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The Carolinas’ Full Throttle Magazine
BACKROAD BBQ RUN IV
By: Lincoln Infield he North Carolina chopper scene is strong and there is some good partying to be done. The Backroad BBQ Run IV in Trenton, NC was the site of the latest debauchery, and it was everything you want a motorcycle event to be. The forecast for the 200 mile ride down on Friday, May 7 wasn’t great, but Maggie and I had missed this event last year and damn sure weren’t going to miss it this year. The highway is for suckers, so we kept to the 2 lane roads as much as possible. It seemed we stayed right outta the hard rain, just catching some cloud sweat on occasion and running down some wet pavement. By the time we rolled into the Trent River Campground we were ready to shed the leather and to start getting down. There was already a good crowd hanging out around the check in booth and setting up camp in the wooded area of the campground. Event organizers Luke and Ronni had their hands full checking everyone in, selling raffle tickets for all the stellar raffle items and hanging out with their friends, some of which rode for days to get to the party. The check in area was a great place to hang out and watch some of the action. The raffle table was hard to pass by. There were tons of awesome prizes waiting to be given out including two custom front ends, handle bars, custom painted helmets, shirts, hats, stickers, art, and all kinds of other treasures. The check in area was also home to the biggest Yeti cooler I have ever seen, and it was stacked full of 1000 FREE ice cold PBR’s. Needless to say, the lid of the cooler didn’t stay closed for long. It was a throng of chopper jockeys hanging out and right in front of the check in area there was a deep spot of good old southeast NC sand
that made passing the booth exciting. To some it was a more of a challenge to see who could get through there the fastest and stay upright. Most made it through without incident and it made for a good time watching, laughing and a bit of shit talking between shot gunning PBR’s and catching up with new and old friends. This was an event where most everyone was familiar with each other by their Instagram handle, and you had to learn their real name. It wasn’t long before I saw Jerry Spencer of the Law Tigers roll in. Jerry is a hell of a good guy and when we first met at the OBX bike rally we found we were interested in the same biker type stuff, like the Backroad BBQ Run. Once we got checked in and scored shirts, raffle tickets and snagged some PBR’s it was time to get set up! Good thing Zach Shipwash of The Rebel Spirit had already scouted us out a place to set up camp. We got the bike unpacked and the tent up in time to duck in there and wait out a quick rain. After our shower, we wandered back up to the check in area where the food truck was cause we were hongry! The poor food truck folks underestimated the size of the crowd and sold out of food in less than an hour. Good thing there was a grocery store right up the way and friends heading up that way! Between our #wrongcrowd friends Justin and Randal we had reinforcements on the way. Before dusk Kristin Shipwash rolled in to the campground with the Rebel Spirit van cooked us all dinner. Friday night was just a pre-party rager, more and more riders rolled in, the music went on with anticipation of the
