Here are all my
pics from the
Gumball 3000 Rally for their stop Salt Lake. They first stopped at the Park Place parking lot next to the Delta Center. After waiting there for about 45 minutes only 4 cars had shown up, then we heard the awesome roar of several sports cars revving their engines as they circled trhough the parking lot and said "Meet us at the track". They were headed to
Miller Motor Sports Track in Tooele. Of course I hurriedly jumped into the Jeep and followed them out of the parking lot. It was crazy as we headed out to the freeway and headed west on I-80. Amazingly the cops weren't waiting for everyone, it was so hard to watch Ferraris and Lambos pass me as I'm pushing the Jeep to its 85-90 MPH limit, not even having a chance at keeping up. I managed to follow and Aston Martin most of the way since he was going the speed limit. As I come up on the turn off to the track a racer in an orange Porsche came into the turn too and slid off the road into a fence almost taking out a guy on the corner taking pictures. Crazy! As we pulled into the race track parking lot it was an amzing feeling looking all around me and seeing every car I've ever dreamed of in my rear view and to all sides of me. Obviously the security and staff at the race track did not have a clue what they were getting into as 130 sports cars are revving their engines waiting for them to let them through the gates as people start jumping out of their cars to take pictures. I finally pulled out of the line of cars and parked to the side and walked to the gate. They were making everyone sign a "waiver" before we could get in, ridiculous. As I ran across te parking lot inside the gates all of the drivers started pulling onto the track and lining up to make a lap, they wouldn't let us up on the top so you cvouldn't really see much as they were on the track. I got a ton of pics after they ran a lap and parked their cars, I will put them into a slide show later, but for now here they are as is. I have some video clips I will be posting as well, one is standing behind that orange Lambo as he revs the engine. There is just something about breathing the exhaust as it rips through the tail pipes of a 500hp motor that gives me goose bumps, gets the blood pumping. As I followed some of the cars out to the salt flats and I then drove back into Salt Lake I couldn't keep the speedometer below 80. In fact, the last three days' commutes to and from work have pushed the limits of the awesome 3 cyl. Geo, maybe by Friday I will be able to go the speed limit again. :)
