Random Celebrity Sighting
I was at Santa Paula topping up the tanks in my RV6. There was a Bonanza in front of me and I helped the gentleman push it out some so he didn't blast me when he started up.
Now, I'm a bit of a race car junkie (raced in the SCCA for several years) and I've followed F1, Indycar, and IMSA since I was a teenager.
So anyway, this gentleman has a BRE Datsun 240Z shirt on and I said something like I remember reading about Peter Brock and John Morton dominating SCCA in the early 1970's with that 240Z.
Deadpan, he says yeah, that's me. I was floored. I was talking with John Morton, one of my driving heros. I remember watching him drive in the dominant Nissan 300ZX in IMSA in the 1990's.
I was wearing a Dan Gurney T shirt (another hero of mine) and a Road American ball cap and he commented on those, and chatted for 20 minutes about racing. He said nice to meet you and he got in the Bonanza and and took off for Torrance. What a nice guy.
And wouldn't you know it, I forgot my phone at the hanger so I wasn't able to get a picture. What a bummer, but it was an awesome random meeting.