All, watch for a great article about the Pantera experience in Bullrun coming soon. Until then enjoy these great pictures provided by our good friends at Speed TV, and visit the below link for behind the scenes videos and pictures. Enjoy!
Results tagged “Reality TV” from Pantera #2245
All, rumors of my involvement in a reality TV show are true! I recently participated in the second season of Bullrun which is set to air on Speed TV Feb 19th at 10pm EST.
"The show, based on the international rally of the same name, follows 12 teams of diverse personalities, driving everything from Corvettes to Ferraris to a VW microbus across 3,500 miles of the southwestern United States in search of fame and fortune. They don't just drive from point A to point B - without benefit of GPS navigation or cell phones. The teams also must survive challenges, conflicts and car problems to try to win $200,000 in cash and prizes."
http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/popular-bullrun-moves-to-speed-for-2009
Each episode a "rally" leg is driven and a "challenge" is held with the two last place teams and a third team selected by the first place team. The team with the lowest combined time is sent home. It was an amazing experience being on the show but I cannot contest to the "reality" of the show, as the producers have many ways to "script" the reality into their vision. My participation was an experience of a lifetime.
Current commercial featuring the "smoking" Pantera is on YouTube;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JZrkBjbRIg
After the show airs I will be able to discuss in more details what happened.
Now back to your regularly scheduled program.
Back in 2006 I was approached by a friend who was asked to submit a interview tape for a new reality show on Spike Tv. The show is called Bullrun and the first season aired in early 2007. I took up the call and we submitted a tape to RocketScienceLaboratories which is the production company paid to create the show. What followed was a roller coaster next few months through October.
The show is a rally but the producers obviously make it interesting by setting up time bonuses which you can collect off route, and by having "battles" where two teams battle it out in some sort of "obstacle" course for the cars and teams.
The proposed ride for Marco and myself was the Pantera. The production company loved the car and liked us. We made the first couple of cuts and along with 20 other teams were sent to LA for a weekend, treated like rock stars, and put through some paces. Part of the time we had to fill out lots of paperwork and do an on screen interviewing session. Then we had a "test" which is really another type of interview where your interacting with another team. Then then we had a physical taken and more interviews. Overall it was an fun weekend expenses paid.
Everything looked promising as more and more teams were eliminated. The produces kept in touch and let me know that we were in the top 18, 16, etc. At the same time a transport truck was being sent out to my house to pick up the Pantera, and the production company was making arrangements to fly Marco and myself up to Canada for the first shooting. The day before we were to leave I was informed that we were team number 13 but only 12 teams were selected. Essentially this meant we were the back up team only and didn't make the cut!
Marco and I were pretty bummed but still had a nice weekend in LA for free. I am writing this article now because I just found the interview video which has been posted on You Tube by the production company. I thought you would enjoy it.
