Bo's Trip to England

Last month, Bo spent about five days over in England to promote bo-mar's business within the motorsports sector.  We asked him for a summary of his trip.  He gave us a day-by-day recount of his time there.  Enjoy!


Day 1: We had a five hour layover in Newark, New Jersey.  Scott Stranko (Bishop Steering), Rollie Helmling (Indiana Economic Development Corporation), and I took the subway to visit Ground Zero.  It was a very emotional visit!

Day 2: We arrived in Birmingham, England and met our tour guide, John Kirkpatrick.  John is a Scottsman with an incredible history in motor racing.  When John was young, he was friends with Jimmy Clark, a two time Formula One World Champion.  (Jimmy won the Indianapolis 500 in 1965.)  John also owned a race car driving school, where he taught the likes of Dan Wheldon, Dario Franchitti, and Jacques Villeneuve to drive open-wheeled cars.  John escorted us to the Lola Factory for a wonderful field trip.  We saw the entire race shop, including the wind tunnel.  The three of us had our picture taken in front of the winning 1966 IndyCar built by Lola and driven by Graham Hill!  We then visited RML Racing.  RML builds complete Road Rally cars and supports other forms of Road Racing cars. The tour ended at about 2100 (9PM).  We were exhausted from the jet lag, plus the lack of any real sleep.

Day 3: I took the high speed rail to London and spent all day sightseeing.  I visited some attractions by foot and took a 2 1/2 hour sightseeing boat down the River Thames. Day 3 ended with a return train ride back to Birmingham at 2200 (10 PM).

Day 4: In the morning, I visited a potential lighting customer.  After that, I headed to the Motorsport International Association (MIA) tradeshow.  MIA had arranged (5) one hour sessions with potential customers.  Scott, Rollie, and I were all treated like royalty by MIA during the entire show!

Day 5: I visited MIA as a total spectator.  I saw more F1 cars, Ferraris, and Lamborghinis than ever before.  It was a wonderful display of European racing cars.  I ended up staying at the show all day!

Day 6: We traveled back to Indianapolis and arrived back at 5:30 PM.  We were very tired but had a wonderful trip!


To see pictures from Bo's trip to England, visit our facebook page at www.facebook.com/bomarind .