• racing news

    Alex Roy, Team Polizei Enter Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series

    Bald, law-breaking road rally drivers will be better represented in Grand Am Sports Car racing this year, Alex Roy, holder of the NY-to-LA driving record, is entering the series. More »
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    Comment by Alex Roy: Guy's com'n...I love a nice jab as much as the next guy who - like me, totally asks for it... 7 Responses | Other threads

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    Garage 419 Debates ZR1 Vs. GT-R, Nurburgring Times Faked?

    In the wake of the 2009 Corvette ZR1's record lap of the Nurburgring, some people are arguing whether the claims made manufacturers are legit. Matt Farah over at Garage419 has sources who claim the tires may have been shaved for more grip. But how much do Nurburgring lap times really matter? If you were choosing between a ZR1 and a GT-R, would you care about 'Ring times? These questions and more, as Matt and cross-continental racer Alex Roy debate the hot topics on Garage419. Video below the jump. More »
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    Comment by Bull By The Horns: I seriously believe that the time difference is solely the drivers skill set and not the automobiles'. more » | Other threads

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    Roy on Letterman

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    Alex Roy on Letterman, Tonight!

    Looks like the writer's strike is really taking a toll. I mean, Alex Roy is going to be on Letterman? Sure, Alex will probably be talking about his book (The Driver which I just picked up — the first chapter rocks... that's all I can honestly say at this point in time) and his flabbergastingly ballsy high-speed, record setting cross country jaunt. But we heard about that on NPR. We're hoping that Dave has Herr Roy drive the Team Polizei M5 onto the stage and perform Stupid Hoon Tricks. Hey, they gotta fill up the time, right? [TeamPolizei144.com]
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  • sema

    Fast Lane Daily Has A Bit Of A SEMA-ture Ejaculation With Chip Foose

    Ashley Van Dyke over at the Lane that's Fast and Daily had a chit-chat today with Chip Foose where she doesn't even ask him what his promotional gameplan for Foosical: The Musical will be. Today's episode also includes a interview of Alex Zanardi by a man who's head is bald like a Gumball, has a last name of Roy and didn't play goalie for Montreal.
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  • speed record

    Why The Transcontinental Driving Record Should Die

    Yes, I'm well aware I may be seen by some as a contrarian voice in the chorus here on Jalopnik today. But, despite the large number of posts, I know I'm not the only one of us who has expressed some misgivings over covering the topic of Alex Roy and Dave Maher's record-breaking sea-to-sea run of 31 hours, 4 minutes. However, after reading comments from some of our readers as well as those elsewhere on the internet, I felt the need to voice some of those thoughts a little more clearly than has yet been expressed. Some may see me as wearing the hater hat, but luckily I've got thick skin, so I think I'll manage. More »
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  • gadgets

    Alex Roy's Transcontinental Record: Gear Rundown

    What manner of electronic gear rests in the cockpit of Alex Roy's bicoastal Bimmer? Roll call: Lots of GPS stuff, scanners, detectors jammers, CBs, thermal camera and monitor and other knick knacks. We're not sure where he put the espresso machine or kitchen gear — but those beluga caviar canapes aren't going to make themselves. [32 Hours 7 Minutes]
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    Comment by banndit: B@saabophile2: The clutch is a weak spot on that series of M5, its good Preventive Maintenance to replace it for... more » | Other threads

  • fast as a shark

    The Other Side of the Wind: The Trials of a Transcontinental Record

    Ahhh, the French champagne has always been celebrated for its excellence! Alex Roy doused with bubbly upon successful breaking of the transcontinental record. More »
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  • question of the day

    How Long Will Roy and Maher's Record Stand?

    In case you missed it, friend to Jalopnik Alex Roy and his co-driver Dave Maher just shattered the intercontinental coast-to-coast speed record by over an hour. Well, they did it a year ago but its the 2000s, man — you gotta wait for the statute of limitations to run out secure the book movie deals before you break something this big. As Davey G points out, Roy and Maher's accomplishment lends even more credence to your collective assertion that the E39 M5 is the greatest M5 of all. On a personal note, I'm totally proud to be laterally associated with record breaking hoon-history. Even though like the rest of the world, I was kept in the dark (Davey told me all about it last night at 2:00 am). But remember what the Romans told their conquering generals; glory fades. As outstanding as Herr Roy's achievement is, how long will the new record stand?
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  • speed record

