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Originally Posted by yeleyfan76:
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!!
That may have been Bill Woodside.