Full disclosure: I’m friends with some people who’ve run the Gumball. That said, the Gumball 3000 seems even less about cars than Bullrun. Unless you think David Hasselhoff and the guy with too many tattoos from that Green Day ripoff band (Travis Barker) are somehow car related. It’s mostly about primping and posing and drinking Red Bull and diet vodka. What cars are running? Dunno. Well actually, Barker and some skateboarder will be in a Scion. Why are we bothering to cover it? Because they’re going to North Korea. That part actually interests me. After they leave San Francisco the Gumballers will cruise through Los Angeles to San Diego then Vegas where all 120 cars will be flown to Pyongyang. I think the B-listers, nouveau riche and trust funders will fit right in amongst people who eat the bark off trees when the famine gets bad enough. Lots of illuminating social commentary, too. Party on Wayne, party on Garth. [Gumball 3000]
Posted By: Jonny Lieberman | 2 Comments »
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Most of the cars and drivers who are part of this event are well, just silly. For example Bam Margera’s (faux skateboarder, Mtv jerk) Lamborghini Gallardo really sums up what Gumball has become. It’s the car a 14 year old boy would want after seeing it on a poster at Spencer Gifts.
The idea of a group of drivers traveling 3000 miles across challenging roads in incredible cars is a great idea. Hopefully there will be more and more people gathering to do this that aren’t rich, faux celebrities looking for a way to show off.
Gumball is for rich tossers and celeb wannabe posers. You wanna do a real rally try the Alcan 5000. Look it up.
And, oh yeah right they are going to North Korea. Heard that story a couple of years ago and the run was mysteriously diverted at the last minute. And even if they do go, its not with the cars.
LAME! We aren’t interested.