[Mike Keener]

I had the pleasure of running in to John at LAX back in August. I introduced myself to him and although he didn't remember me or Merc by name he did remember our Modified Cars from years past which really surprised me. During our three or four minute conversation I never felt for one second that he was insincere or any kind of a guy who deserves any bad mouthing at all. He didn't have to give me the time of day but he did, and my impression of him was that he truly appreciated being recognized out of uniform and away from the track.

When we parted ways he even said "nice to meet you sir" and good luck to you this season". Geeze John, Sir? Hell I'm only two years older than you are!LOL. Anyway, I really enjoyed getting a chance to speak with him and in my opinion John is really a genuine nice guy!

MK