Fireball Tim spent a day filming recently at Club Sportiva in conjunction with Autobytel and MyRide.com. Actually, the crew filmed from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm. That’s a long day on camera! They must have chewed through several batteries with their various cameras. It was certainly fun but grueling work, too. Being mic’d all day with people listening in on everything you say can create some awkward moments. After a while you forget the mic is on, but we won’t elaborate on that specifically… 😉

Fireball Tim, for those who don’t know him or his brand, Fireballed, is a lively television and brand personality. He’s a bit irreverent, with some crazy off-the-wall questions which you can rather glean simply by the photos. He is also a rabid car nut, through and through, so we hit it off immediately. Fireball is actually his first name by the way. Yes, I verified it. After all day saddled up in some exotic cars, I had a great opportunity to talk with Fireball about all of his projects that keep him passionately involved and very busy while sharing my similar experiences with Club Sportiva.

So, among other projects, Fireball has going is modifying Mini Coopers with copious amounts of horsepower. We are talking 400 – 600 hp in a front drive Mini. Nutty, and hard to control he confesses. And yes, he makes the most powerful Mini Coopers out there that make the JCW version look down right diluted. Image a Mini Cooper with 600 hp. Scary fun!

Fireball and I drove a number of cars during the shoot. He drove the Ferrari F430, Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder and Bentley Continental GT extensively, while putting in some wheel time with the Maserati Spyder, Aston Martin DB9 Volante and Lotus Elise. We’ll have to see which he liked most based on the final edited version of the show due out shortly, but I think he liked the Gallardo best based on his feedback.

One of Fireball Tim’s best online features is his segment called Auto Disection, where he analyzes the design of some current autos. His is an alum from the famous auto-design-mecca in Pasadena – the Art Center. You can see a few of his critiques on www.myride.com. I recommend watching his take on the Audi R8, BMW 1-Series and the Cadillac CTS Coupe. He also has a hilarious segment on Lombard Street with a Go Car.

Once they complete the editing of our segment and the piece goes live on MyRide.com, I’ll post it! Thanks Fireball for spending a couple days in San Francisco and taking time to visit Club Sportiva.