Why is gumball 3000 so expensive

The notorious road rally heads from London to Tokyo to celebrate its 20th. Yes, really. The strong group of cars started in London, then made its way to Chantilly, Milan and Bologna before being loaded onto planes and flown to Japan to complete the route via Osaka, Kyoto, Nanao and Tokyo.

A brief recap on the Gumball rally: it's the brainchild of British designer, former racing driver and entrepreneur Maximillion Cooper. Back in the late Nineties, Cooper invited 50 of his closest friends on a 3,mile journey from London to Rimini, Italy and back. With fast cars and names like Guy Ritchie and Kate Moss on the guest list, it was an uber-exclusive event envied by many.

Its fame quickly swelled. When the Jackass crew took part and released the footage as an MTV special, it was one of the music channel's most-watched programmes. Entries are taken on a first come, first served basis, with the only prerequisite for cars being that they have at least two modifications.

I participated in the Mongol Rally in , and it was the most incredible experience. Much like Modball, Pure Rally takes the idea of Gumball and dilutes it into a package normal people can afford. Originally known as Scumball , the Scumrun is near the very bottom of the budget rally ladder.

Participants also run with themes for their cars, often dressing up themselves to match it. Please confirm you agree to the use of tracking cookies as outlined in the Cookies Policy.

Sign in or register. This heretofore secret pitstop is at Brabus! How awesome is that? Errr, this suddenly got a lot less fun. It would be so easy to block off both ends. Who would care? A one-minute interval. That sucks. An escort? Will the escorts be Gumball staff or Polizei? This next line could be a prob-.

What the frack is this? Even on legs with no speed restrictions? Departing at one minute intervals means a 1. This is why you came to Germany! Does anyone have any idea how long it will take to cover hundreds of miles at 80mph?

The speed limits in France are higher! Multiplying insult by injury, someone will have to remove your fancy wrap for part of the drive. Or wrap it with another wrap. Or cover your car in duct tape. Paganis look great with duct tape. And two wraps. But especially duct tape. That little bird that was about to tell you something? He just met up with about two hundred other birds. Multiply insult by injury, then add back-handed slap!

Good thing someone at Gumball has provided their cell phone number.