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.
The Road Testament moves outdoors, JF suggests we talk about tuners & best engine transplants, and, as usual, I rant, rave and talk over him without doing enough research.
Next week? We move to the studio, up the production values, and I do some real prep.
But I’m still waiting for someone to invite me to ride a motorized unicycle.
Jalopnik is leading the way once again regarding another runaway Prius hoax. These just get in the way of Toyota resolving its real problems. As usual, the media blew it. Where are the talking heads who can see through these idiotic tales before the weeklong investigations? I saw through these the instant I saw the “victims” explaining themselves.
