The Gumball 3000 HQ and founding member, namely Maximillion Cooper have been located in Notting Hill for many years, and sometimes Maximillion's racing cars are seen (or heard) around the area. Gumball 2009 will start this year on May 1st to the 8th, with the rally taking place on a "sea to shining sea" coast to coast event across America. The route starts in Los Angeles, then passes (and party's) through Las Vegas, Santa Fe, Dallas , New Orleans finally ending in Miami.
Every year see's an impressive list of stars and celebs entering the Gumball 3000 and this year is no exeception, with those that are likely to take part named as-
Pro US snowboarder Danny Kass
Pro BMX Rider - Dave Mirra
Gretchen Rossi, star of US reality TV hit 'The Read Housewives of Orange County'
British indie band, The Enemy
Lemmy from Motorhead, touring with the Fuel Girls & Avenged Sevenfold
Bam Margera and Ryan Dunn
Dirty Sanchez's Pritchard
David Hasselhoff
And many more (120 cars are allowed to enter the rally).
The Gumball 3000 Rally in 2008, was partnered with PUMA when the route was from San Francisco to China and they have agreed return to the streets this year with Gumball 3000 in the "coast to coast" road trip as the exclusive sport lifestyle sponsor. PUMA are set host three cars in the rally featuring their own celebrity drivers, who will join the rally's Hollywood A-list participants.
What is the Gumball 3000 Rally?
The Gumball 3000 is an annual 3000 mile (5000 km) international rally which takes place on public roads. Each year a different 3000 mile route is set at a chosen location on the globe. 120 cars participate, often driven by their owners. Now in its 11th year the event has grown into an established fixture on the popular culture calendar- annually attracting celebrity names from music, film and sport to participate, including David Hasselhoff, Adrien Brody, Johnny Knoxville, and Tony Hawk. Although set up as a rally with no official timing, or prizes for reaching checkpoints first, during the rally, some participants have been fined for speeding and other traffic offenses by the police in countries they passed through. Cars participating in the Gumball 3000 have also been confiscated by the authorities of countries they pass through. The event is also just as famous for it's extravegent partying along the various stop off points along the route.
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