A little late posting this due to being out of town for the last 10 days on business, but to make a long story short, during the introduction to the Barrett-Jackson Auction that was part of Hot August Nights in Reno on Friday, 1 August, of all the cars that they could have used, my '69 RS was part of the opening sequence.
They (FOX Sports 1) began from inside the auction hall showing a couple of the cars that would come up on the block, then went across the street to the Atlantis Hotel Resort Casino which is one of the venues for Hot August Nights (over 6500 registered classic rides - by far the largest car event that I know of in North America - lasts for 10 days). I had reserved VIP parking at the Atlantis venue and had gone across the street to the convention with my son-in-law to watch the auction. All the time not knowing that across the street, my ride was on national tv.
I didn't realize my car had been on until the later that weekend. I had recorded the auction on the DVR and when I played it back - guess what I saw!
The FOX Sports 1 commentator is April Rose and she spent quite probably 30 seconds or so with my car before moving on to another ride. Picture below isn't the best - hard to take a good photo off of the tv, but anyway you get the idea.
Richard
