This story aired on a local Detroit channel this week. It was supposedly about a video posted on You Tube of Ford GT designer Camillo Pardo doing 140 mph through the highways west of Detroit. Click link for the story and video.
http://mms.tveyes.com/ExpandGuest.asp?ln=140981
Personally, I love to drive my Viper fast and everything, but the things some of the people in these Bull Runs, Players Runs, Cannonball Runs, etc do is just plain stupid. Nothing against Camillo as I've met him and he's a great guy, but I'm just talking about these rally's in general. It would be cool to go cross country with a bunch of high end sports cars, attend the parties, etc but not at the risk of getting innocent people killed. It would be so easy to have someone driving near the speed limit of let's say 70 mph to switch lanes thinking everything is clear and not expecting someone to be crossing 4 lanes of traffic doing 140 mph and rear end them. These types of videos give owners of high end sports cars a bad name and it's why others call us a bunch of rich assholes. I'm no saint. Everytime I take my Viper out I do at least 120 mph. I've taken it to 175 mph on the highway, but there is a time and place for everything. I don't do it on crowded streets or when there is much traffic at all. And I certainly don't weave in and out of traffic.