Here is the video from the Horrific Macedonian head on collision between the Techart Porsche 911 Turbo and Volkswagen Golf. Please Digg in order to support the cause of this almost covered up tragedy in Macedonia during the 2007 GUMBALL 3000.
Following this years 2008 Gumball 3000 ‘around the world’ bonanza, the Gumball 3000 2009 route was announced and they have decided to put on a classic “coast to coast” road trip, driving from sea to shining sea, from the Pacific to the Atlantic, from Los Angeles to the partying capital of the world, Miami!
A white Porsche crashed in Macedonia, near the city of Struga close to the Albanian border. Some locals were injured in the crash. The driver of the Red Volkswagen in the picture died on the way to the hospital and his wife is in intensive care, in critical condition suffering from broken ribs and fluid in her lungs.
As we report of couple a days ago, the purple Lamborghini murcielago roadster was crashed in Phuket. Today we added an exclusive picture from the crashed lambo. This picture gives you a better overview of the crash.
PUMA stepped up to the starting line as official sponsor of the 2008 Gumball 3000 Rally, checkout some of their exclusive photos of the event. 2008 Gumball 3000 - Puma Photo Album 1 of 2 - 48 Photos.
2008 Gumball 3000 - 10th Anniversary World Tour, 3000 miles, 120 cars and 2 continents. Just about everyone remembers the 2007 Gumball 3000 Rally which came to a screeching crash of a halt last year resulting in the deaths of 2 Macedonians. Well its back. From San Francisco to Beijing this YEAR!
The 911 Porsche that crashed into the Volkswagen killing the driver and putting the passenger in critical condition was apparently the car of Nick Morley and Matthew McConville.
PUMA stepped up to the starting line as official sponsor of the 2008 Gumball 3000 Rally, checkout some of their exclusive photos of the event. 2008 Gumball 3000 - Puma Photo Album 2 of 2 - 48 Photos.
Only 3 days into the Gumball 3000 and already a minor headache from guess who?!? It appears that when the Gumballer’s ripped through Germany, they found themselves warmly welcomed by the Auto-Nazi’s in Germany. The German police had setup a series of roadblocks complete with floodlights and helicopters then handed out legal documents informing the Gumballer’s that their race was illegal and impounded the cars overnight.
Team 15 won the spirit of Gumball Award! After crashing their camouflage Rolls Royce Phantom in Belgrade they flew to Thailand and took a cab from Phuket to Bangkok. In the meantime they bought a new Rolls Royce Phantom for the US leg.
It took more than 24 hours, a botched cover up and massive negative worldwide publicity for Maximillion Cooper to finally announce the cancellation of this years Gumball 3000 rally.
Jason Junkers (we like to refer to him as Ju-88) and his dad cracked up their Viper during the Euro leg of the Gumball. But wealthy, experimental jet-set and no trash that they are, they hopped a plane back to NYC and hopped in a Ferrari 360 to rejoin the rally when it hits Salt Lake.
Now, in its ninth year (1999-2007), the Gumball 3000 is by far the world’s largest, cult car rally created by Maximillion Cooper. With over 120 some cars and 240 some participants the Gumball 3000 appeals to the adventurer in all, regardless of status or wealth......more....
Jalopnik has been keeping a close watch on the biggest, baddest road rally of them all: the Gumball 3000. And now they've landed in Salt Lake City to continue their tour.
CoPilot Fleetcenter is a sponsor of the rally, and they've provided GPS tracking equipment to all of the entrants, allowing everyone to watch real-time progress of all the teams.
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