2014 Drive Against Prostate Cancer: Day Three (Part Two)

Monday, May 2, 2011

Day Three (Part Two) - BMW Performance Center

Quick update before I stop for the night and take my turn behind the wheel. We have approximately 500 miles to go this evening to Daytona, FL and the GPS shows us arriving at sometime after 1 am. UGH!!!!!

Woody finished 32nd overall at the BMW Performance Center. With the attrition and our finishes at CMP we have moved up to 26th overall.

Next, we met a gentleman by the name of Mike Forrester who either owns or manages a BMW dealership in Spartanburg, SC. After discussing our plight with the brake warning light and what we have found or not found, Mike contacts a good friend and independent mechanic (Albert) who has an Autologic and can read the brake fault codes on the M3. It is a simple brake sensor that can wait until we get home to fix. It does not affect the brakes or their operation. We can rest easy for now. You too Suze. Mike and Albert....HUGE THANKS!!!!! You too Scott Hughs.

We link up with our friends from the Executive Inn and their news is not quite as good. It appears there is more damage than originally thought and they must retire. The car will be patched together well enough for them to drive home and then fix properly. We will miss them and wish them a safe and speedy trip home.

Good night....more tomorrow from the high banks of Daytona International Speedway.

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2014 Corporate Donors/Sponsors

THE 2014 TIRE RACK CANNONBALL ONE LAP OF AMERICA ROUTE/SCHEDULE

Ten Days - 4,550 Miles
May 1 - Drive to South Bend, IN (days drive 650 miles)
May 2 - One Lap Registration & Tech, South Bend, IN (days drive 0 miles)
May 3 - Wet Skid Pad Event, Tire Rack HQ's, South Bend, IN
May 3 (cont.) - Grissom Air Force Base, Peru, IN [autocross]
May 3 (cont.) - Sticker Stop at Corvette Museum, Bowling Green, KY
May 3 (cont.) - Bowling Green, KY to Memphis, TN (days drive 641 miles)
May 4 - Memphis International Raceway [time trial events]
May 4 (cont.) - Memphis International Raceway [bracket drag races], Memphis, TN to New Orleans, LA (days drive 406 miles)
May 5 - NOLA Motorsports Park [time trial events], New Orleans, LA
May 5 (cont.) - Mobile Raceway [time trial events], Mobile, AL
May 5 (cont.) - Sticker Stop USS Alabama, Mobile, AL
May 5 (cont.) - Mobile, AL to Dawsonville, GA (days drive 555 miles)
May 6 - Atlanta Motorsports Park [time trial events]
May 8 - Carolina Motorsports Park [time trial events], Kershaw, SC
May 8 (cont.) - BMW Performance Center [time trial event], Greer, SC to Alton, VA (days drive 388 miles)
May 9 - Virginia International Raceway [time trial events], Alton, VA to Wampum, PA (days drive 455 miles)
May 10 - Pittsburg International Race Complex [time trial events] Wampum, PA to South Bend, IN (days drive 343)
May 11 - Dry Skid Pad, Tire Rack HQ's, South Bend, IN to Arlington, VA (days drive 613 miles)
May 12 - REST and HOME, Arlington, VA

ABOUT THE DRIVERS

ROBIN SPARROW:

Robin Sparrow is a Director of Project Management Services in Studley's Suburban Washington office. Last year Robin and his co-driver, Robert Grace, finished the 2013 OLOA in the top 20 overall and third in class - thanks Robert!!! Robin also joined the racing ranks in 2012 by competing in the NASA Series Spec 3 for BMWs. Stay tuned to Robin's Blog as he travels the country again raising money for ZERO - The End of Prostate Cancer during the 2014 Tire Rack One Lap of America / Drive Against Prostate Cancer!

WOODY HAIR:

Old fart, hot shoe use to be, generally all around good egg. Woody hails from Arlington, Virginia - his life long home. Woody is the former HPDE Champion of North America. He has also won numerous SCCA, NASA, and BMW National Capitol Chapter autocross events. This is Woody's 12th One Lap of America.