Last weekend, I had the great pleasure of attending the World Supers in Utah and as I was keen for a bit of nostalgia, I decided to stay at the track in a motorhome, just like in the old days. Anyway although I had a pre-arranges spot, when I arrived late on Wednesday, the kid at security had no idea where to put me so said just go in and find a spot...which I did...in a nice fenced off part of the paddock behind the garages. Well a couple of evenings later my travelling buddy and I were having dinner and decided to watch a DVD. I put Faster on and sat back. So here we are watching a piece on how John Hopkins was discovered and outside our door, John Hopkins is grilling chicken on a hibachi on the back of his golf car. Then the movie moves on to a piece about Nori Haga on the Aprilia...guess who is in the motorhome next door...Haga. Then a whole section about Biaggi and who walks by...you guessed it. Talk about a surreal movie experience.
The whole SBK paddock is so relaxed and very much like the 80's GP paddocks I loved. Ron Haslam stopped by (also a paddock neighbor) as I had briefly been a mechanic for him in the 80s. Met Peter Goddard too. Mike Watt, who was pictured on here just a few days ago was hanging out, as was Scott Russell. I spent a few minutes with Simon Buckmaster and for good measure (and show the car guys some love) I said hello to Desire Wilson!
OMG I sound like such a fanboy!
What a great weekend. If anyone should be interested in "not quite" nostalgia my pics are here www.photoshelter.com/c/momurrayphoto
Thanks for the indulgence...
Mo
Edited by MoMurray, 06 June 2009 - 05:24.