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Emmanuel is a fellow Akron Sports Car Club member. My son and I hope to
be on hand to watch the final racing at Nelson this year. For those of you
unfamiliar with One Lap, it is a run-what-ya-brung kind of marathon race.
You can read the trip layout below and see there is no time for anything
except racing, driving, a nap, and racing. A few years ago when we last
attended there was everything from a NASCAR prepared Dodge Charger from the
70's, to a bone stock Infinity Q45. The excitement that year was the brand
new, factory driven, twin turbo Porsches. I never saw a "stock" car move so
fast!
If anybody is thinking of coming to Nelson's, let me know.
Paul
OROC
> On May 6th the 2000 One Lap of America officially begins. This year the
>race starts at GingerMan Raceway in Michigan, with a qualifying session on
>Saturday. The competitive events begin on Sunday at GingerMan Raceway with
>a double event, followed by a single event at Michigan International
>Speedway. On Monday we travel down to Atlanta, Georgia to race a double
>event at Road Atlanta. On Tuesday we travel to Sebring, Florida to run a
>double event at the famed Sebring Raceway. The next day we drive up to
>Virginia for a double event at the brand new (and very beautiful!)
>Virginia International Raceway. The next day we drive all the way up to
>Lime Rock, Connecticut to compete in a double event at the small Lime
>Rock Park. On Friday we travel down to Ohio for a double event at Nelson
>Ledges. On Saturday we will have done a complete circle of the country as
>we finish at GingerMan Raceway with a double event.
>
> All in all we will cover over 4,000 miles, compete at 7 of the best race
>tracks in the country in 15 competition events. There are currently 120
>teams entered in this year's One Lap.
>
> I will be driving Reg Riemer's awesome HKS/TRD/RPS/RCTS Toyota Supra
>Turbo, with a number of modifications since it last ran the 1999 One Lap,
>when it was driven by Mark Love and Reg. We now have an incredible
>suspension from HKS Japan, huge wheels from CCW, a custom lightweight
>chromoly rollcage, and a new race hood from TRD. Special thanks to those
>three companies for their support this year. We will be wearing #18 in
>this year's event. We hope to finish very well this year as the car is
>absolutely *perfect* right down to the last nut and bolt. Last year I
>finished 10th Overall in the 1999 One Lap in a Cosworth turbo-powered
>Caterham Super Seven that Reg worked on extensively, and expect to better
>than finish this year.
>
> I will be updating a web site daily from the road with journal-type
>entries and photos from the race. Please point your browser to
>http://www.onelap.com/ for these updates and photos. Please note that this
>site is primarily oriented towards the DSM that the team is also
>campaigning in this event, but the journal entries will mostly be focused
>on my experiences with the Supra throughout the week.
>
> Reg put some pictures up of the Supra at his web site, at:
>
> http://www.supras.com/~riemer/onelap_prep/
>
>
> And I have a few as well at:
>
> http://www.twingles.com/digicam/supra-050100/
>
>
> I will have a camcorder mounted on both the Supra and the Eclipse for
>in-car footage at all of the tracks throughout the event. I'll work on a
>great compilation tape after the event for anyone interested.
>
>
>Have a good week, I hope ours goes okay.. :)
>
>Emmanuel Crouvisier
>Twingles Racing
>
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