CanadianLoonie said:
Dudes, if I were to put my exotic supercar at risk by racing it on open public roads, I would want a tangible reward for winning the thing.
But apparently, you guys are telling me that winning is not the point of the thing.
So how come they're allowed to race on open public roads in the first place?
OK, but they're rich enough to afford it anyway, so why not? It's their money, their choice. And it's not a race. The whole thing started as just a rally, more or less a road trip with a bunch of exotic cars. I don't know about you, but if I saw 60 Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Porsches, BMWs, MBs, with the odd Pagani, Konigsegg and McLauren go through my town, I'd fall over. Yes, it might be a bit of an ego trip, but hey, if I had that much money, I'd do it too.
As far as racing goes, that's just up to the drivers. The point of the Tour is just that, a tour. But tell me, you're the driver of a 360 convertible. There's 5 other 360's, some 911's, and some 550's. And you're all going down a 3-lane highway. You're not going to mash on it? It just naturally happens. What you really need to do is find the Gumball 2003 vid somewhere and watch it. That will tell you what Gumball is all about. In that one, the Governer of Alabama (or something like that) actually forbade the Gumball tour to go through the state. I'm not sure if they did anyway, but that was kinda funny when he mentioned it.