//
//August 1, 2006
 Day 2: Hollywood Poker/Team Mosler Drivers: Troy Hanson, Todd Wagner Route: Toronto, Windsor Casino, Chicago
Day 2 started way too early for most of the Bullrunners. We partied too late into the night, many of us seeing the sunrise. I fortunately went to bed at a reasonable hour (3:30am) and woke up early to insure we had a full tank of gas and that I had the opportunity to eat some breakfast. We started in about the 15th position, followed by Team Safety Car (Shelby Mustang GT-H) driven by Justin Thompson. We seemed to pair up nicely since we had a similar fuel range. And when needed, his Shelby outfitted with lightbar, PA, antennas, scanner and CB, seemed to clear a path for us coming out of Toronto.
Well on our way, we pulled over (illegally) by a person claiming to be part of the Highway Safety Dept of Ontario, Canada. He proceeded to call in actual squad cars and I was issued a ticket for doing 175 kph in a 100 kph zone. He didn't radar me, laser me or even pace me - he stated "that he saw several cars going fast and he couldn't could catch them, so he decided to pull over us, because we weren't speeding." 
Needless to say, I cannot just pay a fine, I have to appear in court on the charge of speeding. They also issued a ticket to Justin in the Shelby Mustang for reckless driving. He was the lead car and I was following him in the Mosler, yet they didn't give him a speeding ticket - Go figure. After bidding the officer aduo, we tried to get to Windsor Casino, so that we could make the police escort across the border back into the US - we missed it. We did however meet up with the Cuban Brothers and a couple others cars that shared our fate and we decided to take our time, eat lunch and enjoy the fact that we weren't going to finish top 10 on this leg.
We made pretty good time in Chicago, check into the Hard Rock Hotel and watched the Cuban Brother perform before a standing room only crowd. The sun rose and several of us were still up, although I did squeeze in 1.5 hours of sleep.
|
