- Nov 24, 2000
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i stole this from another board. it will be interesting to see how you can twist this one into something negative.
"Last night I had the extreme pleasure in taking in Round 2 of the 2002
Supercross season.
My 11 year old son and I have made the San Diego supercross event our
annual father/son outing and last night we were very excited to attend. We
arrived at the Stadium early and was able to walk through the pit area, the
look of amazement on my son's face was all that I needed to see. His eyes
didn't miss any movement by the team riders, mechanics or support personnel,
I tried to best answer his questions, but they kept coming one after the
other. We entered the stadium, bought our program, T-shirts, food and drinks
and found our seats.
The race was outstanding in every fashion, the track looked great, we were
ready for the action. After the 250cc main, we stayed for the winners
comments then headed back to the car for the trip home, my son asked me if
we could go by the pits again to see if we could get Ricky Carmichaels (RC)
autograph because the Honda camp was inundated by fans before the race, I
wasn't to sure about this seeing how RC finished 4th in the race and was
probably tired from a long weekend of supercross and crowds. As we
approached the Team Honda encampment, RC emerged from one of the trailers
and was immediately surrounded by a crowd of kids seeking autographs, my son
included. RC was gracious and obliged many of them while making way to the
other trailer for a team meeting, my son was following him and called out
his name, RC turned around and told him that he would be right out and to
stay there ... this was all my son needed to hear from his idol. I on the
other hand was thinking of how I would explain to my son why a big name
racer would stiff him on a autograph. As we stood outside the trailer in the
cold, RC's mechanic Chad Watts noticed us standing there all alone in the
cold night air, he went into the trailer and came out holding a pair of
Oakley Racing goggles and handed them to my son, the look on my son's face
was priceless and something I will never forget. RC emerged from the meeting
a little while later and true to his word searched out my son in the small
crowd and signed his poster, they talked for a minute and RC went on to sign
more autographs for the crowd. As my son came out of the crowd he was
glowing, not only did he have RC's autograph, but he was wearing a set of
racing goggles complete with tear off's. I could not have planned a better
ending to an outstanding evening with my son and I wanted to thank Ricky
Carmichael, Chad Watts and all of you at Clear Channel for the outstanding entertainment you have provided. Keep up the great work, we'll see you again
next year!
Very Respectfully,
Ron and Ronnie M.
San Diego, California"
"Last night I had the extreme pleasure in taking in Round 2 of the 2002
Supercross season.
My 11 year old son and I have made the San Diego supercross event our
annual father/son outing and last night we were very excited to attend. We
arrived at the Stadium early and was able to walk through the pit area, the
look of amazement on my son's face was all that I needed to see. His eyes
didn't miss any movement by the team riders, mechanics or support personnel,
I tried to best answer his questions, but they kept coming one after the
other. We entered the stadium, bought our program, T-shirts, food and drinks
and found our seats.
The race was outstanding in every fashion, the track looked great, we were
ready for the action. After the 250cc main, we stayed for the winners
comments then headed back to the car for the trip home, my son asked me if
we could go by the pits again to see if we could get Ricky Carmichaels (RC)
autograph because the Honda camp was inundated by fans before the race, I
wasn't to sure about this seeing how RC finished 4th in the race and was
probably tired from a long weekend of supercross and crowds. As we
approached the Team Honda encampment, RC emerged from one of the trailers
and was immediately surrounded by a crowd of kids seeking autographs, my son
included. RC was gracious and obliged many of them while making way to the
other trailer for a team meeting, my son was following him and called out
his name, RC turned around and told him that he would be right out and to
stay there ... this was all my son needed to hear from his idol. I on the
other hand was thinking of how I would explain to my son why a big name
racer would stiff him on a autograph. As we stood outside the trailer in the
cold, RC's mechanic Chad Watts noticed us standing there all alone in the
cold night air, he went into the trailer and came out holding a pair of
Oakley Racing goggles and handed them to my son, the look on my son's face
was priceless and something I will never forget. RC emerged from the meeting
a little while later and true to his word searched out my son in the small
crowd and signed his poster, they talked for a minute and RC went on to sign
more autographs for the crowd. As my son came out of the crowd he was
glowing, not only did he have RC's autograph, but he was wearing a set of
racing goggles complete with tear off's. I could not have planned a better
ending to an outstanding evening with my son and I wanted to thank Ricky
Carmichael, Chad Watts and all of you at Clear Channel for the outstanding entertainment you have provided. Keep up the great work, we'll see you again
next year!
Very Respectfully,
Ron and Ronnie M.
San Diego, California"
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