Start, Crash, Stop - Gumball 2007 Cancelled

So, after a Techart 911 driven by Nick Morley crossed the centreline and hit an oncoming vehicle, killing both passengers, Gumball 2007 has been cancelled.

What made matters worse (if they can be worse with 2 people dying), was the subsequent attempted run by the driver, getting picked up by another Gumballer and making a run for the border. The police picked him up before he left the country, and he's now in jail for 30 days while they sort everything out. It also looked like Gumball was trying to avoid talking about the incident for over 24 hours after it happened, and then when it did, seemed like they were trying to passi it off as something not quite as serious as it was.

Anyway, bit of a shocker all round, and no idea what's going to happen now - I'm guessing no more Gumballs in Europe - maybe a South American version? But that would have a host of it's own special problems to deal with.

Gumball is off again

It looks like the Gumball is off again this year - from what I can tell, it looks like the Germans weren't too happy about the path the trip was taking, and everyone was escorted to the airport for immediate expedition. Luckily there weren't any problems like this in the UK, so here's a quick vid of the start...