"This is designed to be the best software to defeat that 32:07 record that now stands." Isn’t the record 31:04? In this video Mark Nicholson of EyePatch Films, introduces a software package that integrates essentially all the systems that were used in 144A, with some new additions, in an attempt to break the Roy/Maher NY-LA record by using a ‘07 BMW Z4 M Coupe. We’re not sure it’s particularly wise to announce that you’re going to break the record lest you want to invite surveillance by numerous law enforcement agencies. We’re waiting for the record-breaking announcement and the data and the toll receipts and the witnesses, etc.. BTW, Alex doesn’t believe any of this is real.
Watch the video and decide for yourself. The witnesses got the cars wrong, and the SUV/trailer appears to have lost control before the Gumballers passed. My gut tells me that the 2008 Gumball 3000 cars nearby probably weren’t the cause of the jack-knifed SUV/trailer accident seen in the right lane above.
…But it’s not clear whether or not he was driving or a passenger when the F430 test-mule/prototype went off the Nurburgring track and into a guardrail at 155mph on the Schwedenkreuz corner. Schumacher reportedly called his publicist to say "We have crashed the car but are going to continue with another one," leaving out the identity of the driver. Some reports said Schumacher’s son Mick was in the passenger seat while Schumacher was at the wheel and others say that a driver named Raffaele De Simon wrecked it with Schumi riding shotgun.
A recent posting on Autoblog sent the rumor mill into overdrive with the announcement that NBC’s version of Top Gear, tentatively known as "Gear," was going to be cancelled because it wasn’t listed on NBC’s Fall lineup. Their source was a post in the blog, Dark Horizons, which states that the "pilot(s) didn’t make the final cut and won’t be seen."
Yes, Team Polizei is road testing an all-new Pursuit vehicle - heretofore designated 144H - not be confused with 144A through G, which are Interceptor vehicles, or 144R, which is a Race vehicle.
Anyone want to guess the year and model BMW in which the powerplant above resides?
It’s over. He’s putting away the driving gloves, donating the costumes to The Salvation Army, selling the cars and firing his lazy staffers. Alex Roy, road rally champion and NY to LA record holder, is shredding his license and devoting himself to his true passion, high school wrestling.
Staffers at Team Polizei failed to connect dots when Roy kept mentioning the need to "cut weight" while heading out for late-runs covered from neck to toe in air tight garbage bag running suits or the strict fasting regimens and diuretic pills he claimed were part of his cleansing and detox program. Turns out Roy was trying to lose weight to make the 160 lb. weight class for the Pottstown Trojans.
After a Google alert for "Alex Roy" showed up in our email boxes, we confronted Alex. In tears, he said, "It’s true. I’m sorry I lied to you but I have to follow my heart. If not now, then when? I’d never forgive myself if I didn’t give it a shot, plus, I’ve never graduated from high school so I’m killing two birds with one stone."
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