I had a pit pass to a phoenix Indy race in the 90's and had purchased a Indycar tire that was on Emerson Fittipaldi's car the year before and had a grand idea of getting it signed at this race and making a end table for my rec room out of it. I lugged this heavy SOB all day in 94 degree weather and waited patiently by his trailer after his first practice session. He passed by the whole crowd waiting for an autograph and went iside until everyone was gone except me. At this point I had drove 800 miles thru snow and mountains lugged this tire at least a mile in the heat I was going to wait it out to get one of my racing heroes autographs!!! When he did come out he was as nice as I had hoped. He graceously signed my tire and talked to me for a bit. I then carried tire back to car and enjoyed the rest of the weekend. To this day the tire still sits in my house with a nice glass top on it. I truly worked for that one!
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