Hey Gumball Fans!

Here we go.....get ready as we're just 20 days away from the flag
dropping on Pall Mall for the 8th Gumball 3000 Rally! (Sunday
30th April - Sunday 7th May)

Starting in London and finishing 8 days later in Los Angeles...this one
is just NUTS, 120 amazing cars driving 3000 miles across
3 Continents in just 8 days! Last year the crowds on route were HUGE,
and this year we want even more of you to cheer us on.
We've got more supercars, superstars and rock n' roll parties than you
can imagine!

Look out for 'Bam Margera' (MTV's Viva La Bam) and Ryan Dunn (Jackass)
in Bam's purple Lamborghini that Billy Idol 'chain-
sawed' a sun-roof into, along with skateboard legend Tony Hawk and
action sports stars Mike Vallely and 'Rooftop' Escamilla in
their Jeep, alongside MTV UK's Jackass styled "Dirty Sanchez" in their
'drift racing' Nissan, next to Love Actually film star
Martine McCutcheon in her pimped up Range Rover, next to 'Goldie Lookin
Chain' in their A-Team van, next to supermodel
Jodie Kidd in her supercar, next to Fast & Furious' star Matt Schulze
in his RUF Porsche, beside Freestyle MX legend Carey
Hart and his pop star wife 'Pink' in their Bentley, alongside MX
superstar Travis Pastrana in his WRX Sti Subaru; then catch a
glipse of hip hop legend Snoop Dogg doing an exclusive Gumball
performance at our party in Las Vegas, and look out for 'rock
god' Lenny Kravitz as he puts pedal to the metal, next to Blink 182's
Travis Barker as they all race to cross the Rodeo Drive
finish line! Hugh Hefner and his 'Playmates' will then be preparing
champagne for all at the Playboy Mansion, where Travis
Barker, DJ Am and DJ Ron 'porn star' Jeremy will spin the tunes as the
Gumballers party the night away. Put all this together
and you've got one hell of a crazy Gumball!

Here's a heads up on the "checkpoints" so you can come down see the
amazing cars and stars...

EUROPE (1000 miles):
Saturday 29th April:
Kicking off, we've got the Premiere of the "Aiya" boys Gumball film
called 'Drivin' Me Crazy' on Saturday 29th April here in
Central London, followed by a party with 'Goldie Lookin Chain'
performing along with guest celebrity DJs. This will be a late one!

Sunday 30th April:
This is the start day! Cars will park on "display" in Gumballs own
"pit-lane" on Pall Mall (London W1, between Trafalgar Square
and St. James Palace) between 1-4 PM, and the flag will drop between
4-6 PM, sending drivers en route to a Midnight
checkpoint in Belgium via the Eurotunnel. "Attention all Belgian's" to
come and cheer us at Chateau de Beloeil, home to the
Princes de Ligne between 10PM - 1AM! (Address: Chateau de Beloeil, rue
du Chateau, 11, Beloeil, Hainaut, just 40 miles from
Brussels)

Monday 1st May:
After driving thru the night they'll be a breakfast checkpoint in
Austria will be in Vienna between 6 - 10 AM at the Kursalon
(centrally located with easy accessibility (U4 subway) in Vienna's
beautiful inner-city park on Johannesgasse), afetrwhich cars
drive to Budapest, arriving between Midday - 4PM at the "Chain Bridge."
We want everyone in Hungary to come to see us
arrive!

Tuesday 2nd May:
Lunch checkpoint in Belgrade, Serbia between 11AM - 1PM at the City
Hall!

ASIA (1000 miles):
Wednesday 3rd May:
This one's secret, so that Gumballers can relax on a "private Island!"

Thursday 4th May:
Gumballers drive from Phuket to Bangkok through the rainforest. Get
yourselves to the Asian 'finish' line at the Mandarin
Oriental Hotel in Bangkok between 7-10PM.

USA (1000 miles):
Friday 5th May:
After flying to the US, Gumballers get to attend the red carpet
Premiere of Mission Impossible 3 at the Larry H. Miller Megaplex
Theatre in Salt Lake City, Utah!!!

