Perhaps inspired by Babe Ruth's famous "Called Shot" home-run, racing gazillionaire P. O'Moto, tested the mettle of his rivals this weekend on the starting grid of the AMA Superbike Showdown at Road Atlanta. After completing a full, rolling, warm-up lap burnout that ended precisely on his pole-position grid square, O'Moto lifted a single finger, as if to say, "Gotta go". The start was delayed as confused race officials, attempting to jump the pitwall and bring a bottle of champagne to the motorsports icon, were stopped then detained by O'Moto's security detail.
"There're a bunch of fast ol' Georgia boys in this race, so I needed to get in their heads a little bit," commented O'Moto from victory circle, sipping the peach brandy he'd discovered in the woods after stopping to relieve himself on lap 4. "I knew it'd worked when Yates killed his motor and Lynn took his helmet off."
"Damn, this stuff is good," slurred O'Moto after what local journalists reported was only his third sip. "Didju see the size of that chicken? Get 'em!"
At press time, Mr. O'Moto's whereabouts are unknown, but unconfirmed reports placed him in a properly-inflated Goodyear inner tube at Lake Lanier's infamous "Cocktail Grotto".
In a related story, Goodyear has just been contracted to provide tires for four Formula 1 teams next year.
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