PITTSBORO, Indiana, July 7. OLYMPIAN Rowdy Gaines was once the fastest man in the pool. Now, the three-time Olympic gold medalist will see the fastest racers in the world compete when he attends the 28th annual Mile-High Nationals at Bandimere Speedway on Saturday, July 14. <\/p>\n
Gaines will be a guest of Tim Buckley and the David Powers Motorsports team. Gaines was a standout at the 1984 Olympic games in Los Angeles when he dominated in the pool earning three gold medals (100-meter freestyle, 400-meter freestyle and medley relays). <\/p>\n
Gaines has called swimming action for CBS, TNT and ESPN. He worked his fourth Olympics on NBC during the 2004 Athens Games. Gaines was named Swimming World Magazine's<\/i> World Swimmer of the Year in 1980. He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1995 and the Olympic Hall of Fame in 2005. <\/p>\n
Gaines now serves as the Chief Fundraising and Alumni Officer for USA Swimming and resides with his family in Colorado Springs, Colo. <\/p>\n
"Rowdy (Gaines) is considered one of the four greatest Olympic swimmers in the history of the U.S.," Buckley said. "There is a definite correlation between drag racing and swimming. Both compete in a straight line and both reach a top speed in five seconds. We're excited to host him and his family at the Denver race." <\/p>\n
A financial partner of David Powers Motorsports and the CEO of Vintage Design, Inc., Buckley recently won the men's 1000-meter freestyle event at the 2007 USMS Short Course Nationals Championships in Federal Way, Wash. A longtime friend of team manager\/crew chief Lee Beard, Buckley is an avid swimmer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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