The high-performance vehicles that arrived in San Diego in the afternoon and early evening were allegedly involved in Bullrun. The event apparently involves a group of sports cars racing cross-country, according to the CHP.
Late in the afternoon, a group of sports cars including an Audi and Lamborghinis with racing-car type decals began to assemble in a parking lot in the Santa Fe Depot in San Diego. Many more vehicles also arrived afterward at The W Hotel at India and B streets in downtown San Diego.
CHP officials said they had issued some citations but did not say if any arrests had been made.
Thursday’s leg of the race began in Las Vegas on Thursday morning. According to Bullrun’s Web site, the event began in New York on July 21 and is scheduled to end in Los Angeles.
“Bullrun is the most glamorous and high profile of the new breed of high-end ‘luxury lifestyle’ automotive rallies,” according to Bullrun.com. “Each year, a hundred of the world’s premier super-cars embark on the beginning of an invite-only epic eight-day rolling party across the USA, bringing together a celebrity strewn cast of characters and ’petrosexuals’ for an unforgettable adventure, where, the only obligatory goals are to party, drive and enjoy.”
There are several celebrities connected to the race in some way, including Dennis Rodman and “Star Wars” actor Hayden Christensen, according to Bullrun’s Web site.
The Associated Press reported earlier this week that Christensen. was participating in a cross-country driving tour. His 1999 Ferrari reportedly broke down Saturday evening in Syracuse, N.Y.
The 25-year-old actor who played the young Darth Vader in the last two “Star Wars” films called for a tow truck.
Towing service owner Steve Burdick showed up in his flatbed truck but had no idea he was dealing with a famous actor.
Burdick took Christensen and his $125,000 car to Toronto, where the actor grew up. During the eight-hour trip, Burdick said he talked about being a born-again Christian and played a cassette by a Christian motivational speaker.
Burdick said he didn’t find out who Christensen was until they hit the Canadian border, where people asked for his autograph.