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Laying down rubber across America
David Luciani, from Toronto, drove a Porsche 911 twin-turbo this week in the Gumball 3000 rally, from San Francisco to Miami in five days. This is [part of] his account:
Day 3, Las Vegas start
Back on the road, a U.S. businessman in a Yellow 2003 Porsche 911 Turbo X50 was pulled over by Arizona State Police for travelling five mph over the posted speed of 45 mph and charged with racing on the highway.
Boo Arizona!
Day 6, New Orleans start
The European driving the Porsche GT2 also had a delayed start, due to some mechanical problems. In his attempt to catch up to the Gumballers, he was clocked by Florida police at 250 km/h (155 mph), at which time he pulled over, got out of his vehicle, raised his hands and asked if he was going to be arrested. The state trooper was so amused by this approach, and by the fact he had never pulled over an Englishman driving a right-hand-drive vehicle, that he was given only a warning.
:Q Also, a quick summary article.
A 5,000-kilometre party
A coast-to-coast race of exotic cars began in San Francisco last week with a flood of calls to 911 operators from frightened commuters caught in the middle of the rally. By the time the first competitors reached the finish line Tuesday night in Miami, they had racked up more than 500 traffic citations.
Drivers in the race said at least one participant had accumulated $10,000 in fines and bail postings before reaching New Orleans. Another entrant had been cited for going nearly four times the speed limit ? 335 km/h (208 mph) ? in his 655-horsepower Koenigsegg in Texas, said racer Brian Kelley of Chicago.
"If you have trouble hearing me, it's because there's a police helicopter hovering over us," said Kelley, 28, as he sped through Alabama in his Audi S4 Tuesday. Kelley was pulled over two blocks from the starting line in San Francisco for going 55 mph in a 25-mph zone.
That is the LIFE.
Edited to add both mph and km/h to each figure.
David Luciani, from Toronto, drove a Porsche 911 twin-turbo this week in the Gumball 3000 rally, from San Francisco to Miami in five days. This is [part of] his account:
Day 3, Las Vegas start
Back on the road, a U.S. businessman in a Yellow 2003 Porsche 911 Turbo X50 was pulled over by Arizona State Police for travelling five mph over the posted speed of 45 mph and charged with racing on the highway.
Boo Arizona!
Day 6, New Orleans start
The European driving the Porsche GT2 also had a delayed start, due to some mechanical problems. In his attempt to catch up to the Gumballers, he was clocked by Florida police at 250 km/h (155 mph), at which time he pulled over, got out of his vehicle, raised his hands and asked if he was going to be arrested. The state trooper was so amused by this approach, and by the fact he had never pulled over an Englishman driving a right-hand-drive vehicle, that he was given only a warning.
:Q Also, a quick summary article.
A 5,000-kilometre party
A coast-to-coast race of exotic cars began in San Francisco last week with a flood of calls to 911 operators from frightened commuters caught in the middle of the rally. By the time the first competitors reached the finish line Tuesday night in Miami, they had racked up more than 500 traffic citations.
Drivers in the race said at least one participant had accumulated $10,000 in fines and bail postings before reaching New Orleans. Another entrant had been cited for going nearly four times the speed limit ? 335 km/h (208 mph) ? in his 655-horsepower Koenigsegg in Texas, said racer Brian Kelley of Chicago.
"If you have trouble hearing me, it's because there's a police helicopter hovering over us," said Kelley, 28, as he sped through Alabama in his Audi S4 Tuesday. Kelley was pulled over two blocks from the starting line in San Francisco for going 55 mph in a 25-mph zone.
That is the LIFE.
Edited to add both mph and km/h to each figure.
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