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The Modball Rally is an international road rally which takes place on public roads, with a different route each year. Founded in 2007 it sees an entry of around 100 cars per event which are mostly modified sports cars. However, modified cars do not stop at sports cars and the rally has resulted in entries including fire engines, hearse
s, Limousine
s and QT Wildcats. The Rally is not a serious race in the traditional sense of rally races such as the WRC
, there are no prizes for being fastest or official timekeeping of any sort. Organizers emphasize that it is a road trip adventure with lots of partying and not a race.
on wheels for the stories during each event the Modball Rally is widely known to be based on the film from the 1980s Cannonball Run, starring Burt Reynolds
. The Modball Rally is not a race or timed event like most assume, the rally is a collaboration of car enthusiasts and party people who travel Europe and the USA seeking adventure.
starting grid. The route began in London
and ventured through Amsterdam
, Cologne
, Prague
, Vienna
with a casino party, Milan
with a live performance from the Fuel Girls before finishing with an awards party in Lyon
. On day two of the rally the Modball made German Television and the front page of every German newspaper for being surrounded by 100 German Police cars during a car display at the Cologne Arena. Despite having permission to go through Germany three cars were caught speeding on the hard shoulder in Düsseldorf at over 150 mi/h resulting in the chief of German Police classing the event as a illegal street race. The result left each Modball vehicle with a fine of €173 and a Police escort to Belgium
taking over 10 hours. This however didn't stop the Modballers from making the next party in Prague
as they drove their cars through the night. It was for this reason the award for 'Spirit of the Modball' went to every team on the rally.
, Milan
, Zagreb
, Budapest
before the awards parts in Prague, Czech Republic
.
from June 11–17. The event also included a live performance from MTV's Dirty Sanchez
at the London Launch Party. The rally started in London
and traveled through Paris
, Lyon, Geneva
, Milan
, Stelvio Pass
, Salzburg
before the final party in Bratislava
. This event received huge magazine and online video coverage including a DVD front cover of Max Power Magazine including unseen footage from the Fast and Furious movie.
2009 Europe Award Winners
The 2009 “Spirit of the Modball”: Mitsubishi Evo 7
The 2009 “Modball Girl”: Kelli Smith
The 2009 “Best outfit”: The Incredibles – Nissan 200SX
The 2009 “Legends of the Modball”: Team OTT – VW Gold VR6
The 2009 "Best Photo": Monster Dead Beaver
. The West Coast route started in San Francisco then went on to Los Angeles
for the Playboy
Halloween Party, San Diego for a Fuel Girls live performance, Phoenix
Casino Party then Las Vegas
. The East Coast rally started in Chicago
then traveled through Kansas City
, Denver, Salt Lake City and finished in Las Vegas joining up with the West Coast Modballers for the final Modball awards Party. After the awards party the Modballers moved to the Modball SEMA
party at the Bank located inside the stunning Bellagio
Casino and Hotel.
The USA Modball Rally partnered up with Lexani Lifestyle who invited the drivers to a second party the following night at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
with live performances from E40
and Rich Boy
.
2009 USA Award Winners
The 2009 “Spirit of the Modball East”: Brian Hughes – Team Awesome
The 2009 “Spirit of the Modball West”: Team DTA – BMW M5
The 2009 “Modball Girl”: Susie Ward - Fuel Girls
The 2009 “Craziest Car”: Daniel Martinez - Bulletproof Honda NSX
through San Sebastian
, Madrid
, Barcelona
, Monaco
, Lyon
before finishing in the center of London
. The rally began in London on the June 9th and finished on June 14, 2010.
Drivers Entered included:
Performances...
2010 Europe Award Winners
The 2010 “Spirit of the Modball”: BMW M3
The 2010 “Modball Girl”: Kelli Smith
The 2010 “Best Outfit”: Simon Mann – The Stig
The 2010 “Legend of the Modball”: Flip Flop – Audi A8
The 2010 “Craziest Car”: ben Gott – QT Wildcat
The 2010 “Best Video”: Pritchard – Modballer drinking pee
The 2010 “Most Money Raised”: The Quest for the Tartan Diddy Riders, £7,500
"So to officially announce next years adventure….its an amazing 3000 mile route that starts in London
stopping at Paris
… Cannes
… Rome
… Venice
… Geneva
… Nurburgring
!"
application featuring a speedometer, HUD mode and MPH/km/h converter.
