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Gumball 3000 - New York-Toronto-Indianapolis-Kansas City-Santa Fe-Vegas-L.A.

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ONTerriible
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The Route for the 2012 Gumball 3000 is up and looks like a sick route.

If your close to anyone of these stops Show up and check out some amazing cars. plus Jon will be there to so go and say hi.

I went to the Toronto Stop 2 years ago and it was awesome.

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Apr 18 2012 6:56PM
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ONTerriible
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http://www.gumball3000.com/history/2012

Starts May 25th.
Apr 18 2012 6:57PM
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Aidan-G
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Love these guys. Saw a couple of them get pulled over down in the Mojave Desert a couple years back
Apr 18 2012 6:58PM
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theBearJew
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One day I want to enter this. Gumball is sick.
Apr 18 2012 7:02PM
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whoa-dere
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goal of mine too. and YES it's coming to toronto
Apr 18 2012 7:13PM
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ONTerriible
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Bumping this shit. Less than a month away.

Jon's cars looking pimp.


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May 1 2012 10:38PM
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Steeze_Minister
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May 1 2012 10:43PM
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812
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Do they stop in every city and get out and talk to people or just drive through?
May 1 2012 10:45PM
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ONTerriible
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yeah they stop at the end of every day. im pretty sure you can get pretty close to each of the cars once they are parked. when i went in 2008 it was super crowded so my brother and I just chilled and watched them drive by. still got within 20ft of all the cars as they went past.
May 1 2012 10:48PM
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812
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Nice i feel like when they stop in Indianapolis and I scream Jon Olson he will know its a skier haha
May 1 2012 10:49PM
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ONTerriible
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Bumping this shit.

Starts in less than a week.

go out and support Jon and the rest of his team.

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His team's Cars.

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not sure about the camaro. but it should be sick.



May 21 2012 11:06PM
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cool_name
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it cost 25,000 pounds to enter........ i dont think im going to be able to afford to enter for some time
May 21 2012 11:22PM
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Peter.
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i don't understand what it is really, just a ton of rich people with supercars driving as fast as they can cross country? like is it an actual race or no?
May 21 2012 11:30PM
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ONTerriible
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i think it started off as a race yes, now i don't know if there is a point to winning a stage except for bragging rights.

I see it as a traveling car show where you get to see cars that you may not otherwise get to see. i mean how often do you get to see a Buggatti Veyron in Toronto. or an Audi R8 with a ski rack for that matter.
May 21 2012 11:40PM
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whoa-dere
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does jon have a veyron now? fuck i gotta stack more scrill
May 21 2012 11:45PM
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TheClap.
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all the time
May 21 2012 11:47PM
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Backyard.Skier
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he has a camaro as well??
May 21 2012 11:50PM
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ONTerriible
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i've seen r8s, Farraris, and the occasional Lambo. the only time i have ever seen a Veyron in Toronto was when gumball came through last. and although Jon's r8 isn't one of a kind. its a hell of a lot different than the standard model i see all the time around the gta.
May 22 2012 12:33AM
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Bodhisattva_
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You should probably just quit trying to compare yourself to Jon Olson...
May 22 2012 12:38AM
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Bodhisattva_
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You should probably just quit trying to compare yourself to Jon Olson...
May 22 2012 12:38AM
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whoa-dere
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yea those are not that uncommon, but I've never seen a veyron. and NO I WONT STOP COMPARING MYSELF TO JON
May 22 2012 1:20AM
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kris.....
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Hopefully i can go down, last time it was sick
May 22 2012 11:09AM
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pmsnow
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Hell ya! Thanks for posting this. I missed out last time in Santa Fe. This time I'll make sure to make it.
May 22 2012 12:52PM
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WikiWiki
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It used to be back in the day more about the actual race. My dads 2 best friends who I call my uncles did it a few times, twice in a rented Mercedes and the other in a built gt3000 with 600 hp. They used to race from city to city and then party in 5 star hotels, wake up and do it again, they got 8th one year in the gt3000. Then too many people found out about it and now its more of a media circus with spectators.

