A fine time.
Gentlemen,
Barrett Jackson was a lot of fun as expected. A great turnout of GT Forum members and having Raj and Chip Ganassi show up was an unexpected bonus for all of us. They were gracious and welcoming as always. Peg and I finished up Saturday night with dinner and cocktails in the skybox courtesy of Chris Callan and we watched the GT auction from there. A surreal occurrence as we were leaving when Raj clapped me on the shoulder as he was walking by with Chip Ganassi, Craig Jackson, and Steve Davis. Raj was going down to Steve & Craig’s GT’s to sign them so we stopped there too. I told Peg I’d like a picture with Chip Ganassi but I wasn’t going to bother them because they were talking to Steve Davis and I didn’t know him. Literally five seconds later, Steve Davis looked up at me pointed right at my face and said “I know you!”. He said, “You’re Chip Beck, the guy with the two bad ass yellow GT‘s who moderates the Ford GT Forum!” He then stepped over the velvet rope and came up and shook my hand. We had never met and he only knew me from the GT Forum which he obviously reads. He then said, “That’s a great website, keep it up!” Nuts! I told him that DBK wanted the serial numbers of his and Craig's NFGT’s and he said come on over and do whatever you like. He told me he would be honored to have their GT’s in the GT Forum’s new registry. Evidently everybody who has anything to do with GT’s is a big fan of David Bannister’s website even if they are not participating members. A fine ending to a great night. All the best.
Chip
