R.C. Keene

R.C. Keene was born in Dallas County Tx. R.C. is a descendant of one of the earliest settlers and land holders in the area from 1846. He attended elementary, junior high, and high school in Irving, Tx, graduating in 1967. After graduation he attended the University of Texas in Austin, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 1972. While still in college R.C. learned of a Sam Peckinpah-directed movie, "The Getaway", being filmed in nearby San Marcos, TX. He drove his 1967 Austin Mini-Cooper to San Marcos to check it out. He parked very near the town square where they were setting up to film a scene. During a break in the filming one of the principal actors, Steve McQueen, just happened to walk by and stopped to talk about R.C.' s car, indicating he had a car like it which he raced. While talking about cars, an orange VW Beetle drove up. The driver of the car was James Garner, who was visiting the set. He said he had been drafted to drive the VW in a scene as a