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No Fenders "B Team" Boyz Claudio' and
Tomaso Schlepping with the McLaren Boyz on Halloween Nite this year in Austin,
Texas. (N & C' Photos)
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And as typical in life, especially here in
Nofendersville, I totally forgot 'bout the late Greg Moore's anniversary this
Halloween, which commemorated sadly, the 15th anniversary of his death at
Fontana Raceway during CART's 1999
season finale.
As I was simply purusing racer.com's IndyCar
section to see what the latest news was on November 6th, after my return from
COTA, and stumbled into thee Mayor 'O Hinchtown's most excellante tribute to
his Hero, Greg Moore...
But that's not to say that I don't remember the irrepressible 'KuhNuck, nee
Messer Moore, albeit my strongest memory is always his absolutely
"CRACKERS" Banzai Dive-bomb move at Portland Int'l Raceway!
Along with casually asking Mad Max Papis at
Mother Speedway during Legends Day 2013 if he still wore red gloves? To which I
can still hear Massimiliano
in his Italiano brogue, saying I will always wear red gloves, as red
gloves RULE!
Yet feel somewhat relieved that I was none
other then first at the racetrack on his anniversary and then celebrating
downtown in Austin, appropriately having my picture taken multiple times with
Formula 1 Show car's, etc on Halloween nite, which seems like the proper way to
honour the Kuhnaidiun driver, eh?
As I did
commemorate his tenth Anniversary in;
Or Y'all can skip directly
to my personal reflections upon a Greg Moore weekend, where Tacoma Bureau Chief
Mary Ellen took me to many of his past haunts in;
Then again, while Greg Moore's getting A-L-L of the
Attenzione here, let's NOT forget just some of the other fallen Open Wheel
Racing Drivers, i.e.; Paul Dana, Jeff Krosnoff, Jovy Marcelo, Tony Renna, Gonzalo
Rodriguez, Henry Surtees and Dan Wheldon, to name just a few...
Not to mention Jules Bianchi who recently was
airlifted home to Nice, France to continue recovering from his horrific coma
inducing accident at Suzuka...