Bullrun Day Five Recap: the Heat is On!

Today was all about cops. And police. And state troopers. And more cops. From the start in Beverly Hills, the rally traveled to Corona, California, then headed to Arizona for stops in Scottsdale and Tucson. It seemed like every officer in each state knew about the Bullrun, and in an unwelcome twist, many seemed to be keeping their radar guns off, so drivers got no advance warning of their presence. The car-loving cops of Cali pulled over at least four participants before the rally left the state, but just issued citations or stern warnings. The officers in Arizona were not as kind. Ashley Van Dyke, a host on SpeedTV’s Setup, was stopped for doing 110 and placed in cuffs before being fined 650 bucks and released. That’s her in the photo below. And after being paced by an off-duty Precinct Captain at 120MPH, Justin of Team Safety Car was greeted with: "Get out of the car! You’re going to jail. This car is being impounded!" Miraculously, he was able to talk his way out of everything but a formidable reckless driving fine, and arrived in at the hotel just in time for dinner. Unfortunately, Team Angry’s Larry wasn’t so lucky. After being pulled over for doing well over 100MPH in an Audi R8, he was immediately taken into custody and booked at a Scottsdale jail. He still wasn’t at the hotel by dinner time, but he’s supposedly already been released. [Update: Larry showed me his ticket, which said he was only doing 85 when he was stopped, and said that the cops just took him downtown to make an example out of him. What a bunch of dicks. ]