We almost forgot but in less then 24 hours the flag drops in San Francisco to mark the start of the 2008 Gumball rally. We gathered all the information supplied by our Gumball friends and made the Gumball 2008 timetable displayed below. For all the Gumball fans in California, make sure you don’t miss it!

Last year the Gumball 3000 rally came to an early end after a fatal accident in Macedonia involving one of the teams. However the show must go on and the Gumball rally returned to the USA for the fourth time. This year the Gumball 3000 leads the participants from San Francisco to Las Vegas with stops in LA and San Diego before flying to North Korea and China.

8th August 2008 – San Francisco

Today the Gumballers arrive at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. After the required team registration the cars are put on display and the Gumballers gather for the champagne reception and Gumball 2008 launch party.

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Gumball 3000 has announced the dates and route for the Gumball 2008 Rally. As expected, the entrance fee for Gumball 2008 remains at an incredible 120.000 dollars per team, the Gumball 2008 start will be in August 2008 and it will run from San Fransisco to Beijing. Gumball 3000 also announced a new 2008 Gumball Rally website to be launched on april 1st (has to be a joke!) aimed at user generated content. Our guess is that it will be ruled after communist Chinese model with plenty of censorship like we have experienced first hand last year. But you can always post your Gumball 2008 photos and videos in our ‘uncensored’ Gumball 3000 forum.

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Gumball 3000 HQ started to inform previous Gumballers about their plans for the 2008 Gumball rally. Although the crash on the Gumball 2007 made many people wonder if they should continue at all, the organisers are certain the 10th edition of the Gumball 3000 is a big reason for celebration. For now the route is said to go from San Francisco (United States) to Beijing (China). From San Francisco the teams will drive to Las Vegas. From Vegas all cars will be flown to Shanghai while all the Gumballers make a stop in North-Korea (as promised for the 2006 Gumball). After a short stay in North Korea the Gumballers will be reunited with their cars in Shanghai for the final drive to Beijing.

A couple facts for the Gumball 2008:

• The Gumball 2008 entrance fee will be £ 60.000 (or € 90.000)
• The rally will take place in August 2008 instead of April/May 2008

More information and the full Gumball 2008 announcement can be found in our Gumball 2008 forum!