Markus, What did I do Now? I haven't said a thing. Only the truth. We all had a great time, nothing to be sad or regretful about, well except a engine. But hey things happen. Just think only one year to go, hum how fast time flys by when your giong 200. Lots a love everyone. Peace....

 

Oh yes John Thankyou again. My legal advisor, always looking out for me..

 

Day 5, part 1
KC to Denver.

First stop Topeka race track.

I woke up to the sound of sirens, KCPD was out side my window warming up there bikes. That ment I was late again, and I had to scramble to get a ride.
Most of the drivers were warming up there cars when I got down there. So most of the cars were full.
I managed to grab a ride with Reza, aka MRMOTA.com
in his new red 360 spider.
We got a police escort through the city, from the same cops who were trying to give us tickets the night before.
We tore up the city, running 3 wide and 20 cars deep, weaving in and out while the police blocked traffic for us.
I am sure they were happy to see us go, we jumped on the highway for a short hour ride to the track.
Of course Reza and I got lost. and took 12 cars with us, so we were late getting to the track.
When we showed up, there was a drivers meeting going on telling us what we could do on the track.
They let us out for 5 warm up laps, to get use to the track.
Reza was filming with one hand and shifting with the other, as we went around the track.
After the 2nd time around, everyone started to pass each other. The yellow 996 spun in front of us, the 350z went off roading, and the Testerossa got smoked by the Hemi Wagon.
The 2 F40's took the track, and were shadowing each other most of the day. They were giving rides to everyone, and would pit after 4 or 5 laps to switch passenger's.
There was a long line of people waiting to go, so I decided to ride with Dado instead.
We waited in the pits for the 2 F40's to load up, and followed them out on the track.
The F40's could not shake Dado's M3, we were no more than 4 car lengths behind them most of the way around the track.
The only time they would pull ahead is when we came to the strait away.
I could see all the people in the pits cheering Dado on as we went by. Dado stayed with them for 5 laps until the driver of the F40 turned on his hazards telling us to back off.
The video should be great!

I was watching Adrian tear it up on the track, when he came down the strait and missed a shift. There was a big puff of white smoke and his car started to sound ruff.
He wasn't the only one with problems on the track.
There was a Evo that jumped on the track and hurt his engine.
The silver 996 broke a shifter linkage after 3 laps, and had to be towed to the dealer.
Lucky for him it was only 5 miles away, unlucky for him the hillbilly tow truck driver, scraped his rear end and dented the side sill with a 4x4.
Then they got to the dealer, and they didn't have the part in stock, but it was under warranty. They only had 1 Porsche on the lot, and would not take the part off it.
So they had to bribe the guy to take the part off the new car.
It started to rain so we decided to leave for Denver, when 4 police cars showed up.
They had heard we were there, and wanted to take some pic's with the General Lee. We informed them that the General had skipped the track event because it didn't involve jumping the car.

I was going to ride with Dado again, when the kid that was in the Testerossa asked if we could switch seats.
I didn't think it was such a good idea, and the kid's dad didn't look to happy about it either.
I warned him that Dado drives a little fast, the kid said that's why I want to ride with him.
His dad said no, but after a few minute's he let him go.
I jumped in the Testerossa and we were off, by the time we hit the highway Dado's car was long gone.

We were moving along at a good pace when we came across a state trouper parked in the middle, he let us pass and then pulled out and followed us.
He made his way to the front of the pack, and lead the way doing the speed limit.............FOR 20 MILES.
This had to be the smartest cop I have ever seen, we were on the radios daring each other to pass him.
One of the Canadian guy's in the Porsche's finally did pull ahead of him, the cop jumped right behind him and got on his bumper.
He escorted us all the way to the toll booths, at 55 mph it seamed like it took forever.
1 hour later we ran into another cop, he drove along with us for a bit smiling and taking pics as he made his way through the pack until he came to the Prodrive concept truck, he took one look at the plate and pulled him over. The cop impounded the truck for no plate, no insurance, and no vin number.

We were weaving in between our group cars, trying to get to the front so I could video tape them.
I didn't even notice there was a cop following us, he pulled us over for weaving in and out of traffic.
We were sitting there as the cop was running our plates, when the cell phone rang.
It was the 18 year old kid calling his dad, he said are you guy's getting pulled over? How did you know? Because I heard it over the police scanner. Wait a minute you don't have a police scanner. I don't....... but the jail does.............
He and Dado were in Jail, for running from the police. They had towed his car, and would not tell him what the charges were yet.
The kid could not drive Dado's car back, so he wanted us to pick him up.
The cop gave us an award for stupidity, and we turned around to go pick up the kid. We looked at the map and they were over 2 1/2 hours back.

