Cannonballs !!!.............!?

[GT40_GearHead]

stop laughing, i am talking about the cannonball run (http://www.cannonballruneurope.co.uk/), cannonball 8000 (http://www.cannonball8000.com/) and Gumball 3000 (http://www.gumball3000.com/)....

what do you know about them, besides the fact that you go from A to B as fast and as funny as you can :D

and another question, did anyone in here ever participated in one of this things ?

[GT40_GearHead]

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[Omega]

I read in an issue of Sport Compact Car where they did the NY to LA one. They're based in LA, so they drove from LA to NY to LA agian, all in a Nissan 350z. It sounded like they had a blast.


I hope to do this sometime after I get out of college. I'm already planning a road trip for my Graduation, so the college thing should come two or four years later.

[progbuddy]

I read in an issue of Sport Compact Car where they did the NY to LA one. They're based in LA, so they drove from LA to NY to LA agian, all in a Nissan 350z. It sounded like they had a blast.


I hope to do this sometime after I get out of college. I'm already planning a road trip for my Graduation, so the college thing should come two or four years later.

Road Trip! lol.

Yeah. They should have a truck rally (i would pwn them, lol).

[Omega]

Road Trip! lol.

Yeah. They should have a truck rally (i would pwn them, lol).

They mentioned Ford F-150's on their website, so I guess it's open to all. Unless you meant offroad or something.

[GT40_GearHead]

great news omega :D

the thing is the gumball is way to expensive, the want 50.000 $ to join them..... BUT the cannonball run is a lot better, its something like 5000$ or close

[Slug Toy]

wow, i hope thats for charity or something. $50 000 to join a cross country cruise is... insane comes to mind.

[Omega]

wow, i hope thats for charity or something. $50 000 to join a cross country cruise is... insane comes to mind.

Well, you're paying for hotels, food, drink, track days, and some other stuff too

50k does seem a bit... bourgeois, though.

[Slug Toy]

oh ya, the track days... i would expect that could be pricey. but still, i sure wouldnt pay $50 000. i could do a lot of things with that kind of money.

[Omega]

oh ya, the track days... i would expect that could be pricey. but still, i sure wouldnt pay $50 000. i could do a lot of things with that kind of money.

Like a 26-monitor setup, 42" on each.

[GT40_GearHead]

yeah 50k$ is to damn much, but you are running trough roughly 5 or 6 countrys, talking about the gumball

but the cannonball run looks good from where i look, and its a lot less $$$





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ps: Bucko, Airbozo, xmastree do you guys have any thing to say about this, have ever been in something like this

[DaveW]

I wanted to participate in the crumball rall (http://crumballrally.com/)y this year, with my brilliant little purple car.

http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/davew/mycar.JPG

Unfortunately i can't for health reasons :(
-Dave

[Bucko]

ps: Bucko, Airbozo, xmastree do you guys have any thing to say about this, have ever been in something like this

They sound like fun! We had one here in Australia in the Northern Territory, as they had no speed limits there on the open road (That changed at the start of this year. BOO! HISS!).
Unfortuatly, some Japanese bloke in a Ferrari crashed and killed himself, so they decided not to do it again.

What we do have still is the Targa Tasmania. A couple of weeks of flogging the **** out of all manner of cars on public roads as they race around Tasmania. I'd love to do it, but it isn't open to bikes and my old Hillman wouldn't be anywhere near competitive.

I dod do my own versions though on the bike. Pick a route from a to be and see how quick I can get there, but I don't like discussing specifics of illegal speeds on public roads, but I will say my R1 goes just a whisker under 300km/h...

[GT40_GearHead]

health reasons :| ?! what's wrong ??

[GT40_GearHead]

but I will say my R1 goes just a whisker under 300km/h..

=) damn that is sweeeeeet

when you say you make your own, do you go alone or with friends
i'm asking you this because, IF i manage to get the vette :D, i would like to pull off something like this, maybe a Berlin dash, but i don't really know what you need to plan for

[Bucko]

Sometimes solo, sometimes with friends.
For us, our only plans are where we are going. We mostly know the roads and the risks.
Being on a rather large island, we don't have to worry about border crossings and anything that may arise going into a different country and possibly breaking their laws.

[progbuddy]

They mentioned Ford F-150's on their website, so I guess it's open to all. Unless you meant offroad or something.

Any F-350's? lol.

[DaveW]

health reasons :| ?! what's wrong ??

It's nothing worth worrying about. I'm just not in good enough shape at the moment to do something like that....yet!

-Dave

[simon275]

They are doing one in Australia to bad it is in Queensland.

[Omega]

Any F-350's? lol.

There might be. I'd probably do that.

BTW, I'm pretty sure that something along the lines of a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo (5, 6, or 7, please) or a Subaru Impreza WRX (2.5RS, STi, P1, etc) would blow the doors off of a truck on an offroad rally course. =]



It's nothing worth worrying about. I'm just not in good enough shape at the moment to do something like that....yet!

-Dave


'Tis true, good physical shape makes or breaks your racing.

[Drew]

I fancy a bash at the Scumball.....sub £1000 cars, overheating and oil stops are the order of the day.

Much more my style...