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 Posted: Tue, 17th May 2005 13:50 Post subject: Gumball 3000 |
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The gumball 2005 is currently crossing Europe. They will spend thousands of dollars on fines...but hey, that's nothing compared to the cash they spend on fuel, so no problem for these guys (and hot girls).
| Quote: | | Stars include: Jackass and Dukes of Hazard film star Johnny Knoxville, Jamiroquai's Jay Kay, Supermodels Caprice and Jodie Kidd, Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill's legendary director Quentin Tarantino with film star Daryl Hannah, Bez from 'The Happy Mondays' and DC Shoes skateboard legend Rob Dyrdek all driving everything from Ferrari Enzo's, Pagani Zonda's, Lamborghini's, Porsche GT's, to old Aston Martin's, Rolls Royce's, Bio-Diesel Hybrid's and even the General Lee! |
I think, the gumball is awesome! If you can pay the £10000 pound entry fee and if you are lucky to be chosen to participate you're a lucky person  If I could participate I would personally take care that that fat Kim Schmitz doesn't win the gumball that time ( http://www.kimble.org )
http://www.gumball3000.com/content/html/index.html
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| Posted: Tue, 17th May 2005 13:54 Post subject: |
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Yes it should be forbidden and yes they should still race even though it's forbidden 
Even more exitement to know that the cops could try to hunt you down.
| Injurious wrote: | | And then Mabel tripped over a rock and landed in a well and was trapped there with Timmy. Sadly I shot Lassie so no one is saving that bitch! |
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| Posted: Tue, 17th May 2005 13:57 Post subject: |
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meh nothin great about this but it shouldnt be banned i dont think they've killed any1. they're not wreckless really.
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| Posted: Tue, 17th May 2005 14:29 Post subject: |
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On kimble.org I saw this link:
http://www.ultimaterally.com/
'children love gumballs, real players run for a seat in ultimate rally' (in your face, gumball)
All you need is US$ 30,000, a super car and driving skills.
Total prize money of USD 2.000.000 for the winners (1st place: USD 1.000.000)
edit: hmmm kim schmitz is the organizer so I think he won't compete in the gumball anymore...
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_SiN_
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| Posted: Tue, 17th May 2005 18:02 Post subject: |
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wtf is gumball?
I hate you.
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Mutantius
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| Posted: Tue, 17th May 2005 18:09 Post subject: |
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Some kind of race I think :S
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| Posted: Tue, 17th May 2005 18:19 Post subject: |
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History
In 1933 legendary motorcycle racer Mister Baker, had crossed the United States coast-to-coast in 54 hours, earning him the nickname Cannonball. He had had an annual race ever since 1914 (when he needed 11 days), and bettered his time ever since. In the 1970s motor journalist Brock Yates of Car and Driver magazine had started the Cannonball Baker Sea To Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash in honor of Cannonball. The first race was held on April 1, 1971, and first prize was a Gumball dispenser. The first race was won by Yates and Dan Gurney, former race driver for Formula One and Le Mans, who drove a Ferrari. They needed about 35 hours from New York to L.A. These events inspired the 1976 movies Gumball Rally and Cannonball, as well as sequels such as Cannonball Run, Cannonball Run 2, etc. The original Gumball race was finally canceled in 1979. Drawing inspiration from the 1970s race, the movies and Smokey and the Bandit, Maximillion Cooper started the modern edition of the game in the summer of 1999. Gumball 3000 has since gained the reputation as road race for the modern era and has captured the attention. With celebrity participation the public have been bought closer to the race by witnessing it on everything from MTV to reading about it in Vanity Fair.
Races
The original race featured 50 among Cooper's friends, and went from London, to Rimini, Italy and back, passing through Paris, to the beautiful Chateau d'Esclimont, before lapping the Le Mans race circuit, followed by a checkpoint at the Mas du Clos Ferrari Museum, then Monaco Grand Prix circuit in Monaco, the Ferrari Factory in Modena, the Ambras Palace in Austria and the Hockenheim Grand Prix Circuit in Germany before returning to London to cross the finish line on Park Lane. The winner drove a 1963 Jaguar E-Type. Other drivers included actors Billy Zane in a 1964 Aston Martin DB5, Jason Priestley in a Lotus Esprit V8 and Dannii Minogue in a Porsche Boxster.
