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Ladies and gentlemen ... start your running Indy 500 thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Bubbler, May 25, 2008.

  1. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    Matsushita was shita, but he's Rick Mears compared to Dr. Jack or Marty Roth. He and Duno (who IS better than Marty Roth) are more comparable.

    The legend of how 'King Hiro became 'King Hiro is one of my all-time favorite sports stories.
     
  2. JackS

    JackS Member

    The worst thing about 'king Hiro was that sponsorship allowed him to stick around for so long when he should have gotten cycled out much sooner. All these other pretenders struggled to put together rides and didn't run that many races. But 'king Hiro was there week after week 'king up somebody's race.
     
  3. Bob Cook

    Bob Cook Active Member

    Didn't 'king Hiro get Panasonic sponsorship because he was heir to the Panasonic fortune?
     
  4. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    Bingo. Matsushita Electrical Industrial Corporation. Hiro is the grandson of the company founder.
     
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