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Originally Posted by BeyGon
Hey now, Dick Mann was a very famous half mile, mile racer plus some TT and road races. He won the Daytona 200 a couple times. He was good and a cool guy. He won the AMA Grand National Championship twice.
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I know, right? It's unfortunate that the name he preferred took on derogatory tone after his racing career. Never heard of him before I saw 'On Any Sunday' about 20 years ago, but like all of the people in the film, he looked like a happy man enjoying what he loves to do. Haven't heard a bad thing about the fellow since I've known who he was. Even Bruce Brown's commentary about him in the movie referred to his great personality and strength of character.