2000
The second race was held in May 2000. The race started at Marble Arch in London and went to Stansted Airport, where all cars and people were airlifted to a private airport in Spain. The race then continued through Bilbao, Cannes, Milan, the Buhlerhohe Castle in Switzerland, the Nürburgring GP circuit and Hamburg before returning to London. Notable entrants included Drum and bass legend and James Bond baddie Goldie in an Aston Martin V8, it-girl Tara Palmer Tomkinson in a Jaguar XK8, Great Train Robber Bruce Reynolds in a Bentley, the indie band Placebo in a Lagonda, the Happy Mondays all crammed into a 2+2 Jaguar, and Maximillion in the famous Bentley Arnage 1WO.
2001
The third race, held in April 2001, featured 106 cars, including Johnny Knoxville, Steve O and the rest of the cast of Jackass driving an 80s rusted out Jag, as well as F1 World champion Damon Hill driving a Lamborghini, comedian Vic Reeves in a AMG, Lord Montagu of Beaulieu in a Blower Bentley and Maximillion in an original AC Cobra. The race went from Hyde Park Corner in London to Berlin, Vilnius, Saint Petersburg, Helsinki, Stockholm and Copenhagen before returning to London. Kim Schmitz finishes first in his Brabus EV12 Megacar. The race was made into an hour long Jackass Gumball 3000 Special on MTV and received the highest viewing figures of the year. Ruby Wax also ran in the event covering it for terrestrial TV in the UK on BBC1.
2002
The fourth race was held in April 2002, the first to be run outside Europe. The race goes from New York to the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles, passing through a checkpoint at the Whitehouse in Washington DC, onto Nashville, Tennessee for lunch in Elvis Presley's Mansion, Graceland, before getting a Dallas Cowboys welcome in Texas, onwards to Cadillac Ranch, Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Grand Canyon and Las Vegas, Nevada before reaching the Playboy Mansion in Beverly Hills where Hugh Hefner and playmates awarded trophies. 175 cars entered the contest, including a 60s Corvette painted in the Stars and Stripes that won best car award, the 1959 Ferrari California Spider from the movie Ferris Buellers day off that was bought at a cost of over $1m just to take part in the Gumball, as well as old American muscle cars taking to the road with modern day supercars. Fashion designer Donna Karan, models Amy Wesson and Rachel Hunter, and actor Matthew McConaughey were amongst the stars.
2003
The fifth race was held in May 2003, with 175 cars from San Francisco, California to Miami, Florida, passing through Reno, Nevada, Las Vegas, Tucson, Arizona, White Sands, New Mexico, San Antonio, Texas and New Orleans, Louisiana. This one was made into 'Gumball 3000' The Movie and starred Jackass' Ryan Dunn racing a rental car along side skateboard legends Tony Hawk in a Dodge Viper and Bucky Lasek, Motocross World champions Travis Pastrana and Carey Hart, Supermodel Jodie Kidd all diving the most amazing mix of Ferrari F50s, Lambo's, the 242mph Swedish Koenigsegg Supercar and other exotica, to West Coast Choppers Jesse James in a custom VW Campervan!
2004
The sixth race was held in May 2004, back again in Europe. The race went from the Eiffel Tower in Paris to Biarritz, Madrid, Marbella, then crossed over to Africa, to Marrakech in Morrocco as guests of the King, before returning to Spain for the Barcelona Grand Prix, finishing in Cannes at the famous film festival. 192 amazing cars took part, but the car that stole the show was a little old Citroen 2CV pinted like the General Lee. Ex Boxing world champion Chis Eubank drove a truck, whilst The Pianist Academy winning actor Adrien Brody favoured a Porsche and the 'Ai Ya' Boys just rented a Winnebago. On Gumball its seems just about anything goes!
