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Bush Tucker Man:

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--- Quote from: "Lee_D" ---My understanding is it's not actually a race, it's an event. There is a difference.
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that is correct.
their motto is:

its not a race its a rally

R
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This may be true, but how many of the drivers can actually cope with the cars they're in?
Are they pushing them too much for their own levels of skill & reaction-times?

Is it just a case of it you can afford the entry-fees & support/accomodation costs, you're in??

Keri:
What happened at gumball was just a tragic accident.... That same man could of been knocked down by any other member of the public as much as a participant of the rally.

Most of these people driving the cars own them, so they could be out in their car at anytime not just a gumball event, and gumball is more about the lavish partys and the type of people that attend rather than "winning" because as was said before its not a race its an experiance.  One that you pay a hell of alot for.

People die on the roads everyday so really its inevitable that eventually someone should die during the gumball rally wether they were part of it or not......  Im sure who evers family it is will be very well compensated for there loss (or hang on am i thinking of england where death = money).

I hope that it won't be "banned" or "cancelled" in the future i quite enjoy watching it on the telly doubt id ever have the money to enter (although you never say never in this world), but it would be a shame for all those people who do have the money to be able to experiance something as big as the gumball if it was stopped.

Anyhow like i said an accident, accidents happen getting out of bed, eating your dinner, going to the shops, taking part in motorsport or anything else you do daily.

Living is a risk and at the end of living comes your time....... be you choke on a peice of toast or get knocked over by a bugatti!

thermidorthelobster:

--- Quote from: "Keri" ---What happened at gumball was just a tragic accident.... That same man could of been knocked down by any other member of the public as much as a participant of the rally.
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So you don't think untrained drivers in high-powered cars deliberately charging across several countries in a few days might just be a little more dangerous than a guy in a Mondeo driving under the limit?  Sorry, I just don't agree with that.  Of course it's dangerous...  that's part of the appeal.  They might say it's not a race but I don't see anybody in anything other than a sports car;  why would you turn up in an Enzo to do a leisure drive?  Of course it's a race.

Keri:

--- Quote from: "thermidorthelobster" ---
--- Quote from: "Keri" ---What happened at gumball was just a tragic accident.... That same man could of been knocked down by any other member of the public as much as a participant of the rally.
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So you don't think untrained drivers in high-powered cars deliberately charging across several countries in a few days might just be a little more dangerous than a guy in a Mondeo driving under the limit?  Sorry, I just don't agree with that.  Of course it's dangerous...  that's part of the appeal.  They might say it's not a race but I don't see anybody in anything other than a sports car;  why would you turn up in an Enzo to do a leisure drive?  Of course it's a race.
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Well actually an ice cream van entered and finished the gumball rally one year saw it on the tv it couldn't do more than 50mph if that in some countries with the hilly roads....... and when watching iv seen other "normal" cars there............. People do it for the experiance the people driving the high powered cars drive them daily not just for the gumball!

If i had the money to enter id in my defender, i know id never win but like i said its the experiance of been involved in something so big and meeting people you never usually would and going places you'd never normally go.

Keri:
infact come to think of it the ice cream van won the award for spirit of the gumball because it stood for everything that gumball rally was about, not about winning but taking part and having a good time and the determination to keep on going! It came last at every single stage that late that it missed out on nearly all the parties yet still won the award for what the whole rally was about......

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