In 1962, he was was an alternate rider for the Phi Kappa Psi team in
the Little 500 bicycle race. His teammate, Dave Blase, rode 139 of 200
laps and was the victory rider crossing the finish line for his team.
They developed a friendship and Dave provided the inspiration for the
main character in Tesich's award-winning screenplay, "Breaking
Away(1979)".
[on living in England]: It's such a rigid class structure there. If you have a name of a certain kind, it almost opens doors for you without meaning that you have some intrinsic merit to go through that door.
