GTSPIRIT - Daily Supercar and Tuning News » Cannonball Run http://www.gtspirit.com Daily supercar & tuning news, automotive event coverage & car forum! Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:56:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The Great American Run by Scott (Team #6) http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/22/the-great-american-run-by-scott-team-6/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/22/the-great-american-run-by-scott-team-6/#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:08:48 +0000 Des http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1430 Scott of Team 06 who ran with us on the Miami edition of this years Great American Run just finished his writeup: My friend Eric from Dallas decided to ship his car (a Dodge Charger SRT8 with 715 hp) out to Florida to do the Rally with me. Personally, I don’t think he could bear [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/22/the-great-american-run-by-scott-team-6/feed/ 1 Cannonball Run: 61 mph objective explained http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/15/cannonball-run-61-mph-objective-explained/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/15/cannonball-run-61-mph-objective-explained/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:45:41 +0000 Des http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1420 Unlike many other rallies the Cannonball Runs have a legal objective that allows the rally to have a true winner. We received a lot of questions about this 61 mph objective used in the Cannonball Run’s including this years Great American Run. We will try to answer all the questions in this article. What is [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/15/cannonball-run-61-mph-objective-explained/feed/ 0 The Great American Run: Our Highlights http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/15/the-great-american-run-our-highlights/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/15/the-great-american-run-our-highlights/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:38:33 +0000 Des http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1419 Now everybody returned home safely after the rally, it’s time to review. First of all we like to thank the organisers and the crew for putting a great event together! This article brings you our personal highlights of the coast-to-coast adventure! This years Great American Run had two different start locations: Around 35 cars started [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/15/the-great-american-run-our-highlights/feed/ 0 The Great American Run by Team Fuzzy Tongue http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/11/the-great-american-run-by-team-fuzzy-tongue/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/11/the-great-american-run-by-team-fuzzy-tongue/#comments Sat, 11 Aug 2007 12:13:05 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1414 #44 Team Fuzzy Tongue: that are the drivers ‘Dirtydawg’ Johnny and ‘Empress Jo’ and their Porsche Boxster S called Samantha. Enjoy they great write-up about their Great American! Thanks a lot for sharing your experiences! Wow! What a week! Our sleep times reduced daily until the final night which consisted of only 3 hours sleep [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/11/the-great-american-run-by-team-fuzzy-tongue/feed/ 0 Great American Run: final write-up by Team Fluge http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/11/great-american-run-final-write-up-by-team-fluge/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/11/great-american-run-final-write-up-by-team-fluge/#comments Sat, 11 Aug 2007 11:42:54 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1413 Finally GTspirit.com is proud to present the final write-up by Team Fluge about their great experiences, fun and problems they had during the Great American Run!!! Looking back at this once in a lifetime 3000 mile cross country experience, it may have been the initial glamour of NYC that eventually caught up to the #18 [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/11/great-american-run-final-write-up-by-team-fluge/feed/ 0 The Great American Run – Molly Saleen vid – Miami to New Orleans http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/06/the-great-american-run-molly-saleen-vid-miami-to-new-orleans/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/06/the-great-american-run-molly-saleen-vid-miami-to-new-orleans/#comments Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:01:10 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1406 Enjoy this video about the first leg of the Great American Run by Molly Saleen! Thanks to Molly-Pop.com! For more infos and updates join our Great American Run forum.

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/06/the-great-american-run-molly-saleen-vid-miami-to-new-orleans/feed/ 0 The Great American Run – pics by Molly Saleen http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/06/the-great-american-run-pics-by-molly-saleen/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/06/the-great-american-run-pics-by-molly-saleen/#comments Mon, 06 Aug 2007 11:53:02 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1405 Sadly the Great American is over. But time now for some pictures!!! Molly Saleen is so kind to share her pics from her trip through the US. All pictures can be watched at her website Molly-Pop.com.

