:: GUMBALL 3000 BLOG ::

The start of this years Gumball 3000 is filmed by the British Television car program Fifth Gear.

Here is the original quote from their website:

“Chris Evan’s former breakfast show radio sidekick, Holly Samos, joins the team and reports from the start line of the Gumball 3000. It’s a celebrity-packed 3000 mile driving challenge, and Holly interviews the stars as they prepare to depart Pall Mall in a convoy of supercars worth £5 million. DJ Tim Westwood gets flirty, Maggot from Goldie Lookin’ Chain shows off his replica A-Team van and the police get angry about the 18 Ferraris, 17 Porsches and 11 Lamborghinis as they smoke their tyres through.”

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A couple of weeks ago, GT3000.com member PCP directed another “best of Gumball 2005″ video. You can see this video below, or download the video here.

Nice video guys! Keep up the good work !

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As we reported yesterday, Team Torquenstein made a fantastic burnout at Rodeo Drive. This video shows you some Gumballers revving their engines (like the Murci and the Nissan 180sx) and finally Torquenstein demonstrated again the power of his Ford GT. But not everyone loves it…

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Here is a 10 minutes onboard video, following some Gumballers thrue Death Valley. It’s not a spectacular video, but it gives you a good impression why they called this highway “Death Valley”.

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Team Torquenstein demonstrated how to make a nice burnout at Rodeo Drive! They arrived both at the same time with Team Polizei at the finish line. This is the way how he celebrate it !

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On the 3th of May, Alex Roy and his co-pilot Michael Ross reported that 3 Mercedes SLR McLarens have broken down, all with alternate problems. Here are three pictures of the two SLR’s (Team Top Gun - 20 & 21) that has been towed away. One of the SLR’s was fixed later that day.

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