I'm NOT a hater, Doug :D ...but that's pretty funny coming form you :lol:

Are you kidding? Carl has no ceiling. He's a freaking media mogul. :yes:

Doug, you could make some duckets on the side as his agent. Market that man!!

You should have ordered those parts when we talked on Saturday. If you can't dazzle them with brilliance......

I just got off the phone with David Pozzi after discussing the finer points of no sleep, dehydration, nasty weather driving, no sleep, cars breaking, no sleep, sunburn, bad food, no sleep, etc. Sounds like fun!

I'm really excited to go. I can't replace Mary, I can only try to hold up my end of the bargain and do the best I can. It's a heck of a Bucket List item for me, and to do it in one of my favorite cars is incredible. I'm very fortunate to be able to have this opportunity. A big thank you goes out to Mary and James for considering me for the "job."

Eight days. 19 events. 11 different venues. 3297 miles. I have a lot to do to get ready and only 30 days to get my act together. If anyone has one of those Rosetta Stone courses for OLoA, I'm in.

Congratulations Carl. Reap it!

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good Luck Guys

Congrats Carl and James, I am looking forward to following you progress.
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Greg

It's funny - David talks alot about not getting any sleep during the race but I have a bunch of pictures of him sacked out in the passenger seat. It might not have been good sleep... but there is some sleep to be had. :) That being said, we did learn a lot - the hard way - about the importance of looking after ourselves as much as the car. It's easy to focus on maintaining the machine while overlooking your own well being.

Carl is going to be a great addition to the team. Back in January we were talking about the OLoA - Carl was (and probably still is - for now) thinking about running it next year in his car and wanted to get the skinny on what to expect - and he suggested that if we ever needed help, he would be there. Fast forward to last month and when it started to look like Mary wouldn't be able to make it, Carl was the natural choice.

Sometimes there just is no 'good choice'.....



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Good call! Memories of a lifetime :thumbsup:

Carl, you will be fine for everything that One Lap can throw at you. Coming from a seat behind high-horsepower yourself, you'll find the OLC a dream to drive as it's predictable and very confirmed in its job. Even when pressured, it won't bite the hand that feeds it ...

You and I are about the same size and I was able to catch sleep when I needed it. My only complaint was during that 72-hour "race-drive-race-drive-hit raccoon-drive-break down-wait for eternity for transport-catch an hours sleep-wait for another transport-watch repairs taking shape at Prodigy-driving another 10+ hours, race, and then drive finally ending up in Birmingham, AL" marathon, we caught an hour of sleep at some highway rest stop and James would not share his blanket, big poop that he is!!

Bring your own fleece blanket ...

I'll be watching and following along each day.

Mary Pozzi