j/k was just trying to see if you were awake lol ,well where to start on sat i was only there for about a hour,first pace i had to stop was the vintage display WOW
I never was into the street cars but wow there was some real intresting models on display as i was talking to the guy running the display (im so bad with names) so if you know his name please insert thx,as we were talking about the models and going over the history,i was telling him of some of the members that were supposed to come to the show. And he said that i had just missed brian rc10resto,so brian i was there sorry to have missed you! than we started talking about some other people that i though would have made it like some of the old racers and such than he told me i had just missed Mr Gene Husting and Lett so i was bummed i had brought my only mint chassis that i have to get some autographs, and also i left it in my truck because i was going to be there on Sunday so i didnt think to bring it in .but i had missed them. Than as we were talking who walked up Mr MIP 4WD KIT man himself EUSTACE (<-----sp?) himself what a great guy we talked abou the mip 4wd kit talked about the new race team that they are putting together and some new parts coming out. sorry no 4wd kit remake 
i tried twisting his arm but he still said not going to happen,he said he still has 1 of each model of the 4wd kit nib well the place kept saying that the expo was going to close so i went over to the associated both and started talking to this guy named mark who was the web page designer,he was a young kid in his twentys so we started talking about the yesteryear of associated and the old time racers and started popping off some names saying it would be cool to meet and when i said Lett he said well you know that he is VP of associated and he's rite behind you I turned around and sure enough there he was ,i would have in no way recognized him what a change from what i remember,i was like 12 are 13 something when i use to see him at hot traxx race way i remember the mullet and the miami vice pants and the tank top, here i was looking at Lett at the age of i belive he said 52 ,there i was kinda awstruck standing rite in front of one of my childhood,i wouldnt say hero but more like a icon that i looked upto when i was a kid just from remembering him from my childhood. What we talked about was some of the most intresting stuff. We talked about the old racing the battles and his memorible moments in his racing career. Than i asked him and this is how i asked him . Im not asking you as a reporter just as a fellow rc'err what is you most memorible moment good are bad that you look back on as a racer not counting the worlds. And this is what he said. Back in 93 94 something is was approached by this co kinda like the MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION but it wasnt that co but something like that, approached him with a kid that had terminal cancer,and one of the wishs that the kid had was eithere spend a race weekend with Rusty Wallace are spend a race weekend with Cliff Lett . When the co asked the kid which one he wanted the most he said Lett . Of course lett was onboard sure anything the kid wanted ,so did Rusty Wallace,after a race weekend with Wallace the next weekend Lett took him to some onroad gas race that he was racing that weekend and let the kid put his car down gas it up just all the things that would be involved in a race weekend the kid was real weak and his parents were there the whole weekend just to make sure the kid was ok but the kid, fought on through the weakness and stayed the whole weekend Lett gave the kid a car,the child was nothing but teeth ear to ear,after a few months Lett got a call from the parents of the kid to thank him for everything he had done for there child that weekend and that how happy he was and after the race weekend he started on the kit that Lett had given him and would not stop, every second of his time was devoted to build that kit,Than the news cameThe kid had gone to a check up a few months later and they found no cancer it had gone into complete remission, The doctors had no answer ,the parents belived it to be since LETT had brought the kid to the races and the kid was completly engrossed in building and playing with the kit, the childs mind was not thinking about his sickness,he was outdoors in the sun, having fun they belive it let his body heal with out the constant reminder that he was sick, Lett said he still talks to that kid who is now married with kids and still races, I was humbled.
We started talking about the web site RC10TALK and told him he needed to stop in some time and say hi, that alot of us here would think its damn cool to have a rc legend stop in. We talked about there are alot of people who still race these vintage 10s he raised a eyebrow like he didnt belive me ,so i said look popped out my iphone and showed him a vid of me racing my 10 against the other modern buggys ,so picture this here i'em talking to World Champion Cliff Lett i guy that i use to watch race was now wathing me race it was strangely ironic . Than the VP of associated said something that was like something u would never belive.......REMAKE
Well its getting late ill fill you guys in later just enjoy the pics than i fill you in on what happened on sunday
thx farmer
)
, during my travels I met Ton (from one of the many storage type shows), he was in the HobbyPartz booth hamming it up with the people behind the counter.
