Mark said:
Hey!
This picture is my desktop background. :lol:
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Damn Nabbitt,,, i gots to get the hang of this picture posting thing soon. I have another pictue here of Gene Romero you guys might like.
Its from about 2-3 years ago. Most years I attend the Clubmans Show in San Jose every spring. Epic show, not to be missed. So each year, on the same weekend a well known business man who has a passion for bikes and racing puts on a indoor flat track race there at the same fairgrounds. (I believe he also bank rolls Romeros flat track race series) So, theres also a banquet on the friday nights and theres a wealth of famous racers and personalities who attend.
So, several friends of mine were there and one guy was pointing out some of the more well known, and there was posters of legends of racing, and many of these guys pictures were on the posters. I went around and got many of the pictures autographed, (the founder of the BUB speed meet and their land speed racer and the rider were there too,, i got pictures of that as well as autographs).
So, there was Mr Romero. Standing at the doorway to the fairground building where the banquet is held. I walked up, he was smoking and drinking beer. I noticed something was odd,, the thing was there was a matronly security guard lady there giving him grief. He was not amused with her. It was kinda tense and here comes my dumb A** butting in.
"Excuse me Mr Romero,, can i get your autograph? and a picture with you?"
Clearly she didnt know who she was harrassing, Kinda like those Chuck Norris Quips,, "Chuck Norris rides motorcycles so fast the worlds rotation matches his speed" or "Chuck Norris will hit you so hard your ancestors will feel it". So she clearly had no idea. It was Gene F*#K'ing Romero Dammit,, WTF?
So Mr Romero was standing in the doorway, one foot on one side of the line with his cigarette on the outside, and the other foot on the inside with that hand holding his beer., You see he wasnt allowed to leave the building with the beer and wasnt allowed to smoke inside.
So I show up and disturb the standoff..
So, he eyes me,,Replys, "Sure buddy" and My pal Hal takes our picture,, then,, Gene Romero starts cursing,, "Get back here and take another one",, he explained that the cigarette and beer in his hands when we took the picture would have him in trouble with sponsors, Insisted I never show anyone that picture, and we retook the picture with one arm behind his back with his ciggy and beer in that hand, and the other arm around my shoulder and both of us have big cheesy grins. All the while the security rent-a-cop giving us the stink eye.
we also took pix of my pal Hal Record with Gene as well but my story is much more interesting. I still honor his request but I can post the staged second picture. Im very proud of it.