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macmanmike6100 · 08-12-2003, 10:49 AM

What are your thoughts on such things as the "Gumball 3000," publicized by <a href="http://www.teckademics.com/">Teckademics.com</a> and hosted by Maxamillion Cooper at <a href="http://www.gumball3000.com">Gumball3000.com</a>?

(This is different than the Cannonball Run, hosted by Car & Driver, during which legal speeds are driven to race tracks, where the cars are driven at street-illegal but track-safe speeds.)

If you don't want to visit the website, the basic rundown is that Teckademics is a "cutting-edge" corporation that is trying to professionalize and legitimize street racing. They publicize the Gumball 3000, billed as "Mischief Destroy," which is a race across whole regions. It started as a trek through Europe to parts in the former USSR in 1999 but, for 2002 and 2003, has migrated across the Atlantic, in a trip from New York to Los Angeles and a trip from San Francisco to Miami, respectively.

Participants are wealthy individuals with admittedly incredible cars who do their best not to get stopped by the police.

How long do you think they can get away with this? Or, how do they get away with this without the police just staking out the route on the assigned day? I'm curious, and also wondering if this is for real.

(Thank you Spyder and shakran for the corrections!)

08-12-2003, 10:49 AM	#1 (permalink)
macmanmike6100 High Honorary Junkie Location: Tri-state.	Teckademics.com What are your thoughts on such things as the "Gumball 3000," publicized by <a href="http://www.teckademics.com/">Teckademics.com</a> and hosted by Maxamillion Cooper at <a href="http://www.gumball3000.com">Gumball3000.com</a>? (This is different than the Cannonball Run, hosted by Car & Driver, during which legal speeds are driven to race tracks, where the cars are driven at street-illegal but track-safe speeds.) If you don't want to visit the website, the basic rundown is that Teckademics is a "cutting-edge" corporation that is trying to professionalize and legitimize street racing. They publicize the Gumball 3000, billed as "Mischief Destroy," which is a race across whole regions. It started as a trek through Europe to parts in the former USSR in 1999 but, for 2002 and 2003, has migrated across the Atlantic, in a trip from New York to Los Angeles and a trip from San Francisco to Miami, respectively. Participants are wealthy individuals with admittedly incredible cars who do their best not to get stopped by the police. How long do you think they can get away with this? Or, how do they get away with this without the police just staking out the route on the assigned day? I'm curious, and also wondering if this is for real. (Thank you Spyder and shakran for the corrections!) Last edited by macmanmike6100; 08-14-2003 at 02:32 AM..