Gas Monkey Garage® Joins Rally June 7 in Austin
As the world-famous Gumball 3000 takes over Austin June 7 from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., former Gumball Champion Richard Rawlings of Gas Monkey Garage joins the convoy of 100+ supercars, celebrity drivers, and global music icons rolling in on Congress Avenue. This will be the debut event for his recently unveiled “F6” Ferrari Testarossa that he partnered on with Give Me The Vin’s John Clay Wolfe. Free to the public, fans get to see all the action as the rally converges on the closed-off streets of downtown Austin.
As a seasoned veteran of the transcontinental road rally, Rawlings made his debut in the 2003 rally. Since then, he has participated in multiple events over the years, winning the rally twice. This year in the F6, he’ll be doing the Texas legs of the rally with the following celebrities and influencers:
- Fast & Furious actress Michelle Rodriguez
- Electronic music superstars deadmau5, Afrojack and Vikkstar
- Afrobeats pioneer Adekunle Gold
- Manchester United & France football legend Patrice Evra
- Nigerian graffiti artist Slawn
- US rap legend Bun B
- American singer/songwriter CUCO
- Automotive YouTube star Juca Viapri
- NFL star Jimmy Graham
About Richard Rawlings and Gas Monkey Garage
Richard Rawlings, owner and founder of Gas Monkey Garage, is the star of the international hit series Fast N’ Loud and Garage Rehab. Since the inception of Gas Monkey Garage in 2004, Rawlings continues to flourish as an entrepreneur and visionary. Having built two commissioned custom cars for Hot Wheels, setting numerous world records, and serving as creative director and executive producer of numerous television shows, Rawlings is a global phenomenon. In addition to turning Gas Monkey Garage into a full-fledged brand, owning multiple restaurants/venues, selling merchandise worldwide, and becoming a social media maverick boasting 25 million followers, Rawlings produces weekly episodes on his Gas Monkey YouTube channel featuring automotive projects, on-the-road adventures, and new business endeavors.
ABOUT GUMBALL 3000
Gumball 3000 is a lifestyle brand and entertainment group, founded in 1999 by British entrepreneur Maximillion Cooper. In the early 2000s the Gumball 3000 rally became a bucket list event – televised on MTV and immortalised as a PlayStation video game. Over the following two decades the rally has evolved into one of the biggest automotive lifestyle brands and popular culture events in the world. Each year, the 3,000km rally partners with Governments and corporate sponsors including the likes of Nike, Google, Vodafone and LVMH to host a weeklong festival of cars and music. The event attracts an international who’s who of participants driving everything from Bugattis to the Batmobile, generating global media attention and millions of fans to attend and follow the adventure online.
Every year’s route is different, with the aim to unite people through the language of cars, music and popular culture. Previous routes have included San Francisco – Beijing (2008) (including an overnight stop in Pyongyang, North Korea), Miami to Ibiza (2014) and London to Tokyo (2018), often flying the entire cavalcade of cars and participants mid-rally as part of the extraordinary event. Gumball 3000 participants and ambassadors include Lewis Hamilton, French Montana, David Hasselhoff, IShowSpeed, Tony Hawk, EVE, Afrojack, deadmau5, Idris Elba, the Sidemen, Usher & many more; as well as founders of some of today’s biggest corporations including PayPal and Facebook. The Gumball 3000 Group operates worldwide across the retail and entertainment industry, and was recently valued at $1bn.
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