Changed profile pic- Now McLaren F1

Evrytime I think of how you started on F/C and were so fascinated with the cars that you landed a lot of rides that you wrote about and ended up at FML. That in itself is a dream come true for many.

BTW, while I was at FoD( 2000-2003) I traded quite a few emails with you but not under the Audiguy username. I was Jere Dunham back then, if you remember him...........

 

I have been exceedingly fortunate to be in the right place at the right time to get to meet and sometimes get to know some really neat people. I have done a lot of different things in my life that have allowed me the opportunity to have this happen. Raced professional M/X for Kawasaki back in the early days here in the US(early 1970's). Met some of the pioneers of M/X including Brad Lackey, Marty Tripes, Kent Howerton, Bob Hannah and my old M/X school buddy and teammate Wymon Priddy..........BTW, I was the entertainment. I usually crashed heavily ad gave everyone their money's worth. The others finished higher than me and I was just happy to finish most of the time. Well, maybe not that bad but I did crash big a few times and spent some time in hospitals wondering why I subjected my body to that. I would love to do it again but my brain lets me know just how old I am really getting......

 

Mine too.......:>)

 

He probably drives his Enzo just as much now. But as far as I know he still drives it daily. He also used to drive it to the airport and park it in his hangar and fly his Bell Jet Ranger to the helopad on top his building. He put 15,000 miles on it in 3 years......

Another story,

His son was a ranch management major at Texas Tech and drove a pro-street Chevrolet Beretta to college with a full blown 500 cubic inch engine. The administation told him it was too loud and distracting so he could no longer drive it on campus. So his dad gave him his red Diablo to drive to college. It looked very interesting at the Ranch Management Building parked next to all the Crewcab, Dually, Power Stroke Diesel pickup trucks. He parked it at his apartment at night, outside under the canopy with a chain wrapped around a wheel spoke and the canopy support.

Oh, and I am sure it was not distracting on campus either...........:>)

 

I have no idea where the car is now. All I know is that it was painted Rosa Corsa to match his Enzo and he now owns a Bugatti Veyron.......

 

Very true. He is very wealthy and I just work for a supermarket chain but we share a lot of the same interests. He is a super guy and I value his friendship immensely. When I met him I was managing a BMW dealership and he bought about 8 new cars from me over about a 12year period. We became pretty good friends through that time.

Since we live about 350 miles apart now I do not get the chance to see him very often but he will surprise me sometimes with an email or a phonecall just to check on me.....I try to keep in contact with him also but he stays very busy and is hard to track down sometimes...