Gumball 3000 2005 is starting...

I bet the Lotus Esprit will be the first to drop out. Even a crosswind will break those gearboxes.

 

LOL Sooo true!

He was revving the nuts off the car in London yesterday... just after turning the car on (ie. cold engine). It's gonna blow up any second!

 

I'm taking bets: The 2005 Gumball 3000 Crash Predictions!

1. Maximillion Cooper gets the 550 General Lee into a large tank-slapper and backs it into a concrete wall (realizing that you don't automatically have the pedalling skills of an F1 driver after you've successfully duped the press into believing you're an ex-F1 pilot). Cooper and Knoxville walk away with only minor injuries, but the car is a write off. Not to worry, Cooper buys another 550 at a local dealer and continues on.

The floor is open to other predictions...

 

Someone's driving an Aerial Atom? haha sweet

 

Is this a YELLOW CGT?
Does it come in this color, or a paint job?

I've only seen the seal grey and black.
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AFAIK, they come in Black, silver, Seal Grey, Guards Red and yellow?

 

I seem to recall there was a press article saying there was a yellow one in the trade that just wouldnt sell, and it was for sale at over £100k less than list! Maybe this is the car?

 

The blue gallardo paintjob looks like the cop car donated to the italian police by Lamborghnini, nice camouflage. Here is a Video of the starting, hope ya like. Good luck to all racers, especially Ferraris http://gumball3000.net/videos/gumball_IZ_14_05_2005.wmv

And Here are the checkpoints:
So this is the BIG month, the seventh annual 'Gumball 3000' Rally sets
off from Waterloo Place (between Picadilly Circus and Pall Mall) in
London on Saturday 14th!

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!

On Friday 13th May the Global Film Premiere of the Gumball film '6 Days
in May' will take place in Central London, followed by a private party
with exclusive performances by Jamiroquai, the Cuban Brothers, Kym
Mazelle,
Tyler James, Sammy Jo (Scissor Sisters Tour DJ) and Aphletik - The film
is of last years Gumball and has all the action from the streets of
Paris to the desert of Morocco! The film is being released on DVD by Sony
Pictures
next week on Monday 9th May and is available at www.gumball3000.com and
all leading stores (Virgin, HMV, Woolworths)

The following day all 120 of the worlds most amazing cars, notorious
celebrities and eccentric characters will set off from Waterloo Place in
Central London, where British F1 driver Jenson Button will waive the
start flag
before they’re off on an amazing 3000 mile route through Prague,
Vienna, Budapest, Dubrovnik, Sicily, and Rome, crossing the finishing line on
the evening of Friday 20th in Monte Carlo's Casino Square!

If you want to come along to cheer the cars in along the way, and get
autographs and photos of your favourite Gumballers here are the main
check-points:

Friday 13th
19:00 - 21:00 - The Gumball 3000 Film Premiere of '6 Days in May' -
come along to see the stars arrive on the red carpet and see some amazing
cars on display! Location: Bloomsbury Square, London WC1


Saturday 14th
11:00 - 18:00 - Cars will be on display all day on Waterloo Place
(between Picadilly Circus and Pall Mall) and on Trafalgar Square!
18:00 - Jenson Button will waive the start flag at 6PM!!!!!!!!
(Waterloo Place)
23:00 - 02:00 - Cars arrive to a checkpoint in Belgium at the Chateau
D'Acoz, located near Acoz not far from Brussels


Sunday 15th
09:00 - All day - Cars will be arriving at the Hotel Carlo IV in the
Centre of Prague


Monday 16th
10:00 - 13:00 - Cars arrive into Vienna (Austria) - Checkpoint -
Location: Hofburg Imperial Palace, Josefplatz
14:00 - 18:00 - Cars arrive at the Hungaroring F1 Circuit Checkpoint,
Budapest (Hungary) - come and see everyone racing around the F1 circuit!
18:00 - 20:00 - Cars will arrive at the Kempinski Corvinus Hotel in the
centre of Budapest!


