On The Pegs April 2020 - Volume 5 - Issue 4 | Page 29
On The Pegs
VOL. 5 ISSUE 4 - APRIL 2020
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STORIES FROM THE ROAD
Appearance is Just an Illusion
Eight or ten years ago, I was
driving to all of the National
Enduro rounds on the east coast
and I made friends with Ted
Campbell, who was the rep for
Leo Vince Exhaust Systems at
the time. At the first round of
the season in South Carolina,
he was lamenting (whining,
lol) about having to drive the
Leo Vince sprinter all the way
from the west coast for each
round, so I suggested we work
together. I told him, since I am
centrally located in Oklahoma, if
he would leave the sprinter with
me and let me drive it to each
of the races, he could fly in and
at the races he would use the
sprinter to display product and
I would take his rental car around the course to shoot photos. Leo Vince agreed
to pay for all my fuel costs and motels, so it was a win-win for both of us. I got to
travel free, and he didn’t have to make 10 cross-country drives that year. When
they needed to stock the sprinter, they would just ship product to my home.
Well, the sprinter was pretty cool, and of course, it was wrapped in big, bold
Leo Vince graphics. Since Leo Vince is an Italian company, on the back of the ve-
hicle in big red letters it read: “Italian, Sexy and Cool!”, which was Leo Vince’s tag
line. So, I would be driving down the highway to the races and several times a
day I would see middle-aged ladies pull up alongside the sprinter and look over
at me, expecting to see Fabio driving the sprinter. It stung a bit to see the disap-
pointment in their faces when they saw it was just me… lol. n