Bullrun 2007 - WE'RE BACK!!

[MrAngry]

[SIZE=2]Guys let me just start by saying that the reality show was a great experience and we truly did have a blast. HOWEVER the real Rally is on a whole different level. Now, there are people out there with money and then there are people out there with MONEY.

The majority of these Bullrunners have MONEY. I think I was by far the poorest person there. We showed up with the Charger, gas money and some tools. These guys brought 18-wheelers hauling back-up cars (like and extra Ferrari and or Porsche). It was simply nuts.

One thing I do have to say though is that the people on the rally were some of the NICEST folks I've ever met. There were extremely generous nice people who really had a love of cars regardless of what they drove. The experience as a whole was amazing. Think about it, where else are you going to get the opportunity to run your 39 year old hardware against some the greatest supercars the world has to offer. It was amazing and at times Pete and Myself would just look at eachother in amazement.

We covered just over 2800 miles in one week and I have to say that the Charger ran PERFECT. It didn't burn a drop of anything even after we beat the nuts off it on 3 different race tracks. We ran behind Ferrari's, in front of Lamborghini's in back of Porsche's... it was really pretty nuts. Every stop we came to people just went ga ga over the car. Some people saw it on TV and noticed it right away, others just were amazed that a 39 year old car competed against these brand new supercars. Either way though, the Charger was probably the most popular car on the rally which was a REALLY cool feeling.

Our aquilles heal... fuel. We ran the stock 19 gallon tank which just wasn't enough - but no worries as we'll be back next year with fuel cell new dynamat'ed interior and A/C (cause' it was REALLY hot in Key West). Plus, we'll be doing some more motor work as we really need more power. Otherwise though it was one of the best experience I've ever had.

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[Ralph LoGrasso]

< Jealous! Looks like an unbelievable time, Mike!!! It's hard to imagine people brining a "backup" ferrari or porsche. Damn! Where did you place?

[6'9"Witha69]

Congrats on both rallyes!! Sounds like a LOT of fun.

[LMDGUY]

THATS WAY COOL.. Im glad you and the car survived the rally

[Steve1968LS2]

Very Cool!

So, did you get a ticket at the beginning when the cop pulled you aside for doing the burn out? lol (gotta love youtube)

Sounds like you had a great time and the the Charger represented the classic car sect well!

[StRacerDuke]

Sweet! That's awesome. I've been following it as much as I could via internet blogs. I would have met up with you in Boston provided I didn't have to go to a wedding in NY that weekend. (It's an easy walk from my apt. to the Intercontinental). Next time...

[ProdigyCustoms]

Congratulations. And OK, I will ask, who are the babes?

[MrAngry]

The babes... Kristine Elezaj (http://www.myspace.com/kristineelezaj) who is a pop singer and Jennifer Nicole who was one of the Flag Girls from the show...

Both are absolute sweethearts and great drivers to boot... impressive right.

[Steve1968LS2]

The babes... Kristine Elezaj (http://www.myspace.com/kristineelezaj) who is a pop singer and Jennifer Nicole who was one of the Flag Girls from the show...

Both are absolute sweethearts and great drivers to boot... impressive right.

Oh sure, ignore my question ;)

How big of a tank would you like in the car?

[hotrdblder]

i hope you beat up on the fake ferrari gto, i mean nissan that got in the bullrun

[MrAngry]

Sorry about that Steve... actually I made it through the entire Bullrun ticket free. We got nicked in Rhode Island for doing 70 in a 45 - the officer pulled a bunch of us over. We we're leading, followed by an Ferrari F430, 911 Carrera 4S and a 77' Trans Am... the officer came up to us and said: "Hey are you Mr. Angry?"... "Yes, sir... indeed I am".. and he let us go... SCHWING! We also got a great pic with him

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As for fuel... I need like a 35 gallon cell or something close as I have now been bit by the rally bug and WILL have this car in the Bullrun next year and possibly even the La Carrera Panamericana (http://www.panamrace.com/). The Charger is old enough and honestly, this is EXACTLY why I have this car... to enjoy the nuts off it and I'll be damned if am I not going to do that. Peter Bergman are I are already talking about how to make the Charger into a full fledge long range rally car.

The Bullrun was a great learning experience, both the show and the Rally, but now we have a pretty good idea of what we need to be competitive so I think the build-up will begin fairly shortly. Plus it will be nice to be able to REALLY roll with some of these big money guys... :usa:

[FoxGranadaChuck]

Mr. Angry, I for one am glad that you guys did well in the actual Bullrun rally from Montreal to Miami. I am also glad to hear that you did not have the driveability issues that plagued you on the TV show!

