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Posted by Matt Finley Jul 20, 2007 |
One of my favorite riders is Wayne Rainey. It's good to hear he is being inducted into the Laguna Seca Hall of Fame. He is a true champion.
The first 500cc event I ever went to was Laguna Seca, and I went to see Wayne. As we were packing the van Thursday night after work to go to the race, we heard that Wayne had been in an accident and was paralyzed.
I had previously ordered a lithograph of Wayne, Mick Doohan and Kevin Schwantz, autographed by all three. Only it hadn't been autographed before Wayne's crash. It is autographed now, and hangs in my son's room with several other pictures of Wayne and Kevin.
I regret not having the opportunity to get to Seca to see him again, but here's a great big congrats from San Diego, Wayne!