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Local Gumball Run: gauging interest. Ca$h prize

KOUmotorsports is considering sponsoring a local Gumball Run. Spring is a possibility but I'm loath to wait through all those months of hype. So we're wondering if there's the interest to pull this off in the next month. Say the last real drivable day of the year.

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Here are the highlights:

$1000 (one thousand dollars) cash prize to the winner.
'Race' from Peoria to KOUmotorsports in Champaign/Urbana.

$75 entry fee

Disclaimer: We assume that everyone will follow all local laws/regulations, etc. However, we won't have the staff to actively monitor your driving.
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Is there enough interest for us to make this happen?
KOU In3
QUOTE (spyonu2007 @ Nov 24 2004, 03:17 AM)
1000 dollars from Peo to Champaign? And you think people will obey the speed laws?

Can't say that I much care if they obey them. For legal reasons I have to "expect" everyone to do so.

For all I know there is some undiscovered route that takes you from P-Town to Chambana in 20 min flat. ph34r.gif
SPOOLED91
well,

I'd be up for it but.....

1) I'd either loose my driver's license or

2) I'd kill myself in my car trying to beat spy.
natedogg
The prize money should be enough to take care of tickets and bail.
DSM5
QUOTE (natedogg @ Nov 24 2004, 09:37 AM)
The prize money should be enough to take care of tickets and bail.

*IF* you win. wink.gif

I WOULD be up to it, but i can't afford $75 or a ticket, or a license suspension.
MidwestDSM
QUOTE (natedogg @ Nov 24 2004, 09:37 AM)
The prize money should be enough to take care of tickets and bail.

but your chances of winning are zilch if you get stopped.
JBone
From my friend's apartment on 1st and John in Chambana (U of I) to my front doorstep: 45 minutes. I $hit you not!! And in the L'o'ser of all cars!! biggthumpup.gif

Who wants to beat that record?
DSM5
MY house, to my neighbors house.

Less than a second. cool.gif
haunter
QUOTE (spyonu2007 @ Nov 28 2004, 08:49 AM)
Ohare air port to my front door in 1 hour and fifteen minutes. Beat that record.

I did urbana to ohare in 2:18, in the snow a few days before new years


Dave Netter can verify, he was riding shotgun, we saw 30 cars in the ditch on the way up
natedogg
QUOTE (MidwestDSM @ Nov 27 2004, 08:44 PM)
QUOTE (natedogg @ Nov 24 2004, 09:37 AM)
The prize money should be enough to take care of tickets and bail.

but your chances of winning are zilch if you get stopped.

Who said anything about stopping? I can still win the race with the cops on my pooper. Sirens sound like motivation to me. biggthumpup.gif
MidwestDSM
QUOTE (spyonu2007 @ Nov 29 2004, 08:58 AM)
cops cant do 175+ and I have modified run flats, beyond millitary grade. No plates, not stopping. All theyll see is a jet black blurr.

and then two miles down the road, its broken down on the side of the road... laugh.gif laugh.gif laugh.gif


Silly Mitsubishis.
haunter
QUOTE (MidwestDSM @ Nov 29 2004, 10:45 AM)
Silly Mitsubishis.

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kapoosh
I'd probably do it.
MidwestDSM
QUOTE (haunter @ Nov 29 2004, 02:46 PM)
QUOTE (MidwestDSM @ Nov 29 2004, 10:45 AM)



Silly Mitsubishis.

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hey if you cant laugh at yourself you have no business laughing at others
haunter
QUOTE (MidwestDSM @ Nov 29 2004, 08:17 PM)
QUOTE (haunter @ Nov 29 2004, 02:46 PM)
QUOTE (MidwestDSM @ Nov 29 2004, 10:45 AM)



Silly Mitsubishis.

tongue.gif

hey if you cant laugh at yourself you have no business laughing at others

and I laugh at myself all the time!


and not in a good way blink.gif
natedogg
QUOTE (spyonu2007 @ Nov 29 2004, 10:12 PM)
3s cars seem to do better on the long straights than the average dsm. Iv slain many a dsm with that 3s, typically on long duration 5th gear pulls of 140+. 14b powered dsm cars tend to burn up when doing that. The 3s however is happy, and not struggling what so ever. SO stuff it lowly dsm fags.

Yeah, until t-case blows up or the cylinders run lean. Hmm...sounds like a run-of-the-mill DSM to me. How is the 3000 nowadays, Spy? Oh that's right, its getting water pumped out of the footwell.
Better_Than_u
sucks that the authorities know about this already
KOU In3
QUOTE (Better_Than_u @ Dec 17 2004, 06:17 AM)
sucks that the authorities know about this already

Yes, I'm sure the authorities are currently monitoring every road in a 24 hour sweep cracking down on the potential legal Gumball Rally that might happen sometime between two weeks ago and June.

ph34r.gif

Plus, they help make it something of an obstacle course.
xian 1g
hmmmm... i wonder who YOU could be? tongue.gif i smell some bogus crap.
JMoushon
Spy, you should fear the fwd. We all know and love the freeway DOMINANCE! ph34r.gif I'm in. Let me know when and where.
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