Thursday, April 25, 2013

One Lap of America & Team Introduction



OLOA Course Map
For those of you who have never heard of One Lap of America, here is a brief explanation. "One Lap" (as we like to call it) is an eight day, 3,400 mile road rally around the eastern portion of the U.S (see map to the side for the 2013 route - courtesy of onelapofamerica.com). 

One Lap is punctuated by daily stops at race tracks/courses for competitive events. Long drives and little sleep make this rally a mental and physical challenge. Every year, roughly 75 cars enter the event ranging from economy street cars to obsessively modified race cars masquerading as being road legal. All are driven by teams of slightly neurotic automotive enthusiasts.

We've done One Lap once before (2010) - the posts of which you can find here in the blog archive.  This year (2013) we'll have officially graduated from Lap Puppies (aka rookies) to Lap Dogs! 

Most of our blog posts will occur between May 2nd and May 11th - during the actual event. It is our intention to keep family, friends, co-workers, fans, and enthusiasts updated during our many adventures traversing across the country (and trust me between Dave and I it will be quite comical I'm sure). So stay tuned for entertaining videos, pictures, blog posts, and social media updates.

Thank you in advance for everyone's support, thoughts, and prayers. Dave and I are extremely blessed with a support system of truly wonderful people!