Yep, nothing like a classic Charger to take on the world's best exotic cars!!!

[Chad-1stGen]

So I assumed that the TV Bullrun finalists got the entry fee waved for the real Bullrun?

You planning on laying out some of those entry fees again next year? Maybe your car is good enough press to get in for free :P

[ponchopwr70]

Hey Mr. Angry nice car. I enjoyed watching that car on Bullrun. Where in Rhode Island did they get you? The staties are usually pretty good over here. Its kind of funny that you live in Astoria, my company has a job site that I go to about every month in astoria.

[BonzoHansen]

Cool. Looky, a 2nd gen 'chicken!

Is there anything else you can do for mileage (carb/timing/gears/etc.)? Heavy metal needs to win!!

[Rybar]

Mike have you thought of going EFI with your motor after the show?

Sounds like alot of fun, great pics and keep us posted when you enter more rallys.

BTW did I mention that i love your Charger? lol

[zbugger]

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2nd guy from the left is my boss' son. His name is Bob. He was really excited to be involved in the event. I'm jealous of all you guys who were able to do it.

[CraigMorrison]

Sorry about that Steve... actually I made it through the entire Bullrun ticket free. We got nicked in Rhode Island for doing 70 in a 45 - the officer pulled a bunch of us over. We we're leading, followed by an Ferrari F430, 911 Carrera 4S and a 77' Trans Am... the officer came up to us and said: "Hey are you Mr. Angry?"... "Yes, sir... indeed I am".. and he let us go... SCHWING! We also got a great pic with him

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As for fuel... I need like a 35 gallon cell or something close as I have now been bit by the rally bug and WILL have this car in the Bullrun next year and possibly even the La Carrera Panamericana (http://www.panamrace.com/). The Charger is old enough and honestly, this is EXACTLY why I have this car... to enjoy the nuts off it and I'll be damned if am I not going to do that. Peter Bergman are I are already talking about how to make the Charger into a full fledge long range rally car.

The Bullrun was a great learning experience, both the show and the Rally, but now we have a pretty good idea of what we need to be competitive so I think the build-up will begin fairly shortly. Plus it will be nice to be able to REALLY roll with some of these big money guys... :usa:

Too F'n cool! Dude I gotta buy you a brew and hear the whole story! I've got the bug and haven't been on a rally (yet) LaCarerra would be amazing! I've talked to a few guys who have done it and they have all said its absolutely incredible. Nice to get a pic of Rawling's car. Can't believe they broke the NY to LA record in 31h 59m!!!!!!!!!! Was that the buzz of the event? Awesome, absolutely awesome.

We had a big dollar guy come in for a shop tour on Friday and was talking about doing the Bullrun in their Brabus S65 Mercedes - with matching high dollar transporter for backup. Offered space in the trailer if we wanted to go. Just need the 17 large for the entry fee.........

[68firebird]

Sorry about that Steve... actually I made it through the entire Bullrun ticket free. We got nicked in Rhode Island for doing 70 in a 45 - the officer pulled a bunch of us over. We we're leading, followed by an Ferrari F430, 911 Carrera 4S and a 77' Trans Am... the officer came up to us and said: "Hey are you Mr. Angry?"... "Yes, sir... indeed I am".. and he let us go... SCHWING! We also got a great pic with him

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As for fuel... I need like a 35 gallon cell or something close as I have now been bit by the rally bug and WILL have this car in the Bullrun next year and possibly even the La Carrera Panamericana (http://www.panamrace.com/). The Charger is old enough and honestly, this is EXACTLY why I have this car... to enjoy the nuts off it and I'll be damned if am I not going to do that. Peter Bergman are I are already talking about how to make the Charger into a full fledge long range rally car.

The Bullrun was a great learning experience, both the show and the Rally, but now we have a pretty good idea of what we need to be competitive so I think the build-up will begin fairly shortly. Plus it will be nice to be able to REALLY roll with some of these big money guys... :usa:

WOW, he must have been a big fan. Most RI cops have huge egos and are real dicks. Do you remember what route you took through RI? I was hoping to hear when you guys were coming through so I could maybe see you's and snap some photos of you all goin by but I had no idea if you were gonna go 95 or some other route.

[FoxGranadaChuck]

Spreading the love.....


LOL

[CraigMorrison]

Hey Mr. Angry, what's the story behind Richard Rawlings team name CBGM?????

