Hi Craig,

that is pretty cool, must have been an interesting meeting.

It brought back sweet memories.  I have an old "Super 8" movie with my
brother standing next to Mario at the *Nazareth Speedway* in PA many moons
ago.  They were racing the dirt track cars on that Sunday.

Roland

On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 9:04 PM, craig cowan <phishman068@gmail.com> wrote:

> SO....
> My sailing classes that I teach were canceled today because its strangely
> cold and overly windy. As a result, I went down the street to grab
> something
> to drink at the local texaco station in Sparks Nevada, where I randomly run
> into racing legend Mario Andretti! I guess they had been doing some
> promotional thing there that I just missed. Anyway, we got to talking and
> he
> had just finished a cross country trip and when I said that I had done the
> same, he was intrigued. When I said I was from PA, he was even more
> interested. It turns out he's from Allentown Pennsylvania. Anyway, we got
> to
> talking along with his crew and publicity guy that's blogging about his
> experiences and I ended up showing him the zetec. He was very impressed
> with
> the fact that people are putting modern engines into older vehicles. I gave
> them a screaming rev when I drove away and they all seamed impressed.
>
> Anyway, I thought some of you might want to see a picture of Myself with
> the
> racing legend and a Vanagon all in one image. I have pictures of him and I
> and the bus on my facebook account if anyone's interested, I attached a
> link
> at the bottom of the email. I ended up getting a card for $50 of free gas
> from him too : )
>
> SIncerely,
> Craig Cowan
> '85GL turned WESTY
> BOSTIG in the back
>
> http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30402158&l=91005335f5&id=1457880199
>