Saturday 6th May:
After collecting their cars from SLC Airport, all 120 amazing vehicles
will 'parade' to downtown SLC to the Utah Jazz home at
the Delta Centre for you all to see between 10-11AM. Then they're all
driving to the new race track outside SLC called 'Miller
Motorsports Park' - this is a great opportunity to watch these beauties
at full speed, and all we'll also be putting on a 'drift racing'
display!

Then get yourselves to Las Vegas to the Hard Rock Hotel that evening
between 5-8PM to watch the cars arrive. That night
hip hop legend 'Snoop Dogg' will be doing an "exclusive" Gumball
performance at 'The Joint' inside the Hard Rock. This will be
crazy!

Sunday 7th May:
After checking out Death Valley, the Gumballers will cross the finish
line on the famous 'Rodeo Drive' in Beverly Hills at
approximately 4PM. Rodeo Drive will be closed for the finish, where
cars will then be parked on display until 7PM before
parading to the Beverly Hilton Hotel. That night Gumballers will party
with Playmates at the famous Playboy Mansion where DJ
AM, Blink 182's Travis Barker and porn star Ron Jeremy will mix the
tunes for the nights party! Who will win the coveted 'Spirit
of the Gumball Trophy' this year???

Hope to see you on the sidewalk.....in just under 3 weeks! Oh, and by
the way I'll be driving something really ridiculous!

One spot left now!!

Counting the days...

Maximillion
Gumball Boss

"Let's pull out his teeth with these pliers!" Mad Dog (from the 'AIYA'
Boys, MTV Asia's version of Jackass!) Taken from the
newest Gumball 3000 film 'Drivin' Me' Crazy'. Available on DVD from the
Gumball website and in all good stores from May 8th...
to watch the trailer go to www.gumball3000.com and go to the TV
section.

 

I have a car doing this .

Mark

 

Goldie Lookin Chain' in their A-Team van

 

What car you got it in then Mark?

 

It's actually only 18 days away, hope no one is late for it

 

A 636hp Evo 7, Some good prep work going in to it got to make sure it finishes as 40k Fee

Mark

 

good luck mate with that

 

went to last years opening was worth it just to see caprice

 

may have to pop to the services on the A20 again - was worth it to see the f40, and enzo stop to fill up, and then give it some up the slip road!

 

This is basically around the fookin world

where next? does the space shuttle take 120 supercars??


Good luck Mark

 

Good luck with your car Mark.

 

Now THAT's a driving holiday

Mark, is there anything you are not involved with

 

Great route That Evo sounds like it will surprise a few Ferraris

 

mental route!

 

Stunning route, and I can imagine the DVD being absolutely awesome with so many crazy Welsh boys (GLC and Dirty Sanchez, they always crack me up!)

Good luck to all involved

 

think i shall be going to watch the start again

 

Mark is this the red one you showed me taking up valuable garage space at MAD HQ a while back

 

Dirty Sanchez's car is cool as fuck, even though they only bought it the other day off my mate Paul whos doing my respray.

Tis a proper weapon, big power, big spec, over 500bhp, big wing sump, loadsa shit.

I still think it will blow up in no time at all with them idiots driving it
I think Paul said hes gonna turn the boost right down, but still...

Some pics i took the other week of it







Will be covered in Fuel and DC Shoes graphics for Gumball i think.

 

wish i had won the lottery that is the ride of a life time

 

Mark is that the Red one that was Magazine features with the body kit and Nos ?

Mike

 

will be there to watch the start of that one

 

Yes it is adjusting spec to around 500hp on less than 95ron fuel also it will be able to hold 128lt of Fuel or driven hard it would do less than 100 mile on a tank

Mark

 

Sound's like the ultimate driving experience/holiday!Seen last years and it looked awesome!

 

Be interesting to see how they top it next year

 

we be there for the start

 

Last years start was awesome. Shame we will miss it this year.

Sounds like a great course