Gumball 3000 - 2007

Teledude · 4 May 2007 at 10:34

cymatty said:
Looks like a ford GT?

Think he meant a Carrera has ditched it now as-well as the pictured GT...

Real shame about the gumball though

Stinky · 4 May 2007 at 11:08

how did you find that out about the GT???

any more pics

MaX_PoWah · 4 May 2007 at 11:12

evilowl said:
My pics of start line at Pall Mall & Folkestone Eurotunnel are here

You got any higher resolution pics of the carrara gt's at that point in the race ? possibly without the logo ? after about 1900 x 1200 + ?

cheers mate if you can

ci_newman · 4 May 2007 at 11:39

This link appears to suggest that the whole rally has now been cancelled:-

http://www.gtspirit.com/

...

phi1 · 4 May 2007 at 11:44

It has, Look on gumballs forums...

el_dazza · 4 May 2007 at 12:23

ci_newman said:
This link appears to suggest that the whole rally has now been cancelled

I did say several posts up that it's been cancelled indefinitely, but nobody seems to have spotted it :/

Stinky · 4 May 2007 at 12:38

el_dazza said:
I did say several posts up that it's been cancelled indefinitely, but nobody seems to have spotted it :/

tis true.

OT how sis you text me last night?? i thought you had no credit??

man i feel rough

Chris1712 · 4 May 2007 at 12:38

Sorry guys but i have to say i really don't agree with this. Yes theres been an accident, which there is every year its just unfortunate this time a life has been taken. Road accidents happen ALL the time and you don't see that bit of road being closed for the next 3 weeks as a sign of respect.

I understand the Gumball is a bit of fun etc. and i hope this doesnt taint the event in anyway because god knows i want to do it before i die!

I think they could have still continued the event, just had no media frenzy party at the end and had a ceremony or something then.

el_dazza · 4 May 2007 at 12:43

Stinky said:
tis true.

OT how sis you text me last night?? i thought you had no credit??

man i feel rough

Did it over t'internet, o2 give you 10 free txts a month so i used that.. and yeah, i'm not feeling brilliant myself :/

Back on topic.. I agree that road accidents happen every year and that it's unfortunate that this has happened in the gumball, but the problem is that there are so many of your Bam Margera-type people who will enter it to purely drive like a lunatic. It gives the race a bad image when something like this happens, because most people will instantly hop to the conclusion that they were driving like nutters and caused a fatal accident, though nothing's been proven. Does make you wonder why they ran though..

Stinky · 4 May 2007 at 13:22

reading a artical in the paper it says they waited at the scene untill medics whre there. they then proceeded with the rally in a new car.

crazy

Dutch Guy · 4 May 2007 at 14:27

Chris1712 said:
Sorry guys but i have to say i really don't agree with this. Yes theres been an accident, which there is every year its just unfortunate this time a life has been taken. Road accidents happen ALL the time and you don't see that bit of road being closed for the next 3 weeks as a sign of respect.

I understand the Gumball is a bit of fun etc. and i hope this doesnt taint the event in anyway because god knows i want to do it before i die!

I think they could have still continued the event, just had no media frenzy party at the end and had a ceremony or something then.

I guess it all depends on how the accidnet happened, was the Gumballer racing 100mph on the road and lost control or was the Golf swerving into oncoming traffic?

Chris1712 · 4 May 2007 at 17:48

Thing is, theres not gonna be any evidence either way. The media will probably say he was 'racing' in his 'hyper performance car' at speeds in excess of one billion miles an hour on the wrong side of the road.

Maximillion and his boys will say he was adhering to the speed limit and couldn't avoid the other car coming from a minor road to his or something.

All i can say is im annoyed because Gumball is something i really enjoy, and i hope this doesnt taint it.

Memphis · 4 May 2007 at 18:37

Chris1712 said:
All i can say is im annoyed because Gumball is something i really enjoy, and i hope this doesnt taint it.

I would be very surprised if it didn't finish it all together.

Stormrider · 4 May 2007 at 19:45

Report is now that the second person in the crash has passed away.
RIP

http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/05/04/gumball-accident-claims-second-life/

willd58 · 4 May 2007 at 20:12

Chris1712 said:
Thing is, theres not gonna be any evidence either way. The media will probably say he was 'racing' in his 'hyper performance car' at speeds in excess of one billion miles an hour on the wrong side of the road.

Maximillion and his boys will say he was adhering to the speed limit and couldn't avoid the other car coming from a minor road to his or something.

All i can say is im annoyed because Gumball is something i really enjoy, and i hope this doesnt taint it.

ITS OKAAY CAUSE THERE EXPERIENCED DRIVERS IN SICK CARS AM I RITE?

The_One · 4 May 2007 at 20:52

People drive and crash and kill on roads every day in every country.

Why should the gumball be stopped period because of one accident and 2 deaths?

Yes its extremely unfurtunate, yes they were probably speeding but why cancel the whole thing. 9 years the gumball has been going and this is the first accident of its kind

Vita · 4 May 2007 at 20:54

That sucks, someone died real loss, feel for the family.

Damn

willd58 · 4 May 2007 at 20:57

BBC

60KPH and the elderly couple pulled out in front of them according to the organizer.

The_One · 4 May 2007 at 21:02

60km/h haha who are they kiddin, they totalled the golf that aint no 30ish mph crash

[TW]Fox · 4 May 2007 at 21:16

The_One said:
60km/h haha who are they kiddin, they totalled the golf that aint no 30ish mph crash

It's a 15 year old Golf, it's hardly an NCAP 5 star car, is it? You can do a suprising amount of damage to a car at 30mph, or infact, a closing speed of 60mph..