    Alex Roy's Transcontinental Run: Witness to the Departure

    On the night of October 7, 2006, I'd headed out late, bound for the Manhattan Classic Car Club. Dashing south from the NYC suburbs in my loyal Toyota MR2 Spyder, joyously freezing with the top down, I cursed the sudden brake lights that signaled a command-presence of Westchester County police. Twenty minutes later, I exited at Canal Street in Lower Manhattan, and arced onto Hudson, just feet from the Holland Tunnel to New Jersey. The glare of video lights shown through the club's open garage door, highlighting the outline of a familiar BMW. I'd made it on time by just minutes, keeping my promise to Alex Roy by a toothskin. My obligation to act as an impartial witness to his latest of several attempts to break the coast-to-coast speed record was fulfilled. So why did I have misgivings? More »
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  • speed record

    Alex Roy Reveals Transcontinental Run, Claims Record

    The statutes of limitation are up, and that means Alex Roy can release the media hounds, revealing a secret coast-to-coast run he says he and co-driver Dave Maher accomplished in a record-breaking 31 hours, 4 minutes last October. That revelation corresponds with a blitz including pieces in Wired and Esquire, and a memoir, The Driver: My Dangerous Pursuit of Speed and Truth in the Outlaw Racing World, HarperCollins will release this week. The numbers, Roy says, can be verified by a combination of time-coded video, toll and gas receipts, GPS tracking, eyewitnesses and other empirical info, though won't be certified by the Guinness people, who'd as soon down a cold Budweiser as verify an illegal act. All considered, Roy and Maher apparently bested not only an attempt made earlier this year by Richard Rawlings and Dennis Collins in a Ferrari 550, but also the famed "32:07" David Diem and Doug Turner clocked in a Ferrari 308 during the 1983 US Express run. The drive was also recorded for an upcoming documentary. More to come, including impressions from Spinelli and Johnson [UPDATE: and Wert], later today. (Full disclosure: Jalopnik acted as a third-party witness to the run's departure from Manhattan Classic Car Club in New York on the evening of October 7, 2006 and its arrival at Santa Monica Pier on the morning of October 9, 2006, and agreed not to disclose the trip until now.) [Team Polizei]
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    Comment by dablackitalian: A few questions for everybody... Would a trans-continental record count if it were to be done on a motorcycle? And,... more » | Other threads

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    Polizei on the Londino

    Herr Roy and his compatriot Mister Ross are off to galavant about the Old Country again, this time in an unmarked, mystery-Polizei vehicle (we're guessing that it might be a Continental GTC, but have no conformation from Ross nor Roy on that at this point). The event? The Londino, a transnational treasure-hunt/tour of sorts where men and women of a certain stature travel from London to Portofino merely on a series of hints. If one of the tasks is to bring back Jeff Ott, a la Paul Curran's legendary Benicia treasure hunt immortalized in Cometbus, we'll poop. We'll poop twice if they actually pull it off. [Team Polizei]
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    Comment by Turboner: @Evil Rick Wagoner: I took a date to see that movie. Worst. Mistake. Ever. Didn't get laid, didn't even FEEL... more » | Other threads

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    Herr Roy Goes to E-Town

    During Alex Roy's long association with Jalopnik, we've come to regard his M5 as something of a piece of folk art; a snot-beat, pricey machine that's likely done more of what it was designed to do than just about any other E39 built. Herr Roy, of course, is a showman, and while his steed of choice is generally considered one of the finest cars of the last three decades, it's still a seven-year-old blue sedan. But somehow with the addition of antennae, stickers and Albanian goat-track dust, it becomes something else. It's almost a parody of the CSL Batmobiles in a way, but just as deadly in its own right. Alex and our pals Jeff Musical, Emil Rensing and Rob Ferretti took the M5 and a few other chips of the Bruce block down to Englishtown for the VW/Audi show at Waterfest over the weekend. It was bad enough that Roy showed up in a Bimmer. Worse? Rensing brought his F430. [Team Polizei]
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    Comment by Ray Wert: @yourk: J.F., it's OK. At least one of us knows your name. more » | Other threads

