I Got a Hot Rod Ford and a $2 Bill

by Jerry Albertus

Road of America in Elkhart Lake, WI (Ric in the Black Driver's Suit)

Today we completed the final road course for One Lap of America.  The trip has been amazing.  We have seen 3000 miles of "God Bless America."  Road America is yet another very fast track.  Ric had a good run this morning, finishing in 43rd place.  I took it easy on my afternoon run... the end is in sight!  I ended up 59th this afternoon.  We go into the final event in 54th place overall, and 7th in our class.  The last event is a dry skid pad tomorrow at Tire Rack (unless it's raining, then it will be another wet skid pad!)

Eric compares notes with Scott Coors and the driver from car #60

Sad news for Robert Dubler and the Cadillac CTS-V Wagon.  He experienced a brake failure and rolled the car off the track.  Again, no one was hurt, but the Cadillac is wrecked. 

We are now sitting in heavy traffic coming through the Chicago area.  We have traveled 10 miles in the last hour.   But good spirits persist, and we celebrated our final leg of the "Lap" with Brock's favorite road trip snacks... Gatorade and beef jerky!  As South Bend, Indiana beckons her One-Lappers home, Hank Williams provides the soundtrack, "I got a hot rod Ford and a $2 bill, and I know a place right over the hill..."