[DeTomaso] gumball3000

Tue Apr 21 17:56:28 EDT 2009

Dear Detomaso Pantera Friends and Owners ,
Your responses have been incredible today only one day after I sent  the 
email . I thank you all for your support.The stretch from Sante Fe to  Dallas 
,Tx will be just over 600 straight miles.I would love to change the oil  
after that stretch but probably will not have the time . I will be running on  
10/30w Mobil 1 with a fram filter.
Should I repack front bearings while in Los Angeles ? Are there  rear 
bearings ? Transaxle fluid has already been changed with castrol 80/90  hypoid c. 

This was sent to me from the Gumball3000 owner today .
I plan on making all Pantera owners proud. Keep posted for news along  the 
way .Thank you all again for your continued well wishes and support .It is  
greatly appreciated  and I look forward to seeing as many Panteras along  
the way.

Robert 
Team Pantera  

For  Immediate Release 
21  April 2009 

“Coast  to Coast”  

Ladies,  Gentlemen, prepare to start your engines …as the 11th annual 
Gumball 3000 Rally from Los Angeles to  Miami is about to begin!  
Attracting  ‘rock stars’ to ‘royalty’, the entry grid of over 100 amazing 
cars and  participants in this year’s Gumball  is nothing short of 
spectacular! From David ‘The Hoff’ Hasselhoff to Jackass’s Bam Margera and Ryan 
Dunn in a custom BMW; next to  action sports legends Tony Hawk, Danny Kass, and 
Dave Mirra in tricked out Jeeps, Chevy  Trucks and Porsches; alongside 
Cypress  Hill’s DJ Muggs, British indie  stars The Enemy, MTV’s Dirty Sanchez, 
the hilarious Cuban Brothers and the fire-breathing Fuel Girls together with 
vintage rocker  Lemmy from Motörhead and Avenged Sevenfold – Gumball has it 
all  – showcasing Bugatti Veyrons, Lamborghini’s to Low Riders and classic 
 American muscle cars. With event sponsors including lifestyle sportswear 
brand  Puma providing  ‘Gumball 3000 Edition’ driving shoes,  Nixon creating 
unique timepieces,  and Monster Energy supplying the  drinks – this 
eight-day ‘road trip’ is certain to live up to all expectations of  being a 
stylish, adrenaline fuelled adventure. Think of Burt Reynolds, Farrah Fawcett and 
Captain Chaos in the 70s Cannonball Run  movies and you start to get the 
picture. Playmates, supermodels and an  international cast of eccentrics come 
standard issue!  
On  Friday May 1st Gumball 3000 is hosting a ‘free’ music  concert on 
Santa Monica’s Third Street  Promenade – With live performances from LA 
hipsters U-N-I, Cypress Hill’s DJ Muggs and the Cuban Brothers – followed by a ‘VIP
’ party at the Viceroy Hotel with guest DJs including  DJ Spider, DJ Fashen 
and Beef Warehouse.  
The  amazing super, muscle, import and luxury cars will all be displayed 
next to Santa Monica Pier on parking Lot 1550 from midday on Friday May 1st - 
ready for  the flag to drop at 1pm on Saturday  2nd May! From Santa Monica 
the 3000 mile route includes a spectacular  sight-seeing tour of the good ‘
ole USA, peppered with overnight stops, parties  and checkpoints in Las Vegas, 
the Hoover Dam, Sedona, the Grand Canyon, Santa Fe, Dallas, New Orleans and 
Orlando - before crossing the finish  line on Miami’s Ocean Drive on Friday 
8th May.   
In  addition to experiencing a classic road trip adventure, racetrack 
stop-offs at  the Lonestar Motorsports Park in  Sealy, Texas, and at the Palm 
Beach  International Raceway in Florida will allow drivers the chance to put 
pedal  to the metal and test their supercars to their limits.  One participant 
that will undoubtedly  use these stops to show the other drivers “how to 
drive” is legendary champion  ex-Ferrari Formula 1 racing driver  Mika Salo, 
winner of last years ‘24  Hours of Le Mans’-  taking his Ferrari F430 Risi 
Competizione Scuderia GT2 on the  rally! 
Gumball  3000 Rally are officially working with the Wounded Warrior 
Project, a non-profit  organisation benefiting and raising awareness for the needs 
of severely injured  United States Service men and women. Wounded Warrior 
representatives will be  present throughout the event as well as partnering 
with Gumball 3000 at forthcoming events and  fundraisers. 
For  daily updates go to _www.gumball3000.com_ 
(http://www.gumball3000.com/) , and catch  highlights of the action on YouTube, Pumamotorsport.com, 
Monsterenergy.com and  on MTV - but if you live on route – then stop whatever you
’re doing, get out of  the house - and come along to see your favorite 
stars and cars roll into a town  near you! 
For  press information contact Jessica Rees-Middleton on: +44 (0) 208 964 
7878 _jmiddleton at gumball3000.com_ (mailto:jmiddleton at gumball3000.com)  
Editor  Notes: 
The  first Gumball 3000 took place in April 1999, when founders Maximillion 
Cooper and Julie Brangstrup invited 50 of their  friends to take part in a 
3000-mile party around Europe to bring together the  music, film, fashion 
and sport industries. Ten years later, and  things have certainly grown, with 
crowds of over a million people attending the  last start in London, and a 
televised and online audience that reached over 60  million in over 100 
countries.  
Gumball  3000 consistently hits the headlines as ‘Cool Britannia’s’ most 
unique addition  to pop culture, described by Vanity  Fair Magazine as ‘the 
most rock ‘n’  roll car rally ever staged’ and famed for its exploits and 
celebrity  participation. The event annually attracts stars including 
Oscar-winning star of  the Pianist Adrien Brody, Jackass’  Johnny Knoxville, Bam 
Margera and  Ryan Dunn, David ‘The Hoff’  Hasselhoff, Hugh ‘Playboy’ Hefner, 
supermodels Jodie Kidd, Caprice and Tyson  Beckford, Kill Bill’s Daryl 
Hannah,  action sports legends Tony Hawk,  Matt Hoffman, Carey Hart, and rock 
stars including Snoop Dogg, Travis Barker, Jamiroquai and Xzibit! 
Incorporating  a new 3000 mile route each year, the attraction of the 
Gumball transcends social  barriers, appealing to the adventurer in everyone, 
regardless of status or  wealth; combining grease, glamour and guts in equal 
measures, stretching the  experiences of travel and entertainment – just that 
bit further.  Over the past 10 years Gumball 3000 has  been hosted by Kings 
and Presidents, partied with Snoop Dogg, appeared on the Jay Leno Show, 
raised awareness for  testicular cancer, chartered the worlds 3 largest 
aircrafts, created untold  amounts of ‘Jackass’ fuelled mayhem, hung out at Hugh 
Hefner’s, and most  recently has been invited to work with the United Nations, 
all through the  language of the motor car. 
Go  to _www.gumball3000.com_ (http://www.gumball3000.com/)  for the latest 
news,  reviews, videos, apparel, art, blogs, street culture and everything 
automotive  for the Gumball generation. 

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