While driving to the IBM Impact 2009 conference in Las Vegas, NV this afternoon, a large number of exotic cars were driving over the Hoover Dam and heading out of the city. Each car was adorned with a decal stating, " Gumball 3000”. [](http://www.blairkennedy.com/s ites/blairkennedy.com/files/clip_image002.jpg)After checking into my hotel room and then performing a Google search, the 2009 edition of the Gumball 3000 Rally has about 135 exotic and customized vehicles traversing the southern USA from Los Angeles, California to Miami, Florida.
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Here are some photos that I took while driving. They are not great, since I was multi-tasking.
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