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September 23rd, 2004, 05:12 AM
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 Joined: Dec 8th, 2003 Last Online: October 29th, 2007 Location: New York, USA Age: 27 Posts: 4,087
Car: 1986 Mercedes-Benz 300E Rep Power: 25    |  cannonball, gumball, intertwined?? ok i saw the gumball 3000 movie, 2003, and noticed burt reynolds was narrating. why is he narrating gumball but has no affiliation, that i know of, with the cannonball races that are done even though he was in 2 cannonball movies in the 80s. anyone know if theres a connection or history between cannonball and gumball, both modern races had movies in the late 70s early 80s about going from NY to LA. anyone care to shed some knowledge?? 
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September 23rd, 2004, 05:18 AM
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| Your Guide to TG/FG  Joined: Dec 9th, 2003 Last Online: January 5th, 2009 Location: Decorah, IA Age: 36 Posts: 4,299
Car: 2004 Subaru Impreza WRX STI (USDM) LFS Status:  Rep Power: 35  | I don't know about connections between them, but the cannonball movies are based on true stories of the actual races in the 70's / 80's. The audio commentary on the DVD of the first cannonball movie talks about them, it's great  . |
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September 23rd, 2004, 08:28 AM
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 Joined: Sep 12th, 2004 Last Online: 12:01 PM Location: Finland Age: 29 Posts: 1,233
Car: Opel Astra / Suzuki VX800 Rep Power: 19 | There's no official cconnection but the gumball is inspired by canonball, only originally european... the guy who runs gumball is british and the first "races" were held in europe. Burt Reynolds is narratind the gumball 3000 BECAUSE he was in the movies and therefore has legendary status in the whole "scene". And it doesn't hurt that the people responsible for gumball are stinking rich and can thus affort Reynolds  |
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