Gumball 3000

The Gumball 3000 is an around the world 3,000 mile eight-day motorsport rally, featuring the most amazing cars driven by film stars, musicians, athletes, billionaires and motorsport enthusiasts. Kicking off in San Francisco, the Gumball 3000 will take its 3,000 mile route through Los Angeles, San Diego, and Las Vegas. Upon reaching Las Vegas, the 120 cars and participating drivers will be flown to Pyongyang, North Korea, then flown to Hangzhou, China, where they will pick up the rally and continue to Shanghai and Xuzhou and the final destination of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on Saturday, August 16.

Gumball 3000 doesn't officially start until tomorrow, but some of the cars gathered in front of the Fairmont Hotel in Nob Hill before the launch party at Temple. I stopped by to take a peek.



PUMA is this year's official sponsor. As the official sponsor, all of the 120 Gumball 3000 cars will be branded with the official PUMA Gumball Sticker Kit and each driver will receive an exclusive PUMA Gumball T-shirt and Special Edition Speed Cat.

PUMA will have their very own car as part of the Rally, capturing video and photos along the way. The PUMA Mobile Unit is all set and stock full of Gumball gear.













I had to skip the launch party at Temple because I had to take care of some stuff.