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/06/the-great-american-run-pics-by-molly-saleen/feed/ 0 Great American Run Pics by the Saleen Pitcrew http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/05/great-american-run-pics-by-the-saleen-pitcrew/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/05/great-american-run-pics-by-the-saleen-pitcrew/#comments Sun, 05 Aug 2007 12:31:51 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1403 The Saleen Pitcrew joined the Great American Run in a S331 Supercharged Sport Truck. Now they shared their awesome pictures from the first 5 days from New York to Denver! Join our Great American Run forum to get the latest updates and pictures! Great American Run by the Saleen Pitcrew

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/05/great-american-run-pics-by-the-saleen-pitcrew/feed/ 0 Great American Run: Day 6 by Molly Saleen http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/05/great-american-run-day-6-by-molly-saleen/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/05/great-american-run-day-6-by-molly-saleen/#comments Sun, 05 Aug 2007 12:01:05 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1402 Allready the last write-up by Molly Saleen about the final leg from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. At this point we want to thank Molly for her updates! And we can’t wait for more videos of her and her Molly-Pop-Mustang at the Great American Run! For more updates also visit our Great American Forum!!! Well [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/05/great-american-run-day-6-by-molly-saleen/feed/ 0 Great American Run: Day 5 by Molly Saleen http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/05/great-american-run-day-5-by-molly-saleen/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/05/great-american-run-day-5-by-molly-saleen/#comments Sun, 05 Aug 2007 11:48:28 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/05/great-american-run-day-5-by-molly-saleen/ It seems like Molly had a great party time in Viva Las Vegas. Enjoy her write-up about the fourth leg from Tucson to Las Vegas! Best day ever!!! We had wide open roads from Tucson to Vegas. I drove along side of the Lotus, 2 porsches, and another Saleen mustang. It was our fastest run! [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/05/great-american-run-day-5-by-molly-saleen/feed/ 0 The Great American Run – Day 6 Photos http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/04/the-great-american-run-day-6-photos/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/04/the-great-american-run-day-6-photos/#comments Sat, 04 Aug 2007 12:16:43 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1399 Yesterday Team # 34 Tangospeed / GTspirit drove from Vegas to Los Angeles. Now we have some great pictures from the last day of the Great American Run: Starting with the start checkpoint at Eurotech Motoring, pics from (the road to) willows spring raceway and finally some pics from the the road to Los Angeles: [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/04/the-great-american-run-day-6-photos/feed/ 0 The Great American Run: Update 4 by Team Fluge http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/04/the-great-american-run-update-4-by-team-fluge/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/04/the-great-american-run-update-4-by-team-fluge/#comments Sat, 04 Aug 2007 12:08:47 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/04/the-great-american-run-update-4-by-team-fluge/ Another great write-up by Team Fluge about the fourth leg from Denver to Las Vegas! Fluge/Lowblad “Coast� into Vegas The #18 Saleen team were off to an early start leaving Denver at 7am in route to Las Vegas. The first pit stop of the day was taken at Loveland Pass as the team also took [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/04/the-great-american-run-update-4-by-team-fluge/feed/ 0 The Great American Run Winners http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/04/the-great-american-run-winners/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/04/the-great-american-run-winners/#comments Sat, 04 Aug 2007 07:16:49 +0000 Des http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/04/the-great-american-run-winners/ Tonight the award ceremony for the Great American Run was held in the ballroom of the Biltmore hotel in Los Angeles. We are very pleased to announce we managed to finished 2nd in the 61mph competition with an average speed over all stages of 61.017 mph. The results: Winners of the 61 MPH challenge: Team [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/04/the-great-american-run-winners/feed/ 0 The Great American Run Day 6: Las Vegas – Los Angeles http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/03/the-great-american-run-day-6-las-vegas-los-angeles/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/03/the-great-american-run-day-6-las-vegas-los-angeles/#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:59:05 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1396 Today is already the last day of the phantastic Great American Run. Today the participants start from Las Vegas to reach the final important checkpoint the Willow Springs Raceway! Until this checkpoint the time counts for the 61 miles average. The winner of this is going to win a brand new Bad Boy Saleen Mustang [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/03/the-great-american-run-day-6-las-vegas-los-angeles/feed/ 2 The Great American Run: Update 3 by Team Fluge http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/03/the-great-american-run-update-3-by-team-fluge/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/03/the-great-american-run-update-3-by-team-fluge/#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2007 10:39:16 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/03/the-great-american-run-update-3-by-team-fluge/ Enjoy this write-up by Team Fluge about the third leg: Tulsa – Denver! Fluge started off first leg flying through Oklahoma averaging over 120 mph, in order to build time advantage for slight detour to get new cell phone. (Yes Fluge dropped his old one into a bucket of champagne the night before). In route [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/03/the-great-american-run-update-3-by-team-fluge/feed/ 0 The Great American Run – Molly Saleen vid – New Orleans to San Antonio http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/02/great-american-run-molly-saleen-vid-new-orleans-to-san-antonio/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/02/great-american-run-molly-saleen-vid-new-orleans-to-san-antonio/#comments Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:37:30 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1394 Enjoy this video about the second leg of the Great American Run by Molly Saleen! Thanks to Molly-Pop.com! For more infos and updates join our Cannonball forum.

