GTSPIRIT - Daily Supercar and Tuning News » Cannonball Run Europe http://www.gtspirit.com Daily supercar & tuning news, automotive event coverage & car forum! Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:43:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Cannonball Run Europe 2007 – The Undercover Rally? http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/07/10/cannonball-run-europe-2007-the-undercover-rally/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/07/10/cannonball-run-europe-2007-the-undercover-rally/#comments Mon, 09 Jul 2007 23:08:16 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1350 Cannonball Run Europe 2007? Did it already happen? Yes!!! This years Rally took place from the 1st July to the 6th July. Cannonball Run Europe organizers chose to do the Rally completely undercover after countless problems with the police in previous editions of the rally. Prior to the event only the start and finish cities [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/07/10/cannonball-run-europe-2007-the-undercover-rally/feed/ 0 Cannonball 8000 – edition 2007 http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/05/15/cannonball-8000-edition-2007/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/05/15/cannonball-8000-edition-2007/#comments Tue, 15 May 2007 20:50:19 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=1290 Cannonball 8000 is celebrating this year its 5th anniversary: London – Brussels – Prague – Zagreb The 2007 Cannonball 8000 Rally promises to be the best Cannonball 8000 ever! Being the 5th Year Anniversary, they are making big plans to ensure that this year starts AND ends with a BANG! Kicking off with a fabulous [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2007/05/15/cannonball-8000-edition-2007/feed/ 1 Rally Classic – Europe meets US of A http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/11/01/rally-classic-europe-meets-us-of-a/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/11/01/rally-classic-europe-meets-us-of-a/#comments Wed, 01 Nov 2006 13:41:38 +0000 Des http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/11/01/rally-classic-europe-meets-us-of-a/ Two legendary and notorious teams meet during Cannonball Run Europe in 2004. Lonman is driving the silver Porsche GT2, Dado and Dustin (Teckademics) are driving a rental car because Dado’s M3 didn’t make it through customs. With Lonman as one of the first of the ferry in Marbella, Dado and Dustin want to make sure [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/11/01/rally-classic-europe-meets-us-of-a/feed/ 0 Cannonball 8000 2006 Writeup http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/10/27/cannonball-8000-2006-writeup/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/10/27/cannonball-8000-2006-writeup/#comments Fri, 27 Oct 2006 12:53:16 +0000 Des http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/10/27/cannonball-8000-2006-writeup/ Yes, I was pulled over by an unmarked German police car. Yes, I was driving over the speed limit. And Yes, I cut the irate police officer up in my M5. No, I’m not sorry. You see this is my idea of fun and that is exactly what Cannonball 8000 delivers. Pure, unadulterated driving pleasure. [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/09/17/cannonball-8000-in-brussels/feed/ 0 Cannonball Run Europe – september event canceled http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/08/30/cannonball-run-europe-september-event-canceled/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/08/30/cannonball-run-europe-september-event-canceled/#comments Wed, 30 Aug 2006 16:04:23 +0000 Crew http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=831 The Cannonball Run HQ made following statement today: Due to two cars being impounded in France on the July event and the threat by the French Authorities that they will be impounding any of our cars that cross their country, it is with great regret that we have taken the decision to cancel the Cannonball [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/08/30/cannonball-run-europe-september-event-canceled/feed/ 1 Cannonball Run Europe – Video and pics of the finish in Brussels http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/07/19/cannonball-run-europe-video-and-pics-of-the-finish-in-brussels/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/07/19/cannonball-run-europe-video-and-pics-of-the-finish-in-brussels/#comments Wed, 19 Jul 2006 11:51:46 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=700 On the last day the participants drove from Lyon, France to Brussels, Belgium. Lights flashing and horns sounding, the Cannonball cars roared into Brussels at the end of a six day adventure covering six countries (seven if you count dinner in San Marino on Tuesday!), 3000 miles, many parties, and endless fun. Belgian police were [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/07/19/cannonball-run-europe-video-and-pics-of-the-finish-in-brussels/feed/ 1 Best of Cannonball Run pictures http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/07/18/best-of-cannonball-run-pictures/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/07/18/best-of-cannonball-run-pictures/#comments Tue, 18 Jul 2006 11:13:14 +0000 Des http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/07/18/best-of-cannonball-run-pictures/ With the first Cannonball Run of the year finishing a couple days ago we bring you the best of Cannonball Run Europe. The pictures are taken during earlier Cannonball Run events including the 2005 Cannonball.

