Re: Post your interesting/funny brushes with fame here
When I was a kid - probably 7 or 8 because I can just barely remember my Dad and I went to the auto show in Hartford. Their special guests were Richard Petty and Mark Donahue. Petty was swarmed, but Donahue was almost ignored. My Pop and I sat and talked with him for an hour. My Pop was big into RC racing back then - he had just won the 1/8 scale gas car Nationals - with a gulf painted 917 model. Donahue was dead a year or so later - in a 917.
I travelled a lot for work in the late 80's early 90's. There was a couple of month period in 1990ish when I bumped into Ric Ocasic and Paulina whateverhernameis in 3 different airports.
We saw Geraldo Riveria riding a beater 3-speed in Edgartown a couple of years ago.
Bob Spooner
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