Yesterday, I barely managed to pass by 360 mall to catch a glimpse of the Gulf Run 7 car show. The event gets bigger and bigger every year. The place was packed like people needed another reason to go to 360 mall. Some lucky winner managed to go home on a Vespa as a result of being the raffle winner.

They also managed to raise more than 7000KD for Hayat cancer foundation which is great.

The display inside the mall was also great with a 8 really cool cars being displayed like the Mercedes SLS, Audi R8 and a beautiful Backdraft AC Cobra.

I’m a few days late posting about this but I have been really busy the past couple of days. Last Thursday evening all the cars that are participating in the 7th annual gulf run had to go freshen up at Al-Flah Car Wash as they do every year. I arrived a little late and most of the cars were already done.

The cars usually go there to get washed, polished and get the stickers on. DJ had the music pumpin’ and it was a another great chance to mingle with the drivers, fellow bloggers and organizers.

I also managed to pass by the Car Show at 360 Mall and will be posting about it later.

More pics after the break.

And as with every gulf run event, there was food.

I was invited yesterday to attend the 7th annual GulfRun meet up were all the drivers have the opportunity to meet each other and it was also a chance for non-participant/drivers to also meet the organizers and the great guys behind The GulfRun.

The iconic wall of photos was also on display again this year with some fantastic pictures  from previous GulfRuns and had some awesome memories.

Also on display were 3 super cars, a Ferrari 599, Porsche 993 Gemballa and a Hennessey powered Chevrolet Camero LS9 with 725hp.

GulfRun 7 is just a few weeks away, the event will be held at Bahrain International Circuit as usual on the 26th-27th of January 2012. Can’t wait.

Audi put up an ad just in time for El Clasico next Saturday (midnight local time) promoting the A1 series.

It is a damn good advertisement.

I was notified by Marzouq yesterday that the GulfRun team had spent the last 5 months fine tuning/developing a racing simulator and it was setup in Baroue in the Avenues’s 1st floor. Of course I immediately agreed for 2 reasons. 1) me being a gaming enthusiast. 2) because everything these guys do is professional and I still haven’t seen them do any half-assed job yet. just have a look at their events, videos, and all other stuff.

The sim was amazing, it is a 3 screen setup that any geek would love and appreciate. A full motion seat that makes turning every corner a thrill and an ultra realistic track-mapping. The track was actually scanned and produced with extreme detail, even the damn bumps in the straight are there.

The GulfRun Simulator is open to the public, the price of admission is KD2.5 and its located as I mentioned in Baroue’s upper level in the Avenues mall.

They were logging blogger lap times, I didn’t even think of asking whats my best time was. But they will be on the side screens for onlookers to enjoy and giggle at.

If I find the time, I might go back there again tomorrow. I think I just found something else to do at the Avenues other than eating Shake Shack burgers.

Picture is from Infiniti Driver

Top gear’s Jeremy Clarkson reads out the specifications of Halo’s Warthog Vehicle in a promo for the upcoming Forza 4 game that should be released this October on the XBOX 360.

GM announced that they will be put their concept car, the Cadillac Converj, into production and it will be called the Cadillac ELR.

The ELR is a hybrid car that is based on the Chevy Volt. The car first made an appearance at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show.

Two cars are turned over on the M1, people might be dying but help is gonna be a little late because the emergency service lane is blocked.

This guy steps out of his car and starts interviewing people and asking them if they actually understood the law. He was awesome.

So this is not just a phenomenon in Kuwait. I really hate it when you are sitting there respecting others and then some idiot comes a disrespect everyone. Some people here in Kuwait have really poor road manners and are in desperate need of some spanking.

A Lithuanian mayor is trying to reduce illegal parking in his city by taking an APC (Armored Personnel Carrier) and driving over the cars.

1973, The Dutch Grand Prix. A car crash left british driver Roger Williamson trapped in his overturned burning car. David Purley, abandoned his won race, runs across the track in a desperate attempt to get his countrymen out of his burning vehicle.

Purley’s were in vain. Extinguishing the flames and turning the car upright was just too much to ask from one man.

You can really feel David Purley’s frustration and hopelessness during his solo heroic attempt. As nearby track marshals just stood and watched as they weren’t properly trained or equipped to deal with the situation.

The emotional point of the video is when he realizes that he won’t be able to help his friend and he is actually going to watch him die. Purley almost falls to his knees.

