Gumball 3000

[henk4]

so for the follow-up.

All cars were stopped in Germany 100 km before arriving at Frankfurt airport. All cars and drivers were to be flown to Istanbul for the next leg. However the German police warned the Turkish police, and the planes with the cars had to deviate to Athens, while the drivers flew to Istanbul.
The German police has denied access to the country for the trip to Oschersleben and then on to the Netherlands, Belgium and France..

[Ferrer]

so for the follow-up.

All cars were stopped in Germany 100 km before arriving at Frankfurt airport. All cars and drivers were to be flown to Istanbul for the next leg. However the German police warned the Turkish police, and the planes with the cars had to deviate to Athens, while the drivers flew to Istanbul.
The German police has denied access to the country for the trip to Oschersleben and then on to the Netherlands, Belgium and France..

Thankfully european polices are doing something about it.

[clutch-monkey]

so for the follow-up.

All cars were stopped in Germany 100 km before arriving at Frankfurt airport. All cars and drivers were to be flown to Istanbul for the next leg. However the German police warned the Turkish police, and the planes with the cars had to deviate to Athens, while the drivers flew to Istanbul.
The German police has denied access to the country for the trip to Oschersleben and then on to the Netherlands, Belgium and France..

nothing i love better than watching self-important celebrities being taken down a notch or two by the authorities.

[henk4]

nothing i love better than watching self-important celebrities being taken down a notch or two by the authorities.

the problem is they don't care about the fines and speed tickets, they just pay and play on...

[Man of Steel]

the problem is they don't care about the fines and speed tickets, they just pay and play on...

But when police withdraws their licenses or claim their cars, it would mean 'game over', you would think.

[henk4]

But when police withdraws their licenses or claim their cars, it would mean 'game over', you would think.

they can buy a new car.....and the co-pilot can continue to drive..

[dydzi]

But when police withdraws their licenses or claim their cars, it would mean 'game over', you would think.

i remember watching one of the episodes when a guy was taken his license. then he got into the car saying "i've got a gumball to experience!" and he carried on so that doesn't work either

[Wouter Melissen]

A team got involved in a deadly accident and tried to flee the scene. The organization have gone in ignore mode and shut their forum down.

[Ferrer]

A team got involved in a deadly accident and tried to flee the scene. The organization have gone in ignore mode and shut their forum down.

It's sad to read that. I hope that this leads to general banning of this type or races/rallyes/journeys/whatever they are.

[henk4]

It's sad to read that. I hope that this leads to general banning of this type or races/rallyes/journeys/whatever they are.

and to hefty punishments of the people involved here.

[baddabang]

Found this:

SKOPJE, Macedonia: Police have arrested two Britons competing in the Gumball Rally for their alleged involvement in an accident that killed an elderly driver and critically wounded his wife.

Police on Thursday identified the men as Nicholas Morley, 30, and Matthew McConvile, 32. They were driving a Porsche 911 in the Gumball 3000 rally — a 4,825-kilometer (3,000-mile) race across Europe.

"Both Britons are testifying before an investigative magistrate in the town of Struga (about 190 kilometers southwest from the capital Skopje), where a decision will be made whether to hold them in custody or not," police spokesman Ivo Kotevski said.

Kotevski said the crash occurred Wednesday, while the Britons were driving to neighboring Macedonia.

Vladimir Cepuljoski, 67, died of injuries while being transported to a hospital in Skopje. His wife, Margarita, remains in critical condition.

[teatako]

so why arent the organisers held responsible for this, instead of the participants, or rather besides them ? so profitable even for some people very high up in governments across europe they wont do it?

[adamfraser]

http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/tol...cle1744609.ece

Well, the Rally has been stopped par above story.

[mavanhaasteren]

here the article

The Gumball 3000 rally was called off last night after two British drivers in a Porsche were involved in a high-speed accident in which a man died and his wife was injured.

Organizers of the 3,000-mile tour, which began in 1999, took the decision after Nick Morley, the brother of a wealthy property developer, and Matthew McConville were in a collision with a Volkswagen Golf in the Republic of Macedonia. The two men were arrested on the border with Albania.

They were part of a convoy of 120 cars driven by pop stars, models and businessmen who each paid £28,000 to drive from London to Athens and back, via Dubrovnik and Germany, in a week.

The rally, which was inspired by “Cannonball” Baker’s coast-to-coast motorcycle race across the United States in about 54 hours in 1933, will not travel any farther this year.

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Maximillion Cooper, the organiser, told The Times that he felt the rally should be stopped as a mark of respect to the man who died. He said: “We are very saddened by what has happened and I feel that it would be wrong to continue. On behalf of everyone at Gumball I would like to extend my deepest sympathies to [the man's] family. We are doing everything we can for them.”

Ivo Kotevski, a Macedonian police spokesman, told Associated Press: “Both Britons are testifying before an investigative magistrate in the town of Struga, where a decision will be made whether to hold them in custody or not.”

Vladimir Cepuljoski, 67, died of injuries while being transported to a hospital in Skopje after the accident on Wednesday night. His wife, Margarita, remains in a critical condition.

The police spokesman added: “Two British citizens left the scene of the accident. Shortly afterwards, border authorities found them in another [vehicle] . . . at the Qafasan border crossing with Albania.”

They were arrested on charges of endangering traffic and abandoning an accident victim. If convicted, the charges may lead to up to a year in prison.

A spokesman for the rally said: “The Golf pulled out from a stop sign and Mr Morley and McConville tried to swerve around it but clipped the side of the car.”

Mr Cooper said that the rally was not a race but a “cultural international tour”. Turkey had refused to accept the 240 participants on safety grounds.

Nick Morley, 29, lives in Altrincham with his older brother, Oliver, the managing director of a large property development company. Matt McConville, his co-driver, is the company’s property director.

Celebrities who have taken part in the rally include the model Caprice Bourret, Orlando Bloom, the star of The Lord of the Rings, and Jay Kay, the lead singer with Jamiroquai.

[Matra et Alpine]

His wife has sadly passed away also.

The backlash from these idiotic "rallies" is the chance that all rallies will be banned from public roads. There are millions of miles of competitive rallying undertaken on public roads every year with none of the boorish behavious or these rich spoilt brats. Shame that I suspect we will see the bathwater and baby all in the gutter.