Forum Activity for @richard-guido

My answer to media saturation is not to watch the pre race although Race Hub does a real nice post race review. Concerning how we think about the drivers I think most of it has to do with the era of our impression or in other words, what we experience at a young age. What we see and do during childhood is what sticks with us for life.

I was 13 years old in 1975 and seeing Petty, Pearson, Yarborough and others at Doverhas stuck with me to this day. Nothing compares. But the best for me these days is seeing driver interviews after a race. Love it !

I have was never able to see Richard win a race but met him twice. We went to Dover in 1986 andwere in the infield. It was 105" that day and there wasno air getting into the speedway. After the race finished we crawled under the garage fence and walked through. There was only one driver in the paddock and the was Richard. He managed a 6th place finish after over 4 hours of Dover's asphalt. You could tell that he was burned up. Petty had a can of COKE that was being used for mouth wash or at least I did not see him drink any.

There were no other drivers to be seen other than catching a glimpse of Buddy Arrington in his penny lofers. As always The King stayed till no one else wanted an autograph.. I may have not seen Richard win a race but I have met a winner.

A rare double post

I remember sitting down in fromt of the TV to watch the 1990 or so Firecracker 400 ....Being a Petty fan I was excited becasue Richard was starting near to front. To my dismay a major incident took place at the beginning of this race taking out Petty among many others.

After the big wreck Richard was interviewed in the garage.Petty stated that something happened and we ground it out on the front stretch wall. With his classic smile he said that we will see you next week.

Great comments by all

It looks as if Kyle still has not figured it out seeing his garage interview after smacking the wall

I tried really hard to stay awake during this one...since it was an inaugural race and all. Couldn't do it. I was asleep within a very few laps. As a matter of fact, just thinking about it makes me sleepy.

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