2005
The seventh race is planned to start at Trafalgar Square on May 14, 2005. It will go 3000 miles from London to Brussels, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, and then to Dubrovnik in Croatia. The cars will then be transported by ferry to Bari, in Italy, then lap the old Targa Florio circuit in Sicily, before heading north to Rome, and finally cross the finish line in the Monaco's Casino Square prior to the F1 Grand Prix. Participants include Jackass stars, Oscar winner Adrien Brody, rock stars and supermodels driving everything from the Dukes of Hazzard General Lee to Ferrari Enzo's!
Straight off wikipedia
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MAD_MAX333
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| Posted: Tue, 17th May 2005 19:13 Post subject: |
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US is cracking down on them badly now to stay in US...
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| Posted: Tue, 17th May 2005 19:18 Post subject: |
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Not forbidden, Its just a race.
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ollax
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| Posted: Tue, 17th May 2005 20:11 Post subject: |
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Gummball is not cannonball!
They are two different things. Cannonball is a race while gumball is more of a cruise. I rode my motorcycle in a swedish cannonball race in 1995, sthlm>gbg>sthlm and finished it of in about 7 hrs
My average speed data:
133.1509 mph
214.2857 kmh
59.5238 meters/sec
11717.2851 feet/minute
Exakt time:
7 : 0 : 0.56
In 2000 when i and a friend bought ourselfs brand new fireblades, we drove them up to my parents house in the countryside, this was an early morning (less traffic) and we timed it from door to door and the telemetrics installed on the bike gave us the data:
Distance: 175km
Time 0 : 45 : 0.06
Average speed:
144.9866 mph
233.3333 kmh
64.8148 meters/sec
12758.8215 feet/minute
I loved that bike, i would love to get a new one but the GF think it's to dangerous! 
She does think that i could get one to race on track again, but to find the time to go to the track in the weekends would be difficult:-(
Closest track from where i live is like 250km:-(
Of all the things i've lost, i miss my mind the most!
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| Posted: Tue, 17th May 2005 21:07 Post subject: |
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| ollax wrote: | | Gummball is not cannonball! |
Nobody said that the gumball = cannonball
| ollax wrote: | | Closest track from where i live is like 250km:-( |
so according to your wild stories that's only one hour away...that's not so bad
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| Posted: Tue, 17th May 2005 22:35 Post subject: |
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| killingBill wrote: | | ollax wrote: | | Gummball is not cannonball! |
Nobody said that the gumball = cannonball
| ollax wrote: | | Closest track from where i live is like 250km:-( |
so according to your wild stories that's only one hour away...that's not so bad |
Well you dont actually drive to and from the track now do you?
It's car and trailer!
And these are not wild stories, i 've been in to motorcycles pretty much my whole life. The first real job i ever got was as a motorcycle courier in stockholm, the second one was at stockholms largest motorcycle vendor were i sold bikes. I raced on track for threee years and drove mx for fun, this is still one of my biggest interests so leave the "wild stories" remarks somwhere else. I was racing bikes when you were still in diapers so dont give me attitude while riding your tricycle to school!
The thread is about Gumball and yet there is the history of cannonball in the post, so whats up with that?
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| Posted: Tue, 17th May 2005 23:14 Post subject: |
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Thats just some history about 'street racing'
and about the wild stories...I think driving 250km/h is wild...or do you prefer people call you boring??
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| Posted: Wed, 18th May 2005 09:30 Post subject: |
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Yupp, i'm a boring speedfreak:-) (speed=velocity, not drugs)
I just thought you called me a liar;-)
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| Posted: Wed, 18th May 2005 16:13 Post subject: |
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Wtf, were are the 11 ones who voted Yes??
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| Posted: Wed, 18th May 2005 16:34 Post subject: |
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| killingBill wrote: |
edit: hmmm kim schmitz is the organizer so I think he won't compete in the gumball anymore... |
no he has been banned from the gumball race because he filmed a crash last year (atleast i read that somewhere), that's why he started with own race.
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| Posted: Wed, 18th May 2005 16:40 Post subject: |
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Banned for filming a crash??
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