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“First has a quality all its own,” at least according to Polizei Master Pilot Michael Ross.
Recognize that image? How about the map? Yes, the infamous Gumball ALK CoPilot live GPS track which inspired Polizei 144 uber-kreator Josh Vietze to create our first new shirt design in two years. (Hint: Here’s the back-story.)
In production and weeks away, now you too can pre-order the commemorative Athens-Tirana GeoTrack T-Shirt by clicking through to the Polizei 144 store…
Kinda hard to know who to believe on this one. The Sun, hardly the model of objectivity, said the group of middle-aged motorists were on a sedate European tour. The organizers, Circuit Days, out of the UK, issued a press release to say they believed the polizei acted improperly and that their Euro Enduro event is not an illegal race, it’s just a social driving event. Circuit Days also points out that the polizei have "no evidence of any speeding, careless, inconsiderate or dangerous driving by the participants." However, if you look at their website, they call themselves the organizers of the Euro Enduro "road rally events." The polizei, according to The Sun, said, "It was an illegal race."
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhj5aIVkDCE
It’s called GTS World Racing by Pazzazz Games and just from the YouTube video, you can tell there’s a night and day difference between this game and the Audi A4 iPhone game we hated a couple of weeks ago. We have yet to download it out of the fear of it becoming a major timesuck in the office but may have to as a service to our readers. It’s also available for Palm OS, Pocket PC and Windows Mobile Smartphone.
Source: Hight3ch.com
BREAKING NEWS: A traffic accident occured today at approximately 1305HR PST on I-5 South, and the initial SigAlert report stated that “…sev Lamborghinis Caused this Traffic Collision…”
Watch the video and decide for yourself. The witnesses got the cars wrong, and the SUV/trailer appears to have lost control before the Gumballers passed. My gut tells me that the 2008 Gumball 3000 cars nearby probably weren’t the cause of the jack-knifed SUV/trailer accident seen in the right lane above.
See the accident location in Google Maps and the original SigAlert screenshot after the jump:
Continue reading ‘VIDEO: Gumball 3000 Drivers Are…Then Aren’t Apparent Cause of I-5 Accident?’
"We’re very well aware of it and we’ll be monitoring what’s going on."
That’s what one California Highway Patrol spokesperson told the LA Times…and yet Day 1 of the 2008 Gumball 3000 - which ran from
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to
- ended last night with what appears to be one of the slowest, lowest-ticketed grids in Gumball 3000 (if not modern "rally") history…at least according to our friends and allies actually on it.
God bless Gumball 3000 2008’s Team Arbuckle, who’ve proven their professionalism
with an astounding lead over the rest of the field.
More to follow…or check out the coverage over at GT Spirit.
Our safety-minded friends at GTSpirit have posted the route of the 2008 Gumball 3000, which coincidentally begins tomorrow in San Francisco. In the spirit of cooperation with ralliers and law-enforcement alike, we’ve created a checkpoint map based on the information detailed by GTSpirit. Meanwhile, we assume that tomorrow’s law-enforcement presence on the I-5 corridor will be impressive. All of us at Polizei HQ wish everyone a safe and enjoyable experience on the way to Vegas and points beyond.
Shot just days before this Audi R8 - appropriately code-named "Blackbird" - was shipped to the start of this year’s Bullrun, Alex Roy interviewed the car’s anonymous owner on what even he admits may be the most technologically advanced rally car on the road.
Can you say, "liquid-cooled, infra-sonic, pulse generator?"
Some of the details are a little murky but this much is true: German police seized a 430 Scuderia, a GT3 RS, a Cayenne, a Continental GT and an R8. One report, according to GT-Spirit, says the cars were stopped for reckless driving. Another article also adds that two of the cars were believed to have been involved in accidents, as one of the cars had dents in it. The owners of the cars (from Britain and Spain) were believed to have been entrants in a" Club GT Events" run/rally/race (semantics) from Cologne to Croatia. Not surprisingly, Club GT Events’ website isn’t functioning at the moment. The car-less drivers then had their licenses confiscated when they tried to rent high-end cars to continue onto Croatia.
Is this the begining of the end of rallies? At least in Germany and Switzerland it is.
Sources: GT Spirit, DPA via earthtimes.org
Photo: sueddeutsche.de
Alex Roy will be speaking at the "Authors@Google" Series at Google’s Manhattan office tomorrow, July 8th at 12 Noon. He will be talking about "The Driver," showing clips from "32:07" and discussing Team Polizei’s methodology and preparation. Unfortunately, this speaking engagement is not open to the general public, however, it will be posted on YouTube soon after. We’ll let you know when it goes up.
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