Buh Bye Team Ferrari

Oh the drama of Bullrun…

I think it’s safe to say that everyone hates Team Evo, the VW guys especially. Like any good reality show there must be drama which episode 3 delivered big time. I don’t want to waste too much time on the Evo guys except to say that I think they are out next episode. In next week’s preview it shows Team Evo bouncing through a fence, then bouncing over dirt, then bouncing one more time making the front end of that thing disintegrate. My opinion is it’s game over for those two. This, however, presents a problem. I mean who is everyone going to hate now?

But I digress. Many things happened in last nights episode, one of which was the birth of Team Camaro. I say birth because this is the first time they’ve actually spoken, and it was good to hear from them. Bravo gents. I also learned that the Shelby Boys are running a fuel cell in that Mustang. Did anyone else catch that? I mean these are things I would’ve liked to have known from the get go just so I knew how level the playing field was.

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The format is still bugging me. I’m feeling like I don’t need to turn the show on until it’s halfway over as the challenges seem to take place about 30 minutes in. The beginning 30 minutes is becoming predictable with people just looking for gas and/or trying to figure out the best route to their destination. I didn’t realize it until now but the time bonuses in Season 1 really broke up that monotony of just heading from point A to point B. It may be something to bring back during Season III.

Episode 3 also began to showcase Team Avalanche, who, unbeknown to be me, seem as though they can actually drive. Bear and Matt kicked ass in the challenge and I have a feeling that Bear may turn out to be one of the best drivers on this show. The challenge itself was simply boring with no real excitement to speak of unless you call Team Evo hitting everything exciting. One thing the challenge did show, however, was how well the teams worked with each other, which is the most important aspect of this show. Marcus and Yelana worked ok together and I think that the only thing that really held Marcus back in the challenge was the fear that he might damage that Ferrari. That fear though caused them to be slow as sh*t and ultimately got them booted off the show.

Team Evo doesn’t work well together at all. One yells and the other just runs into things. Not a good combo. Another little nitpick I had with that challenge was that I honestly don’t think Team Ferrari should’ve been booted from the show. Yes they were slow in the challenge, but so was Evo and Evo hit EVERYTHING. Seriously, they were terrible. I have a feeling the decision to boot Team Ferrari was a production decision as Team Evo just makes for better TV. Could I be wrong? Yes, but I doubt it.

Oh yea… the girls won again. Way to go Ladies!