Barksdale's fast and furious Airmen

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  • By Airman 1st Class Andrea F. Liechti
  • 2nd Bomb Wing Public Affairs
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. --  Barksdale streets are filled with Ford Mustangs, Dodge Challengers and Chevy Camaros. Around every corner tinted windows and "tricked-out" rims are easily spotted, demonstrating the pride each owner has in his vehicle.

That pride has led Barksdale Airmen to join together and form their own car club. They have named themselves Limitless.

"We officially started the club Oct. 27," said Airman 1st Class Wendell Moore, 2nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. "We wanted to find a way to meet more friends with the same interests in cars as we have."

The club began with four members and now has six. It will soon have seven members, as an Airman who recently returned from a Guam deployment is interested in joining. The Airmen joked with him that new members would have to wear a pink dress to the first car show they attend.

"It would be hilarious, but we wouldn't make him do it," Moore said. "We don't want to scare potential members before they check us out. Limitless is such a good way to build camaraderie."

The club members get together on Fridays and Saturdays to attend local car shows, check out the autocross track and watch races on the drag strip, said Airman Steven Dixon, 2nd Security Forces Squadron. They also meet up throughout the week to work on their cars.

"Limitless gives us something to look forward to," Dixon said. "It keeps us out of trouble and gives us an excuse to hang out and talk about cars."

Club members help each other repair and install upgrades such turbos, intakes, exhausts, downpipes, rims, tinted windows and their new Limitless stickers. The club members even look forward to washing their cars together, he said.

The cars that Limitless members currently own include a 1998 Toyota MR2, 2004 Kia Spectra 5, 2006 Lancer Evolution, 2008 Lancer Ralliart, 2009 Lancer and 2010 Volkswagen GTI.

"We welcome all cars," Dixon said. "Our long-term goal is to gain a lot of members and make the club like our second family."

Someday they would like to have a shop where they could have meetings, get-togethers and a place to work on their cars, he added.

"It has been an amazing morale booster and we'd like to share that with other Airmen," Dixon said.