Tuesday 17th
14:00 - 16:00 - Cars arrive at a Checkpoint at the National Park KRKA
(near Sibenik), Croatia
17:00 - 21:00 - Cars will arrive into Dubrovnik's Old Town centre
(Croatia)


Wednesday 18th
13:00 - All Day - Cars arrive into Taormina (Sicily) - Cars go on
display all day in the Town Centre!


Thurdsay 19th
18:00 - 22:00 - Cars arrive into Rome (Italy) - and park at the Hotel
Boscolo Exedra in Piazza Della Republica


Friday 20th
14:00 - 17:00 - Cars arrive at a Checkpoint in Firenze (Italy) - Piazza
Michelangelo, La Loggia
18:00 - 22:00 - Cars will cross the finish line in Monaco's Casino
Square!

And a few pics:
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Oops I posted smae pic twice, here is the other:
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the homosexual rainbow. maybe he be representin da homos

 

oh what i wouldnt do to go participate. that just looks like so much fun...

 

How did that get in there?! Any pics of this car?

 

it is in the video I posted. The video is long so it might take you a while to find it. at about 40 minutes in the vid, you see a silver car(very flat like a Lambo, definitly a supercar). I am trying to figure out what that is. Anyone?

 

cool, can't wait to check it out! Thanks

 

You can have a look at some pics from Dubrovnik/Croatia on the links here

http://www.pixpond.com/may/gumball+dubrovnik1.jpg
http://www.pixpond.com/may/gumball+dubrovnik2.jpg
http://www.pixpond.com/may/gumballdubrovnikbentley.jpg
http://www.pixpond.com/may/gumballdubrovnikcountach.jpg
http://www.pixpond.com/may/gumballdubrovnikenzo.jpg
http://www.pixpond.com/may/gumballdubrovnikf40.jpg
http://www.pixpond.com/may/gumballdubrovnikf430.jpg
http://www.pixpond.com/may/gumballdubrovnikinsidef40.jpg
http://www.pixpond.com/may/gumballdubrovnikinsidehummer.jpg
http://www.pixpond.com/may/gumballdubrovnikmaranello.jpg
http://www.pixpond.com/may/gumballdubrovnikmodena2.jpg
http://www.pixpond.com/may/gumballdubrovnikmodena.jpg
http://www.pixpond.com/may/gumballdubrovnikmustang.jpg
http://www.pixpond.com/may/gumballdubrovniknoble.jpg
http://www.pixpond.com/may/gumballdubrovnikslr.jpg
http://www.pixpond.com/may/gumballdubrovnikspectre.jpg
http://www.pixpond.com/may/gumballdubrovnikspectre2.jpg
http://www.pixpond.com/may/gumballdubrovnikdb5.jpg

Credit goes to my countryman on the official website

 

Here is a link to a great 360° panorama picture of the start in London.
http://people.pwf.cam.ac.uk/sbm24/gumball3000.html#

(Thanks to www.gumballblog.blogspot.com/ for the link).
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Funny Pic. Inside the Genarl Lee too.
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Hi guys, thought i'd make my first post here

The General Lee 550 is owned by a customer of mine (ES motorsport) were it was for sale on their forecourt for £180,000. I've been told that it hasnt been re-sprayed but body wrapped in vinyl.

Here she is before the transformation with the race version



The Zonda pictured earlier was also supplied by ES Motorsport although it was not actually raced, it just attended the start. Only found that out when i visited the showroom and found it on the forecourt



I'm afraid i havent got an F-car yet just a big mofo American pick up but a 360 will be mine one day

 

Video of a 360 Spider and Carrera GT doing some doughnuts! That guy abuses his 360!!!

http://www.videos.onestopwebhosting.com/Videos/Newmozrob.wmv

 

the 360 degree panoramic shot is really quite impressive

 

He just doesn't know how to drive. lol