Today is Alex Zanardi’s birthday. It’s also mine. There have been several well-known people born on October 23, such as Pele, Johnny Carson, and (ha) Weird Al Yankovic to name a few. But I’ve always felt a tiny connection with Alex because we were literally born on the very same day (same year). I also had the thrill of being seated at the bottom of Laguna Seca’s corkscrew to see Alex complete “The Pass” live and in person.   read more »