:: GUMBALL 3000 BLOG ::

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, (via Gibraltar) 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 Citroën 2CV painted like the General Lee. Ex Boxing world champion Chris Eubank drove a truck, whilst The Pianist Academy winning actor Adrien Brody favoured a Porsche and the ‘Ai Ya’ Boys just rented a Winnebago.

Gary Lutke and John Docherty won the coveted Spirit Trophy in the Citroën 2CV. First place went to Kim Schmitz in a Mercedes CL3000. The Style Award went to Alex Roy, this time dressed as a Canadian Mountie.

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The guys of the Gulf GT3 and the silver GT2 (as known as GT3000) made a really nice teaser about the 2005 rally. Click on the video to play. 

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Mr. Kalbas was participating the 2004 and 2005 rally. In the 2004 he drove a yellow Ferrari Enzo and last year he drove a Mercedes-Benz CLK AMG DTM (100 ever produced in the world!). Some specs: 0-200: 10.2 seconds and it has a top speed of 320 km/h. Below you will find some nice wallpapers.

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This is one of the famous Gumball Rally videos of all time. The Firenze Polizei (Italy) give Team Polizei in 2005 a high speed escort out of town. Terror and danger ensues. Not for the faint of heart…

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The fourth day in the Gumball 2004 was a legendary day. After the crash of the Ford Escort Cosworth, this red Ferrari 360 (unknown) - friend of Gumball 144 Emma Payne rode shotgun as they cruised approximately 5 minutes ahead of Team Polizei (Alex Roy) northeast on a small road at the foot of the Atlas Mountains. Apparently they crested a hill and struck a tractor at high speed. The tractor was relatively unscathed, but the entire left side of the 360 was shorn off and the car hurtled into a ditch. Everyone walked away. The moral of the story is - don’t crest blind hills in Morocco at high speed, and always wear your seat belt.

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In the 2003 rally there was a really nice girl participating in a black Lamborghini Murciélago. There are many question about this girl thrue the years. We can confirm that her name is “Vicky Powell”. See below some pics of her.

And here are some pics of Vicky:

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