[MrAngry]

Craig - where are you from? I ask because there were 2 Brabus Cars on the show, one was a CL600 and the other was new Mercedes SUV something or other. As for "CBGM" on the Ferrari, that stands for "Collin's Brothers Gas Monkey" - Dennis Collins owns the Ferrari I believe and Richard Rawlings owns Gas Monkey Garage. They had announced they were going to break the record in Montreal at the start of the Bullrun... then went and did it. It was pretty cool. The Ferrari was a bone stock 550 Maranello with fuel cell and extra spare, that was it. Everyone was sitting around the night before in at the bar at the Ritz Carlton and they were discussing if the record could be broken - Rawlings thought it could be and Jay Rieke bet him 50k that he couldn't do it... so that's how it started.

And yes, to win the rally Rawlings and Team Rieke actually loaded there cars on a DC3 and flew them to Key West from Miami...

For those interested in doing the rally, I have to say that it was really an amazing experience.

I can guarentee you will drive harder and faster that you ever have especially when you wind up in a pack of about 20 cars, the trick is to know when to pull the reigns back as it is VERY easy to get caught up in the "speed" portion of this thing.

Honestly I don't remember the route through RI - we followed a route car that was given to us... big mistake as it took a LONG time. After that we just hung with the atlas and did just fine.

[TheMonkey]

.... at the bar at the Ritz Carlton and they were discussing if the record could be broken - Rawlings thought it could be and Jay Rieke bet him 50k that he couldn't do it..

pretty standard really

[FoxGranadaChuck]

Craig - where are you from? I ask because there were 2 Brabus Cars on the show, one was a CL600 and the other was new Mercedes SUV something or other. As for "CBGM" on the Ferrari, that stands for "Collin's Brothers Gas Monkey" - Dennis Collins owns the Ferrari I believe and Richard Rawlings owns Gas Monkey Garage. They had announced they were going to break the record in Montreal at the start of the Bullrun... then went and did it. It was pretty cool. The Ferrari was a bone stock 550 Maranello with fuel cell and extra spare, that was it. Everyone was sitting around the night before in at the bar at the Ritz Carlton and they were discussing if the record could be broken - Rawlings thought it could be and Jay Rieke bet him 50k that he couldn't do it... so that's how it started.

And yes, to win the rally Rawlings and Team Rieke actually loaded there cars on a DC3 and flew them to Key West from Miami...

For those interested in doing the rally, I have to say that it was really an amazing experience.

I can guarentee you will drive harder and faster that you ever have especially when you wind up in a pack of about 20 cars, the trick is to know when to pull the reigns back as it is VERY easy to get caught up in the "speed" portion of this thing.

Honestly I don't remember the route through RI - we followed a route car that was given to us... big mistake as it took a LONG time. After that we just hung with the atlas and did just fine.

Did you have similiar mechanical issues that you had in the latter part of the TV series?!

[FoxGranadaChuck]

Mr. Angry, were there any really unusual cars that were part and parcel of the real Bullrun rally?! I am thinking of something along the lines of a Ford Fairmont or an AMC Gremlin.

Merely curious.

[MrAngry]

Believe me, it was pretty wild to be sitting the bar with these guys talking about if the record could be beaten. I'm a Holiday Inn guy, not a Ritz-Carlton guy, so just being there in and of itself was pretty wild. Then to hear these guys seriously disscussing the possibilty of breaking the record was a very interesting experience, then having them doing it was great, because I had just witnessed automotive history from start to finish.

The Charger was absolute rockstar on this trip. The car ran perfect and I mean PERFECT!! Myself and Pete literally smiled and laughed the whole way. Not only did we maintain a speeds in excess of 95mph for 2800 miles, but we took the car to 3 separate road courses, beat the BALLS of it then continued to drive it at 95+ mph for another however many thousands of miles. I have never been so happy to own a car in all my life and can safely say I am really proud to own it.

You really have to break and down and think about it for a minute. There are a lot of BIG money hotrods and exotics out there that people have built by the top builders in the country. This car is NOT one of them. All the tuning on the car was done by Peter Bergman in his and my garage - Pete, as most people know was my co-driver on the rally along with Rich Brannon who drove the Mustang on the TV show. The suspension settings, trans work and any and every other piece of that car was put together by us at either his house or my house.

Our car was a antiquated dinosaur compared to every car on the rally. It was just tuned properly and thoroughly tested. The others car on the rally with the exception of the 77' T/A were no more than 4 years old and held the latest and greatest engineering, tuning, fuel management, etc.. etc... etc...

We ran a 39 year old Dodge with a big block and a big ole' holley on top and it was AWESOME! There we times on the highway when the pack of cars when something like this: Ferrari, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lotus, Porsche, Mercedes, DODGE, Porsche, Spyker.

