Day two of driving and I’m already wondering what day it is. It seems to be flying by so fast. I let Tila do most of the driving today and I got to teach her how to down shift and use the emergency brake when she’s afraid of rolling forward. We went from Boston to Atlantic City and some how along the way we managed to get caught in downtown Manhattan after missing a tunnel with about four other cars so we had to go through 34th & 5th street in 5 o’clock traffic on Mother’s Day.. What a beautiful day. Haha
I’m glad to know that even though the rally is going on and most of everything that is on our minds right now is getting to the next location, most Bullrunner’s found some morning time to call their mothers and wish them a happy day. Jason Wallace made my entire table of breakfast goers say hello to his mom! Justin from Team Safety Car brought his mom fresh flowers to breakfast and us girls gave him a nice pat on the back.




The morning started off intense as we were all headed down to a ferry boat that was leaving at 11AM. Once on the ferry we were able to enjoy the boat ride and share some stories amongst ourselves. Mike Alsop has made had finally caught up with us and is now joining his daughter, Morgan, to finish the rally. Not too many tickets were reported this time around either.. I talked to Kristine Elezaj about all the tickets we got last year and how it almost seemed like a bonding experience. She recalled last years border stop into Kansas where 42 cars got pulled over and given warnings.. That was a GREAT story to tell. We look back and laugh about us getting pulled over and then frantically running back to our cars to catch up on the time we had lost.. And the Cuban brothers?? They are a little missed this year. I was looking forward to hearing “it’s nice to be nice but, it’s nicer to be known to be nice!”











So, without many tickets and a fair warning that the police were waiting for us at the border crossing we left the boat to travel 15 miles out to a winery. The scenery was once again really beautiful and the people were so nice and welcoming. Tila wanted to drive again since she was in a bit of a hurry to see her boyfriend who would be at the hotel when we arrived so she drove again. Our nav told us to go a different direction than all the cars and since Tila was driving she wanted to follow the pack so we stayed close behind the other Lotus.. Unfortunately, all of us were going the wrong way. We probably lost about six minutes. After that we decided we would listen to the nav, so far our nav has been very consistent.
Tonight we’re staying at the Trump Marina Hotel and Casino. Not a bad idea to do some gambling but I was greeted with champagne and an old Bullrun friend, Brian Ortiz, so we spent some time catching up before dinner. Dinner was inside the hotel which was convenient and Andy and David told us we had an open bar so the whole crew of us were getting drink after drink. There must have been forty bottles of beer on our table alone!!!! And here’s some stories that I heard..





Team Lotus, Brian and Danny got pulled over twice today. Brian was for sure he was going to jail and even handed over the keys to his partner but somehow the cop decided to let Brian go when he saw Brian’s police badge. They got to talking about the Mastercard company that him and Danny own and why he has a badge and the cop found some forgiveness.. Way to go Brian! Check out their mastercard company.. www.myplash.com





The best story of the day was hearing about Justin from the safety car. Justin was going down to the city to meet up with a fellow bull runner and indy pro car driver, Troy Hanson, when he managed to get involved in some police activity. A police officer saw his car and talked to Justin about his sexy ride and the next thing he knew the cop was telling him to follow behind him. Then he found out that about 100 cops were going to be practicing a high speed run and terrorist attack strategy so Justin was able to wait on the corner until he saw them coming up his way and he pulled out to join them. At one point he was in front of all the cars leading the pack. I wonder how his mom felt! How cool would that be? And I heard someone got this all on film.. I can’t wait to see it!


Well, after too many drinks at the table it was hard for me to write a proper take on my day so I’m writing a day late, sober.