Everyone should read this. So brilliant…it speaks for itself….
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An address by Charles S. Sanford, Jr.
Delivered at the Commencement Exercises of the University of Georgia
Sanford Stadium, Athens, Georgia
Thank you, President Knapp, members of the faculty, administration, the class of 1989, its family and friends.
President Knapp has drawn attention to the fact that much of my life and career have been involved with taking risks. It’s the sort of introduction which usually arches a few eyebrows. A person who takes risks for a living calls up the image of a riverboat gambler, someone who lives on the edge — in the chips today, down on his luck tomorrow.
From an early age, we are all conditioned by our families, our schools, and virtually every other shaping force in our society to avoid risk. To take risks is inadvisable; to play it safe is the counsel we are accustomed both to receiving and to passing on. In the conventional wisdom, risk is asymmetrical: it has only one side, the bad side. In my experience — and all I presume to offer you today is observations drawn on my own experience, which is hardly the wisdom of the ages — in my experience, this conventional view of risk is shortsighted and often simply mistaken.
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Why does Rendezvous continue to inspire generations of new drivers? Would the white wash trick in Cannonball Run II really fool police? What lessons can be learned from watching LeMans? Come find out the answers to these questions and other mysteries of the universe as Alex Roy hosts Mystery Polizei Theater 3000 on Friday night at Watkins Glen. Stop by our Mobile Polizei HQ booth at the race for viewing times and how to get your preferred seating tickets. There may even be some sneak peak…er…never before seen footage of a certain film about driving cross-country…really quickly. So come join us in the peanut gallery at one of the most anticipated non-race events of the year.
Polizei 144B On Display Inside The MGM Grand Convention Center 4/28/2009
…and more than one of them is a fan of Grand Am…
But first, of all the unlikely invitations I’ve received since Team Polizei’s 2003 inception, this one ranks right next to that from the (ahem) Food & Beverage Institute. BMW – divine creators of our beloved fleet of E39 Interceptors – having on an official level no more than winked at my six years of requests for some kind of support, finally said yes. Perhaps it was my recent statement about retiring from the rallies on which Polizei made its name, or positive reviews of the The Driver, or Geotegic’s work with Piaggio, or my speech at Google…
Alex Roy Meets Those Who Made It All Possible...Whether They Knew It or Not.
I still don’t precisely know how or why BMW invited me to address their National Aftersales Conference in Las Vegas this past Tuesday, but three people must be thanked: 1) BMW’s Dan Creed, El Jefe of Aftersales, who must have had a BIG vote, and whom I never got to thank properly, 2) BMW exec Grant Paullo, who could not have been a more gracious host or gentleman, and 3) Mark Baltazar, President of Broadstreet, whose staff produced the event, and who clearly was rooting for me from the start. (Megan & Monica from Broadstreet..you rock. I’m sorry you’re both married.)
Now I’ve been to a lot of conventions and special events, but this was without a doubt one of the best I’ve ever seen. The tech staff behind my presentation numbered at least ten, my videos were edited, synced and projected on 3 colossal screens via HD projectors, and I’d never ever seen 32:07 footage that large and backed by a sound system better than any club I’d been to in Ibiza. Seriously.
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Michael Hollander – witness to the U.S. Express, automotive journalist extraordinaire, friend to (and cameo talking head in) the 32:07 project, and general mensch and mentor to eccentrics like myself – has passed away. Tributes and more over at Cory Welles’ blog…
Here’s a snippet from the one-page of rules and guidelines that was given to each of the participants in the 1981 U.S. Express. Almost jokingly – and perhaps for the sake of laibility – drivers were encouraged to comply with the laws of the state through which they travelled (speed limits excluded?). For the entire sheet, clck here.
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Adam, assistant editor of 32:07, gives us a brief update on the post-production process. Cory and the edting team believe it’ll be around six weeks before they find out whether or not it was accepted. During the waiting period, Cory says they’ll be going over footage to put together a trailer.
Who’s more dangerous? This guy in the cross-over SUV or Alex and Jon Goodrich on their ’05 recon run?
Click here to watch the video…
32 Hours 7 Minutes is done. Locked. Well, almost. The music is almost done. But I’ve seen it. All 98 minutes, and, amazingly, Cory Welles somehow managed to include about 90 minutes of fantastic footage I’d never seen before, which is hard to believe…since I’ve watched a three hour rough cut about 200 times in the last year.
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Jack May and Rick Cline won the 1975 Cannonball Run, beating the Brock Yates/Dan Gurney record in a Ferrari Dino. In this article he wrote for Car Collector, he waxed philosophically about his reasons and motives for making the run. A particularly funny part of the write up involves getting nabbed in Ohio by a cop…who seems more interested in the Ferrari than anything else.
Sand sculptor, Brent Terry, recenly made this sculpture of a hinge with the logo of 32Hours7Minutes etched onto it. According to Terry, “I was trying to highlight precision and exactness amid potential danger, instead of racing at high speeds, and this is the direction I went.” And because of his unusual direction, Terry’s piece generated, “huge public interest.” If you’re anywhere near Harrison Hot Springs, Canada, drop by to take a look.
