Road Rules: Maximum Velocity Tour (partially found ninth season of MTV reality TV series; 2000)

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Status: Partially Lost/Found

Season Info

Road Rules: Maximum Velocity Tour is the ninth season of the MTV reality television series Road Rules. It took place mostly in the southern areas of the United States and in South Africa. A casting special aired on June 6th, 2000, and the season premiered two weeks later on June 19th, 2000.

When compared to prior seasons, Road Rules 9 (Road Rules: Maximum Velocity Tour) would be highly competitive. Fewer missions were completed for the sake of the experience. Rather, we’d see Roadies compete against other teams of competitors. They’d face: The Real World: New Orleans cast, a local fraternity, a group of MTV.com fans, and the band O-Town. Not every mission would be a face-off, because the cast did travel to South Africa to immerse themselves into a South African tribe. This episode would get the show nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Non-Fiction Program (Special Class) in 2001.

Rainn Wilson as the Road Master

This season would be the introduction of the role of 'Road Master'. Unlike future seasons of Road Rules this iteration was a fictional character who gave the cast their tasks during each episode. This season the Road Master was played by Rainn Wilson, who is most famous for his role as Dwight Schrute on the NBC sitcom The Office.

Out of the 14 seasons of Road Rules to air from 1995 to 2007 and even is sister show The Real World which lasted for 33 seasons from 1992 to 2019, Season 9 of Road Rules (Maximum Velocity Tour) is the only season that is not archived anywhere on the internet.

History

Road Rules is an MTV reality show that was a sister show of the network's flagship reality show, The Real World. The series debuted on July 19th, 1995, and ended on May 9th, 2007. This allowed Road Rules a total of 14 seasons and 12 years on the air.

The series followed five to six strangers, between the ages of 18 and 24, stripped of their money and restricted to a life in an RV, travelling from location to location. The strangers were guided by a set of clues and missions to complete at each location.

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Cast

• Theo Vonkurnatowski
• Laterrian Wallace
• Msaada Nia
• Kathryn Omeg
• James Orlando
• Holly Brentson

