From the Stanwood Camano News:
Cruisin' for a cure: Camano Car Guys ship ‘Miss Vicky’ to China for race
The Camano Car Guys gathered to bid Miss Vicky adieu on Wednesday, March 27, at Lee Harman’s home on Camano Island. She’s a 1931 Model A Ford Victoria.
Next month, shortly after she arrives in Beijing, Harman and his long-time buddy Bill Ward will join Miss Vicky and prepare for the Peking to Paris Rally cross-continental road trip.
Harman said it’s through the Car Guys’ efforts that she’s ready for this epic 10,000-mile adventure. It begins June 19 and runs 36 days. They are tough miles.
Harman and Ward are partnering with Rotary’s PolioPlus program to use this trip of a lifetime as a vehicle to raise funds to help eradicate polio around the world.
The duo will pay all trip expenses so that 100 percent of the donations go to PolioPlus. Every donation dollar is tripled by the Gates Foundation. So far, donations are pushing $50,000.
PolioPlus is making a final push to raise the $1.2 billion needed to end the threat of polio.
Good cause too. Talk about an epic journey. From the website for this rally:
The Greatest Motoring Adventure – Peking to Paris 2019
The Peking to Paris Motor Challenge is unique in the motoring world – a true endurance motor rally following in the wheel-tracks of the original pioneers of 1907. Driving an old car nearly half way around the world with a bunch of like-minded enthusiasts, against the clock, with the added spice of timed sections, makes Peking to Paris the longest and toughest driving challenge for Vintage and Classic cars.
Who can participate?
This Peking to Paris Motor Challenge is open to cars of a type produced before 1976 and is suitable to both novice crews, with training and support, as well as experienced rally entrants. Taking an exciting route via gravel, sand and stunning roads, luxurious hotels and desert camping, this is a life changing, never to be forgotten, adventur.
The route is challenging but the Organisers welcome both newcomers and experienced crews. You will need a sense of adventure and be prepared to spend nights under canvas in the deserts of Mongolia and Kazakhstan. The ability to carry out regular maintenance on your own car is essential. Average daily distances are around 400 kilometres but, on occasion, they can be as much as 650 kilometres – it is an endurance event after all.
Just wow... Talk about a grand adventure.
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