2017 FMOA Rides To Remember

Here's the link. The dealership will not be part of the day's activities; it will all take place at the track.

Rides to Remember | Ferrari Maserati of Atlanta

 

Mille Grazie Gentlemen!! I do use that term loooosely.

Registration is a go. See you all in June, if not before.

Ciao,
George

 

and I appreciate your support for the kids. Due to the project at the store, we are diverting registration to the Dawsonville Racing Hall of Fame building. It's a new twist and I think will be a fun addition to the day.
As has always been the case, the folks at Atlanta Motorsports Park are supporting the kids with their awesome facility. We are very fortunate to be part of the AMP family and couldn't do this event without their support.
June 10th is the date and we hope to see everyone there!

 

Sounds like a great time as always!! Thanks for putting it together!

 

That's a fun place. They even have a moonshine distillery that offers tours.

 

So bummed I will miss this event this year, we will be on the Amalfi Coast. Have fun.

 

Looking forward to another Rides, gets better every year! Worth the tremendous effort by all who give time and support, always for the kids.

 

Andy, all Amalfi Coast diversions are acceptable. Have a great trip!

 

My car's being serviced, so I won't be driving, but I am volunteering. Saturday's weather should be great - hope to see a lot of you there!

 

Our numbers this year have surpassed any year in Rides history. 178 kids are registered this year! I am so excited to participate with a great team determined to provide a carefree day for these children. Thanks to everyone for your help and enthusiastic support of Rides. See you at AMP!

 

Great job Will!

 

It's not successful without people like you who come out and support the kids. I will never forget seeing Ted there two years ago immediately following a rough Chemo round. Guy was as tough as they come.

 

This was my first Rides to Remember and will certainly not be my last. Amazing! Just a blast from start to finish. Impeccably organized, awesome kids, and outgoing and friendly drivers. Made it out on the track 5 times with the kids. And I got to hear my new (to me) car sing above 8,000 rpm.

 

Even though I was without car, I still had a blast as a volunteer, though I was so busy parking and re-parking cars that I didn't have too many chances to take photos, and no photos of the cars on the track. Here are a few from the morning.

It was interesting to see that some cars were in constant demand, while others were almost totally ignored. As you can imagine, the Lamborghinis and the Lotuses were popular, as was the Fiat, and the open Ferraris were busier than the closed cars. Even the Rolls-Royce went out a few times, probably picked by kids who envisioned themselves as future Donald Trumps!

Where you were located made a difference. The Cobra Daytona and Malibu SS were largely ignored until we suggested that they move up to vacant spaces closer to the clubhouse - and then their business picked up dramatically!
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My favorite license plate - haven't you ever heard some little kid call your car a "Fawawi"? (Or, perhaps, Elmer Fudd?)

And the busiest man on the premises. Even though the Ariel Atom was one of the last cars to arrive, I told the driver that he would spend more time on track than in the parking lot, and it was true: just about every time he came back from a ride, another kid would be waiting for him!
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Some more cars, including one group waiting to go out on track.

The fellow with the Viper ACR was a member who had just bought the car and had arrived at the track not being aware of our event. But he got in the spirit of the event, registered, and took a number of kids out, though, again, not until he had moved his car to a more prominent parking space.
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A Lotus driver with a clever way to keep himself and his passenger cool while waiting to go out on track, and one of the other sources of entertainment provided for the kids - it wasn't all about cars.
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Hadn't seen Allan Shuster in a long time; this is his latest ride, another Viper ACR. After lunch upstairs, I headed into the adjacent FoA garage and watched Montreal qualifying. Then I headed home to tend to a defective tire on my Civic. (Yes, the car made it all the way without the tire blowing.)
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Thank you Will Campbell of FoA and Jeff Beal of AMP [filling in for Jeremy] for an outstanding event. As always everything ran like clock work and was great fun.

The drivers gift bag was fantastic, surpassing all expectations - Thank You -Thank You!

I was glad to have met up with Tom S. whom I had not see for several years and of course Jim P. our master of photographic documentation. I did look for more FChatters, but was not able to spot them. May have been because they were in disguise.

I'll be looking forward to next years event.

Ciao,
George

 

We had a great day with everyone supporting the kids. Thanks for making this years Rides our biggest ever. See you again in June, 2018!

 

I want to be one of these kids! Such amazing cars!

 

The children who are survivors have in many cases been through decimating chemo therapy, radiation, operations, as well as a potentially long and difficult recovery time. The children who are in remission face a future of uncertainty. The children who are in treatment in some cases are hanging on by a thread just to be there for R2R. The families of these children have been devastated/scarred on the inside even though you may see them as all smiles.

As much as I enjoy being a driver, it many times saddens me to think that some of these cancer children I have driven for might not be alive in the following year.

Yes, the cars are awesome, the event is awesome, but trust me you would not want to be one of these kids.

Just Sayin!

Ciao,
George

 

The kid who rode with me the first time this event was held (when we drove them from FoA to Turner Field) had passed away by the time the second event was held.

'Nuf said.....