This is an update of a Blog I did a while ago. I hope that it can answer a few of your questions you might have on the steps needed to complete the Steps needed to get on the show.

BULLRUN (Speed TV): Aaron's Ultimate How To Guide: Becoming a Bullrun Team. 

 I have noticed a huge increase in the number of people starting to ask HOW to get on the show? I don't know if I am the best person to tell you how to do it. I would guess that I am the one with the most experience at getting shut down and that has got to be worth something. So here is what I learned over the last 3 years of trying.

 
Here is the official word on getting your team and car in for consideration for season 3. This is Andy and Shaun's own words and no bull!@#$. 

"How To Get On Bullrun III.. Casting will begin in August 2009.

1. Filming dates are not yet confrimed but you will need to be available for 3 weeks for filming in late summer 2009 if selected.
2. The miminum age requirement to participate in the show is 21 years old (at We consider ALL people and ALL cars, any background, any country. 
3. Go to www.bullrun.com and set up a driver profile.
4. Enter all the information about you and your co-driver and your car. Add photos of you both and your car.
5. Upload a video of up to 5 minutes long (max) with you and your co-driver explaining, who you are, why you want to do Bullrun III etc. The more we know about you, your car and your personalities the easier it is for us to make a decision about you for the show.
6. If you're precious about damaging your car, don't bother applying! Go hard or go home! 

Want to be a flag girl on the TV show? The same applies, go to the website set up a flag girl profile and tell us all about yourself." 

 Shaun posted this a few days ago. 

That is the official line but what it doesn't tell you is it really is going to take a huge effort to get known and be able to stand out from 12,000 other applicants who want one of 12 spots. 


Part I: Just who does the casting and where do the teams come from? 

The casting is done by a separate company. That company goes to every car site they can find and ask for people to enter the casting process. Look if there was 12,000 entries for this season and only two of the Teams picked were from the Bullrun.com site means 10 teams came from sites other than the Bullrun site. 


Being part of the community is going to more than double your odds of being on the show. Having a B-Club profile increases your odds to 16.6% for getting on the show over the other car sites. If you take into account that there are only 1257 B-runners signed up as of the day I wrote this that would make your odds 628 to 1 that your going to make the cut and that is if every person on the site is able to meet the 7 official guide lines. Which isn't very unlikely. 

So if you are going to try to increase your odds I would tell you to go to Streetfire.com or Cardomain.com and set up a great page and promote your car by being active on the forums. That should help you get noticed. I personally have my B-club profile, Cardomain and a Myspace page with Bullrun blog in order to increase my odds of getting on the show. 

Part II: Pictures and Video

This is SO SO important. Remember that this is TV show and not radio show. So they need to see you, your co-driver and the car! Take your time and make sure the pictures are good and well done. If you think about this it should be a no brainer. You are selling your team and the car. I would take as many as is needed to get that money shot. I would think that your using a digital camera so it doesn't hurt to take three shots per angle. I would also change the place that your taking pictures. Try to show the car and your team in different lighting and settings. Your trying to make it as easy as you can on the casting department to picture you on the show. 12,000 teams thats 24,000 people and your only going to post one picture.. really get a grip. SELL SELL SELL.






Now for the video... I think this is were i screw up every time. It isn't easy and I really can't tell you what works best because mine always suck. I guess the best advice is to start early and edit it down to 5 min (MAX). If is more than that its going to bore them if they aren't all ready bored after 2 min. I am going try to think of my video this time around as a commercial selling my team. Try watching the past show teams videos to find a common element between them. Don't bore them try to keep it alive and for real. Fake is the easiest thing to spot and I have watched lots of B-club video's and just rolled my eyes. Not that I am an expert on making video's as I have already told you. 

This is a very important part of getting on the show. So spend some time trying to get it right. Try to get to the spirt of your team and just why they can't live without you. You will be glad you did. (I should think.)

AARON & MISTER HAPPY