Street racing is a form of auto racing that takes place on public roads, either during normal traffic or during empty hours of traffic, often within the industrial areas of cities. It is illegal, as such driving is prohibited by many traffic regulations.
This year’s Gumball 3000 starts in San Francisco and ends in Beijing in time to watch some the Summer Olympic Games. For those of you who don’t know the Gumball is a rally/tour where participants take their performance cars on 3000 mile run on public road, while the drivers “party” along the way. Although it looks like an excuse for the ultra-rich to flaunt their supercars (and it mostly is,) it also gives the rest of us a chance to see some great cars actually clock some real miles. Enjoy this latest clip from the San Diego part of the run that includes some great supercars and two of the three Dahm triplets from Playboy.
The Gumball 3000 is the in its tenth year. It was started in the spirit of the “Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash”, better know as the “Cannonball Run”. The four actual Cannonball Runs in the 70s inspired the two movies of the same name in the 80s. Brock Yates, the founder of the Cannonball Run races and writer of the original movie, lists the movie “The Gumball Rally” as one of the bastard children of his race. It’s likely that this is where the Gumball 3000’s name comes from.
Do yourself a favor and track down a copy of “The Gumball Rally”. It features some great classics including an original Shelby Cobra and Ferrari Daytona. The movie is a must-see for any car nut, plus it features a pre-crazy Gary Busey.
Is there anything the iPhone can’t do? Watch the video above as Dynolicious, a $13 accelerometer application for the iPhone, can give accurate track and dyno results. It was even put against the G-Tech Pro performance meter, which starts at around $150.
Technology is a wonderful thing. It wasn’t too long ago that it was impressive if your phone had a camera on it!
Candy Run event will be broadcast on Sky TV as a 6 part (30 min) TV Series.
The Candy Run starts in London on the 21st July 2007 with up to 100 Supercar owners competing. The week long Rally will take them through Europe to 5 Gentlemen’s Clubs and 5 naughty themed Parties. During the Party, the Girls will perform private dances for the Candy Runners and at the end of each dance, the Girls hand over a sealed envelope containing a 6 number combination code.
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