[Got the Bug]

Tim,

I went to all of the Long Beach events in the early days (F5000, F1, CART).

The first year they had F1, a buddy of mine and I were walking around and this guy (looked like one of the F1 crew members) offered us full access passes for something like $25. He told us to "just look like you know what you're doing and flash your badge when you walk by security." It was great, we had full access to pit row. We spent few minutes talking to Jody Scheckter and he signed a book that I had. It was a lot of fun.