Good article.
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Drivers in the race - known as the Gumball Rally - said at least one participant had accumulated $10,000 in fines and bail postings before reaching New Orleans. Another entrant had been cited for going nearly four times the speed limit - 210 m.p.h. - in his 655-horsepower Koenigsegg in Texas, said racer Brian Kelley of Chicago.
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Bo Bridges, 28, a photographer from Hermosa Beach, Calif., was driving the slowest vehicle in the field, a Volkswagen Eurovan sponsored by the beverage company Yoo-hoo. He described the race as a 3,000-mile high-speed party.
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Between San Francisco and Pensacola, Fla., Bridges was pulled over four times and received one ticket for going "about 120" m.p.h. in the Nevada desert. He said the van had a tendency to shake violently at speeds over 90.
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Kelley, the Chicagoan driving the Audi, said two women were pulled over in Texas for speeding in a Ferrari 575 Maranello. When state troopers approached the car, they found the women were topless.
The officers, according to Kelley's account, then called for backup - and posed for photos with the competitors before allowing them to leave.
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Those were the highlights of the article for me.
Dangerous, absolutely. Yet I still find it very interesting and exciting. It would certainly be one of those experiences you remember for the rest of your life.
The whole thing sounds incredibly exciting and just fun to be around, even though it is dangerous.
Hopefully no one lost their lives as a result of the racing.
That was a very well written article, thanks for sharing it.