Hearse
A hearse is a funerary vehicle used to carry a coffin from a church or funeral home to a cemetery. In the funeral trade, hearses are often called funeral coaches.-History:...
s, Limousine
Limousine
A limousine is a luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur. The chassis of a limousine may have been extended by the manufacturer or by an independent coachbuilder. These are called "stretch" limousines and are traditionally black or white....
s and QT Wildcats. The Rally is not a serious race in the traditional sense of rally races such as the WRC
WRC
WRC may refer to:Auto racing:* World Rally Championship* World Rally CarVideo games:* World Rally Championship * WRC: Rally Evolved* WRC: FIA World Rally Championship Broadcasting stations:...
, there are no prizes for being fastest or official timekeeping of any sort. Organizers emphasize that it is a road trip adventure with lots of partying and not a race.
History
Noted as the Nitro CircusNitro Circus
Nitro Circus is an American television series that featured Travis Pastrana and his friends traveling around the world riding dirtbikes, base jumping, and performing reckless stunts. It was originally run as a miniseries in 2006 on Fuel TV. In January 2009, it began running as an episodic reality...
on wheels for the stories during each event the Modball Rally is widely known to be based on the film from the 1980s Cannonball Run, starring Burt Reynolds
Burt Reynolds
Burton Leon "Burt" Reynolds, Jr. is an American actor. Some of his memorable roles include Bo 'Bandit' Darville in Smokey and the Bandit, Lewis Medlock in Deliverance, Bobby "Gator" McCluskey in White Lightning and sequel Gator, Paul Crewe and Coach Nate Scarborough in The Longest Yard and its...
. The Modball Rally is not a race or timed event like most assume, the rally is a collaboration of car enthusiasts and party people who travel Europe and the USA seeking adventure.
2007
The first ever Modball Rally took place in June 2007 with over 150 cars at the O2 ArenaO2 arena
O2 Arena may refer to:*The O2 Arena the arena within the O2 in London.*The O2 , an entertainment complex built within the former Millennium Dome, North Greenwich, that contains the arena.*O2 World in Berlin*O2 World in Hamburg...
starting grid. The route began in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and ventured through Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
, Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
, Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
with a casino party, Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
with a live performance from the Fuel Girls before finishing with an awards party in Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
. On day two of the rally the Modball made German Television and the front page of every German newspaper for being surrounded by 100 German Police cars during a car display at the Cologne Arena. Despite having permission to go through Germany three cars were caught speeding on the hard shoulder in Düsseldorf at over 150 mi/h resulting in the chief of German Police classing the event as a illegal street race. The result left each Modball vehicle with a fine of €173 and a Police escort to Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
taking over 10 hours. This however didn't stop the Modballers from making the next party in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
as they drove their cars through the night. It was for this reason the award for 'Spirit of the Modball' went to every team on the rally.
2008 Europe
The 2008 annual Modball Rally took place in June. The start line was at the Ace Cafe in London, and the rally traveled through and GenevaGeneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
, Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
, Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
, Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
before the awards parts in Prague, Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
.
2009 Europe
The 2009 event was a road trip adventure from London to BratislavaBratislava
Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...
from June 11–17. The event also included a live performance from MTV's Dirty Sanchez
Dirty Sanchez
Dirty Sanchez is commonly mistaken to be an act where the faecal matter it purposefully smeared onto a partner's upper lip. The term 'dirty sanchez' originated in the porn industry, particularly films involving ass to mouth action. It describes the Dirty Sanchez is commonly mistaken to be an act...
at the London Launch Party. The rally started in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and traveled through Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, Lyon, Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
, Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
, Stelvio Pass
Stelvio Pass
The Stelvio Pass , located in Italy, at 2757 m is the highest paved mountain pass in the Eastern Alps, and the second highest in the Alps, slightly below the Col de l'Iseran .-Location:...
, Salzburg
Salzburg
-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...
before the final party in Bratislava
Bratislava
Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...
. This event received huge magazine and online video coverage including a DVD front cover of Max Power Magazine including unseen footage from the Fast and Furious movie.
2009 Europe Award Winners
The 2009 “Spirit of the Modball”: Mitsubishi Evo 7
The 2009 “Modball Girl”: Kelli Smith
The 2009 “Best outfit”: The Incredibles – Nissan 200SX
The 2009 “Legends of the Modball”: Team OTT – VW Gold VR6
The 2009 "Best Photo": Monster Dead Beaver
2009 USA
The first USA Modball Rally received a fantastic welcome with two events running simultaneously starting on the same day and finishing at exactly the same time in Las VegasLas Vegas metropolitan area
The Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...
. The West Coast route started in San Francisco then went on to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
for the Playboy
Playboy
Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...
Halloween Party, San Diego for a Fuel Girls live performance, Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
Casino Party then Las Vegas
Las Vegas metropolitan area
The Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...
