damn...
Posted on 03/31/2015 6:33:41 PM PDT by nascarnation
March 28-29, 2015 Departure: Red Ball Parking Garage – 142 East 31st Street, NY, NY 10016 Arrival: R10 Social House – 179 N Harbor Dr, Redondo Beach, CA 90277 13 states – NY, NJ, WV, PA, OH, IL, IN, MO, OK, TX, NM, AZ, CA 2811.5 miles in 26 hours, 28 minutes, 13 seconds 106.21 mph Overall Average
23 Minutes 17 Seconds Stopped 107.79 mph Moving Average 3 Fuel Stops: 8m13s, 11m29s and 3m35s
70 Gallons Fuel Capacity ~230 Gallons of E85 used 12.22 MPG
(Excerpt) Read more at thetruthaboutcars.com ...
pingaroo
Isn’t this called the Cannonball Run?
Still, averaging over 100mph is damn impressive, as you know there was some time well above that speed involved.
It used to be, but got too notorious for blatant lawbreaking. Now it’s kind of a secret club, apparently.
If you read the whole thing, they had 3 of their own planes, also smoke generators like the military uses.
This guy spent HUGE money.
Meh. Nonstop with airline is like five hours or so ....
“There was much internal debate about the wisdom of the smoke generator. My former therapist (to whom I’m engaged) brought key insight into the conversation: ‘Better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.” I’ve always felt this way about firearms and was instantly convinced, and so ordered installation without informing my teammates. Upon their unhappy discovery of the device, we agreed upon a usage protocol that was satisfactory to all: We would only deploy the smoke dispenser to create a smoke screen if traffic behind us was at least a mile away, in daytime, and a police vehicle was in pursuit, such that we could slow the pursuit and make an escape. Three NORAD-style keyed safety switches were installed, one beside each team member. TWO such switches had to be enabled simultaneously in order to deploy the system.
“I budgeted for an oil slick dispenser, but this seemed to cross a moral line beyond even my low and flexible standards. In my mind we would only deploy the oil slick in the event NO civilian traffic was behind us for one mile AND a police vehicle was in pursuit, with no restriction for night-time use. My primary concern was that someone might be driving a Morgan 3-wheeler somewhere behind us. Or worse, a Polaris Slingshot.
“The smoke generator was only used once. Effectively.”
Ok then.
FReegards
1hr 7mins for the SR-71
damn...
If you have time, read the whole thing, lots of cool stuff.
First class or business?
“23 Minutes 17 Seconds”
That’s faster than the SR-71!
How’d they do it? Driving in orbit?
Maximum displacement 250cc
Last run was from Alaska to New Orleans
What's-a behind me, she's a not important... 
No mention of why the E85 that I saw. More horsepower? A little cooler running? Not likely sponsorship!
Plus you don’t get a free pelvic or prostate exam from your friendly DHS agent.
This is an unbelievably bad idea. I have no problem with them racing but they put all kinds of people in mortal danger. It has to be the stupidest stunt I can imagine.
Yes I used to race when I was a kid. I was stupid at the time. I also thought I was invulnerable.
I do remember two guys from maybe Motor Trend magazine, drove cross country around 1966 in 54 hours. I forgot the car, maybe an American Motors or maybe a Renault.
Anyway they said it would have been hard to beat their record without breaking speed limits.
Read tge article.
This is an unbelievably bad idea. I have no problem with them racing but they put all kinds of people in mortal danger. It has to be the stupidest stunt I can imagine.
Yes I used to race when I was a kid. I was stupid at the time. I also thought I was invulnerable.
I do remember two guys from maybe Motor Trend magazine, drove cross country around 1966 in 54 hours. I forgot the car, maybe an American Motors or maybe a Renault.
Anyway they said it would have been hard to beat their record without breaking speed limits.
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