The kid's dad then made the ultimate father son decision, he called the kid to break the news.
That Dado guy is your hero, ever since you saw that movie Mischief Destroy you wanted to go on this rally.
This should teach you a lesson, you and your hero have to take responsibility for your actions. He fled from the police, and so did you. So you both can stay there and catch up with us tomorrow when they let him out.
We turned around again and headed for Denver.

His dad told me the deal was, if he got A's and B's in school for a year he could go on the rally.

There were 8 days on this trip. If you want to read more let me know, or I will just crall back in my hole.

 

Flyin' Brian - people want more!!! Especially the story about that white 911 Turbo passing the Testarossa when you unfortunately were not filming..............

 

hey B, tell um how I blew the engine and the tow guy was passing up people in the ralley.b What a day, the day before I got arrested then this day I blow the engine. I guess I was better blowing the engine because everybody knows I would of had a long few days with Dado. As everybody knows he was my only running mate....

 

Adrian- don't forget Dado, you and I were running together at 180 when your screen flew off your tail. I had to avoid it quickly as I was right behind you.....

 

Bryan, awesome write up! Can't wait til you get to the day we had fun with the 360CS.

Ed

 

Day 5, part 2
KC to Denver.

The kids dad was asking me what would happen to Dado, I said don't worry about it.
He will have to see the judge in the morning, post bail, 500 to 1000 dollars or so and they will let him go.
Or so I thought!
The kid called back and said the cops were saying that Dado was going 187 mph,
they were chasing him for 1/2 hour.
One of the cops said they were going to charge him with reckless, 185+ in a 55, careless driving, and fleeing and eluding which was a felony.
I told him not to worry about it, as the cops are just a little bit upset, and wait and see what the judges say's in the morning.
The kid also said the bail was going to be thousands of dollars, and he only had 40 bucks on him.
I told them I would wire the money in the am to bail him out, and I would call the guy in the white Porsche because he is a lawyer.
He then said they were letting Dado's car go, and he was going to drive it into town to find a hotel and he would call us back later.
The dad was concerned and was thinking about going to pick up his son.
Just then we saw 3 police cars that had pulled over the F40, the Diablo and a few F cars. We thought that was strange because they were going the speed limit most of the rally.
We slowed down to video tape them, and when I looked back up there was the 993 on the flat bed.
It was passing us and we were going 80 mph.
We called ahead to find out were everyone was, they were 20 miles ahead at a rest stop,
So we stepped up the pace and got there in 12 minutes.
When we pulled up the camera crew said they were filming on a over pass as the main pack came through.
They started to pack up there gear to leave, when they heard Dado's car ripping down the highway.
They filmed him running flat out and being chased by a police car that was a mile or so behind him.

The kid's dad was a little stressed at this point, he could not get ahold of his son. Because there was no service, we were in the middle of tornado alley and there was a bad storm blowing in.
So he wanted me to drive for a while, I was cool with that.
The state line was only a few miles away, and we were happy to leave Kansas. That meant we could step it up.
We were following the Canadian Porsche's who didn't care if they got pulled over or not, because it was just a fine for them. So they tend to drive a little fast, to say the least.
The TR was not made for running at those speeds, but what the heck it wasn't my car.
At one point I had the TR going flat out, the Speedo read 170 when I look in my rear view mirror. There was a car coming up on me hard. I knew it had to be one of us, as the cop cars could not reach these speeds.
Let alone start to catch me.
I pulled in the right lane as I passed the zo6, like he was standing still.
Just then this white Porsche blew past us like I was going backwards, I looked down at the Speedo it read 178mph.
The kids dad then yelled, "HEY LOOK HIS CAR IS ON FIRE!"

I looked up as the 965 passed us and there was this orange glow coming out the rear of his car.
It was starting to get dark out due to the storm that was coming, the exhaust was reflecting off the road and it made it look like a fireball was stuck to the rear of the car.
I wish I had it on tape, but I was driving.
We were running flat out for about 10 minutes, when I thought I was seeing things.
Did you see that?.... See what?...... There it is again....... Look out there is another one.
There were tumble weeds running across the highway, I had never seen such a thing before.
I mean I have read about them, and saw them on old cowboy movies. But I never though they were real.
Here I was driving a Ferrari at 170 mph trying to dodge tumble weeds that were blowing across the highway. It was crazy!
We slowed down because to avoid them, but there were too many.
When they hit the car at 100mph it was like someone took a box of corn flakes and threw them in to a fan.
They would just explode, we even rolled down the window so we could catch one.

