Charles and I were both there. No, Jimmy was not sane then.

Neither was I for that matter.

As far as beating the ZR-1, my recollection is that I might have had a little bit of an edge around 55-70 mph, but as we got faster, the Vette would pull even, then on the really big end would actually walk me. It was a huge eye opener that any car could do that (obviously a first for me).

I stopped and got fuel with the ZR-1 and we talked, he was a cool guy. We both enjoyed the games. Good to read this and remember, er, slightly wilder times.

My next question is, did Charles beat the Vette?

I waited with Charles until his bike was repaired, which took two days. After he got the bike back we rode as far as Phoenix and then he needed to call it a night. I was worried about getting home in time to meet a deadline to move out of my apartment. I still felt good that night, so I left Charles in Phoenix and rode through the night. I made it to Texas about the time the sun came up. As soon as I saw El Paso, I thought, “I’m almost home! I’ll just keep going.” LOL.

Anyway, I felt a little bad for leaving my injured friend on his own, but then he reminded me that he felt good enough to race a Corvette ZR-1 at some point on the way home, so I didn’t feel THAT bad.