![<p>I have chased a car like this, the first love of my life â¦</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/barone1_0.jpg)
![<p>... a 1963 red convertible Corvette ...</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/barone2_0.jpg)
![<p>... Sting Ray ... for almost 50 years now ...</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/barone3_0.jpg)
![<p>... turns out Gene Larew Lures on RT 66 ...</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/barone4_0.jpg)
![<p>... in Tulsa, site of the 2013 Bassmaster Classic had access to that car and they invited me to take it for a drive ...</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/barone5_0.jpg)
![<p>... but when they handed me the keys while Gary the PR was taking that photo, I turned and gave the keys to ...</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/barone6_0.jpg)
![<p>Gene Hacker, the dude who for 24 years helped set up the EXPO at the Bassmaster Classic, and who was retiring after this one.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/barone7_0.jpg)
![<p>It was a way of saying thanks for a quarter-century of helping the fans have a good time. So, off we took ...</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/barone8_0.jpg)
![<p>"db, dude, this thing has got some real get to her." And at the end of the drive, "Thanks man, it made me feel like I was 20 years old all over again." No, dude ... thank YOU!</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/barone9_0.jpg)
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Don Barone finds another Classic along Route 66.