Headed for sleep, blessed sleep. Then press interviews...

Dan and Dennis crossed the Missippi at 5:27 am local, and arrived at the Ritz-Carlton St Louis. Very, very nice hotel. The best hotel bed I've experienced; alas, only got about 2 hours of sleep. Some TV stations and the Post-Dispatch came over to do some stories, so we lost some time chatting at the Ritz. But worthwhile, as it's all great fun.



Parked at the entrance of the Ritz-Carlton. We had sent the McLaren F1 and the transporter ahead, as we expected that we might be crossing MO and KS a bit, uh, faster than them.




Dan the man.



Full open. Wow.

Finally getting on the road! Long cannonball run to St Louis

We left Bayonne NJ at 4:30 pm, just in time to catch the start of rush hour. Grrr. We averaged 45 mph for NJ and the first part of PA, not great.

The interestate in Western PA had some interesting roads cutting through the mountains, but then we hit Ohio and it became flaaaaaaat. Given Ohio's reputation, our average speed, uh, dropped.



We each did a 300+ mph stint, then the stints got shorter. 973 miles between the warehouse and the Ritz Carlton, St Louis.



The heads-up-display projects the speed (and engine RPM, lateral G's, etc.) onto the windshield, so it appears to be floating on the road above you. The dash contains a Magnetti Marelli race car dash display (used in the Ferrari FXX).



Gourmet dinner at 4:00 am somewhere in Indiana.