We made it Home sweet Home!!

Third in Class

We were hoping to make it home on Saturday night and we did but with just minutes to spare. Actually pulled in the driveway at 11:57 pm after a 596 mile run from South Bend.  This morning we ran the Dry Skid Pad competition and then went inside The Tire Rack's massive warehouse to a banquet and awards presentation with the menu featuring steak.  The steak dinner was greatly appreciated after our culinary staple for the week consisted of mainly McDonalds due to the long transit drives and the desire to not spend much down time in a restaurant.  The real bonus was when the McDonalds or another fast food palace was part of or at least next to a gas station so we could fuel both the car and us at the same time so we could save time.  At the Banquet we received our award for 3 place in class.  Unfortunately there is no award for 23rd place overall, but we are pretty proud of that finish after missing 4 events on Monday with a bent  valve and 2 broken valve springs.  Our goal on leaving home to head for the event was a top 20 finish.  After we had our bent valve problem we reset our goal to finishing in the top half of the field.  That meant 26th or better.  After the 1st event at Gingerman we were in 28th place.  I placed 7th in the second Gingerman event and 12th in the Dry Skid Pad event bringing us up to 23rd overall.  With the problems we had that is a very satisfying finish.

Thanking my Transit Driving partner and those who helped us.

Don't forget we are still raising money for our charity, the Pa. Breast Cancer Coalition. We still need a few hundred dollars to meet this years goal. For a donation of $10 or more we will place your name on a Pink Ribbon sticker on the car, or the name of someone you would like to honor or memorialize.  Pa. Breast Cancer Coalition helps women going through Breast Cancer as well as helping to fund mammograms and research. Help us meet our goal. Please make any checks out to Pa. Breast Cancer Coalition or PABCC and send to Jim Roberts 14 W. Main St. Mount Joy, Pa. 17552.  To donate with your credit card go to PBCC.me click on "get involved" and then "events" and it will show Jim's One Lap Adventure, please indicate it is for Jim's One Lap.  This event is really a lifetime experience and we felt is was a good way to leverage it to the benefit of the community by raising funds for this worthy charity.