He actually heard Williamson crying for help when he first got to the car. And the sad thing is that Roger Williamson actually died from asphyxiation.

The Yellow Driver of Team Hot Wheels breaks the world record for distance jump in a four-wheeled vehicle at the Indianapolis 500 on May 29th 2011. Watch as the Yellow Driver, Tanner Foust, drops 10 stories down 90 feet of orange track and soars 332 feet through the air.

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Having a blast.

Today is the first day in the Gulf Run 6. Too bad that I’ll miss the today’s events. But I’ll be going to Bahrain later today end be there for tomorrow.

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Is the Ferrari California the car of your dreams? Then it’s your lucky day. Zain will be holding an open to the public photoshoot. A professional photographer will take your picture with the car of your dreams (the Ferrari California) and Zain will kindly print it out, set it up in a custom frame and give it to you…..for free. That event will be held tomorrow and tomorrow only from 6pm – 9pm at the 360 mall.

On display were 3 super cars. The Ford GT, Mercedes SLS and the Ferrari 599. They were a joy to look at and a glimpse of what is to come in Gulf Run 6.

Also on display were a lot of pictures from the previous 5 Gulf Runs that organizers were very proud of, and rightly so.

One of the announcements that was made yesterday was that the Mercedes SLS will be a “special car” appearing in this Gulf Run. And there will be a taxi driver service to take you around the track, but they are being tight-lipped about it and keeping it a surprise.

Before leaving, we were told that we must have a bite to eat. There was a very good selection of burgers right out of the grill, chicken or beef shawerma and make your own fajita. It was delicious.

Gulf Run

GulfRun will be having their second annual Charity Raffle during the GulfRun Carshow to raise money for the Hayat4Cancer Foundation. We had a successful year with support of our readers, blogs, sponsors, and GulfRun participants, and we hope to make it an even better year. And this years amazing prizes include three powerful vehicles:

• 1. Polaris Razor RZR800 from Seas & Deserts
• 2. Can-Am DS450 ATV from Al-Ghanim Marine
• 3. Can-Am DS450 ATV from Al-Ghanim Marine

Tickets to the raffle – which runs until January 15 – are only 5KD. All proceeds of the raffle will be donated to the Hayat4Cancer Foundation. The Ruqaya Al-Qatami Hayat4Cancer foundation was established in 2003 to offer support and medicine for cancer patients. The raffle draw will be on the second day of the GulfRun Carshow at 360 Mall on January 15th 2010 @ 8pm. Please call 97118488 for tickets to supporting the cause and participating in the raffle. We greatly appreciate your support for those who desperately need it.

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We all remember NegativEffect’s infamous GulfRun videos. Waiting for GulfRun 2011 videos man. And BrakeBanzeen has been writing for a while now, and if you are a gear-head you definitely have read his blog.

The blog will cover as it subtly puts it “Reviews on anything driven by fuels”. The blog looks great and posts are wonderfully written. Hope we see some airplane reviews.

Keep up the the excellent work guys. Best of luck.

The Hot Foot

The 67-year-old driver of the Mercedes told police he somehow got his foot stuck under the gas pedal. He says that caused the car to zoom across the parking garage in reverse and slam into the outer wall.

If his car was a Toyota it they would have blamed it on the accelerator.

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These are some tough walls.

Drive safely.

It seams that we are finally going to get the wide version of the license plate here in Kuwait. Don’t worry, we are just a few decades late. I mean car manufactures had this size in mind when they where making there cars since god knows how long. Anyway, better late than never.

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Do you sometimes wonder why you get stuck in traffic thinking that there must an accident or something blocking the way but suddenly the roads open up like nothing happened?  Wonder no more, a team of Japanese scientists replicated the phenomena calling it the “Shockwave Jams”

The mathematical theory behind these so-called "shockwave" jams was developed more than 15 years ago using models that show jams appear from nowhere on roads carrying their maximum capacity of free-flowing traffic – typically triggered by a single driver slowing down.

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A bus driver in Taiwan fell asleep behind the wheel and smashed into a ton of cars causing a lot of damage.

It took sometime but the video is finally put together, we had a little preview for our GulfRun Drivers and we liked the feed back. In January of 2010 over 50 Drivers took their machines to the limit at Bahrain International Circuit. Drag Race, Drifting, Inner Circuit, Autocross, and GP Circuit with amazing mix of machines from the compact car to the super car. The machines were exciting but the skills of the drivers was even more impressive, year on year this just keeps getting better.

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