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Gumball Rally 3000 photo album

Gumball Rally 3000 photo album
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Journalist/Broadcaster covering the auto industry and auto racing for 35 years

Journalist/Broadcaster covering the auto industry and auto racing for 35 years
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Click on this line to see Steve Parker's exclusive photo album of the start of the 2009 Gumball Rally, the world's most politically-incorrect automotive street event.

It was kicked-off in the shadow of the Santa Monica (CA) Pier and drew several thousand spectators. Admission into the event's participant staging area was free.

The Santa Monica Police Department and California Highway Patrol closed the southbound lanes of Pacific Coast Highway for almost 1/2-hour to get event participants from the beachside parking lot onto I-10, the Santa Monica Freeway, so "racers" could make their way about 50 miles south for the first stop in their eight-day adventure, Anaheim Stadium, home of the California Angels.

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