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[QUOTE="teggers, post: 367359, member: 26780"] I heard this was posted over here and it was a nice gesture... what Ricky did. If you are interested... read on.... I have "known" him for years but we rarely talked at the track (we didn't have much to say, I'm 20 years older), but it was nice that he (apparently) remembered an "old" racer. I'm hard to miss (weekly) at the track with the old bald noggin'. I wished him well once when he was sitting in the bleachers at Gatorback when he was about 12 with his brand new knee surgery and leg brace and we joked during sign-up a few times over the years. Look, Ricky wants to hang with the kids... they are the future of the sport, plus they are just damn fun, (I have a much better time at the track on raceday if Von is racing PeeWee) but he (Ricky) is concentrating on his goal, winning and breaking every record that has ever been set for MX! As a production person dealing with talent before large shows, I can understand the stress of a large performance. ..... You just have to time your "meeting" right. Me and Von (Von and Me) (Von and I) (I and Von) went to the Atlanta SX and we wanted to talk to Ricky - ONLY! We didn't care about any other rider. The line was huge. It was obvious that this was not the place; Ricky is trying to race, people want ALL of his time, and we will not be a part of adding to this stress! I explained (to Von) that we would run into Ricky again somewhere soon and that Von would be able to meet him then. Von TOTALLY understood once it was explained to him in this way. (Von doesn't like to be disturbed in the last 30 seconds of the start of a moto....) We watched from afar as Ricky talked to his mechanics and started signing autographs. We had no chance + this is not the way I wanted Von to meet his star! We got to watch him win and look forward to another day. Sometimes things just work out... We almost turned around on the way to the track that Weds last week when this all started. We showed up for some (from me) "half-hearted" practice. I heard Bubba was there and went over to say "Hi"! Bubba and me have had some real battles at Bithlo - "Expert Practice"! I was pulling about a second a lap on him and then I would let off and "let" him catch me in the corners then I would motor away down the straights. I could cream him (1 sec/lap) on my 426 as long as he was on his 80...practice bike....anyway...3 years ago. The real nice link here was the Fox Boss - Scott Taylor. Until the time of the story, I have never put a face to Scott. I had heard his name and we have raced around this area for years - kinda together, but never met in person. He was the reason this all happened. I was just talking to Bubba (who's parents babysat Von last year at the Winter Am), and asked "Who are you?" to Scott. It's nice to have the Fox rep know who I was... ie: the tall, skinny, bald guy that races vet classes! We started talking and voila! A 7 year old has part of a dream come true! You've read the rest.... Wait til the follow-up...not what you might think.... [/QUOTE]
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