Alex Roy's Team Polizei 144 Blog

Team Polizei’s Web Reorganization Begins…

Alex Roy — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:01:57 +0000

So here’s the deal. For the last five years Team Polizei’s web presence - not including social networking pages - has been comprised of this blog (gumball144.com), Team Polizei’s portal and the Polizei 144 clothing store. Not any more. As of this weekend, this is going to change. Why? Firstly, since our gumball144.com blog is our [...]

“Les Go Fast” - Unstoppable(?) Drug Runners Inspire Movie?

peter — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:21:17 +0000

"Les Go Fast" was what the French police called a group of drug couriers who used high-end German cars to transport coke and weed throughout Europe. Carrying up to 1400 lbs of contraband, "Les Go Fast" were famous for using an SUV as a "rabbit" to spot police and run over any that tried to [...]

Porsche Says GT-R’s Nurburgring Time Probably Not Set With Stock Tires. Claims 911 Turbo and GT-2 Are Faster.

peter — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:25:54 +0000

Porsche’s 911 product chief, August Achleitner, probably should’ve checked with his company’s corporate communications director before suggesting that the GT-R’s lap time of 7:29 could only have been possible on semi-slick racing tires, rather than the tires that come stock on the vehicle. He says that Porsche bought a GT-R from the US, shipped [...]

New Knight Rider Makes Original Look Like Citizen Kane

peter — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:46:05 +0000

Polizei friend, ally and occasional contributor Jordan Vega took some time out from his MBA studies to watch the new Knight Rider…er…in hopes of re-living his mispent youth. Click below to read his review of the first episode. As a self-declared car fanatic, I am a huge fan of the original Knight Rider. Who [...]

1981 U.S. Express Rules & Guidelines

peter — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:09:27 +0000

Here’s a snippet from the one-page of rules and guidelines that was given to each of the participants in the 1981 U.S. Express. Almost jokingly - and perhaps for the sake of laibility - drivers were encouraged to comply with the laws of the state through which they travelled (speed limits excluded?). For the entire [...]

College Student Makes An Ariel Atom In His Garage

peter — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:22:52 +0000

He calls himself, Proximacentuari, and he did this by hand. Using a CAD model of a real Ariel Atom frame, the tubes were shaped for him by a local Utah fabricator but he did all the welding and sourced all the parts, many of which came from junk. The stainless-steel panels came from old appliances. [...]

World Domination Starts With Sundance

peter — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:27:06 +0000

Adam, assistant editor of 32:07, gives us a brief update on the post-production process. Cory and the edting team believe it’ll be around six weeks before they find out whether or not it was accepted. During the waiting period, Cory says they’ll be going over footage to put together a trailer.

Top Gear Australia Releases Show Reel

peter — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:15:58 +0000

The wait is almost over, for Australians at least. Their version of the show airs on Sept. 29th. This teaser makes it seem like the show will be very hands-on/DIY with lots of Outback-oriented settings. Just from this clip, it seems like their car tester, Charlie Cox, can’t quite pull off a good Clarkson impersonation. [...]

Road Rage Hall Of Famer Rams Into Another Car, Keeps Wheels Spinning, Refuses To Get Out Of Burning Car

peter — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:44:39 +0000

People who knew Serena Sutton-Smith said she had a history of erratic behavior. The 54 year-old bartender emerged from a side road without stopping, nearly causing an accident with Paula Small. Small then pulled over to speak with Sutton-Smith and while Small was getting out of her car, Sutton-Smith rammed her Vauxhall Nova into Small’s [...]

Scientists Develop Motor Powered By Absolute Nothingness?

peter — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:55:52 +0000

It’s called the Keppe Motor and it’s not powered by gasoline, hydrogen, BioWillie or compressed air, nor does it run on water. Its source of energy comes from scalar energy, aka, non-entropic or zero-point energy that consists of electromagnetic waves which only exist in the vacuum of empty space, "the energy of absolute nothingness which [...]

A Driver’s Ed Dropout

Alex Roy — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:28:11 +0000

Who’s more dangerous? This guy in the cross-over SUV or Alex and Jon Goodrich on their ‘05 recon run?

NY-LA In 36 Hours, Wait, 40 Hours, Using BioWillie Diesel

peter — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:36:45 +0000

Around 10pm tonight, in a stunt to promote BioWillie diesel, two ad copywriters from Atlanta will attempt to drive a Jetta TDI from NY to LA, without fuel stops, in less than 36 hours, or 40 hours, depending on which which website you go to. You have to admire the cause but one can’t help [...]

3207. Is. Done. Sundance?

Alex Roy — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:47:30 +0000

32 Hours 7 Minutes is done. Locked. Well, almost. The music is almost done. But I’ve seen it. All 98 minutes, and, amazingly, Cory Welles somehow managed to include about 90 minutes of fantastic footage I’d never seen before, which is hard to believe…since I’ve watched a three hour rough cut about 200 times in [...]

Gordon Murray Answers Some Questions

peter — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:10:31 +0000

Gordon Murray, designer of the Brabham BT46B "Fan Car", Ayrton Senna’s MP4/4, the McLaren F1, the Rocket and soon the T-25 city car, answered questions from NYTimes readers. A couple of the highlights from the Q&A include him saying that it’s the twilight of performance cars and that he would only change the brakes and [...]

McLaren’s Mods For The Singapore GP

peter — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:10:14 +0000

Looks like McLaren hired the guys from "The Office" to shoot this short spoof about the team’s preparation for the night race in Singapore. Seems like an attempt to rid themselves of their image as a cold and humor-less team run by Ron Dennis, whom Kimi Raikkonen once described as a "control freak." You can [...]