Saturday, March 16, 2013


Corvette Team Raising Funds for
       Pa. Breast Cancer Coalition

 Jim Roberts of Mount Joy, Pa. along with Rick Stauffer from Ephrata, Pa. will compete in the 2013 One Lap of America in early May.  A major part in this effort will be again raising money for the Pa. Breast Cancer Coalition.  Stickers with the Pink Breast Cancer ribbon will be placed on the car for each donation of $10 or more, and can be “In Honor of”, “In Memory of”, or you can put your own name on to show your support of the Breast Cancer Coalition.  Make a donation and you can ride along “vicariously on our trip and help a great cause at the same time.  Over the last few year our team has leveraged this awesome race and raised thousands of dollars for charity.

 To make a donation and get a sticker on the car, stop in at the store or send to Jim Roberts, % West Main Auto, 14 W. Main St. Mount Joy, Pa. 17552 along with who to name on the sticker.  Please make all checks payable to Pa. Breast Cancer Coalition or PABCC for short. 

  This year we are adding something new and are asking those who are sympathetic to the Breast Cancer Coalition’s cause and would like to help, we will provide you with collection sheets for you to solicit from friends, acquaintances, business contacts, general public etc. if you would like to help us meet our goal.  This does not have to be a major commitment on your part, if you feel you might be able to collect $50 to $100 or so that would be great.

 Thanks you, Jim Roberts               jimbobcorv@embarqmail.com 717-572-0110 c

                                                        Blog address  http://onelapadventure.blogspot.com

 

Thursday, March 7, 2013


Getting ready for One Lap 2013

 
Now it is time to start posting again for this years One Lap of America effort.  We have already started with some of the behind the scenes work.
 
We have been working on the car and will soon be finished with the preparation.  One of the goals this year is to get all of the gremlins taken care of before the trip.  Last year it looked like we were headed for a top 15-20 finish early on only to have a tuning problem set us back a couple times and we started slipping.  We still finished in the top half but we are working to improve on that this year.

I have included a map that will show you our route this year.  Try clicking on the map to enlarge it so you see it in better detail. Tire Rack has been one of the national sponsors for about 10 years now and since then the event has started at their location in South Bend, Indiana with a wet skid pad competition on their test track facility.  After that we are off to tracks in Alabama, New Orleans, Florida, the Carolinas, Virginia, Pennsylvania and back to Indiana.  We will compete in about 20 events.  They are mostly roadcourses plus a wet skid pad, an autocross on the runways at Grissom Air Force Base, two dragstrip events, and a dry skid pad  competition all in eight days.

 We expect to log over 5,000 miles in total counting the trip to the starting point in South Bend and back. The official route will be about 3400 miles plus the miles on the tracks and round trip to South |Bend which will add up to the total.

Keep checking back for more news.  I will try to post an update every week or so and continue to post until we return.

Thanks to all of you who follow along and I hope you enjoy it.  Also, please feel free to share the blog address with anyone who is a motorsports enthusiast or who you might think would also enjoy following this greuling motorsports event.

The Brock Yates One Lap of America has it roots in the not very legal, Cannonball Run of the early 1970's where the goal was to get from New York City to Redondo Beach, California as fast as possible. After three of those races and then trying a few different formats of competition from 1985 to 1991, mostly road rallies while driving around the United States, the present style of One Lap of America was started in 1992.  In this format all the competition takes place on the tracks, but the endurance part comes in traveling from track to track sometimes as much as 600 miles a day.

Wish us Luck!!!