Gumball Lambo makes “flying” stop in Phang-Nga
Just hours out from the Phuket International Airport (PIA), the first major accident on the Thailand leg of the Gumball Rally occurred on a straight stretch of the Phang-Nga highway.
Flash, the wild purple Lamborghini, took flight after hitting a series of three “unexpected” dips in the road at 130mph. Resembling a mauve missile, the souped-up Roadster careened through the air for 40 feet, sliced through a tree and came to rest with a very serious bump on the grass verge.
Flash team-mates Paul Naden and Dean Philp, from the UK, were shaken but otherwise uninjured, and will be jetting their way to tonight’s party in Bangkok at the Oriental hotel. They will then fly on to Salt Lake City in the US, where Lamborghini is waiting with another roadster for them to complete the Rally, which ends at Hugh Hefner’s Playboy Mansion in LA.
May 4th, 2006 at 11:30 am
:cry: :cry:
May 4th, 2006 at 12:01 pm
I feel that all the crashes this year are going to give the Gumball a bad name
May 4th, 2006 at 12:07 pm
Don’t drive bad roads with supercars…
But indeed, all these crashes are bad for the name and image.
May 4th, 2006 at 7:16 pm
A rich daddy and no respect.
May 8th, 2006 at 7:01 pm
[…] As we report a couple a days ago, the purple Lamborghini murcielago roadster was crashed in Phuket. Today we added an exclusive picture from the crashed lambo. This picture gives you a better overview of the crash. […]
September 23rd, 2006 at 12:45 am
In 2004 Paul Naden and Dean Philp crashed a Ferrari 360 Spider in Marokko, and now this?