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sometimesdilly
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Ode to Race Cars
Tin-tin began this with a car with modest hopes it might go far.
Then along came the racing crew-- Toots & Paul and Tracy too, Flowers and Robins rose the hope of spring, that thousands of others with their votes do bring.
From coast to coast the cry rings out- We're in FIRST! We're in FIRST! Because we know, without a doubt That this work helps he who needs it most, Dr. Jones: we race for you.
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As that little guy or girl said in Land Before Time...yep yep yep
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He's the doc who treats all the kids - It's for him that our car skids!
Re timing of the last day's voting, I recall we thought it was over, but the votes kept happening - then we realized we had gotten an extra hour to vote due to daylight savings.
It's probably on the 24 hour cycle of when they posted it on the site - I think you said 10:30pm your (uncommon) time, but since we don't know for sure, I say just keep voting!
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sometimesdilly
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Great teamwork!!!
It's difficult to imagine a scenario in which our Lyme car doesn't advance to the next stage of the competition. (the top 10 vote-getters move on, at least, i think they do.)
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Hey just went in to vote for today and the voting is closed! I hope that is good and we don't get beat out. Best of Luck, fingers crossed!
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Tincup
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YO HO LYMENET PIT CREW! THANK YOU!!!
Final Lap Report
On our last lap we barreled past the finish line with a record number of votes! The results are absolutely amazing!
Over 34,000 cars were entered in the race and we are currently in 1st place for the most number of votes!
Thank you for voting to help Race Lyme Disease Awareness! Hope you had a little fun too! Please share this with your contacts and thank them for helping us.
Total numbers
Total number of votes - 14,234
Total votes for current second place car (subject to change as cars advance in the field) - 6,891
Total number of people (rounded off) that clicked on the Race Lyme Disease Awareness car to see it close up - 18,600
Total number of times (rounded off) our car was selected to be "shared" with others - 14,000
Number of new visitors that went to the website dedicated to Dr. Jones, his wonderful staff and their kids during the 15 days of voting - 2,015
Points- for bragging rights only (Rookie is 0-999, then we advanced to Mechanic, Pit Crewman, Crew Chief, and finally got the top ranking, "Driver", for which you must have 40,000 points or above.) Our total- 2,483,440
We are the number one featured car out of a total of 34,605 entries!!!
After the word got out about the contest, thanks to you we had approximately 2,000 (+) people voting each day!
``````````````````````````````````````````` To celebrate our success and to thank you for participating in this project, 2 additional cars were designed and entered to be shown to you at the end of our race. No need to vote - these are simply to enjoy and to help carry forward our message. Please take a minute to see them.
"Lyme Disease Thanks"- Special Tribute to Dr. Jones
(Click on 3-D and look closely at the trunk and rear of the car)
`````````````````````````````````````````` Voting for all cars that still have time remaining, ends on April 6, 2011. Then the judges select the top 10 cars based on specific design factors.
IF by some miracle we happen to make the top 10 when the judging is completed, we will need to start voting again on April 22, 2011.
At that point we only have TEN days to vote! Each voter is allowed to vote for only ONE car, and they can only vote ONE time per day.
The winning car design will be featured on a real race car at the NASCAR All-Star race, details below, and the winning car designer will have a chance to meet with a NASCAR driver.
The runners-up from the Top 10 will receive a helmet with their design painted on it.
All- Star Race Weekend Events
Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 1 PM on SPEED channel you can watch the All-Star race and watch for the commercials about this contest on TV.
It may also be mentioned on some of the pre-race shows and/or in other media outlets, as well as remain on the website to be seen by millions.
Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC
05/20/11 Truck Series N.C. Education Lottery 200 05/21/11 CUP Showdown 05/21/11 CUP All-Star Race
Thanks again for voting to Race Lyme Disease Awareness and congratulations for getting so many votes!
You are "totally awesome"!
~smile~
If anyone would like to continue voting for a few more days, a Lyme patient (PaulMall) was inspired to design some additional Lyme-related cars that people are also voting on.
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This was really fun for everyone to do! Awesome that we have double the score of the second place car! Don't really understand how the car got points, if anyone knows?
I checked Paul's Cure Late Stage Lyme Disease car - it's in 12th place overall!! It looks like it can easily overtake two cars to end up for sure in 10th place, which is pretty cool, to have two Lyme cars in the top ten! So keep voting his cars in!
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Now for my creative response: today I thought about what it would be like to sing the national anthem with lyrics about our national accomplishment. So this is to be sung! Enjoy -
Oh, say can you see on the Nascar race site, What so proudly we nailed, through each twilight's last gleaming?
Broad appeal, this bright car, through unparalleled ride! O'er the websites we watched - were so fervently teaming!
With a doctor on top, the votes climbing apop! Gave proof through the night that our car wouldn't stop!
Oh, say with TC, "Get it right, treat the bite!" In the land of Lyme disease and our homes: heed our plight!
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Paul's car just passed the 12th place car and is now in 11th place! It can easily pass the 11th spot if we keep voting - looks like we're qualifying two Lyme cars in the top ten!
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Hey Bill+1 - missed you! - you were always my pardner at a late hour - well, no different now - we'll just continue to talk about our historic win at about this hour, ok?
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ok Robin I'll try to drop in from time to time so we can chat some ,MISSED YOU TOO ! I'm not up at this hour as much as I used to be .
I can't say treatment has helped me very much so far but some symptoms have changed somewhat . Mainly the neuro . My head is really a mess most of the time . BILL
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Tincup
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Bill plus... We did miss you! Sorry you are on the back end of the spirochete right now. Hope you feel better soon and that annoying head cloud lifts.
I just took a peak at the standings and it appears we are still in first place for the Most Votes category.
Looks like Paul is in the Top 10 too! Great day in the morning! Congratulations!
There are about 10 more days to vote if I am reading it right.
I will check back periodically to see where we stand and shoot a short report your way.
And thanks to the LN Pit Crew for making this possible!
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