  • transcontinental record

    Transcontinental Documentation With Spinelli and Roy

    On Tuesday, our resident Empire Stater sat down with everyone's favorite Teutonic village person to chat about the difference between a rally and a transcontinental record attempt. Today FastLane Daily's got part two of their conversations, where Alex talks about the problems with irrefutably proving that one has travelled from New York to Los Angeles faster than anyone else, as well as the impact of accidents like the one on the Gumball 3000 on road rallies in general. More »
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    Comment by Turboz: why this roy guy is so upset over the other guy beating the record. why didnt roy try to beat... more » | Other threads

  • transcontinental record

    It's Not a Rally, It's a Race: Spinelli Chats With Alex Roy Regarding Transcon Hijinks

    Herr Roy is getting pretty popular around the FastLane Daily studios, having spoken yesterday on the need for independent verification of the Rawlings/Collins transcontinental record(?). Today, he and Spinelli sat down for part one of a two-part powwow on the ins and outs of the legality of rallying, as well as the inherent supralegality of traveling from New York to Los Angeles at a high rate of speed. More »
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    Comment by FЯeeMan: @Harvey Mushman: I'm with ya there. I didn't get more than about a minute into the interview before the... more » | Other threads

  • gumball 3000

    Montenegro Po-Po Snow Job

    Coming out of Albania after the notorious Commander Kokolari escort incident, Michael Ross put the hammer to the floor of the Polizei M5 and took us down toward the Adriatic, which may well have been the most breathtaking bit of a trip full of face-melting, soul-widdling vistas. Coming into the city of Budva, a 2,500 year-old-burg on the coast, Mister Ross was laying on the throttle while Herr Roy alternated through horn, emergency lights, siren and navigation duties. Then the cops showed up. More »
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    Comment by Davey G.: @Turboner: That's the dirty secret. They were. more » | Other threads

  • transcontinental record

    Transcontinental 144: Alex Roy on the Rawlings/Collins Record Attempt

    The ever-lovin' Herr Roy knows a thing or two about transcontinental control of incontinence in the service of swaths of ground covered in short amounts of time. He's harbored a friendly rivalry with both Richard Rawlings and the Collins Brothers since his first Gumball back in '03. And as a classic business-giver, Alex has laid down his call for third-party verification of the record (which, according to our conversation with Bullrun organizer Andy Duncan earlier today, there is ample evidence of). While refutations have been flying all morning, there are rumors of Rawlings appearing on Jay Leno tonight (which we heard from Bullrunners, but haven't been able to corroborate with our Tonight Show contact), and Andy insists that they "Definitely, definitely, definitely" went. If it all checks out, even given the distance between Darien, CT and Manhattan it sounds like they well-and-truly broke the Cannonball record from '79. Meanwhile, we're waiting for the exact mileage and a route map to see if there's any possible way that they outdrove the Diem/Turner US Express time from '83. – Davey G. Johnson More »
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  • gumball 3000

    Travels With Commander Kokolari

    After a grueling drive from Athens with the Gumball crew, I grabbed three hours of sleep on top of a bathrobe laid down on a hardwood floor in Team Polizei's room at the Tirana Sheraton. The next morning, we were up and at 'em in the face of a cool rain-threatening Albanian morning. Max Cooper informed us that the people of Albania had rebuilt a bridge in anticipation of Gumball's passage and we'd receive a police escort to the border. We headed outside and Herr Roy immediately got to work moving the Polizia Stradale Intercettore into position. What happened next was both pure comedy and slightly frightening. More »
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  • gumball 3000

    The Inverse of Alexander: Istanbul to Athens

    A Phyrgian king had bound a chariot yoke/And Alexander cut the Gordian Knot/And legend said that who untied that knot/He would become the Master of Asia – Iron Maiden
    Upon arrival in Istanbul, we were interned in a VIP lounge at the airport while the government figured out what to do with us. Meanwhile, the gigantic Antonovs bearing the automobiles had been refused permission to land due to the snafu in Germany, leaving us stranded in Turkey while our cars sat hundreds of miles away, having been diverted to the next day's destination of Athens. While most of the rest of the Gumballers hopped a flight to Greece the morning after a party on the edge of the Bosporus, Michael Ross and Alex Roy had arranged for us to hitch a ride with Alikanur and Kemal of the Turkish Taxi team. More »
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    Comment by The Thirteenth Sentry: Ahh... a truly heart-warming story. If only some other Gumballers figured this out sooner than they did, we'd all be... more » | Other threads

