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So I was in the French Quarter tonight walking to a show.  I hear the sound of an exotic sports car behind me....I turn to see a yellow lambo...followed by a Nissan GT-R...followed by a Ferrari F430...followed by a McClaren SLR....followed by a Ford GT....followed by a Porsche GT....I thought I was hallucinating!  I asked one of the drivers what they were doing/shooting for...and he said "Gumball 3000"

I'm thinking what the hell is gumball 3000.  Well apparently its a nationwide exotic car rally of sorts....starting in LA and ending in Miami.  Here is a video of the cars for 2009. All of these cars will be on display tomorrow in the quarter...I am going to take pictures and videos. Will post more here later.

For anyone who has been to the quarter in New Orleans....the roads are very small one-way roads...the sound of a lambo reving right next to me is enough to scare you...seriously....these sorts of cars are LOUD.  Talk about a once in a lifetime experience!

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All of my pictures from today in New Orleans
http://gregsphotos.glotzbecker.com/thum ... p?album=30 (http://gregsphotos.glotzbecker.com/thumbnails.php?album=30)


All of my pictures from today in Slide-Show format
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSyVO6pdlV4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSyVO6pdlV4)

nice!

hmmm you can even enter your car too if you want...its not only for exotics
the fees  for that race are crazy not to mention the speeding tickets if you get caught speeding. the people who usually enter those things are mostly rich people that drive exotic cars

its SLR not SRL i think lol

Their suppose to arrive tomorrow in Miami... I seen some photos online.. real nice cars.

Looks like fun. Nice cars.

its world wide, cause theyve done it all over europe

There must have been at least a hundred million dollars worth of cars in that race, SHIT,  THAT'S FUCKIN" CRAZY COOL !!!

it must be fun to just cruise around a long distance. one of my goals in life is to go cross country lol

OMG! Do I have a show for you guys. I found where all the cars were staying before they left for Orlando this morning.  I don't even want to think about how much money was sitting in this parking lot....you are talking like 10 million dollars worth of cars.  Living in the city I got an inside hint as to where some of most expensive cars were....in an underground garage in the Royal Sonesta Hotel....I had a hint a particular car was was there....all I can say is OMG! Its like it was fake...

Teaser #1

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MORE PICTURES OR BAN!!!!

Teaser #2

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Teaser #3

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Fuck the Bugatti, you lucky teaser you.
I gotta move down there, preferably FL.

wow thats crazy

Alright, teasing is only fair if you give it up in the end.

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Me standing between 2 million dollars worth of cars

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Yes, that is a Bugatti Veyron. One of only 133 produced.

8.0L W16 quad turbo engine 64 valves 1,001 HP 922 ft/lb tq
0-60 in 2.5 seconds
0-125 in 7.3 seconds

Price tag: $1,500,000

Gumball 3000 looks like a lot of fun.  Wish I had that kinda money.

i thought that veyron got impounded? either way crazy pictures and that must have been weird to stand next to that car.

not too crazy about the color scheme but damnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn that car is jsut fasttttt... i dont think there is any place you can really open it up but that would be suicide for real

FYI-

All these cars had full body decals covering the paint.  Its to protect them from the bugs, rocks, and tar on the freeway. Everything peels off.

^^ i was gona say, way to ruin cars with decals. i knew they are smarter then that

MOTHERFUCKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They were in Mobile, AL during my lunch break cutting thru downtown, I saw the porche, lambo, McClaern, etc..... Im still speechless at this point... rock on bitches.

oh man, ya never heard of the Gumball races before? They use to be almost exclusively in Europe, but a year or two back one of the cars hit a elderly couples car (residents, not participating in the race) killing them both...they pretty much canceled the gumball that year mid-race. Alot of the European countries they ran through banned them, so now they are here in the US.

Back when it was in Europe, I believe entry fee was around $70-80K (they provided 5 star hotels and parties every night with every meal catered or at 5 start places, they even had their own security detail for all the cars and drivers), but as of late, they have somewhat toned it down and I believe the runs that are here in the US are only around $20-30K

Oh I've heard of it before but never saw the cars up close. I just want to go in the bathroom lock the door and think of those cars passing me.......

looks like underestimated the prices:    http://www.gumball3000.com/rally/faq/#question5 (http://www.gumball3000.com/rally/faq/#question5)

apparently they stopped by Houston yesterday:  http://www.houston-imports.com/forums/s ... p?t=524353 (http://www.houston-imports.com/forums/showthread.php?t=524353)


i tried posting them, but it crashed the server :/

It was fun to see these cars, but I'm not sure what to think of this event as a whole.  Basically its just a bunch of rich people road racing...one guy this morning almost wrecked his ride.

I caught this on video...that orange lambo was LOUD...it sets the security alarm off on the suv across the street.  But watch the guy in the white Porsche at around 1:25....that could have ended poorly...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFN5Q5qhoH8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFN5Q5qhoH8)

rich people who can't drive lol

...the crashes are pretty common at gumball....

i agree with you, it's pretty cool to see all the cars, but the whole idea of doing this on public roads gets 2 thumbs down from me

I agree this is a piss poor idea. Nice photos though.

yea ive been following this for a few years - its basically ridiculously rich people flaunting their money.  dont get me wrong, its awesome, but its out of reach for just about everyone else... and they make it that way on purpose.

during the end they give out prizes for the people with the most speeding tickets and the highest ticket.  at least a handful of people go to jail and get their cars impounded every year for getting pinched doing about 150 in a 65.  one guy i heard a few years ago got caught doing something like 188 in a lambo.  everybody cheered.  last year (i think) one group had their RR phantom break down (or crash, i dont remember) but they still wanted to finish the race so they did the most logical thing and bought a brand new drophead phantom that day and finished the race.

Well I hope the states, and towns take full advantage and ticket these folks at every chance they get.

lol ya i heard that one as well, i think i remember them saying "ya i really didn't like that color" or something along those lines lol


The Jackass crew did a gumball race in Europe a couple years back, but their entry fee was waived cause they knew the guy who runs it. They did the race in an 80 something Jaguar (the only "nice" car that fit their 3k budget lol)

as pompous as it is id love to be able to do this. Dont know what car i would do it in, but it would be one hell of an adventure

They made it to Miami

http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2009-gum ... i/2005300/ (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2009-gumball-3000-conclusion-in-miami/2005300/)

i love how that lambo set off car alarms, thats sick