Bullrun 2007: Mother's Day Morning Running With The Bulls

We made it out of Boston this Mother's Day morning at what seemed like the crack o' dawn. In reality, it was like 9:00 AM. It just felt much earlier due to the pounding headache from the debauchery of the night prior but whatevs, as you can see — by the time the Team #70 Escalade made it to the lineup, we were already 7 or 8 cars in the hole. And don't even get us started on Team Twins. The Frankls must have been up late celebrating Annabelle's come-from-behind best-of-three pool victory of the night before, and didn't make it to the starting line until well after our car had already been released. But never fear, as you can see from the second gallery, they caught up quickly to our lumbering beast of burden and even helped us cock block out the Brabus-tuned Mercedes to give us our first — and only — lead of the day as we rallied our way to Long Island via the New London Ferry. – Ray Wert More »

Girls Go Wild Over Bullrun; La Femme Frankl Kicks Wert's Ass In Pool

On top of the fast cars, Bullrun's also known for the fast women — but other than a few like the lovely Annabelle Frankl, they're normally not drivers. Usually, they're just a bunch of ladies with a penchant for wildness — drawn to the fast action and even faster dropping of bills at the bar. Once in a while however those girls are of the professional variety — like those hosting the Bullrun Beantown party last night, where we partied it up with some real Girls Gone Wild. Other than their choice of dress, they were rather tame, so we participated in a touch of the wildness ourselves, ending up playing one of the more liquored-up games of pool we've yet experienced. It's the only reason we're able to come up with for why Ms. Frankl was able to school us yesterday in both driving and billiards. Yeah, well — at least we told ourselves that to help us sleep last night. Judge for yourself while we run with the rest of the bulls this morning. – Ray Wert More »

The Bullrun Is Here! The Bullrun Is Here!

Yup, we're in Boston now. Team Twins have been reunited — everything is all peachy keen. While we decompress a bit after an exciting and exhausting day, we've put together some of the sights and livery of the first day of the Bullrun — or at least the morning of the first day. We'll have the full story up soon to explain things like why there's a #23 Budget Rent-A-Truck, or how the Team Twins Z06 ended up in the pole position of the "starting grid." But for the time being, feast your eyes on the appetizer that is the raw and uncensored galleries below. – Ray Wert More »

Bullrun 2007: The Bullrun Is Coming! The Bullrun Is Coming!

We've got two Frankls coming by land, none by sea — one Frankls gotten to the checkpoint, while another's just trying to avoid a coronary from my inability to capture a picture of a "moose crossing" sign. But fear not, all is now well — as evidenced above, I finally did get the picture. It'll serve as proof that we've now passed into the lovely, picturesque and granitasmic state of New Hampshire on our way to Boston. We've also picked up a team of two Japanese gentlemen behind us in their Porsche 911 who seem to have blown out their passenger side front tire, and are now following, spare on the wheel, as we meander through the scenic byways of the great Northeast on our way to reunite the disparate halves of "Team Twins." – Ray Wert More »

Bullrun 2007: We're In Vermont, Meow!

We've picked up Annabelle in the Escalade — and she's taking the wheel as we head through Vermont to Conway, New Hampshire to meet up with her big (by 20 minutes) brother. We'll have pictures up from earlier at the start of the race shortly. So sit back for a while, meow, and be entertained. – Ray Wert More »

Bullrun 2007: Paris Hilton's A No-Show In Montreal!

We didn't see her last night at the pre-party, and now we're hearing TMZ's reporting that Paris won't be here for the kick-off of the 2007 Bullrun. Apparently that doesn't exclude her from the rest of the stops in the rally, but she won't be here in Montreal today. While we're somewhat ambivalent, we know all of you probably have something you want to add. – Ray Wert More »

Bullrun 2007: What Will Wert Drive?

Ok, we saw what Nicholas and Annabelle's whip'll be — but that's only two seats. How am I going to provide the full width and breadth of pageantry and lifestyle coverage you're expecting? Well — as I've never always said — if you're gonna ride, you've got to ride in playa' style. Because with this bad boy, I'll be covering the Bullrun from one helluva odd place — last place. But whatevs, I'll do it as ostentatiously as humanely possible, because that's what I'll be rolling in, and be the team driver for — the #70 Cadillac Escalade ESV. Riding shotgun for me will be Nathalie Ramirez of Player magazine — you know, to expand upon the ostentatiousness. – Ray Wert More »

Bullrun 2007: Annabelle, Your Big Brother's Comin' To Getcha!

This is Nicholas Frankl. Nicholas Frankl is sad. Why is Nicholas Frankl so sad? Nicholas is sad because his twin sis Annabelle is across the border in the land of the stars n' bars while Nicholas parties it up here in the land o' the red maple leaf. But fear not sweet Annabelle, your big brother (by 20 minutes) is on his way shortly to pick you up in a chariot pulled by 505 horses. That's right — Nicholas is piloting the 2007 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 — one year removed from the 2006 model Davey watched them drive last year. Here's some sneaky spy shots we took of the Team Twin 'vette for you before the opening of the race rally tomorrow morning. – Ray Wert More »

Jalopnik Takes The Bullrun By The Horns

In case you're not doing anything over the weekend — feel free to come join Wert on a little adventure he'll be taking following some friends in a Chevy Corvette Z06 as they have some fun rallying from Montreal to Key West. That's right — our Senior Editor's already up in the tundra of Montreal and starting tomorrow morning at around 9 AM, he'll be kicking it with the "Road Rally Royalty" of Annabelle and Nicholas Frankl, providing live coverage all weekend as they take the bull by the horns. So come and run with Wert this weekend, and keep refreshing your web browser on our special Bullrun tag to catch the sights, the sounds, the parties — and maybe even some of the cars if he gets the time. Or if you're one of the tech-savvy, there's always the RSS feed to keep you up-to-date.