Man gets all-expense-paid invite to billionaire’s $135,000,000 private racetrack in Bulgaria where the owner ends up fulfilling his dream
Published on Apr 20, 2026 at 4:10 AM (UTC+4)
by Ben Thompson
Last updated on Apr 20, 2026 at 4:10 AM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Emma Matthews
This man got to live the dream when he received an all-expense-paid trip to a billionaire’s $135 million private racetrack in Bulgaria.
Mark McCann is a man renowned for his love of cars – you don’t end up with a $13 million collection without some enthusiasm, right?
But even for a car aficionado like him, this was an epic opportunity.
And it wasn’t just McCann who got to partake in a cool experience – the track’s owner got to make his dream come true too.
Nobody would turn down the opportunity to go to a private racetrack
McCann is the man who has a $13 million car collection – he knows how expensive cars can prove to be.
And that’s not forgetting some of the new cars that he’s accumulated along the way, like this $1.6m McLaren P1.
But even by his lofty standards, the opportunity to race on a billionaire’s private racetrack isn’t one to be missed.

That’s not to say that there wasn’t some trepidation about the trip.
Typing the address into Google Maps brought up a seemingly empty field, which made things seem a little suspicious.
At any rate, McCann and his team decided to take the chance and flew out to Bulgaria, where they got to lay their eyes on the A1 Motor Park.

This whole facility, located at the foot of mountains, was entirely funded by Kalin Peshov, a man with an impressive car collection but nowhere to race them.
And this wasn’t just a mere track either – this place had grandstands, a media center, and pits capable of accommodating tens of thousands of onlookers.

In total, the track has 15 turns and measures four kilometers long.
It was all very, very impressive, but this wasn’t just going to be a big day for Mark – it’d be a big day for Peshov too.
Mark McCann took Kalin for a drive in a very special car
There was one car in his collection that he was particularly excited about driving – a stunning Ferrari Challenge car.

Previously, he’d only been able to drive it in driving simulations.
Now it was time for the real deal.

McCann got to be in the passenger seat, with a literal front-seat view of Peshov’s dream becoming a reality.
To say that Pashov was ecstatic would be a wild understatement.
Letting this Ferrari rip around the track filled him with joy, and McCann was just as happy to be there.
“[Pashov] has dreamt about this so many times, and what an experience I will never forget,” McCann remarked.
It just goes to show that it’s never too late to make your dreams come true.
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Following stints at LadBible, The Sun, The New York Post, and the Daily Mail, Ben joined the team full-time in February 2025. In his role as Senior Content Writer, his sparkling copy, the ability to sniff out a good story at 100 paces, and a GSOH quickly led to him becoming an integral and invaluable member of the writing staff.