Gumball 3000

[bmwpower]

All the cars have the same sponsors, so i'm gussing it's a requirement to have them. I guess they're easy enough to take off at the end of the rally.

[Sledgehammer]

I wonder if they are magnetic

[ScionDriver]

Originally Posted by Sledgehammer

I wonder if they are magnetic

It'd surprise me if they werent to be honest. I can't imagine anyone, even these rich guys wanting to put (potentially) damaging stickers on their supercars.

[Sledgehammer]

Originally Posted by ScionDriver

It'd surprise me if they werent to be honest. I can't imagine anyone, even these rich guys wanting to put (potentially) damaging stickers on their supercars.

Some cars can get away with magnetic stickers but for the supercars it will be pretty trickey getting them to stick to carbon fiber and fiberglass

[mavanhaasteren]

http://www.supercars.net/gallery/119513/1306/1.html

here is a link to a page that haves high res pics of the start of the gunball 3000

[Wouter Melissen]

It's good to hear that several drivers already got their licenses revoked and their cars impounded. On the other hand it is sad to see that people still have not learned their lessons, fifty years after that tragic Mille Miglia.

[man 430gt]

Originally Posted by mavanhaasteren

http://www.supercars.net/gallery/119513/1306/1.html

here is a link to a page that haves high res pics of the start of the gunball 3000

In one of those pictures I can see a group on my mates Being serious..

[KonaGreen]

The decals are probably of the vinyl rub on type. They can be peeled off with no problems after the Rally is done. As for that flickr gallery, it's awesome. Those are some killer images in there! I had to add you as a contact, 1280x960!!!!

[TVR IS KING]

Gotta see how that Veyron rates...

[Wouter Melissen]

Originally Posted by TVR IS KING

Gotta see how that Veyron rates...

Rates? Against what?

[clutch-monkey]

Originally Posted by Wouter Melissen

it is sad to see that people still have not learned their lessons, fifty years after that tragic Mille Miglia.

what happened then?
i do recall that events like cannonball aren't popular here after a japanese dentist flipped his F40 across the finish line at 250km/h+ and killed 3 people.

[Wouter Melissen]

Originally Posted by clutch-monkey

what happened then?
i do recall that events like cannonball aren't popular here after a japanese dentist flipped his F40 across the finish line at 250km/h+ and killed 3 people.

A Ferrari hit the crowd, killing the driver, co-driver, many spectators and also the Mille Miglia. Racing should be done in a controlled situation, not around innocent road-users.

[2ndclasscitizen]

The Gumball organisers have always said it's not a race. Oh and last year at Targa Tasmania a Mini left the road and hit a bunch of spectators. Luckily no one was killed. That's a supposedly controlled environment, should they cancel that? At most rallies there's spectator points that could possibly be hit by a car if it crashed badly.

[Wouter Melissen]

Originally Posted by 2ndclasscitizen

The Gumball organisers have always said it's not a race. Oh and last year at Targa Tasmania a Mini left the road and hit a bunch of spectators. Luckily no one was killed. That's a supposedly controlled environment, should the cancel that? At most rallies there's spectator points that could possibly be hit a car if it crashed badly.

The Gumball participants seem to have little respect for the traffic regulations though. I could not care less if they kill themselves, but they risk the lives of anybody that gets in their way. Do they close the roads for the Targa Tasmania? It's a significant difference if a spectator gets hurt, or an innocent road user.

[clutch-monkey]

Originally Posted by 2ndclasscitizen

The Gumball organisers have always said it's not a race. Oh and last year at Targa Tasmania a Mini left the road and hit a bunch of spectators. Luckily no one was killed. That's a supposedly controlled environment, should they cancel that? At most rallies there's spectator points that could possibly be hit by a car if it crashed badly.

they had some slip ups this year too... eric bana crashed his falcon as well i think? don't think anyone was killed either.