<![CDATA[Jalopnik: Team Polizei]]> http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: Team Polizei]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/team polizei http://jalopnik.com/tag/team polizei <![CDATA[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 »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5215308&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[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] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=342390&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[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? More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=310884&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[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] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=291828&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[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] More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=282396&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[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 »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=260659&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[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 »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=260358&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[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 »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=259958&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[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 »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=259558&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Team Polizei Found Fund to Benefit Family of Gumball Crash Victims]]> Our pals at Team Polizei have pledged $10,000 toward the creation of a fund to benefit the family of Vladimir and Margarita Cepuljoski, the couple who died after an accident involving Gumballers Nick Morley and Matthew McConville last week in Macedonia. Other ralliers have expressed interest in helping the Cepuljoskis' relatives after the tragedy, so the Polizei stepped up and are organizing just such an effort. Interested in helping out? click here to donate. – Davey G. Johnson More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=258691&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The DAF Looked at Jonny: Trans-Europe Express]]> Ever make the perfect purchase? It doesn't matter whether it costs ten million dollars or six euros, it's something you simply must own, and if it's remotely within your wherewithal to do so, you are helpless to resist. Such was the case with this suction-cupped DAF banner meant for the windshield of a long-haul truck. We employed it in various fashions from the point we picked it up at a Hellenic truck stop. In fact, we slept with it last night. We expect the Loverman to shoot us in a fit of jealous rage in the time it takes between the moment this post goes up and the far end of the E.T. between the endpoints of the 110 freeway. Sorry, Loverman, you lengthy lothario you. We await our demise. Bis später! (Note, one of these photos might be NSFW.) – Davey G. Johnson More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=258472&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[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 »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=258147&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[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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]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=258031&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[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 »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=257532&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[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 »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=249104&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[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 »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=217466&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[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 »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=193203&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Official Gumball 3000 Update #3: Team Polizei In Ze Lead!]]> Well we've got our third official update from John-Francis Musial , the "official" Team Polizei Correspondent, as reported to him by Balla' Polizei Team Captain Alex Roy, currently on ze road. It all sounds so exciting — but not so much for one of us, who's stuck in a Bruegger's Bagel in lovely East Lansing, MI — now with free wifi! The report's after the jump, but remember to keep checkin' back in with us for all of your semi-official Gumball 3000 updates. And look ma, we even have a mini-site for the Gumball 3000 for y'all to keep hittin' refresh on (for ze non-technically inclined) or a pretty li'l tag to drop into your rss reader (for all you techno-geeks out there). More »
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