Then the bad weather started to roll in, the lighting storms were awesome to watch, but then it started hailing and we had nowhere to take cover.
It looked like we were headed for a tornado, but that only turned into bad dust storms blowing across the highway and sand blasting or car.
It started raining so hard the wipers could not keep up. We had no traction control, so we thought it wise to slow down.
Just then we got passed by the 993 on the flat bed for the 3rd time today.

The storm finally let up, so we wanted to make up for some lost time.
I was with Reza in his 360 and Ryan in his Boxster, we decided to race from 40 mph. The TR didn't stand a chance, but what the heck it wasn't my car.
The 2 of them got the jump on me, but by the time we hit 80mph I started to catch up. We shifted into 5th gear and the 360 started to leave us, the boxster was right next to me the entire time.
I only started to pull on the boxster when we hit 150, by that time all I could see of the 360 was its tail lights.

We rolled into Denver following Reza in his 360, and got lost right away.
He had taken 10 of us for a tour of the ghetto, we decided it was in our best interest to split up and find our own way to the hotel.
We arrived at the hotel parking lot and there were 50 or so people waiting to take pics, when we got out of our car there were tumble weeds stuck into the intakes of all the cars.
We had one huge one stuck in the side of the cheese graders of the TR.
We only had 20 minutes to change and drive down to the car show, I had to help the yellow 996 change his tire as he blew it on a pot hole when he pulled up.
I got cleaned up and we took off for the car show, just in time for it to start raining.
We were driving to Union station, when we pulled up next to a 959. I was shocked, I thought this must be a kit car, but he followed us to the car show. We were waiting to pull in, when he went strait and parked down the street.
We pulled around to the front of club Lotus, it was like the red carpet at the academy awards.
There were 200 people standing around in the rain, taking pictures of the cars as they arrived.
There were so many quality cars there, not just the 70 Players run cars. There were locals that brought some impressive machinery. This car show had some of the most exotic cars I have ever seen in one place, the turn out was verry impressive as it was still raining out. The club was only letting in Players Run and VIP's, so the hot chicks in the parking lot were begging for us to bring them in. This went over well with us, as we made several trips out to the car and picked up some more friends.
Who say's hot chicks don't like hot cars.
One of the Players run staff came in the club and announced that they had hail the size of golf ***** on the other side of town.
So we should find some shelter for our cars, that killed the car show.
A few of us were to drunk at that point to move our cars, as we had a few drinks and we were not use to the altitude.
We went to dinner across the street, and saw the 959 parked out front.
It was no kit car it was the real deal.

 

Brian- Thanks for taking the time to fill everyone in on the stories. There have to be more, like the Catalina golf cart adventure.....

 

John, I have the video to that... I need to get on the ball and send that out with the kansas video from your car for you...

 

dtm will be back up soon and we will be posting some more info too

 

Didn't pay your bills again, huh?

Just kiddin, Dustin told me what happened... that sucks bro!

 

check your credit card statements.... Brown Palace in Denver accidentally charged the room to my credit card instead of Playersrun's.

Ed, i'm still waiting for your mailing address... do you want your radio??

 

damn, i thought i sent it to ya


call me at the office today

 

Day 6
Denver to Aspen
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Turned on the TV to catch the early morning news, they were reporting that Denver got 2 inches of hail last night.
They showed someone shoveling there driveway to clear the hail, they were only 10 miles away from the hotel were are cars were parked.
I went down to breakfast to hear all the stories about the club last night, It sounded like everybody hooked up with someone, and a few had pic's and video to prove it.
You might have to get the directors cut of the dvd to see some of that footage.
I went down stairs to find the 2 F40's out front getting a wax job in front of the hotel, we all started to line up. One of the first cars was the S7, its owner had a blue Galardo and a white Murcielago there as well.
He left his car running with the doors open, so I had to go take a look. The owner was really nice and let me sit in it as he told me about his car and his 30+ exotic car collection.

I love to drive my cars hard, I hate it when they just sit there and rot. I was real disappointed when we couldn't make the start in New York, but we had a little problem with the Enzo. They were going to load it on the truck in the morning and revved it up and bent some valves.
Ferrari flew there tech's in from Italy to fix it, but they didn't bring there lift to take the engine out of the car.

Are you going to drive the rest of the way?

