Happens in other states too. Used to be an outfit that ran a national “Players Run” (IIRC). Kinda the same deal. Not all states would provide escorts though, opting to ticket whoever they caught.
In most locales, permits are the order of the day. The exception that I know of is for funerals and thing like soldiers’ returns home for guard units and such. We’re talking an interstate highway here, not main street or state highway. Additionally, I don’t think that a National Players Run would have had multiple 60-70 MPH wheelies on an interstate.