Some of the Texans (Will Huber) called when he was talking to David Hobbs and had the phone active while they talked for 10-15 min kindof cool on this end listening in
Me too! Good on Will, he found Greg328 wandering lonely too and is teaching him how to pick up Eurotrash girls...... With apologies to Mrs. Greg328, who is out of town I believe........
Hey, I'm still in Indy.. And no Eurotrash for me--anymore--I'm now married!! Way to go MS and Ferrari. Glad to be here to witness history... Keep 'em coming--only 20 points separate MS and FA.... Greg PS--Will had Hobbs on the phone? How???
And now for the rest of the story... YZEE told us at the F-Chat gathering that the Speed TV announcers stay at the Omni , and that every night around 11pm, Steve Matchet is in the hotel bar imbibing. So of course we show up there at 10:59. It was very cool. Steve Matchet and Bob Varsha were there as well as a dozen team members from McLaren, and BMW, still in their track garb. We did the usual "Nice to meet you", "I loved your book" and I think Soloipist said "CBS sucks, thank god you guys are doing Indy". I notice one guy in a full Ford GT outfit, "What a tool", I think, as I stand there in my F-Chat t-shirt and F-Chat baseball cap. Later that night he is outside showing someone his Ford GT, so we walk over, and it turns out he is THE Designer of the Ford GT. His name is Camilo Pardo. He is showing David Hobbs the design clues from the GT40, and the way they made changes. It was very interesting.
LOL! Thanks Jim, I thought you would get a kick out of that phone call. David Hobbs comments on the Ford GT outside the hotel were classic, you just had to be there. Also, after the race while heading back to car, I ran into Camilo Pardo again. I got a photo op & spoke with him for a bit about the event, my photos will be up later this week since Nicola & myself are still on the road (just west somewhere of Hot Springs, Arkansas).
Camilo Pardo & me after the race, this was one of my highlight moments of the trip. Image Unavailable, Please Login