Heck yeah, my tech's will be driving the Lambo's as back up just in case.

Great I would love to film that.

Just then he turns to me and asks.... So what are you driving?

I was dumbfounded at this point, I wanted to say sorting really cool, but I mumbled an Nsx,

That's a nice car, Hmmm I don't have one of those,
but you might need something a little faster to keep up!

If I had a dollar for overtime I have heard that, I could afford the S7 too.

I get a call from the kid, he says that he tried to sleep in Dado's car last night, but the car had no windows and it was getting a little cold and wet out.
So he had to drive into town and find a hotel.
He said they went before the judge, and his bail was going to be 7,500 cash only.
That sounds a little steep, what did he get charged with?
He was not sure, but said something like 135 in a 55, failing to stop for a police officer, and something else that he could not make out.

Ok I will have to Western Union you the cash.

Your going to wire 75,000????

75 grand!!!! I thought you said 75 hundred!
What the heck did he do run over Dorothy and Toto?
OJ's bail was cheaper than that!

He smarted off to the judge, by saying he wanted a court appointed attorney. The judge didn't like that and said how much is your car worth? Dado told him 150.000, the judge said than you can afford your own lawyer. Bail set at half of the cars value, 75.000 cash only no bond.

Dustin then decided to rent a car and go back to pick up the kid and put Dado's car in storage, until he gets out.
The kid's dad and I took off with the rest of the pack, and our police escort. As soon as the police turned off there exit and were out of view. The S7 blew past us followed by the Galrdo and the Murcilago, we gave chase in the TR but it was no contest. After about 20 minutes of trying to catch up, we saw the S7 and the 2 Lambo's take the exit. We stopped to ask if he was ok, he said they were going back to the hotel to pick up his wife because she was still sleeping. They would catch up later. Most of the rest of the pack had past, and was taking the long way around so we took the short cut to Aspen. It only took 3 hours vs 6 hours the other way. It was a 2 lane road through the mountains, with no room to pass.
We caught up to the Canadian's in there 360, and wanted to do a little filming of there car.
So we got along side of them, we were doing 150mph when we came up on a white suv in our lane. We got back in the right lane, and the white suv that we were playing chicken with swerved onto the shoulder. It was a Forest Ranger, He flipped around and came after us. He pulled us over and came to the car.

What the hell do you think you were doing? Its not real smart to play chicken with a Suburban, when your driving a small Fiero.

We then told him we were filming and trying to get a better shot of the Ferrari in front of us.

You might think your Steven Speilberg with that camera, but if you keep up that kind of driving around here your going to end up like James Dean.

Just then 10 other cars blew past us beeping there horns, he then shook his head and said let me guess those are the comedians for you new movie.
He then let us go.

When we came to the next town we joined up with 15 cars that were having lunch, we then started up the Mountain.
When we got 2 turns from the top, the Eleanor and the GT350 stopped, the air was so thin they could not make it to the top.
We were going to stop to help, but the TR started to break down. We floored it in 2nd gear it started chugging up the last few turns until we got to the top. Then we got out for a few pics, and to see if the others would make it up.
The 360, Eleanor and the GT 350 had to turn around and use a short cut, because they could not make it all the way up.
The Canadian's felt right at home when they started making snow men, this lead to a big snow ball fight.
Some of us that made it to the top, had problems starting there cars so they had to roll them down the hill until they had enough air to start.
We made it to Aspen with lots of time to spare, so we decided to do a little shopping. They had allot of t shirt shops there, so we wanted to get a shirt made that read Free Dado. We searched the local shops and could not find anyone who would make one on the spot. There was a guy who would air brush them, but they look cheese. We tried the yellow pages to find a screen shop but they were all closed. So we went back to the hotel to drink, on of the guy's said if you get the shirts done I will pay for all of them. That was all we needed to hear, we jumped on the net to find a place in Vegas to screen up some shirts. They were all closed, so we called Kinkos. We told them we needed 100 t shirts made by 6 pm the next day could they do it. The guy hung up on me, I called him back and said I was serious. He said do you have any idea how much that would cost? Like I care some one just gave me there black Ammex card and said DO IT!
He said it would take them all night long to get it done, but the problem was they didn't have any T-shirts.
One of the Guys in the General Lee jumps into action and finds a store with 75 t shirts, and then had to find someone to pick them up and drop them off at Kinkos. Then that person had to pick them back up and drop them off at the hotel.
The co pilot in the General Lee was a graphics designer, so he whipped up the design and faxed it to them.