GUMBALL Founder Talks Wildest Rally Routes, Celebrity Drivers & The Year He Almost Lost It All
5/20/20261 hr 45 min
Check for FREE if you are due a refund in 60 seconds at https://refundclub.co.uk/cars Gumball 3000 founder Maximillion Cooper reveals the wild origins of the world's most famous supercar rally. From clandestine late-night negotiations with stressed Russian cargo plane operators to moving hundreds of thousands of dollars in a shopping bag through London streets, Maximillion breaks down the exact moments Gumball transformed from a rebellious road trip with Johnny Knoxville and the Jackass crew into a globally recognised billion-dollar lifestyle empire. BEST MOMENTS "There was never ever an idea to even do a car rally. It sort of happened organically because I got a bunch of sort of friends together to support my ambition and dream to have a Formula One team” "We do have a still of 242 mph on the clock in Texas. Back then that's decent." "I owed nearer to 200 grand for these planes." Sponsors: ➤ Money.School - To Make, Manage & Multiply More Money, join us at https://money.school/goldcars ➤ Tom Hartley Cars - http://www.tomhartleycars.com/ For More Cars & Money Content: ➤ Shorts: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYS-7tYpRkJmrVIUq8-WV_A ➤ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Cars-Money/61579331221620/ ➤ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@carsandmoneyofficial ➤ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carsandmoneyofficial/ Connect with Carl & Rob: ➤ Rob’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/robmooreprogressive/?locale=en_GB ➤ Rob’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robmooreprogressive/ ➤Carl’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carlhartley1/ Learn more: https://gumball3000.com
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First 90 secondsMaximillion Cooper· Guest0:00
[engine revs] I got outbid to buy Tyrrell Formula One team. When I failed at that, the result was Gumball.
Speaker 20:06
Welcome to the world's most expensive supercar rally.
Maximillion Cooper· Guest0:10
[engine revs] Essentially what we've become, sort of week-long festival.
Speaker 20:15
Right We're seeing the A-Team van on the grid next to a Bugatti Super Sport.
Maximillion Cooper· Guest0:18
That's what Gumball is.
Speaker 20:20
Highest recorded speed anyone's ever done at Gumball?
Maximillion Cooper· Guest0:23
242.
Speaker 20:25
No way.
Maximillion Cooper· Guest0:26
[laughs] Yeah. Perfect Gumball cars are sort of [beep].
Speaker 20:30
I, I'd buy one of them.
Maximillion Cooper· Guest0:31
I've had over 300 billionaires. It's 10% of the world's rich list that have done the Gumball.
Speaker 20:35
Would you ever sell it?
Maximillion Cooper· Guest0:36
The funny thing is- What's been the hardest time? We took it to North Korea.
Speaker 20:40
You and Kim doing karaoke?
Maximillion Cooper· Guest0:41
A few big men arrived and said, "Come to collect whatever you have." All I had was that.
Speaker 20:45
[laughs] What was the worst car you'd done it in?
Maximillion Cooper· Guest0:48
Um, I- What's the highest recorded speed anyone's ever done at Gumball?
Speaker 21:00
That, that... You, people must be shooting for that.
Maximillion Cooper· Guest1:02
I, I... No, you know what? Well, again, it, it's, it's- Obviously only in Germany, but... [laughs] No, I mean, Germany, Germany's the worst place for us.
Speaker 21:10
Right.
Maximillion Cooper· Guest1:10
Uh, the, Germany's the place that I actually don't want to take Gumball to, but, um- But yeah, the highest recorded speed. The highest recorded speed. I mean, and people aren't really shooting for that on Gumball. I mean, it's, it's literally because of that sort of, let's say the quota of, you know, your hypercars to your- Mm ... to your, uh, someone doing an ice cream van sort of thing. [laughs] Then, you know, the ice cream van is not