Another one bites the dust…
By Des on Sep 15, 2007 in Cannonball 8000, Rally News | 2 Comments

Yesterday the Cannonball 8000 started in London for a 3 day race to Zagreb. Todays leg was supposed to go from Brussels to Prague, was supposed to go yes as the German authorities forbid the Cannonballers to drive through Germany yesterday. Today the German police stopped 20 Cannonballers that tried to go through Germany anyway, on multiple highways patrol cars picked up Cannonballers and made them pay fines between 420 and 1000 euro’s.
Other Cannonballers said to drive around Germany to Prague, a route leads through France - Switserland and Austria. German police received all license plates from the participating cars from the French police so that even removing the stickers wouldn’t help them in an attempt to reach Prague through Germany. Team #98 and #87 in the Porsche Carrera 4S and Mercedes ML 420 CDI made the best of it and drove to the Hilton hotel in Amsterdam instead to build their own party… What was supposed to be the first checkpoint in Brussel last night turns out to be the finish for some of this years Cannonball ers.

It’s the third times this year the German authorities stop a roadrally from driving through the country. In May the Gumball 3000 was stopped and delayed on the way to the airport near Frankfurt and a month later it was ModBall that was stopped by German police and later cancelled.
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Update #1:
The German police impounded more then 20 Cannonball cars including Lamborghini’s and Porsches, unofficial sources say at least 47 cars have been stopped. Read the rest
