Drivin’ me crazy is the new Gumball 3000 DVD that is released today! Watch the hilarious and rowdy Aiya! Gang from MTV Asia ‘Whatever Things’ takes on the rally in an beat up motorhome! Starting from Paris, the rally goes through Spain, down into Morrocco and back up to France to end in Cannes for the film festival. Asked to describe the experience.
Right now, the Gumballers have “taken to the air” in preperation for the next leg of the rally in Thailand.
Departs Belgrade: Tuesday 5 PM GMT
Arrives in Phuket: Wednesday 7 AM GMT
The Gumballers will be spending Wednesday night partying on the beach in Phuket, and hit the road for one night in Bangkok on Thursday.
Be sure to come back and track the Gumballers with CoPilot when they drive from Phuket to Bangkok on Thursday at 8:00 AM GMT, (3:00 AM EST)
A member from the m5board.com (yourk) is often in contact with Alex Roy with Team Polizei (Continental GT). Here are some updates from the team. Thanks again to yourk, to provide this information!
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Tuesday, 2 May 2006
05:43 (a.m.) (G.M.T.)
- Update from Alex - Word is that there is a road block leaving Hungary
- Team Polizei Just ran out of gas 3 miles from the border
- They are at the border checkpoint. The russian Embasy guys really helped out
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Tuesday, 2 May 2006
05:28 (a.m.) (G.M.T.)
Team Polizei and the VW Camper van are currently receiving a Police Escort out of the city of Budapest by not only Police, but also Russian Embassy Security Personnel.
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Tuesday, 2 May 2006
04:52:51 (a.m.) (G.M.T.)
Update from Alex Roy who is at the starting grid in Budapest: A few cars have been spotted leaving Budapest early in an effort to cheat and get to the final European checkpoint early.
There are a couple of chat rooms where you can chat with other Gumball fans and with Gumball participants. Also Gumball HQ has created a Gumball 3000 live page where you can follow the Gumball rally.
Chat rooms:
Team Ecario (US Leg - Nissan 350Z) blog
Here it is, the official 2006 Gumball 3000 start grid:
(thanks to PX from Gumball-3000.com !)
Team 1:
Miguel Escamilla, Mexican, American
Mike Vallely, American
Rich Van Every, American
Anthony Hawk, American
2006 Jeep Cherokee STR8
Team 2:
Brandon ‘Bam’ Margera, American
Ryan Dunn, American
2004 Lamborghini Gallardo
Team 3:
JB Girling, British
Jared Prindle, American
Patrick Fischer, German
Ryan Zachary Young, American
2005 RangeRover Vogue 4.2 V8 Supercharged
We received the official Team Torq press release. The picture above is taken from inside the Ford “Torq” GT.
It is 5:am, April 28th 2006 and the big race is only hours away. We have prepared the car, installed some new hardware, tested out equipment and we are race ready!
