The guy on the right in the picture here is Ralph Gorton, who owns the Just Looking Gallery in San Luis Obispo, CA, a gallery where I’ve shown my work for three years now. I had a solo show there in late 2012 and my work has done really well in California thanks to Ralph and Ken at the Just Looking Gallery. It’s been a great ride but getting to know Ralph a little bit has been a real kick.
He is a a larger-than-life character in all ways, including the height that helped him become a Division I basketball star in his college days. He is known to be an astute entrepreneur, a lover of art, a well-known college basketball coach and mentor, an athlete, a father and husband, a mountain climber and wilderness explorer, a sometime model (there’s a story there!) and a world-class storyteller. And a pretty good guy , to boot
I think he would be a perfect specimen for reality television. Well, tonight he makes it there on The Car Chasers on CNBC at 10 PM. It’s a show where they try to locate specific cars for would be buyers and Ralph is in the market for a Rossion Supercar, a limited edition hand built sportscar built here in the US that has crazy speed. Zero to sixty in 2.8 seconds.
Here’s a link to a short clip from tonight’s episode.
And in case you were wondering what it feels like to go from 0-60 in under 3 seconds, here’s a video from Tesla who makes a new electric four door sedan with the ability to do just that. It gives you the immediate reactions of a few normal folks who were also wondering.
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