Gumball Rally zips through northern Arizona, DPS issues tickets, arrest

by Martha Maurer/KTAR (May 30th, 2012 @ 4:30pm)

The Gumball Rally passed through northern Arizona today.

High-dollar sports cars, like Lamborghinis and Porches, were flying along Interstate 40 on their way to Las Vegas.

Carrick Cook with the Arizona Department of Public Safety said 10 drivers were pulled over and one was arrested.

"A driver who is from Holland and lives in Switzerland was traveling at over 120 mph on I-40," he said. "It's a dangerous event. I think these people don't keep in mind that there are innocent people driving along the road and this puts them in danger as well."

The I-40 has a speed limit of 75 mph.

"Reckless would be a good word to use with the driving behavior for them," said Cook. "We haven't seen any crashes or anything like that. Hopefully we don't, but the way these people are driving could seriously, seriously hurt somebody or themselves with the speeds that they're driving at."

The rally was traveling from New Mexico to Las Vegas as part of a 3,000-mile international race.

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Gumball Rally zips through northern Arizona, DPS issues tickets, arrest