  • commentary

    Fast as a Shark: East of Eden: The Fall of the Gumball 3000

    Alex Roy, Gumball organizer Julie Brangstrup and Michael Ross just before the cars are released at at the airport in Athens. More »
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    Gumball 3000 Organizers Answer Team Polizei With Their Own PR Salvo

    The folks running the sticky and gooey road rally are firing back at Team Polizei after they were taken to task over the lack of information provided to the rally participants about the deadly crash in Macedonia. Team Polizei claimed they received no information on the crash at a team meeting the next morning despite rumors swirling of just such an incident. The key note here would be that The G-Ball 3000 leadership doesn't refute the comments made by T.P. — instead merely stating that they waited until Macedonian authorities "confirmed clear details of events and confirmation of the fatality that occurred several hours after the accident on Thursday 3rd May." Considering our own contacts with Macedonian authorities indicate the man reportedly died on the scene, we're confused as to what they mean by that. Also — by singling out Roy and Ross of Team Polizei in the release it seems more like they're lashing out at anyone who's available rather than actually "managing this difficult situation" as is suggested. [Hat tip to Oliver and JF!] – Ray Wert More »
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  • gumball 3000

    Team Polizei Takes On Gumball 3000's Maximillion Cooper Over Hit-And-Run Coverup

    We've been covering the Gumball 3000 and the recent tragedy in Macedonia in a way that may seem to paint the cross-European rally, and all others, with a brush that may be a bit too wide. There are some very cool and very good people who participated in this rally, like our friends at Team Polizei, who appear to run the rally in both good humor and in a way that's safe. These are people looking to have fun and play a role in something cool — they're not seriously treating it like an honest-to-goodness race. It's the people who turn that rally spirit into something akin to a money-making road race endeavor that cause the problems. All objective reports we've seen to this point seem to indicate that after the crash the other night, there was a cover-up of that information in order to not cause cancellation of the event. It would appear that Team Polizei, as well as other drivers, were concerned about these "rumors" they were hearing of a serious accident the night prior and confronted Gumball 3000 organizer Maximillion Cooper. Here's the official statement from Team Polizei:
    "Team Polizei's Alex Roy & Michael Ross feel compelled to challenge Gumball 3000 over the untenable position in which participants were placed.
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  • gumball 3000

    Team Polizei Withdraws From Gumball 3000 After Hearing News Of Deadly Hit-And-Run

    From the TP NYC HQ:
    "In view of events of the past day, Alex Roy and Michael Ross of Team Polizei have withdrawn from the 2007 Gumball Rally. They are driving to Bratislava to thank the fans that have traveled from so far. They will make a further statement at 10.00GMT."
    Also, Davey called. He says he's safe and he'll be meeting up with Team Polizei in Bratislava. – Ray Wert More »
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  • gumball 3000

    Albania! Team Polizei Blows Through Balkans

    After ditching the rented VW Sharan in the birthplace of democracy and retrieving the mighty M5, Herr Roy and Team Polizei chose an alternate and ultimately quicker rock strewn route through the Balkans. Early reports have Team Polizei already sipping Raki in Albania, while the remaining fleet of a 120 or so surviving Gumball entries are currently still on their way up from Athens. – Mike Bumbeck More »
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    Zeus is Angry: Back to Athens in a Sharan

    Reports from the Gumball 3000 have the drivers following the proclamation by Herr Alex Roy that air travel is for squares. Instead of waiting for their cars to come by airplane from Athens in Istanbul, Herr Roy, Jarod DeAnda, and Andrew 'Fly' Tipping are driving from Istanbul to Athens in a rented VW Sharan van. Our man Davey is along for the ride, and phoned in from the 700-mile trip to say once the drivers reach Athens they will reunite with their actual rides and press on to Albania. Sharan pictured not representative of actual van in use. – Mike Bumbeck More »
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  • gumball 3000

    No Istanbul for You!

