We are officially taking requests for the 2010 Gumball Rally from London to New York via Scandinavia! The route will start in London, then go to Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Stockholm, then fly the cars and run through Montreal, Toronto, and end in New York. Contact us for rally information and costs. If celebrities, 5 star hotels, crazy parties, fast and exotic cars are all things you like, then you need to be apart of Gumball 3000. “It’s not a race, it’s a rally!” Fill out the form below to get info on the 2010 Rally! From Ferraris to Porsches, Mini Coopers and GT-Rs, Yellow Cabs and Bentleys, a wide variety of enthusiasts come together to participate in the Gumball 3000 Rally. As a 4 time participant, Vivid Racing is helping Gumball 3000 find some of the best who can hang with the wild lifestyle for a week. Dreamers not apply as this requires some serious coin, but ask any Gumballer and it is one of the best experiences of their life. Fill out the application below and expect to hear back from a Gumball 3000 representative on the cost, requirements, and route. Good Luck!
Looks like another Gumballer was following us as we left Anaheim headed for Las Vegas! As we moved down I-15, Gary followed us in his Audi A3 equipped with Brembo Brakes and the new Agency Power paddle shifters. He filmed the big daddy Gold BMW 750LI in cruise status. Check out this video and others on Gary’s YouTube Channel here.
Vivid Racing has been an integral part of the distribution and cross marketing of DC Shoes automotive racing shoes. With the involvement of DC co-founder Ken Block into Rally Racing, DC has now become a household name even to car nuts. With other action sports athletes such as Vivid Racing friend Dave Mirra driving for Subaru, DC Shoes is taking tuner cars to another level. Riding on the success of the first Gymkhana Practice video that grabbed the attention of over 20 million viewers worldwide, DC and Ken Block are producing another gymkhana video. Operating under the project name “Gymkhana TWO,” the video has a target launch date of June 1, 2009. Leading up to the launch of the video, DC will release several teaser videos and behind the scenes photos, exclusive interviews, appearance information, upcoming event details and contests in a new blog section on its website – http://auto.dcshoes.com/features/ken-block-blog.
Block, who is a co-founder of DC leading the brand since 1994, is also a member of the DC Rally Team, and is currently working hard to develop the project. Details are still on lock, but the latest gymkhana video will feature a new location, new car, all new footage, and be filled with lots of surprises.
The first pre-release video highlights some of the details of Block’s new car. Block got involved in gymkhana a few years ago as a way to get more time behind the wheel of rally-related race cars. In his original Gymkhana Practice video released last November, he took traditional gymkhana to the next level, adding buildings, barriers, and, perhaps most insane, donuts around a moving Segway.
“The first gymkhana video was a lot of fun to make and surprised everyone with its viral success,” said Block. “Although it will be tough to one up a guy on a moving Segway, I am going to do my best – I have a couple of surprises lined up. If everything goes as planned, the unique location and obstacles should be pretty amazing.”
Oh the Gumball 3000… Being 29 years old and this being my 5th rally is quite an experience. Gumball always tests your mental ability and patience. The long drives, being cramped with others, and trying to get to each place can really put your brain in a fluster. This Gumball was more relaxing because of the car we took, but harder since there were 4 of us in 1 car. The New Orleans stop was great to see that the city was thriving again, but what a hell of a drive. Our Orlando checkpoint seemed to take days. So far in the rally we had no tickets. With the Blinder M45 laser jammers and Valetine 1 Radar Detector, we have been pretty protected. Matt was pulled over in Alabama as well as the crew from Monster. The officer simply wanted to know “what was going on” and then let us go. Later on in the day Dave Mirra took the wheel and as we cruised passed the Florida state line, he was knabbed for 83 in a 70. Poor guy!
We finally reached Orlando where we were greeted by some super fans. A couple even pointed out that they had been following us and the car by reading this blog, pretty cool! We reached the hotel at 11pm and went straight to bed as our wake up time was early to head to Miami. At 9am we were up and strapped into our cars were we filed out of the Ritz with a Police escort. As we broadcasted live, Jack ripped passed the single file line and took up in the top position behind our friend and customer in the yellow Lamborghini LP640. As we were cruising on the highway, we came into a construction zone. The speed limit was down to 50 but we were still motoring at 83mph. All of a sudden our laser jammers and radar detector went off and Jack locked up all 4 wheels going from 80mph to 40mph while the Lambo braked late. Pissing our pants laughing, poor ole John got pulled again.
We continued on through the massive speed traps until we reached our next checkpoint at the Palm Beach Raceway. This spot looked very familar and I soon realized this is the track I dominated on the 2007 Bullrun in my 996 turbo We unloaded the car and Jack prepared to show the world what the 750Li could do on a road course. That was delayed when 1 of the Gumballers who lacked track experience locked up and slid nose first into the tire barrier hard! Luckily he was ok but the rental Aston Martin Vantage was not. After they cleaned up the incident, Jack hit the track and out ran several others in the 6000 pound tank. Doing the current track configuration in a 1:46.50, he out ran a Mercedes SL63 and E92 M3 while we laughed from the pit wall. One of our other customers was in his 997 Turbo cabriolet which we outfitted with the Agency Power exhaust, cold air intake, and Softronic ECU flash went over to the drag strip and posted up against this “claimed” 800hp Nissan GT-R. Sorry buddy, but the Porsche smoked you. Ian and his co-driver ran a 11.3 1/4 mile time with our 630hp kit!
We packed up the car and made the final drive to our hotel here in Miami Beach. We had alot of fun, some fights, and some lessons to learn. Like all Gumball rally events, I say I am retiring, but who knows. Next year is from London to New York so it could be interesting. We hope you enjoyed our gallery of images, videos, and stories. We will have more videos posted up next week as well. Thank you to all that supported Vivid Racing for the rally, used our luggage service, and took the opportunity to get to know us.
The 2009 Gumball 3000 is coming up in a couple of weeks. The famous rally which is 3000 miles from Los Angeles to Miami takes place on May 1st ending on May 8th. Filled exotic cars, celebrities, and parties that go till morning, Gumball is much more then debauchery. As a 4 time Gumballer, Vivid Racing has had the opportunity to run in everything from a Subaru WRX to a Peugeot rental car, and even our latest Porsche 997 Turbo. For the 2009 rally, we will be cruising in style, big ballin style. We are taking Lord Holley’s 2007 BMW 750 LI dipped in gold. Well actually wrapped in gold. The features a complete wrap by Xsell Media here in Arizona. The gold foil is bright to ensure you will see Team Vivid Racing coming. In addition to the wrap, we also outfitted the car with 22 inch EXE Konvex wheels with Nitto INVO tires. Stay tuned to the upcoming Gumball Gallery on our site, as well as more info on this car on our Blog Here.
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We unloaded the car and Jack prepared to show the world what the 750Li could do on a road course. That was delayed when 1 of the Gumballers who lacked track experience locked up and slid nose first into the tire barrier hard! Luckily he was ok but the rental Aston Martin Vantage was not. After they cleaned up the incident, Jack hit the track and out ran several others in the 6000 pound tank. Doing the current track configuration in a 1:46.50, he out ran a Mercedes SL63 and E92 M3 while we laughed from the pit wall. One of our other customers was in his 997 Turbo cabriolet which we outfitted with the Agency Power exhaust, cold air intake, and Softronic ECU flash went over to the drag strip and posted up against this “claimed” 800hp Nissan GT-R. Sorry buddy, but the Porsche smoked you. Ian and his co-driver ran a 11.3 1/4 mile time with our 630hp kit!
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