One Lap of America An Introduction
In the early 1970s, Brock Yates created the Cannonball Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash to protest the then-new 55 mph national speed limit — proposing that good drivers could transit long...
View ArticleOne Lap of America, Day 1: Safety and the Skid Pad
Where we are: Tire Rack Headquarters, South Bend, IndianaHow far we’ve driven: 0 miles Welcome to Motor Trend’s coverage of the 2009 Tire Rack One Lap of America. This is the 26th running of the now...
View ArticleOne Lap of America, Day 2: Autocross Arguin and Oval Track Tears
Location 1: Turfway Park, Florence, KentuckyDistance Traveled: 406 miles After leaving yesterday’s event at Autobahn Country Club in Joliet, Illinois, we head southeast towards Kentucky. This is a last...
View ArticleOne Lap of America, Day 3: Racing In The Rain At Talladega
Location: Talladega Gran Prix Raceway, Munford, Alabama Distance Traveled: 925 miles Rain has been dogging us since yesterday — moistening up the Turfway autocross course and shutting down the oval at...
View ArticleOne Lap of America, Day 3: Runnin The Sebring 600
Location: Somewhere south of Gainesville, FloridaDistance traveled: 1242 miles and counting So how do the real One Lap competitors do it? We’re only covering this madness, not actually racing for low...
View ArticleOne Lap of America, Day 4: Of Red Lights and Break Outs
Location: Gainesville Raceway, Gainesville, FloridaDistance Traveled: 1743 miles After the war of attrition that was Sebring, we don’t expect to see many happy faces after the 200 mile hike north to...
View ArticleOne Lap of America, Day 5: High Speed Jitters At Daytona
Location: Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FloridaDistance Traveled: 1871 miles “Wish I had a few practice laps,” says Mike Renner, one of the drivers of the BMW Performance School M3,...
View ArticleOne Lap of America, Day 6: Heroic Saves And Heartbreaking Cones
Location 1: Carolina Motorsports Park, Camden, South CarolinaDistance Traveled: 2310 miles “I told my co-driver I was going to get all I could.; I wasn’t planning on getting that much.” ; ; ; ; – Dan...
View ArticleOne Lap of America, Day 7: Entering The Endgame
The Navy SEALS have a saying — the only easy day was yesterday. Not so in the 2009 Tire Rack One Lap of America. The only easy day is, in fact, today — and tomorrow looks pretty good too. Why? Because...
View ArticleOne Lap of America, Finale: Viewed With Fresh Eyes
Location: Tire Rack Headquarters, South Bend, IndianaDistance traveled: 3265 miles Well, as Hank Williams Jr. says, it’s all over but the crying. The 2009 Tire Rack One Lap of America is officially in...
View ArticleThe 2010 One Lap of America: Welcome Back
Day 10 of 3480 miles completedWelcome back to the One Lap of America, the toughest eight days of racing in the USA. We’re in South Bend, Indiana, sitting in a parking lot that wraps around The Tire...
View Article2010 One Lap of America: The Crucible of Road America
Day 2235 of 3480 miles completed Road America is the first real test for One Lap of America teams. It’s a long and epic racetrack with 4.1 miles of asphalt twists and turns through luscious,...
View Article2010 One Lap of America: The Rise of the Giant-Killers at Mid-America
Day 3818 of 3480 miles completed The TopSpeed Porsche GT2 scored wins in both of the day’s events, news that hardly came as a surprise to anyone following the action in the pits. Why? The GT2 is fast,...
View Article2010 One Lap of America: The Longest Day, So Far
Day 41348 of 3480 miles completed; Hallet Motor Racing Circuit starts as business as usual for One Lap teams today. Most are in a groove — a few also reached their hotels surprisingly early last night....
View ArticleOne Lap of America: Its a Matter of Comfort, Or Not
Day 51741 of 3480 miles completedThe One Lap of America party landed in St. Louis at 2:00 am this morning. The next event, at Gateway International Raceway’s 1.6-mile infield, started six hours later....
View ArticleOne Lap of America: Edging Towards the Home Stretch
Day 62217 of 3480 miles completedOf all the 68 teams competing in this year’s One Lap of America, the majority call Mid-Ohio home. “Just wait until Ohio” is a phrase uttered dozens of times before...
View ArticleOne Lap of America 2010: Local Legends and the Exhibition Class
Day 72746 of 3480 miles completedIt’s the ante-penultimate day of the 2010 One Lap of America, and everyone is in cruise control. Teams have their rhythm down; they arrive at New Jersey Motorsports...
View ArticleOne Lap of America 2010: Stock Car Racing at Nelson Ledges
Day 83185 of 3480 miles completedThere have been warnings about Nelson Ledges all week. Warnings about how bumpy the Ohio-based track is, how fast it is, how morning run groups can encounter deer....
View ArticleOne Lap of America 2010: The End
Day 9 (delayed due to the fabulousness that is the SanDisk Cruzer 8 GB flash drive)3480 of 3480 miles completed It’s over already? It seems just a few days ago we were in South Bend, Indiana, watching...
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