This guy is a stud. No, not the old, gray, wrinkly fellow on the right; the guy on the left, wearing the Team Yamaha shirt. That is none other than 2007 AMA Motocross champion Grant Langston, who I ran into at the US Open of Supercross last night.Without attempting to spread rumors about Grant, as I understand he's found that the vision problem he's been experiencing this year is a melanoma in his eye and has been trying to get that taken care of. It was pretty awesome to hear the crowd applauding in support of Grant when he explained the situation at the opening ceremonies last night.
I wanted to get a picture of him with my son, but he's so camera shy that he refused to take the picture before I could explain who would be in it with him. So I snapped it myself instead. Sorry to bring you down Grant.
Here's wishing you the best of luck. I've missed seeing you out racing this year; you are a great competitor and a great ambassador to the sport, a true half-bad-boy of the type this blog espouses. I hope you're able to overcome this scary eye problem and get back in the saddle soon.
