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Old 12 September 2004, 07:38 PM
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Does anyone do a road rally in a Gumball stylee that doesnt cost £5000 to enter and isnt aimed at super rich hooray henrys giving there new porsche an airing?
Old 12 September 2004, 08:10 PM
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http://www.mongolrally.co.uk/
Old 12 September 2004, 08:50 PM
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Well that certainly looks like an adventure!
Old 12 September 2004, 09:44 PM
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Ha ha looks fun, a little too cheap though.
Old 13 September 2004, 08:38 AM
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www.rabbit-run.co.uk

I expressed an interest this year & got the 2004 DVD of the event.
Its a lot tamer than the Gumball.

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Old 13 September 2004, 09:13 AM
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It costs £10,000 to enter the 2005 Gumball 3000 Rally!!

Although they say you can have two in the car for that! so £5k each - and another £5k if you want to bring a back up crew - but they cannot stay in any of the hotels for that (the back up crew that is)
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There is the Cannonball Run Europe. Costs about £2500 to enter. 2004 event started yesterday. I think the website is www.cannonballruneurope.co.uk or .com
Old 13 September 2004, 12:03 PM
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Thing about the Gumball 3000 is that you get accommodation and parties included in the price. All hotels are 5 star and the parties are mental. VIP access all areas passes are included for the Monaco GP also (2005 rally). For me £10,000 for a car of two is justified by the experience you will be getting. So much so that i'm doing the 2006 Gumball 3000!!
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There's also the Plymouth to Dakar rally, though the cars I think have to cost no more than £100...!
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My brother is co-organiser if this charity rally for cancer research:

http://www.pr-photography-tour.org/

The guys organising this aren't "hooray henry's", just car nuts - got a 944, E28 Bimmer and FTO between them.

Entry is about £2500, with all the money going to cancer research - how about sponsorship for a good cause? (ie. your scooby...)
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