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SHOGun drives in One Lap of America for Charity By Don
Mallinson The One Lap of America is running between May 3rd and May 10th, 2003. Of the many notable cars running is one SHO powered roller-skate of a car called the SHOgun, owned by Jack Ireton-Hewitt (Driver/Owner) and Brad Czerkies as transit driver and crew. Jack is from the state of New York and is running his Seventh One Lap event. That makes him an "Old Dog" in Lapper talk, or maybe just wise and experienced? This is the second year in a row for Jack's 1990 SHOgun that is blue in color and has a highly modified 3.2L replacement motor (3.0L was original of course) with a SHO Shop blower system. The main motor was put together by the SHO Shop with tweaking and final touches by Rocco Cannata owner of Cantec Automotive, 6267 E. Taft Rd, N. Syracuse,NY 13212. Jack says the car tests at 400 horsepower! The car is running in the Econo-Car class (note: that classes are decided by the ORIGINAL sales price of the car when new, and this car started life as a Ford Festiva, and was then modified by Beck and Titus into a $40,000+ SHOgun with the SHO MTX driveline living in the back seat driving the rear wheels. Jay Leno owns two of them! I think only seven were built. Jack's chosen charity this year is the The Prysbeterian Home, PO box 1144, New Hartford NY 13413. This is a part of the Parkinsons Center, and is a home for people to stay at when getting care for Parkinson's disease. Jack says lots of people give money to cure the disease, but he wanted to help build a car facility for patients. This is a good cause, and SHOclub donated to the cause to help Jack with his event. If you would like to donate, and we encourage you to do so, then make a check out to the Parkinson's Center at the address above and send it to the attention of Joyce Palmer. Be sure to tell her you are supporting Jack Ireton-Hewitt's One Lap effort so they know who helped create the donation. Or just mention it is in support of the "One Lap" racer. Scroll down to read more about this worthy charity. Jack had brake troubles at the first event at Watkins Glen, but still finished 54th out of about 100 cars. After the "Glen" the cars visited Indianapolis Raceway Park where Tim Wright from V8SHO.com and I paid Jack a visit and pictures will be posted here soon as I get time to download the pictures from the camera. At IRP the brakes behaved better, but Jack is still stuck in the 50's. At the next stop at Road America, Jack did an improving 46th at the first event there. Click on the link at the beginning of this page to go to the One Lap site and see current results. Go Jack, uphold the honor of the SHO, even if in a Festiva body! Other sites with pictures of this SHOgun and the 2003 One Lap event: http://www.kurtmetros.com/onelap/
Cannonball – One Lap of America National Auto Race "Driving for Parkinson’s" at Presbyterian Home Last year, 2002, presented a rare opportunity for Presbyterian Home CNY, New Hartford, New York, when Jack Ireton-Hewitt, a well-respected businessman as General Manager of Titan Homes in Waterville and racecar owner/driver offered to "Drive for Parkinson’s" for Presbyterian Home. Through his efforts, Presbyterian Home and its unique Parkinson’s Residence were named the event charity for the 2002 Cannonball – One Lap of America race. 2003 is here and Jack will be "Driving for Parkinson’s" at Presbyterian Home again. Presbyterian Home’s Parkinson’s/Movement Impairment Residence is the event charity for the second year. This year Jack’s co-driver is going to be another local businessman, Brad Czerkies, owner of Precision Unlimited in Clinton, New York.Originated by Brock Yates, a renown racecar driver and enthusiast, The Cannonball – One Lap of America, is a national auto race that, similar to the movie Cannonball Run with Bert Reynolds, goes from one end of the country and back. This year the 2003 One Lap of America will start May 3rd in Watkins Glen, New York, travel to Indianapolis Raceway, Road America, Tulsa Speedway in Oklahoma, Memphis Motorsports Park in Tennessee, on to the Carolina’s to the Carolina Motorsports Park, up to Pennsylvania to Beaver Run and back to Watkins Glen for the finish. They race on nine different racetracks in 17 different events in 9 different states covering 5,000 – 5500 miles. Cars and drivers come from all over the United States and some of the drivers come from Europe to race in this well-known national race. All through this race Jack Ireton-Hewitt’s racecar – a Shogun – is covered with a giant decal reading "Driving for Parkinson’s" at Presbyterian Home. The other racecars – approximately 90 – have a smaller version of the decal on each side of their car. This is a wonderful opportunity to heighten awareness of Parkinson’s disease in general and also to help support Presbyterian Home in reconstructing the residence into a state-of-the-art technologically advanced residence that will serve as a model for the nation to follow in the care and treatment of Parkinson’s disease and other movement impairing disorders. Presbyterian Home opened what appears to be one of the first facilities in the country to focus its care, therapy and educational services on Parkinson’s and other motor disorders and offers this unique approach on several levels of care from adult day healthcare to residential living to outpatient rehabilitation. At present, a partially remodeled wing of the existing facility accommodates the residents and soon, through grants and extensive fund-raising efforts, Presbyterian Home will be breaking ground for a technologically advanced Parkinson’s Residence that will serve as a national model in the care and treatment of Parkinson’s disease along with other movement impairing disorders. In collaboration with the Central New York Parkinson’s Support Group, Presbyterian Home has architectural renderings for the rooms, which will incorporate voice-activated computers to control the environment. Larger beds, softer floors, motion controlled faucets and paper-product dispensers are some of the special adaptations that will allow for more independence and telemedicine will provide the medical staff up-to-date treatment and care plans. Care will revolve around the "on" and "off" times of the resident and services such as exercise and activities, as well as meals, will be available 24-hours a day. Medications are administered more appropriately for the Parkinson’s patient and not the conventional A.M. and P.M. used in standard practice. Presbyterian Home has also established a Parkinson’s library for residents and their families and the medical staff, which is continually being added to and they intend to expand the research material, as well as informational books, videos and other publications. For information on the unique living environment and care and treatment plan specifically designed for Parkinson’s disease and other motor disorders you can contact: Joyce Oster Palmer, Director Development, Presbyterian Homes & Services, 4290 Middle Settlement Road, New Hartford, New York 13413 Telephone 1-315-272-2222, e-mail joycepalmer@yahoo.com or visit www.preshome.net.
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