Bullrun

[MrAngry]

Hey Guys -

Man, thanks so much for all the support on this.



Ok, where to begin. Yes, we started in Whitefish, Montana - no grips about Montana, but when your raised in Brooklyn and then you go to the country it's a bit strange, I'm used to seeing a building every 3 feet - think of it like this, the building that I am sitting in right now in NYC has 11,000 people in it. That's more then most of the towns populations that we drove through so it was culture shock for me. The girls on the show actually where pretty knowledgeable about cars and Dimi, the blonde actually has some road racing experience... the problem was her sister couldn't read map. When they got booted they were PISSED!!... Goldberg was really funny though and just basically told them to shut-up, quit bitchen' and leave... which they did. Also, he is honestly one of the nicest guys on the planet, a real car guy and someone who appreciates a well set-up machine.

We didn't get that much screen time in the first episode which is ok, cause' we're still in it, but consider this - they had to open up the story, give a brief introduction to 12 teams, create a story line and someone had to get booted in the end. That's a lot to stuff into 44 minutes of television. You'll different scenarios unfold throughout the show, different people will start to have problems, make some mistakes and just do plain stupid stuff.

All the decals on the car were vinyl and came off with no problems - did we take any damage? A couple of scuffs here and there but nothing that couldn't be remedied (right Rich / Andre!) - everything right now is all back to normal. When we filmed in Montana it was COLD!!! I'm talking like 2 degrees cold... it sucked. The scenery however was some of the most beautiful that I have ever seen and I was just so cool to be able to do this with one of my best friends. It was a blast.

We couldn't use radar or GPS because they wanted to keep the playing field equal, we had no cell phones, but they did give nextel units so as to keep in touch with the other teams.

Cheers - Mike (MR ANGRY)

[GT500KR_Vert]

radar and GPS. I'd be so decked out. The big block or high horsepower cars do have the MPG disadvantage. Doesn't seem worth it. A fast good MPG car wouldn't have to stop.

[GT500KR_Vert]

glad to see those girls go! completely annoying!

[MrAngry]

You have no idea.... 9mpg also sucked too.

[Rich Team11 H/O]

Thanks guys! I'm pysched too, even though we lived it, its all new to us again because we dont know how things came out on camera and what was edited. Yes lots and lots of stuff was omitted, I understand plenty of the scenes that were left out will be available online.

Damage.....hmm, I'll let you guys see the rest show.

Rich

[Bow Tie 67]

I stayed up to watch it and yes it was good, but 10 episodes, arghhh I really need to get tivo.

I liked the way you mentioned friends in the nypd while pulled over, I was really expecting a burnout while pulling away.

[foryorent]

So are radar detectors and GPD NOT allowed? Or just not encouraged?

[6'9"Witha69]

I stayed up to watch the show, and man was I surprised that it wasn't another "Pinks" on the road or other half assed attempt at reality TV. This seems well thought out and interesting. Hell, even the wife really enjoyed it. Of course she and I both agreed that we could never do the same competition together, lol.

Who'da thought the Mustang team would be in first? Guess that 45 minute bonus helped A LOT!!

btw, the Charger and Olds look GREAT!!

[rob07002]

Do they tell you ahead of time where the next checkpoint will be?

I would screw the short cuts, take the highway, take your chances on speeding a bit and get there first.

[GMachineDartGT]

XJ - Good job on the show. You and what NO2 bottle are making a REAL 700 hp out of your Olds...See you on Ocean Parkway...

Angry - Show looked great, Charger performed as prescribed, like a true Mopar.

[Rich Team11 H/O]

Thanks man.

548hp on the dyno @ McBetts and a 150hp shot of nitrous= 700HP (698) But, we never dynoed the engine with the NO2 so thats best case scenario, the altitude was actaully really dogging our cars.

That engine is a baby compared to the engine my bro is building up now, $25k invested in engine build alone...close to 700hp all motor no bottle.

[GMachineDartGT]

Very cool. Need details of the build, cylinder head data, etc. Very nice numbers indeed. Do you have plans to come to the beach on Sundays?

[diesel1114]

hey guys saw the show and it was great , during commercials i was on the phone with my boys who were watching it as well, i also have to agree with nick ( 6'9"with69) it does seem well thought out and it is very attention grabbing , all the cars looked really good , the guys in the 57 210 are funny as hell and the guy with mustang who goes SUM B#*%! got me cracking up 2 lol cant wait to see next eposode

[Rich Team11 H/O]

Very cool. Need details of the build, cylinder head data, etc. Very nice numbers indeed. Do you have plans to come to the beach on Sundays?

Thanks, to be honest the car is my brother's and right now its on jack stands waiting to get a new rear put in (we swapped the rear out right before the show after he grenaded it a day before the car was shipped to the west coast, we pulled an all nighter getting the car ready). We used very highway friendly gearing for the show, and it was a weak rear, 10 bolt, thats why we never even attempted to do a burnout, especially with those insanely sticky tires. So I dont know when it will be back on the road. But he has a few milder Cutlasses that he drives around in.

Here's the list:

75 Hurst/Olds W-30 from the show
75 Hurst/Olds W-30 in primer
75 Cutlass Extreme..this is the one we had originally planned to use for the show but did not get done in time, thats where the super engine is going. This is his ultimate Cutlass
74 Cutlass S (need him to confirm this one, might be a 75)
75 Cutlass Supreme (parts car)
73 Cutlass Supreme (mint condition low miles and For Sale)

BTW my bro is in the BF Goodrich Road Crew Competition mini show being shown during the March madness basketball finals.

[Northern Goat]

Did the BMW really finish that 1st segment with a tampon in the rad, or did they do a real fix.

Routing for you Mr. Angry

[vanzuuk1]

You could get pretty creative with a hidden radar detecter."gee,my shift light blinks whenever we pass a speed trap"

[speedster]

Looks like a blast guys. The Charger and Olds are nice machines to represent the muscle car contingent. I thought it was funny that the Lambo guys with the attitude are smoking their clutch. The Scion chicks are gone too. Yeah.

[MrAngry]

Ok - hears the deal with the GPS and Maps and such. When we started the show they took away all our electronics... and I mean everything, cell phones, portable GPS units hell they even took our iPods... we had no music for like 4000 miles (so based on that odds are you will hear me singing at some point and I'm not very good so be gentle with the comments when the time comes). They wanted to keep the playing field as level as possible right from the get go which is why they took everything. Keep in mind also that there was not one car on the show with an in dash nav system... they didn't want anyone cheating.

Believe it or not it actually worked out pretty good, plus we had so many cameras inside the car they would have seen anything we were doing.

[staged67gspwr]

Mike,like Northern Goat mentioned as i was curious myself did that tampon technique really work on that BMW or was that a crock?i find it hard to beleive a freakin tampon will seal a radiator.


Thanks

[mdprovee]

Nice move on buying all the maps. Pretty funny.