Thursday, March 31, 2011

New Graphics on car




Just got the car back from SSC Tint and Graphics yesterday with all the new graphics on for this years event. Well not exactly all. When we get to South Bend they will have some additional stickers to put on for the national sponsors etc. Mike Snyder really did a nice job on the vinyl and finished it up ahead of schedule. A big THANK YOU to Mike. If you need signing, window tinting, graphics on your car etc. and you are anywhere near Elizabethtown, Pa. be sure to check with Mike and tell him Jim sent you. Here are some pictures of the car, one with Mike in the background. Off to the right is the car he campaigns very sucessfully in the SCCA Autocross Series and some National SCCA events.


In a little less than a month Rick and I will leave on this big adventure. Just a few things to do yet to get ready. Rick is getting his graphics done today on his Corvette. We are decorating Rick's Corvette to enhance the fund raising effort. Mike will put the Pa. Breast Cancer Coalition logo on the hood and Rick will work at covering the hood and trunk with the stickers with names on them from those who donate $10 or more in honor of someone who has delt with Breast Cancer. We will also put names on in Memorial of someone and many people will just put their own name on to show support of the Pa. Breast Cancer Coalition.


Just a reminder, don't forget you can click on "older posts" at the bottom of each page to go back to older stories from this year and even further back to stories from the past two years.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Pa. Breast Cancer Coalition is 2011 Charity for Jimbob Racing



Jimbob racing would like to announce that the 2011 charity that we will support is the Pa. Breast Cancer Coalition. The PBCC, represents,supports and serves breast cancer survivors and their families in Pennsylvania through educational programing, legislative advocacy and breast cancer research grants. The PBCC is a statewide non-profit organization that creates the hope of a brighter tomorrow by providing action and information to women with breast cancer today.

We are accepting donations in any amount, but for a minimum donation of $10 we will put a sticker on our cars with the name of someone you would like to honor or recognize in memory. You can also put your own name on a sticker showing your support. We will put as many stickers on my car as possible, on the roof, on the roof hoop and the high part of the back window. We will also attempt to cover Rick's Corvette convertible with stickers. We are hoping to leave the stickers on through the competition and show season that lasts well into the fall.

With the visibility and publicity of this awesome adventure and all the exposure the cars will get, it seemed like a perfect opportunity to leverage this to the community good. With this in mind Rick and I are working to raise awareness and at least a couple of thousand dollars for the Pa. Breast Cancer Coalition.
Please see Jim or Rick for your donation or send your donation to and make check payable to:
Pa. Breast Cancer Coalition
Attn: One Lap 2011
344 N. Reading Rd.
Ephrata, Pa. 17522

Thursday, March 3, 2011

2011 Sponsors




I just want to acknowledge and Thank my sponsors and encourage everyone to patronize those businesses who have made our 2011 One Lap of America effort possible. Two Cousins Pizza of Mount Joy, The Watering Trough, Mount Joy Diner, Rutt's Appliances, Autolocator.com, Krunch Kritters, Mick's All American Pub, Pro Tune Performance Inc. SSC Tint and Graphics, and the Pa. Breast Cancer Coalition. If or when you patronize these businesses let them know you followed this years race. They want to know their advertising dollars are working.

So far there are 63 teams signed up. Our category, which is SSGT1-BB, has 13 registered to date. That encompasses Sports/GT cars which cost new over $50,000 (cost new at today's prices) and are big bore, over 3.5 liters of engine displacement. There are several other categories but one thing that makes it interesting is the car is registered as what it was born as. For example if you run a Mazda Miata but put a big honkin V8 under the hood, it is still a Miata.

We are raising money for the Pa. Breast Cancer Coalition by puting stickers on the car for a minimum $10 donation. The stickers can have a name of someone you would like to honor that has had breast cancer, in memory of someone, or with your own name showing support for the effort against breast cancer. Check their web site at http://PBCC.me

For those who don't scroll back I just wanted to show the route map again. Once again I would like to mention the map was borrowed from the One Lap for Dogs team. Be sure to visit their web site at http://onelapfordogs.com/ they are raising money for Canine Partners For Life an organization that places assist dogs with over 400 people in need around the country. They do amazing work with both assist and seizure alert dogs.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Hood Sponsor re-signs for 2011


Two Cousins Pizza of Mount Joy will again be our Hood Sponsor for our One Lap of America effort. The hood has always gotten a lot of attention, especially in the paddock when the hood was raised and people would refer to it as the Pizza Man car. Nearly all of the past sponsors have re-signed from last year, so it won't be long until we complete the graphics update on the car. It is amazing how quickly the time is going by as we look forward to the end of April when we head west to South Bend, Indiana. There is still much to do.

Very shortly we plan to post information about our new charity and some fresh ideas to leverage this awesome adventure to the community good. Keep checking back for more information, this is the fourth installment about this years effort. If you scroll down you will see previous stories and then you can click "older posts" at the bottom of each page and see stories from the last two years. My partner in One Lap, Rick Stauffer, has also started a blog at http://rick1lap.blogspot.com/ be sure to check this out regularly also.