Gumball 3000 Is Coming To Dublin
98FM is delighted to announced media partnership with Gumball 3000. The 2016 route is Dublin to Bucharest.
Participants in the annual rally represent over 30 nationalities, driving 120 incredible vehicles from vintage classics to modern day hypercars including Pagani, Bugatti, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, Aston Martin, Koenigsegg, Jaguar, Bentley and Rolls Royce, alongside the famous Batmobile and other futuristic and concept cars!
Gumball 3000 combines the worlds of automobiles, music, action sports and popular culture for a unique event that is televised globally to over 60 million viewers, and has a combined social media following of over 100 million followers.
Gumball 3000 kicks off on Saturday April 30th at 12pm at Merrion Square. All 100 Gumball cars will start arriving on the grid in preparation for their 3000 mile journey. Fans will be able to get up close and see an array of the world's most expensive, impressive and rare automobiles.
On Sunday May 1st, fans will be able to witness the beginning of the 2016 Gumball 3000 from the start line as all the Gumball cars start their engines and are waved off under the start flag as they begin their first leg of the rally to Edinburgh via Belfast.
Founder Maximillion Cooper along with Afrojack, EVE, David Hasselhoff and David Coulthard are among the celebrities confirmed to take part in this year's event.