Prologue

Excuse my ramblings but I'm freaking excited! If you're reading this, I assume you followed at least a bit of our "progress" from last year's 1 Lap so here we are again; A year later. A year older. A year wiser? Just to set the scenario a bit for this year's car racing festivus, Sebastian (still hairy & still Polish) and I will be entering the event again in a Lotus Elise; though this year in Sebastian's apropos flaming mango orange example.
I would have much preferred to take his very comfortable 997 or even my supremely utilitarian Magnum (hold the jokes please), but alas here we are facing thousands of miles of mind-numbing interstate, frost-heaved back roads, & sinewy ribbons of racetrack in a conspicuous rattlebox approximating a car.

A year ago, we embarked on what I thought would be a one time 1 Lap experience, but it goes without saying that popping the proverbial cherry only whet the appetite. The passed year had Ric (our arch-nemesis in the very beautiful Porsche Boxster S, aka Merlot Magik), Sebastian, and me going to trackdays at every opportunity to get our collective fix as well as hone our skills. Whether those aforementioned skills have actually been improved upon is up for debate, but we're all headed to the 2010 One Lap starting grid out to prove that while our skills may be limited, our inner delinquencies still exist:)

We had no expectations but to have fun and finish the event last year........with success achieved, we've set our sights a bit higher this year, albeit higher than third from last is far from shooting for the moon:) I will again attempt the near impossible task of spending 10 straight days with the Pretentious Polak (sp?) without maiming myself, and in all fairness, Sebastian will attempt the same feat spending copious hours in the drivers seat as I slumber peacefully from racetrack to racetrack. Ric and partner Loye (the Presbytarian minister), with God in tow, will need all the divine intervention to defeat the undisputed and undefeated 1 Lap Champions of Evergreen......Team Poland/Korea. On the wager line is a portrait of the winning team to be displayed proudly in the losing team's living rooms for an entire year! The term "high stakes" barely describes what's on the line.

April 30th is right around the corner so cheers to another memorable event as we crisscross the eastern half of the country avoiding constabularies, visiting many-a-greasy-spoon, seeing odd portions of the countryside, meeting even odder folk, & most of all, searching for racing glory (obviously a euphemism for having our lovely pictures displayed on others' mantles).

Gentlemen.....start your 1.8 liter Toyota powered English go carts made of plastic.