BUGS, TRACKS AND THE BEACH





We started out at 10AM from the Hard Rock Hotel in Orlando.  The grounds were pristine and all the Bullrun cars looked fantastic around the circular driveway.  Rally Organizers, David and Andy asked the drivers make one full lap around the driveway for the helecopter above.



Many of the drivers were fine with it, but the others were concerned about other cars leaving early.  There were talks of drivers doing donuts NASCAR style in the middle of the lawn.  I myself told Mr Angry that managment said it was OK and to go to town - they were going to put new grass in anyway.  Mike was apparently too smart for that.  His car looked great in front of the fountain.



Bullrun hopped on the interstate and headed to Jupiter, Florida as Bullrunners were treated to another track day for the hottest laps yet.  However; just outside Orlando, we encountered a heavy barrage of BUGS.  Every windshield was just splattered with bug guts.  If anyone wanted to see out of their windshields around the track, that needed to be dealt with.  Razor blades were at a premium at the track and they did the trick with a lot of water.



Bullrunners had a fantastic lunch under the shade provided by the Pirelli Tires truck.  Pirelli was on hand to welcome the Bullrun. 

Pirelli Marketing representitive, Rafael Navarro, greeted everyone and offered a fresh set of P-Zeros for the fastest car around Moroso that day.

Here's Rafael on the left pictured with Claus Ettensberger.  Claus in not "the" Michelen Man, but he is a Michelen man.  Even he cannot deny the fact that Pirelli makes an amazing tire.




Everyone got a cold lap, but it was only the main drivers who got to test the skill around the 10 turn 2.5 mile road course.  David Green blasted through the turns in the Spyker for the camera above.



There were talks of Peter Kolb's Mercedes CLK DTM lighting the track on fire or Danny and Brians Lotus Exige doing the trick for the fastest lap.  We even had Shawn Taylor, who is a professional race driver, in the field. Vivid Racings white Porsche Twin Turbo was front runner as well.




BUT...It was none other than Nicholas Frankl in the Team Twins Corvette Z06 that grabbed the fasted lap and won the set of Pirelli P-Zeros.

Here's an interview with Nicholas before his run:

We arrived at the Ritz Carlton in South Beach at around 6:30PM.  After dinner we partied at the famous Versace Mansion. On had was Actor Jamie Fox and Model Tyson Beckford. 

Andy's dad, Allen, had probably the funniest lines of the rally.  When asked what he thought of the Versace Mansion he said...  "Oh, it's a beautiful place.  You just need to be careful answering the door".

On another note, Michael Jackson (Texas), who was famous for being detained for over a month during Bullrun 2006 managed to lock himself in one of the many bathrooms in the mansion for almost a hour with no cell phone.

More pics to come.