Gumball 3000 fatal hit and run?

[Racerbvd]

Issued by Maximillion Cooper on behalf of The Gumball 3000 Rally - 21.30 / 03
May 2007



Following our earlier release reporting yesterday’s accident - As a sign of
respect we have decided that this year's Gumball 3000 Rally will not travel any
further and will end in Bratislava this evening, May 3rd 2007.



As the organisers of the rally we feel that it should be stopped as a mark of
respect to Vladimir Cepulyoski who died today after an accident involving one
the participating drivers.



We are very saddened by what has happened and feel that it would be wrong to
continue. On behalf of Gumball 3000, we once again extend our deepest sympathies
to his family and we are doing everything we can for them.



This is the first time anything like this has happened in 9 years of travelling
through over 40 countries with 1000's of drivers and it is with deep regret that
I make this announcement.



Maximillion Cooper

Founder & CEO

The Gumball 3000 Group



For any media enquiries call Mission - 02074916680

[pwd72s]

If I had an open line to "Max"? Well, guess I'd better not post what I'd say..

[Brian Cameron]

1. Get the stupid "ran over cat" diatribes off the gumball thread

2. Porsche hits Golf, 2 in Golf die, 2 in Porsche walk away... don't think I'll be buying a Golf anytime soon

3. driving way too fast on public highways not a good idea no matter how you cut it, no surprise there

[pwd72s]

Originally posted by Brian Cameron


2. Porsche hits Golf, 2 in Golf die, 2 in Porsche walk away... don't think I'll be buying a Golf anytime soon

To each his own...I don't think I'll be buying a Porsche anytime soon...

[Racerbvd]

Well, they tried to run again, can you belive these guys

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/05/06/wgum06.xml

[RallyJon]

For those of you with some semblance of an open mind, here's an update from one of the guys running (Not a rich-boy wanker, if that matters. He was in a minivan, not an exotic).

http://jalopnik.com/cars/commentary/fast-as-a-shark-east-of-eden-the-fall-of-the-gumball-3000-258147.php

"What I do know is this. The Macedonian roads on the proscribed route would be hell on cars like that TechArt Porsche. Our diesel Sharan was as fast as just about anything on those byways. And if, as the CoPilot people suggested, we were on the route that ultimately claimed the lives of the Cepulyoskis, I'm willing to believe Cooper's claim that Morley was in the neighborhood of the speed limit."
...
"Yet it was a sticker-covered sports car driven by two wealthy Britons. It's news. Because those two Britons were scared ****less of a Macedonian jail, even if it was the elderly couple who pulled out of them when the Porsche had the right-of-way, it's not hard to understand why Morley and McConville ended up running. In such an accident in the United States or the UK, one generally knows what to expect. People have posited that the guys deserve to die in prison for running."

[svandamme]

sorry Jon, but if you're that worried about how the legal process works in such or such country, then don't go there...

this excuse making of the Gumballers to me is meaning less
we all know they drive around speeding in group
it's not disputed, they even posted the videos'

now they shouldn't go crying that A they have a bad rep B they are afraid of the legal system they face, in a country they went to for a fun trip the likes they can no longer do in the more civilized countries

they wanted adventure? now they have it.

trying a second time to leg it, is just going to add to the adventure when he no longer get bail...

[RallyJon]

Next we'll hear about a team of British mercenaries hired to break them out.

They can call Mark Thatcher for a referral--he should know a bit about mercenaries and third world prisons.

[RallyJon]

they have no right to complain about the legal system they sought out to exploit

if you're that worried about how the legal process works in such or such country, then don't go there

All of life is about expectations. Why were they there in the first place? Precisely because the local legal system is corrupt and you can pay them to allow you to race through their countryside. That entire event only exists because of countries like Macedonia that implicitly chose to put their own citizens at risk in exchange for foreign cash.

You have it backwards. They paid for something, then found out to their surprise that the locals had changed the rules on them. The whole thing was sordid from the get go, but at least a bribed police department should have the courtesy to stay bribed!

Look, it's just more evidence on the heap--these guys are gonna get railroaded.

[svandamme]

according to your assumption that they payed for it, i only say "that's what you get when you rely on corruption, it can backfire just like that"