    After being escorted by Police to Hahn airport and out of Germany this morning, Herr Roy and Master Piloten Ross of Team Polizei abandoned their plan of driving to Istanbul and joined the rest of the Gumballers to travel to Istanbul by air. Or so they thought. Latest reports have the planes carrying the cars diverted to Athens, Greece. Gumball 3000 staff have announced they will be flying the drivers to meet their cars in Athens, and continue their odyssey. – Mike Bumbeck More »
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    Comment by dmcspeedy: @FishingCrue: actually, that was what today's route was supposed to be: Istanbul-Athens, so they knew what they were getting into. more » | Other threads

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    Impounded! German Road Block and Autobahn Police Escort to Airport

    Herr Alex Roy and the team that is not really Poliizei was first to meet actual German Police, who welcomed all Gumballers with a strategically placed road block - complete with floodlights and helicopters. The German Police then handed out legal documents informing the Gumballers that their race was illegal, and impounded all vehicles overnight. A free ten-police-cars-per-Gumballer escort down the autobahn to the airport was provided this morning to insure the racers made it out of Germany and onto Istanbul. Our man Davey is now on the ground in Istanbul and assures us that that it will be a long way back to around Germany later this week. – Mike Bumbeck More »
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  • gumball 3000

    Team Polizei First to Chunnel!

    Even after starting way back in the number ten slot Herr Roy and crew made it down to the Chunnel ahead of the pack. Team Polizei pulled ahead and onto to the under channel train after Team Xzibit pulled over to break out baguettes, brie, and barets. Team Polizei are now underwater and preparing to deal inevitable opposition from the French Police. Groundskeeper Willie was unavailable for comment. – Mike Bumbeck More »
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  • commentary

    Fast as a Shark: No Sleep 'til Lynbrook

    It's 10:46pm California time as I sit down to write this. But I'm not in San Pedro. I'm somewhere near Saint Marks Place in New York City, and the only sounds in the room are the tapping of two Apple keyboards and the rattling dull whine of air filters sucking the cigarette smoke out of the air of a spacious loft replete with a machine gun and a glass-encased model of the Bismarck. On the chairs at the bar hang three jackets, with a black, non-descript number in the middle. To its left is a navy blue Red Kap work jacket with a lakes modified roadster screenprinted across the back, reading "GEARHEAD." To its right hangs a high-visibility orange example sporting a rearing horse patch on the sleeve denoting a foreign police agency. More »
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    Team Polizei's Chariot O' Fire Departs for Gumball 3000

    Herr Alex Roy and the mysterious Jeff Musical, only known as a part-time resident of Hoboken, New Jersey and German car enthusiast, spent the early part of today dropping off the Polizei 144 M5 Interceptor off at an undisclosed dock somewhere on the Eastern Seabord. This sadly means we will not be tooling around NYC this week in what may be the most infamous single BMW in the company's history. On the other hand, it means that what's likely the most insane road-rally car ever constructed will soon be on its way to do what it does best. Schadenfreude, thy name is Team Polizei. Plus, FXXs!– Davey G. Johnson More »
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    Polizei: Team Polizei Not Really Actual Polizei

    In German law enforcement, there is no room for imprecision. Our pal Alex Roy is one highly precise man. Some would say precise to the point of obsession. Anyway, last night he kicked down an e-mail from German law enforcement (in Comic Sans, no less, which we feel is not precise enough for German police), which we've reprinted after the jump. We thought was rather amusing, and we can imagine Herr Roy giggling his ass off when he received it. As we have no interest in the Bundespolizei knocking at our door in the middle of the night, especially the feared Grenzschutzgruppe Eins Vier Vier, we have redacted the officer's name. More »
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    Team Police Officer Arrested by Polizei

    Since we got tipped to this by Thnderblt, Jamillah of tha Beeb and Herr Roy himself, we kind of can't not post it. A 35-year-old G ttengen man was taken in by German authorities for impersonating an officer in a 30-year-old California Highway Patrol car. Apparently, the man was taking the car to Bavaria to sell when he was accosted by the Brucetastic forces of the Osthessen Polizei and booked for outdated registration, impersonating an officer and carrying a replica Smith & Wesson without a permit. But the best part? His ID badge read "T.J. Lazer." Yes! – Davey G. Johnson More »
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    Who Knew Ryan Dunn Could Be a Wrestling Announcer? Gumball 3000 Video

