One Lap of America 2010: The warm-up
One Lap of America 2010: Day One – click above for high-res image gallery
Spring has sprung and we’re at the in South Bend, Indiana, which can only mean one thing: the start of another One Lap Of America.
Every year we tell ourselves we’re crazy for embarking on another one of these eight-day ’round-the-country exploits, and for over ten years now we’ve been signing on to help run the event on the timing and scoring crew. And could you blame us? Every year, a great bunch of people gather together at the behest of none other than , and they bring with them all manner of machinery to compete on race tracks across the nation.
This year’s event starts off as usual, with a wet skidpad event at the Tire Rack, with the racers moving on to Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin for stints around , one of the country’s most historic and challenging roadcourses. After the time trials at RA, it’s off to , a fine 2.2-mile long roadcourse off in the middle of nowhere Pacific Junction, Iowa. On Monday, the racers will visit the surprisingly quick and engaging in Oklahoma, followed by some drag racing at . The next day will find the competitors at near St. Louis for a 1.6-mile road circuit. From there, it’s on to on Wednesday, a circuit that needs no introduction. The increasingly bedraggled competitors will then make the drive to on Thursday and then jog back to Ohio’s for the last roadcourse events on Friday. After that, the teams will filter back to the Tire Rack in South Bend for the final event, a dry skid pad (weather permitting) and to unwind at the awards banquet on Saturday.
Got all that? Said another way, it’s another action-packed week that’s sure to test the racers’ mechanical, mental and intestinal fortitude.
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