The new version that isnt as well known and more race oriented is the Gold Rush Rally put on by L4P, thats all west coast however
May 22 2012 12:57PM
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JDA
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Elias Ambuhl is in taking part in Jons car rather than his F430
May 22 2012 1:37PM
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I_Am_Mod
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massive e-respect if one of us can tag jon's car with an NS sticker ....
May 22 2012 1:46PM
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theabortionator
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I'm entering a civic one day
May 22 2012 1:49PM
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maximiliaan
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true that!
May 22 2012 2:41PM
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Poems
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I'm it into racing but it sounds sick. But, what the fuck kind of name is "gumball 3000"?
May 22 2012 2:44PM
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whoa-dere
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3000 miles..
May 22 2012 4:00PM
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Corin
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It's actually Jens Byggmarks.
May 22 2012 5:36PM
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Spinoza
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ill probably go to the toronto stop
May 22 2012 5:39PM
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JzD.
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Bucket list, such a sick couple of days
May 22 2012 7:08PM
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Chompo.
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i am going to do this when they stop in detroit... their checkpoint is less than 15 minutes from where i live.
May 22 2012 7:15PM
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AWALLRUS.
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yo who is h. olsson?

and is a 2.5 hour drive worth heading up to tdot to see jon driving his lambo or no?
May 22 2012 7:23PM
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whoa-dere
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hans his brother
May 22 2012 8:41PM
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AWALLRUS.
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yeah I was thinking brother then I was like what if his wife is named helga then I remembered he was never married so I asked ns.
May 22 2012 8:48PM
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Spinoza
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Wow. That is tempting. Is there a chance to get close?
May 22 2012 9:14PM
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Spinoza
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Yoooo Anyone else here and happen o be checking newschoolers right now? Lol
May 25 2012 9:21PM
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AWALLRUS.
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yeah dude i'm in the trunk of jon's car holler at me!
May 25 2012 9:40PM
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Spinoza
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I will listen for me. Ima call for Jon to bring back JOI calling it now so remember when it happens
May 25 2012 9:50PM
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I.B
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this.



Jon is fucking awesome.
May 25 2012 10:01PM
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Spinoza
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Yeye,   fkn missed Jon cause he rushed to get here early.   but i got some pics of his cars at least


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May 26 2012 1:11PM
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812
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he is the first to arrive in Indy my friend sent me a picture with him and doesn't even know who he is. I am extremely jealous
May 26 2012 5:50PM
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ONTerriible
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Fuck yeah, Me and my brother saw him on the QEW this morning while alot of the other cars were on the 401.

he probably picked up some time there.
May 26 2012 5:53PM
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ONTerriible
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Ill just leave this here.

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May 31 2012 9:18PM
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1337
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yup, just saw his update on facebook too, fuel pump is busted. He was winning most of the checkpoint-to-checkpoint trials wasn't he? Such a bummer :(
May 31 2012 9:26PM
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ONTerriible
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yeah i think he got fourth and second on the first day then he was first every time after that. sucks though, such a nice car to be having fuel pump problems
May 31 2012 10:02PM
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I_Am_Mod
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^^how hard can it be to repair a fuelpump?
Jun 1 2012 3:29PM
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PON3
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I live in Kansas City and went to the stop at the plaza. Super fucking awesome. I also have videos of the cars ripping around the track. The SLR and that 1,200 hp M3 just tore that track the fuck up! Will have the videos uploaded soon.

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Talked to the guy who drives the PlanB R8 and he is super fucking chill. I got to sit in it, sooo fucking nice!!!
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The owner of this 1,200 hp bmw is super nice. Car has a $40,000 wide body kit on it and is worth $250,000. I have a video of this car taking off at the track and ripping by at 150 mph+, will upload soon :)
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My cell phone in the wheel of the bmw. He was rocking 345's. so phat!
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Lambo, SLS, GTR at the track in topeka, ks
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So much fun! got to meed the dudesons, and nigel sylvester the pro bmx-er. Will have videos of cars, when I upload them to youtube :)

Jun 1 2012 4:01PM
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PON3
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Check my pics I uploaded. Maybe they trust every one here in KC. But at the parking garage where all the cars were stored at, there was no barriers what so ever, I got to touch his R8 and the Veyron and every car there :3 I even got to sit in a lambo and another R8 because I made friends with the guy who owned it.

I had the perfect chance to do it, only if I had a NS sticker. SHOOT!
Jun 1 2012 4:08PM
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