15:02 / 3:02p.m. (G.M.T.)
London Time: 4:02p.m.
Team Polizei, this year in a highly modified Bentley Continental GT with much of the same equipment as the Polizei M5, has taken up position #5 at the start of the 2006 Gumball3000. Alex Roy and Michael Ross, the two Team Polizei drivers for this year’s event, are sitting on the Formula 1 style grid behind such celebrities as Bam Margera and Tony Hawk who are in a purple Lamborghini Gallardo. The rally is set to begin at 4:30p.m. local time.
Team Polizei is proud to announce an all-new lineup for 2006. Team Captain and Lead Driver Alexander Roy will be joined by 5-Time Gumball Veteran and Master Driver Michael Ross.
Michael Ross, one of the most respected drivers in Extreme Motorsport, has finished in the Top 10 on every Gumball since 2001, driving a BMW Z8 and a Bentley Continental GT. Ross will be the most veteran Gumballer on the 2006 Rally, and it is with great honor that Team Polizei is adding him to our historic list of master pilots.
In honor of Ross’s monumental driving skill and experience, Alex Roy will relinquish the pilot’s seat for no less than 50% of the driving in order to maximize the team’s use of an all-new suite of highly complex navigation and counter-law enforcement equipment.
Team Polizei, stuck with a broken fuel pump on the legendary Polizei M5, will be driving an all new Polizei car ’round the world on the 2006 Gumball 3000.
Michael Ross was kind enough to offer his 627hp Bentley Continental GT for this year’s Gumball, and in the last 3 days Team Polizei has retrofitted ALL of our gear from the Polizei M5, PLUS several huge upgrades:
3 Garmin GPS Systems, a Custom Intel Navigation Server, a Broadband International Communications System, Live Audio/ Video to http://live.gumball3000.com and a Top Secret & Experimental Counter-Law Enforcement Suite to be revealed at the end of the Gumball!
