You know the old saying, long time viewer, first time posting and on this television show "Bullrun" that statement is true. Let’s be honest here, in the beginning, the only reason why I started watching the show was because former wrestler and car guy Bill Goldberg was the host, I really didn't get into this series all that much, but one by one as teams were eliminated and a combination of the stages and the challenges got harder, the show got more interesting. I began watching a couple of teams more and more being the american muscle being the Trans-Am, Charger and F-150 to put names out there. The show reminds me of Survivor and Big Brother which I watch regular, they did a good job, the challenges at times were a little over the top, but if there is another race, I'll watch it...In watching this entire series, there were a few key moments that really changed the game. First had to be only a few weeks in to the season when Team F-150 took out a video camera and recorded Team Honda and Team Lotus speeding on the highway right by them. This move got everyone’s attention and really sent Team Lotus off on Team F-150 for the rest of the season.
The second, three weeks ago, it was all about Team Lotus and the impact they were about to make, exposing the loophole the game. Team Lotus created “Operation Poison Arrow”, this poison arrow came about to get another team out of the game as a team is eliminated because they have the slowest time, so Team Lotus took their deer sweet time in getting to the checkpoint, that created a huge time gap and Team Lotus would automatically be in the challenge, of course they would have to win the challenge and they did giving the losing team the worst time of the game Team Olds.
That isn’t right, but it’s the game, however for Team Lotus, they still had to beat Team Olds and that’s where “Operation Poison Arrow” failed, due to poor navigating skills in the dark, losing time everywhere and Team Olds picking up the time bonus, Team Lotus went home.
Third, last week’s episode, one thing I didn't understand was after the Charger ran in the challenge and came up with a bad time due to a problem with the carb, what was next…and team olds had no brakes, so a deal could have been made with in exchange for brake fluid, they would let the Charger run again. I could see both sides of it, Team Olds had a bad time (second edition of Team Lotus's killer arrow as I call it) and they had a chance to get a lot of time back or get working brakes to really run the last race with being able to win because they are the best. Of course Team Charger went home.
This also put created a time issue once again in the final leg which I get to in a moment. Finally Bullrun had the final three and it was now all down to this, first a run to the first checkpoint, get the best time in the challenge and race to the border, best time wins Bullrun Season 1.
The final three looked like this, first, Team Trans-Am (the strongest team out there), second, Team F-150 (Right there in every leg) and third, Team Olds (The spoiler that could make this harder for everyone).
Looking back at the final run to the border, you knew that Team Olds still had braking issues and instead of making a deal with Team Charger, they decided to leave it for another day, well the day came in the final leg to the first checkpoint. Team Olds made a 2 hour pit stop to fix their brakes, this really messed up one team from winner and when in the last challenge, Team Olds won over Team F-150, I know it was over for the big ford, but they made up lots of time, but it was down to Team Olds and the fast Team Trans-Am, in the end despite the F150's better time getting there, the best team overall won this series, great job to the father-daughter team, Team Trans-Am.
Note: Rewrote and updated article in May 2009, if you enjoyed this article on the first season of Bullrun, you might want to check out “From 12 Teams to One, Team Shelby wins Bullrun 2.” I wonder if there will be a season 3 of Bullrun?
