Meet Joe Bacal, race car driver and cancer survivor
A lifelong car enthusiast and professional test driver, Joe was on vacation with his family when he discovered a lump that seemed to randomly grow and shrink. Months later, he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.
Throughout 2007, Joe endured surgery, chemotherapy and TomoTherapy radiation. Faced with his own mortality yet bolstered by the support of his family, friends and the experts at Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Joe’s vision to start a professional driving business and compete in world-class off-road racing crystallized.
Joe crossed the Baja 500 finish line in June 2009 after 16 hours of continuous driving. And he took control again in the “granddaddy” of off-road racing at the perilous Baja 1000, driving more than 27 hours across desert terrain. In this video, Joe and his family talk about his diagnosis with cancer and his story of treatment and triumph, at home and off the road.
Read more about Joe on the Cancer Treatment Centers of America website.
Cheer on Joe by joining his Facebook fan page, Control Amid Chaos.
