Last night was the AFM banquet.
Always a good time seeing so many passionate moto folks and the others that love them and the sport. I had the pleasure of sitting with Deion Campbell and his family along with Wobbie and my buddy Danny. Both of these guys were involved when I was racing and became life long friends.
Great to see Berto, Barb, Ernie, Dave M., Vic, Kenny, a couple Chris's, Marc E. and more.
Cool to watch the racers who ended up on the podium getting a little public love for a job well done. Congrats to all.
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In the bar before the event started I was talking with Vic and Chris V. about how the Banquet has changed over the years and recalled the Fozz (old AFM announcer and friend) sucking down a lot of tequila shots while trying to do his thing.. :laughing I think it became a test as racer after racer brought him a shot... that was a long night.
Chris said that was the night that the big drunk guy got up and started blathering about Bobby Fong and they had to almost force him to stop. I was :wow -- that was Pit Ho :facepalm :laughing Danny and I were there that night and Pit Ho was part of the barfRACING team and we both were OMG don't do it Mark!!! He did... and we could not stop him. Hard to stop a 6'-5" 285 pound determined and proud man when he has had a few. Miss ya man. :rose
Anyway one of the changes I mentioned was how much the AFM celebrates it Novices now vs then and before. Such a good call by the Board to do that. Seeing all the folks engaged in cheering for the novice champs really shows me that makes a difference in the AFM being more than just a club. It really is a family in ways. Some may be distant cousins and others are brothers and sisters. Meeting Jordan Edginton and his Dad was super cool and man you could see the passion and pride in Dad's eyes and the story of them being on the track together the first time Jordan passed Dad had them both beaming. I was enjoying seeing others enjoy something I really do love was so cool.
A great vid and pics from OXYmoron got the juices going and then Go Go provided a video that touched my soul. No race action, just people. Moto people. :thumbup
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Congrats to the AFM top 10.
#1 Andrew Lee
#2 Cory Call
#3 Chad Swain
#4 Deion Campbell
#5 Jordan Edginton
#6 Brandon Crawford
#7 Marc Edwards
#8 Berto Wooldridge
#9 Fabian Fernandez
#10 Mark Fitzsimmmons
And all the class champs too.ort
.. and all the racers that had something inside bring them to the racing and live a little better. The AFM has provided that for generations.
A tip of the hat to all the turn workers and support staff that have kept it going for over six decades.
--A couple of pics.
I always dig Berto's awesome Captain America bike. It is beautiful and when you get close can tell it has had been ridden hard. :cool AFM F40 Champ! :thumbup
Always a good time seeing so many passionate moto folks and the others that love them and the sport. I had the pleasure of sitting with Deion Campbell and his family along with Wobbie and my buddy Danny. Both of these guys were involved when I was racing and became life long friends.
Great to see Berto, Barb, Ernie, Dave M., Vic, Kenny, a couple Chris's, Marc E. and more.
Cool to watch the racers who ended up on the podium getting a little public love for a job well done. Congrats to all.
ortIn the bar before the event started I was talking with Vic and Chris V. about how the Banquet has changed over the years and recalled the Fozz (old AFM announcer and friend) sucking down a lot of tequila shots while trying to do his thing.. :laughing I think it became a test as racer after racer brought him a shot... that was a long night.
Chris said that was the night that the big drunk guy got up and started blathering about Bobby Fong and they had to almost force him to stop. I was :wow -- that was Pit Ho :facepalm :laughing Danny and I were there that night and Pit Ho was part of the barfRACING team and we both were OMG don't do it Mark!!! He did... and we could not stop him. Hard to stop a 6'-5" 285 pound determined and proud man when he has had a few. Miss ya man. :rose
Anyway one of the changes I mentioned was how much the AFM celebrates it Novices now vs then and before. Such a good call by the Board to do that. Seeing all the folks engaged in cheering for the novice champs really shows me that makes a difference in the AFM being more than just a club. It really is a family in ways. Some may be distant cousins and others are brothers and sisters. Meeting Jordan Edginton and his Dad was super cool and man you could see the passion and pride in Dad's eyes and the story of them being on the track together the first time Jordan passed Dad had them both beaming. I was enjoying seeing others enjoy something I really do love was so cool.
A great vid and pics from OXYmoron got the juices going and then Go Go provided a video that touched my soul. No race action, just people. Moto people. :thumbup
In
Congrats to the AFM top 10.
#1 Andrew Lee
#2 Cory Call
#3 Chad Swain
#4 Deion Campbell
#5 Jordan Edginton
#6 Brandon Crawford
#7 Marc Edwards
#8 Berto Wooldridge
#9 Fabian Fernandez
#10 Mark Fitzsimmmons
And all the class champs too.
ort.. and all the racers that had something inside bring them to the racing and live a little better. The AFM has provided that for generations.
A tip of the hat to all the turn workers and support staff that have kept it going for over six decades.
--A couple of pics.
I always dig Berto's awesome Captain America bike. It is beautiful and when you get close can tell it has had been ridden hard. :cool AFM F40 Champ! :thumbup
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