Here are a few pics from a cross country road rally called the "JoyRideRally.com" This rally was for the benefit of the New Orleans Salvation Army.

Enjoy!

 

hey buddy i am sorry nobody responded to your thread but those are some great pics, i am a big fan. also ashley van dyke is not so bad herself, i checked out her website, i am sure you had a great time, i love to see our TTs used in this capacity. Let me know if you are ever in miami

all the best

Sebastian

 

Great pics Rob!! I'm surprise that RUFUS didn't join you on the run! More pics??

Thanks for sharing.

 

Rob,

What a great opportunity to drive with some great cars... some almost as nice as yours! How about posting a few stories here?

 

So, you want stories!!! Ok, gather round the "net fire!" Approximately 30+ cars were escorted by Santa Monica's finest on Sat., April 21 @ 10:30am. We did a parade lap through the heart of Santa Monica's 3rd Street Promenade.

The Lambos were getting a bit testy on Ocean Blvd, seems that the bulls were snorting in some fresh ocean air and decided to rear up, I mean get a little sideways on the "mean streets" of Monica'. The cops looked on as though this was the norm on Saturday mornings.

I heard people were losing control of their "morning lattes" when the beasts roared down 2nd Street. The "running of the Bulls" and "Stallions", and of course our "German Wildlife" represented by my 993tt, some Carrera GTs, a GT 3, and a C4s were digging thier claws into the warm California asphalt getting ready to rumble on I-10.

We taxied down Wilshire and lined up on Lincoln for an easterly departure on I-10. I spoke with "Steve from Scottsdale" in the "Speed Yellow GT3" the night before and we both agreed not to exceed the speed limits within LA. LOL!!! My best intentions abandoned in the "Fast Lane" not wanting to lose site of that Silver Gullwing slippin' into the paved jet stream.

Here was the original plan... We would both hang in the back of the pack and let the Lambos, Spykers, McLaren's, and Carrera GTs hang it out there for the CHP! Only problem was that my car was swept into a #4 starting position. So, I got caught up in the sunami of supercars, we were easily hitting 100+ out of the gate.

Downtown LA came up fast and furious, like a woman scorned. She would be our 1st conquest fading into a blurred landscape that only Timothy Leary could appreciate.

We did not see a CHP for miles! I had no passenger and had to violate the carpool lane where the pack was running "ballz to the wallz!" I was side by side with a rare badazz Mercedes CLK DTM AMG (See Wind Gen pic above) driven by the "Blonde in the Ferrari shirt pictured above" doing at least 130... Then my radar went off just before Palm Springs! We got on the brakes and went sub-sonic, still doing 80-90 past the Spyker and Mercedes McLaren pulled over by 2 CHPs.

Am I BORING anyone here? If so, STOP READING THIS!!!

I successfully navigated to my 1st destination in Palm Springs without getting "NAILED!" The "Sushi" alone was worth a speeding ticket!!! I slid some "Spicy Tuna Hand Rolls" down my gullet, looked out at the desert palms and montainous backdrop that was "Quintessentially Palm Springs!" LIFE WAS GOOD! ALL WAS WELL! AND THE SUPERCAR GODs WERE SMILING UPON US!!! LOL!!!

That was when "Ashley Pictured Above/Below" approached and said "I'm gathering up a few drivers to get a head start into Scottsdale, are you in?" She's drivin' some raced out Nissan that was a "mind blower".

We hit the streets of Palm Springs after a quick refuel, and entered I-10 again for some "sloppy seconds". Actually some well paced seconds, since the CHP was now heavily on everyone's radar screens.

If you want to hear more just let me know... Because there is still the "40 miles to Arizona" story. And, also "Pulling into Phoenix and almost losing the *** end of my 993tt". There's a woman involved in that one! And I always thought it was the man's job to perform rear entry! LOL!!!

Thanks for your interest everyone

Here's some more pics...

 

next installment please

 

Sounds a bit like a mini Gumball 3000 - Sadly 2 civilians were killed this year.

 

great photos and stories. yes give us more!
excuse my ignorance but what is that car that says porsches rule on the back between you and the SLR?
looks like a great day.
any video?

 

Some BEAUTIFUL women!

 

The car is called a "Spyker". I will be adding more to this story very soon... There will be some video footage available on another site which I will find about soon.

Cheers, Rob

btw - No animals or humans were harmed in this mayhem!

 

Ok, sorry for the delay... We continue the story with @ 40 miles to the Arizona border. That would be just a few minutes for the Lambo that past by at 185-200+. I was doing maybe 100-130 when the glimmering silver speck in the rear view mirror appeared. It was suddenly magnified 10x in what seemed like a few seconds. I pulled in front of the silver CLK DTM just in time. That could have been f'n messy!

This was my 1st road rally, so I quickly figured out the "Rules of Engagement" back on the I-10 in Santa Monica. Those rules are: "THERE ARE NO RULES!"

Back to the silver Lambo! Well, I heard it straight from the passenger who was monitoring the "police scanner" when they "flew @ 200+" past the 2 CHPs in the median, that the following conversation took place between those 2 ground units and a patrol aircraft: Ground - "What the hell was that, did you see that???" Air - "Forget about him, there's 6 more coming!"

I had already spotted the air patrol shortly after the Lambo flew by. So, I motioned to the DTM CLK to look up and we both went "subsonic" again. It turns out that there were several cars ahead of us that were pulled over We backed off in time and cruised by the CHPs at 80. They were busy writing tickets anyway... So, we dodged another bullet.

This movie continues... Nothing eventful happens again until I exit the I-10 to Scottsdale, AZ. Remember the woman "Ashley" in the Nissan race car? Yep, she was coming at me with all 4 tires screamin' and the car bucking sidewayz I hit an orange light at the end of the long azz off ramp and started to slow down because after all I was several seconds from it. I had briefly forgotten the rules: "THERE ARE NO RULES!" RUN FOREST RUN!!! Orange means "FLOOR IT!" Boy did I get that 1 wrong! Ok, I was spared because her co-pilot had the same non-ABS car, and as he looked up from his cell and saw she did not see me braking - he said to her "BRAKE! BRAKE!" and pumped her left leg on the brake pedal several times.


Ya, my *** end was still in 1 piece! I had my beautiful car spared! I am certain that it would have been totaled...

Well, here are some more pics...

 

excellent!

 

Thanks for the comments! And finally, I had to bail out of the rally in Scottsdale, due to time constraints... But, I heard yesterday that SEVERAL SPEEDING TICKETS were handed out by Texas State Troopers - Sort of like "CANDY" during Haloween!

As far as video and more pics from the JoyrideRally - check out: http://www.flatoutfilms.com (I don't think the video is up yet) PS - Don't miss the Mercedes Maybach being raced at Firebird Raceway in Phoenix, and more pics of Ashley of course!

 

Well Rob, you did it AGAIN!! Another fine FENTONPRODUCTIONS.COM for the boards. Looks like all had a great time and nice to know that no animals or humans were harmed in the process.

On another note: thanks for the call today to tag along and try to chase your twin turbos through the twisties here in So Cal Beach Land.......... my little 'ol C4S ran out of oil listening to the spool get farther and farther ahead. No worries, gonna contact Mikie Waltrip and get some of that JET fuel next time.

Great pix and stories. Hope to join in again soon.
eric

 

Awesome!