Team Polizei Update 14

OFFICAL POLIZEI GUMBALL UPDATE - #14
Sunday, 7 May 2006
16:51:48 / 4:51:48 p.m.

As stated in the last update, many of the cars yesterday from Salt Lake City ditched the checkpoints in order to get a jump start on the leg to Vegas. Most cars took the I-15 route south while others took the more direct I-93 route south. I-93 was discovered to be a death trip with the road being plastered with state troopers just waiting for Gumballers. It seems as though the State Police now keep tabs on the Gumball more then some fans do.

I-15 though seemed to be just as bad once the state troopers realized there were two roads that the Gumballers were using. Team Polizei though had their secret weapon in use. Its codename: Birdman. No, not Tony Hawk. Birdman was the secret codename for the spotter helicopter that was following Team Polizei from Salt Lake City to Las Vegas. Its purpose was to mostly capture the rally on film, but it was also used for rally support and trooper detection. Birdman proved to be helpful since Team Polizei didn’t get a single ticket. Notice how I said ticket and not pulled over?

Ten miles east of Las Vegas, it happened. Team Polizei was pulled over by an undercover cop who was hiding on an on-ramp. Only doing about 85mph, Team Polizei was a bit confused. What made it even more confusing was that the undercover cop was driving a Kia. The cop started questioning Alex and Ross, and then the line which will always be remembered finally came out: “You are Alex Roy, aren’t you?� The game was up; Team Polizei had finally been caught. This time, it was no undercover cop, but rather a Gumball Fan who traveled 700 miles from Canada just to pull this prank. Everyone always said they would do it, but no one actually did, until now. To the Polizei and Gumball fan from Canada, we thank you. You deserve some sort of prize. We also would like you to please contact us.

Team Polizei finally arrived in Vegas after storming down I-15 past several cars. The team arrived around 5th place out of the cars who actually went to the checkpoints in Salt Lake City. Vegas has been a great welcome to all the drivers but its sad to now know that we are only a few hours away from the 2006 event coming to an end.

One last note: In Vegas, Team Polizei’s Bentley GT was once again vandalized; this time by plastic rap. Alex said it must have taken Ed Leigh at least an hour to cover the entire car with the plastic rap.. little did he know that Team Polizei comes equipped with knives which can take it all off in a few seconds.

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