[954Stealth]

I hate to do this and you all are probably sick of seeing my name in these threads but I just had to do it one more time for now. When I said in another thread that there's a lot happening in motorsports over the next few days, well, I wasn't lying.

June 4th is the official start date of this years insane Gumball3000!

"On Wednesday June 4th, supercars, superstars and fans will gather on Miami's Ocean Drive as the city prepares for the start of the 2014 Gumball 3000 Rally. Among the palm trees, sunshine and white sand, Gumballers can expect a hot Floridian welcome. The whole of the famous Art Deco strip will be taken over exclusively by Gumball cars - and it's set to be the city's event of the year.

The launch party will be a truly Miami experience, and our star performers will make sure the 2014 rally starts with a bang as champagne flows and Gumballers get ready for the week ahead.

On Thursday June 5th, it's time to start your engines as the rally officially gets on the road and starts the first leg onwards to Daytona Speedway."

Flag drops on June 5th
SCHEDULE:
Miami - Daytona - Atlanta

June 6th:
Atlanta - Charlotte - New York City

June 7th:
New York - Scotland

June 8th:
Edinbugh - Manchester - London

June 9th:
London - SECRET - Paris

June 10th:
Paris // Circuit D'Alb - Barcelona

June 11th:
Barcelona - Gumball Boat - Ibiza

IBIZA is the finish line

Here are some of the entries:





Yes, this is a Batman Tumbler



Deadmau5 call this his "purrari"









This is the Abarth 695 Biposto and is the "official car of the 2014 rally":

[RllyDrvrIX]

Somehow, for some reason, I lost interest when the Roy-Rollins feud ended.

Bravo to those participating and safe driving!

[954Stealth]

Today is the last day of the Gumball3000 so time to recap.
Before it started, the Batman Tumbler had to drop out due to mechanical problems. That's a nice way to waste $60K on an entry fee.


First, check out this Lexus IS. Doesn't look like it even has the F pack, right? It doesn't need it.
The dropped in the Toyota 2JZ motor and then bored it out to 3.4L and bolted on all kinds of mods so it now puts out just over 700HP at the rear wheels



Here it is on South Beach



Here's the start line. The South Beach, Miami pics are in post #5 below
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They stopped in NYC before flying to Scotland:












and then they stopped in Edinburgh Scotland.








Then London where David Hasselfhoff got nabbed for speeding in his new KITT



Deadmau5 was banned from driving on roads in France


Finally rolling in to Ibiza this evening around 6-ish or whenever the Ferry can cross the water:

[rohitsja]

thanks for the pics !!!

[954Stealth]

Originally Posted by rohitsja

thanks for the pics !!!

No prob. Here's some more:


This one is one of my favorite entries

[Kwando]

I wish they still made episodes of the Gumball..they kinda still do it now but the production quality is terrible. The G63 6x6 is my favourite but I wonder how long it took before the front lip of the Z4 GT3 got torn to shreds.

[carzaddict]

gumball is on my bucket list...i want to do one so bad.

the entry fee gets steeper and steeper every year. i remember back in 2003 it was like 10k-15k......one year it was touching 50k

[rohitsja]

looks like everybody had a good time as always !!!

[E90SLAM]

Dunno why back in my mind, I kept thinking Gumball3000 are races for outlaws....

Great Pics!!!

[thetastelingers]

I just got finished watching the dudesons 3 part video for their gumball experience. Still more to come from them as well. they were driving an Escalade done up like an Elephant.

I was going to try and go down to Atlanta for their night of fun there, but daddy duties were more important.

Thanks for sharing all the pictures!

[GOLFFRR]

wow what a experience you are having, epic. Always wanted to go sit at one of the starting lines and just see and hear all the cars roll out. Very very cool thank you for posting this all up

[Dave@CarVerse]

Epic Pictures! Thank you for posting these up. Keep them coming if you can!

[954Stealth]

These will be it for this year!







Head over to the Le Mans 24 Hour thread if you want to see more of this type of car



More of the 6x6




IBIZA!!

[YARBMAN]

wow such sick cars!