STOP THE PRESSES: 99 Cent Gas in Bakersfield

Lancaster, CA - WOW!  While en route to the annual Motor Press Guild Track 
Day at Willow Springs Raceway, I found a most remarkable and welcome sight: 
a sign advertising gasoline for 99 cents per gallon.

And sure enough, with no strings attached, and with apparently unlimited 
supply (at least temporarily), I filled up the tank of my vehicle for less 
than a buck per gallon.  The gas station is the ARCO AM/PM located on the 
intersection of Hwy 58 and Jet Way Avenue in Bakersfield, CA, just a couple 
miles west of Hwy. 99.  I had passed the station while traveling between 
I-5 and Hwy 99.  I can hardly wait until tonight, when I head back to 
Sacramento, and fill up once again.

By the way, the prices for Unleaded Plus and Premium weren't too bad 
either, 111.9 and 121.9, respectively.


Marc J. Rauch, Co-Publisher