GUMBALL 3000
SIX-PART SERIES PREMIERES ON SUNDAY 11TH JULY 2004 @ 8:30PM

Fast, furious and the wackiest race in the world – this year Gumball 3000 comes to Europe with a world premiere series on Extreme Sports Channel.

The six-day high-glamour endurance rally travels 3000 miles from Paris to the Sahara and back, via a host of stunning locations and parties to a rapturous finish at the Cannes Film Festival.

Driven by the well-heeled and just plain reckless, drivers as various as Adrien Brody, Jodie Kidd, Tony Hawk and Bucky Lasek chase across France, Spain and North Africa at speeds of up to 190mph.

But in this show everyone’s a star - from the cunning London cabbie to the eccentric billionaire who thinks he’s a robot - from the Ferraris and Maseratis to the 2CV - from the hospital workers working on the crashed crusaders to the cops who become ever more involved as speeding tickets, roadblocks and even jail become par for the Gumball course.

Don’t miss the carnage, chaos and anarchy in this incredible trans-continental chase, described by NBC as “the most glamorous and notorious rally ever staged” on Extreme Sports Channel every Sunday at 8:30pm from 11th July.

Gumball 3000 airs every Sunday at 8:30pm from 11th July, with repeat episodes at 8:30pm on Saturdays.

GUMBALL 3000 FACTSHEET

CORE CHARACTERS
• Bucky Lasek – the world champion skateboarder
• Kym Mazelle – the Soul II Soul diva
• Kim Schmitz – the convicted FBI hacker turned billionaire
• Alex Roy – Last year’s eccentric multi-millionaire winner
• The Ai Ya Boys – Asia’s MTV Jackass crew

SUPPORTING CAST
• Torquenstein – the Siberian half man–half machine race nut
• Tony Hawk – the most famous skateboarder of all time
• Adrien Brody – the Oscar-winning actor
• Rob Dyrdek and the DC team – the skateboarding supremos
• John Docherty and Gary Lutke – two IT workers in a 2CV
• Chris Eubank – the two-time world champion boxer
• Jodie Kidd – the supermodel
• Shane Slevin – the eccentric art dealer
• Matt Devlin and hired model – Uncle Sam and his American accomplice
…and two mad Manchester scallies in a Ferrari

THE ROUTE
The 3000 miles in six day spans two continents and breaks down like this.
Start line: By the Eiffel Tower
- driving to Biarritz
- then to Madrid – Real Madrid’s ground
- then to Marbella
- then to Algeciras (port)
- then to Tangier (port)
- then to Casablanca – “of all the gin joints in all the world”
- then to Marrakech
- then to Fes (Medina) - party hosted by the King of Morocco
- then to Nador (port)
- then to Almeria (port)
- then to Barcelona to meet with drivers at the Barcelona Grand Prix
Finish line: Cannes - the day before the Film Festival.

• THE CARS
- Lambo Murcielago
- Maserati Spider
- Bentley Arnage
- Ferrari Enzo
- Pagani Zonda S
- Morgan Aero 8
- Hummer H2
- Nissan Rally Raid
- Porsche Techart Turbo
- Ford GT40
- Citroën 2CV
- London Taxi
- Turbo Ice-Cream Van

• PHOTOGRAPHY & GENERAL INFORMATION
A full range of photography of the stars and cars are available from Extreme.
General information on Gumball 3000 can be found at: www.gumball3000.com
Or by contacting Jess Ince in the Gumball HQ on 020 7229 5865/ jess@gumball3000.com

ABOUT EXTREME SPORTS CHANNEL

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Extreme was launched on 1st May 1999 and is now available in 52 countries across Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. It transmits in 10 languages and broadcasts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to nearly 17 million households.

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