I first heard about valentino rossi and motogp when David Alan Grier was on the Jimmy Kimmel Live show a few years ago, 2005 I believe. He had just come from the laguna race and showed up at the late night talk show in full leathers. He talked about meeting valentino, getting an autograph, how great he was etc. Jimmy just kept asking who the hell rossi was and why grier was so obsessed with him.
I will forever thank David Alan Grier for that. His role as the police officer in Jumanji was cool too. DAG and Life with Bonnie weren't bad either.