Texas-style Event Joins Patriotic Celebration in Fairfield on July 4th
Next week, Armadillo Racing will take the small town of Fairfield by storm, during the Independence Day Celebration on Tuesday, July 4th.
Make plans to come early for music, food, games and, of course, Armadillo Racing at the Fairgrounds.
The Racing fun will kick off at 5:00 p.m. with local celebrities Sheriff Jeremy Shipley, Fairfield Police Chief Kenny Bulger and Fairfield Municipal Judge George Robinson.
Watch the fun as they encourage their Armadillo friends to race down the track and be the first to cross the finish line.
At 7:00 p.m., descendants of Freestone County’s 1961 Armadillo Racers will join in the fun. Come and cheer on Joel Schick, Mark Teer and Jason Myers.
Armadillo racing is the purest sport in the world today. Untouched by ludicrous player salaries, the armadillos race only for joy and earthworms.
The Armadillo Racing will run from 5:00 p.m. until around 9:00 p.m.
The fireworks will begin at dark. Tune in to KNES Texas 99.1 FM for patriotic music as the fireworks begin.
Event is sponsored by the City of Fairfield and Fairfield Chamber of Commerce.
As Chief Executive Armadillo Officer of the International Armadillo Racing World Headquarters, QUESA DILLO-BUMP (left) is one of the most respected female armadillo racers in the world.
QUESA DILLO-BUMP earned her reputation as a pioneer by becoming one of the first females in the sport, and the first female to win a National Armadillo Racing Championship.
Hearing the stories of racing in England, Germany, Japan and China from her grandfather, San Angelo Sam, inspired her to achieve what no female armadillo had done before.
It was a long hard road, but she overcame all the obstacles and dodged all the Dodges, and made it across the finish-line time after time.
Today, QUESA DILLO-BUMP and her husband, SPEED BUMP, oversee the business side of the sport, but both still run several races a year.
She particularly loves her work with the American Cancer Society’s Cattle Baron’s Ball and the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic (she says there’s just something about those armadillo-shaped footballs).
QUESA DILLO-BUMP lives in East Texas with her husband, Speed Bump. They have four boys, Goose Bump, Peca Dillo-Bump, Freddie Fender Bender-Bump and Bubba Bump, who have all become racing champions in their own rights.
Born under a Walmart in Galveston, Texas, SHELLDON BUMP was raised in an Armadillo Racing family. Although his brother, Speed Bump, has always been a successful athlete, SHELLDON is the one who brings the brains to the Armadillo Racing circuit.
After graduating summa cum laude from Texas A&M as the youngest graduate ever, SHELLDON BUMP used his engineering wits to develop both the straight racing track and the oval racing track used in Armadillo Racing today.
SHELLDON is proud of the geek that he is, having seen every episode of Dirt Trek and becoming fluent in Clayngon. He is an avid follower of super heroes Spiderman, Groot and Thor. Even with his claims of being the perfect armadillo specimen, SHELLDON does have his faults.
His strict adherence to routine and hygiene, an overly intellectual personality, a tenuous understanding of irony, sarcasm and humor, and a general lack of humility or empathy can be off-putting, he is beloved by his fellow racers.
Although he stays busy with his engineering work in attempt to build the ultimate race track, he races (and wins) several times a year. Bazinga!
Although he came from humble beginnings, one of four brothers living in a dirt-floored burrow, SPEED BUMP is now the most famous, most photographed armadillo in the world.
SPEED BUMP got on the road to fame (staying on the shoulder, of course) when he began as a sprinter in Armadillo Racing with International Armadillo Racing World Headquarters.
He knew early that he wanted to be more than a sprinter, he wanted to be the Crew Chief. Digging in his claws, he moved earth and mountains to work his way to the top.
SPEED BUMP and his Armadillo Racing team have been spotted at events for clients such as Baylor University, American Cancer Society Cattle Baron’s Ball, Hillwood Development, Microsoft, Mercedes and the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic.
Races have been run in hotels, restaurants, bars, event facilities, convention centers, back yards and parking lots from the Red River to the Gulf of Mexico.
SPEED BUMP has appeared on Animal Planet, Discovery Channel and History Channel, and been photographed with such notables as Bradley Whitford, Colin Hanks, H. Ross Perot, Miss Texas, the Kilgore Rangerettes and the San Antonio Spurs Cheerleaders.
He loves making new friends, and invites everyone he meets to friend him at www.facebook.com/thespeedbump.
SPEED BUMP lives in his underground apartment with his wife, Quesa Dillo-Bump. They have four boys, Goose Bump, Peca Dillo-Bump, Freddie Fender Bender-Bump and Bubba Bump, who have all become racing champions in their own rights.
