We tackled the third leg of the Targa Rally today which took everyone from Los Angeles to Santa Barbra. A great pack of cars and a timed/mile route lead to a great event. Sadly, our car broke down at the 50 mile mark of a 400 mile day trip like our Gumball 3000 trip earlier this year. We crammed our video guy in another car so he could Targa Scum it and produce us some great video. Our photographer stayed with me at Mt. Frazier as we waited 4 hours for Cadillac to come rescue us and get us in a loaner. It was of course an adventure so check out our trip inside.
Between all the drama that has gone on in Formula 1 this year it’s really no shock some teams are leaving. A mix of over the top politics and the fact that BMW has not done well all season we are sure are some reasons why BMW is going to exit after 2009. With a poor economic state on top of all that we are not that shocked BMW would exit this year. The real question is that is anyone going to follow the Germans out the door?
Wustefest 2009 was a three day event in it’s third year that took place this month in Las Vegas. It’s free to show up and this year brought the attention of over 500 cars including caravans from Canada and North Carolina. If you want to attend in 2010 the tentative date is June 4th-6th. You can find out more information about the meet at: wustefest.com. We received photos thanks to Mo Satarzadeh.
The BMW Alpina B6 GT3 was followed around at the 24 Hours of Nürburgring by one of our favorite videography guys Clash Productions. We posted a link to the live 24 hour webfeed but now you can check out some amazing production video from the event. Clash followed the Alpina B6 GT3 which had to be one of the best looking cars on the track over the weekend.
The Gold Rush Rally just kicked off and we have a video of all the cars before they departed on the run. The rally runs from San Francisco, Los Angeles, and ends in Las Vegas. A gold wrapped Lamborghini LM002, the “Rambo Lambo” can be spotted in the mix along with an Aerial Atom. This is a well put together video without a doubt.
Day 3 was a long section so most drivers got quite spread out through the day. The cops were out in full force kindly giving out tickets (including one to us) in both Arizona and New Mexico. This gallery has some new cars including the chrome Lamborghini and Vivid Racing’s Gold BMW 7 series! Don’t miss any of these shots.
Day 1 is now complete which was a fairly small leg of 250 miles. We started at the Santa Monica Pier and made a swing through Orange County for the D1GP event. After leaving Orange County it was a straight dash up I-15 to Las Vegas, Nevada. We have some great photos of the Brabus Mercedes SL, purple Audi R8, the Bugatti’s and much much more!
Check out some footage from the 2003 Gumball Rally shot in the Polize German BMW. The footage is from San Francisco to Las Vegas which was the first leg of the 2003 rally. Watch this footage as they soar through the state of California.
Some great highway footage from the 2005 Gumball 3000 race from a mounted in car camera. They run with a blue BMW for a while until overtaking it and continuing down the interstate.
Granted this 2001 silver BMW 330i isn’t quite the pinnacle of luxury or enduldging in a vice but this story was too good to pass up and BMW has a full line of cars better than this one that we like. This BMW was illegally parked at Calico Jack’s Oyster Bar in Gainesville, Florida. As the car sat at 3502 SW 2nd Avenue the city police issued illegal parking tickets for it.
The real question we have is how was the car ticketed 7 times and not towed by the city yet? The first parking ticket was issued February 12th and he was just located this Monday (Feb. 23rd). He was on the passenger side rear seat facing forward with the keys to the BMW in his hand. A handgun was also found in the trunk of the car. The police have claimed no foul play was involved in the death. They claim illegal window tint made them unable to recognize the man in the backseat but a person called it in to 911 on Monday stating they saw a man in the car. This is one of the oddity books for sure.