    Our friend Luis Illades once posted a bulletin on Friendster, back during the short-lived Friendster Epoch, that sounded like it should've been read in the Ultimate Telemundo/Traffic Reporter voice. We notified him of this. Bear in mind that Luis is a homosexual punk rock drummer from Tijuana who claims that he makes world-class ceviche, with a total Alta California accent. He wrote back that at one point he actually had worked as a radio traffic reporter on a Spanish-language radio station. Somehow, this did not surprise us in the least. What did surprise us was Jackass star Ryan Dunn (he of "I love cars so much I'll take a toy one in the boonie" fame), in full Duane Allman regalia, narrating the Gumball 3000 TV show in a hyper-gravelly "He's gonna wrap his legs around your torso and give it to ya, give it to ya give it to ya!" tone, the first episode of which is now available via Google Video. More »
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  • novelties

    Hoons of the Day: Polizei 144 Takes Law Enforcement Seriously

    Our pal Alex Roy, meisterkopf behind Team Polizei, has had this video posted up on one of his numerous Polizei-related sites for a while now, and among the rallying cognicenti, it's somewhat the stuff of minor legend. But you know, faking pulling guys over in Lambos never really gets old, does it? We're gonna buy a few cans of black and white Krylon, give the Durango a quick-and-dirty, put on our best Vic Mackey face and head over to Emil Rensing's neighborhood now. Enjoy the video. More »
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  • news

    Bullrun '06: Las Vegas to Lake Havasu

    On an absolutely sweltering, uncharacteristically humid Nevada morning, after a blast to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway with Noah Lehman-Haupt in the SuperSpeeders/Gotham Dream Cars Ford GT, we hopped in the back seat of the Rensing/Nicole Audi A8L, did a quick lap of the Shelby proving ground, and shot off for lunch in Lake Havasu. Click through for the tale. More »
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    Polizei On My Back: Bullrun Finale Party Verit

    Generally, one does not fuck with the Polizei. In this case, we are making an exception. Even German precision can be fouled, as was proven with the ailing front differential in the Los Matadors' Lamborghini Gallardo SE. It can be argued that without an infusion of German precision, the Lambo would never have made the 4,000-plus-mile trek. It can also be blamed on shoddy Italian workmanship. It might also be blamed on the lead feet of Emil and Rory Matador. However, the lack of precision in this photograph of Alex Roy and his film partner Corey could only be blamed on the slow response of Los Jalopnik's shoddy, imprecise Japanese camera's shutter and some yahoo with a couple of fingers to spare. Thanks, Alex, for showing up in LA for the soiree. Respect das Law! More »
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    Bullrun Update: Kansas City

    So the veterans of the Fourth Battle of Bullrun aren't pulling into Manassas, VA tonight, but rather Kansas City, MO, after bombing down from Chicago via Saint Louis, presumably not stopping to check out the legendary screen door of Belleville, IL. Alex Roy has been aggregating anecdotes for us, and after the jump, we aggregate further. More »
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    Bullrun Update: Haller And Ward Need Chicagoland Speed Shop Help

    If anyone out there's got a speed shop in Chicago, or has a buddy who does, Haller and Ward need your help as of right now. They're headed into the City of Big Shoulders with the Stude on Rawlings' trailer, and Kevin thinks he knows what the problem is — the lifters in the Chevy small block are toast. They need to buy a set of solid roller lifters (aka cam followers), (preferably Crower, but brand isn't necessarily important), possibly a set of pushrods, and an intake gasket. If you can help, e-mail davey@jalopnik.com and we'll pass your info on to Kevin Ward. More »
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    Bullrun Update: Canadian Convoy

    As of right now, the Bullrunners are on their way to Chicago after leaving Toronto and heading toward Windsor and Detroit. According to Haller, the Stude is most likely toast after two more cylinders went out. The car is currently on Richard Rawlings' trailer. Speaking of Rawlings, the Texan has picked up another co-driver in the form of William Woo, whose yellow Murcielago took a dirt nap on the first stage, much as it did on the Bonneville Salt Flats during last year's rally. More »
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    Bullrun Update: Ford GT First into Toronto

    We just received an update from Mister Roy in New York, who hasn't slept since Thursday and bombed out to the Poconos and back this afternoon. At 6:58 EDT, the Ferretti/Lehmann-Haupt Ford GT pulled up at the Toronto Hilton, with the Tove Christensen Porsche Turbo in lukewarm pursuit, arriving roughly 30 minutes later. The above photo was shot by a man named Hovik. The Ward/Haller team is near Niagra Falls with one cylinder out. More »
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