Gumball 3000 Coast to Coast 2009 – Rally Across America
The Gumball 3000 is a legend in itself. Started in Europe during the year of 1999, the Gumball 3000 incorporates over 100 cars and participants in a 3000 mile long cross-country journey. Since then, the Gumball 3000 has extended beyond its overseas roots to the U.S. starting in 2002. Some of the participants this year included many well-known stars from David “The Hoff” Hasselhoff, MTV’s Dirty Sanchez and Tony Hawk to Dave Mirra, the Cuban Brothers and Bam Margera. The featured cars in the rally ranged from Bugatti Veyrons, Lamborghini’s, Porsche’s, BMW’s and lowriders to classic American muscle cars. Many of the racers documented their progress on various blogs over the internet this year from the start in Los Angeles, CA to the finish line in Miami, FL. Altogether, the Gumball 3000 is an 8-day road trip that lives up to its expectation of being stylish and adrenaline-filled adventure across America.
President Obama Vows Not to Walk Away From Auto Industry
February 25, 2009 by Larry
Filed under Automotive, Featured, News
One of the highlights of the delivery that President Obama gave to the joint session of congress was a vow not to walk away from the automotive industry. The tone seemed directed at the American infrastructure of the automotive industry which directly includes the suffering Big 3.
The points that were brought out by autonews and others in the automotive industry were the positive inspirational parts of the speech saying, “We will rebuild, we will recover, and the United States of America will emerge stronger than before.” Then later a specific address was directed towards the automotive industry having an obvious effect on the economy where the President said, “As for our auto industry, everyone recognizes that years of bad decision-making and a global recession have pushed our automakers to the brink. We should not, and will not, protect them from their own bad practices. But we are committed to the goal of a re-tooled, re-imagined auto industry that can compete and win. Millions of jobs depend on it. Scores of communities depend on it. And I believe the nation that invented the automobile cannot walk away from it.”
