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Originally Posted by Dirtfan
Don't think that will happen,WRG,Extreme Midgets?
I'll be in a minority here but I was Ok with Tony LaPorta.
I’d like to join your minority.He did well considering his limited knowledge of the series and its tracks. I got the chance to speak with Tony a few different times as that season progressed. I kept telling him to keep his head up. You could tell things were tough. The way he was eviscerated on this board had to be demoralizing. Even if he were offered this gig, why would he come back?
I have to wonder why there is a revolving door with announcers of Usac, yet I believe Johnny at WoO has been around a long time, as well Blake at the All Stars until this years sale of it. Hmmm. Someone wrote the grueling tour for Usac is a family killer. Isn’t any job that a person accepts that requires a ton of travel?? Heck the WoO series really doesn’t even have a home base like Usac does, where an awful lot of its season is spent in Indiana. Thank you to Chet for doing his job well while he was on tour and best wishes. I’m also hoping that Usac has a plan to generate some level of excitement at PRI similar to what we’ve endured the last few weeks over winged racing.
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I first met John Gibson back in 1990 or 91 at a Wednesday night All Star race at Atomic (K-C back then). He’s originally from Pennsylvania, and at the time he was a courier for a bank around Pittsburgh. We got to talking and he said he was just a fan and said he would be able to get home by two or three in the AM and be able to go to work the next morning. Wasn’t long after that and he got hired by the WoO program seller, 1st name was Bill but his last escapes me. Bill sold programs at the main gate and hired Johnny to work the stands. Maybe a year or 2 later Bill left to take another racing affiliated job and John got hired to be the program seller replacing Bill. Used to see him quite a bit back then. About a month before the 1996 Kings Royal (Won by Johnny Herrera) when TNT was televising the race they hired John on to be the spotter for the TV
Announcers as John knew all the cars and drivers. He asked me if I could help him out and take his place selling programs that night. I said sure. I was prepared to walk the stands selling the program, but John said no… all you have to do is sit at the table at the main gate selling the programs and take care of the kids. I asked the kids?….. John said yeah you give them change and the programs and they work the stands and when they sell those they come back for more programs and you collect their money and make sure they have enough change….. I said “ who are the kids!” John said “they’re Haud’s niece and nephew!”That was 1996 and wasn’t long after that when John got promoted to being the official WoO announcer. He’s been with the WoO ever since…..John Gibson is a great announcer and a class act!!