after reading sbfpaMike's post about Rusty, a memory came back about a dear friend that passed along in 2000......he was a young man of 20 yrs old....but stricken with CF........less than a year before he passed away, I contacted Terry Labonte who was his hero......( he had just about everything you could think about as far as collectibles)....but the one thing he never did was actually meet or talk to Terry.....in his last months while he was hospitalized, he received a special phone call from California Speedway.....all he could do was say....is this really Terry??? over and over....they chatted from the speedway on his cell phone.....and I can still remember his exhuberance over receiving that call before he passed on.....something we will cherish forever.......some of our heroes are real people that care......and keep in our hearts as special.....Grump & Mountainmama
