June 15, 2020

On Friday, June 5th, Road America had a very nice track day for charity. For the past 16 years "Drive" has been a closed track charity event benefiting various charities with Make A Wish joining in this year for it's first time. Lemons of Love has been a great participating charity for a few years.

Make A Wish has been special to me since 1987 when I was the house photographer at Alpine Valley Music Theater. Jon Bon Jovi and the band played one night back then. Jon and drummer Tico Torres were so nice to some awesome kids for Make A Wish. They put them under their wings all day and seemingly had a great time.  That was so nice and certainly more than what bands typically do.

Back to the event at Road America Lemons of Love is a great charity that helps to support cancer patients with care packages and so much more. These packages help to make chemotherapy sessions and the whole ordeal just a little bit more pleasant and tolerable.

This event was limited to 35 participants because of the COVID-19 social distancing rules. It was nice for the drivers because there was not much congestion on the track.

A nice boxed lunch was provided and as we were all social distancing and eating, many stories were shared about cars and racing. We also talked about Lemons of Love.  It really is quite wonderful what they do!  Check out www.lemonsoflove.org for more information and to learn how you can help.

Enjoy a look at some of the beautiful cars, even Ferrari's, that ran the track that day.

Thanks,

Rich Zimmermann