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/07/18/best-of-cannonball-run-pictures/feed/ 0 Spirit of Cannonball award won by the Ultima GTR http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/07/15/spirit-of-cannonball-award-won-by-the-ultima-gtr/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/07/15/spirit-of-cannonball-award-won-by-the-ultima-gtr/#comments Sat, 15 Jul 2006 20:36:26 +0000 Des http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/07/15/ultima-gtr-wins-cannonball-run-europe-july-2006/ And the ‘Spirit of Cannonball’ winner is… The Cannonball Run Europe came to an end on friday the 14th of July. It was a close call but in the end the couple in the Ultima GTR was crowned winner of the 2006 July event! A true winner by all means. The guys in the Ultima [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/07/15/spirit-of-cannonball-award-won-by-the-ultima-gtr/feed/ 0 Cannonball Run Europe – Day 4 http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/07/13/cannonball-run-europe-day-4/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/07/13/cannonball-run-europe-day-4/#comments Thu, 13 Jul 2006 20:26:43 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=689 Cannonball Run Europe 2006 – Day Four (back in France) Start: Rome, Italy Finish: Lyon, France Distance: 593.8 miles (955.63 km) Here some pictures:

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/07/13/cannonball-run-europe-start-video/feed/ 0 Cannonball cars stay confiscated http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/07/13/cannonball-cars-stay-confiscated/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/07/13/cannonball-cars-stay-confiscated/#comments Thu, 13 Jul 2006 11:50:49 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=687 The court of Béthune (Pas-de-Calais) pronounced on Tuesday the final confiscation of the Ferrari 360 and Porsche 993 turbo, belonging to two British men. They were confiscated on Sunday evening on the A26 with a speed of 257 and 190km/h. Both British men were accused of speed violation and endangering other people. It seems that [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/07/13/cannonball-cars-stay-confiscated/feed/ 1 Cannonball Run Europe – Day 3 http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/07/12/cannonball-run-europe-day-3/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/07/12/cannonball-run-europe-day-3/#comments Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:39:20 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=686 Day 3 of the Cannonball Run Europe: Start: Rimini, Italy Finish: Rome, Italy Distance: 243.2 miles (390 km) Here some pictures of the arrival in Rome: Supplement to Day 2 – the ‘Track Day’ results: Best by far was the New 911 (997) Turbo (only 2 in UK) Dodge Ram (the other one) suffered but [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/07/10/cannonballer-stopped-by-swiss-police/feed/ 0 Cannonball Run Europe – Day 1 http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/07/10/cannonball-run-europe-day-1/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/07/10/cannonball-run-europe-day-1/#comments Mon, 10 Jul 2006 09:50:24 +0000 Cathy http://www.gtspirit.com/?p=680 Day one of the Cannonball Run Europe is over. First leg was from the Oatlands Park Hotel, Weybridge to Rimini, Italy. Distance: 864.9 miles (1391.92 km). Here some first pictures of the arrival in Rimini:

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/07/09/cannonball-run-europe-start-update-3/feed/ 0 Cannonball Run Europe Update 3 http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/07/03/cannonball-run-europe-update-3/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/07/03/cannonball-run-europe-update-3/#comments Mon, 03 Jul 2006 11:49:21 +0000 Des http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/07/03/cannonball-run-europe-update-3/ Official update received July 1st 2006 In a week’s time, this year’s Cannonballers will be on their mission into the unknown! Battling with each other, the roads of Europe and (often!) a hazard or two along the way, when they achieve their daily mission by arriving at the 4 or 5 star hotels in our [...]

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]]> http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/07/03/cannonball-run-europe-update-3/feed/ 0 Cannonball Run Europe Update 2 http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/07/02/cannonball-run-europe-update-2/ http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/07/02/cannonball-run-europe-update-2/#comments Sun, 02 Jul 2006 16:39:37 +0000 Des http://www.gtspirit.com/2006/07/02/cannonball-run-europe-update-2/ Official update received June 30th 2006 Just over a week to go now until the chequered flag flashes down at 30 second intervals to send the 2006 Cannonballers on their mission into the unknown. Excitement is guaranteed, limits will be explored, reputations will be made and broken as Cannonball crews battle for the trophy over [...]

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