I have been thinking for a while now, that when I grow up I want to be just like Tim. After meeting Tim at SEMA last year,(Tim came over to the Speed booth to say hello)and congratulating me on that Speed show I had, we met again at the Indy meet. As I was at the bar having a beer with some of the guys, I reminded myself that my GT was in the garage, waiting to be cleaned. Feeling a little loose, I left the bar and went down to the garage to attend to the little lady. As I approached, i was having a dream...the closer I got to the GT, the cleaner it looked. I was sure i was mistaken, but as i got to the car, it was gleaming...I mean, under those lights, it looked almost waxed . Well it was. Someone cleaned my GT? Was it possible that I cleaned it and didn;t remember? Boy, I thought, I am getting old for sure. Cant even remember if I had cleaned it or not. But I was sure I didn't. So, now I set out to look for an answer, or who was this person that would do this. When I parked the GT, I did notice the fellow from Canada was washing his GT close to mine. I assumed that he might have his young son clean mine as well. I decided that whom ever he/she was, I needed to do something for them. The next day,Sunday, I picked up a little trinket at the track, and was looking for that fellow from canada, as I was sure it had to be him. After returning from the track, while in the garage, I was explaing to Dr. Frank what had happened. He said Yea..I saw someone cleaning your car...it was Tim Cantwell........I was astonished. When I approched Tim he was almost ready to deni it...and I guess felt a little embarrassed that I had found him out. He proceeded to say that water had gotten all over my car from someone washing their car very close, and he felt he could not leave it with all that water causing water marks. I gave him that little trinket I had purchased, explaining that it was for the person that did this. He refused it at first, but i made him accept it. This is the caliber of person that Tim Cantwell is. Now he is on his 4th GT......well guys, as far as I am concerned, I dont think anyone in this Forum deserves it more than Tim. I wish you all the best in the world Tim, and I salute you for being a better person. You have struck a cord in me, and I will never forget the type person you are. If there was something I could ever do for you and your family, all you need to do is ask. You might not think so, but that really meant a lot to me, that someone would help out a perfect stranger the way you did. I will never forget this. thank you Tim for being so considerate of others. If you ever come to NYC, please let me know...I would love to take you and family around on a movie set for the day.
You have all my respect Tim. Thank you, and many great miles with your new GT. Isn't that a pretty rare color?
Gino
