2014 Drive Against Prostate Cancer: Day Three

Monday, May 7, 2012

Day Three - Results

Hallet has been left in our review mirror. Our current position is somewhere in the middle of Oklahoma headed north on I-35 toward Wichita Kansas. (old news......I dread entering Kansas again after last evening. Both Neil and I were behind the wheel in our respective cars and were cited for speeding. I was clocked at 14 MPH over and Neil 21 MPH over. Our Kansas State Trooper was extremely pleasant and efficient. End of story.) The final resting place for the evening will be Byers Colorado - approximately 60 miles east of Denver. Total miles today is a tick over 600. Arrival time on the GPS indicates 12:27 am. We'll be later than that time with gas, personal breaks, and food stops. Not sure, but we may actually pick up an hour due to moving in to the Mountain Time zone?! Tomorrow's track adventure is High Plains. A new venue for both Rafael and me.

The results for the afternoon session are in. Rafael placed 38th. We moved down a few spots to 20th overall. We have known for a few days this drop in overall places would occur as two teams with hot shoes had mistakes in the first day that put them way behind. It was only a matter of time. We are quite pleased with our effort and position. The track is very technical and I had a huge advantage on Rafael as this was my 3rd time at the Hallet Motor Racing Circuit with the One Lap of America.

That said, we continue to stay ahead of Neil and Woody who are 33rd overall. Team M Dorphn is now first in class though as their main competition had mechanical issues in transit last night and took a DNF (did not finish) for the morning session. Those big fat zero's are never good on a points score card.

One very small gloat though (sorry Neil) - while Neil stepped up his game this afternoon after driving this morning, he still did not best my session time. Close, but no cigar. I was a little giddy at this as I have never had a faster time than Neil in previous One Laps.

I am going to sign off for the evening. We'll get some more videos posted. We have a great evening of entertainment planned as Sirius XM Radio will be carrying the Caps/Rangers game from The Garden.

C-A-P-S.....CAPS, CAPS, CAPS!!!!!!

The M3 at Turn 9

The 1M at Turn 9

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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.