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The Candy Run
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Wow
That was a night to remember, with a few 'firsts' for me.
Didn't even bother to try and count the number of cars and girls as there
were so many of both. There were the Spearmint Rhino girls, the Shock
models and of course the Candy Run girls. And then the cars started to arrive...
Along with the normal complement of F430's, 360's, Gallardo's, Porsches
and BMW's there were also a handful of Nissans and about a dozen Corvettes not
forgetting an old school Aston Martin and Magnum PI Ferrari (complete with
fake moustache!) There was an Aerial Atom that was completely dwarfed by
the Dodge trucks, a Delorean that lived up to its reputation and two very
noisy cars - a Mosler and a EMB Tazio Coupe which fooled a lot of people into
thinking it was a Bugatti. Also a brand new CL63 AMG with only 100 miles
on the clock.
With the cars ready to head off I still had to sort out my ride. A lot of
cars arrived with a passenger, so no chance of a lift there. Almost got a
ride in the Atom but one of the girls had that pleasure. The pecking order
also meant that if there was a spare seat in a Ferrari then it went to one
of the girls first. Never mind, could always do the first part with my
mate in his Focus RS. Walking along the line of cars waiting to go out
spotted a Corvette Z06 with an empty passenger seat. A quick word with
the friendly driver, Matt, and my ride through the tunnels was sorted. And
what a ride it was - check out the videos.
Matt was only going as far as the bridge but was kind enough to sort out
another ride for me. Sure enough Sam comes up to me and not only will he
let me ride in his special 50th Anniversary edition 'vette he will also take
the roof off so I can take some better pics. Great, I thought. Then he says I
can stand on the seat and take some pictures as we pull away! What a
star, how could I say no to that!
Made it to the club ok to be ushered inside to a crowded room where there
were probably as many dancers as there were drivers. Called it a night
somewhere around 12:30 so wandered outside and got distracted by one of
the trucks smoking it's wheels.
Had less than 4 hours sleep so went to work the next day completely
knackered but with a huge grin. A huge thank you to Matt and Sam for letting a complete stranger ride in their Corvettes.
And the firsts?
First time using the camera in anger as had only had it for a few weeks.
First time taking pictures from a moving vehicle.
First time on a tunnel run.
First time in a corvette (so good, I did it twice).
First time in a supercar on the road.
First time in a Spearmint Rhino.
In order to save time I have uploaded my 200+ pictures from the night elsewhere. I will attempt to get a front-end added to them from within here sometime soon but in the meantime click on the vettes below.
Links to the videos I took:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
My rides for the night
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All images copyright DSW 2007. Additional images from Mark and Zasgar. Thanks guys
