The Gulf Run 2007
I am back in Kuwait after what surprisingly was an exhausting weekend. The Gulf Run was incredibly fun and the guys were all really entertaining on and off the track. Everyone either knew everybody else or had one friend in common at least. I think in total there were either 22 or 24 cars that raced on the track ranging from Porsches and Nobles to a Murcielago and a Ford GT 40. My favorite car probably has to be the yellow RUF which although didn’t participate on the race track did participate in the drag race.
Although the event wasn’t held in Kuwait it was a Kuwaiti event and like the Red Bull Flugtag that was held a few weeks ago, its good we have these events happening in Kuwait. We really need more of these events and we REALLY need a race track here in Kuwait. I would like to thank the organizers of Gulf Run for putting it all together and the sponsors who helped made it happen including Magic, Agility, Huper Optik and U Shop We Ship.
I took around 80 pictures at the event trying my best to capture the moments, the people and the cars. In this post I have only 7 pictures, I might post some more again later but the majority of my pictures have people in them and those I will only be sharing with the Gulf Run participants. I will go through my pictures again and see what else I could post but you can enjoy these for now.
More pictures [Here]
Just wanted to point it out for you: “Everyone either ‘k’new everybody else or had one friend in common at least.”
thanks fixed it
Did you photoshit these pics? They look awesome!
Man life is good.
Some very nice shots! It was one hell of a weekend!
No retouching, straight out of the camera. I had a 512MB card which fit only 88 shots so I had to CHOOSE my shots carefully and tried to make each one THE shot.
Mark
What exactly did you do there? Did you drive any cars, or you just took pictures of a bunch of people driving cars? If so, you can do the same on any road in Kuwait any day of the week and save yourself travel expenses.
Good luck
Sal there is a HUGE difference between cars racing on the Gulf Road and cars racing on the track.
Sal when you go to a track and see what people do as well as racers being there then you can come to understand the magnitude of the difference.
yup yup I agree Mark, Gulf Road not so fun for racing especially on weekends! n especially with close minded guys drivin around and those cab drivers…those cameras. . .really wanted to make it to the GulfRun : / at least to just get an idea of the “jaWo” over there :P
thanks for the pix!!
but glad u enjoyed it~
Mark and Zdistrict,
Well, in this case, we should have our own race track instead of you guys having to go to Bahrain to watch people drive really fast. For one thing, it will take all the maniacs out of the Gulf road throughout the year, and it will keep you guys happy.
You should lobby the National Assembly for it. I will support you.
Good luck
wow.. those are really great shots!
what camera were you using ?
my old d70, same one i used for my miskan project
Sal:
Many have tried to build a racetrack in Kuwait .. However, there are too many people trying to get their pockets lined in the middle.
Sal we have tried multiple times, but these old guys just won’t let the young generation take the initiative and they won’t support them. its really sad that things have to come to a point like this, Bahrain is making a point to make the F1 capital of the Gulf even if the establishment is losing money, but in Kuwait everyone wants a piece of the cake to the point they would destroy the project.
enough chit chat marzoq and tell us what position you made , did mark ride along it the race itself? who won the whole thing?
Is that the same RUF Porsche in the last pic with the smoking engine? I guess the Porsche wans’t ‘RUF’ enough ;p
What’s the story behind the Porsche with the smoking engine? As a Porsche fanatic I am strongly offended by the image.
whats wrong with showing pictures with “people” in them!
The yellow turbo had a coolant leak (and it isn’t the Ruf).
did u go 2 van dyke’s concert?they say it was soo much fun
Where are all the cute PR chicks and racing sluts?
Hot, sweaty, oily, male-only pit stops. You weren’t kidding about the “Kuwaiti” part hehehe.
[...] GulfRun 5 is approaching very fast. I’m taking Thursday off so I can fly over Wednesday night to Bahrain so I could be there on Thursday and Friday for GulfRun. I missed out on GulfRun 4 but was there for GulfRun 3 and posted about it and all my pictures which I took [Here] [...]
no have zr1 ??