on the highway. They can wait til Iâm good and dang ready to move.â
âBut Scooter, donât you realize this causes backups and jams in places there shouldnât be backups and jams? If you take your turn and move on out of the way, everything runs smoother.â
âI quit taking turns when I quit school back in kindergarten. Now if your a wanting an interview, Iâm going inside to shower off in the bathroom sink.â
âNo thanks, Scooter, weâll be cutting this interview short. It appears the very large fellow who has been waiting 35 minutes to fuel just unfolded himself out of the bull hauler behind you and has a cattle prod heâd like to show you.â
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That ends the interview with Scooter, as heâs currently unavailable to continue with anything other than wondering what happened to Tuesday. Stay tuned for more inside information and interviews with the most annoying people in trucking, right here. Film at eleven.