I don't comment to the list very often, but I had a brush with Danica
a couple years ago that backs this up. When I was in high school
(1973 or thereabouts) I met a guy who was a few years older than me
through an ad in a local classified ad paper where I was selling a
(now) classic German sports car in deplorable condition -- which had
been given to me!!! He bought it and oddly enough we have stayed in
touch.
Fast forward to 2006 and he does marketing for HMSA and they actually
allowed me bring my Lotus to the Monterey races, possibly with some
influence -- but in this instance probably not -- a 50th anniversary
marque thing...
Between the two weekends of racing, there is an event at the Monterey
Jetport where all the really "significant" folks attend and with my
new insider connection I got to go -- figured I wouldn't see anybody
I knew and was almost right, but that is another story. We did see
Bobby Rahal walking around, but this was after his difficulties with
the diva and he didn't recognize us anyway.
My friend and I walked around and ate the free food and drank the
free wine. We even got in the for sale (new) personal jets and acted
like we were savvy. Danica was parked in the "meet and greet" areas
for one of the dealers/manufacturers. We didn't get in line, but
back in the regular folks area, there was a '53 Corvette and we
walked around to look at it. About that time Danica and a high
roller with a photographer came over to be comemoratized. After the
photo Ms. P. could not figure out how to get out of the car and my
buddy Llew went over and opened the door for her. She got out of the
car and not only did she not thank him, she didn't even look at him.
Ice? Stupidity? Combination? Other?
Brett Johnson
Indianapolis
I used to write a column in Triumph World and have a TR3A and a GT6+
-- This post is kinda like a column...
On Oct 24, 2008, at 7:13 PM, RACER BUD wrote:
> her personality will keep her out of Nascar....she has to TRY to be
> pleasant to the fans....there are quite a few talented
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