Then we hit the big road course at Moroso Raceway in FLA and came in 17th out of like 55 cars on the race track.. 17th!!
Hell, I still get excited thinking about all the fun we had. Everyone with the big dollar cars can keep em', cause' I'm sticking with my 39 year old sled and am going to continue to beat the balls off it year after year. :bananna2: :bananna2: :bananna2:

[CraigMorrison]

Craig - where are you from?


I saw there were two Brabus Merc's on this year's run, but we had a guy come through our shop last Friday.......It was this guy that just took delivery of a Brabus TT V12 Mercedes and was talking about running the 2008 Bullrun. Hope this clears things up

I figured that Gas Monkey was the GM in CBGM, but just thought I'd ask.

[ALLFAITH]

Mike is way too modest. I have seen his car and Pete's Dart (if it is the same Pete) in person. Their cars are nasty and well built, well designed and engineered. In fact, I would galdly call on either of them to sort out my rides. What you accomplished is nothing short of outstanding especially considering the competition. It is easy to make factory 500 HP cars handle and run hard, we are all trying to do it with musclecars, that is the trick.

Cannot wait to catch up at XV open house in June.

Brad

[GMachineDartGT]

Brad - Thanks for the vote of confidence, as I have a lot of time in the Dart, and now the Charger, with more to go. My newest setup with 18s and some good brakes will be up your alley. I even included some new XV seat belts and 4 point belts for the kiddies in the back. Looking forward to meeting you again at the open house as well.

[FoxGranadaChuck]

Believe me, it was pretty wild to be sitting the bar with these guys talking about if the record could be beaten. I'm a Holiday Inn guy, not a Ritz-Carlton guy, so just being there in and of itself was pretty wild. Then to hear these guys seriously disscussing the possibilty of breaking the record was a very interesting experience, then having them doing it was great, because I had just witnessed automotive history from start to finish.

The Charger was absolute rockstar on this trip. The car ran perfect and I mean PERFECT!! Myself and Pete literally smiled and laughed the whole way. Not only did we maintain a speeds in excess of 95mph for 2800 miles, but we took the car to 3 separate road courses, beat the BALLS of it then continued to drive it at 95+ mph for another however many thousands of miles. I have never been so happy to own a car in all my life and can safely say I am really proud to own it.

You really have to break and down and think about it for a minute. There are a lot of BIG money hotrods and exotics out there that people have built by the top builders in the country. This car is NOT one of them. All the tuning on the car was done by Peter Bergman in his and my garage - Pete, as most people know was my co-driver on the rally along with Rich Brannon who drove the Mustang on the TV show. The suspension settings, trans work and any and every other piece of that car was put together by us at either his house or my house.

Our car was a antiquated dinosaur compared to every car on the rally. It was just tuned properly and thoroughly tested. The others car on the rally with the exception of the 77' T/A were no more than 4 years old and held the latest and greatest engineering, tuning, fuel management, etc.. etc... etc...

We ran a 39 year old Dodge with a big block and a big ole' holley on top and it was AWESOME! There we times on the highway when the pack of cars when something like this: Ferrari, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lotus, Porsche, Mercedes, DODGE, Porsche, Spyker.

Then we hit the big road course at Moroso Raceway in FLA and came in 17th out of like 55 cars on the race track.. 17th!!
Hell, I still get excited thinking about all the fun we had. Everyone with the big dollar cars can keep em', cause' I'm sticking with my 39 year old sled and am going to continue to beat the balls off it year after year. :bananna2: :bananna2: :bananna2:

Rock on Mr. Angry!!!

[FoxGranadaChuck]

Brad - Thanks for the vote of confidence, as I have a lot of time in the Dart, and now the Charger, with more to go. My newest setup with 18s and some good brakes will be up your alley. I even included some new XV seat belts and 4 point belts for the kiddies in the back. Looking forward to meeting you again at the open house as well.

Peter, your Dart will ALWAYS rock in my world!!!

[bar1]

MR ANGRY! YOU GO BOY!

NICE PICS AND IT WAS GREAT CRUISING WITH YOU>

MORGAN had a incredible time, sorry you couldnt make it to the 500 race we will get lots of pics for you and a video.

Mike

[go-fish]

I'm confused about RI cops now. One guy said they are super chill and the other guy, 68Firebird, said they have real ego's and big dicks?

Mr. Angry, have you ever talked to Richard Ehernberg from Mopar Action Magazine. He built the famous Green Brick, a little green Plymouth Savoy or something that whipped ass on the exotics in One Lap years back. I believe they asked him not to come back, I dunno if it was him or the car?

[68firebird]

[quote=go-fish]I'm confused about RI cops now. One guy said they are super chill and the other guy, 68Firebird, said they have real ego's and big dicks? [quote]

ha ha, I said they can be big dicks, not that they have them, LOL. well, thats my interpretation of the ones I've been pulled over by.

