Where did you get your Rider Pride?

Three Generations Of Hadesbeck Rider Priders !

For the last 2 days Rod Pederson has been asking you to show your Rider Pride (see http://rodpedersen.blogspot.com/ for more), and that got me to thinking: Where did everyone get that pride? How did it start? Some may argue that if you’re born in Saskatchewan it’s just in your blood ,but for me it was my parents. Long-time season ticket holders until we moved to Saskatoon in 1970, they were avid Rider Priders and somewhere along the line it started to rub off on me. Now, sadly, my first real vivid memory is of The Catch… and I’m sure you all know what catch I mean….The ball is going to Tony Gabriel! Who didn’t know it was going to Tony Gabriel??? Grrrr…Oh well, the good ones will get open even if everyone knows its going to them, but I digress. So I have lived and died with this team for 30 years now. There is now a third generation of Hadesbeck that are part of the Rider nation. Kris and Ryley, my sons, have been going to the games with me for a number of years now and, like the rest of us, now bleed green and white. I like to think thats a good thing; others may beg to differ, but the tradition continues. So what was it for you? A family member? A friend? A spouse? Something else? Let me know! E-mail me at theracerreport@gmail.com with your story and I will post them all tomorrow or you can post them in the comment section below.

In my truck travels today I came across a poster for a show-and-shine coming up soon. I don’t have a lot of the details but here is what I know:

The first annual show and shine at the Big Brown Barn on Long Lake, is on June 3rd and will be free to enter. There will be an admission charge of $5.00 to get in, with all proceeds going to charity (What charity I do not know, but if anyone reading this has more information on it please email me) Maybe will we have to take RacerKris’ bluebird out for the afternoon.

The BlueBird

These shows are always a great time. Just last weekend there was one at the Snack Shack in Lumsden (try the monster burger, you will love it), and the boys and I went out for the afternoon had a great time. We got to see a number of great cars, this was our third year going out and we look forward to it each year. The bluebird was even in the show. It’s in pre-restoration mode at the moment but he likes it. Oh, and by the way who the heck buys their kid a 86 Firebird with a 350 in it when gas prices are at $1.20/litre? Oh well, c’est la vie, it’s only money right ? Plus he gets to pay for the gas (he says with a laugh).

If you have not lately, or never, listened to Pink Floyd’s “The Wall”, listen to it start to finish soon. That’s just good music.

Today’s Lyrics

“When the strip shuts down we run `em in the street

From the fire roads to the interstate”

Time for the checkerd flag to fall on another Racer report. Thank you for having a look and please send me your “where you got your Rider Pride” stories. I look forward to reading them and I bet others will as well.