Episodes

#	Episode Title	Episode Synopsis	Original Air Date	Status
0	The Real World/Road Rules Casting Special 2000	Past Real World and Road Rules Cast Mates interview and determine the final cast for Real World New Orleans and Road Rules Maximum Velocity Tour.	June 6th, 2000	Lost
0	Road Rules: The Ultimate Missions - TV Special	A 'Road Rules' retrospective special on the craziest missions of Road Rules in the past eight seasons of the show. Also, viewers get a first glance at the 'Road Master'.	June 12th, 2000	Lost
1	Walking on the Wind	One by one, Msaada, Theo, Holly, James, Laterrian, and Kathryn arrive to the desert location in Sedona, Arizona where the "Maximum Velocity Tour" begins. Inside their motor home, they are greeted by "The Road Master."	June 19th, 2000	Found
2	Frosty Face Off	Olympic Gold Medal Winner Picabo Street explains that Mission #2 involves a ski competition between the Road Rules team and a team of contest winners picked by MTV.com. Both teams demonstrate early on that they are not there to make friends with one another.	June 26th, 2000	Lost
3	Frosty Face Off (2)	Competition day arrives and the Road Rules team will try to stop the MTV.com team from taking their prize money. Tension continues to build between Holly and the MTV.com girls. Road Rules wins the bobsled race and MTV.com wins the ski jump event, Holly and Msaada prepare to gain another win for the Road Rules team with the skeleton race.	July 3rd, 2000	Lost
4	Mission Impossible: Get Shorty	The next mission brings the Road Rules team to New Orleans where they will help Sloan, a teenage cancer patient, fulfill his wish: to take part in a Road Rules mission. Sloan explains to the Road Rules team that they must steal the Real World dog from their house in New Orleans, photograph the Road Rules team with the dog, and send the pictures to the Real World house all within ten hours.	July 10th, 2000	Lost
5	Fugitives of Love	The Road Rulers wake up at 6:30 a.m. to find several policemen knocking at their door motor home and instructing them to get dressed and exit the motor home immediately. The mission requires that the Road Rulers act as escaped fugitives while being followed by policemen and police dogs.	July 17th, 2000	Lost
6	Love, Lust and Lies	The night before Valentine's Day, Kathryn and Laterrian surprise their fellow cast members by leaving the dinner table and going into the restroom together. The next morning at breakfast, Kathryn receives a surprise visit from her boyfriend Reid.	July 24th, 2000	Lost
7	Swimming in Sex	Kathryn breaks into tears as she tells her mom that she is considering leaving the show due to her relationship with Laterrian and the reactions of her teammates. The next mission requires the Road Rules team to compete against the Playboy Extreme Team in a synchronized swimming event.	July 31st, 2000	Lost
8	My Louisiana	The Road Rulers head into Louisiana, where Theo will visit his hometown along with his girlfriend Mandy. The next mission requires the Road Rulers to fly Powerchute planes in which each cast member will throw paint-filled condoms at a bull's eye target on the ground.	Aug 7th, 2000	Lost
9	Theo Takes a Leap	Theo explains to Msaada that he left home as a teenager and has not seen his mother in over a year. The Road Rulers get a big surprise in the next mission as they're each greeted by one of their parents, who came to participate in a game show called "Parent Trap."	Aug 14th, 2000	Lost
10	A Square in a Social Circle	James tells Theo about his dislike for the girls in the group and his difficulty in dealing with travelling in the RV with people he doesn't get along with. The next mission brings the Road Rulers to Augusta where they are greeted by an arena full of monster trucks.	Aug 21st, 2000	Lost
11	2 Negative Atmosphere	The Road Rulers head into Key West, FL where they learn that their next mission requires them to go deep-sea diving. One by one, each Road Ruler completes one free dive to see how deep they can go.	Aug 28th, 2000	Found
12	Stranger in a Strange Land	Just after their arrival in South Africa, James and Theo upset the rest of the group by disappearing from the airport for two hours. James gets angry when confronted by the girls and starts a yelling match with Msaada.	Sept 4th, 2000	Lost
13	Blood and Goats	The Road Rulers continue their South Africa adventure with an unusual mission that requires them to learn ancient healing techniques. Laterrian and Theo refuse to participate in the mission when they find out that they must sacrifice a goat, symbolizing communication with their ancestors.	Sept 11th, 2000	Lost
14	Revenge in the Bush	The Road Rulers meet their biggest rivals, The Real World cast, in South Africa for a series of games and competitions. The Real Worlders win the first event, in which the girls compete in a dance-off and the guys must imitate an animal of their choice.	Sept 18th, 2000	Lost
15	Flying With the African Birds	The next South African mission involves a contest where three of the Road Rulers will get the opportunity to fly in a fighter jet. Holly and Msaada are especially disappointed to learn that the winners are James, Theo, and Kathryn.	Sept 25th, 2000	Lost
16	Alone With Your Thoughts	The next mission requires each of the Road Rulers to spend 48 hours alone in the wilderness where they will each record their own video diaries. Holly protests when she learns that she can't bring her Bible with her during her isolation in the wilderness.	Oct 2nd, 2000	Lost
17	A Day Out on O-Town	For the next mission, the Road Rulers must face off against the boy band O-Town in a mission on Catalina Island. The first part of the mission requires each person to parabounce off a cliff.	Oct 9th, 2000	Lost
18	Letting Out the True Feelings	The Road Rulers arrive in Los Angeles where their Truth or Dare mission brings out some crazy behavior, including a creative striptease by Theo. The Truth part of the mission creates some tension among the team, as they are required to reveal their true thoughts about their fellow teammates.	Oct 16th, 2000	Lost
19	The Ball and Chain	The final mission requires the Road Rulers to pair up and get married in Las Vegas, planning their budget weddings in less than twenty-four hours. The girls take the mission seriously, spending time picking out their wedding rings and gowns.	Oct 23rd, 2000	Found

Gallery

Highlights of Theo Von on Road Rules: Maximum Velocity Tour.

Theo Von talks about his time on reality TV and Road Rules.

MTV 10 Spot Commercial featuring Road Rules: Maximum Velocity Tour (2:05) dated 28th August, 2000.