The Rolex24 Past Winners, The Static Images First

After the post I did earlier, this olelongrooffan got a request from a race buddy to email him the images I gathered at the Ocean Center as well as those I gathered at the track. Well, Counters, this is an image heavy and text light post. The racing images are forthcoming. Enjoy and remember to Celebrate Life.

Anybody Up For A Parade?

Well Counters, it has been a h*lluva good time for this olelongrooffan this weekend. Yes, it was the 50th running of the Rolex24 at the Daytona International Speedway and I was around for the parade of the past winners on Friday morning Beachside Daytona Beach until the victory lap at the Speeway on Sunday afternoon. Needless to say, I returned to the Taj Mahal and hit the sack only to work all day today and took another nap this evening.

However, I did want to share with those of you Counting Along With Me some of the over 1,200 images I gathered this weekend. Not alot of commentary in this post but look for more as this sleep deprived olelongrooffan gathers my energy back.



This year, the powers that be gathered a bunch of the past winners of the Rolex24 for the 50th anniversary. Friday morning they all gathered for a parade from beachside to the track. I was able to capture a few of them in the parade.



But before the parade, this olelongrooffan snuck walked into the Ocean Center and saw the lot of them



up close and personal.



Yeah, I have a disease for doing things like this.



But, I especially love the company my ole Comanche keeps.



Here is a quick video I was able to capture with my elcheapo 28 dollar ebay camera.



That's it for this time around. I gotta hit the sack. I did a post over in the Hooniverse about the parade, similar to this one and it can be seen here.

Night night and this olelongrooffan hopes everyone will, as I did this weekend,

Celebrate Life.

What I Saw Today

Earlier today, an old friend dropped by the shop to show off his newest ride. That's him, RJ, in the above image alongside thejeepjunkie.



It is a continuation car of the Cobra variety.



Apparently, several years ago, Carroll Shelby found some long forgotten Cobra bodies in a warehouse and built them for sale.



RJ picked this one up for a just over a 100K.



Yeah, RJ owns this one along with a vintage 68 Corvette ragtop, a 2006 Corvette Z06 and his daily driver Porsche Boxster.



This olelongrooffan would love to have his toy budget.





This olelongrooffan mentioned it was a nice ride but the top just wasn't long enough.



We all got a chuckle out of that and thejeepjunkie and I look forward to seeing him out at the Rolex 24 at the Daytona International Speedway this weekend. Look for us by the west horseshoe.