“We’re raising money to combat leprosy.”
Here’s to you, Rob Feretti, for keeping a straight face while telling a Colorado police officer that the 2010 Bullrun was raising money to eradicate leprosy.
I don’t know if I could have done it.
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Surreal, but true. I’ve been invited to be a judge at the 2010 Greenwich Concours D’Elegance today and tomorrow in Connecticut’s gorgeous Roger Sherman Baldwin Park. Who would possible think this is a good idea? Thank Concours Chamberlain Michael Lindgren and Organizers Bruce & Genia Wennerstrom, the very same kind souls who invited me to join the venerable Madison Avenue Sports Car Club & Chowder Society two years ago.
My invitation is especially surreal, given Polizei 144B’s appearance at the 2008 Concours, and the Team’s performance that hot summer day.
Look for the bald guy in the white linen suit and straw hat. Or JF, Josh Vietze or my old co-pilot Michele Shapiro.
And if you know anything about vintage cars, come walk with us and share your opinion, because I don’t. Not really. Maybe. I think.
The Battle of Rome continues. Last week we released Part 1. Here’s Part 2.
You may read the full story in the most infamous chapter of “The Driver“…
…for neither video tells the full story.
I retired from such events years ago, with good reason.
See you at Lemons. Or Grand Am. Or Targa. Or Dakar.
Or…somewhere up North.
Far up north.
Or east…
(@ Autoblog’s Zach Bowman: Thanks for the link love.)
The Battle of Rome.
Team Polizei’s finest (and most infamous) hour.
The epic 100+ mile race through Italy at 120+ miles per hour, as described in The Driver.
Polizei M5 144A vs. a Porsche 996 Turbo X50.
Only now, five years after the expiration of the last relevant European legal statutes, we can finally make public the video of our heretofore unseen battle against Spencer Bourne, a legend among both UK Porsche Club racers & the Gumball 3000′s inner circle of veterans. And yes – for them – it was a race.
Those days may be over, but the story of what did occur on the Gumball between 2003 and 2007 has yet to be told.
Until now.
Behold…The Battle of Rome.
Part 1.
Team Polizei is going to Lemons. To race.
TWO cars, if they let us, which sources say they will.
Here’s a teaser for what we’re doing.
More to follow.
MUCH more.
It’s Hyundai week on The Road Testament. Don’t believe it? Then you haven’t been paying attention to the world’s fourth largest automaker…and that’s the least interesting thing about a company it’s been too easy to make light of. JF & I discuss…over on Fast Lane Daily…
Miracles DO come true, and someone (or two) is getting lucky very soon:
Two(!) Near-Zero Mileage E39 BMW M5′s are up for auction. Here’s the 2000, and here’s the 2002.
I’d love to know who’s been sitting on these for nearly ten years, and boy…I sure wish I had the cash to acquire one of these. I’d give anything to have a clean M5 without stickers to enjoy as a “normal” daily driver.
Polizei 144B @ Quantico FBI Academy
The FBI. That’s The Food & Beverage Institute to some. But not to others. Of course, like BMW and several other fine organizations I’ve addressed, they don’t condone some of the things in Team Polizei’s past, but they – just like us – have more than a vested interest in driving. And it just so happens Team Polizei has some unique knowledge pertaining to some very specialized driving. And driving technology.
Alas, that’s all I can say.
But I thought you’d like the above picture.
Oh yeah, and there are some great people there. Real car guys.
But that’s all I can say.
Jalopnik cross-posted my Europe By Car Blog post about my new car before I could do so here, so you’ve got two places to read about and watch the little video Vietze shot and edited about Polizei 144S: a 1973 Citroen SM. Here’s the Jalopnik post, and here’s mine.
The Road Testament moves back into my kitchen to answer a question it pains me – owner of three(!) 2000 E39 M5′s AND a 1987 M6 – to ask…
Is BMW the new GM?
Watch our most popular Road Testament ever to find out.
