So it's too late to join the Gumball 3000, but you still have time to participate in the Caucasian Challenge, a come-as-you-are rally splashed across Eastern Europe from Budapest to Yerevan, Armenia.
"Remember world history in school? We bet they missed some stuff," proclaim the organizers, who are also responsible for an LGBT-themed race called the Rainbow Rampage (isn't that from MarioKart?) and an Indian rickshaw tourney. This year's 4,700-mile competition includes the thrilling potential of tooling along the outskirts of Georgia's still-simmering conflicts--and that's after you've made it through hot spots in Kosovo and Turkey.
It appears that they are still taking reservations--what, there weren't 100 teams willing to figure out a way to get across the Bosporus? Haven't any of you seen "The Great Race"?
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· Caucasian Challenge [Official Site]
· Dictatorship Travel: Bam Margera in the DPRK [Jaunted]
· Gumball 3000 Makes A Pit Stop In Pyongyang [Jaunted]
· Off Limits Travel: Fighting Breaks Out Between Russia and Georgia Over South Ossetia [Jaunted]
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