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/02/great-american-run-molly-saleen-vid-new-orleans-to-san-antonio/feed/ 0 Great American Run: Day 4 by Molly Saleen http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/02/great-american-run-day-4-by-molly-saleen/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/02/great-american-run-day-4-by-molly-saleen/#comments Thu, 02 Aug 2007 20:21:43 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/02/great-american-run-day-4-by-molly-saleen/ Another great write up of Molly Saleen about the third leg from San Antonio to Tucson: Well today was ticket day!!! Team Molly-pop was pulled over in Texas for speeding. The report: 89 mph in a 70! We were in the process of talking our way out of the ticket by telling the officer that [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/02/great-american-run-day-4-by-molly-saleen/feed/ 0 The Great American Run Day 5: Denver/Tucson – Las Vegas http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/02/great-american-run-day-5-denvertucson-las-vegas/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/02/great-american-run-day-5-denvertucson-las-vegas/#comments Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:53:24 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/02/great-american-run-day-5-denvertucson-las-vegas/ Finally the day has come: the New York starters and Miami starters meet on the street! Final destination is ‘Viva’ Las Vegas. Las Vegas (often abbreviated as Vegas) is the most populous city in the state of Nevada, United States, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally known vacation, shopping, entertainment and gambling destination. [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/02/great-american-run-day-5-denvertucson-las-vegas/feed/ 0 The Great American Run: Update 2 by Team Fluge http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/02/the-great-american-run-update-2-by-team-fluge/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/02/the-great-american-run-update-2-by-team-fluge/#comments Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:47:19 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/02/the-great-american-run-update-2-by-team-fluge/ We are proud to present you the second update by Team Fluge about the second leg from Indianapolis to Tulsa: For more updates please visit our Cannonball Forum. Entering the state of Oklahoma at speeds of 150 mph – the state police cars showed patience waiting for the FGA saleen after Fluge stopped to fill-up [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/02/the-great-american-run-update-2-by-team-fluge/feed/ 0 The Great American Run – Update 1 by Team Fluge http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/02/the-great-american-run-update-1-by-team-fluge/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/08/02/the-great-american-run-update-1-by-team-fluge/#comments Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:40:08 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1390 Enjoy this write-up by Team Fluge about the Day 1: New York – Indianapolis! Nick Fluge and Bill Lowblad driving the FGA Saleen “Bad Boyâ€? Mustang and the Perlinger sisters in the FGA Bentley GT, began the Great American Run week by arriving in New York, dealing with Paparazzi, and even attending a GAR party [...]

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