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Ashley Van Dyke Is NOT Driving A Corvette ZR1 In The Bullrun
A quick glance at the very graphical press release from Ashley Van Dyke, the motor-loving mistress of the Bullrun TV show, and you'll think perhaps she'll be driving the new $413,000 ($105,000 minus dealer markup) and 638 HP 2009 Chevy ZR1 in this week's Bullrun road rally. It's hard not to. It's right there at the top of the press release. For a moment there we thought maybe Chevy was throwing down the ZR1 for some road rallying hype — like the Z06 before it for the Frankl twins. A quick e-mail to Chevy was enough to tell us they certainly didn't give her one and according to our friends at GTSpirit, we've found out what she is driving. They tell us the lovely lady's driving a Corvette Z06. While the Z06 is a blast to drive, we don't think it's quite the horsepowergasm of the upcoming ZR1. Mostly because it's not so powerful we're simultaneously pissing our pants and giggling like a schoolgirl at the thought of getting behind the wheel. So, while there's no ZR1 on the 'run, self-promotion is still running rampant. Hit the jump to see the press release in its entirety. [Ashley Van Dyke, Bullrun]
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Remember That Badass Bullrun Daytona? It's Been Replaced With A Fusion
The flat-black bucket of badass that is the "Project ANGRIER" '69 Dodge Daytona replica, built to dominate this years Bullrun, has managed to throw snake-eyes only two days into the rally. For all the work that went into the car, a wheel failure has forced its retirement. But that hasn't stopped the driver from continuing on in the challenge — in a Ford Fusion rental car. We can't help but imagine the disappointment of going from rip-snorting rally dominator to staid family sedan that returns 25 MPG even while bouncing off the 111 MPH rev limiter. [Cardomain]
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CarDomain Doing 2008 Bullrun With "Project ANGRIER," Looks Angry
If you had to pick a car for the Bullrun long-distance rally, a 500-plus-HP, 200-MPH-top-end, 600-mile-range 1969 Dodge Daytona with A/C and cruise control dubbed "ANGRIER" would not be the worst choice in the world. Actually, it would be a pretty damn badass one, and that's just the ride CarDomain's Mike Musto will be piloting during this year's version of the running Bull. Does this make it a raging Bull? In any case, totally sweet choice guys. The 2008 Bullrun will be kicking off in a couple days on June 20th and run for seven days from Calgary to Phoenix. So look for updates in the near future.[CarDomain Blog and Project Page]
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UPDATE: Bullrun TV Show NOT Cancelled, Countless Dozens NOT Mourning
One of those countless dozens of flower-bearing and red-eyed mourners is none other than Team Polizei's Alex Roy. The man definitely has a point — the Bullrun TV show was totally better than Fox's quickly canceled Drive. So if you're looking for faux rally on TV, you'll have to resort to snagging them off of iTunes or some sites providing torrents of bits. Although good luck finding it at the latter, as even the bay of pirates only comes up with a History Channel documentary on the Civil War. UPDATE:Bullrun folks claim they're still in negotiations with Spike TV on season two. It would appear Team Polizei's sources are as good as one would expect — from pro wrestling web sites. [gumball144.com]
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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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The Clamp Came Down in Georgia: Bullrun Lunch at the Cop Shop
Pal of the Jalop and the first woman ever to be arrested on Bullrun, Annabelle Frankl was taping and riding shotgun when a whole gang of the the ralliers (including their #144 Z06) were pulled over with the drivers taken off in the paddywagon. While Annabelle and Nick aren't paddies (rather Brits of Hungarian extraction), Miss Frankl went and picked up some burgers with all beef patties for the jailhouse rockers. Vomitation was not reported, although we imagine there was a bit of nausea involved. Traffic stop before the jump, aftermath after.More »
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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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Rawlings and Collins on their Transcon Record Attempt
Richard Rawlings and Dennis Collins sit down with Bullrun's Rory Camangian for the first segment of what's apparently a four-part interview. They cover the issue of fatigue, their bet with Jay Riecke and prepping the car. Interestingly enough, although Bullrun has posted the methods used to prove that Rawlings and Collins indeed did sprint from Manhattan to Redondo in 31:59, they still haven't answered our question: what was the mileage covered? Along with airing the actual proof, it's the other piece in the puzzle required to tell if they incontrovertibly beat 32:07 by eight minutes or not. More »
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The Bullrunners Try to Take Their Love to Town, Cops Tell Them, 'Don't.'
We just heard from Annabelle Frankl, the first woman ever to get arrested on the Bullrun, that a pack of around 25 ralliers were rolling through a wooded area in the Peach State at around 125 mph. When they emerged from the engorged thicket, the police were waiting in the median and picked off the whole group. The drivers were loaded into the paddy wagon and hauled off while the co-pilots were allowed to follow. A balk on the part of a tow-company owner meant that the cars weren't impounded. Meanwhile, a passel of Bullrunners, including Nick "Now-see-uh und Vomitation" Frankl, were charged with an $1,150 fine. The furriners faced no license penalties, but the American drivers had their driving privileges yanked for a day. Message to devils attempting to speed through the Bandit's home state: carry a Euro license and a few large in cash. More »
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Lisa Nowak Set to Challenge Rawlings and Collins
Hoping to best her diapered 12-hour 936 mile blast from Houston to Orlando, former astronaut Lisa Nowak is set to break the transcontinental driving record set mere minutes ago by Richard Rawlings and co-pilot Dennis Collins. Quick math indicates that with prodigious use of diapers and by increasing velocity, Nowak should be able to handily set a new record in her specially prepared Kia Rio. More »
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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. More »
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Did Rawlings and Collins Break the Transcontinental Record?
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Texas Duo Claims to Have Broken 1979 Cannonball NYC To LA Run
Bearded Bullrun impresario Richard Rawlings and co-pilot Dennis Collins claim to have broken the famous 1979 Cannonball Run time from New York City to Los Angeles of 32 hours and 51 minutes. According to a release, the two bet rival Jay Riecke they could beat the time in their 2007 Bullrun entry, a black Ferrari 550 (pictured below the jump), modified with extra fuel cells. The final time is a claimed 31 hours and 59 minutes, which has yet to be independently verified. Rawlings and Collins are now on their way down to Key West where they hope to beat the rest of the Bullrun rally down to the finish.More »
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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
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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. More »
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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. More »
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