BREAKING NEWS: A traffic accident occured today at approximately 1305HR PST on I-5 South , and the initial SigAlert report stated that "…sev Lamborghinis Caused this Traffic Collision…"
Watch the video and decide for yourself. The witnesses got the cars wrong, and the SUV/trailer appears to have lost control before the Gumballers passed. My gut tells me that the 2008 Gumball 3000 cars nearby probably weren’t the cause of the jack-knifed SUV/trailer accident seen in the right lane above.
See the accident location in Google Maps and the original SigAlert screenshot after the jump:
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"We’re very well aware of it and we’ll be monitoring what’s going on."
That’s what one California Highway Patrol spokesperson told the LA Times …and yet Day 1 of the 2008 Gumball 3000 - which ran from San Francisco to Buttonwillow Raceway Park to Hollywood, CA - ended last night with what appears to be one of the slowest, lowest-ticketed grids in Gumball 3000 (if not modern "rally") history…at least according to our friends and allies actually on it.
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God bless Gumball 3000 2008’s Team Arbuckle , who’ve proven their professionalism by arriving first at the Buttonwillow Checkpoint with an astounding lead over the rest of the field.
More to follow…or check out the coverage over at GT Spirit .
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Team Polizei’s friends over at the Arbuckle Group are now broadcasting LIVE using Seero.com . Team Arbuckle are the support car for Ashley Van Dyke , allegedly. More to follow, as they are now eading east on I-580 toward I-5 . Maybe…
And yes, we know the GPS map function is going in and out…
UPDATE as of 1409hr PST - the car is passing Westley, CA.
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