Gumball Rally - Los Angeles: Cobra vs Daytona!

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The Gumball Rally is a 1976 film about a coast-to-coast road race. It was inspired by the actual Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash run held by Brock Yates that inspired several other movies, like Cannonball with David Carradine, also from 1976. The main difference is while Cannonball is an action film, The Gumball Rally is a comedy, just like the later series of Cannonball movies starring Burt Reynolds and many others. The Gumball Rally is often considered better and less infantile[citation needed] compared to the later, star-studded exploitations of The Cannonball Run, which even copied the running gags of the police man chasing the racers through the whole USA. Though Gumball Rally's entire premise is copied from the actual cross country race the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash which was created and organized by Brock Yates who wrote the script for The Cannonball Run film.

The Gumball Rally stars Raul Julia, Michael Sarrazin, Norman Burton, Gary Busey, John Durran, Tim McIntire, and Susan Flannery, and was directed and co-written by Chuck Bail.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• ford
• cobra
• ferrari
• spyder
• 1976
• los
• angeles
• river
• baaaadddd

[Greg9942]

The Gumball Rally was the best of these movies. I would love to see the whole movie again.

In the Cobra vs Daytona, the Ferrari is a great sports car. The Cobra is simple high performance. I really like the Cobra. Its like a two seat rocket!

[FreakKeeper]

@Greg9942 Years ago I snagged a copy on eBay for about $6. It was double sided, one side with Gumball Rally, and the other with Cannon Ball Run II. GR was great but the sound on CBR was so muted it wasn't worth watching.

[jennifersman]

Great film! Great cars! No story, Who could ask for anything more! A gearhead's classic!

[79dougb]

Sorry but no car sound will ever beat the Daytona. If Beethoven made an engine...

[norton996]

Hey that's Bannon, nah it's another Cobra driving innocently down a river bed. LOL

[gumball63146]

@lukatme2 Yes , but it probably did better @ the box office because of all the big name stars.These stars were unknown or up and coming (ie gary busey,raul julia)

[redmr2na]

The sound as they both come up the ramp out of the LA river, is one of my favorite sounds of this whole movie. I love the cobra. The thing just raped the Daytona off the ramp.

[NOFEARGAMERZ]

@Greg9942 its on netflix now

[vaq130]

@lukatme2 Cannonball came out about the same time (weeks apart) - Cannonball Run came out much later (should have been called LameBall Run) Gumball Rally is the daddy of them all!!

[bjbuschman2]

@Bag0fRats the cobra ate the ferrari like a bagofrats LOL

[lukatme2]

isnt cannonball run a rip of off this movie?

[cosmicdingo]

RIP Micheal Sarrazin.

[Bag0fRats]

@daltex81 then I misunderstood you. I live in southern Cali and dont like all the Ferraris here; nice cars, but a little overrated