[GMachineDartGT]

I'm confused about RI cops now. One guy said they are super chill and the other guy, 68Firebird, said they have real ego's and big dicks?

Mr. Angry, have you ever talked to Richard Ehernberg from Mopar Action Magazine. He built the famous Green Brick, a little green Plymouth Savoy or something that whipped ass on the exotics in One Lap years back. I believe they asked him not to come back, I dunno if it was him or the car?

We know Rick, in fact, Mopar Action recently photographed the Charger for an upcoming spread.

[vanzuuk1]

Years ago I was in harrison, new york and saw ricks roadrunner,dark green with black steel wheels. License plate was be beep.

I fell in love with that color combo,thats how I ended up with my green camaro and black ralleys.

[go-fish]

Sorry 68Firebird on the mix up, LOL.
So the BR Charger is going to be in Mopar Action? What month? I'm not a subscriber, just HRM and PHR, but it is my favorite Mopar mag. I really should subscribe because I end up buying 10 issues a year. I think I will replace HRM with it when the time comes.

[4cruzin]

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[FoxGranadaChuck]

I'm confused about RI cops now. One guy said they are super chill and the other guy, 68Firebird, said they have real ego's and big dicks?

Mr. Angry, have you ever talked to Richard Ehernberg from Mopar Action Magazine. He built the famous Green Brick, a little green Plymouth Savoy or something that whipped ass on the exotics in One Lap years back. I believe they asked him not to come back, I dunno if it was him or the car?

The Green Brick was a Valiant, not a Savoy. The Saavy Savoy is white. But yes, both are really good machines!

[FoxGranadaChuck]

MR ANGRY! YOU GO BOY!

NICE PICS AND IT WAS GREAT CRUISING WITH YOU>

MORGAN had a incredible time, sorry you couldnt make it to the 500 race we will get lots of pics for you and a video.

Mike

Looking forward to it!!!

[FoxGranadaChuck]

We know Rick, in fact, Mopar Action recently photographed the Charger for an upcoming spread.

Cool!!!

[MrAngry]

Hey Guys -

Ok, I've finally got one of the video's up on youtube. This was taken at a smal roadcourse in Savannah, GA. It's an in car video taken by my buddy Pete. Unfortunately it was really sunny that day and the camera is a little shakey but it's all there. BTW in the video we were chasing a Ferrari F430 and a Lotus Excige S and we were having a total blast.

I should have the other video of us at Moroso Motorsports Park in a day or two.

Cheers guys and enjoy.

Mike

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euOtG-pzB48

[6'9"Witha69]

Too fin cool dude. I need to go wrench on my car . . .

[FoxGranadaChuck]

Hey Guys -

Ok, I've finally got one of the video's up on youtube. This was taken at a smal roadcourse in Savannah, GA. It's an in car video taken by my buddy Pete. Unfortunately it was really sunny that day and the camera is a little shakey but it's all there. BTW in the video we were chasing a Ferrari F430 and a Lotus Excige S and we were having a total blast.

I should have the other video of us at Moroso Motorsports Park in a day or two.

Cheers guys and enjoy.

Mike

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euOtG-pzB48


Cool!!!

[4birdman]

That is awesome! I have always wanted to do a road rally like this, ever since I was a kid. You're living my dream, dude!

You guys were by far my favorite to win the TV show. When you guys got booted it literally put me in a bad mood for the rest of the night. :(

But, of course, I can't complain about the TA winning, being I am a die-hard Pontiac guy and all. :)

[CraigMorrison]

Speaking of videos, here is the action leading up to the arrests of the group in Georgia. NSFW language ahead!

Part 1 Hijinks and pullover
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_H99mwQaL4M

Part 2 Arrest, and bailout
http://youtube.com/watch?v=oEXOHY4iYYI

It looks like the Firebird and Morgan are at the head of the line that has been pulled over.

[FoxGranadaChuck]

It has been my dream of taking part in an automotive rally such as Bullrun ever since I watched the movie Cannonball Run! Yes, I know that CR was a humorous spoof that has little bearing on reality, but that movie really inspired me to want to be involved in a rally.

[FoxGranadaChuck]

Bump.

[MrAngry]

Here is a quick link to a video of the actually rally start in Montreal.

http://www.xcmultidesign.com/xc_bullrun07.html

[xcmultidesign]

Hey Thank you Mike for this link !
hope every one will enjoy this video !
Please visit www.xcmultidesign.com and www.myspace.com/fastiane for any update !

Yanick the videomaker !
[email protected]