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Gumball 3000 is back in London

I remember the buzz of going to see the start of the Gumball 3000 Rally in 2007 and since that day I have been waiting for Gumball to return to London. Three years on and at last they plan to return to their original starting line in London. This will be the 12th Gumball 3000 Rally to take place and I can’t wait to go see them off on the 1st of May 2010.

I plan to get invited to the rally one day; I’m just waiting to become filthy rich. The rally is an invitation only rally and some of the world’s most luxurious, prestigious cars accompanied by some wacky and celebrity drivers take part in the rally. Once invited, you must have a luxury, prestigious or custom car and then the entry fee is around £30,000.

In 2007 I followed the rally up to Dover in my Chrysler 300C Hemi, this year I’ll have to downgrade and take my Mitsubishi Grandis London, but I’m sure I’ll stick get the same buzz from seeing the likes of a Bugatti Veyron and Ferrari Enzo driving in the same convoy as me.

Here’s a glimpse of my car in the background on a video from the 2007 Gumball Rally, you'll see my Black Chrysler creep out about 34seconds into the video.

The 2010 Gumball 3000 route will start off in London, first stop is Amsterdam. They then go on to Copenhagen. Next stop takes them to Stockholm in Sweden which is the last city in their first continent; from there they fly in the largest cargo planes in the world taking the drivers and their cars to Boston. From Boston they will drive to Quebec City. After partying and speeding through Quebec City, they will arrive at the largest city in Canada, Toronto. From there they do their last final decent of about 485 miles to New York City and end with a big party as they always do.


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