Last years Gumball 3000 was a classic Coast-to-Coast rally from Los Angeles, California to Miami, Florida. The movie of the 2009 Gumball dubbed coast to coast is coming up later this month, and today the official trailer has been released!

The Audi R8 of Gumball 3000 team Driver Side just witnessed the crash of a Ford Excursion with a trailer just north of Calafia on the I-5. The Ford Excursion lost control, spun and the trailer flipped over. According to police sources on sight 2 other vehicles crashed into the Ford Excursion but all drivers and passengers were unharmed.

In the crash, that was captured on film by team Driver Side, were no Gumballers involved. The I-5 is blocked due to the crash and other Gumball 3000 participants will have to find an alternative route. Watch the video of the crash below:

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David Hasselhoff entered the Gumball 3000 with his legendary buddy KITT from the Knight Rider. David Hasselhoff also brought his Audi R8 to the start of the rally and picked the Audi supercar to drive the first leg in. KITT was said to have some technical hiccups and arrived at the checkpoint in Hollywood a bit later.

‘The Hoff’ hooked a little camera up to the net and filmed his journey from San Francisco to Los Angeles on the Gumball 3000. Watch the video below!

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With a 45 minute delay the Gumball 3000 kicked off in downtown San Francisco this afternoon. The first checkpoint of the day is at Buttonwillow Raceway along the I-5 interstate. After a couple laps on the track the rally will continue to the Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles. There the cars will be on display at Hollywood Boulevard from 8pm onwards. For a full list of checkpoints and a timetable go here.

Below you can find a number of videos and photos from the start and the latest news from the road, frequently updated.

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Video of the Bentley Continental GT Convertible (Team 32) being pulled over by the police. The two American Porsche Turbo’s (Team 23 & 84) can continue without a problem. The police was very strict on the way to Dover and at some point slowed down all traffic on the highway by driving with two police cars next to eachother below the speed limit.

The Gumball 3000 was back on VTM this weekend. Last year the Belgian TV station VTM reported about the previous edition of the rally, and they still call it a race and mess up their facts and figures. But the funny thing about this years report is that one Ferrari got away with doing 227 km/h because the police was to busy fining other Gumballers.

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