I was able to spend some time recently to document a project I've been working on for a number of years. A while ago I acquired a Nicky Hayden signed Ducati Corse flag (thanks Vicki!) that started me down the path of getting autographs where ever I went (thanks Vicki! :) ) I won't repeat the write-up here. You can see the image of the flag and the individual signatures at the link below: http://cerebro.cs.xu.edu/~ryanr/DucatiCorse/ I will relate one story though: One year, at the Indy MotoGP race, I stood outside Rossi's box for hours waiting for him to come out. When I first got there no one was around. By the time he came out there must have been 50 people there and as soon as he appeared I was pushed forward 3 feet from the surge. I held the flag out and he signed it. Once I made my way out of the crush I look and see that he signed it in the black portion of the graphic! So, I did the same thing the next year. Stood outside his box for hours and got another autograph. That's why there's 2 Rossi signatures. -Bob

I am amazed at how this has turned out. That's a lot of races (many of which I saw you at), and time. Really cool... Vicki > On Jun 1, 2019, at 9:58 PM, Bob Ryan <ryanr256@gmail.com> wrote: > > I was able to spend some time recently to document a project I've been > working on for a number of years. A while ago I acquired a Nicky Hayden > signed Ducati Corse flag (thanks Vicki!) that started me down the path of > getting autographs where ever I went (thanks Vicki! :) ) > > I won't repeat the write-up here. You can see the image of the flag and the > individual signatures at the link below: > > http://cerebro.cs.xu.edu/~ryanr/DucatiCorse/ > > I will relate one story though: One year, at the Indy MotoGP race, I stood > outside Rossi's box for hours waiting for him to come out. When I first got > there no one was around. By the time he came out there must have been 50 > people there and as soon as he appeared I was pushed forward 3 feet from > the surge. I held the flag out and he signed it. > > Once I made my way out of the crush I look and see that he signed it in the > black portion of the graphic! > > So, I did the same thing the next year. Stood outside his box for hours and > got another autograph. > > That's why there's 2 Rossi signatures. > > > -Bob > > > > > To get the links and updates on all today's Ducati news: > http://www.ductalk.com/ > and > https://www.facebook.com/ducnet > _____________________ > Ducati mailing list > Ducati@list.ducati.net > http://list.ducati.net/mailman/listinfo/ducati_list.ducati.net > Mailto: veloce916@gmail.com

Thanks Vicki. Not only is the flag filled with signatures, but there's a lot of memories in it too. Some (Rossi, Crutchlow, Checa) were more challenging than others. Canepa was an interesting experience. I had been standing outside his box for an hour or two. He saw me and a couple of times I motioned that I wanted him to sign. He ignored me. Then a family with 2 young children approached. He invited them into the box, gave them hats, sat the kids on his lap andlet the kids sit on the bike. Only when they were leaving did he come over and sign the flag. That was at WDW 2012. Crutchlow was also interesting but that's a story for another time. -Bob On Sun, Jun 2, 2019, 06:47 Vicki Smith <veloce916@gmail.com> wrote: > I am amazed at how this has turned out. That's a lot of races (many of > which I saw you at), and time. Really cool... > Vicki > > > On Jun 1, 2019, at 9:58 PM, Bob Ryan <ryanr256@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I was able to spend some time recently to document a project I've been > > working on for a number of years. A while ago I acquired a Nicky Hayden > > signed Ducati Corse flag (thanks Vicki!) that started me down the path of > > getting autographs where ever I went (thanks Vicki! :) ) > > > > I won't repeat the write-up here. You can see the image of the flag and > the > > individual signatures at the link below: > > > > http://cerebro.cs.xu.edu/~ryanr/DucatiCorse/ > > > > I will relate one story though: One year, at the Indy MotoGP race, I > stood > > outside Rossi's box for hours waiting for him to come out. When I first > got > > there no one was around. By the time he came out there must have been 50 > > people there and as soon as he appeared I was pushed forward 3 feet from > > the surge. I held the flag out and he signed it. > > > > Once I made my way out of the crush I look and see that he signed it in > the > > black portion of the graphic! > > > > So, I did the same thing the next year. Stood outside his box for hours > and > > got another autograph. > > > > That's why there's 2 Rossi signatures. > > > > > > -Bob > > > > > > > > > > To get the links and updates on all today's Ducati news: > > http://www.ductalk.com/ > > and > > https://www.facebook.com/ducnet > > _____________________ > > Ducati mailing list > > Ducati@list.ducati.net > > http://list.ducati.net/mailman/listinfo/ducati_list.ducati.net > > Mailto: veloce916@gmail.com > > > > > > To get the links and updates on all today's Ducati news: > http://www.ductalk.com/ > and > https://www.facebook.com/ducnet > _____________________ > Ducati mailing list > Ducati@list.ducati.net > http://list.ducati.net/mailman/listinfo/ducati_list.ducati.net > Mailto: ryanr256@gmail.com >