Team Unlimited Class: Vegas to San Diego

Thanks to Team Unlimited Class:

Kevin had to fly back to L.A. after we arrived in Las Vegas to prep for a commercial that he was shooting the next week. Our plan remained to roll with Jason G and Peter, as usual, with Sarah joining along for the ride. (Well, Kevin and I joined in for the ride with Skiny, and were pretty much just barnacles to Skiny’s car as he wanted to do most of the driving. Sarah had always been an intended car occupant, unlike us!)

After a brief tour of the Shelby factory at Las Vegas Raceway, I jumped behind the wheel and we were on the way to Havasu City for an elusive checkpoint near the London Bridge that didn’t match anyone’s GPSes. We had to ask the local mailwoman where the checkpoint was, and ended up there 5th or so after running 1-4 with the Collins brothers in their Ferrari, Team Riecke in the AMG, and Claus in his Brabus.

After we got stuck in some road construction and a roadside photo shoot with Ashley, Skiny was once again able to take the wheel after we left Nevada and were back in California. (Previous rally experience has made it that Skiny doesn’t drive in Nevada these days.)

Jason and the gang got a bit ahead of us after a nice CHP officer pulled us over to “chew the fat� and then let us proceed down the road sans ticket, which was fine by us as Skiny didn’t really want a ticket all that much anyway.

The driving was pretty uneventful, as we took a route that went through Holtville. There was some great scenery on the run, and cel phone use was sporadic. When we did get cel reception, I would do mile marker checks with Annabelle and Nicholas Frankl, who despite the fact they were always hard charging and in a very snappy Z06 Corvette, always seemed to be a few miles behind our ‘lil Audi that could. After a mile marker check, Anabelle usually let out a frustrated groan and said “how the HELL are you guys in front of us?!?!?!� Today, however, the Frankl’s actually put a pass in on the Audi around 45 miles away from San Diego. Were they gloating? What do YOU think!

The Frankl piloted Corvette and friends passing the Audi:

After one last push into San Diego that involved the Darkcyd Bentley with Robb at the wheel finding lanes that did not previously exist, the ‘lil Audi that could with Skiny at the wheel ended up 8th or so behind Robb in the Bentley for the stage.

I looked around the parking lot for the hard charging Frankls that had passed us miles ago. Nothing. We had picked a better freeway to the checkpoint. When Annabelle and Nicholas did eventually turn up a few minutes later … I kidded with Annabelle … “Aren’t you two even trying!?!� When good natured fun and kidding is in order, Annabelle has the greatest facial expressions. Gotta love her!