Spirit of Bullrun Award - Team CBGB - Richard Rawlins and Dennis Collins, our two favourite Texans put in another virtuoso performance. At the start line in Montreal the took a bet from Mr Angry to see if they could beat the long standing New York to Los Angeles record....and Jared Riecke for $50,000... The promptly took on the challenge and drove 31 hours non stop to beat the old Cannonball record in Los Angeles. They shipped their car to Savannah, Georgia to rejoin the Bullrun and got on an aeroplane to fly back and joing the rally...Did we mention they also put their car on a DC6 plane from Miami to fly it to Key West too...??

BOM - Bullrun Order of Merit - British Idiots - Paul Waters and Shawn Taylor. They couldn't get their fully WRC Renault car into Canada so they rented a 10 ton U-Haul truck for the start of the rally. Once over the border they continued in the Renault until they broke down. What next? They hired a Crosffire each (full liability coverage) and drove them into the ground..

BOM - Bullrun Order of Merit - Oh Canada!. Our Candian husband and and wife duo, Kristine and Kevin Andrews are amongst the nicest two people you will meet and they know how to rally. Their full rally prepped Porsche 928 managed to catch fire on the freeway so they did what anyone who owns an investment bank would do in those circumstances - have your staff deliver you the Ferrari..brilliant.

JVC Navigator Award.

1st Place - Claus Ettensberger, Team CEC. In his Novotech Porsche Cayenne Claus' rally plan was nothing short of rally blitzkreig..Der Kaiser as he is referred to also swapped his car out on the final leg for a powerboat (das boot..) for the final leg into Key West.

2nd Place - Team Riecke, Jared Riecke and Byron Burkhardt, Mercedes 600 Rentech. After a solid 3rd place performance in '06 these two Bayou boys are fast becoming everyones favourites. There is nothing they won't do to gain one upmanship in Bullrun. Rent a DC6 and fly a plane, no problem. Have a $50,000 bet (and pay it..), no problem. Pay large amounts of money to the po-po, no problem. Also known as Riecke Bobby...

3rd Place - Team Audi, Adam Levinson and Wije. Driving their stealth Audi RS4 these 'nubees' to the rally in 07 from New York did rather well and were on their game all week. They do not like waiting for a route card...

CEC Slickest Wheels Award.

Team Darkcyd Racing - Peter Kolb and Bulent Akaya - Mercedes CLK DTM. Two great guys hailing from Germany and Turkey respectively show the international falvour of Bullrun. We're not even sure if their car was street legal but we all loved it anyway!

Shelby Performance Award.

Team Twins - Nicholas and Annabelle Frankl, Corvette Z06. The only thing that makes Nick Frankl move quicker than being on a track is asking him to buy you a drink..once again another fine perfoamnce from Messrs Frankl..

Lotus Performance Award

Team 13, Michael Schwab and Jason Weiss, Ferrari 430. The 'Schwabster' was a 'nubee' to Bullrun but the guy can drive as much as his co-pilot can party...hard and long. Great track performance and was only hampered en-route by 3 flat tires...our advice, keep off the hard shoulder.

2006: New York to Los Angeles

The guy (or gal) who most encapsulates the spirit of the whole event - attitude, style, driving. The ’Spirit of Bullrun’ Award, Team L4YUK -Paul ’Matador’ Waters and ’Handsome’ Pete ’Spaceman’ Dingle. The boys from the UK, shipped their very rare 340R Lotus from the UK, got it out of customs just in time, and drove in every weather condition imaginable without a roof..never, ever complained.

For those individuals who were always sent to bed early as kids and now just don’t know when to say ’no’..The ’Style Award’ - Uncle Frank, the Legend and the Chaos boys, Abi, Omar and Tarun. They brought a 45’ tour bus, two cars and four lades with them.... always the life and soul of the party. Only hiccup.... that strip search of Uncle Frank by the PD..now where’s that cushion to sit on..?

The ’Try Hard Award’ - Rory Camangian. Dressed like a matador all week..though most thought he was a 200 pound mouse and part of Team Disney.. However, as part of Team Los Matadors, he had Pamplona style runners in front of his car in Times Square.. Legendary! One of the great all time road-trip blog writers with partner Emil Rensing.

The Magnaflow ’Hot 1/4’ Award - for the quickest time over the 1/4 mile at Great Bend, Kansas. The winners, Team Chris, newcomers again to Bullrun. Christian Briggs and Christopher Roundtree in the quick as hell Porsche.