Signed "What If I Had Never Tried It" Valentino Rossi The Autobiography

One day in 2008 I had the opportunity to attend the MotoGP race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The opportunity arose when a friend of mine had asked me if I wanted to go. He had told me that he would give me a ticket to get in. So of course I took the opportunity and went. This friend of mine is a member of SCRAMP, the organization that runs the facilities motorsports events. Well, I went, and I was hooked. That's another story! So to talk about the book, lets fast forward to the following year, 2009. At this point, I was actually volunteering. This time though, I was trying my best to see if I could get my book "What If I had Never Tried It - Valentino Rossi - The Autobiography, signed by the man himself. As things were going on for the Thursday pre-race festivities, they had put Valentino Rossi, Wayne Rainey, and Eddie Lawson together to run the Yamaha Shifter Karts around the track as a fun time for the afternoon. When they had come in to the pit lane due to one of the karts having troubles, I ended up sitting in front of Vale with my book in hand. But being patient and not wanting to be a pushy person, I waited as he was chatting with several people. What was being said, I have no idea. So after about 5-10 minutes, I decided to open the book and put it out in front of him to see what would happen. And wouldn't you know it! He noticed it, grabbed my pen, and signed it. I was very happy! Then I was asked by another gentleman to borrow my pen, the another, then another. It just went ballistic! He gladly obliged as many requests as he could until he had to get back into the event fun. So that is how I was able to get the book signed. Thank you for reading.

Front Cover

Signature of Valetino Rossi