. The East Coast rally started in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
then traveled through Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
, Denver, Salt Lake City and finished in Las Vegas joining up with the West Coast Modballers for the final Modball awards Party. After the awards party the Modballers moved to the Modball SEMA
SEMA
Specialty Equipment Market Association of the automobile aftermarket was formed in 1963 by Roy Richter, Ed Iskenderian, Willie Garner, Bob Hedman, John Bartlett, Phil Weiand, Jr., Al Segal, Dean Moon, and Vic Edelbrock, Jr...
party at the Bank located inside the stunning Bellagio
Bellagio
Bellagio is a comune in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located on Lake Como. It has long been famous for its setting at the intersection of the three branches of the Y-shaped lake, which is also known as Lario....
Casino and Hotel.
The USA Modball Rally partnered up with Lexani Lifestyle who invited the drivers to a second party the following night at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada, is an entertainment resort owned and operated by Brookfield Asset Management and Warner Gaming, LLC....
with live performances from E40
E40
E40 may refer to:* European route E40, a road extending from France to Kazakhstan* E-40, a rapper* GE E40, a locomotive* a name for the fuel blend of 40% ethanol and 60% gasoline* E40 screw, a type of Edison screw* HMS E40, a British E class submarine...
and Rich Boy
Rich Boy
Marece Richards , better known by his stage name Rich Boy, is an American rapper from Mobile, Alabama. He is best known for the hit single "Throw Some D's". His self-titled debut album was released in early 2007.- Early career :...
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2009 USA Award Winners
The 2009 “Spirit of the Modball East”: Brian Hughes – Team Awesome
The 2009 “Spirit of the Modball West”: Team DTA – BMW M5
The 2009 “Modball Girl”: Susie Ward - Fuel Girls
The 2009 “Craziest Car”: Daniel Martinez - Bulletproof Honda NSX
2010 Europe Rally
The 2010 event traveled from LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
through San Sebastian
San Sebastián
Donostia-San Sebastián is a city and municipality located in the north of Spain, in the coast of the Bay of Biscay and 20 km away from the French border. The city is the capital of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. The municipality’s population is 186,122 , and its...
, Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, Monaco
Monaco
Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the...
, Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
before finishing in the center of London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
. The rally began in London on the June 9th and finished on June 14, 2010.
Drivers Entered included:
- Matthew PritchardMatthew PritchardMathew Pryderi Pritchard , is a Welsh professional skateboarder, daredevil and one quarter of the Dirty Sanchez crew, who have their own television programme on MTV and also appears on Balls of Steel with Pancho as the Pain Men.-Dirty Sanchez:Pritchard is often seen as the founder of Dirty Sanchez,...
from MTV’s Dirty SanchezDirty SanchezDirty Sanchez is commonly mistaken to be an act where the faecal matter it purposefully smeared onto a partner's upper lip. The term 'dirty sanchez' originated in the porn industry, particularly films involving ass to mouth action. It describes the Dirty Sanchez is commonly mistaken to be an act... - Georg Fechter from Masters of Dirt
- Fuel Girls Susie Ward, Vanessa Wise, Sam Britton
- Calum BestCalum BestCalum Milan Best is a British-American former fashion model turned celebrity, and television personality.-Career:...
Car failure day 1, DNS
Performances...
- Fuel Girls Susie Ward, Vanessa Wise, Sam Britton
2010 Europe Award Winners
The 2010 “Spirit of the Modball”: BMW M3
The 2010 “Modball Girl”: Kelli Smith
The 2010 “Best Outfit”: Simon Mann – The Stig
The 2010 “Legend of the Modball”: Flip Flop – Audi A8
The 2010 “Craziest Car”: ben Gott – QT Wildcat
The 2010 “Best Video”: Pritchard – Modballer drinking pee
The 2010 “Most Money Raised”: The Quest for the Tartan Diddy Riders, £7,500
2011 Europe
In an email exchange between Modball and the 2010 rally drivers, the route for the 2011 European rally was released. In accordance with the email:"So to officially announce next years adventure….its an amazing 3000 mile route that starts in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
stopping at Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
… Cannes
Cannes
Cannes is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera, a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. It is a Commune of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department....
… Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
… Venice
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
… Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
… Nurburgring
Nürburgring
The Nürburgring is a motorsport complex around the village of Nürburg, Germany. It features a modern Grand Prix race track built in 1984, and a much longer old North loop track which was built in the 1920s around the village and medieval castle of Nürburg in the Eifel mountains. It is located about...
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Modball Rally Clothing
Modball Rally Clothing was launched in 2010 as a result of the brand's increasing recognition. The clothing was created with sponsors Estate LA and Masters of Dirt and was seen for the first time on the 2010 European rally.iPhone Application
In May 2010, CoandCoUK developed a iPhoneIPhone
The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
application featuring a speedometer, HUD mode and MPH/km/h converter.